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https://www.Kathmandupost.com
Your general SEO Checkup Score
Archived
77/100
SEO Score
Average SEO score of top 100 sites: 74%
This website received an SEO score of 77 out of 100, which is higher than the average score of 74. Our analysis has identified 15 important issues that can be addressed to further enhance your website's performance and improve its search engine visibility.
15 Failed
2 Warnings
55 Passed
Issues to fix
HIGH
To provide a good user experience, sites should aim for a Largest Contentful Paint duration of 2.5 seconds or less.
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
Using images in a modern format can significantly reduce the file size and improve the loading speed of a webpage, providing a better user experience and potentially increasing engagement.
HIGH
Add descriptive and relevant "alt" attributes to all "img" tags to improve website accessibility.
HIGH
By creating a custom 404 error page with helpful links and information, users are more likely to stay on the site and continue to explore.
MEDIUM
Add a sitemap file to help search engine crawlers index content more thoroughly and quickly.
MEDIUM
Serve properly sized images to reduce page loading times and to improve user's experience.
MEDIUM
Reducing the Document Object Model (DOM) size can lead to faster page loading times, improved site performance, and better user experience by decreasing the amount of time it takes for the browser to process and render the page.
MEDIUM
Avoid performance and security issues by adding "rel=noopener" or "rel=noreferrer" to your "target=_blank" links.
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.
LOW
Strip out any unnecessary metadata to improve loading time, security, and privacy. Metadata should not exceed 16% of the image size.
LOW
Replace deprecated HTML tags with their modern equivalents or appropriate CSS rules.
LOW
Consider using a CSS layout instead of nested tables, as they can be slow to render in some browsers.
Common SEO issues
Score: 69
Failed: 6
Warnings: 1
Passed: 19
Meta Title Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a title tag with a length of 68 characters. While there's no target number of characters, titles should be descriptive and concise. We recommend using a title with a length between 20 - 60 characters in order to fit Google Search results that have a 600-pixel limit.
Text: The Kathmandu Post | Read online latest news and articles from Nepal
Length: 68 characters
Meta Description Test97% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a meta description tag.
Text: The Kathmandu Post : Find the latest breaking news from Nepal, opinion & analysis on Nepali politics, business, culture & arts, sports, movies, food & travel, books, education, auto & more at kathmandupost.com
Length: 209 characters
Google Search Results Preview Test
Desktop version
https://kathmandupost.com/The Kathmandu Post | Read online latest news and articles from NepalThe Kathmandu Post : Find the latest breaking news from Nepal, opinion & analysis on Nepali politics, business, culture & arts, sports, movies, food & travel, books, education, auto & more at kathmandupost.com
Mobile version
https://kathmandupost.com/The Kathmandu Post | Read online latest news and articles from NepalThe Kathmandu Post : Find the latest breaking news from Nepal, opinion & analysis on Nepali politics, business, culture & arts, sports, movies, food & travel, books, education, auto & more at kathmandupost.com
Social Media Meta Tags Test83% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using social media meta tags.
Open Graph Meta Tags
og:image
https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2019/default/tkp-no-image-bnw.jpg
og:title
The Kathmandu Post | Read online latest news and articles from Nepal
og:type
article
og:url
https://kathmandupost.com
og:description
The Kathmandu Post : Find the latest breaking news from Nepal, opinion & analysis on Nepali politics, business, culture & arts, sports, movies, food & travel, books, education, auto & more at kathmandupost.com
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.
26nepal19post12report12president10dahal
Keywords Usage Test81% 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
nepal
post
report
president
dahal
Keywords Cloud Test
aheadannouncesaprilartsattorneybarabritaincallscasechinaclimatecomescommissionconfidencecourtculturedahaldecidesdecisiondhankhardistricteditoreditorialelectionelectionsenvironmentepaperfilmmakersfilmsfollowingfoodfreegeneralgoodgovernmenthavehealthhelphighhomejusticekathmandukorealamichhaneletterslifeloginmakemarchministermoneymonthsnationalnepalnepaliofficeofficesopinionpartypassportpolicypoliticspostpresidentprimeprivacyprocessprosecutedprovincepublicpursuequalityrabireadreceivedreportreportsreuterssahaysecondsecuressensitivesportsstatingstudentstudentssupporttaiwantanahuntimetodaytransitionaltravelunionvalleyvicevotewomenworldyadav
Competitor Domains Test
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Heading Tags Test70% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage contains headings tags.
H1 tags
Without Fear or FavourUNWIND IN STYLE
‘Filmmakers don’t try hard enough to make films feminist’
H2 tags
Prime Minister Dahal secures vote of confidence for second time in three months
Robots.txt Test94% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is using a robots.txt file.
https://kathmandupost.com/robots.txt
Sitemap Test75% 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 Test40% of top 100 sites passed
  • All links from this webpage are SEO friendly.
Image Alt Test71% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using "img" tags with empty or missing "alt" attribute!
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Responsive Image Test38% of top 100 sites passed
  • Not all images in this webpage are properly sized! This webpage is serving images that are larger than needed for the size of the user's viewport.
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Image Aspect Ratio Test72% of top 100 sites passed
  • All image display dimensions match the natural aspect ratio.
Inline CSS Test2% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using inline CSS styles!
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Deprecated HTML Tags Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • We found some HTML deprecated tags! You are advised to change these old tags with equivalent tags or proper CSS rules.
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Google Analytics Test69% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using Google Analytics.
Favicon Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • favicon
    This website appears to have a favicon.
JS Error Test74% of top 100 sites passed
  • There are no severe JavaScript errors on this webpage.
Console Errors Test33% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage doesn't have any warnings or errors caught by the Chrome DevTools Console.
Charset Declaration Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage has a character encoding declaration.
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Social Media Test80% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is connected successfully with social media using:
Facebook Twitter 
Speed optimizations
Score: 78
Failed: 6
Warnings: 1
Passed: 16
HTML Page Size Test34% of top 100 sites passed
  • The size of this webpage's HTML is 26.72 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 Test17% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Document Object Model (DOM) of this webpage has 2,497 nodes which is greater than the recommended value of 1,500 nodes! A large DOM size negatively affects site performance and increases the page load time.
HTML Compression/GZIP Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is successfully compressed using br compression on your code. The HTML code is compressed from 119.6 Kb to 26.72 Kb (78% size savings). This helps ensure a faster loading webpage and improved user experience.
Site Loading Speed Test68% of top 100 sites passed
  • The loading time of this webpage (measured from N. Virginia, US) is around 4.99 seconds and this is under the average loading speed which is 5 seconds.
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JS Execution Time Test79% of top 100 sites passed
  • The JavaScript code used by this webpage is executed in less than 2 seconds.
Page Objects Test
  • This webpage is using more than 20 http requests, which can slow down page loading and negatively impact user experience!
Content size by content type
Content type
Percent
Size
image
76.6 %
1.74 Mb
javascript
16.6 %
386.07 Kb
css
2.0 %
46.96 Kb
font
1.9 %
43.47 Kb
html
1.7 %
40.42 Kb
other
1.2 %
27.45 Kb
TOTAL
100%
2.27 Mb
Requests by content type
Content type
Percent
Requests
image
57.4 %
31
javascript
16.7 %
9
other
11.1 %
6
html
5.6 %
3
css
5.6 %
3
font
3.7 %
2
TOTAL
100%
54
Content size by domain
Domain
Percent
Size
assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com
47.6 %
1.08 Mb
assets-api.kathmandupost.com
13.4 %
312.11 Kb
assets-cdn.kantipurdaily.com
11.9 %
276.94 Kb
jcss-cdn.kathmandupost.com
11.2 %
261.39 Kb
google.com
4.9 %
114.98 Kb
connect.facebook.net
3.8 %
89.27 Kb
cse.google.com
2.3 %
54.47 Kb
googletagmanager.com
1.9 %
43.95 Kb
kathmandupost.com
1.0 %
22.83 Kb
google-analytics.com
0.9 %
19.93 Kb
Other
1.0 %
22.48 Kb
TOTAL
100%
2.27 Mb
Requests by domain
Domain
Percent
Requests
jcss-cdn.kathmandupost.com
31.5 %
17
assets-api.kathmandupost.com
14.8 %
8
assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com
13.0 %
7
google.com
11.1 %
6
kathmandupost.com
3.7 %
2
cse.google.com
3.7 %
2
connect.facebook.net
3.7 %
2
google-analytics.com
3.7 %
2
googletagmanager.com
1.9 %
1
openweathermap.org
1.9 %
1
Other
11.1 %
6
TOTAL
100%
54
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 Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is serving all images, javascript and css resources from CDNs.
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Modern Image Format Test32% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not serving images in a modern format! Image formats like JPEG 2000, JPEG XR, and WebP often provide better compression than PNG or JPEG, which means faster downloads and less data consumption.
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Image Metadata Test
  • This webpage is using images with large metadata (more than 16% of the image size)! Stripping out unnecessary metadata tags can improve not only the loading time but also the security and privacy of a webpage.
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Image Caching Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using uncached images from same domain.
JavaScript Caching Test98% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using uncached JavaScript resources from same domain!
CSS Caching Test98% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using uncached CSS resources from same domain!
JavaScript Minification Test93% of top 100 sites passed
  • All JavaScript files used by this webpage are minified.
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CSS Minification Test97% of top 100 sites passed
  • All CSS resources used by this webpage are minified.
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Render Blocking Resources Test29% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using render-blocking resources.
Nested Tables Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • It appears that this website contains nested tables! Nested tables can be slow to render in some browsers. Consider using a CSS layout to reduce both HTML size and page loading time.
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 Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • This URL performed 1 redirects! While redirects are typically not advisable (as they can affect search engine indexing issues and adversely affect site loading time), one redirect may be acceptable, particularly if the URL is redirecting from a non-www version to its www version, or vice-versa.
https://www.kathmandupost.com/https://kathmandupost.com/
Largest Contentful Paint Test
  • The Largest Contentful Paint duration of this webpage is 4.04 seconds. To provide a good user experience, sites should strive to have Largest Contentful Paint of 2.5 seconds or less.

4.04 s

2.5 s

4 s

Largest Contentful Paint element within the viewport:
<img class="img-responsive" src="https://assets-api.kathmandupost.com/thumb.php?src...">
Cumulative Layout Shift Test
  • The CLS score of this webpage is 0.036. To provide a good user experience, sites should strive to have a CLS score of 0.1 or less.

0.0364

0.1

0.25

DOM element which contributes the most to CLS score:
Text: Culture & ArtsNationalPoliticsValleyOpinionMoneySports Culture & Arts Arts Brunc...
Html: <body class="page">
Score: 0.0292
Server and security
Score: 93
Failed: 1
Warnings: 0
Passed: 9
URL Canonicalization Test92% 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 "kathmandupost.com" 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
*.kathmandupost.com
Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
*.kathmandupost.com, kathmandupost.com
Not valid before
Tue, November 15o 2022, 7:04:14 am (z)
Not valid after
Sun, December 17o 2023, 7:04:14 am (z)
Signature algorithm
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
Intermediate certificate
Common name
Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
Organization
GoDaddy.com, Inc.
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, US
Not valid before
Tue, May 3o 2011, 7:00:00 am (z)
Not valid after
Sat, May 3o 2031, 7:00:00 am (z)
Signature algorithm
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
Root certificate
Common name
Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
Organization
GoDaddy.com, Inc.
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, US
Not valid before
Tue, September 1o 2009, 12:00:00 am (z)
Not valid after
Thu, December 31o 2037, 11:59:59 pm (z)
Signature algorithm
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
Mixed Content Test (HTTP over HTTPS)100% 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 Test92% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using the HTTP/2 protocol.
HSTS Test
  • This webpage is using the Strict-Transport-Security header.
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; 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 Test88% 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 Test93% 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 Test94% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a viewport meta tag.
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
Media Query Responsive Test99% 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: 62
Failed: 2
Warnings: 0
Passed: 8
Structured Data Test59% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using structured data.
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Custom 404 Error Page Test75% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is not using a custom 404 error page! Default 404 error pages result in a poor experience - it can mislead users into thinking an entire site is down or broken, greatly increases the chance they leave the website entirely, and looks unprofessional. 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 Test99% 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 Test95% 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
  • Your robots.txt file includes a disallow command which instructs search engines to avoid certain parts of your website! You are advised to confirm if access to these resources or pages are intended to be blocked (e.g., if they contain internal-only content or sensitive information).
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Meta Refresh Test95% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using a meta refresh tag.
SPF Records Test94% 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 Test80% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is using an Authorized Digital Sellers (ads.txt) file and its content has a valid format. Since the file is uploaded and maintained by publishers on their own domain, it's not easy for bad players to gain access to it or to change entries. Buyers who want to bid on the publisher's inventory can refer to their ads.txt file and confidently know that the exchange they are dealing with is in fact authorized to directly or indirectly sell the publisher's inventory.
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