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https://themoscowtimes.com

SEO

· 7 checks — Canonical, meta, content depth, internal links, image SEO, and hreflang rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
96
GRADE
A
FIX
0
REVIEW
0
PASS
6
INFO
1

Cross-tab audit — SEO, performance, crawlability, mobile, structured data

Checks
7
6 PASS
A+
Canonical URL
Properly configured
PASS
Properly configured
Info::
Canonical tag present
Got: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/
Info::
Canonical is self-referencing
Info::
Canonical matches final URL after redirects
Info::
Canonical target returns 200
Info::
Canonical points to a different domain
Canonical URL Configured
Page URL https://themoscowtimes.com Canonical https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ Match Self-referencing (correct) Target 200 ✓
A
Meta Tags
Title: 16 chars
PASS
Title: 16 chars
Info::
Page title is set
Got: The Moscow Times
Warning::
Title is only 16 characters — consider expanding
Title

"The Moscow Times"

16 characters Too short
Robots: Indexable (no restrictions)
A+
Content Depth
2960 words, Difficult
PASS
2960 words, Difficult
Info::
Page has 2960 words — good depth for search engines
Info::
Reading level: Difficult (grade 13)
2960 words

Good depth

Reading level

Very Easy
Easy
Fairly Easy
Standard
Fairly Difficult
Difficult
Very Difficult

Grade 13

Text-to-HTML Ratio

11% text 89% HTML

18 KB / 167 KB

A+
Image SEO
81 images, 65 descriptive filenames
PASS
81 images, 65 descriptive filenames
Info::
16 image(s) have hash/generic filenames
Info::
73 image(s) missing alt text — see Accessibility tab
65 descriptive
6 hash-based
10 generic
81 total
FilenameQualityAltIssues
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77e6eqtegqq-1.jpgdescriptive✗1
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43782.jpggeneric✗2
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TASS_752270.jpgdescriptive✗1
77e6eqtegqq-1.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_83657650-2.jpgdescriptive✗1
Image2-15.jpegdescriptive✗1
Image-34.jpeggeneric✗2
1458278.jpggeneric✗2
CrossCampusSpringJackDevlin.jpgdescriptive✗1
0ae6c6d3-dc90-4eba-3632-08dd5c897904_w1080_h608_scopy.jpghash✗2
photo_2025-06-28_15-22-01.jpgdescriptive✗1
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AFP__20240326__34MA8ND__MidRes__RussiaPoliticsNavalny.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_27555465.jpgdescriptive✗1
668146422_1305855305060878_543101331032243971_n.jpggeneric✗2
TASS_90958788.jpgdescriptive✗1
CrossCampusSpringJackDevlin.jpgdescriptive✗1
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photo_2025-06-28_15-22-01.jpgdescriptive✗1
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AFP__20240326__34MA8ND__MidRes__RussiaPoliticsNavalny.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_27555465.jpgdescriptive✗1
668146422_1305855305060878_543101331032243971_n.jpggeneric✗2
TASS_90958788.jpgdescriptive✗1
CrossCampusSpringJackDevlin.jpgdescriptive✗1
cserw3453rwerfsadcdasd.jpgdescriptive✗1
CrossCampusSpringJackDevlin.jpgdescriptive✗1
0ae6c6d3-dc90-4eba-3632-08dd5c897904_w1080_h608_scopy.jpghash✗2
photo_2025-06-28_15-22-01.jpgdescriptive✗1
Screenshot2026-04-16at191401.pngdescriptive✗1
AFP__20240326__34MA8ND__MidRes__RussiaPoliticsNavalny.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_27555465.jpgdescriptive✗1
668146422_1305855305060878_543101331032243971_n.jpggeneric✗2
TASS_90958788.jpgdescriptive✗1
CrossCampusSpringJackDevlin.jpgdescriptive✗1
0ae6c6d3-dc90-4eba-3632-08dd5c897904_w1080_h608_scopy.jpghash✗2
photo_2025-06-28_15-22-01.jpgdescriptive✗1
Screenshot2026-04-16at191401.pngdescriptive✗1
AFP__20240326__34MA8ND__MidRes__RussiaPoliticsNavalny.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_27555465.jpgdescriptive✗1
668146422_1305855305060878_543101331032243971_n.jpggeneric✗2
TASS_90958788.jpgdescriptive✗1
CrossCampusSpringJackDevlin.jpgdescriptive✗1
photo_2026-04-20113222.jpegdescriptive✗1
TASS_419161471.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_902775581.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_900919861.jpgdescriptive✗1
AFP__20240326__34MA8ND__MidRes__RussiaPoliticsNavalny.jpgdescriptive✗1
0ae6c6d3-dc90-4eba-3632-08dd5c897904_w1080_h608_scopy.jpghash✗2
TASS_90958788.jpgdescriptive✗1
CrossCampusSpringJackDevlin.jpgdescriptive✗1
1458040.jpggeneric✗2
1348386.jpggeneric✗2
TASS_87991712.jpgdescriptive✗1
photo_2025-10-23133725.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_49254369.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_74141485.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_91493580.jpgdescriptive✗1
1455422.jpggeneric✗2
photo_2026-04-20113222.jpegdescriptive✗1
LebedevSergei_cJamesHill2.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_419161471.jpgdescriptive✗1
369f6154-a197-488b-9840-1c0496c15e53.jpeghash✗2
photo_2025-12-10_15-06-57.jpgdescriptive✗1
TASS_85107002.jpgdescriptive✗1
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pexels-engin-akyurt-2767815-3.jpgdescriptive✗1

See Accessibility tab for detailed alt text quality analysis.

A+
Schema Markup Audit
2 schema types detected
PASS

Rich result eligibility

BreadcrumbList Eligible

Breadcrumb trail

Detected schema types

BreadcrumbList json-ld → Breadcrumb trail
1/1 required
Required fields (Google)
  • itemListElement — Required — the breadcrumb chain renders nothing without this
Google's spec for this type
NewsMediaOrganization json-ld
0/0 required

Missing schema opportunities

  • easy

    FAQPage

    Page has Q&A-style content (questions in headings) that could be marked up as FAQPage

    FAQ rich results take 2-3× more SERP real estate

Hreflang
0 hreflang tags
INFO
0 hreflang tags

No hreflang tags detected.

Hreflang tags are only needed for multilingual or multi-regional sites.

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