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· 5 checks — Internal links, mixed-content guards, Open Graph previews, and structured data rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
93
GRADE
A
FIX
1
REVIEW
1
PASS
3
INFO
0
Checks
5
3 PASS 1 REVIEW 1 FIX
F
Brand Presence
Action
Site-name consistency, favicon, social image, meta tags, schema, and contact signals
FIX

Brand Presence

Partial brand coverage — a few channels are missing brand signals.

F

28/100

Site name appears as

Page titleRadio Times
og:site_nameRadio Times
twitter:siteRadio Times
Organization.name—

Consistent

Brand assets

Favicon

0/15

Social share image

0/20

Meta completeness

8/20

Organization schema

0/15

Contact info discoverable

5/10

contact page

Findings

  • Missing brand name in: Organization.name
  • No social share image — shared links render as bare URLs
  • No favicon link tags detected — browsers fall back to the generic globe
  • og:image missing
  • No Organization schema — Google can't render your logo in the knowledge panel
  • Only partial contact info discoverable — consider adding a dedicated contact page or mailto/tel link

How consistently your brand appears across channels — shared link previews, structured data, favicon, contact info.

C
Open Graph
Action
Open Graph tags are partially configured — some improvements recommended.
REVIEW
Open Graph tags are partially configured — some improvements recommended.
Warning::
Missing og:description
The og:description tag controls the description in social sharing previews.
Warning::
Missing og:image
The og:image tag provides a preview image for social sharing.
Info::
og:title is short (4 characters)
Ideal length is 25–60 characters for social sharing previews.
Got: 4 chars Expected: 25–60 chars

The og:description tag controls the description in social sharing previews.

Why this matters

No og:description means social cards either show no subtitle or scrape the first paragraph — usually unflattering.

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Without og:description, social platforms either render no subtitle or pull whatever text appears first on the page. The first paragraph is rarely written for share-card context. A purpose-written 150-200 character og:description gives a polished card.

Source: Open Graph Protocol

The og:image tag provides a preview image for social sharing.

Why this matters

No og:image means social shares are imageless — measurably less engaging than image-cards across every major platform.

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Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn all use og:image (or twitter:image as a fallback) for share-card thumbnails. Without one, the post renders as a text-only card. A 1200x630px image (Twitter's preferred size) covers all platforms.

Source: Open Graph Protocol

URL: 4 chars

Ideal length is 25–60 characters for social sharing previews.

Expected: 25–60 chars
Why this matters

og:title very short — may render with awkward whitespace in social cards.

Source: Open Graph Protocol

Preview

No image set

radiotimes.com

Home

No description

Preview quality · Twitter/X D · 55/100
  • twitter:card — summary_large_image
  • twitter:title — falling back from og:title
  • twitter:description — falling back from <meta name=description>
  • twitter:image — Add twitter:image — preview card without an image looks broken

  • No preview image for Twitter/X

    → Add og:image or twitter:image (≥300×157 for summary_large_image)

No image set

RADIOTIMES.COM

Home

No description

Preview quality · Facebook D · 60/100
  • og:title — Home
  • og:description — falling back from <meta name=description>
  • og:image — Add og:image — preview card without an image looks broken
  • og:type — article
  • og:url — https://www.radiotimes.com/
  • og:site_name — Radio Times

  • No preview image for Facebook

    → Add og:image (recommended 1200×630)

No image set

Home

radiotimes.com

Preview quality · LinkedIn D · 60/100
  • og:title — Home
  • og:description — falling back from <meta name=description>
  • og:image — Add og:image — preview card without an image looks broken

  • No preview image for LinkedIn

    → Add og:image (recommended 1200×627)

radiotimes.com

Home

No description

Preview quality · Slack B · 75/100
  • og:title — Home
  • og:description — falling back from <meta name=description>
  • og:image — Add og:image — preview card without an image looks broken

  • No preview image — Slack unfurl will be text-only

    → Add og:image or twitter:image

Social preview quality

Averaged across Twitter/X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Slack.

D · 62/100
FieldTwitter/XFacebookLinkedInSlack
og:title
og:description⚠⚠⚠
og:image
og:type
og:url
og:site_name
twitter:card———
twitter:title⚠———
twitter:description⚠———
twitter:image———
A+
Mixed Content
No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.
PASS
No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.
Info::
No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS
A+
Structured Data
1 JSON-LD block(s) found — structured data is well configured.
PASS
1 JSON-LD block(s) found — structured data is well configured.
Info::
Custom type "WebPage" — unable to validate specific properties

JSON-LD Blocks

Block 1 : WebPage
12 properties Valid
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@id": "https://www.radiotimes.com/#WebPage",
  "@type": "WebPage",
  "mainEntityOfPage": {
    "@type": "WebPage",
    "@id": "https://www.radiotimes.com/"
  },
  "name": "Radio Times | TV, film and entertainment news",
  "url": "https://www.radiotimes.com/",
  "dateModified": "2026-04-22T17:44:45+01:00",
  "datePublished": "2024-10-29T20:43:56+00:00",
  "headline": "Home",
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "OrganizationSchema",
    "@id": "/v1/settings/.well-known/genid/705c5d22664945334157",
    "context": "https://schema.org",
    "type": "Organization, NewsMediaOrganization",
    "id": "https://www.radiotimes.com/#organization",
    "name": "Radio Times",
    "legalName": "Radio Times",
    "url": "https://www.radiotimes.com/",
    "logo": "https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2021/07/cropped-cropped-cropped-radiotimescom-logo2-2c180e8-63292d2-8ec420d-7a7587d.png?quality=90&amp;webp=true&amp;resize=265,50",
    "description": "Radio Times is a weekly TV and entertainment magazine first published in 1923. It was the world's first broadcast listings magazine and was owned and published by the BBC until 2011. It is now published by Immediate Media.  The site has a team of journalists and editors who produce content seven days a week as well as carrying the latest broadcast and streaming TV guides, radio listings and film reviews. The site has won an number of prestigious awards including the Chairman's Awards at the Online Media Awards, Launch of the Year at the AOPs and PPA's B2C Team of the Year and Best Use of Social Media.",
    "foundingDate": "1997",
    "sameAs": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Times, https://x.com/RadioTimes, https://bsky.app/profile/radiotimes.bsky.social/post/3lnilxoo4vc2v, https://www.instagram.com/radiotimes, https://www.threads.com/@radiotimes, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1IA2x0IazEVqAG5_WjxBAg, https://www.youtube.com/@RadioTimesGaming, https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/radio-times-podcast/id1580708942, https://pod.link/1580708942, https://open.spotify.com/show/3zSBsPrMNT0qEXhi2VLrcT, https://www.tiktok.com/@radiotimes, https://www.tiktok.com/@radiotimesgaming, https://apple.news/T6hYbqHecSHGtbb1M-9mgcw",
    "address": {
      "@type": "AddressSchema",
      "@id": "/v1/settings/.well-known/genid/d8cfd93b79e4fde0602c",
      "street": "44 Brook Green",
      "locality": "London",
      "postalCode": "W6 7BT",
      "country": "GB"
    },
    "contactPointCustomer": {
      "@type": "ContactPointSchema",
      "@id": "/v1/settings/.well-known/genid/ee1d3cb57bfe247a93a9",
      "type": "Customer service",
      "url": "https://www.radiotimes.com/contact-us/",
      "email": "feedback@radiotimes.com",
      "availableLanguage": "en-GB"
    },
    "contactPointEditorial": {
      "@type": "ContactPointSchema",
      "@id": "/v1/settings/.well-known/genid/8b198923c8a6d70d56ac",
      "type": "Editorial",
      "url": "https://www.radiotimes.com/contact-us/",
      "email": "feedback@radiotimes.com",
      "availableLanguage": "en-GB"
    },
    "ethicPolicy": "https://www.immediate.co.uk/trading-policies/ethical-policy/",
    "correctionsPolicy": "https://www.radiotimes.com/contact-us/",
    "publishingPrinciples": "",
    "diversityPolicy": "",
    "actionableFeedbackPolicy": "https://www.immediate.co.uk/complaints/",
    "verificationPolicy": "",
    "awards": "",
    "person": []
  },
  "description": "Your UK TV and radio guide to what's on TV and on demand plus all the latest entertainment, soap, film and drama news and reviews from Radio Times.\r\n",
  "subOrganization": {
    "@type": "SubOrganizationSchema",
    "@id": "/v1/settings/.well-known/genid/a9764f412cfbe448e7a4",
    "type": "Organization, NewsMediaOrganization",
    "id": "https://www.radiotimes.com/#organization",
    "name": "Radio Times",
    "url": "https://www.radiotimes.com/",
    "publisher": {
      "@type": "PublisherSchema",
      "@id": "/v1/settings/.well-known/genid/5f4e3a60af9ab01fa43f",
      "type": "Organisation",
      "name": "Immediate Media",
      "url": "https://www.immediate.co.uk/"
    },
    "parentOrganization1": {
      "@type": "ParentOrganizationSchema",
      "@id": "/v1/settings/.well-known/genid/2bdf3d48c06a621a269f",
      "type": "Organisation",
      "name": "Immediate Media",
      "url": "https://www.immediate.co.uk/",
      "sameAs": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immediate_Media_Company, https://uk.linkedin.com/company/immediatemedia, https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.immediate.co.uk, https://www.instagram.com/immediatemediaco/?hl=en, https://apply.workable.com/immediate-media-co/, https://www.tiktok.com/@immediatemedia",
      "address": {
        "@type": "AddressSchema",
        "@id": "/v1/settings/.well-known/genid/e6089706b53f0f2f3428",
        "street": "",
        "locality": "",
        "postalCode": "",
        "country": ""
      }
    },
    "parentOrganization2": {
      "@type": "ParentOrganizationSchema",
      "@id": "/v1/settings/.well-known/genid/b738a97ff2cd00d4cd04",
      "type": "",
      "name": "",
      "url": "",
      "sameAs": "",
      "address": {
        "@type": "AddressSchema",
        "@id": "/v1/settings/.well-known/genid/b92c92b5c3af5a7b6672",
        "street": "",
        "locality": "",
        "postalCode": "",
        "country": ""
      }
    }
  }
}
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