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SEO

· 7 checks — Canonical, meta, content depth, internal links, image SEO, and hreflang rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
95
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.9news.com.au/
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://9news.com.au Canonical https://www.9news.com.au/ Match Self-referencing (correct) Target 200 ✓
A+
Meta Tags
Title: 62 chars
PASS
Title: 62 chars
Info::
Page title is set
Got: 9News - Latest news and headlines from Australia and the world
Info::
Title is 62 characters — may be truncated in search results
Info::
Title and H1 have very different wording
Alignment helps users confirm they've reached the right page.
Title

"9News - Latest news and headlines from Australia and the world"

62 characters Will truncate
Title: 9News - Latest news and headlines from Australia and the world
H1: LIVE: Iran seizes two ships, disables a third as ceasefire erodes
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.

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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

A+
Content Depth
7155 words, Very Difficult
PASS
7155 words, Very Difficult
Info::
Page has 7155 words — good depth for search engines
Info::
Reading level: Very Difficult (grade 17)
7155 words

Good depth

Reading level

Very Easy
Easy
Fairly Easy
Standard
Fairly Difficult
Difficult
Very Difficult

Grade 17

Text-to-HTML Ratio

5% text 95% HTML

67 KB / 1229 KB

A+
Image SEO
130 images, 88 descriptive filenames
PASS
130 images, 88 descriptive filenames
Info::
42 image(s) have hash/generic filenames
88 descriptive
0 hash-based
42 generic
130 total
FilenameQualityAltIssues
2954generic✓1
Current: 2954
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1110generic✓1
Current: 1110
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1842generic✓1
Current: 1842
Suggested: football.jpg
102generic✓1
Current: 102
Suggested: football.jpg
98generic✓1
Current: 98
Suggested: football.jpg
103generic✓1
Current: 103
Suggested: football.jpg
89generic✓1
Current: 89
Suggested: football.jpg
6generic✓1
Current: 6
Suggested: football.jpg
688generic✓1
Current: 688
Suggested: football.jpg
825generic✓1
Current: 825
Suggested: football.jpg
1826generic✓1
Current: 1826
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1793generic✓1
Current: 1793
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1826generic✓1
Current: 1826
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1793generic✓1
Current: 1793
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1826generic✓1
Current: 1826
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1793generic✓1
Current: 1793
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1826generic✓1
Current: 1826
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1793generic✓1
Current: 1793
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1826generic✓1
Current: 1826
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1793generic✓1
Current: 1793
Suggested: cricket.jpg
225generic✓1
Current: 225
Suggested: football.jpg
57generic✓1
Current: 57
Suggested: football.jpg
227generic✓1
Current: 227
Suggested: football.jpg
1144generic✓1
Current: 1144
Suggested: football.jpg
91generic✓1
Current: 91
Suggested: football.jpg
92generic✓1
Current: 92
Suggested: football.jpg
2generic✓1
Current: 2
Suggested: cricket.jpg
5generic✓1
Current: 5
Suggested: cricket.jpg
140generic✓1
Current: 140
Suggested: afl.jpg
160generic✓1
Current: 160
Suggested: afl.jpg
334generic✓1
Current: 334
Suggested: nrl.jpg
323generic✓1
Current: 323
Suggested: nrl.jpg
1111generic✓1
Current: 1111
Suggested: cricket.jpg
1108generic✓1
Current: 1108
Suggested: cricket.jpg
104generic✓1
Current: 104
Suggested: football.jpg
101generic✓1
Current: 101
Suggested: football.jpg
96generic✓1
Current: 96
Suggested: football.jpg
93generic✓1
Current: 93
Suggested: football.jpg
175generic✓1
Current: 175
Suggested: football.jpg
100generic✓1
Current: 100
Suggested: football.jpg
426generic✓1
Current: 426
Suggested: rugby.jpg
422generic✓1
Current: 422
Suggested: rugby.jpg

See Accessibility tab for detailed alt text quality analysis.

A+
Schema Markup Audit
1 schema types detected
PASS

Rich result eligibility

Organization Eligible

Organization knowledge panel

Detected schema types

Organization json-ld → Organization knowledge panel
2/2 required · 1/4 recommended
Required fields (Google)
  • name — Required for the knowledge panel
  • url — Required for entity matching
Recommended fields
  • logo — Add a logo URL (square, ≥112px) Strongly recommended — appears in the knowledge panel header
  • sameAs — Connects the entity across the web
  • contactPoint — Add ContactPoint with telephone and contactType Enables direct contact from the knowledge panel
  • description — Add an organization description Used as the panel summary
Google's spec for this type

Adding these recommended fields improves chances of getting Organization knowledge panel in search results.

Why this matters

Schema entity has required fields but could add recommended ones for richer SERP layouts (star ratings, prices, etc.).

Source: Google Search Central

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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