https://walesonline.co.uk
SEO
· 7 checks — Canonical, meta, content depth, internal links, image SEO, and hreflang rolled into one auditable list.SCORE
96
GRADE
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PASS
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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.walesonline.co.uk
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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://walesonline.co.uk Canonical https://www.walesonline.co.uk Match Self-referencing (correct) Target 200 ✓
A+Meta TagsTitle: 62 charsPASS
Meta Tags
Title: 62 chars
Title: 62 chars
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Page title is set
Got: WalesOnline: News, sport, weather and events from across Wales
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Title is 62 characters — may be truncated in search results
Title
"WalesOnline: News, sport, weather and events from across Wales"
62 characters Will truncate
Robots: Indexable (no restrictions)
AContent Depth1149 words, Very DifficultPASS
Content Depth
1149 words, Very Difficult
1149 words, Very Difficult
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Page has 1149 words — good depth for search engines
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Text-to-HTML ratio is 1%
Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
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Reading level: Very Difficult (grade 48)
Good depth
Reading level
Very Easy
Easy
Fairly Easy
Standard
Fairly Difficult
Difficult
Very Difficult
Grade 48
Text-to-HTML Ratio
1% text 99% HTML
7 KB / 603 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 Links72 internal, 123 externalPASS
Internal Links
72 internal, 123 external
72 internal, 123 external
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72 internal links (37%)
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97% of links use descriptive anchor text
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72 internal / 123 external links
Link Distribution
37% internal (72) 63% external (123)
Anchor Text Quality
189 Descriptive 6 Empty
Most Linked Internal Pages
| # | URL | Links |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | all-about/senedd-election | 6 |
| 3 | all-about/welsh-rugby-union | 5 |
| 4 | all-about/courts | 4 |
| 5 | all-about/travel | 3 |
| 6 | all-about/premium | 2 |
| 7 | all-about/wales-rugby-team | 2 |
| 8 | all-about/cardiff | 2 |
| 9 | all-about/health | 2 |
| 10 | all-about/carmarthenshire | 2 |
Top External Domains
| Domain | Links |
|---|---|
| www.walesonline.co.uk | 96 |
| www.instagram.com | 2 |
| publicnoticeportal.uk | 2 |
| www.facebook.com | 2 |
| marketplacelive.co.uk | 2 |
| x.com | 2 |
| www.inyourarea.co.uk | 2 |
| www.bookanad.com | 1 |
| www.reachsubs.co.uk | 1 |
| jobs.reachplc.com | 1 |
A+Image SEO79 images, 77 descriptive filenamesPASS
Image SEO
79 images, 77 descriptive filenames
79 images, 77 descriptive filenames
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2 image(s) have hash/generic filenames
77 descriptive
0 hash-based
2 generic
79 total
| Filename | Quality | Alt | Issues |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0_.jpg | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: 0_.jpg Suggested: s810.jpg | |||
| image | generic | ✓ | 1 |
Current: image Suggested: next.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
Missing schema opportunities
- easy
Article
Page reads as an article (long body + headline) — add Article schema
Eligible for top-stories carousel and Discover
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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