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Report for mashable.com

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  • Score:

    70.2%

    3.81
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    Generated on Sunday, March 19th 2017 5:20 am
    03/19/2017

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Traffic Rank

visitors
687 most visited website in the World Trend: up (-133)
280 most visited website in US United States
Traffic Rank is provided by Alexa

Visitors Localization

visitors
Low map legend High
CountryPercentDomain (ccTLD)Status
US United States46.8%mashable.usNot available.
UK United Kingdom6.1%mashable.co.ukNot available.
IN India5.9%mashable.inNot available.
CA Canada4.1%mashable.caNot available.
DE Germany2.4%mashable.deNot available.
Registering country code top level domains (ccTLD) can prevent potential competitors from taking advantage of your primary domain reputation. It is also one of the ways to improve country specific SEO and performance. (http://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-without-boarders-a-guide-to-international-seo-nick-paterman/60092/)

Images

accessibilitySEO-content
Good, most images have ALT attribute.
Number of images: 3
Missing alt tag: 1

List of images with missing ALT attributes:

  • http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=8750086&cv=2.0&cj=1
The "alt" attribute provides a text equivalent for the image. If the browser cannot display an image the alt description will be given in its place. Furthermore, some visitors cannot see images as they might be blind in which the alt tag provides a valuable image description. Finally, search engines utilize the alt attribute for image search indexing. (www.w3.org/QA/Tips/altAttribute)

Title

SEO-content
We have found following title:

"Mashable"

Length: 8 characters
The <TITLE> element provides a short piece of text describing the document. The title is very important as it shows in the window title bars, bookmarks and search results. Title should be between 60 to 80 characters long. (www.w3.org/QA/Tips/good-titles)

Description Metatag

SEO-content
We have found following description:

"Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company."

Length: 69 characters
The description attribute should provide a concise explanation of a Web page's content. Also, the description is often displayed on search engine results and can indirectly affect page ranking. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_element#The_description_attribute)

Keywords Metatag

SEO-content
We have found 13 keywords:
  • Social Networking
  • Social Media
  • News
  • Web
  • Technology
  • Web 2.0
  • Tech
  • Information
  • Blog
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Google
  • Top
Length: 120 characters
The keywords attribute was utilized by search engines to provide more accurate search results. Due to the over usage and spamming the keywords attribute has been phased out and is no longer relevant. Google doesn't use the "keywords" meta tag in web search ranking.

Text to HTML Ratio

SEO-content
The Text to HTML ratio is 2.48%
Original content is by far the single most important element to search engines. Low Text to HTML ratio indicates little content for search engines to index. We consider it to be good practice to have a Text to HTML ratio of at least 10% and ideal above 20%

Keyword Density & Consistency

SEO-content
Consistent Keywords % Density # Count T Title D Desc. H <H> A ALT B <b>
written4.43%26--26--
mashable2.56%15111--
what1.36%8--5--
entertainment0.85%5-1---
media0.68%4-1---
strange0.68%4--4--
emma0.68%4--4--
chloe0.68%4--4--
patrick0.68%4--4--
hinchliffe0.68%4--4--
patrick kulp0.68%4--4--
emma hinchliffe0.68%4--4--
chloe bryan0.68%4--4--
adario strange0.51%3--3--
entertainment company0.34%2-1---
helped make tesla0.17%1--1--
boss says season0.17%1--1--
make tesla what0.17%1--1--
upset march madness0.17%1--1--
mark hamill shared0.17%1--1--
Keywords density and consistency are notable factors for optimal page SEO. Preferred keywords should have higher keywords density indicating their importance. Optimally, preferred keywords should also be consistently utilized in multiple essential areas of the page such as title, description meta tag, h1 through h6 headings, alt image attributes, backlinks and internal links anchor text. Keyword density of above 5% is a good indication that the word or phrase appears too many time in the content.

Frames

accessibilitySEO-content
Yes, 1 inline frame(s) detected.
It is not recommended to use frames or iframes because they can cause problems for search engines. It is best to avoid frames and inline frames whenever possible (searchenginewatch.com/article/2064573/Search-Engines-and-Frames). If frames must be utilized consider <noframes> tag. (www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_noframes.asp).

Flash

accessibilitytechnologySEO-content
No flash detected.
Flash and other reach-media technologies should primarily be utilized for decorative purposes. This makes your site more search engine friendly and improves accessibility (support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=72746#1).

Headings

SEO-content
  • 30 <H1>
    • Mashable
    • What's New
    • 'The Flash' will face a very different kind of villain in Season 4
    • Drake dropped a bunch of new music and we have A LOT to talk about
    • Twitter mourns the millions of brackets lost with Wisconsin's upset March Madness win
    • Can the ClassPass model actually work? Well, the CEO just stepped down, so...
    • Pro 'Overwatch' team is dominating their competition in the most unlikely ways
    • Jet.com bought ModCloth, which makes a strange kind of sense
    • Chance the Rapper has some words for all those who think he's no longer an independent artist
    • This mug solves the worst thing about coffee
    • Nothing says 'Will you marry me?' like a bouquet of Doritos at a hockey game
    • What's Rising
    • This 'passive-aggressive art gallery' is the perfect petty roommate prank
    • 'Beauty and the Beast' in VR delivers Disney magic you can touch
    • Meet Roadie, the Ludacris-backed Uber for rideshare-transporting your stuff
    • Mark Hamill shared 'perhaps the very first' photo of Luke Skywalker and it's a real nostalgia trip
    • April the giraffe's unborn baby is a cash giraffe
    • The guy behind the '4-hour workweek' thinks you should work for 4 hours at WeWork
    • Robot Kanye will free you from the human labor of listening to the real thing
    • The 11 best moments from this massive, crazy profile of Kellyanne Conway
    • Google swears ads will stop showing up in the absolute worst places
    • What's Hot
    • What's Disneybounding? Meet the newest, semi-cosplay fashion trend you've never heard of
    • Twitter's savaging this photo from the NYT's Styles profile of Donald Trump, Jr. and it's hilarious
    • Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll legend, mourned by the world
    • The indigenous people of Papua New Guinea saved hundreds of wounded soldiers in WWII
    • Snapchat needs to evolve—or it'll be brutally slaughtered by Facebook.
    • The first American hoverboard fire deaths are now part of a federal investigation
    • 'Walking Dead' boss says Season 7 finale will be 'the end of a chapter'
    • Trump wants to kill the energy program that helped make Tesla what it is today
  • 26 <H2>
    • Written by Laura Prudom
    • Written by Ariel Bogle
    • Written by Patrick Kulp
    • Written by Emma Hinchliffe
    • Written by Kellen Beck
    • Written by Emma Hinchliffe
    • Written by Martha Tesema
    • Written by Tara Flanigan
    • Written by Chloe Bryan
    • Written by Chloe Bryan
    • Written by Adario Strange
    • Written by Kerry Flynn
    • Written by Chloe Bryan
    • Written by Patrick Kulp
    • Written by Emma Hinchliffe
    • Written by Adario Strange
    • Written by Emma Hinchliffe
    • Written by Patrick Kulp
    • Written by Saba Hamedy
    • Written by Chloe Bryan
    • Written by Patrick Kulp
    • Written by Alex Arbuckle
    • Written by Damon Beres
    • Written by Adario Strange
    • Written by Laura Prudom
    • Written by Maria Gallucci
  • 0 <H3>
  • 0 <H4>
  • 0 <H5>
  • 0 <H6>
The <h1> to <h6> tags are used to define HTML headings. The <h1> tag should hold the title describing the content of a specific page therefore only one h1 tag is needed per page. There can be any number of h2 - h6 tags but they should be added in order of importance (www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_hn.asp).

Doctype

technologyvalidity
HTML 5
The <!DOCTYPE> declaration tells the web browser about what version of HTML the page is written in. It is good practice to always add the <!DOCTYPE> declaration to the HTML documents, so that the browser knows what type of document to expect. (www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_DOCTYPE.asp)

Character Encoding

technologyvalidity
Not declared.
To display an HTML page correctly, the browser must know what character-set to use (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encodings_in_HTML).

Language

usability
Declared Language: en (English)
Language Attribute: en (English)
The HTML "lang" attributes and language metatag define the base language to be used for displaying text and characters on a Website.

W3C Markup Validation

validity
Status: FAILED [72 errors, 29 warning(s)]
It is good practice to use valid HTML/XHTML markup as it ensures that the search engines can read the website correctly as well as it improves cross browser compatibility (W3C Markup Validation Service).

Deprecated HTML elements

technologyvalidity
ElementCountDescription
<center>1The center element has been deprecated in favor of using CSS to center elements.
A deprecated element is one that has been outdated by newer constructs. Deprecated elements may become obsolete in future versions of HTML so it is recommended not to use them. (webdesign.about.com/od/htmltags/a/bltags_deprctag.htm)

Nested HTML Tables

accessibilitytechnology
Great, no nested tables detected.
In general it is not recommended to use nested tables or to utilize tables for page layout. Nested tables are known to cause performance issues due to increased HTML size and rendering time. It is better to use CSS layout instead.

Web Analytics

technology
Yes, we have detected following web analytics tools:
  • comScore analytics icon comScore Didital Analytix®
  • NewRelic analytics icon New Relic
Web Analytics Tools collect and measure information about visitor activity on a website. Well interpreted web traffic data is invaluable in determining a successfully web strategy and assessing the effectiveness of a website. At a minimum, we recommend to utilize at least one web analytics tool.

robots.txt

SEO
Yes, http://mashable.com/robots.txt

Your robots.txt file is blocking search engines access to parts of the website.

User-agent: *
  • Disallow: /adcentric
  • Disallow: /adinterax
  • Disallow: /atlas
See all 24 disallow directives
A robots.txt file restricts access to search engine robots that crawl the web. (www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html)

XML Sitemap

SEO
Found following XML sitemap(s):
Sitemaps inform search engines about pages available for crawling. In its simplest form, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs for a site along with additional metadata about each URL. XML sitemap should help search engines to crawl the site more intelligently. (http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html)

Mobile Rendering

mobile
Subscribe for mobile rendering
Mobile internet usage has been exceeding PC's since 2014 and growing so it is critical for pages to render correctly on mobile devices.

Mobile Optimization

mobileperformanceSEO
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Mobile PageSpeed analyzes webpages and evaluates its performance while providing suggestions on reducing page load times. Google is incorporating website speed in search ranking (http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/site-speed)

Mobile Experience

mobileusability
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Mobile users have now become a critical part of online visits. Making the website mobile friendly is no longer an option but rather necessity. (https://developers.google.com/webmasters/smartphone-sites/)

Favicon

usability
favicon
file: http://mashable.com/favicon-32x32.png?v=m2Pmw8zNwl
size: 32px  by  32px
type: image/png
The Favicon is a small icon associated with a website. The Favicon is important because it is displayed next to the website's URL in the address bar of the browser as well as in bookmarks and shortcuts. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon)

Custom 404 Error Page

usability
Yes, custom 404 error page detected.
A 404 is a standard http response code for a resource that cannot be located on the server. Webservers usually return a "404 Not Found" error page for non-existing pages. Unfortunately, these default error pages are very generic and a not very user friendly, therefore, using a custom 404 error page is highly recommended.

Process of returning http status code "200 OK" for a non-existent page or redirecting users to another url is called soft 404. Soft 404 errors are problematic for search engines and are not advisable. (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/181708)

Printability

usability
Could not locate print-friendly CSS.
Print-friendly pages are designed to fit on an 8.5"x11" or A4 sheet and usually include only the content of the page, along with source information. (webdesign.about.com/od/printerfriendly/a/aa041403a.htm)

W3C CSS Validation

validity
Status: FAILED [386 error(s)]
It is recommended to use valid CSS to ensure that the website displays correctly. (W3C CSS Validation Service).

Domain Age

SEO-Authority
Your domain was registerd for the first time: 11 years, 8 months, 5 hours ago.
Age of the domain is one of the many signals that search engines utilize for ranking. Brand new domains generally have more difficult time to rank high for the first few months. (http://www.coconutheadphones.com/does-domain-agematter)

Domain Expiration

SEO-Authority
Your domain expires in: 2 years, 3 months, 29 days.
Domain expiration far in to the future is considered a good practice as it promotes confidence in your website, decreases chances of losing domain and in certain cases might help with search engine ranking. (https://www.hover.com/blog/three-reasons-to-renew-your-domain-names-for-five-years/)

IP Canonicalization

SEO
No, your site's IP 184.51.0.248 does not redirect to mashable.com.
Some web spiders index websites using IP as well as domain name which can cause duplicate content if there is no IP Canonicalization. (www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization)

URL Canonicalization

SEO
Yes, both the www.mashable.com and mashable.com resolve to the same URL.
Warning: Current redirect is "HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily" but it should be "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently"
Domain name with WWW and without can be considered as different pages causing duplicate content for search engines. (www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization)

Page Speed

performanceSEO
Google Page Speed score: 68% (Average)
Rq. Requests Hst. Hosts LT Load time Html Img Images JS JavaScript CSS F Flash O Other PS Page Size
166506.09s345.47 KB1.17 MB3.8 MB491.47 KB0 B494.99 KB6.27 MB

RecommendationImpact
Avoid landing page redirects
None
Enable compression
Low
Leverage browser caching
Medium
Reduce server response time
None
Minify CSS
None
Minify HTML
None
Minify JavaScript
Low
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
High
Optimize images
High
Prioritize visible content
Low

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PageSpeed analyzes webpages and evaluates its performance while providing suggestions on reducing page load times. Google is now incorporating website speed in search ranking (http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/site-speed)

Server Information

security

ISP:
Akamai Technologies
Server IP:
184.51.0.248
Server Location:
US MASSACHUSETTS, Cambridge

Name Server 1:
ns1-139.akam.net (193.108.91.139)
Name Server 2:
usc2.akam.net (184.26.160.64)
Name Server 3:
use1.akam.net (72.246.46.64)
Name Server 4:
usw1.akam.net (23.61.199.66)
Your server's IP address and location have minor impact on the country specific SEO. It is recommend to host the website in the country where the number of vistors is desired to be the highest. Search engines take the geolocation of a server into account. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXt23AXlJJU)

HTTPS (SSL)

security
Issued To:
Common Name (CN):
a248.e.akamai.net
Issuer:
Common Name (CN):
Symantec Class 3 ECC 256 bit SSL CA - G2
Oranization (O):
Symantec Corporation
Oranizational Unit (OU):
Symantec Trust Network
Period of Validity
Begins On:
04/07/2016
Expires On:
04/08/2017

Warning: The SSL certificate is invalid for mashable.com domain.
Google™ is now treating HTTPS as a ranking signal. HTTPS is a secure web protocol that allows for encrypted communication between website and the client. HTTPS protocol requires your website to have an SSL certificate, which can be purchased from a Certificate Authority (CA) or SSL vendor. (http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.in/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal_6.html).

Safe Browsing

security
Yes
Safe Browsing is a service provided by Google that enables applications to check URLs against Google's constantly updated lists of suspected phishing and malware pages. If your site is marked as unsafe see our guide on how to fix websites blocked by google safe browsing

Spam Blacklist

security
Good, your IP is not blacklisted.
Spammer directories provide lists of IPs from which spam distribution is reported. Emails sent from the blocked IPs are subject to closer scrutiny and are much less likely to be delivered. For email campaigns it is recommended to utilize professional email services to ensure that your website IP is not blocked. (www.stopforumspam.com)

Email Address Obfuscation

security
Great, this webpage does not contain email addresses displayed in plain text.
It is recommended to obfuscate email addresses posted in public. This prevents email addresses from being automatically harvested by spam bots which helps to decrease number of unsolicited emails. See our email obfuscation techniques guide for more details.

Directory Browsing

security
Great, your server has directory browsing disabled.
Protect Webserver directories from unwanted browsing. To enhance security, directory browsing should be disabled unless you have a specific reason to enable it. If you enable directory browsing, make sure that you only enable it on the particular directory or directories that you want to share. (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731109)

Whois Privacy

security
Registrant:
Name:
Registration Private
Organization:
Domains By Proxy, LLC
Address:
14455 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale, 85260, US
Phone:
+1.4806242599
Fax:
+1.4806242598
Email:
[email protected]
Administrative Contact:
Name:
Registration Private
Organization:
Domains By Proxy, LLC
Address:
14455 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale, 85260, US
Phone:
+1.4806242599
Fax:
+1.4806242598
Email:
[email protected]
Technical Contact:
Name:
Registration Private
Organization:
Domains By Proxy, LLC
Address:
14455 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale, 85260, US
Phone:
+1.4806242599
Fax:
+1.4806242598
Email:
[email protected]
Whois Privacy is a service that prevents domain owner contact information from being displayed in the publicly available Whois records. This can help to cut down on unwanted spam but utilizing Whois privacy should be evaluated against business model and branding strategy.

Server Signature

security
On, nginx/1.10.1
Attackers can utilize server signature versioning information to their advantage therefore it is recommended to disable it when possible. (Disable server signature for Apache or IIS).