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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
73% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
31% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.17 s
File size
171.30 kB
Words
1181
Media files
101
Number of links
299 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
CIC News | The Voice of Canadian Immigration
The length of the page title is perfect. (422 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
CIC News is the world's most trusted Canadian immigration news website. We cover immigration to Canada, IRCC, Express Entry, visas, study and work permits, sponsorship, and more.
The meta description is too long: 1144 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.cicnews.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
Alternate/Hreflang Links
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
No paragraphs were detected.
This page contains 1181 words. That's ok.
27.9% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
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
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 24 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
23 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.

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Trending
H2 Life In Canada
H2 Top Stories
H2 Express Entry
H2 Provincial Immigration
H2 Family Class Immigration
H2 Canadian Citizenship
H2 Working in Canada
H2 Studying in Canada
H2 Visiting Canada
H2 Settling in Canada
H2 Latest from our Partners
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
12 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.cicnews.com/Anchor Skip to main content
/about.htmlAbout us
https://www.cicnews.com/partnersMeet our partners
https://www.media.canadavisa.com/New window External Subdomain Advertise with us
https://www.cicnews.com/No Text
/cicnews-subscribe.htmlSubscribe
https://www.cicnews.com/Home
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/category/canadaCanada
/category/provincesProvinces
/category/familyFamily Sponsorship
/category/studyStudy
/category/workWork
/category/visitVisit
/category/citizenshipCitizenship
/category/settleSettling in Canada
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/category/partnersSponsor Content
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/category/provincesText duplicate Provinces
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/2025/05/express-entry-is-prio...Express Entry is prioritizing new trades: Do you qualify?
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/category/partners/webinarsText duplicate Live Webinar
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/2025/05/prince-edward-island-...Prince Edward Island designates new employers for the Atlantic Immigration Program
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/2025/05/british-columbia-near...British Columbia nears cap on skilled worker invitations in first draw of 2025
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/2025/05/these-provinces-curre...These provinces currently have open pathways to PR for international graduates
/category/provincesText duplicate Provinces
/2025/05/these-provinces-curre...IMG-ALT A pair of hands raising a graduate cap and a degree wrapped in a red ribbon triumphantly in the air.
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/cicnews-subscribe.htmlSign up now!
/2025/03/canada-raises-cap-for...Canada raises cap for Parents and Grandparents Program
/category/familyText duplicate Family Sponsorship
/2025/03/canada-raises-cap-for...IMG-ALT A young woman stands in between elderly couple
/2025/03/canadian-immigration-...Canadian immigration for couples: A guide to spousal sponsorship
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/2025/03/unable-to-sponsor-you...Unable to sponsor your parents or grandparents for PR? Sponsor them for a Super Visa
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