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Meta information
72% 
Page quality
45% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
98% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.03 s
File size
167.00 kB
Words
267
Media files
21
Number of links
31 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Detroit Free Press - Home
The length of the page title is perfect. (235 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.freep.com/
The canonical link points to a different domain.
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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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HandheldFriendlyTrue
MobileOptimized320
apple-itunes-appapp-id=904023476, app-argument=https://www.freep.com/home
theme-color#ffffff
descriptionEmpty
og:descriptionEmpty
langen
og:site_nameDetroit Free Press
cleartypeon
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 267 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
22.1% of the text are stop words.
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)
A viewport "width=device-width,initial-scale=1" 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 6 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
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...chigan-food-081225-kpm-788.jpg?crop=1600Michigan Stadium food concessions: Tasty new options await fans
.../PDTF/85616773007-img-3006.jpeg?crop=457Family of Toledo Jeep employee who died on the job sues Stellantis
...lap-blue-oval-battery-park.JPG?crop=3275Ford's 'Model T moment' leaves analysts wanting more, calling it a risk
...51-storm-clouds.jpg?quality=50&width=135Severe storms, heavy rain expected in SE Michigan Tuesday night
...007-getty-images-171330696.jpg?crop=1481Jury returns $58.5M verdict in lawsuit involving disgraced prosecutor
...SLT/85437280007-img-9007-1.JPG?crop=30232 paddleboarders rescued after drifting miles on Lake Superior
...-1997-mc-laren-f-1-1319078.jpg?crop=2500This used car could be yours — for $23 million
...5516768007-usatsi-26081415.jpg?crop=4092Did sirens curse Cedar Point? Power Tower breaks, coasters evacuated
...07-073125-lionshof-2-h-063.jpg?crop=3255Comparing Lions' Aidan Hutchinson to Aaron Donald is bold, not crazy
...se-spencer-whats-happening.jpg?crop=2205Dr. Danielle Spencer, Dee from 'What's Happening!!' sitcom, dead at 60
...on-from-bortz-collection-7.jpg?crop=4284Chrysler made this vehicle to challenge Thunderbird and Corvette
...5605824007-usatsi-26820876.jpg?crop=4297Justin Verlander just joined another elite strikeout club. Which Tiger might join him next?
...5236452007-usatsi-26617836.jpg?crop=1363Perseids to peak overnight. Will you be able to see them in Michigan?
...5619333007-usatsi-26828598.jpg?crop=3729Tigers' Paddack loves 'throwing strikes' despite hard contact concerns
...sirenstockphoto.jpg?quality=50&width=1355 children injures when truck strikes horse-drawn buggy in Montcalm County
...ngs-at-the-big-house-thumb.jpg?crop=1080See the new food at the 'Big House'
...07-022025-kevinmcgongile-1.jpg?crop=2979Tigers minor leaguer McGonigle named MLB Pipeline's No. 2 overall prospect
...eb/universal/icons/icon-instagram_24.pnginstagram logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
There are no headings specified on the page. Headings are important for search engine optimization and help to structure your content.

Heading structure

No headings were found.
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 22 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://eu.freep.com/Anchor Skip to main content
https://eu.freep.com/IMG-ALT Detroit Free Press
https://eu.freep.com/Home
https://eu.freep.com/news/News
https://eu.freep.com/sports/Sports
https://eu.freep.com/autos/Autos
https://eu.freep.com/business/Business
/entertainment/Entertainment
https://eu.freep.com/opinion/Opinion
https://www.usatoday.com/External Subdomain USA TODAY
https://www.freep.com/obituaries/External Subdomain Obituaries
https://www.freep.com/enewspaperExternal Subdomain eNewspaper
https://eu.freep.com/life/Life
https://www.freep.com/public-n...External Subdomain Legals
https://classifieds.freep.com/External Subdomain Marketplace
http://michigan.com/advertise-...External Advertise
https://connect.freep.com/External Subdomain About Us
https://eu.freep.com/events/Events
https://connect.freep.com/External Subdomain Connect With Us
/contributor-content/Contributor Content
/news/israel-war-hamas/Israel War
https://eu.freep.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Detroit Free Press
/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/...Rain delay for Tigers vs. White Sox. Game starts after 50 minutes tigers
/story/sports/university-michi...Michigan Stadium food concessions: Tasty new options await fans Wolverines
IMG-ALT Michigan Stadium food concessions: Tasty new options await fans
/story/money/cars/chrysler/202...Family of Toledo Jeep employee who died on the job sues Stellantis chrysler
IMG-ALT Family of Toledo Jeep employee who died on the job sues Stellantis
/story/money/cars/ford/2025/08...Ford's 'Model T moment' leaves analysts wanting more, calling it a risk ford
IMG-ALT Ford's 'Model T moment' leaves analysts wanting more, calling it a risk
/story/news/local/michigan/202...Severe storms, heavy rain expected in SE Michigan Tuesday night michigan
IMG-ALT Severe storms, heavy rain expected in SE Michigan Tuesday night
/story/news/local/michigan/202...Jury returns $58.5M verdict in lawsuit involving disgraced prosecutor michigan
IMG-ALT Jury returns $58.5M verdict in lawsuit involving disgraced prosecutor
/story/news/local/michigan/202...2 paddleboarders rescued after drifting miles on Lake Superior michigan
IMG-ALT 2 paddleboarders rescued after drifting miles on Lake Superior
/story/money/cars/2025/08/12/m...This used car could be yours — for $23 million AUTOS
IMG-ALT This used car could be yours — for $23 million
https://www.beaconjournal.com/...External Subdomain Did sirens curse Cedar Point? Power Tower breaks, coasters evacuated news
IMG-ALT Did sirens curse Cedar Point? Power Tower breaks, coasters evacuated
/story/sports/columnists/shawn...Comparing Lions' Aidan Hutchinson to Aaron Donald is bold, not crazy Shawn Windsor
IMG-ALT Comparing Lions' Aidan Hutchinson to Aaron Donald is bold, not crazy
/story/entertainment/celebriti...Dr. Danielle Spencer, Dee from 'What's Happening!!' sitcom, dead at 60 Celebrities
IMG-ALT Dr. Danielle Spencer, Dee from 'What's Happening!!' sitcom, dead at 60
/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/...Chrysler made this vehicle to challenge Thunderbird and Corvette MARK PHELAN
IMG-ALT Chrysler made this vehicle to challenge Thunderbird and Corvette
/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/...Justin Verlander just joined another elite strikeout club. Which Tiger might join him next? tigers
IMG-ALT Justin Verlander just joined another elite strikeout club. Which Tiger might join him next?
/story/news/local/michigan/202...Perseids to peak overnight. Will you be able to see them in Michigan? michigan
IMG-ALT Perseids to peak overnight. Will you be able to see them in Michigan?
/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/...Tigers' Paddack loves 'throwing strikes' despite hard contact concerns tigers
IMG-ALT Tigers' Paddack loves 'throwing strikes' despite hard contact concerns
/story/news/local/michigan/202...5 children injures when truck strikes horse-drawn buggy in Montcalm County michigan
IMG-ALT 5 children injures when truck strikes horse-drawn buggy in Montcalm County
/videos/sports/college/univers...See the new food at the 'Big House' wolverines
IMG-ALT See the new food at the 'Big House'
/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/...Tigers minor leaguer McGonigle named MLB Pipeline's No. 2 overall prospect tigers
IMG-ALT Tigers minor leaguer McGonigle named MLB Pipeline's No. 2 overall prospect
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https://cm.freep.com/about-you...External Subdomain Subscription Terms & Conditions
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https://www.facebook.com/detro...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/freepExternal No Text
http://instagram.com/detroitfr...External IMG-ALT instagram logo
http://www.pinterest.com/freep...External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://eu.freep.com/"
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 (167 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-encodinggzip
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
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varyAccept-Encoding
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 352 referring domains.
This page has 2,888 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 271 different ip addresses.

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