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Meta information
100% 
Page quality
70% 
Page structure
81% 
Link structure
52% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.24 s
File size
42.10 kB
Words
621
Media files
4
Number of links
153 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Londonist - Things to see and do in London
The length of the page title is perfect. (386 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The latest news in London, what's on and events, the best London food and pubs, history and trivia, what's free and cheap in London.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (817 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://londonist.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Language defined in meta tags: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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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Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
The average number of words per sentence of 8.5 words is low.
This page contains 621 words. That's ok.
31.9% 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.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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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 12 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.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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Londonist: Things To Do In London — News, Events & Guides
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 32 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

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H1 Londonist: Things To Do In London — News, Events & Guides
H2 FEATURED
H2 London's Oldest Restaurant Is Now Owned By The National Trust
H2 When Are London's Christmas Lights Switched On This Year?: Christmas 2026
H2 The Riverside Temple To Shakespeare That's Free To Visit
H2 Halloween 2026 In London: Parties, Events And Things To Do
H2 LATEST ON LONDONIST
H2 TRENDING
H3 Changes Planned To Make Monument Junction Safer For Cyclists And Pedestrians
H3 Christmas 2026 In London
H3 "Very Intense And Isolating": Michael Crawford Remembers Playing The Phantom Of The Opera 40 Years Ago
H3 Things To Do In London This Weekend: 17-18 October 2026
H3 Two London Stations Are Finalists In The World Cup Of Stations 2026
H3 Free London Cable Car Trips Up For Grabs
H3 Free Things To Do In London This Week: 12-18 October 2026
H3 Best Of Londonist: 5-11 October 2026
H3 Things To Do In London This Week: 12-18 October 2026
H3 This Pickle-Mad Festival Returns To Deptford's Dog & Bell Pub For The 30th Year
H3 Screen Your Old Home Movies At The Cinema Museum
H3 Where To Go Ice Skating In London For Christmas 2026
H3 Canary Wharf Winter Lights: Free Trail Is Back In January 2027
H3 The DLR Extension To Thamesmead And Beckton Riverside Just Got One Step Closer
H3 Sing With Dogs In Church At Battersea's Barking Mad Carol Concert
H3 London's First Avocados
H3 Oxford Street's 2026 Christmas Lights Will Have A Harry Potter Theme
H3 Things To Do In London This Week: 12-18 October 2026 Duplicate text
H3 Where To Watch Fireworks On Bonfire Night In London: 2026 Guide
H3 Where To Go Pumpkin Picking Near London: Autumn 2026
H3 When Does Christmas Start In London? These Are The Major Dates For The 2026 Festive Season
H3 Report a problem
H3 Thank you, your feedback has been noted.
H4 Follow Londonist
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Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 16 external links on this page.

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