Cbs.com - SEO Checker

Sign up for free! PDF Export
Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
64% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
68% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.25 s
File size
172.10 kB
Words
289
Media files
13
Number of links
35 internal / 36 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
CBS TV Network Primetime, Daytime, Late Night and Classic Television Shows
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 708 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Watch CBS television online. Find CBS primetime, daytime, late night, and classic tv episodes, videos, and information.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (733 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.cbs.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Germany
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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
robotsmax-image-preview:large
app_versionEmpty
descriptionWatch CBS television online. Find CBS primetime, daytime, late night, and classic tv episodes, videos, and information.
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
application-nameEmpty
msapplication-TileImageEmpty
msapplication-TileColorEmpty
msApplication-IDEmpty
EmptyApp
article:publisherhttps://www.facebook.com/CBS/
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@CBS
twitter:creator@CBS
og:site_nameCBS
og:titleCBS TV Network Primetime, Daytime, Late Night and Classic Television Shows
og:descriptionWatch CBS television online. Find CBS primetime, daytime, late night, and classic tv episodes, videos, and information.
og:imagehttps://www.cbs.com/base/files/seo/cbs_seo_1200x627_1.jpg
og:image:secure_urlhttps://www.cbs.com/base/files/seo/cbs_seo_1200x627_1.jpg
og:typevideo.tv_show
og:urlhttps://www.cbs.com/
charsetutf-8

Automatically check cbs.com including all subpages at once!

Try for free
Guaranteed free of charge during trial period.

Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are only 289 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
26.3% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
5 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 12 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 6 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
...6f287c8f-284e-47cc-a0f9-6356430d7d62.jpgThe Greatest @Home Videos
data:[...] Base64Fire Country
data:[...] Base64NCIS: Sydney
data:[...] Base64Survivor
data:[...] Base64The Chi
...78812e63-2c28-4f3b-b9c1-18b2c1460e33.pngThe Greatest @Home Videos
...d6f4278b-3e5e-431d-8533-767ff329c830.pngFire Country
...1e9ffb17-c68c-4688-83d6-bf360f50962d.pngNCIS: Sydney
...9abcd177-9c54-4a20-8191-ee51fde6f1a2.pngSurvivor
...af2a7cbf-59d6-4494-8251-18969bbace7f.pngThe Chi
Video URLWidthHeight
...2XFyZl4TcN2g1jWbXeGVE/preview/high69.mp4
...zJvJmNRXDY85Rut9vcJdX/preview/high69.mp4
...5BBvcu8zBK8Ve3jDyHyxF/preview/high69.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The Greatest @Home Videos
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 The Greatest @Home Videos
H1 Fire Country
H1 NCIS: Sydney
H1 Survivor
H1 The Chi
H2 Site Navigation
H2 Privacy & Terms
H2 Information
H2 Follow Us
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (36) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.cbs.com/No Text
https://www.cbs.com/shows/Shows
/live-tv/stream/cbs-news/Live TV
https://www.cbs.com/schedule/Schedule
/live-tv/stream/tveverywhere/TV Provider
https://www.cbs.com/search/No Text
/account/signin/Sign In
https://control.kochava.com/v1...New window External Subdomain Try Paramount+
https://www.cbs.com/search/Search shows
/account/signup/createaccount/Sign Up
/account/signin/Text duplicate Sign In
https://www.cbs.com/shows/Text duplicate Shows
/live-tv/stream/cbs-news/Text duplicate Live TV
https://www.cbs.com/schedule/Text duplicate Schedule
/live-tv/stream/tveverywhere/Text duplicate TV Provider
/live-tv/stream/tveverywhere/Subdomain WATCH LIVE
/shows/fire-country/Subdomain WATCH NOW
/shows/ncis-sydney/Subdomain Text duplicate WATCH NOW
/shows/survivor/Subdomain Text duplicate WATCH NOW
https://control.kochava.com/v1...External Subdomain Text duplicate WATCH NOW
https://www.cbs.com/No Text
https://www.cbs.com/shows/Text duplicate Shows
A-TITLE Shows
/live-tv/stream/Text duplicate Live TV
A-TITLE Live TV
https://www.cbs.com/schedule/Text duplicate Schedule
A-TITLE Schedule
/live-tv/stream/tveverywhere/Text duplicate TV Provider
A-TITLE TV Provider
https://www.paramountplus.com/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Paramount+
A-TITLE Paramount+
https://www.cbsnews.com/?ftag=...New window Nofollow External Subdomain CBS News
A-TITLE CBS News
https://www.cbssports.com/?fta...New window Nofollow External Subdomain CBS Sports
A-TITLE CBS Sports
https://paramountshop.com/page...New window Nofollow External Shop
A-TITLE Shop
https://www.viacomcbs.legal/us...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://privacy.paramount.com/...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Privacy Policy
A-TITLE Privacy Policy
https://privacy.paramount.com/...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Anchor California Notice
A-TITLE California Notice
https://help.cbs.com/s/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Help/Contact Us
A-TITLE Help/Contact Us
https://www.cbs.com/showfeedback/Show Feedback
A-TITLE Show Feedback
https://www.cbs.com/casting/Casting
A-TITLE Casting
/closed-captioning/Closed Captioning
A-TITLE Closed Captioning
/video-description/Video Description
A-TITLE Video Description
http://www.tvguidelines.org/in...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Ratings Guidelines
A-TITLE Ratings Guidelines
https://www.paramount.com/New window Nofollow External Subdomain About Paramount
A-TITLE About Paramount
https://careers.paramount.com/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Careers
A-TITLE Careers
https://help.paramountplus.com...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Anti-Bias Statement
A-TITLE Anti-Bias Statement
https://www.facebook.com/CBSNew window External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow Us On Facebook
https://twitter.com/cbsNew window External A-TITLE Follow Us On Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/cbsNew window External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow Us On You Tube
https://www.instagram.com/cbstv/New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow Us On Instagram
https://www.viacomcbs.legal/us...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://privacy.paramount.com/...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
A-TITLE Privacy Policy
https://www.facebook.com/CBSNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Follow Us On Facebook
https://twitter.com/cbsNew window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Follow Us On Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/cbsNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Follow Us On You Tube
https://www.instagram.com/cbstv/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Follow Us On Instagram
https://www.cbs.com/shows/Text duplicate Shows
A-TITLE Shows
/live-tv/stream/Text duplicate Live TV
A-TITLE Live TV
https://www.cbs.com/schedule/Text duplicate Schedule
A-TITLE Schedule
/live-tv/stream/tveverywhere/Text duplicate TV Provider
A-TITLE TV Provider
https://www.paramountplus.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Paramount+
A-TITLE Paramount+
https://www.cbsnews.com/?ftag=...External Subdomain Text duplicate CBS News
A-TITLE CBS News
https://www.cbssports.com/?fta...External Subdomain Text duplicate CBS Sports
A-TITLE CBS Sports
https://paramountshop.com/page...External Text duplicate Shop
A-TITLE Shop
https://www.viacomcbs.legal/us...External Subdomain Text duplicate Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://privacy.paramount.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
A-TITLE Privacy Policy
https://privacy.paramount.com/...External Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate California Notice
A-TITLE California Notice
https://help.cbs.com/s/External Subdomain Text duplicate Help/Contact Us
A-TITLE Help/Contact Us
https://www.cbs.com/showfeedback/Text duplicate Show Feedback
A-TITLE Show Feedback
https://www.cbs.com/casting/Text duplicate Casting
A-TITLE Casting
/closed-captioning/Text duplicate Closed Captioning
A-TITLE Closed Captioning
/video-description/Text duplicate Video Description
A-TITLE Video Description
http://www.tvguidelines.org/in...External Subdomain Text duplicate Ratings Guidelines
A-TITLE Ratings Guidelines
https://www.paramount.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate About Paramount
A-TITLE About Paramount
https://careers.paramount.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Careers
A-TITLE Careers
https://help.paramountplus.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Anti-Bias Statement
A-TITLE Anti-Bias Statement

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cbs.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.25 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (172 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
via1.1 cbs-www-cache-556d4895f-qs4qn (Varnish/7.2), 1.1 google, 1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
x-origin-cacheMISS
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-origin-hit-count0
x-real-servertve_www_web
content-encodinggzip
serveropenresty
cache-controlmax-age=30;stale-if-error=120
accept-rangesbytes
age0
dateFri, 23 May 2025 22:51:53 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
x-backend(null)|cache-chi-kigq8000126|0|(null)|cache-fra-etou8220122|0
x-cdn-cache-hits0
x-cdn-cacheMISS
x-cdn-timerS1748040713.989634,VS0,VE188
x-cdn-served-bycache-fra-etou8220122-FRA
content-length40614
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 9,659 referring domains.
This page has 561,477 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 4,869 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

You can find more links using Wikipedia search

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /shows/upfront_2015/
Disallow: /shows/upfront_2015/simulcast/
Allow: /thunder/canplayer/
Allow: /thunder/player/1_0/partner/can/
Allow: /thunder/player/1_0/partner/cbs/
Allow: /thunder/player/1_0/partner/config/skin_ad.xml
Disallow: /sitemap/
Disallow: /thunder/feeds/
Disallow: /thunder/player/1_0-backup/
Disallow: /thunder/player/1_0-bak/
Disallow: /thunder/player/admin/
Disallow: /thunder/player/chromeless/
Disallow: /thunder/player/fms3_5/
Disallow: /thunder/player/ford/
Disallow: /thunder/css/
Disallow: /thunder/include/
Disallow: /thunder/scripts/
Disallow: /thunder/swf/
Disallow: /thunder/partner/
Disallow: /thunder/player/test/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /sitesearch/
Disallow: /casting/includes/
Disallow: /cbs_cares/includes/
Disallow: /cbs_evening_news/includes/
Disallow: /classics/30_days_of_classics/includes/
Disallow: /classics/beauty_and_the_beast/includes/
Disallow: /classics/beverly_hills_90210/includes/
Disallow: /classics/dynasty/includes/
Disallow: /classics/family_ties/includes/
Disallow: /classics/have_gun_will_travel/includes/
Disallow: /classics/hawaii_five_0/includes/
Disallow: /classics/includes/
Disallow: /classics/macgyver/includes/
Disallow: /classics/melrose_place/includes/
Disallow: /classics/perry_mason/includes/
Disallow: /classics/star_trek/includes/
Disallow: /classics/the_ed_sullivan_show/includes/
Disallow: /classics/the_love_boat/includes/
Disallow: /classics/the_twilight_zone/includes/
Disallow: /classics/twin_peaks/includes/
Disallow: /closedcaption/
Disallow: /games/includes/
Disallow: /info/schedule/includes/
Disallow: /info/sitemap/includes/
Disallow: /info/user_feedback/includes/
Disallow: /originals/includes/
Disallow: /originals/inturn3/includes/
Disallow: /originals/stephen_kings_n/includes/
Disallow: /sales/includes/
Disallow: /sitecommon/includes/
Disallow: /sitecommon/includes/cms/includes/
Disallow: /thunder/player/tv/includes/
Disallow: /video/includes/
Disallow: /hounds-of-diana/
Disallow: /upload/

Similar sites

Search preview

www.cbs.com
CBS TV Network Primetime, Daytime, Late Night and Classic Televisio...
Watch CBS television online. Find CBS primetime, daytime, late night, and classic tv episodes, videos, and information.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
CBS71%Check
video63%Check
Videos63%Check
CBS Sports53%Check
CBS News53%Check
Greatest52%Check
Late Night51%Check
Information50%Check
Show47%Check
WATCH46%Check
Show more keywords and terms

Automatically check cbs.com including all subpages at once!

Try for free
Guaranteed free of charge during trial period.

Cookie Policy

We use cookies to make our site work and also for analytics and advertising purposes. You can enable or disable optional cookies as desired. See the following links for more information.

Contact | Privacy

We need these so the site can function properly

So we can better understand how visitors use our website

So we can serve you tailored ads and promotions