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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
72% 
Page quality
52% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
98% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.06 s
File size
158.60 kB
Words
275
Media files
17
Number of links
34 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Tennessean: Nashville and Tennessee news, Titans sports
The length of the page title is perfect. (562 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.tennessean.com/
The canonical link points to a different domain.
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 275 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
24.4% 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 10.5 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 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)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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
...es-1133586898.jpg?crop=2120,1193,x0,y110Vanderbilt, Ascension challenge report deeming rural hospitals at risk
...p=4865,2737,x0,y253&quality=50&width=270Age verification laws: protecting kids or restricting speech?
...p=5567,3133,x0,y289&quality=50&width=270Taxes, pay dates: What to know about teacher bonuses tied to voucher plan
...58007-airport-an-042324001.jpg?crop=3033Five new flights: Where is Nashville International Airport headed next?
...21226007-mark-janbakhsh-05.JPG?crop=3691Plaza Mariachi founder convicted of defrauding banks of $26M
...9448007-thumbnail-img-1208.jpeg?crop=481Chattanooga flooding is reminder of Nashville's vulnerability
...EG/75809001007-a-75-y-9022.jpg?crop=2912The Tennessee law that leads to harsher penalties for distracted driving
...a-d-1-021422-uc-0595-r-rgb.jpg?crop=1079Sydney Sweeney dreams of country stardom in upcoming film 'Americana'
...93319007-usatsi-25280989-9.jpg?crop=1600Will Saturday’s Powerball make a Tennessee millionaire? Jackpot climbs to $565M
...-photo-credit-peggy-sirota.jpg?crop=4498George Strait among 2025 Kennedy Center Honors recipients
...640807007-player-and-battle.png?crop=508MNPS just pulverized my faith in its ability to help students
...I_22915465-e1711985394581.jpeg?crop=1381What channel is NASCAR Richmond qualifying on today? Time, TV schedule
...nascar-truck-053025-an-028.jpg?crop=2401NASCAR Truck Series at Richmond: Time, TV schedule for Friday's race
...4896059007-usatsi-23975744.jpg?crop=4441NASCAR Richmond full weekend schedule, TV schedule
...eb/universal/icons/icon-instagram_24.pnginstagram logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
There are no headings specified on the page. Headings are important for search engine optimization and help to structure your content.

Heading structure

No headings were found.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://eu.tennessean.com/Anchor Skip to main content
https://eu.tennessean.com/IMG-ALT The Tennessean
https://eu.tennessean.com/Home
https://eu.tennessean.com/news/News
https://eu.tennessean.com/sports/Sports
/counties/Counties
/business/Business
https://eu.tennessean.com/music/Music
/opinion/Opinion
/thingstodo/Things To Do
/lifestyle/Life
https://www.tennessean.com/obi...External Subdomain Obituaries
https://www.tennessean.com/ene...External Subdomain eNewspaper
http://puzzles.usatoday.com/External Subdomain Crosswords
https://profile.tennessean.com...External Subdomain Newsletters
https://connect.tennessean.com/External Subdomain Connect With Us
/instagram/Instagram
/for-subscribers/For Subscribers
/contributor-content/Contributor Content
/news/israel-war-hamas/Israel War
https://eu.tennessean.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT The Tennessean
/story/news/health/2025/08/15/...Vanderbilt, Ascension challenge report deeming rural hospitals at risk
IMG-ALT Vanderbilt, Ascension challenge report deeming rural hospitals at risk
/story/news/2025/08/14/age-ver...Age verification laws: protecting kids or restricting speech?
IMG-ALT Age verification laws: protecting kids or restricting speech?
/story/news/education/2025/08/...Taxes, pay dates: What to know about teacher bonuses tied to voucher plan
IMG-ALT Taxes, pay dates: What to know about teacher bonuses tied to voucher plan
/story/entertainment/music/202...MercyMe on the 'secrets' to their longevity, new album and 'I Can Only Imagine' sequel music
/story/sports/high-school/2025...Why Nashville area football coaches' wives might end up with '89 sons' high-school
/story/entertainment/music/202...Jeannie Seely's life celebrated at Grand Ole Opry memorial music
/story/money/2025/08/14/nashvi...PSC Metals to be transformed into 'mixed-use' district, investors say money
/story/money/2025/08/14/southw...Five new flights: Where is Nashville International Airport headed next? money
IMG-ALT Five new flights: Where is Nashville International Airport headed next?
/story/news/crime/2025/08/14/p...Plaza Mariachi founder convicted of defrauding banks of $26M crime
IMG-ALT Plaza Mariachi founder convicted of defrauding banks of $26M
/story/opinion/readers/2025/08...Chattanooga flooding is reminder of Nashville's vulnerability Letters
IMG-ALT Chattanooga flooding is reminder of Nashville's vulnerability
/story/money/cars/2025/08/15/t...The Tennessee law that leads to harsher penalties for distracted driving cars
IMG-ALT The Tennessee law that leads to harsher penalties for distracted driving
/story/entertainment/music/202...Sydney Sweeney dreams of country stardom in upcoming film 'Americana' music
IMG-ALT Sydney Sweeney dreams of country stardom in upcoming film 'Americana'
/story/news/2025/08/14/powerba...Will Saturday’s Powerball make a Tennessee millionaire? Jackpot climbs to $565M news
IMG-ALT Will Saturday’s Powerball make a Tennessee millionaire? Jackpot climbs to $565M
/story/entertainment/music/202...George Strait among 2025 Kennedy Center Honors recipients music
IMG-ALT George Strait among 2025 Kennedy Center Honors recipients
/story/opinion/columnists/2025...MNPS just pulverized my faith in its ability to help students columnists
IMG-ALT MNPS just pulverized my faith in its ability to help students
/story/sports/nascar/2025/08/1...What channel is NASCAR Richmond qualifying on today? Time, TV schedule nascar
IMG-ALT What channel is NASCAR Richmond qualifying on today? Time, TV schedule
/story/sports/nascar/2025/08/1...NASCAR Truck Series at Richmond: Time, TV schedule for Friday's race nascar
IMG-ALT NASCAR Truck Series at Richmond: Time, TV schedule for Friday's race
/story/sports/nascar/2025/08/1...NASCAR Richmond full weekend schedule, TV schedule nascar
IMG-ALT NASCAR Richmond full weekend schedule, TV schedule
https://help.tennessean.com/External Subdomain Help
https://cm.tennessean.com/terms/External Subdomain Terms of Service
https://cm.tennessean.com/abou...External Subdomain Subscription Terms & Conditions
https://cm.tennessean.com/priv...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://www.tennessean.com/sit...External Subdomain Site Map
http://cm.tennessean.com/acces...External Subdomain Accessibility
http://cm.tennessean.com/ethic...External Subdomain Our Ethical Principles
https://www.gannett.com/respon...External Subdomain Responsible Disclosure
http://cm.tennessean.com/your-...External Subdomain Your Privacy Choices
http://www.facebook.com/tennes...External Subdomain No Text
http://twitter.com/tennesseanExternal No Text
http://instagram.com/tennessea...External IMG-ALT instagram logo
http://www.pinterest.com/thete...External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
The checked page does not redirect to another URL.
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 0.06 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (159 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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set-cookie68 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,741 referring domains.
This page has 48,885 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 587 different ip addresses.

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