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Meta information
100% 
Page quality
97% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.50 s
File size
228.90 kB
Words
1583
Media files
63
Number of links
293 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Santa Barbara Independent
The length of the page title is perfect. (288 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (981 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.independent.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.

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1583 words. That's ok.
24.8% 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.
13 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 18.94 words is good.
Frames
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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 32 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
11 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)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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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...egends-Image-9-Large.jpeg?resize=850,530Santa Barbara Symphony and Friends Perform David Crosby Tribute
...ly-with-CA-avo-staff.jpeg?resize=850,530An Avocado Junket Is Far from the Pits
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...loads/2025/05/P7A0695.jpg?resize=850,530Protecting What Lurks Along Santa Barbara County’s Coastline 
...oads/2025/05/image-15.png?resize=850,530Teen Boys Robbed in Isla Vista Say Armed Suspects Threatened to Kill Them
...25/05/Pearl-Chase-1-1.jpg?resize=130,100Lecture by Cheri Rae: Pearl Chase, Part I
...5/NEW-NSP-LOGO.circle.png?resize=130,100National Day of Action! Support Single Payer Health Care
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...2025/05/Clothing-Swap.png?resize=130,100Teen Clothing Swap
...oneweb-2560x1100.jpg.webp?resize=130,100A Special Edition of Behind The Lens: California Dreamin’
...5-05-14-at-1.17.23 PM.png?resize=130,100Choral Society Season Finale
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...ploads/2025/02/mccweb.jpg?resize=130,100Mary Chapin Carpenter & Brandy Clark
...5/05/cheese-17-Large.jpeg?resize=380,220Astounding Sips and Savorful Bites That Truly Cheese the Day!
...4/Hands-Off-rally-16.jpeg?resize=380,220Hands Off! Rally Brings Out Thousands in Santa Barbara
...oads/2025/03/IMG_1345.jpg?resize=380,220Video: Sick Sea Lion Rescued on Haskell’s Beach
...oads/2025/03/tesla-15.jpg?resize=380,220‘No More DOGE’ Protests in Santa Barbara
...ploads/2025/02/gala-6.jpg?resize=380,220Girls Inc. of Carpinteria Hosts Inaugural Gala
...oads/2025/02/feb14-26.jpg?resize=380,220A Valentine to Colman Domingo
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...ads/2025/02/night2-23.jpg?resize=380,220Angelina Jolie Dazzles at SBIFF Opening Celebrity Awards Tribute
...oads/2025/02/night4-9.jpg?resize=380,220Kevin Costner and Team Celebrate U.S. Premiere of ‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2’  at Santa Barbara International Film Festival 
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...5-05-21-at-1.43.20 PM.png?resize=130,100Sable Oil to Santa Barbara County: We Don’t Care
...ads/2025/05/Untitled-.jpg?resize=130,100All Booked | Through Space and Time
.../05/carp-unified-sign.jpg?resize=130,100The School-to-Prison Pipeline Perpetuated
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...5-05-30-at-1.50.28 PM.png?resize=850,530UC Santa Barbara’s Media Arts and Technology End-of-Year Show Fuses Art and Engineering
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...ly-with-CA-avo-staff.jpeg?resize=850,530An Avocado Junket Is Far from the Pits
...oto-Josef-Woodard-3-1.jpg?resize=130,100Sheepish Eats, the Norway Way 
.../05/060422_zoobrew_37.jpg?resize=130,100Zoo Brew Returns with Annual Fundraiser
...40917_266456-1-Large.jpeg?resize=130,100The Pinot Noirs of Pars Fortuna, Finally
.../uploads/2025/05/DP-3.jpg?resize=850,530Sienna van Alphen Takes Charge of the Chargers
.../uploads/2025/05/DP-3.jpg?resize=850,530Sienna van Alphen Takes Charge of the Chargers
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...25/05/ojai-vallly-inn.png?resize=130,100Commercial Projects Worth a Second Look
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...oads/2025/03/IMG_1694.jpg?resize=130,100Ready or Not? How to Know When You’re Financially Prepared to Buy a Home
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 36 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H3 A Santa Barbara Surfing Story
H3 ‘I’m Really Scared’: Elderly and Disabled Californians with More Than $2,000 Could Lose Medi-Cal
H3 Santa Barbara Symphony and Friends Perform David Crosby Tribute
H3 An Avocado Junket Is Far from the Pits
H3 Review | Khruangbin Brought the Funk Zone to Town
H3 Protecting What Lurks Along Santa Barbara County’s Coastline
H3 Teen Boys Robbed in Isla Vista Say Armed Suspects Threatened to Kill Them
H3 multimedia Stories
H3 Arts & Entertainment
H3 UC Santa Barbara’s Media Arts and Technology End-of-Year Show Fuses Art and Engineering
H3 Food & Drink
H3 An Avocado Junket Is Far from the Pits Duplicate text
H3 Living
H3 Sienna van Alphen Takes Charge of the Chargers
H3 Sports
H3 Sienna van Alphen Takes Charge of the Chargers Duplicate text
H3 Real Estate
H3 Hot Tips for a Cool Summer
H3 The Print Issue
H3 Announcements
H3 Contribute
H3 Login
H4 Astounding Sips and Savorful Bites That Truly Cheese the Day!
H4 Hands Off! Rally Brings Out Thousands in Santa Barbara
H4 Video: Sick Sea Lion Rescued on Haskell’s Beach
H4 ‘No More DOGE’ Protests in Santa Barbara
H4 Girls Inc. of Carpinteria Hosts Inaugural Gala
H4 A Valentine to Colman Domingo
H4 SBIFF’s Variety Artisans Awards Honors Expert Professionals Behind the Scenes
H4 Angelina Jolie Dazzles at SBIFF Opening Celebrity Awards Tribute
H4 Kevin Costner and Team Celebrate U.S. Premiere of ‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2’ at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
H4 Fiennes is in Fine Form for Santa Barbara Film Festival’s Outstanding Performer of the Year Award
H6 Premiere Events
H6 Columns
H6 Opinions
H6 Letters
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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 2 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/newsletters/Subdomain Newsletters
/manage-account/Subdomain My Account
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/extra/Subdomain Extra!
/classifieds/Subdomain Classifieds
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/author/jacksonindependent-com/Subdomain Jackson Friedman
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/2025/03/19/annual-summer-camp...Subdomain 2025 Summer Camp Guide ☀️
/santa-barbara-live-music-venues/Subdomain Santa Barbara Live Music Venues 🎸
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/2025/05/30/groundbreaking-com...Subdomain Groundbreaking Commences on New Medical Clinic for Santa Barbara’s Westside
/?s&category_name=healthSubdomain Text duplicate Health
/author/nickindependent-com/Subdomain Nick Welsh
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/?s&category_name=healthSubdomain Text duplicate Health
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/author/tylerindependent-com/Subdomain Tyler Hayden
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/2025/05/19/three-goleta-stude...Subdomain Three Goleta Students Killed in Multi-Vehicle Accident Near Lompoc
/?s&category_name=public-safetySubdomain Text duplicate Public Safety
/author/ryanindependent-com/Subdomain Ryan P. Cruz
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/2025/05/24/vacation-rental-st...Subdomain Vacation Rental Study in Goleta Tells More About the Neighbors
/?s&category_name=housingSubdomain Housing
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/author/nickindependent-com/Subdomain Text duplicate Nick Welsh
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/author/mattindependent-com/Subdomain Matt Kettmann
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/author/sarahindependent-com/Subdomain Sarah Sinclair
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