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Meta information
63% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
31% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.03 s
File size
205.10 kB
Words
703
Media files
19
Number of links
120 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
City Journal | Urban Affairs Magazine | Conservative Magazine Online
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 624 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.city-journal.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Germany
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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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

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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 703 words. That's ok.
28.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 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 19.63 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
19 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.

Media list

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Recent Stories
H2 Spring 2025
H2 City Journal Investigations
H2 Movement: New York’s Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car
H2 City Journal Audio
H2 The Spotlight
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 16 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.city-journal.org/No Text
/searchSearch
/the-magazineThe Magazine
/podcastsPodcasts
/topicsTopics
/aboutCity Journal
/contributorsContributors
https://manhattan.institute/External Manhattan Institute
/email-alertsEmail Alerts
/subscribeSubscribe
/donateDonate
/profileMy Profile
/searchText duplicate Search
/the-magazineText duplicate The Magazine
/podcastsText duplicate Podcasts
/topicsText duplicate Topics
/aboutText duplicate City Journal
/contributorsText duplicate Contributors
https://manhattan.institute/External Text duplicate Manhattan Institute
/email-alertsText duplicate Email Alerts
/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
/donateText duplicate Donate
/search/ See more
/the-magazineNew window Anchor Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/search?top=true&limit=12&sear...New window Text duplicate / See more
https://manhattan.institute/bo...New window External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy
/podcastsNew window / Listen today.
https://manhattan.institute/New window External No Text
https://manhattan.institute/New window External Visit Website
/person/edward-l-glaeserEdward L. Glaeser
/article/the-nemeses-of-citiesThe Nemeses of Cities
/article-type/from-the-magazineFrom the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Summer 2020
/article/the-nemeses-of-citiesText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/charles-fain-lehmanCharles Fain Lehman
/article/combat-the-drug-crisisCombat the Drug Crisis
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/article/combat-the-drug-crisisText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/mark-lutterMark Lutter
/article/give-charter-cities-a...Give Charter Cities a Second Look
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Summer 2019
/article/give-charter-cities-a...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/oliver-wisemanOliver Wiseman
/article/the-least-woke-city-i...“The Least Woke City in America”
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Winter 2022
/article/the-least-woke-city-i...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/kay-s-hymowitzKay S. Hymowitz
/article/marriage-and-casteMarriage and Caste
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Winter 2006
/article/marriage-and-casteText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/george-weigelGeorge Weigel
/article/american-and-catholicAmerican and Catholic
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Winter 2014
/article/american-and-catholicText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/aaron-m-rennAaron M. Renn
/article/culture-circumstance-...Culture, Circumstance, and Agency
/article-type/eye-on-the-newsEye on the News
/article/culture-circumstance-...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/mathis-bittonMathis Bitton
/article/michel-houellebecqs-p...The Houellebecq Prophecies
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Autumn 2024
/article/michel-houellebecqs-p...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/john-tierneyJohn Tierney
/article/the-march-of-dimes-sy...The March of Dimes Syndrome
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Spring 2024
/article/the-march-of-dimes-sy...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/theodore-dalrympleTheodore Dalrymple
/article/a-murderesss-taleA Murderess’s Tale
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Winter 2005
/article/a-murderesss-taleText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/chris-r-morganChris R. Morgan
/article/the-logical-extremistThe Logical Extremist
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Autumn 2022
/article/the-logical-extremistText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/michael-j-tottenMichael J. Totten
/article/off-the-richter-scaleOff the Richter Scale
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Winter 2019
/article/off-the-richter-scaleText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/jonathan-clarkeJonathan Clarke
/article/on-the-moral-status-o...On the Moral Status of Addicts
/article-type/eye-on-the-newsText duplicate Eye on the News
/article/on-the-moral-status-o...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/leor-sapirLeor Sapir
/article/gender-medicine-trans...Gender Medicine on the Ropes
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Winter 2025
/article/gender-medicine-trans...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/martin-gurriMartin Gurri
/article/everything-magnifiedEverything Magnified
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Text duplicate Summer 2020
/article/everything-magnifiedText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/person/theodore-dalrympleText duplicate Theodore Dalrymple
/article/the-specters-haunting...The Specters Haunting Dresden
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/the-magazineAnchor Text duplicate Winter 2005
/article/the-specters-haunting...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
https://www.city-journal.org/No Text
https://www.city-journal.org/No Text
https://manhattan.institute/External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/CityJ...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/cityjournalNew window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/Manhat...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/city...New window External Subdomain No Text
/rss.xmlNew window No Text
/article-type/eye-on-the-newsText duplicate Eye on the News
/article-type/from-the-magazineText duplicate From the Magazine
/podcastsText duplicate Podcasts
/article-type/books-and-cultureBooks and Culture
/multimedia-type/videoVideo
/aboutAbout City Journal
/contributorsText duplicate Contributors
/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
/donateText duplicate Donate
/contactContact Us
/advertiseAdvertise
https://manhattan.institute/External Text duplicate Manhattan Institute
/privacy-policyText duplicate Privacy Policy
/terms-of-useTerms of Use
/the-magazineAnchor -
/the-magazineAnchor Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.city-journal.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.03 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (205 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 626 referring domains.
This page has 46,092 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 362 different ip addresses.

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