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https://commons.news
Your general SEO Checkup Score
Archived
76/100
SEO Score
Average SEO score of top 100 sites: 74%
This website received an SEO score of 76 out of 100, which is higher than the average score of 74. Our analysis has identified 13 important issues that can be addressed to further enhance your website's performance and improve its search engine visibility.
13 Failed
2 Warnings
59 Passed
Issues to fix
HIGH
It is recommended to avoid URL parameters and to use hyphens to separate words in the URL structure, rather than underscores.
HIGH
To address URL canonicalization issues, it is recommended to select a primary URL for your webpage and set up redirects from all other variations to the preferred one.
HIGH
H1 and H2 tags ensure better search engine visibility and ranking by providing structure and hierarchy to the content, improving readability, and providing opportunities for keyword optimization.
HIGH
To ensure that Search Engines can accurately identify the topic of this webpage, it is important to include the most common keywords in the title tag, meta description, and heading tags.
HIGH
Consider using structured data in your webpage as it can help search engines gain a better understanding of your content.
HIGH
Connect your webpage with social media networks using APIs or AddThis, as social signals are becoming increasingly important for search engines to validate a site's trustworthiness and authority.
MEDIUM
Add a sitemap file to help search engine crawlers index content more thoroughly and quickly.
MEDIUM
Add a robots.txt file to properly communicate with web crawlers and prevent unwanted access to sensitive content.
MEDIUM
Add a Google Analytics script to this website to help in diagnosing potential SEO issues by monitoring site visitors and traffic sources.
LOW
Resolving errors identified by the Chrome DevTools Console can improve user experience.
LOW
Without an SPF record, spammers can easily spoof emails from this domain, potentially leading to compromised email security and deliverability issues.
LOW
Using more than 20 HTTP requests on a webpage can negatively impact the loading time.
LOW
Consider moving inline CSS styles to an external stylesheet to improve site performance and maintain separation of content and design.
Common SEO issues
Score: 47
Failed: 9
Warnings: 1
Passed: 16
Meta Title Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a title tag.
Text: Commons News - Progressive Link Aggregator
Length: 42 characters
Meta Description Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a meta description tag with a length of 109 characters. We recommend using well-written and inviting meta descriptions with a length between 150 and 220 characters (spaces included).
Text: Community-run link aggregator for progressives, highlighting the latest resources and discussions in the web.
Length: 109 characters
Google Search Results Preview Test
Desktop version
https://commons.news/Commons News - Progressive Link AggregatorCommunity-run link aggregator for progressives, highlighting the latest resources and discussions in the web.
Mobile version
https://commons.news/Commons News - Progressive Link AggregatorCommunity-run link aggregator for progressives, highlighting the latest resources and discussions in the web.
Social Media Meta Tags Test89% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using social media meta tags.
Open Graph Meta Tags
og:title
Commons News - Progressive Link Aggregator
og:description
A community-run link aggregator for progressives, sharing the latest resources and discussions from the progressive web.
og:url
https://commons.news
og:site_name
Commons News
og:type
website
og:image
https://commons.news/touch-icon.png
Most Common Keywords Test
  • There is likely no optimal keyword density (search engine algorithms have evolved beyond keyword density metrics as a significant ranking factor). It can be useful, however, to note which keywords appear most often on your page and if they reflect the intended topic of your page. More importantly, the keywords on your page should appear within natural sounding and grammatically correct copy.
75archive25today25ghostarchive15comments13hours
Keywords Usage Test45% of top 100 sites passed
  • The most common keywords of this webpage are not distributed across the important HTML tags! Primary keywords should appear in title tag, meta description and heading tags to help Search Engines to properly identify the topic of this webpage.
Keyword
Title tag
Meta description
Headings
archive
today
ghostarchive
comments
hours
Keywords Cloud Test
aangehoudenactiveannouncingarchivearticleartoassangeblackoutbookbordersbreaksbuildingchagoscivilclassclimatecommentcommentsconflictconnorcontingentcouncilculturedaysdelvedelvingdiemdiscusseconomyeducationenvironmenteuropeflukafoodgazagendergeneticsghostarchivegrantahealthhearinghistoryhoursincubatorinfrastructureislandsisraeljulianlandmarkloginmagazinemauritiusmediameerderemigrationmimzmotherneedsorchestratedoverhaulpalestinepatriarchypeaspeoplepillarplanetpolicypoliticspracticingpshapiraregionresourcerijnmondrootssapienssciencescienceforthepeoplesearchsftpsilencesinéadslachtoffersmooferssocietysovereigntystrikestructuralstruggletechtechforpalestinetechnologytodaytopicsuniversalupdatesvrouwvrouwenwswsyearzedenzaak
Competitor Domains Test
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Heading Tags Test59% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not contain H1 headings! H1 headings help indicate the important topics of your page to search engines. While less important than good meta-titles and descriptions, H1 headings may still help define the topic of your page to search engines.
Robots.txt Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website lacks a "robots.txt" file. This file can protect private content from appearing online, save bandwidth, and lower load time on your server. A missing "robots.txt" file also generates additional errors in your apache log whenever robots request one. Read more about the robots.txt file, and how to create one for your site.
Sitemap Test74% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website lacks a sitemap file! Sitemaps can help robots index your content more thoroughly and quickly. Read more on Google's guidelines for implementing the sitemap protocol.
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SEO Friendly URL Test25% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage contains URLs that are not SEO friendly!
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Image Alt Test71% of top 100 sites passed
  • All "img" tags from this webpage have the required "alt" attribute.
Responsive Image Test28% of top 100 sites passed
  • All images in this webpage are properly sized for different users' viewports.
Image Aspect Ratio Test75% of top 100 sites passed
  • All image display dimensions match the natural aspect ratio.
Inline CSS Test8% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using inline CSS styles!
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Deprecated HTML Tags Test94% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not use HTML deprecated tags.
Google Analytics Test65% of top 100 sites passed
  • A Google Analytics script is not detected on this page. While there are several tools available to monitor your site's visitors and traffic sources, Google Analytics is a free, commonly recommended program to help diagnose potential SEO issues.
Favicon Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • favicon
    This website appears to have a favicon.
JS Error Test79% of top 100 sites passed
  • There are no severe JavaScript errors on this webpage.
Console Errors Test41% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage has some errors caught by the Chrome DevTools Console!
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Charset Declaration Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage has a character encoding declaration.
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Social Media Test57% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not connected with social media using the API's provided by Facebook, Google +, Twitter, Pinterest, or using addthis.com
Speed optimizations
Score: 99
Failed: 1
Warnings: 0
Passed: 24
HTML Page Size Test21% of top 100 sites passed
  • The size of this webpage's HTML is 7.57 Kb and is under the average webpage's HTML size of 33 Kb. Faster loading websites result in a better user experience, higher conversion rates, and generally better search engine rankings.
DOM Size Test54% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Document Object Model (DOM) of this webpage has 841 nodes which is less than the recommended value of 1,500 nodes.
HTML Compression/GZIP Test97% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is successfully compressed using br compression on your code. The HTML code is compressed from 64.24 Kb to 7.57 Kb (88% size savings). This helps ensure a faster loading webpage and improved user experience.
Site Loading Speed Test66% of top 100 sites passed
  • The loading time of this webpage (measured from N. Virginia, US) is around 0.6 seconds and this is under the average loading speed which is 5 seconds.
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JS Execution Time Test71% of top 100 sites passed
  • The JavaScript code used by this webpage is executed in less than 2 seconds.
Page Objects Test
  • This webpage has less than 20 http requests. A higher number of http requests results in a user's browser needing to request a large number of objects from the server, which will ultimately slow down the loading of your webpage.
Content size by content type
Content type
Percent
Size
javascript
55.1 %
37.81 Kb
css
22.7 %
15.62 Kb
html
15.4 %
10.60 Kb
image
6.0 %
4.11 Kb
other
0.8 %
543 B
font
0.0 %
0 B
TOTAL
100%
68.67 Kb
Requests by content type
Content type
Percent
Requests
html
33.3 %
3
image
33.3 %
3
css
11.1 %
1
javascript
11.1 %
1
other
11.1 %
1
font
0.0 %
0
TOTAL
100%
9
Content size by domain
Domain
Percent
Size
commons.news
100.0 %
68.67 Kb
TOTAL
100%
68.67 Kb
Requests by domain
Domain
Percent
Requests
commons.news
100.0 %
9
TOTAL
100%
9
Page Cache Test (Server Side Caching)100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a caching mechanism. Caching helps speed page loading times as well as reduces server load.
Flash Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not include flash objects (an outdated technology that was sometimes used to deliver rich multimedia content). Flash content does not work well on mobile devices, and is difficult for crawlers to interpret.
CDN Usage Test97% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is serving all images, javascript and css resources from CDNs.
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Modern Image Format Test38% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using images in a modern format.
Image Metadata Test72% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using images with large metadata.
Image Caching Test97% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is using cache headers for images and the browsers will display these images from the cache.
JavaScript Caching Test95% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using cache headers for all JavaScript resources.
CSS Caching Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using cache headers for all CSS resources.
JavaScript Minification Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • All JavaScript files used by this webpage are minified.
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CSS Minification Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • All CSS resources used by this webpage are minified.
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Render Blocking Resources Test10% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using render-blocking resources.
Nested Tables Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using nested tables. This speeds up page loading time and optimizes the user experience.
Frameset Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not use frames.
Doctype Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage has a doctype declaration.
<!DOCTYPE html>
URL Redirects Test98% of top 100 sites passed
  • This URL doesn't have any redirects (which could potentially cause site indexation issues and site loading delays).
Time To First Byte Test98% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Time To First Byte value of this webpage is 0.279 seconds. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have a TTFB of 0.8 seconds or less.

0.279 s

0.8 s

1.8 s

First Contentful Paint Test94% of top 100 sites passed
  • The First Contentful Paint value of this webpage is 0.677 seconds. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have a First Contentful Paint value of 1.8 seconds or less.

0.677 s

1.8 s

3 s

Largest Contentful Paint Test90% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Largest Contentful Paint duration of this webpage is 0.68 seconds. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have Largest Contentful Paint of 2.5 seconds or less.

0.68 s

2.5 s

4 s

Largest Contentful Paint element within the viewport:
Text: USA: RSF condemns the agrochemical industry’s shameful practice of profiling and...
Html: <div class="details">
Cumulative Layout Shift Test94% of top 100 sites passed
  • The CLS score of this webpage is 0.0114. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have a CLS score of 0.1 or less.

0.0114

0.1

0.25

DOM element which contributes the most to CLS score:
Text: 1 USA: RSF condemns the agrochemical industry’s shameful practice of profiling a...
Html: <li id="story_klm1ha" data-shortid="klm1ha" class="story ">
Score: 0.0114
Server and security
Score: 83
Failed: 1
Warnings: 0
Passed: 9
URL Canonicalization Test97% of top 100 sites passed
SSL Checker and HTTPS Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is successfully using HTTPS, a secure communication protocol over the Internet.

The certificate is not used before the activation date.

The certificate has not expired.

The hostname "commons.news" is correctly listed in the certificate.

The certificate should be trusted by all major web browsers.

The certificate was not revoked.

The certificate was signed with a secure hash.

Certificate Chain:
Server certificate
Common name
commons.news
Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
commons.news, *.commons.news
Not valid before
Mon, September 16o 2024, 12:54:55 pm (z)
Not valid after
Sun, December 15o 2024, 12:54:54 pm (z)
Signature algorithm
ecdsaWithSha256
Issuer
WE1
Intermediate certificate
Common name
WE1
Organization
Google Trust Services
Location
US
Not valid before
Wed, December 13o 2023, 9:00:00 am (z)
Not valid after
Tue, February 20o 2029, 2:00:00 pm (z)
Signature algorithm
ecdsaWithSha384
Issuer
GTS Root R4
Root certificate
Common name
GTS Root R4
Organization
Google Trust Services LLC
Location
US
Not valid before
Wed, June 22o 2016, 12:00:00 am (z)
Not valid after
Sun, June 22o 2036, 12:00:00 am (z)
Signature algorithm
ecdsaWithSha384
Issuer
GTS Root R4
Mixed Content Test (HTTP over HTTPS)98% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not use mixed content - both the initial HTML and all other resources are loaded over HTTPS.
HTTP2 Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using the HTTP/2 protocol.
HSTS Test82% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using the Strict-Transport-Security header.
strict-transport-security: max-age=63072000; includesubdomains; preload
Safe Browsing Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is not currently listed as suspicious (no malware or phishing activity found).
Server Signature Test98% of top 100 sites passed
  • The server signature is off for this webpage.
Directory Browsing Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • Directory browsing is disabled for this website.
Plaintext Emails Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not include email addresses in plaintext.
Mobile usability
Score: 100
Failed: 0
Warnings: 0
Passed: 3
Meta Viewport Test88% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a viewport meta tag.
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
Media Query Responsive Test98% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using CSS media queries, which is the base for responsive design functionalities.
Mobile Snapshot Test
Mobile view
Advanced SEO
Score: 60
Failed: 2
Warnings: 1
Passed: 7
Structured Data Test53% of top 100 sites passed
Custom 404 Error Page Test67% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is using a custom 404 error page. We recommend to have a custom 404 error page in order to improve the website's user experience by letting users know that only a specific page is missing/broken (and not the entire site), providing them helpful links, the opportunity to report bugs, and potentially track the source of broken links.
Noindex Tag Test98% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not use the noindex meta tag. This means that it can be indexed by search engines.
Canonical Tag Test93% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not use the canonical link tag.
Nofollow Tag Test
  • This webpage does not use the nofollow meta tag. This means that search engines will crawl all links from this webpage.
Disallow Directive Test
  • This website lacks a "robots.txt" file. This file can protect private content from appearing online, save bandwidth, and lower load on your server. A missing "robots.txt" file also generates additional errors in your apache log whenever robots request one.
Meta Refresh Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using a meta refresh tag.
SPF Records Test95% of top 100 sites passed
  • This DNS server is not using an SPF record! SPF (Sender Policy Framework) allows administrators to specify which hosts are allowed to send mail from a given domain by creating a specific SPF record or TXT record in the Domain Name System (DNS). You can find more information about SPF records here.
Ads.txt Validation Test68% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website doesn't use an ads.txt file! Ads.txt is a text file that contains a list of Authorized Digital Sellers. The purpose of ads.txt files is to give advertisers and advertising networks the ability to verify who is allowed to sell advertising on your website.
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