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87%

Page quality

71%

Page structure

90%

Link structure

67%

Server

95%

External factors

SEO Score

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Response time

2.08 s

File size

28.30 kB

Words

764

Media files

Number of links

70 internal / 14 external

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Meta specifications 87% achieved

Title

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Northern Review

The page title is too short. (150 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title

There are no duplicate words in the title

Meta Title

Meta description

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Multidisciplinary research journal exploring human experience in the Circumpolar North. Published by Yukon University in Whitehorse.

The length of the meta description is perfect. (823 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)

Meta Description

Crawlability

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There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

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No canonical link is specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

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Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en-us

Server location: Canada

The following language is defined by HTML: en-us

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

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There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

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.

Meta Tags

Domain

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The domain is no subdomain.

The domain length is good.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

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.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

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No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Favicon

Meta tags

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Page quality 71% achieved

Content

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The average number of words per sentence of 32.5 words is high.

This page contains 764 words. That's ok.

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.

The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.

4 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.

Content is King

Frames

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This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

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No Apple touch icon is specified.

A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

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Some tags are too long. With 89 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"exploring northern economic development explorer le développement économique dans le nord"

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

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1 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.

Image SEO

There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.

Social Sharing

Additional markup

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No additional page markup was found.

HTTPS

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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
...journals/1/pageHeaderLogoImage_en_US.jpg	The Northern Review masthead
/public/journals/1/cover_issue_65_en_US.jpg	View No. 57 (2025)
/plugins/blocks/hostedBy/icons/pkpps.svg	No alt attribute provided
/templates/images/ojs_brand.png	More information about the publishing system, Platform and Workflow by OJS/PKP.

Page structure 90% achieved

H1 heading

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Northern Review

The H1 heading is too short (15 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

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There are 28 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	Northern Review
H2	Announcements
H2	Current Issue
H2	Make a Submission
H2	Developed By
H2	Information
H3	Peer-reviewed journal published at Yukon University in Whitehorse, Canada, on the Traditional Territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council
H3	Introduction
H3	Editorial
H3	Northern Economic Futures: Challenges and Opportunities
H3	New Research on Northern Development
H3	New Perspectives on Northern Economies
H3	Cover Art
H4	July 2025 New Call for Papers: Economic Development Special Issue #2
H4	The Northern Review 57
H4	Introduction to Special Issue: Northern Economic Development
H4	Article du numéro spécial de la Revue du Nord
H4	Editorial: Exploring Northern Economic Development Éditorial : Explorer le développement économique nordique
H4	Éditorial : Explorer le développement économique nordique
H4	Measuring the Effects of Diamond Mine Closures on Indigenous Communities in the Northwest Territories Mesurer les effets de la fermeture des mines de diamants sur les communautés Autochtones des Te...
H4	Against Fast-Tracking: Critical Minerals and Indigenous Rights in Nunavut Contre l’accélération des procédures : les minéraux critiques et les droits des Autochtones au Nunavut
H4	Yukon First Nations Settlement Land Development Développement des terres de règlement des Premières Nations du Yukon
H4	Acting on MacPherson’s Advice: Continuing to Study and Learn from the Northern Co-operative Experience Mettre en pratique les conseils du Dr MacPherson : Poursuivre l’étude et l’apprentissage de l’...
H4	The Canadian Rangers: A Force Multiplier for the Canadian Armed Forces in the Territorial North Les Rangers canadiens : multiplicateur de force pour les Forces armées canadiennes dans le Nord terri...
H4	The Changing Nature of the Social Economy in the Yukon: The Transformation of a Frontier Culture La nature changeante de l’économie sociale au Yukon : La transformation d’une culture frontalière
H4	Creating a More Prosperous Northern Economy: Development Insights from Northern Finland Créer une économie nordique plus prospère : Perspectives sur le développement dans le Nord de la Finlande
H4	Building a Policy Muscle: Learning from Northern Youth about Arctic Tourism Renforcer les capacités d’intervention politique : Apprendre de la jeunesse nordique à propos du tourisme arctique
H4	Arctic Cotton Grass

Link structure 67% achieved

Internal links

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Some internal link anchor texts are too long.

Some anchor texts are used more than once.

The number of internal links is ok.

All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are 14 external links on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
/index.php/nr	Anchor	Skip to main content
/index.php/nr	Anchor	Skip to main navigation menu
/index.php/nr	Anchor	Skip to announcements
/index.php/nr	Anchor	Skip to the current issue
/index.php/nr	Anchor	Skip to site footer
/index.php/nr/index		IMG-ALT The Northern Review masthead
/index.php/nr/issue/current		Current
/index.php/nr/issue/archive		Archives
/index.php/nr/announcement		Announcements
/index.php/nr/about		About
/index.php/nr/about		About the Journal
/index.php/nr/about/submissions		Submissions
/index.php/nr/about/editorialTeam		Editorial Team
/index.php/nr/about/privacy		Privacy Statement
/index.php/nr/about/contact		Contact
/index.php/nr/search		Search
/index.php/nr/user/register		Register
/index.php/nr/login		Login
/index.php/nr/announcement/vie...		Peer-reviewed journal published at Yukon University in Whitehorse, Canada, on the Traditional Territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch...
https://bsky.app/profile/theno...	External	Bluesky
https://facebook.com/thenorthe...	External	Facebook
https://instagram.com/thenorth...	External	Instagram
/index.php/nr/announcement/vie...		Read More Read more about Peer-reviewed journal published at Yukon University in Whitehorse, Canada, on the Traditional Territories of the Kwanlin Dün First ...
/index.php/nr/announcement/vie...		July 2025 New Call for Papers: Economic Development Special Issue #2
/index.php/nr/issue/view/65		IMG-ALT View No. 57 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.22584/nr57....	External	URL anchor text https://doi.org/10.22584/nr57.2025.100
/index.php/nr/article/view/1271		The Northern Review 57
/index.php/nr/article/view/127...		PDF (spreads, 90 pages)
/index.php/nr/article/view/127...		PDF (scaled up, 178 pages)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1249		Introduction to Special Issue: Northern Economic Development
/index.php/nr/article/view/124...		PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/124...		PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1263		Article du numéro spécial de la Revue du Nord
/index.php/nr/article/view/126...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/126...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1247		Editorial: Exploring Northern Economic Development Éditorial : Explorer le développement économique nordique
/index.php/nr/article/view/124...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/124...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1265		Éditorial : Explorer le développement économique nordique
/index.php/nr/article/view/126...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/126...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1261		Measuring the Effects of Diamond Mine Closures on Indigenous Communities in the Northwest Territories Mesurer les effets de la fermeture des mines de diamant...
/index.php/nr/article/view/126...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/126...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1169		Against Fast-Tracking: Critical Minerals and Indigenous Rights in Nunavut Contre l’accélération des procédures : les minéraux critiques et les droits des Aut...
/index.php/nr/article/view/116...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/116...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1235		Yukon First Nations Settlement Land Development Développement des terres de règlement des Premières Nations du Yukon
/index.php/nr/article/view/123...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/123...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1255		Acting on MacPherson’s Advice: Continuing to Study and Learn from the Northern Co-operative Experience Mettre en pratique les conseils du Dr MacPherson : Pou...
/index.php/nr/article/view/125...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/125...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1167		The Canadian Rangers: A Force Multiplier for the Canadian Armed Forces in the Territorial North Les Rangers canadiens : multiplicateur de force pour les Forc...
/index.php/nr/article/view/116...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/116...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1259		The Changing Nature of the Social Economy in the Yukon: The Transformation of a Frontier Culture La nature changeante de l’économie sociale au Yukon : La tra...
/index.php/nr/article/view/125...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/125...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1179		Creating a More Prosperous Northern Economy: Development Insights from Northern Finland Créer une économie nordique plus prospère : Perspectives sur le dével...
/index.php/nr/article/view/117...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/117...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1221		Building a Policy Muscle: Learning from Northern Youth about Arctic Tourism Renforcer les capacités d’intervention politique : Apprendre de la jeunesse nordi...
/index.php/nr/article/view/122...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/122...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/article/view/1267		Arctic Cotton Grass
/index.php/nr/article/view/126...	Text duplicate	PDF (spreads view)
/index.php/nr/article/view/126...	Text duplicate	PDF (scaled up)
/index.php/nr/issue/archive		View All Issues
/index.php/nr/about/submissions		Make a Submission
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/	External Subdomain	Open Journal Systems
/index.php/nr/information/readers		For Readers
/index.php/nr/information/authors		For Authors
/index.php/nr/information/libr...		For Librarians
https://pkpservices.sfu.ca/	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://pkpservices.sfu.ca/	New window External Subdomain	PKP Publishing Services Network
https://bsky.app/profile/theno...	External Text duplicate	Bluesky
https://facebook.com/thenorthe...	External Text duplicate	Facebook
https://twitter.com/ReviewNort...	External	Twitter
https://instagram.com/thenorth...	External Text duplicate	Instagram
https://www.yukonu.ca/review	New window External Subdomain	yukonu.ca/review
https://creativecommons.org/li...	New window External	Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0
https://pkpservices.sfu.ca/	New window External Subdomain	PKP Publishing Services
/index.php/nr/about/aboutThisP...		IMG-ALT More information about the publishing system, Platform and Workflow by OJS/PKP.

Server configuration 95% achieved

HTTP redirects

(Critically important)

This page redirects to "https://thenorthernreview.ca/index.php/nr"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

(Important)

No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.

HTTP headers

Performance

(Somewhat important)

The page response time is very slow (2.08 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.

The file size of the HTML document is fine (28 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
date	Thu, 24 Jul 2025 04:46:40 GMT
server	Apache
cache-control	no-store
set-cookie	80 Characters
x-pkp	sfulib7
vary	Accept-Encoding
content-encoding	gzip
content-length	5839
content-type	text/html; charset=utf-8
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 9% achieved

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This page has only a few links from other websites.

This page only has backlinks from 3 referring domains.

This page only has 3 backlinks.

This page only has few backlinks from 3 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cache/

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Multidisciplinary research journal exploring human experience in the Circumpolar North. Published by Yukon University in Whitehorse.

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