https://css-tricks.com
SEO
· 7 checks — Canonical, meta, content depth, internal links, image SEO, and hreflang rolled into one auditable list.SCORE
84
GRADE
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REVIEW
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4
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Cross-tab audit — SEO, performance, crawlability, mobile, structured data
Checks
74 PASS 2 REVIEW
BCanonical URLMinor issuesREVIEW
Canonical URL
Minor issues
Minor issues
Info::
Canonical tag present
Got: https://css-tricks.com/
Info::
Canonical is self-referencing
Info::
Canonical matches final URL after redirects
Critical::
Canonical target returns 403
Search engines cannot follow this canonical, effectively orphaning this page.
Canonical URL Problem
Page URL https://css-tricks.com Canonical https://css-tricks.com/ Match Self-referencing (correct) Target 403
Search engines cannot follow this canonical, effectively orphaning this page.
Why this matters
Canonical URL returns a non-200 status — Google can't follow the canonical to confirm the relationship.
Source: Google Search Central
BImage SEO50 images, 15 descriptive filenamesREVIEW
Image SEO
50 images, 15 descriptive filenames
50 images, 15 descriptive filenames
Warning::
70% of images have non-descriptive filenames
Search engines use filenames as a signal. Rename to descriptive names like 'team-photo.jpg'.
Info::
7 image(s) missing alt text — see Accessibility tab
15 descriptive
34 hash-based
1 generic
50 total
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| get | descriptive | ✗ | 1 |
| g.gif | generic | ✓ | 1 |
See Accessibility tab for detailed alt text quality analysis.
Search engines use filenames as a signal. Rename to descriptive names like 'team-photo.jpg'.
Why this matters
Most image filenames are non-descriptive (hash/IMG_X) — small SEO miss for Image Search ranking.
Source: Google Image SEO
AMeta TagsTitle: 20 charsPASS
Meta Tags
Title: 20 chars
Title: 20 chars
Info::
Page title is set
Got: Close search results
Warning::
Title is only 20 characters — consider expanding
Info::
Title and H1 have very different wording
Alignment helps users confirm they've reached the right page.
Title
"Close search results"
20 characters Too short
Title: Close search results
H1: Making Complex CSS Shapes Using shape()
Match: Very different
Robots: Indexable (no restrictions)
Alignment helps users confirm they've reached the right page.
Why this matters
Title and H1 disagree significantly — Google may treat one as the canonical topic and the other as off-topic, weakening ranking.
Learn more ▾ ▴
Title is the SERP headline; H1 is the on-page headline. They should describe the same page. Large divergence (different topics, different keywords) signals confusion and Google may rewrite the title in SERP. Align both to the same primary topic.
Source: Google Search Central / on-page SEO
AContent Depth1005 words, DifficultPASS
Content Depth
1005 words, Difficult
1005 words, Difficult
Info::
Page has 1005 words — good depth for search engines
Info::
Text-to-HTML ratio is 3%
Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
Info::
Reading level: Difficult (grade 17)
Good depth
Reading level
Very Easy
Easy
Fairly Easy
Standard
Fairly Difficult
Difficult
Very Difficult
Grade 17
Text-to-HTML Ratio
3% text 97% HTML
6 KB / 180 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+Internal Links225 internal, 15 externalPASS
Internal Links
225 internal, 15 external
225 internal, 15 external
Info::
225 internal links (94%)
Info::
87% of links use descriptive anchor text
Info::
Page has 240 links — consider reducing
Info::
225 internal / 15 external links
Link Distribution
94% internal (225) 6% external (15)
Anchor Text Quality
209 Descriptive 31 Empty
Most Linked Internal Pages
| # | URL | Links |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://css-tricks.com/author/chriscoyier/ | 18 |
| 2 | https://css-tricks.com/author/johnrhea/ | 13 |
| 3 | https://css-tricks.com/author/geoffgraham/ | 11 |
| 4 | https://css-tricks.com/author/monknow/ | 6 |
| 5 | https://css-tricks.com/author/danielschwarz/ | 5 |
| 6 | https://css-tricks.com/author/salehmubashar/ | 4 |
| 7 | https://css-tricks.com/author/leemeyer/ | 3 |
| 8 | https://css-tricks.com/author/afiftemani/ | 3 |
| 9 | https://css-tricks.com/tag/news/ | 3 |
| 10 | https://css-tricks.com/tag/css-functions/ | 3 |
Top External Domains
| Domain | Links |
|---|---|
| www.digitalocean.com | 3 |
| try.digitalocean.com | 2 |
| developer.apple.com | 2 |
| clagnut.com | 1 |
| developer.mozilla.org | 1 |
| codepen.io | 1 |
| mastodon.social | 1 |
| jetpack.com | 1 |
| www.cloudways.com | 1 |
| bsky.app | 1 |
A+Schema Markup AuditPer-type completeness vs Schema.org requirements + rich-result eligibilityPASS
Schema Markup Audit
Per-type completeness vs Schema.org requirements + rich-result eligibility
No structured data detected
Without JSON-LD or microdata, this page can't qualify for any of Google's rich result formats. Even basic Organization or WebSite schema is a quick win.
Missing schema opportunities
- easy
Article
Page reads as an article (long body + headline) — add Article schema
Eligible for top-stories carousel and Discover
- moderate
Event
Page mentions an event (time element or event markup) that could be marked up as Event
Events appear in dedicated event search and Google Events
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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