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Meta information
63% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
31% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.03 s
File size
205.10 kB
Words
703
Media files
19
Number of links
120 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
City Journal | Urban Affairs Magazine | Conservative Magazine Online
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 624 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.city-journal.org/
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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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
This page contains 703 words. That's ok.
28.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 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 19.63 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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 14 tags for this page.
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

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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 Recent Stories
H2 Spring 2025
H2 City Journal Investigations
H2 Movement: New York’s Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car
H2 City Journal Audio
H2 The Spotlight
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 16 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
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/searchSubdomain Search
/the-magazineSubdomain The Magazine
/podcastsSubdomain Podcasts
/topicsSubdomain Topics
/aboutSubdomain City Journal
/contributorsSubdomain Contributors
https://manhattan.institute/External Manhattan Institute
/email-alertsSubdomain Email Alerts
/subscribeSubdomain Subscribe
/donateSubdomain Donate
/profileSubdomain My Profile
/searchSubdomain Text duplicate Search
/the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate The Magazine
/podcastsSubdomain Text duplicate Podcasts
/topicsSubdomain Text duplicate Topics
/aboutSubdomain Text duplicate City Journal
/contributorsSubdomain Text duplicate Contributors
https://manhattan.institute/External Text duplicate Manhattan Institute
/email-alertsSubdomain Text duplicate Email Alerts
/subscribeSubdomain Text duplicate Subscribe
/donateSubdomain Text duplicate Donate
/search/ See more
/the-magazineNew window Subdomain Anchor Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/search?top=true&limit=12&sear...New window Subdomain Text duplicate / See more
https://manhattan.institute/bo...New window External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/privacy-policySubdomain Privacy Policy
/podcastsNew window Subdomain / Listen today.
https://manhattan.institute/New window External No Text
https://manhattan.institute/New window External Visit Website
/person/edward-l-glaeserSubdomain Edward L. Glaeser
/article/the-nemeses-of-citiesSubdomain The Nemeses of Cities
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Summer 2020
/article/the-nemeses-of-citiesSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/charles-fain-lehmanSubdomain Charles Fain Lehman
/article/combat-the-drug-crisisSubdomain Combat the Drug Crisis
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/article/combat-the-drug-crisisSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/mark-lutterSubdomain Mark Lutter
/article/give-charter-cities-a...Subdomain Give Charter Cities a Second Look
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Summer 2019
/article/give-charter-cities-a...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/oliver-wisemanSubdomain Oliver Wiseman
/article/the-least-woke-city-i...Subdomain “The Least Woke City in America”
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Winter 2022
/article/the-least-woke-city-i...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/kay-s-hymowitzSubdomain Kay S. Hymowitz
/article/marriage-and-casteSubdomain Marriage and Caste
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Winter 2006
/article/marriage-and-casteSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/george-weigelSubdomain George Weigel
/article/american-and-catholicSubdomain American and Catholic
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Winter 2014
/article/american-and-catholicSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/aaron-m-rennSubdomain Aaron M. Renn
/article/culture-circumstance-...Subdomain Culture, Circumstance, and Agency
/article-type/eye-on-the-newsSubdomain Eye on the News
/article/culture-circumstance-...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/mathis-bittonSubdomain Mathis Bitton
/article/michel-houellebecqs-p...Subdomain The Houellebecq Prophecies
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Autumn 2024
/article/michel-houellebecqs-p...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/john-tierneySubdomain John Tierney
/article/the-march-of-dimes-sy...Subdomain The March of Dimes Syndrome
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Spring 2024
/article/the-march-of-dimes-sy...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/theodore-dalrympleSubdomain Theodore Dalrymple
/article/a-murderesss-taleSubdomain A Murderess’s Tale
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Winter 2005
/article/a-murderesss-taleSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/chris-r-morganSubdomain Chris R. Morgan
/article/the-logical-extremistSubdomain The Logical Extremist
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Autumn 2022
/article/the-logical-extremistSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/michael-j-tottenSubdomain Michael J. Totten
/article/off-the-richter-scaleSubdomain Off the Richter Scale
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Winter 2019
/article/off-the-richter-scaleSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/jonathan-clarkeSubdomain Jonathan Clarke
/article/on-the-moral-status-o...Subdomain On the Moral Status of Addicts
/article-type/eye-on-the-newsSubdomain Text duplicate Eye on the News
/article/on-the-moral-status-o...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/leor-sapirSubdomain Leor Sapir
/article/gender-medicine-trans...Subdomain Gender Medicine on the Ropes
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Winter 2025
/article/gender-medicine-trans...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/martin-gurriSubdomain Martin Gurri
/article/everything-magnifiedSubdomain Everything Magnified
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Text duplicate Summer 2020
/article/everything-magnifiedSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/theodore-dalrympleSubdomain Text duplicate Theodore Dalrymple
/article/the-specters-haunting...Subdomain The Specters Haunting Dresden
/article-type/from-the-magazineSubdomain Text duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Text duplicate Winter 2005
/article/the-specters-haunting...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
https://www.city-journal.org/Subdomain No Text
https://www.city-journal.org/Subdomain No Text
https://manhattan.institute/External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/CityJ...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/cityjournalNew window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/Manhat...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/city...New window External Subdomain No Text
/rss.xmlNew window No Text
/article-type/eye-on-the-newsText duplicate Eye on the News
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/podcastsSubdomain Text duplicate Podcasts
/article-type/books-and-cultureBooks and Culture
/multimedia-type/videoVideo
/aboutSubdomain About City Journal
/contributorsSubdomain Text duplicate Contributors
/subscribeSubdomain Text duplicate Subscribe
/donateSubdomain Text duplicate Donate
/contactSubdomain Contact Us
/advertiseSubdomain Advertise
https://manhattan.institute/External Text duplicate Manhattan Institute
/privacy-policySubdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
/terms-of-useSubdomain Terms of Use
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor -
/the-magazineSubdomain Anchor Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.city-journal.org/"
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 0.03 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (205 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 427 referring domains.
This page has 83,216 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 356 different ip addresses.

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