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SEO

· 7 checks — Canonical, meta, content depth, internal links, image SEO, and hreflang rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
92
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.pcgamer.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://pcgamer.com Canonical https://www.pcgamer.com/ Match Self-referencing (correct) Target 200 ✓
A
Meta Tags
Title: 8 chars
PASS
Title: 8 chars
Info::
Page title is set
Got: PC Gamer
Warning::
Title is only 8 characters — consider expanding
Info::
Title and H1 are identical
Consider differentiating — the title is for search results, the H1 is for the page.
Title

"PC Gamer"

8 characters Too short
Title: PC Gamer
H1: PC Gamer
Match: Similar ✓
Robots: Indexable (no restrictions)

Consider differentiating — the title is for search results, the H1 is for the page.

Why this matters

Title and H1 match exactly — internally consistent but misses an opportunity to optimize each for its audience (Title for SERP CTR, H1 for on-page).

Learn more

Title and H1 don't have to be identical — and often shouldn't be. The Title competes for SERP click-through (lead with keyword + value prop), while the H1 confirms to the visitor they're on the right page (more conversational is fine). Differentiating gains both surfaces.

Source: Google Search Central / on-page SEO

A
Content Depth
4252 words, Difficult
PASS
4252 words, Difficult
Info::
Page has 4252 words — good depth for search engines
Info::
Text-to-HTML ratio is 1%
Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
Info::
Reading level: Difficult (grade 18)
4252 words

Good depth

Reading level

Very Easy
Easy
Fairly Easy
Standard
Fairly Difficult
Difficult
Very Difficult

Grade 18

Text-to-HTML Ratio

1% text 99% HTML

25 KB / 2004 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+
Image SEO
114 images, 113 descriptive filenames
PASS
114 images, 113 descriptive filenames
Info::
1 image(s) have hash/generic filenames
Info::
24 image(s) missing alt text — see Accessibility tab
113 descriptive
0 hash-based
1 generic
114 total
FilenameQualityAltIssues
.generic1
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sJKpcyxuQPas7BaWuRgzEo-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
R3rjyBcxKL9rPbvoY54wDT-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
poster.jpgdescriptive1
poster.jpgdescriptive1
poster.jpgdescriptive1
poster.jpgdescriptive1
qFCAwGsCjcF3K3pJdiuTGD-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
AHzSjyfttw8CLuJJPhyjfj-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
43Xoy2PGQyACGV87JhijCP-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
sFciAj6oJXQ7kCJKpk2MAg-320-80.pngdescriptive1
FJMFQpr38DfZbXXbBXKTfX-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
m5uVgNTzBMC4Dj7HCz2ybj-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
vbH5QLs2YYEiY4jgwhvFDj-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
zmUueBUM3jr3gnuCFkez26-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
ArzpvtGULVMi9W7SWuKe26-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
kWVwJ8mQcrDeDDgkoEDZ2J-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
CT9i4bmiZgtdM7AeU7qZMY-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
3DKo69sudKKA3cpMUrGThF-320-80.jpgdescriptive1
getuiddescriptive1
cmdescriptive1
pixeldescriptive1
getuiddescriptive1
syncdescriptive1

See Accessibility tab for detailed alt text quality analysis.

A+
Schema Markup Audit
2 schema types detected
PASS

Rich result eligibility

WebSite Eligible

Sitelinks search box

Detected schema types

WebPage json-ld
0/0 required
WebSite json-ld → Sitelinks search box
2/2 required · 1/1 recommended
Required fields (Google)
  • name — Required for the sitelinks search box
  • url — Required to anchor the search box to your domain
Recommended fields
  • potentialAction — Enables the in-SERP search box
Google's spec for this type

Missing schema opportunities

  • easy

    Article

    Page reads as an article (long body + headline) — add Article schema

    Eligible for top-stories carousel and Discover

  • 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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