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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
52% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.03 s
File size
95.40 kB
Words
361
Media files
27
Number of links
59 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Ask.com - What's Your Question?
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Answers you want. Content for days. What more could you Ask for?
The length of the meta description is perfect. (414 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ask.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: Germany
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionAnswers you want. Content for days. What more could you Ask for?
generatorWordPress 6.8.1
google-adsense-accountsites-0564812797515588
msapplication-TileImagehttps://www.ask.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/10/cropped-ask-favicon-1.png?w=270
article:publisherhttps://www.facebook.com/Askdotcom
article:modified_time2023-05-18T16:09:11+00:00
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@AskDotCom
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome
og:descriptionAnswers you want. Content for days. What more could you Ask for?
og:urlhttps://www.ask.com/
og:site_nameAsk.com
og:imagehttps://www.ask.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/5fe2920c102df51ad9fe632f5ca0ee93.jpg?w=640
og:image:width738
og:image:height415
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 361 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
26% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 22 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (8). We recommend using a maximum of 7 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: all of the above
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
19 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
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...mes/ask-2022/assets/images/site-logo.svgsite-logo
...nt/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/ask-money.svgask-money-logo
...ntent/uploads/sites/3/2022/10/sf-svg.svgask-money-logo
/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/ref.svgask-money-logo
/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/cs.svgask-money-logo
.../2024/06/AdobeStock_315374502.jpeg?w=640No alt attribute provided
.../2024/06/AdobeStock_199783695.jpeg?w=144No alt attribute provided
.../2024/06/AdobeStock_435606616.jpeg?w=144No alt attribute provided
...sites/3/2022/08/best-docs-2022.png?w=269No alt attribute provided
.../08/best-podcasts-2022-feature.png?w=269No alt attribute provided
...3/2022/05/horror-games-feature.png?w=269No alt attribute provided
...tes/3/2022/09/ereaders-feature.png?w=269No alt attribute provided
...025/01/AdobeStock_368875323-1.jpeg?w=269No alt attribute provided
...s/sites/3/2022/10/headspace101.png?w=269No alt attribute provided
.../2022/09/HispanicHeritageMonth.png?w=269No alt attribute provided
...2/05/mental-illness-tv-feature.png?w=269No alt attribute provided
.../2024/06/AdobeStock_294347193.jpeg?w=215No alt attribute provided
.../2024/06/AdobeStock_481013908.jpeg?w=215No alt attribute provided
.../2024/06/AdobeStock_713404079.jpeg?w=221No alt attribute provided
.../2024/06/AdobeStock_252417024.jpeg?w=214No alt attribute provided
.../2024/06/AdobeStock_279358022.jpeg?w=178No alt attribute provided
...3/2024/06/AdobeStock_38569388.jpeg?w=217No alt attribute provided
.../2024/06/AdobeStock_373461121.jpeg?w=221No alt attribute provided
.../2024/06/AdobeStock_190875699.jpeg?w=215No alt attribute provided
...mes/ask-2022/assets/images/site-logo.svgsite-logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Question of the day
H2 Editorial Features
H2 latest articles
H3 Beyond Dogs and Cats: Famous Stars Who Opt for Extraordinary Pets
H3 10 Best Documentaries of 2022 — So Far
H3 20 Best Podcasts of 2022 — So Far
H3 20 Best Survival Horror Games to Play This Halloween
H3 The Best E-reader of 2022: Kindle Cloud Reader vs. Kindle Paperwhite
H3 “High School” Review: Tender, Indie Look at ‘90s Teens Tegan and Sara
H3 Headspace App 101: Is Headspace Worth It?
H3 13 Films That Capture Hispanic American Experiences
H3 World Mental Health Day: 12 Shows That Depict Mental Illness (Mostly) ...
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
8 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 13 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ask.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.ask.com/Subdomain Site Logo
IMG-ALT site-logo
https://www.ask.com/Subdomain Ask.com
https://www.ask.com/Subdomain Text duplicate Site Logo
IMG-ALT site-logo
https://www.ask.com/tv-moviesSubdomain TV & Movies
A-TITLE tv-movies
/tv-movies/awards-season?qo=aw...Subdomain Awards Season
/tv-movies/reviews?qo=reviewsSubdomain Reviews
/tv-movies/spotlight?qo=spotlightSubdomain Spotlight
/tv-movies/streaming?qo=streamingSubdomain Streaming
https://www.ask.com/newsSubdomain News
/news/big-stories?qo=big-storiesSubdomain Big Stories
/news/tech-talk?qo=tech-talkSubdomain Tech Talk
/news/trending?qo=trendingSubdomain Trending
https://www.ask.com/cultureSubdomain Culture
/culture/books?qo=booksSubdomain Books
/culture/music?qo=musicSubdomain Music
/culture/pop-culture?qo=pop-cu...Subdomain Pop Culture
/culture/video-games?qo=video-...Subdomain Video Games
https://www.ask.com/lifestyleSubdomain Lifestyle
/lifestyle/celebrities?qo=cele...Subdomain Celebrities
/lifestyle/roundups?qo=roundupsSubdomain Roundups
/lifestyle/sports?qo=sportsSubdomain Sports
/lifestyle/travel?qo=travelSubdomain Travel
https://www.askmoney.com/External Subdomain IMG-ALT ask-money-logo
https://www.thehealthfeed.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ask-money-logo
https://www.reference.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ask-money-logo
https://www.consumersearch.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ask-money-logo
/lifestyle/beyond-dogs-cats-fa...Subdomain Image Thumbnail
/lifestyle/beyond-dogs-cats-fa...Subdomain Beyond Dogs and Cats: Famous Stars Who Opt for Extraordinary Pets
A-TITLE Beyond Dogs and Cats: Famous Stars Who Opt for Extraordinary Pets
https://www.bloglines.com/arti...External Subdomain Learn More
https://www.facebook.com/share...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/intent/twe...New window External Twitter
/lifestyle/exploring-lesser-kn...Subdomain Lifestyle Exploring the Lesser-Known Talents of Celebrities: Uncovering Hidden Skills
/culture/rise-tv-binge-watchin...Subdomain Culture The Rise of TV Binge-Watching: How it’s Changing Society
/tv-movies/best-documentaries-...Subdomain No Text
/tv-movies/best-documentaries-...Subdomain 10 Best Documentaries of 2022 — So Far
/culture/best-podcasts-of-2022Subdomain No Text
/culture/best-podcasts-of-2022Subdomain 20 Best Podcasts of 2022 — So Far
/culture/must-play-survival-ho...Subdomain No Text
/culture/must-play-survival-ho...Subdomain 20 Best Survival Horror Games to Play This Halloween
/culture/best-e-reader-of-2022Subdomain No Text
/culture/best-e-reader-of-2022Subdomain The Best E-reader of 2022: Kindle Cloud Reader vs. Kindle Paperwhite
/tv-movies/tegan-and-sara-high...Subdomain No Text
/tv-movies/tegan-and-sara-high...Subdomain “High School” Review: Tender, Indie Look at ‘90s Teens Tegan and Sara
/news/headspace-app-explainerSubdomain No Text
/news/headspace-app-explainerSubdomain Headspace App 101: Is Headspace Worth It?
/tv-movies/films-capture-hispa...Subdomain No Text
/tv-movies/films-capture-hispa...Subdomain 13 Films That Capture Hispanic American Experiences
/tv-movies/shows-that-depict-m...Subdomain No Text
/tv-movies/shows-that-depict-m...Subdomain World Mental Health Day: 12 Shows That Depict Mental Illness (Mostly) ...
/culture/exploring-top-food-tr...Subdomain Culture Exploring the Top Food Trends Shaping Culture: A Comprehensive Guide
/news/digital-disruption-techn...Subdomain News Digital Disruption: How Technology Has Transformed the News Landscape
/lifestyle/hygge-entertaining-...Subdomain Lifestyle Hygge Entertaining: Host the Perfect Cozy Gathering with These Essential Tips
/news/unveiling-innovation-cyc...Subdomain News Unveiling the Innovation Cycles: Insights from the History of Gadgets
/lifestyle/unleashing-voice-ri...Subdomain Lifestyle Unleashing Their Voice: The Rise of Powerful Female Icons in the Music Industry
/tv-movies/uncovering-impact-l...Subdomain TV & Movies Uncovering the Impact of Laughter Tracks on Television Shows
/culture/laugh-loud-early-inte...Subdomain Culture Laugh Out Loud: How Early Internet Memes Redefined Humor in Pop Culture
/tv-movies/power-controversy-e...Subdomain TV & Movies The Power of Controversy: Examining the Influence of Bold Casting Choices
https://www.ask.com/Subdomain Text duplicate Site Logo
IMG-ALT site-logo
https://twitter.com/AskDotComNew window External Text duplicate Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/askd...New window External Subdomain instagram
https://www.askmoney.com/New window External Subdomain Ask Money
https://www.reference.com/New window External Subdomain Reference
https://www.thehealthfeed.com/New window External Subdomain The Health Feed
https://www.ask.com/tv-moviesSubdomain Text duplicate TV & Movies
A-TITLE tv-movies
https://www.ask.com/newsSubdomain Text duplicate News
https://www.ask.com/cultureSubdomain Text duplicate Culture
https://www.ask.com/lifestyleSubdomain Text duplicate Lifestyle
https://help.askmediagroup.com...External Subdomain Help
/privacy?qo=footerLinksSubdomain Privacy Policy
/terms?qo=footerLinksSubdomain Terms of Service
https://www.ask.com/Anchor Manage Privacy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ask.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.03 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (95 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
x-hackerIf you're reading this, you should visit wpvip.com/careers and apply to join the fun, mention this header.
x-powered-byWordPress VIP <https://wpvip.com>
host-headera9130478a60e5f9135f765b23f26593b
cross-origin-opener-policysame-origin
link<https://www.ask.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
content-encodingbr
x-rqhhn2 0 20 9980
cache-controlmax-age=300, must-revalidate
accept-rangesbytes
dateWed, 28 May 2025 10:25:56 GMT
via1.1 varnish
x-served-bycache-fra-etou8220179-FRA
x-cacheHIT, MISS
x-cache-hits0
x-timerS1748427956.136156,VS0,VE3
varyAccept-Encoding, x-ua-device, geo-grid-id
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 4,020 referring domains.
This page has 360,040 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,975 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

## Ask.com robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /Allabout
Disallow: /allabout?
Disallow: /ans
Disallow: /answers
Disallow: /ar?
Disallow: /Pictures
Disallow: /pictures?
Disallow: /ref
Disallow: /settings
Disallow: /touch/
Disallow: /TouchWeb
Disallow: /touchWeb?
Disallow: /web
Disallow: /Web
Disallow: /Wiki
Disallow: /wiki
Disallow: /Youtube
Disallow: /youtube
Disallow: /popular-questions/
Disallow: /ja-question
Disallow: /browse
Disallow: /maps?
Disallow: /sports/
Disallow: /zoomad
Disallow: /Web-answers
Disallow: /web-answers
Disallow: /web-explore
Disallow: /Web-explore
Disallow: /Web-question
Disallow: /web-question
Disallow: /webans?
Disallow: /shopping/
Disallow: /shopping?
Disallow: /slideshow/
Disallow: /videos
Disallow: /article/
Disallow: /articles/
Disallow: /fragment
Disallow: *ad=
Disallow: *aq=
Disallow: /_clk
Disallow: /slp
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:
User-agent: Teoma
Disallow:
User-agent: netseer
Disallow:
User-agent: AdsBot-Google
Disallow:
User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
Disallow:
User-agent: AdIdxBot
Disallow:
User-agent: proximic
Disallow:
User-agent: grapeshot
Disallow:
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

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day54%Check
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Question50%Check
content48%Check
Best44%Check
20 Best44%Check
2022 So43%Check
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