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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
1
PASS
5
INFO
1

Cross-tab audit — SEO, performance, crawlability, mobile, structured data

Checks
7
5 PASS 1 REVIEW
B
Image SEO
96 images, 44 descriptive filenames
REVIEW
96 images, 44 descriptive filenames
Warning::
54% of images have non-descriptive filenames
Search engines use filenames as a signal. Rename to descriptive names like 'team-photo.jpg'.
Info::
30 image(s) missing alt text — see Accessibility tab
44 descriptive
1 hash-based
51 generic
96 total
FilenameQualityAltIssues
close.pngdescriptive✗1
3871317.webpgeneric✓1
3871099.webpgeneric✓1
3871145.webpgeneric✓1
3871140.webpgeneric✓1
3871138.webpgeneric✓1
3793920.webpgeneric✓1
3871158.webpgeneric✓1
3871174.webpgeneric✓1
3870271.webpgeneric✓1
3870982.webpgeneric✓1
3871094.webpgeneric✓1
3870978.webpgeneric✓1
3871096.webpgeneric✓1
3870847.webpgeneric✓1
3871134.webpgeneric✓1
3870977.webpgeneric✓1
3870885.webpgeneric✓1
PutraBrandAward2025.jpgdescriptive✗1
3870005.webpgeneric✓1
3870009.webpgeneric✓1
3869937.webpgeneric✓1
517.webpgeneric✗2
Current: 517.webp
Suggested: authors.webp
683.webpgeneric✗2
Current: 683.webp
Suggested: authors.webp
414.webpgeneric✗2
Current: 414.webp
Suggested: authors.webp
423.webpgeneric✗2
Current: 423.webp
Suggested: authors.webp
col_Letters.webpdescriptive✗1
col_Letters.webpdescriptive✗1
col_Letters.webpdescriptive✗1
3871317.webpgeneric✓1
Current: 3871317.webp
Suggested: 300.webp
3871314.webpgeneric✓1
Current: 3871314.webp
Suggested: 300.webp
3871313.webpgeneric✓1
Current: 3871313.webp
Suggested: 300.webp
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
3870271.webpgeneric✓1
Current: 3870271.webp
Suggested: 300.webp
3848000.webpgeneric✓1
Current: 3848000.webp
Suggested: 300.webp
3865273.webpgeneric✓1
Current: 3865273.webp
Suggested: 300.webp
3871070.webpgeneric✓1
Current: 3871070.webp
Suggested: 300.webp
3870465.pnggeneric✓1
3870271.pnggeneric✓1
3871099.jpggeneric✓1
3869965.jpeggeneric✓1
3869591.JPGgeneric✓1
stream_eventdescriptive✗1
3863895.jpggeneric✗2
Current: 3863895.jpg
Suggested: medium.jpg
3869876.jpggeneric✗2
Current: 3869876.jpg
Suggested: medium.jpg
3857268.webpgeneric✓1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
loading.gifdescriptive✗1
3858390.webpgeneric✓1
3840564.webpgeneric✓1
3839250.webpgeneric✓1
3821743.webpgeneric✓1
3790486.webpgeneric✓1
3776885.webpgeneric✓1
3870735.webpgeneric✓1
3869153.webpgeneric✓1
3871108.webpgeneric✓1
3862514.webpgeneric✓1
3832378.webpgeneric✓1
1268451.webpgeneric✓1
times-solid.pngdescriptive✗1
A235B33E-9B4A-4A0C-A73A-8A3314799727.pnghash✗2
Current: A235B33E-9B4A-4A0C-A73A-8A3314799727.png
Suggested: thumbnails.png

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

A+
Canonical URL
Properly configured
PASS
Properly configured
Info::
Canonical tag present
Got: https://www.thestar.com.my
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://thestar.com.my Canonical https://www.thestar.com.my Match Self-referencing (correct) Target 200 ✓
A+
Meta Tags
Title optimized
PASS
Title optimized
Info::
Page title is set
Got: The Star | Malaysia News: National, Regional and World News
Info::
Title length (59 chars) is optimal
Info::
Title and H1 have very different wording
Alignment helps users confirm they've reached the right page.
Title

"The Star | Malaysia News: National, Regional and World News"

59 characters Optimal ✓
Title: The Star | Malaysia News: National, Regional and World News
H1: This site asks for consent to use your data
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

A+
Content Depth
7262 words, Very Difficult
PASS
7262 words, Very Difficult
Info::
Page has 7262 words — good depth for search engines
Info::
Reading level: Very Difficult (grade 15)
7262 words

Good depth

Reading level

Very Easy
Easy
Fairly Easy
Standard
Fairly Difficult
Difficult
Very Difficult

Grade 15

Text-to-HTML Ratio

6% text 94% HTML

72 KB / 1165 KB

A+
Schema Markup Audit
1 schema types detected
PASS

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

  • 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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