Thescore.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
38% 
Page structure
92% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
65% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.71 s
File size
769.00 kB
Words
296
Media files
9
Number of links
45 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Sports News | NFL NHL MLB NBA & more | theScore.com
The length of the page title is perfect. (518 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Top News & Rumors for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer & More
The length of the meta description is perfect. (486 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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 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

NameValue
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google-site-verificationWHL02URiqh7UHOzRkgsUZzloEHa6suq6EBCn4m5JFGw
descriptionTop News & Rumors for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer & More
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@theScore
twitter:titleSports News | NFL NHL MLB NBA & more
twitter:descriptionTrending News & Rumors for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer & More
twitter:image/static/vectors/thescore-logo.svg
fb:app_id124052647629735
og:site_nametheScore.com
og:titleSports News | NFL NHL MLB NBA & more
og:typearticle
og:urlEmpty
og:localeen_CA
og:imageEmpty
og:image:secure_urlEmpty
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
og:image:width1200
og:image:height630
og:descriptionTrending News & Rumors for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer & More
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 296 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
20.6% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (769 kB).
A viewport "initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 6 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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

URLAlt attributeTitle
/static/vectors/the-score-logo.svgtheScore
/static/images/app-store-footer.pngApp Store
/static/images/google-play.pngGoogle Play
/static/vectors/the-score-footer-logo.svgtheScore
...tic/vectors/thescore-bet-footer-logo.svgtheScore Bet
/static/vectors/e-sports-footer-logo.svgtheScore eSports
/static/vectors/penn-gaming-logo-v2.svgPenn Entertainment's logo
/static/vectors/eA-Icon.svgThis icon serves as a link to download the eSSENTIAL Accessibility assistive technology app for individuals with physical disabilities. It is featured as part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
/static/vectors/penn-gaming-logo-v2.svgPenn Entertainment's logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Top News
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Top News
H2 HEADLINES
H2 RELATED NEWS
H2 Top Leagues
H2 Company
H2 Follow Us
H2 Products
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 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.thescore.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.thescore.com/No Text
https://www.thescore.com/TOP NEWS
/mlb/news/3293821/judge-ohtani...Judge, Ohtani homer in 1st inning of World Series rematch
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsmlb
/nba/news/3293658/woman-sues-z...Woman sues Zion over alleged rape, abuse
/nfl/news/3281538/buy-or-sell-...Buy or Sell: Debating 3 hot topics in the NFL
/nfl/news/3293624/report-eagle...Report: Eagles working to trade Huff to 49ers
/nhl/news/3292838/3-things-nhl...3 things NHL teams can learn from the juggernaut Panthers
/mlb/news/3293837/soto-staying...Soto staying patient amid struggles: 'I will be' there to lift Mets soon
/nhl/news/3293751/tkachuk-pret...Tkachuk: 'Pretty clear' Panthers, Oilers are 'best teams in ...
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/newsnhl
/pga/news/3293756/taylor-griff...Taylor, Griffin share 2-stroke lead after 2 rounds at Memori...
https://www.thescore.com/pga/newspga
/wnba/news/3293733/bueckers-pl...Bueckers placed in concussion protocol, out at least 2 games
/wnba/newswnba
/mlb/news/3293347/braves-smith...Braves' Smith-Shawver needs surgery to repair torn UCL
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsText duplicate mlb
/nba/news/3292375/okcs-finals-...OKC's Finals run boosts Canadians' surge into championship b...
https://www.thescore.com/nba/newsnba
/nhl/news/3293527/oilers-sligh...Oilers slight favorites over Panthers in Stanley Cup rematch
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/newsText duplicate nhl
/nfl/news/3293535/vikings-sign...Vikings sign GM Adofo-Mensah to multi-year extension
https://www.thescore.com/nfl/newsnfl
/mlb/news/3293521/goldschmidt-...Goldschmidt: Judge's production is 'almost Barry Bondish'
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsText duplicate mlb
/nfl/news/3293520/mahomes-kelc...Mahomes: Kelce not acting like 2025 will be 'his last ride'
https://www.thescore.com/nfl/newsText duplicate nfl
/mlb/news/3292229/the-red-sox-...The Red Sox are losing their grip on the season
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsText duplicate mlb
/nhl/news/3293516/oilers-wowed...Oilers wowed by McDavid's winner: 'One player in the world w...
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/newsText duplicate nhl
/nba/news/3293512/haliburton-t...Haliburton: 'There's no need to panic' after dropping Game 5
https://www.thescore.com/nba/newsText duplicate nba
/topsn/news/3241192/psg-vs-int...PSG vs. Inter: Everything you need to know about Champions L...
/topsn/newstopsn
/mlb/news/3293501/astros-mccul...Astros' McCullers hires security after death threats aimed a...
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsText duplicate mlb
https://www.thescore.com/IMG-ALT theScore
https://thescore.app.link/uKPv...External Subdomain IMG-ALT App Store
https://thescore.app.link/KDCc...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Google Play
https://www.thescore.com/nba/newsNBA Basketball
https://www.thescore.com/nfl/newsNFL Football
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/newsNHL Hockey
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsMLB Baseball
/ncaab/newsNCAA Mens Basketball
https://www.scoremediaandgamin...External Subdomain About Us
https://thescoresupport.zendes...External Subdomain Support
https://news.scoremediaandgami...External Subdomain News
https://www.scoremediaandgamin...External Subdomain Careers
https://twitter.com/theScoreExternal Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/theScoreExternal Subdomain Facebook
https://instagram.com/thescoreExternal Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@thescoreExternal Subdomain TikTok
https://thescore.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT theScore
https://thescore.bet/External IMG-ALT theScore Bet
https://thescoreesports.com/External IMG-ALT theScore eSports
https://www.pennentertainment....External Subdomain IMG-ALT Penn Entertainment's logo
https://thescoresupport.zendes...External Subdomain Copyright © 2025 theScore. All Rights Reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.
https://thescoresupport.zendes...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://thescoresupport.zendes...External Subdomain Terms of Use
https://thescoresupport.zendes...External Subdomain Accessibility Policies
https://www.essentialaccessibi...External Subdomain IMG-ALT This icon serves as a link to download the eSSENTIAL Accessibility assistive technology app for individuals with physical disabilities. It is featured as par...
https://www.pennentertainment....External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Penn Entertainment's logo
A-TITLE Penn Entertainment

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.thescore.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.71 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (769 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 31 May 2025 04:11:58 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
x-powered-byExpress
varyAccept-Encoding
x-served-bythescore_web
x-varnish439923900 440278396
age91
via1.1 varnish (Varnish/6.6)
x-cacheHIT
x-cache-hits35
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
set-cookie278 Characters
servercloudflare
cf-ray9483a156bd50c6ae-CDG
content-encodingbr
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 572 referring domains.
This page has 5,002 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 509 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Sports News | NFL NHL MLB NBA & more | theScore.com
Top News & Rumors for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer & More

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
NEWS77%Check
Top News72%Check
Sports News65%Check
theScore60%Check
NFL46%Check
NHL46%Check
mlb46%Check
nba46%Check
Basketball46%Check
Football46%Check
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