SEO test result

Last tested URL from domain sowetanlive.co.za:

https://sowetanlive.co.za

Loading the page

URL address (destination address in case of redirection):
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/

Retrieved from:
19. 8. 2024 00:33

Status code: 200

Well done! Your URL returns a successful HTTP status code.

1 / 1

Content type: text/html

Well done! Your URL returns content in HTML format.

1 / 1

Number of redirects: 1

Your URL is redirected 1 times to another URL! It is better for SEO to use URLs without redirects.

1 / 2

Protocol: https

Well done! The URL uses the encrypted HTTPS protocol.

1 / 1

Redirect to: Error

Obě adresy 'https://sowetanlive.co.za' a 'https://www.sowetanlive.co.za' jsou dostupné. Jedná se o duplicitní obsah, jednu z adres přesměrujte na druhou.

0 / 1

URL length: 30 of characters

Well done! Your URL is a reasonable length.

1 / 1

File robots.txt: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/robots.txt

Well done! Your site contains a robots.txt file with the sitemap address filled in.

2 / 2

Sitemap: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sitemap/

Well done! Your site contains a valid XML sitemap.

2 / 2

Achieved score:

9 / 11

Content analysis

Character set settings: utf-8

Well done! Your page has the correct character set.

1 / 1

Meta tag position with character set: 51 - 71 B

Well done! The character set settings are located in the first 1024 bytes of your page.

1 / 1

Language: en-ZA

Great! Your page is set to the language used.

1 / 1

Meta title: SowetanLIVE - Your news, sport and entertainment on the move

Well done! Your page has set a reasonably long headline.

2 / 2

Meta description: My News My Community - Sowetan LIVE.

The meta description has less than 50 of characters. Your page has a meta description set, but it is too short.

1 / 2

H1 heading:
<h1>SowetanLIVE</h1>

Well done! Your page contains H1 heading.

2 / 2

Order of headings:
     <h1>SowetanLIVE
          <h2>Cops nab alleged kidnapping and drug syndicate rin…
          <h2>THABO SHOLE-MASHAO | R180bn Lotto licence a magnet…
          <h2>Boxing event to celebrate Mandela deferred due to …
          <h2>Libyan cadets found at illegal military camp to be…
          <h2>WATCH | Siya and Etzebeth go crazy as Dricus wins …
          <h2>Mulder's moment to shine as Proteas triumph in Wes…
          <h2>Police probe after hit-and-run involving alleged s…
          <h2>Boks reflect on satisfying win
          <h2>Trump says Harris easier than Biden to beat as rac…
          <h2>Maharaj makes history as Proteas win series in the…
          <h2>India doctors end one strike over colleague's rape…
          <h2>‘Give rural women access to land’: experts
          <h2>Police arrest boy, 17, for murder after grade 10 p…
          <h2>POST - ELECTIONS | #Mzansi@30 - Our democracy in a…
          <h2>Powerful Boks send Wallabies packing in Perth
          <h2>Husband and co-accused sentenced to life for 2020 …
          <h2>Hawks arrest former MK Party youth leader Bonginko…
          <h2>Ndimande brothers implicated in AKA, Tibz murder h…
          <h2>Huge counterfeit goods bust in downtown Joburg Hug…
          <h2>Gaza ceasefire talks paused with resumption planne…
          <h2>PODCAST | Kabelo Gwamanda finally does something v…
               <h3>Podcast Of The Week
               <h3>Hot Topics
          <h2>Pastor Mboro seeks bail, cites job losses
          <h2>Family house burns down as people watch
          <h2>WATCH | Shivambu resigns from EFF, joins MK Party
          <h2>Hair: Pretty-girl locks
               <h3>Pic Of The Day
               <h3>Sport
          <h2>Boxing event to celebrate Mandela deferred due to …
          <h2>Mulder's moment to shine as Proteas triumph in Wes…
          <h2>WATCH | Siya and Etzebeth go crazy as Dricus wins …
          <h2>Boks reflect on satisfying win
               <h3>S Mag
          <h2>Food content creator Onezwa Mbola: The original on…
          <h2>Kamogelo Maree's dream to represent differently-ab…
          <h2>Kwesta conquers fear by tapping into acting
          <h2>Hair: Pretty-girl locks
               <h3>Trending
               <h3>Videos
               <h3>Celebrate Women’s Month with Chateau Del Rei
               <h3>Celebrate Women’s Month with Chateau Del Rei
               <h3>Identity theft on the rise in South Africa
               <h3>Survivor relives horrific Kanana tavern shooting
          <h2>Opinion
               <h3>READER LETTER | Parole is a privilege, ...
               <h3>THABO SHOLE-MASHAO | R180bn Lotto licence ...
               <h3>DINKO BOIKANYO | Intra-African trade ...
               <h3>SOWETAN SAYS | Education officials failed ...
          <h2>News & insights from our commercial partners
               <h3>Glenmorangie’s ‘rock star of whisky’ launches Trip…
               <h3>‘There’s lots more to be done and lots more to cel…
               <h3>What is a succession plan — and does your stokvel …
               <h3>Meet your new wellness besties: Natura Tissue Salt…
          <h2>FREE TO READ | Women’s Day Magazine explores how w…
          <h2>WATCH | Here’s why SA remains investors’ gold
          <h2>Vodacom commits about R800m to KZN network expansi…
          <h2>REVIEW | ‘24 Kia Seltos GT-Line ticks some of the …
          <h2>JOB ADS | The Civilian Secretariat for Police Serv…

Your page contains multiple headings and they are used in the correct order.

1 / 1

Number of headings: 60

Your page contains more than 20 of headlines.

0 / 1

Length of headings: OK

Well done! Your page contains only reasonably long headlines.

1 / 1

Number of pictures: 18

Well done! Your page contains pictures.

1 / 1

Number of pictures without description: 2

Your page contains images that do not have a filled in caption (alt attribute).

0 / 1

Number of links:

Number of internal follow links: 207
Number of internal nofollow links: 0

Well done! Your site contains a good amount of internal follow links.

2 / 2

Number of links:

Number of external follow links: 30
Number of external nofollow links: 0

Well done! Your site contains a good amount of internal follow links.

2 / 2

Number of iframe tags: 1

Your page contains iframe tags, consider replacing them.

0 / 1

Page icon: The page icon is filled in

Well done! Your page has filled in the page icon.

1 / 1

Page icon for Apple: The page icon is filled in

Well done! Your page has the page icon filled in for Apple devices.

2 / 2

Paragraphs: Paragraphs contain text of 1262 characters. The length of all text on the page is 6163 characters.

Less than half of all text on the page is in paragraphs. Consider using paragraphs for text placement.

0 / 1

Redundant content: -

Well done! Your site contains no superfluous content.

1 / 1

Achieved score:

19 / 24

HTML 5

Using HTML 5: OK

Well done! Your page uses the HTML 5 standard.

1 / 1

Using headers: NO

Your page does not contain a header. Consider adding a header tag.

0 / 1

Use of footers: OK

Well done! Yours contains a footer.

1 / 1

Using navigation: OK

Well done! Yours includes navigation.

1 / 1

Division of content into sections: NO

Your page is not divided into sections. Consider dividing your content into section tags.

0 / 1

Obsolete elements: -

Well done! Your page does not contain any outdated HTML elements.

1 / 1

Achieved score:

4 / 6

Tags for social networks

Language settings: en-ZA

Well done! Your page has the language tag set correctly.

1 / 1

Content type settings: landing

Well done! Your page has the correct tag for the page content type.

1 / 1

URL settings: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/

Well done! Your page has the correct tag for the page URL.

2 / 2

Page Title: SowetanLIVE - Your news, sport and entertainment on the move

Well done! Your page has the correct page title tag and the title is the appropriate size.

2 / 2

Page description: My News My Community - Sowetan LIVE.

Your page has a page description tag set, but its value is less than 50 characters. Consider extending it.

1 / 2

Setting the cover image: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/publication/custom/static/logos/logo.sowetan-live.png

Well done! Your page has the correct tag for the page title image.

2 / 2

Achieved score:

9 / 10

Keyword analysis

Number of words per page: 970

Well done! Your page contains enough words. There are '970' of words on the page.

2 / 2

The most common words on your site should include your keywords.

1 / 1

Keyword consistency:

	total number	in the caption	in the description	in the headings
south	14x	0x	0x	1x
africa	13x	0x	0x	1x
more	9x	0x	0x	2x
murder	7x	0x	0x	5x
police	6x	0x	0x	4x
with	5x	0x	0x	5x
sport	5x	1x	0x	1x
boxing	5x	0x	0x	2x
sponsored	5x	0x	0x	0x
watch	5x	0x	0x	5x

In the table you will find a list of words that might be worth considering adding to the title, description or headings.

0 / 0

Achieved score:

3 / 3

Loading resources

Using gzip compression: The web server does not use gzip compression

Consider using gzip compression on your web server.

0 / 1

Page size: 321.2 kB

Well done! Your page is a reasonable size.

1 / 1

Files to load:

Linked files
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/	321.2 kB
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/	321.2 kB
/manifest.json?v=2	0.8 kB
/favicon.png	2.4 kB
/static/images/icons/app-icons/app-icon.57x57.png?v=2	1.9 kB
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Linked script files
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Linked image files
/static/icons/patners/bidvest-group.png	870.9 kB
/static/icons/arena.png	33.4 kB
/static/icons/times-live.png	14.3 kB
/static/icons/sunday-times.png	24.9 kB
/static/icons/sowetan-live.png	38.2 kB
/static/icons/business-live.png	14.0 kB
/static/icons/business-day.png	28.7 kB
/static/icons/financial-mail.png	11.9 kB
/static/icons/business-times.png	24.2 kB
/static/icons/herald-live.png	21.8 kB
/static/icons/dispatch-live.png	16.1 kB
/static/icons/wanted.png	46.4 kB
/static/icons/sa-home-owner.png	28.7 kB
/static/icons/business-media-mags.png	27.4 kB
/static/icons/arena-events.png	21.5 kB
/publication/custom/static/logos/arena-holdings.logo.png	17.6 kB
TOTAL	3 405.3 kB

Your page, including the source code, is 3 726.5 kB in size. Consider reducing the data transferred to display the page.

0 / 2

Number of requests: 41

Your page needs more than 30 of additional HTTP requests to load. Consider optimizing its number.

0 / 1

Achieved score:

1 / 5

Other

Responsiveness: It is responsive

Well done! Your page is responsive and uses the viewport meta tag.

1 / 1

Using schema.org: Unused

Your site does not use schema.org, consider using structured data.

0 / 2

Using Google Tag Manager: It is used

Well done! Your site uses GTM.

2 / 2

Links to error pages: Excludes

Note: Only 30 of randomly selected internal links were tested. Your page contains 207 of internal links.

Well done! Your page does not contain links to error pages.

1 / 1

Achieved score:

4 / 6

SEO test result

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Achieved score:

(49 / 65)

75.4 %

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Loading the page

URL address (destination address in case of redirection):
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/

Retrieved from:
19. 8. 2024 00:33

Status code: 200

Well done! Your URL returns a successful HTTP status code.

1 / 1

Content type: text/html

Well done! Your URL returns content in HTML format.

1 / 1

Number of redirects: 1

Your URL is redirected 1 times to another URL! It is better for SEO to use URLs without redirects.

1 / 2

Protocol: https

Well done! The URL uses the encrypted HTTPS protocol.

1 / 1

Redirect to: Error

Obě adresy 'https://sowetanlive.co.za' a 'https://www.sowetanlive.co.za' jsou dostupné. Jedná se o duplicitní obsah, jednu z adres přesměrujte na druhou.

0 / 1

URL length: 30 of characters

Well done! Your URL is a reasonable length.

1 / 1

File robots.txt: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/robots.txt

Well done! Your site contains a robots.txt file with the sitemap address filled in.

2 / 2

Sitemap: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sitemap/

Well done! Your site contains a valid XML sitemap.

2 / 2

Achieved score:

9 / 11

Content analysis

Character set settings: utf-8

Well done! Your page has the correct character set.

1 / 1

Meta tag position with character set: 51 - 71 B

Well done! The character set settings are located in the first 1024 bytes of your page.

1 / 1

Language: en-ZA

Great! Your page is set to the language used.

1 / 1

Meta title: SowetanLIVE - Your news, sport and entertainment on the move

Well done! Your page has set a reasonably long headline.

2 / 2

Meta description: My News My Community - Sowetan LIVE.

The meta description has less than 50 of characters. Your page has a meta description set, but it is too short.

1 / 2

H1 heading:
<h1>SowetanLIVE</h1>

Well done! Your page contains H1 heading.

2 / 2

Your page contains multiple headings and they are used in the correct order.

1 / 1

Number of headings: 60

Your page contains more than 20 of headlines.

0 / 1

Length of headings: OK

Well done! Your page contains only reasonably long headlines.

1 / 1

Number of pictures: 18

Well done! Your page contains pictures.

1 / 1

Number of pictures without description: 2

Your page contains images that do not have a filled in caption (alt attribute).

0 / 1

Number of links:

Number of internal follow links: 207
Number of internal nofollow links: 0

Well done! Your site contains a good amount of internal follow links.

2 / 2

Number of links:

Number of external follow links: 30
Number of external nofollow links: 0

Well done! Your site contains a good amount of internal follow links.

2 / 2

Number of iframe tags: 1

Your page contains iframe tags, consider replacing them.

0 / 1

Page icon: The page icon is filled in

Well done! Your page has filled in the page icon.

1 / 1

Page icon for Apple: The page icon is filled in

Well done! Your page has the page icon filled in for Apple devices.

2 / 2

Paragraphs: Paragraphs contain text of 1262 characters. The length of all text on the page is 6163 characters.

Less than half of all text on the page is in paragraphs. Consider using paragraphs for text placement.

0 / 1

Redundant content: -

Well done! Your site contains no superfluous content.

1 / 1

Achieved score:

19 / 24

HTML 5

Using HTML 5: OK

Well done! Your page uses the HTML 5 standard.

1 / 1

Using headers: NO

Your page does not contain a header. Consider adding a header tag.

0 / 1

Use of footers: OK

Well done! Yours contains a footer.

1 / 1

Using navigation: OK

Well done! Yours includes navigation.

1 / 1

Division of content into sections: NO

Your page is not divided into sections. Consider dividing your content into section tags.

0 / 1

Obsolete elements: -

Well done! Your page does not contain any outdated HTML elements.

1 / 1

Achieved score:

4 / 6

Tags for social networks

Language settings: en-ZA

Well done! Your page has the language tag set correctly.

1 / 1

Content type settings: landing

Well done! Your page has the correct tag for the page content type.

1 / 1

URL settings: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/

Well done! Your page has the correct tag for the page URL.

2 / 2

Page Title: SowetanLIVE - Your news, sport and entertainment on the move

Well done! Your page has the correct page title tag and the title is the appropriate size.

2 / 2

Page description: My News My Community - Sowetan LIVE.

Your page has a page description tag set, but its value is less than 50 characters. Consider extending it.

1 / 2

Setting the cover image: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/publication/custom/static/logos/logo.sowetan-live.png

Well done! Your page has the correct tag for the page title image.

2 / 2

Achieved score:

9 / 10

Keyword analysis

Number of words per page: 970

Well done! Your page contains enough words. There are '970' of words on the page.

2 / 2

The most common words on your site should include your keywords.

1 / 1

Keyword consistency:

	total number	in the caption	in the description	in the headings
south	14x	0x	0x	1x
africa	13x	0x	0x	1x
more	9x	0x	0x	2x
murder	7x	0x	0x	5x
police	6x	0x	0x	4x
with	5x	0x	0x	5x
sport	5x	1x	0x	1x
boxing	5x	0x	0x	2x
sponsored	5x	0x	0x	0x
watch	5x	0x	0x	5x

In the table you will find a list of words that might be worth considering adding to the title, description or headings.

0 / 0

Achieved score:

3 / 3

Loading resources

Using gzip compression: The web server does not use gzip compression

Consider using gzip compression on your web server.

0 / 1

Page size: 321.2 kB

Well done! Your page is a reasonable size.

1 / 1

Files to load:

Linked files
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/	321.2 kB
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/	321.2 kB
/manifest.json?v=2	0.8 kB
/favicon.png	2.4 kB
/static/images/icons/app-icons/app-icon.57x57.png?v=2	1.9 kB
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/static/images/icons/app-icons/app-icon.76x76.png?v=2	1.4 kB
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/static/images/icons/app-icons/app-icon.120x120.png?v=2	4.4 kB
/static/images/icons/app-icons/app-icon.144x144.png?v=2	5.7 kB
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/build/chunks/pages/section.cc69a29c409095837b0c.bundle.css	19.5 kB
/vf-manifest.json	0.1 kB
/build/chunks/entry.fbd500d68abcbe529c06.bundle.js	121.3 kB
/build/chunks/pages/section.cc69a29c409095837b0c.bundle.js	575.1 kB
Linked script files
/build/chunks/priority.d416e5ce33da0dd63d2b.bundle.js	1.6 kB
/build/chunks/entry.fbd500d68abcbe529c06.bundle.js	121.3 kB
/build/chunks/pages/section.cc69a29c409095837b0c.bundle.js	575.1 kB
Linked image files
/static/icons/patners/bidvest-group.png	870.9 kB
/static/icons/arena.png	33.4 kB
/static/icons/times-live.png	14.3 kB
/static/icons/sunday-times.png	24.9 kB
/static/icons/sowetan-live.png	38.2 kB
/static/icons/business-live.png	14.0 kB
/static/icons/business-day.png	28.7 kB
/static/icons/financial-mail.png	11.9 kB
/static/icons/business-times.png	24.2 kB
/static/icons/herald-live.png	21.8 kB
/static/icons/dispatch-live.png	16.1 kB
/static/icons/wanted.png	46.4 kB
/static/icons/sa-home-owner.png	28.7 kB
/static/icons/business-media-mags.png	27.4 kB
/static/icons/arena-events.png	21.5 kB
/publication/custom/static/logos/arena-holdings.logo.png	17.6 kB
TOTAL	3 405.3 kB

Your page, including the source code, is 3 726.5 kB in size. Consider reducing the data transferred to display the page.

0 / 2

Number of requests: 41

Your page needs more than 30 of additional HTTP requests to load. Consider optimizing its number.

0 / 1

Achieved score:

1 / 5

Other

Responsiveness: It is responsive

Well done! Your page is responsive and uses the viewport meta tag.

1 / 1

Using schema.org: Unused

Your site does not use schema.org, consider using structured data.

0 / 2

Using Google Tag Manager: It is used

Well done! Your site uses GTM.

2 / 2

Links to error pages: Excludes

Note: Only 30 of randomly selected internal links were tested. Your page contains 207 of internal links.

Well done! Your page does not contain links to error pages.

1 / 1

Achieved score:

4 / 6

SEO test result

View the SEO test log Download the SEO test report

Achieved score:

(49 / 65)

75.4 %

SEO test result

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Content analysis

HTML 5

Tags for social networks

Keyword analysis

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Other

SEO test result

Our type for linkbuilding

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HTML 5

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Keyword analysis

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Other

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