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· 7 checks — Canonical, meta, content depth, internal links, image SEO, and hreflang rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
91
GRADE
A
FIX
0
REVIEW
2
PASS
4
INFO
1

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

Checks
7
4 PASS 2 REVIEW
B
Image SEO
13 images, 2 descriptive filenames
REVIEW
13 images, 2 descriptive filenames
Warning::
85% of images have non-descriptive filenames
Search engines use filenames as a signal. Rename to descriptive names like 'team-photo.jpg'.
2 descriptive
0 hash-based
11 generic
13 total
FilenameQualityAltIssues
.generic1
.generic1
.generic1
.generic1
.generic1
.generic1
.generic1
.generic1
.generic1
.generic1
.generic1

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

B
Schema Markup Audit
2 schema types detected
REVIEW

Rich result eligibility

Organization Eligible

Organization knowledge panel

WebSite Not eligible

Sitelinks search box

Missing: name

Detected schema types

Organization json-ld → Organization knowledge panel
2/2 required · 3/4 recommended
Required fields (Google)
  • name — Required for the knowledge panel
  • url — Required for entity matching
Recommended fields
  • logo — Strongly recommended — appears in the knowledge panel header
  • sameAs — Connects the entity across the web
  • contactPoint — Enables direct contact from the knowledge panel
  • description — Add an organization description Used as the panel summary
Google's spec for this type
WebSite json-ld → Sitelinks search box
1/2 required · 1/1 recommended
Required fields (Google)
  • name — Add the site 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

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

Your WebSite structured data is missing required fields for Google's Sitelinks search box. Without these, the page won't qualify for rich results.

Why this matters

Schema entity missing required properties — Google's rich-result eligibility check fails; the schema is in source but never renders enhanced.

Source: Google Search Central

A+
Canonical URL
Properly configured
PASS
Properly configured
Info::
Canonical tag present
Got: https://www.zdnet.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://zdnet.com Canonical https://www.zdnet.com/ Match Self-referencing (correct) Target 200 ✓
A+
Meta Tags
Title optimized
PASS
Title optimized
Info::
Page title is set
Got: News and Advice on the World's Latest Innovations | ZDNET
Info::
Title length (57 chars) is optimal
Title

"News and Advice on the World's Latest Innovations | ZDNET"

57 characters Optimal ✓
Robots: Indexable (no restrictions)
A
Content Depth
2006 words, Very Difficult
PASS
2006 words, Very Difficult
Info::
Page has 2006 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: Very Difficult (grade 26)
2006 words

Good depth

Reading level

Very Easy
Easy
Fairly Easy
Standard
Fairly Difficult
Difficult
Very Difficult

Grade 26

Text-to-HTML Ratio

1% text 99% HTML

11 KB / 1932 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.

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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