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Meta information
75% 
Page quality
54% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.16 s
File size
456.90 kB
Words
2488
Media files
85
Number of links
56 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Listening - Homepage: Text to Speech for Academic Papers | Listening
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 630 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Listening: "Create a revolutionary study experience by listening to academic research on the go. Embark on a new learning adventure—try it free today!"
The length of the meta description is perfect. (935 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.listening.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Server location: Canada
The language is not specified in the HTML markup.
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
There are 36 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Already thoroughly impressed! I've used Natural Reader for a while, bu...
  • Duplicate 2: The app is impressive, easy to listen to, no robotic voice, easy to us...
  • Duplicate 3: I tried a lot of text-to-speech apps before finding listening. From th...
  • Duplicate 4: Brilliant app! I have dyslexia and have previously used Otter, Text He...
  • Duplicate 5: LOVE this! I'm a grad student full-time who also works full-time and d...
  • Duplicate 6: Useful every day! This app legit turns anything into a podcast you can...
  • Duplicate 7: I love this app, it has everything you need to turn your favourite boo...
  • Duplicate 8: What a great app! The reading voice is pleasant and understandable, ev...
  • Duplicate 9: This works surprisingly well—minimalistic app but the magic is in the ...
  • Duplicate 10: Perfect for converting large texts into audio. And when they added sup...
  • Duplicate 11: Great app! Helpful for academics. I've been using this app to listen t...
  • Duplicate 12: Absolutely brilliant, haven't been able to find an app that can say sc...
  • Duplicate 13: Amazing! This is my new favorite app! Uploading PDFs is so easy on the...
  • Duplicate 14: This is the best TTS service I've used so far. However, there are ...
This page contains 2488 words. That's ok.
39.9% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
44 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 10.38 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
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 50 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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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/_astro/features-avatar-3.BHa4_DLa.pngAvatar for Dan voice
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...timonial-1.1RpW4qT1.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpLauren Fratamico's avatar
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/_astro/slider-mobile-overview.DxYK0-tK.pngEasy to use view
/_astro/slider-scan.BEUIEPgZ.pngScan papers view
/_astro/slider-upload.B24C5B4-.pngUpload documents view
/_astro/slider-reading.GZuNJ57u.pngReading view
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/_astro/slider-mobile-overview.DxYK0-tK.pngEasy to use view
/_astro/slider-scan.BEUIEPgZ.pngScan papers view
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/_astro/slider-reading.GZuNJ57u.pngReading view
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...tars.DnD0qmMl.png&w=300&h=49&q=100&f=pngAvatars of our users
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...timonial-1.BjhM9ZR3.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Sean Gruber
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...timonial-5.DNmPMizd.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Erin Barnes
...1362789785.CXomyO1T.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Tim Osterbuhr
...timonial-1.BjhM9ZR3.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Sean Gruber
...timonial-2.DZTMxyPe.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Erin Barnes
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...timonial-4.C8iE54Fq.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Sean Gruber
...timonial-5.DNmPMizd.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Erin Barnes
...timonial-3.CLEeGanW.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Róisín Hennessy
...timonial-4.C8iE54Fq.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Mandy Eversole
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...789785-4_1.B31TrmEF.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Micah Robbins
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...timonial-4.C8iE54Fq.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Mandy Eversole
...timonial-5.DNmPMizd.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Brea T.
...789785-4_1.B31TrmEF.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Micah Robbins
...timonial-6.C5SWe1RJ.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Mary Ballard-Johansson
...timonial-7.CqpC-Ucy.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of David Hoeffer
...1362789785.CXomyO1T.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Meloman F.
...789785-3_1.MsDD1wVX.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Aubrey Williams
...timonial-6.C5SWe1RJ.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Mary Ballard-Johansson
...timonial-7.CqpC-Ucy.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of David Hoeffer
...timonial-6.C5SWe1RJ.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Mary Ballard-Johansson
...timonial-7.CqpC-Ucy.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of David Hoeffer
...1362789785.CXomyO1T.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Meloman F.
...789785-3_1.MsDD1wVX.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Aubrey Williams
...timonial-6.C5SWe1RJ.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Mary Ballard-Johansson
...timonial-7.CqpC-Ucy.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of David Hoeffer
...timonial-8.BKw-gYSF.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Read E
...timonial-9.T3UF1tVl.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Samantha Lumby
...imonial-10.B79_xTbF.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Baobei de Bei
...62789785-5.YS65P1Ar.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Judy Adams
...timonial-8.BKw-gYSF.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Read E
...timonial-9.T3UF1tVl.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Samantha Lumby
...imonial-10.B79_xTbF.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Baobei de Bei
...62789785-5.YS65P1Ar.png&w=48&h=48&f=webpProfile photo of Judy Adams
...ogle.CyRgr45j.png&w=48&h=48&q=100&f=webpApp Store QR Code
...ogle.CyRgr45j.png&w=48&h=48&q=100&f=webpGoogle Play QR Code
...ashboard.B1vxM4C8.png&w=800&h=600&f=webpPreview of the Listening app dashboard interface
...bileview.4UrXfEGf.png&w=400&h=300&f=webpPreview of the Listening app mobile interface

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Listen to academic papers on the go
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Listen to academic papers on the go
H2 Try the magic for yourself
H2 People love Listening in...
H2 Save time by choosing which sections to listen to
H2 Automatically skip citations, references, and footnotes
H2 Zip through your reading
H2 How the app works
H2 How the app works Duplicate text
H2 What students & researchers think
H2 Frequently Asked Questions
H2 Listen to anything, on the go
H2 Download
H2 Product
H2 Social Links
H2 Support
H3 Choose the voice that matches you
H3 Listen to anything, anywhere
H3 Listen at 3x speed
H3 One click note taking
H3 Can it pronounce difficult words, like "Mesothelioma" or "Diphenhydramine"?
H3 I only want to listen to the Abstract and Results.
H3 I don't want to listen to all the references and citations. Can your app skip those?
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 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.listening.com/Anchor Skip to main content
/7-day-trial7 Day Trial
/academicAcademic
https://www.listening.com/audioAudio
/back2schoolBack to School
https://www.listening.com/collegeCollege
/contact-usContact Us
https://www.listening.com/deGerman
/delete-dataDelete Data
https://www.listening.com/errorError
https://www.listening.com/esSpanish
/fb/academicFacebook Academic
https://www.listening.com/frFrench
https://www.listening.com/itItalian
/newsletterNewsletter
/password-resetPassword Reset
/password-successfully-resetPassword Successfully Reset
/password-verifyPassword Verify
https://www.listening.com/podcastPodcast
/post-purchasePost Purchase
https://www.listening.com/ptPortuguese
https://www.listening.com/refReferral
/refund-policyRefund Policy
/setup-extensionSetup Extension
/signinwithpopupbrowserextSign In With Popup Browser Extension
/study-smarterStudy Smarter
https://www.listening.com/surveySurvey
https://www.listening.com/termsTerms
https://www.listening.com/youtubeYouTube
https://www.listening.com/Home
/downloadsApps
https://www.listening.com/pricingPricing
/featuresFeatures
/app/loginLogin
https://www.listening.com/Listening
https://www.listening.com/Text duplicate Home
/downloadsText duplicate Apps
https://www.listening.com/pricingText duplicate Pricing
/featuresText duplicate Features
/app/loginText duplicate Login
/app/continueTry now
/app/continueText duplicate Try now
/app/continueNew window Get Started
/app/continueText duplicate Get Started
/app/continueText duplicate Try now
/app/continueNew window Try Now
/app/continueNew window Text duplicate Try Now
/app/continueSign up today!
/app/continueNew window Try the Listening app
/app/continueNew window Try the app
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/...New window External Subdomain Download from App Store Download for iOS
IMG-ALT App Store QR Code
https://play.google.com/store/...New window External Subdomain Download from Google Play Download for Android
IMG-ALT Google Play QR Code
https://www.listening.com/Text duplicate Listening
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/...New window External Subdomain iOS App
https://play.google.com/store/...New window External Subdomain Android App
https://chromewebstore.google....New window External Subdomain Chrome Extension
/app/loginWeb Login
https://www.listening.com/docDocuments
https://www.instagram.com/list...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/liste...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.tiktok.com/@thelis...New window External Subdomain TikTok
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/@theli...New window External Subdomain Youtube
https://help.listening.com/hcNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://help.listening.com/New window External Subdomain Help Center
https://www.listening.com/blogBlog
https://listening.com/privacyPrivacy Policy
https://listening.com/termsTerms of Service

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.listening.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 page response time is excellent with 0.16 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (457 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 247 referring domains.
This page has 2,068 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 200 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Listening - Homepage: Text to Speech for Academic Papers | Listening
Listening: "Create a revolutionary study experience by listening to academic research on the go. Embark on a new learning adventure—try it free today!"

Most important keywords

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Listening77%Check
Academic72%Check
academic papers68%Check
papers62%Check
reading academic56%Check
Research Papers55%Check
Try52%Check
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