Games.washingtonpost.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
38% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
86% 
Server
89% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.03 s
File size
726.30 kB
Words
239
Media files
0
Number of links
63 internal / 3 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Crosswords, Puzzles, and Online Games
The length of the page title is perfect. (367 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Test your knowledge and skill with great puzzles, crosswords and games: The Washington Post Sunday crossword, The Washington Post TV crossword, washingtonpost.com's Daily crossword, Sudoku and many more.
The meta description is too long: 1340 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://games.washingtonpost.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)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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

NameValue
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viewportwidth=device-width,initial-scale=1
descriptionTest your knowledge and skill with great puzzles, crosswords and games: The Washington Post Sunday crossword, The Washington Post TV crossword, washingtonpost.com's Daily crossword, Sudoku and many more.
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:titleWashington Post
twitter:descriptionTest your knowledge and skill with great puzzles, crosswords and games: The Washington Post Sunday crossword, The Washington Post TV crossword, washingtonpost.com's Daily crossword, Sudoku and many more.
twitter:imagehttps://games.washingtonpost.com/arenaxstorage-blob/arenax-index/_arena-shared-content_/social/600315.jpg
fb:app_id1429736807162095
og:urlhttps://games.washingtonpost.com
og:titleWashington Post
og:descriptionTest your knowledge and skill with great puzzles, crosswords and games: The Washington Post Sunday crossword, The Washington Post TV crossword, washingtonpost.com's Daily crossword, Sudoku and many more.
og:imagehttps://games.washingtonpost.com/arenaxstorage-blob/arenax-index/_arena-shared-content_/social/600315.jpg
og:image:width600
og:image:height315
og:typearticle
og:site_nameWashington Post
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 239 words on this page. Use at least 250 words to provide useful information.
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
20.9% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (726.3 kB).
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)
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

No media files were found.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Crosswords, Puzzles, and Online Games | Washington Post
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Crosswords, Puzzles, and Online Games | Washington Post
H2 Spring Games
H2 Spring Games Duplicate text
H2 Daily Games
H2 Word Games
H2 Card Games
H2 Puzzles
H2 More Games
H2 Free home games.
Baselink: /
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 3 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/category/spring-gamesNo Text
/category/spring-gamesPlay Today
/category/spring-gamesSpring Games
/category/spring-gamesSee More Games See All
/games/daily-sudokuThe Daily Sudoku
A-TITLE The Daily Sudoku
/games/mahjongg-solitaireMahjongg Solitaire
A-TITLE Mahjongg Solitaire
/games/word-wipeWord Wipe
A-TITLE Word Wipe
/games/daily-jigsawThe Daily Jigsaw
A-TITLE The Daily Jigsaw
/games/bubble-shooterArkadium's Bubble Shooter
A-TITLE Arkadium's Bubble Shooter
/games/golf-solitaireGolf Solitaire
A-TITLE Golf Solitaire
/games/pool8 Ball Pool
A-TITLE 8 Ball Pool
/games/mahjong-remixMahjong Remix
A-TITLE Mahjong Remix
/category/dailyDaily Games
/category/dailyText duplicate See More Games See All
/games/ridellaRidella
A-TITLE Ridella
/games/daily-sudokuText duplicate The Daily Sudoku
A-TITLE The Daily Sudoku
/games/todays-hurdleToday's Hurdle
A-TITLE Today's Hurdle
/games/daily-jigsawText duplicate The Daily Jigsaw
A-TITLE The Daily Jigsaw
/games/daily-crosswordDaily Crossword
A-TITLE Daily Crossword
/games/daily-crossword-miniMini Crossword
A-TITLE Mini Crossword
/games/daily-diagonal-sudokuThe Daily Diagonal Sudoku
A-TITLE The Daily Diagonal Sudoku
/games/penny-dell-crosswordPenny Dell Crosswords
A-TITLE Penny Dell Crosswords
/category/wordWord Games
/category/wordText duplicate See More Games See All
/games/ridellaText duplicate Ridella
A-TITLE Ridella
/games/categoriesCategories
A-TITLE Categories
/games/outspellOutspell
A-TITLE Outspell
/games/word-wipeText duplicate Word Wipe
A-TITLE Word Wipe
/games/todays-hurdleText duplicate Today's Hurdle
A-TITLE Today's Hurdle
/games/syllacrosticSyllacrostic
A-TITLE Syllacrostic
/games/word-huntWord Hunt
A-TITLE Word Hunt
/games/daily-crosswordText duplicate Daily Crossword
A-TITLE Daily Crossword
/category/cardCard Games
/category/cardText duplicate See More Games See All
/games/texas-holdem-poker-sit-...Arkadium's Texas Hold'em
A-TITLE Arkadium's Texas Hold'em
/games/klondike-solitaireKlondike Solitaire
A-TITLE Klondike Solitaire
/games/spider-solitaire-gameSpider Solitaire Game
A-TITLE Spider Solitaire Game
/games/freecell-solitaireFreeCell Solitaire
A-TITLE FreeCell Solitaire
/games/pyramid-solitairePyramid Solitaire
A-TITLE Pyramid Solitaire
/games/classic-solitaireClassic Solitaire
A-TITLE Classic Solitaire
/games/tri-peaks-solitaireTri-Peaks Solitaire
A-TITLE Tri-Peaks Solitaire
/games/crescent-solitaireCrescent Solitaire
A-TITLE Crescent Solitaire
/category/puzzlesPuzzles
/category/puzzlesText duplicate See More Games See All
/games/ridellaText duplicate Ridella
A-TITLE Ridella
/games/categoriesText duplicate Categories
A-TITLE Categories
/games/room-escapeRoom Escape
A-TITLE Room Escape
/games/trizzle-halloweenTrizzle Halloween
A-TITLE Trizzle Halloween
/games/daily-sudokuText duplicate The Daily Sudoku
A-TITLE The Daily Sudoku
/games/thanksgiving-mahjongThanksgiving Mahjong
A-TITLE Thanksgiving Mahjong
/games/price-is-right-plinkoThe Price Is Right Plinko Pegs
A-TITLE The Price Is Right Plinko Pegs
/games/game-day-block-champGame Day Block Champ
A-TITLE Game Day Block Champ
/all-gamesMore Games
/all-gamesText duplicate See More Games See All
/games/millionaireWho Wants to Be a Millionaire?
A-TITLE Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
/games/sudokuSudoku
A-TITLE Sudoku
/games/mahjongg-dimensionsMahjongg Dimensions
A-TITLE Mahjongg Dimensions
/games/candy-mahjonggMahjongg Candy
A-TITLE Mahjongg Candy
/games/mahjongg-dark-dimensionsMahjongg Dark Dimensions
A-TITLE Mahjongg Dark Dimensions
/games/sweet-shuffleSweet Shuffle
A-TITLE Sweet Shuffle
/games/jigsawJigsaw
A-TITLE Jigsaw
/games/ten-x-ten10x10
A-TITLE 10x10
https://www.arkadium.com/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.washingtonpost.com...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://corporate.arkadium.com...New window Nofollow External Subdomain For Publishers
/helpHelp Guide

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://games.washingtonpost.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 file size of the HTML document is very large (726 kB).
The page response time is excellent with 0.03 seconds.

HTTP Response Header

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content-languageen
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content-encodinggzip
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cache-controlmax-age=70
expiresFri, 23 May 2025 20:50:07 GMT
dateFri, 23 May 2025 20:48:57 GMT
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access-control-allow-origin*
varyAccept-Encoding
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 74 referring domains.
This page has 182 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 73 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /todays-hurdle
Disallow: /hurdle
Disallow: /games/hurdle
Disallow: /games/todays-hurdle
Disallow: /es/juegos/todays-hurdle
Disallow: /fr/jeux/todays-hurdle
Disallow: /it/giochi/todays-hurdle
Disallow: /de/spiele/todays-hurdle
Disallow: /en-us/games/todays-hurdle
Disallow: /en-gb/games/todays-hurdle
Disallow: /en-au/games/todays-hurdle
Disallow: /en-nz/games/todays-hurdle
Sitemap: https://games.washingtonpost.com/sitemap.xml

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Crosswords, Puzzles, and Online Games
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Games Game81%Check
Word Games80%Check
Puzzles77%Check
Word77%Check
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Post73%Check
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