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https://www.youtube.com
Your general SEO Checkup Score
Archived
73/100
SEO Score
Average SEO score of top 100 sites: 75%
This website received an SEO score of 73 out of 100, which is below the average score of 75. However, there are 13 important issues that need to be fixed to improve your website's ranking on search engines and enhance its overall performance.
13 Failed
4 Warnings
57 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 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
Add a Viewport Meta Tag to optimize this webpage for mobile screens. Without a viewport meta tag, mobile devices may render pages at typical desktop screen widths, resulting in pages being scaled down and difficult to read.
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.
HIGH
To improve the website experience for your visitors, it is recommended to eliminate any render-blocking resources on this webpage.
HIGH
Consider reducing the HTML size to improve loading times and retain visitors.
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
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.
LOW
Resolving errors identified by the Chrome DevTools Console can improve user experience.
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: 65
Failed: 5
Warnings: 2
Passed: 19
Meta Title Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a title tag with a length of 7 characters. While there's no target number of characters, titles should be descriptive and concise. Using a title tag with less than 20 characters is a missed opportunity since it can be difficult to fit all your targeted keywords in such a short text.
    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: YouTube
Length: 7 characters
Meta Description Test92% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a meta description tag with a length of 126 characters. We recommend using well-written and inviting meta descriptions with a length between 150 and 220 characters (spaces included).
Text: Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Length: 126 characters
Google Search Results Preview Test
Desktop version
https://www.youtube.com/YouTubeEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Mobile version
https://www.youtube.com/YouTubeEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Social Media Meta Tags Test89% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using social media meta tags.
Open Graph Meta Tags
og:image
https://www.youtube.com/img/desktop/yt_1200.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.
7youtube5history4sign4videos4watch
Keywords Usage Test48% 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
youtube
history
sign
videos
watch
Keywords Cloud Test
addedadvertiseavoidbeautybeginbuildcancelcommentcomputerconfirmcontactcopycopyrightcoursescreatorsdetailsdevelopersdevicedoesnerrorexplorefashionfeaturesfeedfeedbackgaminggooglehelphistoryhomeincludeinfluenceinfoinformationkidslaterlikelinklivelovemoviesmusicnavigationnewsoccurredplayablesplaybackplaylistpodcastspolicypremiumpressprivacyrecommendationsreportrestartingretrievingsafetyscrollsearchsearchingsendsettingssharesharingshoppingshortlyshortssignsignedskipsportsstartstartedsubscribesubscriptionssundaytermstesttickettrendingunmutevideovideosvoicewatchwatchingworksyoutube
Competitor Domains Test
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Heading Tags Test62% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage contains headings tags.
Robots.txt Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is using a robots.txt file.
https://www.youtube.com/robots.txt
Sitemap Test83% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website has a sitemap file.
https://www.youtube.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
https://www.youtube.com/product/sitemap.xml
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SEO Friendly URL Test29% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage contains URLs that are not SEO friendly!
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Image Alt Test78% of top 100 sites passed
  • All "img" tags from this webpage have the required "alt" attribute.
Responsive Image Test29% 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 Test10% 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 Test72% 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 Test83% of top 100 sites passed
  • There are no severe JavaScript errors on this webpage.
Console Errors Test27% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage has some errors caught by the Chrome DevTools Console!
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Charset Declaration Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage has a character encoding declaration.
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Social Media Test75% 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: 79
Failed: 4
Warnings: 2
Passed: 19
HTML Page Size Test23% of top 100 sites passed
DOM Size Test56% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Document Object Model (DOM) of this webpage has 1,953 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 Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is successfully compressed using br compression on your code. The HTML code is compressed from 911.3 Kb to 227.06 Kb (75% size savings). This helps ensure a faster loading webpage and improved user experience.
Site Loading Speed Test71% of top 100 sites passed
  • The loading time of this webpage (measured from N. Virginia, US) is around 2.91 seconds and this is under the average loading speed which is 5 seconds.
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JS Execution Time Test53% of top 100 sites passed
  • The JavaScript code used by this webpage is executed in more 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
javascript
82.0 %
2.39 Mb
css
10.6 %
316.94 Kb
font
2.4 %
71.57 Kb
html
2.4 %
70.54 Kb
image
1.5 %
43.66 Kb
other
1.1 %
32.44 Kb
TOTAL
100%
2.91 Mb
Requests by content type
Content type
Percent
Requests
image
72.0 %
113
javascript
10.2 %
16
other
8.9 %
14
css
5.1 %
8
font
2.5 %
4
html
1.3 %
2
TOTAL
100%
157
Content size by domain
Domain
Percent
Size
youtube.com
94.7 %
2.75 Mb
fonts.gstatic.com
3.4 %
102.39 Kb
google.com
0.8 %
22.80 Kb
fonts.googleapis.com
0.5 %
16.28 Kb
gstatic.com
0.5 %
14.61 Kb
play.google.com
0.0 %
1.35 Kb
accounts.google.com
0.0 %
844 B
static.doubleclick.net
0.0 %
495 B
googleads.g.doubleclick.net
0.0 %
241 B
i.ytimg.com
0.0 %
117 B
TOTAL
100%
2.91 Mb
Requests by domain
Domain
Percent
Requests
fonts.gstatic.com
63.1 %
99
youtube.com
17.8 %
28
gstatic.com
11.5 %
18
fonts.googleapis.com
1.9 %
3
play.google.com
1.9 %
3
google.com
1.3 %
2
i.ytimg.com
0.6 %
1
accounts.google.com
0.6 %
1
googleads.g.doubleclick.net
0.6 %
1
static.doubleclick.net
0.6 %
1
TOTAL
100%
157
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 Test95% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is serving all images, javascript and css resources from CDNs.
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Modern Image Format Test43% 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 image resources!
Image Caching Test95% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using uncached images from same domain.
JavaScript Caching Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using cache headers for all JavaScript resources.
CSS Caching Test98% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using cache headers for all CSS resources.
JavaScript Minification Test98% 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 Test15% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using render blocking resources! Eliminating render-blocking resources can help this webpage to load significantly faster and will improve the website experience for your visitors.
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Nested Tables Test100% 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 Test97% 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 Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Time To First Byte value of this webpage is 0.069 seconds. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have a TTFB of 0.8 seconds or less.

0.069 s

0.8 s

1.8 s

First Contentful Paint Test90% of top 100 sites passed
  • The First Contentful Paint value of this webpage is 1.227 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.

1.227 s

1.8 s

3 s

Largest Contentful Paint Test77% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Largest Contentful Paint duration of this webpage is 3.91 seconds. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have Largest Contentful Paint of 2.5 seconds or less.

3.91 s

2.5 s

4 s

Largest Contentful Paint element within the viewport:
Text: Try searching to get started
Html: <div id="title-container" class="style-scope ytd-feed-nudge-renderer">
Cumulative Layout Shift Test91% of top 100 sites passed
  • The CLS score of this webpage is 0.0145. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have a CLS score of 0.1 or less.

0.0145

0.1

0.25

DOM element which contributes the most to CLS score:
Text: AboutPressCopyrightContact usCreatorsAdvertiseDevelopers TermsPrivacyPolicy & Sa...
Html: <div id="footer" class="style-scope ytd-guide-renderer">
Score: 0.0128
Server and security
Score: 100
Failed: 0
Warnings: 0
Passed: 10
URL Canonicalization Test93% 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 "www.youtube.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
*.google.com
Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
*.google.com, *.appengine.google.com, *.bdn.dev, *.origin-test.bdn.dev, *.cloud.google.com, *.crowdsource.google.com, *.datacompute.google.com, *.google.ca, *.google.cl, *.google.co.in, *.google.co.jp, *.google.co.uk, *.google.com.ar, *.google.com.au, *.google.com.br, *.google.com.co, *.google.com.mx, *.google.com.tr, *.google.com.vn, *.google.de, *.google.es, *.google.fr, *.google.hu, *.google.it, *.google.nl, *.google.pl, *.google.pt, *.googleapis.cn, *.googlevideo.com, *.gstatic.cn, *.gstatic-cn.com, googlecnapps.cn, *.googlecnapps.cn, googleapps-cn.com, *.googleapps-cn.com, gkecnapps.cn, *.gkecnapps.cn, googledownloads.cn, *.googledownloads.cn, recaptcha.net.cn, *.recaptcha.net.cn, recaptcha-cn.net, *.recaptcha-cn.net, widevine.cn, *.widevine.cn, ampproject.org.cn, *.ampproject.org.cn, ampproject.net.cn, *.ampproject.net.cn, google-analytics-cn.com, *.google-analytics-cn.com, googleadservices-cn.com, *.googleadservices-cn.com, googlevads-cn.com, *.googlevads-cn.com, googleapis-cn.com, *.googleapis-cn.com, googleoptimize-cn.com, *.googleoptimize-cn.com, doubleclick-cn.net, *.doubleclick-cn.net, *.fls.doubleclick-cn.net, *.g.doubleclick-cn.net, doubleclick.cn, *.doubleclick.cn, *.fls.doubleclick.cn, *.g.doubleclick.cn, dartsearch-cn.net, *.dartsearch-cn.net, googletraveladservices-cn.com, *.googletraveladservices-cn.com, googletagservices-cn.com, *.googletagservices-cn.com, googletagmanager-cn.com, *.googletagmanager-cn.com, googlesyndication-cn.com, *.googlesyndication-cn.com, *.safeframe.googlesyndication-cn.com, app-measurement-cn.com, *.app-measurement-cn.com, gvt1-cn.com, *.gvt1-cn.com, gvt2-cn.com, *.gvt2-cn.com, 2mdn-cn.net, *.2mdn-cn.net, googleflights-cn.net, *.googleflights-cn.net, admob-cn.com, *.admob-cn.com, googlesandbox-cn.com, *.googlesandbox-cn.com, *.safenup.googlesandbox-cn.com, *.gstatic.com, *.metric.gstatic.com, *.gvt1.com, *.gcpcdn.gvt1.com, *.gvt2.com, *.gcp.gvt2.com, *.url.google.com, *.youtube-nocookie.com, *.ytimg.com, android.com, *.android.com, *.flash.android.com, g.cn, *.g.cn, g.co, *.g.co, goo.gl, www.goo.gl, google-analytics.com, *.google-analytics.com, google.com, googlecommerce.com, *.googlecommerce.com, ggpht.cn, *.ggpht.cn, urchin.com, *.urchin.com, youtu.be, youtube.com, *.youtube.com, music.youtube.com, *.music.youtube.com, youtubeeducation.com, *.youtubeeducation.com, youtubekids.com, *.youtubekids.com, yt.be, *.yt.be, android.clients.google.com, *.android.google.cn, *.chrome.google.cn, *.developers.google.cn, *.aistudio.google.com
Not valid before
Wed, February 26o 2025, 3:32:55 pm (z)
Not valid after
Wed, May 21o 2025, 3:32:54 pm (z)
Signature algorithm
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
WR2
Intermediate certificate
Common name
WR2
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
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
GTS Root R1
Root certificate
Common name
GTS Root R1
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
sha384WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
GTS Root R1
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 Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using the HTTP/2 protocol.
HSTS Test84% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using the Strict-Transport-Security header.
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000
Safe Browsing Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is not currently listed as suspicious (no malware or phishing activity found).
Server Signature Test95% 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 Test97% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not include email addresses in plaintext.
Mobile usability
Score: 50
Failed: 1
Warnings: 0
Passed: 2
Meta Viewport Test92% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not have a viewport meta tag! Add a viewport meta tag to optimize your webpage for mobile screens.
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: 38
Failed: 3
Warnings: 0
Passed: 7
Structured Data Test66% of top 100 sites passed
Custom 404 Error Page Test80% 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 Test93% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using the canonical link tag. This tag specifies that the URL: https://www.youtube.com/ is preferred to be used in search results. Please ensure that this specification is correct, as canonical tags are often hard-coded and may not always reflect the latest changes in a site's URL structure.
<link href="https://www.youtube.com/" rel="canonical"/>
Nofollow Tag Test
  • This webpage is using the nofollow meta tag! We recommend to use this tag carefully since search engines will not crawl all links from this webpage.
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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 Test98% 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 using an SPF record.
v=spf1 include:google.com mx -all
Ads.txt Validation Test67% 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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