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Meta information
98% 
Page quality
65% 
Page structure
83% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
97% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.13 s
File size
35.40 kB
Words
2403
Media files
28
Number of links
19 internal / 105 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Verification Handbook: homepage
The length of the page title is perfect. (301 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
A definitive guide to verifying digital content for emergency coverage
The length of the meta description is perfect. (418 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: 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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 2403 words. That's ok.
36% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
22 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 18.95 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 48 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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27 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
(Somewhat important)
The HTTPS protocol for secure data transmission is not used.

Media list

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Page structure

H1 heading
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The H1 heading is empty
Headings
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There are 31 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Empty heading
H1 A definitive guide to verifying digital content for emergency coverage
H1 Partners
H2 Authored by leading journalists from the BBC, Storyful, ABC, Digital First Media and other verification experts, the Verification Handbook is a groundbreaking new resource for journalists and aid p...
H2 Register now to stay updated (download press kit)
H2 What
H2 Who
H2 Authors
H3 When a crisis breaks, trusted sources such as news and aid organisations must sift through and verify the mass of reports being shared and published, and report back to the public with accurate, fa...
H3 While it primarily targets journalists and aid providers, the handbook can be used by anyone. Its advice and guidance are valuable whether you are a news journalist, citizen reporter, relief respon...
H4 Craig Silverman
H4 Steve Buttry
H4 Claire Wardle
H4 Trushar Barot
H4 Malachy Browne
H4 Mathew Ingram
H4 Patrick Meier (PhD)
H4 Sarah Knight
H4 Rina Tsubaki
H4 Anahi Ayala Iacucci
H4 Tom Phillips
H4 Dan Stowell
H4 Christoph Koettl
H4 Philippa Law
H4 Anthony De Rosa
H4 Tom Trewinnard
H4 Stephanie Durand
H4 Madeleine Bair
H4 Caroline Bannock
H4 Takashi Ōtsuki
H4 Gavin Rees
H4 M.SH
2 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (105) on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://datajournalism.com/rea...External VERIFICATION HANDBOOK: For Disinformation And Media Manipulation
http://twitter.com/ejcnetNew window External Twitter
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https://www.facebook.com/emerg...New window External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook
https://plus.google.com/u/0/co...New window External Subdomain Google Plus
A-TITLE Google Plus
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionNew window Feedback Form
A-TITLE Feedback Form
/book/IMG-ALT Book
/book2/chapter1.phpNo Text
http://goo.gl/nANsHnNew window External Click here to download the PDF version
/book2_ar/Arabic (العربية)
/book2_mk/Macedonian
/book2_ru/Russian
/book2_tr/Turkish
/additionalmaterial/No Text
http://goo.gl/SsCxykNew window External Text duplicate Click here to download the PDF version
/book/Read the book
A-TITLE Buy eBook
http://goo.gl/pedNSnNew window External Buy the book
http://goo.gl/fZMGRYNew window External PDF
http://goo.gl/aq4a3YNew window External ePub
http://goo.gl/aZEW28New window External Kindle
/book_grAvailable in Greek
http://goo.gl/TLb1VnNew window External Text duplicate PDF
http://goo.gl/jC0LViNew window External Text duplicate ePub
http://goo.gl/YIsWn4New window External Text duplicate Kindle
/book_frAvailable in French
http://goo.gl/hWw5ppNew window External Text duplicate PDF
http://goo.gl/n1CbHHNew window External Text duplicate ePub
http://goo.gl/26XZk0New window External Text duplicate Kindle
/book_brAvailable in Portuguese
http://goo.gl/0XSC13New window External Text duplicate PDF
http://goo.gl/BnTNNANew window External Text duplicate ePub
http://goo.gl/5bAKzhNew window External Text duplicate Kindle
/book_esAvailable in Spanish
http://goo.gl/967pZqNew window External Text duplicate PDF
http://goo.gl/K8APHhNew window External Text duplicate ePub
http://goo.gl/lQY1zKNew window External Text duplicate Kindle
/book_arAvailable in Arabic (العربية)
/book_uaТепер також і на українській мові
http://goo.gl/HWrJ6fNew window External Text duplicate PDF
http://goo.gl/0FBJ8UNew window External Text duplicate ePub
http://goo.gl/Pfh99YNew window External Text duplicate Kindle
/book_trNow also available in Turkish
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http://goo.gl/1J2YwGNew window External Text duplicate ePub
http://goo.gl/NKs67qNew window External Text duplicate Kindle
/book_crNow also available in Croatian
http://goo.gl/hQUrb7New window External Text duplicate PDF
http://goo.gl/jw4ZZfNew window External Text duplicate ePub
http://goo.gl/gG7YwGNew window External Text duplicate Kindle
/book_itNow also available in Italian
http://goo.gl/4ToKilNew window External Text duplicate PDF
/press.zipdownload press kit
https://twitter.com/CraigSilve...New window External No Text
http://www.poynter.org/categor...New window External Subdomain Regret the Error
http://www.newsu.org/courses/v...New window External Subdomain course
https://www.spundge.com/New window External Subdomain Spundge
https://twitter.com/CraigSilve...New window External @craigsilverman
https://twitter.com/stevebuttryNew window External No Text
http://www.poynter.org/column....New window External Subdomain Editor of the Year
http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/New window External Subdomain stevebuttry.wordpress.com
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http://www.twitter.com/trusharNew window External Subdomain @trushar
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http://storyful.com/New window External Text duplicate Storyful
http://politico.ie/New window External Politico.ie
https://twitter.com/malachybrowneNew window External @malachybrowne
https://twitter.com/mathewiNew window External No Text
http://gigaom.com/New window External GigaOM
https://twitter.com/PatrickMeierNew window External No Text
http://qcri.com/our-research/s...New window External Next Generation Humanitarian Technologies
http://www.irevolution.net/New window External Subdomain iRevolution
http://twitter.com/patrickmeierNew window External @patrickmeier
https://twitter.com/CellobellaNew window External No Text
http://www.abc.net.au/New window External Subdomain ABC Local Radio
https://twitter.com/wildflying...New window External No Text
http://ejc.net/New window External European Journalism Centre
http://www.internews.org/sites...External Subdomain Internews Europe's report
https://twitter.com/anahi_ayalaNew window External No Text
http://www.internews.org/globa...New window External Subdomain Internews Center for Innovation & Learning
http://anahiayala.com/New window External anahiayala.com
https://twitter.com/anahi_ayalaNew window External @anahi_ayala
https://twitter.com/flashboyNew window External No Text
http://buzzfeed.com/New window External BuzzFeed UK
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http://uk.msn.com/New window External Subdomain MSN
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http://istwitterwrong.tumblr.com/New window External Subdomain Is Twitter Wrong?
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http://mcld.co.uk/New window External No Text
http://mcld.co.uk/New window External Trivial anchor text
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http://sxsw.com/New window External SXSW 2014
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http://twitter.com/philonskiNew window External No Text
https://witness.theguardian.com/New window External Subdomain GuardianWitness
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http://cir.ca/New window External Circa
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http://twitter.com/Tom_El_RumiNew window External No Text
http://meedan.org/New window External Meedan
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http://shabab.ayyam.org/External Subdomain live blog of Checkdesk
http://twitter.com/Tom_El_RumiNew window External @Tom_El_Rumi
http://twitter.com/steffidurandNew window External No Text
http://www.unaoc.org/New window External Subdomain United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
http://twitter.com/steffidurandNew window External @steffidurand
http://twitter.com/madbairNew window External No Text
http://www.youtube.com/user/hu...New window External Subdomain Human Rights
http://www.witness.org/New window External Subdomain WITNESS
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http://twitter.com/carlanineNew window External No Text
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http://www.channel4.com/news/New window External Subdomain Channel 4 News
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
The checked page does not redirect to another URL.
HTTP header
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No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.13 seconds.
This page only loads 3 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (35 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 519 referring domains.
This page has 10,302 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 331 different ip addresses.

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