https://thetimes.com
SEO
· 7 checks — Canonical, meta, content depth, internal links, image SEO, and hreflang rolled into one auditable list.SCORE
95
GRADE
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PASS
6
INFO
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Cross-tab audit — SEO, performance, crawlability, mobile, structured data
Checks
76 PASS
A+Canonical URLProperly configuredPASS
Canonical URL
Properly configured
Properly configured
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Canonical tag present
Got: https://www.thetimes.com/
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Canonical is self-referencing
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Canonical matches final URL after redirects
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Canonical target returns 200
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Canonical points to a different domain
Canonical URL Configured
Page URL https://thetimes.com Canonical https://www.thetimes.com/ Match Self-referencing (correct) Target 200 ✓
A+Meta TagsTitle: 65 charsPASS
Meta Tags
Title: 65 chars
Title: 65 chars
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Page title is set
Got: Latest news & breaking headlines | The Times and The Sunday Times
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Title is 65 characters — may be truncated in search results
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Title and H1 are well-aligned
Title
"Latest news & breaking headlines | The Times and The Sunday Times"
65 characters Will truncate
Title: Latest news & breaking headlines | The Times and The Sunday Times
H1: The Times & The Sunday Times Homepage
Match: Very different
Robots: Indexable (no restrictions)
AContent Depth4462 words, Very DifficultPASS
Content Depth
4462 words, Very Difficult
4462 words, Very Difficult
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Page has 4462 words — good depth for search engines
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Text-to-HTML ratio is 2%
Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
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Reading level: Very Difficult (grade 29)
Good depth
Reading level
Very Easy
Easy
Fairly Easy
Standard
Fairly Difficult
Difficult
Very Difficult
Grade 29
Text-to-HTML Ratio
2% text 98% HTML
27 KB / 1468 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 Links945 internal, 47 externalPASS
Internal Links
945 internal, 47 external
945 internal, 47 external
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945 internal links (95%)
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100% of links use descriptive anchor text
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Page has 992 links — consider reducing
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945 internal / 47 external links
Link Distribution
95% internal (945) 5% external (47)
Anchor Text Quality
989 Descriptive 3 Empty
Most Linked Internal Pages
| # | URL | Links |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | /us/news-today/article/madonna-coachella-corset-missing-q8gmwvcv6 | 36 |
| 2 | /uk/healthcare/article/increase-single-men-children-surrogacy-kf5qfcngj | 36 |
| 3 | /uk/crime/article/teenager-admits-synagogue-arson-attack-harrow-zl2lf92bx | 32 |
| 4 | /uk/politics/article/post-brexit-food-trade-agreement-bpfwvq6r2 | 25 |
| 5 | /uk/politics/article/keir-starmer-matthew-doyle-olly-robbins-jqcxx2jml | 24 |
| 6 | /sport/cricket/article/jude-bellingham-stake-hundred-team-birmingham-phoenix-h6vg0299n | 22 |
| 7 | /world/middle-east/article/israeli-hostage-yotam-haim-sperm-children-ghw88667j | 18 |
| 8 | /world/europe/article/russia-teacher-hitler-speech-vladislav-bokhan-3s68fjx90 | 18 |
| 9 | /uk/crime/article/willesden-north-london-shooting-xlb39p06c | 18 |
| 10 | /uk/london/article/lenin-london-home-for-rent-hf3cfqss0 | 18 |
Top External Domains
| Domain | Links |
|---|---|
| www.thetimes.com | 13 |
| login.thetimes.com | 3 |
| globalstore.thetimes.com | 3 |
| www.newsukadvertising.co.uk | 2 |
| epaper.thetimes.com | 2 |
| www.timesbookshop.co.uk | 2 |
| appointments.thetimes.com | 2 |
| www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk | 2 |
| www.newslicensing.co.uk | 1 |
| www.newscareers.co.uk | 1 |
A+Image SEO362 images, 346 descriptive filenamesPASS
Image SEO
362 images, 346 descriptive filenames
362 images, 346 descriptive filenames
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16 image(s) have hash/generic filenames
346 descriptive
2 hash-based
14 generic
362 total
| Filename | Quality | Alt | Issues |
|---|---|---|---|
| %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F6f95e154-2f24-4a11-a52d-36292b95989b.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F056f4913-4d6c-4682-b108-c2653053d5b4.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F056f4913-4d6c-4682-b108-c2653053d5b4.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F44809701-5274-4d69-9786-734a3f43d84a.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F44809701-5274-4d69-9786-734a3f43d84a.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| %2F44809701-5274-4d69-9786-734a3f43d84a.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: %2F44809701-5274-4d69-9786-734a3f43d84a.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| image.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: image.jpg Suggested: match.jpg | |||
| db8abe9e-f354-4a4a-a0b1-2fd8327ec525.jpg | hash | ✓ | 1 |
Current: db8abe9e-f354-4a4a-a0b1-2fd8327ec525.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
| db8abe9e-f354-4a4a-a0b1-2fd8327ec525.jpg | hash | ✓ | 1 |
Current: db8abe9e-f354-4a4a-a0b1-2fd8327ec525.jpg Suggested: image.jpg | |||
See Accessibility tab for detailed alt text quality analysis.
A+Schema Markup Audit1 schema types detectedPASS
Schema Markup Audit
1 schema types detected
Detected schema types
CollectionPage json-ld 0/0 required
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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