https://popsci.com
SEO
· 7 checks — Canonical, meta, content depth, internal links, image SEO, and hreflang rolled into one auditable list.SCORE
92
GRADE
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FIX
0
REVIEW
1
PASS
5
INFO
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Cross-tab audit — SEO, performance, crawlability, mobile, structured data
Checks
75 PASS 1 REVIEW
CContent DepthAction975 words, DifficultREVIEW
Content Depth
Action975 words, Difficult
975 words, Difficult
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Page has 975 words of content
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Text-to-HTML ratio is 4%
Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
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Reading level: Difficult (grade 14)
Good depth
Reading level
Very Easy
Easy
Fairly Easy
Standard
Fairly Difficult
Difficult
Very Difficult
Grade 14
Text-to-HTML Ratio
4% text 96% HTML
6 KB / 162 KB
Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
Why this matters
Informational: ratio of visible text bytes to total HTML bytes. Very low ratios suggest excessive markup overhead.
A+Canonical URLProperly configuredPASS
Canonical URL
Properly configured
Properly configured
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Canonical tag present
Got: https://www.popsci.com/
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Canonical is self-referencing
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Canonical matches final URL after redirects
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Canonical target returns 200
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Canonical points to a different domain
Canonical URL Configured
Page URL https://popsci.com Canonical https://www.popsci.com/ Match Self-referencing (correct) Target 200 ✓
A+Meta TagsTitle optimizedPASS
Meta Tags
Title optimized
Title optimized
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Page title is set
Got: Popular Science | Science and Technology Stories Since 1872
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Title length (59 chars) is optimal
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Title and H1 are well-aligned
Title
"Popular Science | Science and Technology Stories Since 1872"
59 characters Optimal ✓
Title: Popular Science | Science and Technology Stories Since 1872
H1: Popular Science. Demystifying the worlds of science and technology since 1872.
Match: Similar ✓
Robots: Indexable (no restrictions)
A+Internal Links4 internal, 195 externalPASS
Internal Links
4 internal, 195 external
4 internal, 195 external
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4 internal links (2%)
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94% of links use descriptive anchor text
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4 internal / 195 external links
Link Distribution
2% internal (4) 98% external (195)
Anchor Text Quality
188 Descriptive 11 Empty
Most Linked Internal Pages
| # | URL | Links |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | / | 3 |
| 2 | 1 |
Top External Domains
| Domain | Links |
|---|---|
| www.popsci.com | 161 |
| www.youtube.com | 8 |
| popularscienceprints.com | 7 |
| recurrent.io | 7 |
| store.popsci.com | 3 |
| www.facebook.com | 2 |
| bsky.app | 2 |
| www.instagram.com | 2 |
| underknown.com | 1 |
| shop.popsci.com | 1 |
A+Image SEO37 images, 33 descriptive filenamesPASS
Image SEO
37 images, 33 descriptive filenames
37 images, 33 descriptive filenames
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4 image(s) have hash/generic filenames
33 descriptive
2 hash-based
2 generic
37 total
| Filename | Quality | Alt | Issues |
|---|---|---|---|
| 352A6038.jpg | hash | ✓ | 1 |
| 3975446638731870986.jpeg | hash | ✓ | 1 |
| IMG_0387.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
| g.gif | generic | ✓ | 1 |
See Accessibility tab for detailed alt text quality analysis.
A+Schema Markup Audit1 schema types detectedPASS
Schema Markup Audit
1 schema types detected
Detected schema types
WebPage json-ld 0/0 required
Missing schema opportunities
- easy
Article
Page reads as an article (long body + headline) — add Article schema
Eligible for top-stories carousel and Discover
Hreflang0 hreflang tagsINFO
Hreflang
0 hreflang tags
0 hreflang tags
No hreflang tags detected.
Hreflang tags are only needed for multilingual or multi-regional sites.
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