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Meta information
66% 
Page quality
53% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
23% 
Server
79% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.85 s
File size
338.70 kB
Words
999
Media files
64
Number of links
127 internal / 26 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Straits Times - Breaking news, Singapore news, Asia and world news & multimedia
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 781 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
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The Straits Times - Get latest breaking news, business, sports, lifestyle, tech & multimedia and more news in Singapore, Asia & rest of the world at straitstimes.com.
The meta description is too long: 1010 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://www.straitstimes.com/global
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Germany
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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HTTP-Header Content-Type: utf8
Meta Charset Attribut: utf-8
The specified character encodings are different.
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
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Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
The average number of words per sentence of 5.71 words is low.
This page contains 999 words. That's ok.
27% of the text are stop words.
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
(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 20 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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.

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H1 heading
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Terrorism threat in S’pore remains high, driven by events like Israeli-Palestinian conflict: ISD
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
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Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 94 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 Terrorism threat in S’pore remains high, driven by events like Israeli-Palestinian conflict: ISD
H2 Suspected advanced attacks must be reported under Singapore’s amended Cybersecurity Act
H2 The Week in Pictures: Conflict and competition
H2 ‘It’s very sad’: She comforts loved ones turned away by inmates
H2 How to make the most of small homes in Singapore
H2 Telling the Singapore story for 180 years
H2 From local to global: What made top news in Singapore over the last 180 years?
H2 Which floor is this? Chongqing’s maze-like environment powers its rise as a megacity
H2 60 objects to mark SG60: Which is your favourite?
H2 ‘I suspect he’s cheating’: She finds proof when spouses stray
H2 Right on track: Meet the new JB-Singapore RTS Link train
H2 Wish comes true: Teen in S’pore with lupus stars in her dream music video
H2 ‘People always complain about private hire drivers and I wanted to share our side of the story’
H2 I let an AI bot ‘love’ me for a week. Here’s what went wrong
H3 Why China can’t seem to shake off its food scandals
H3 Singapore’s economy is holding up, but the outlook could sour quickly
H3 Internships after graduation – a waiting room for a real job or a launch pad?
H3 In an elite arena, 12-year-old Yu Zidi makes a talent statement
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H4 Online platforms have halved time it takes for Singaporeans to be self-radicalised: ISD
H4 Extreme weather turns Beijing into rain trap; 30 killed, over 80,000 evacuated
H4 Five dead including gunman in New York office shooting spree
H4 Cambodia-Thailand border calm as military commanders hold talks
H4 World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro among list of top names for S'pore football coach
H4 3 gunmen involved in Indian Kashmir tourist attack killed in military operation
H4 World’s biggest passenger planes keep breaking down
H4 SIA shares tumble 7.4% after first-quarter profit slide
H4 Motorcyclist hurt after car crashes into bollard next to Clementi coffee shop
H4 BYD tops Singapore car sales in first half of 2025 with almost one-fifth of the market
H4 Cambodia-Thailand border calm as military commanders hold talks Duplicate text
H4 Truce between Cambodia and Thailand secured under Asean chair Malaysia, but can it hold?
H4 Trump says he is not seeking summit with Xi, but may visit China
H4 Extreme weather turns Beijing into rain trap; 30 killed, over 80,000 evacuated Duplicate text
H4 ‘I wanted to create something that was more uniquely Singaporean’
H4 ‘We would climb up and down Bukit Timah Hill about six times’
H4 Mental health in the age of AI - exploring a new frontier for diagnosis, therapy and support
H4 askST Jobs: How Gen Zs can apply smarter, not harder, in their job search
H4 Pics or it didn’t happen: Why young couples in S’pore are hiring wedding content creators
H4 Me and My Money: Being down to her last dollar gave finance exec a lasting budgeting lesson
H4 ‘It’s very sad’: She comforts loved ones turned away by inmates Duplicate text
H4 Let’s replace work-life balance with work-rest rhythm
H4 New AI chatbot by ST’s Headstart to answer your career-related questions
H4 Gunman kills 5 near Bangkok’s Chatuchak market before taking own life
H4 Tanjong Katong Road sinkhole did not happen overnight: Experts
H4 SMRT reports unauthorised post on its X account, says investigation under way
H4 Singapore-only car washes will get business licences revoked, says Johor govt
H4 5-year-old boy left at restaurant in Malaysia; family realises 1½ hours later
H4 Science Journals: Lessons from weird fish sold in Singapore’s wet markets
H4 Jail for former pre-school teacher who tripped toddler repeatedly, causing child to bleed from nose
H4 Tanjong Katong sinkhole linked to sewage shaft failure; PUB calls safety time-out
H4 Foreign workers who rescued woman from sinkhole given tokens of appreciation
H4 Man exposed daughter’s identity despite court order after she was removed from his care
H5 US, China resume talks in Stockholm to ease tariff hostilities
H5 ‘Once in a hundred years’: Villagers clean up after deadly China floods
H5 Russian bombs kill 17 in Ukrainian penal colony
H5 Thailand estimates over $300 million in economic damage from border conflict with Cambodia
H5 Legal cannabis blooms in Morocco but black market still beckons
H5 China's leverage on the trade war with US
H5 Your Ultimate Guide to ST Podcast Live Events
H5 Fending off procrastination: How to get started
H5 Explore The Straits Times’ podcasts
H6 Latest headlines
H6 Recommended
H6 Shorts
H6 Singapore
H6 Asia
H6 Opinion
H6 Visual stories
H6 Your S'pore Story
H6 Podcasts
H6 Headstart
H6 AI Career Bot
H6 Latest
H6 Money Mentor
H6 Work Bestie
H6 Life Guide
H6 About Headstart
H6 Most popular
H6 Branded content
H6 ‘Nobody deserves to be alone’: Why Mummy and Acha have fostered over 20 children
H6 People supporting people: How they are bringing smiles to the community
H6 Working as one: How S’pore’s security forces collaborate to keep the nation safe
H6 ‘Retrenched at 48, I was worried I couldn’t support my kids and ailing father’
H6 Marina Bay views, easy city access: Live next to the rejuvenated Golden Mile Complex
H6 Investing with confidence: Zero-commission app uses AI to find promising stocks
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