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Meta information
74% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
87% 
Link structure
33% 
Server
85% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.71 s
File size
47.60 kB
Words
1143
Media files
27
Number of links
160 internal / 3 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Sun Magazine
The page title is too short. (169 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
In each issue of The Sun you’ll find some of the most radically intimate and socially conscious writing being published today. In an age of media conglomerates, we’re something of an oddity: an ad-free, independent, reader-supported magazine.
The meta description is too long: 1496 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.thesunmagazine.org/
There is a valid canonical link 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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 6 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: McDermon: In my day-to-day life I’ve definitely seen gender stereotypi...
  • Duplicate 2: Reeves: I completely agree that the problems facing men are not largel...
  • Duplicate 3: Where I think the debate goes wrong sometimes is when people look at t...
This page contains 1143 words. That's ok.
38% 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.
12 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 14.7 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 23 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)
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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.../2025/06_594/Sun594-cover.jpg?1747849027June 2025
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...594/594-32-ensler-preview.jpg?1747847217Records
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The H1 heading is empty
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

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H2 Under Construction
H2 Hometown Heroes
H2 The Tap Out
H2 Look at Me Longer
H2 Records
H2 Featured Selections
H2 Recent Issues
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H3 Finding Ourselves in the Natural World
H3 Selections from the Archive
H3 A Meaningful World
H3 Poetry in Our May Issue
H3 On Wheels
H3 Read an Essay from Our Upcoming September Issue
H3 Richard Reeves on Rebuilding Masculinity
H3 Sticks And Stones
H3 Loving a Sport That Doesn’t Always Love Me Back
H3 Fitting In
H3 Fighting Back
H3 Sign Up for Our Newsletter
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H4 Empty heading
H4 Empty heading
H4 Empty heading
H4 Personal. Political. Provocative. Ad-free.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
3 links don't have an anchor text.
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 3 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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IMG-ALT April 2025
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IMG-ALT March 2025
/publications/3/editions/2331February 2025
IMG-ALT February 2025
/publications/3/editions/2330January 2025
IMG-ALT January 2025
/publications/3/editions/2329December 2024
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/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
/submitText duplicate Submission Guideliness
/donateGive Today
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/articles/finding-ourselves-in...Finding Ourselves in the Natural World
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/articles/a-meaningful-worldA Meaningful World
/authors/9766-nancy-holochwostNancy Holochwost
/articles/28769-on-wheelsOn Wheels
/authors/8857-tom-mcallisterTom McAllister
/newsAll news & notes
/publications/3/editions/2335Text duplicate IMG-ALT June 2025
/publications/3/editions/2335Text duplicate In this issue
/articles/594-under-constructionText duplicate IMG-ALT Under Construction
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/articles/594-under-constructionText duplicate Under Construction
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/articles/594-hometown-heroesHometown Heroes
/authors/12206-sara-sonBy Sara Son
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/articles/594-recordsText duplicate Records
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/authors/11209-erin-almondBy Erin Almond
/publications/3/editions/2053July 2022
/articles/24405-loving-a-sport...IMG-ALT Loving a Sport That Doesn’t Always Love Me Back
/sections/236-essays-memoirs-t...Text duplicate Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
/articles/24405-loving-a-sport...Text duplicate Loving a Sport That Doesn’t Always Love Me Back
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/sections/232-readers-writeText duplicate Readers Write
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/authors/9624-our-readersText duplicate By Our Readers
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/articles/23375-fighting-backIMG-ALT Fighting Back
/sections/229-poetryPoetry
/articles/23375-fighting-backText duplicate Fighting Back
/authors/11660-john-struloeffBy John Struloeff
/publications/3/editions/1865February 2021
/topics/258-featured-selectionsMore selections from the archives
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/publications/3/editions/2334Text duplicate May 2025
/publications/3/editions/2334Text duplicate In this issue
/publications/3/editions/2334Text duplicate May 2025
/publications/3/editions/2333Text duplicate IMG-ALT April 2025
/publications/3/editions/2333Text duplicate April 2025
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/publications/3/editions/2332Text duplicate March 2025
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/publications/3/editions/2331Text duplicate February 2025
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/publications/3/editions/2330Text duplicate January 2025
/publications/3/editions/2330Text duplicate In this issue
/publications/3/editions/2330Text duplicate January 2025
/publications/3/editions/2329Text duplicate IMG-ALT December 2024
/publications/3/editions/2329Text duplicate December 2024
/publications/3/editions/2329Text duplicate In this issue
/publications/3/editions/2329Text duplicate December 2024
/browse-by-yearBrowse 50 Years Of Archives
/aboutAbout The Sun
/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
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https://www.facebook.com/TheSu...New window External Subdomain facebookLike us
https://twitter.com/thesunmaga...New window External TwitterFollow Us
https://www.instagram.com/thes...New window External Subdomain InstagramTake a look
/privacy-policyText duplicate Privacy Policy
/terms-of-useText duplicate Terms of Use

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.thesunmagazine.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 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 fine (48 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 188 referring domains.
This page has 708 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 173 different ip addresses.

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In each issue of The Sun you’ll find some of the most radically intimate and socially conscious writing being published today. In an age of media conglomerates, we’re something of an oddity: an ad-free, independent, reader-supported magazine.

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