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Meta information
96% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
51% 
Link structure
62% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.12 s
File size
677.40 kB
Words
1216
Media files
33
Number of links
61 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Week | All you need to know about everything that matters
The length of the page title is perfect. (560 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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The Week brings you all you need to know about everything that matters. More than a news digest – it's an original take on world news
The length of the meta description is perfect. (826 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://theweek.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
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An URL is specified multiple times in alternate links.
Language for link pointing to page itself inaccurate
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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 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.
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Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

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Page quality

Content
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This page contains 1216 words. That's ok.
35% 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.
18 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 21.79 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (677.4 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 24 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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11 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
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There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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.

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The Week
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Headings
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Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 46 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

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H2 Epstein: Why MAGA won’t move on
H2 What makes us human
H2 The all-seeing tech giant
H2 Only in America
H2 Loyalty tests: The purge at the FBI
H2 Daily News Digest The Week Every day of the week
H2 The Week Every day of the week
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H2 Evening Review
H2 Morning Report
H2 Evening Review Duplicate text
H2 Editor's choice
H2 6 awesome surf spots for spectators
H2 Snow what? 6 charming ski towns to visit during peak summer.
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H2 What difference will the 'historic' UK-Germany treaty make?
H2 The Explainer
H2 How can you get the maximum Social Security retirement benefit?
H2 Insects and sewer water: the alleged conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz'
H2 What would happen to Earth if humans went extinct?
H2 The last words and final moments of 40 presidents
H2 Talking Points
H2 Sickness benefits: an unaffordable burden?
H2 Gavin Newsom mulls California redistricting to counter Texas gerrymandering
H2 Do we need more right-wing scientists?
H2 The Week Recommends
H2 Kartoffelsalat (potato salad) recipe
H2 6 perfect gifts for travel lovers
H2 Under the Radar
H2 Sweden's Soft Hooligans: the fans who brought 'good vibes' to the Euros
H2 Nigeria's 'baby factories': a hidden crisis
H2 Melting glaciers may lead to more volcanic eruptions
H2 Speed Reads
H2 CBS cancels Colbert's 'Late Show'
H2 President diagnosed with 'chronic venous insufficiency'
H2 'Bawdy' Trump letter supercharges Epstein scandal
H2 Rubio says US brokered end to Syria conflict
H2 More From The Week
H2 5 hilariously cutting cartoons about the Department of Education
H2 The week's best photos
H2 'Rare ceding of power'
H2 6 peaceful homes near small towns
H2 A running list of RFK Jr.'s controversies
H2 Critics' choice: 2025 James Beard Award winners
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Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 12 external links on this page.

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