news.google.com
https://news.google.com/home?ucbcb=1&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en
Scanned on May 2, 2026
Quick Wins — Top 5 Issues to Fix
- ✗Title length: 11 characters (too short, aim for 30-60)meta
- ✗Description length: 98 chars (too short)meta
- ✗Title-H1 alignment: 0% word overlap — title and H1 should share key termscontent
- ✗No H2 tags foundcontent
- ✗Heading hierarchy has gaps (e.g. H1 to H3 without H2)content
SEO — 67/100 (34 issues)
Failed Checks (34)
- ✗Title length: 11 characters (too short, aim for 30-60)meta
- ✗Description length: 98 chars (too short)meta
- ✗Title-H1 alignment: 0% word overlap — title and H1 should share key termscontent
- ✗No H2 tags foundcontent
- ✗Heading hierarchy has gaps (e.g. H1 to H3 without H2)content
- ✗Readability: 0 (difficult — simplify language)content
- ✗100% long sentences (>20 words) — break up for readabilitycontent
- ✗14 images missing width/height — causes layout shift (CLS)content
- ✗2 non-descriptive link text(s) found ("see more"...) — use descriptive anchor text for SEOcontent
- ✗No apple-touch-icon — iOS home screen will lack custom icontechnical
- ✗No hreflang tags — add if targeting multiple languagestechnical
- ✗Deprecated HTML tags found: <bigtechnical
- ✗Text-to-HTML ratio: 0.1% — too code-heavy, add more contenttechnical
- ✗Inline CSS: 1253.8 KB — too much, move to external stylesheetperformance
- ✗Inline JS: 418.5 KB — too much, use external scriptsperformance
- ✗No Contact page link detected — add for trust signalstrust
- ✗No Privacy Policy link — required by GDPR and improves trusttrust
- ✗Web fonts without font-display: swap — may cause FOITperformance
- ✗robots.txt does not reference Sitemap — add Sitemap: URLtechnical
- ✗sitemap.xml found but not valid XML formattechnical
- ✗URL lacks title keywords — use a descriptive URL slugtechnical
- ✗21 target="_blank" links missing rel="noopener" — security risksecurity
- ✗Schema missing required props: Organization: nameschema
- ✗Only 0 first-person pronouns — add personal experience (E-E-A-T)content
- ✗Possible hidden text detected (font-size:0 or same-color text) — Google spam violationtechnical
- ✗No max-image-preview:large — add to robots meta for Google Discovermeta
- ✗No Referrer-Policy header — may leak URL datasecurity
- ✗1 paragraph(s) exceed 150 words — break up for readabilitycontent
- ✗H1 length: 13 characters — too short, aim for 20-70content
- ✗Title and meta description are identical — each should be uniquemeta
- ✗OG URL (https://news.google.com) differs from canonical (https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen) — should matchsocial
- ✗14 duplicate ID(s) found: "WIZ-footer" (2x), "tt-i2" (2x), "tt-i3" (2x) — must be unique per HTML specaccessibility
- ✗No RSS/Atom feed in <head> — add for content discovery by aggregators and AItechnical
- ✗No IndexNow integration — add for instant Bing/Yandex indexing on content changestechnical
Passed Checks (69)
- ✓Title tag found: "Google News"meta
- ✓Meta description found (98 chars)meta
- ✓Viewport meta tag found (mobile-friendly)meta
- ✓UTF-8 charset declaredmeta
- ✓Language attribute set on HTML tagmeta
- ✓Theme color set: whitemeta
- ✓No meta refresh redirect (good)meta
- ✓No robots meta tag (default: index, follow)meta
- ✓Single H1 tag foundcontent
- ✓370 words on page (good content depth)content
- ✓All 14 images have ALT textcontent
- ✓JS-based lazy loading detectedcontent
- ✓All images use modern formats (WebP/AVIF/SVG)content
- ✓40 internal links foundcontent
- ✓5 external links foundcontent
- ✓No empty href attributes foundcontent
- ✓Open Graph title foundsocial
- ✓Open Graph description foundsocial
- ✓Open Graph image foundsocial
- ✓Open Graph URL foundsocial
- ✓og:type set to "website"social
- ✓og:site_name: "Google News"social
- ✓Twitter Card: "summary"social
- ✓Twitter title foundsocial
- ✓Twitter description foundsocial
- ✓Twitter image foundsocial
- ✓HTTPS enabledtechnical
- ✓Canonical tag foundtechnical
- ✓Canonical tag is self-referencing (correct)technical
- ✓Favicon foundtechnical
- ✓Compression: gziptechnical
- ✓URL length: 62 chars (good)technical
- ✓URL uses hyphens or no separators (good)technical
- ✓URL is lowercase (good)technical
- ✓All 1 external scripts use defer/asyncperformance
- ✓Font preload/preconnect found — faster font loadingperformance
- ✓Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidateperformance
- ✓HSTS header present — enforces HTTPSsecurity
- ✓X-Content-Type-Options: nosniffsecurity
- ✓Content-Security-Policy header presentsecurity
- ✓About page link found — builds trust and E-E-A-Ttrust
- ✓Terms of Service link foundtrust
- ✓Author byline foundtrust
- ✓1 JSON-LD schema block(s) foundschema
- ✓Schema types: Organizationschema
- ✓<!DOCTYPE html> declaredtechnical
- ✓No mixed content — all resources use HTTPStechnical
- ✓All 1 JSON-LD block(s) have valid syntaxschema
- ✓Viewport includes width=device-width (responsive)meta
- ✓robots.txt found and allows crawlingtechnical
- ✓No AI crawlers blocked in robots.txt — AI search and training can access contenttechnical
- ✓All 5 checked internal links are workingcontent
- ✓0% nofollow links (0/45) — good link equity flowcontent
- ✓OG image uses absolute URL (correct)social
- ✓Web App Manifest found (PWA-ready)technical
- ✓9 resource hint(s) (dns-prefetch/preconnect) — faster loadingperformance
- ✓100% responsive images (srcset/picture)content
- ✓Organization schema includes logoschema
- ✓Permissions-Policy header presentsecurity
- ✓Viewport allows zoom (good for accessibility)accessibility
- ✓48 links on page (within limit)content
- ✓DOM size: ~787 elements (good)performance
- ✓No snippet blocking detected (good — content is fully accessible)technical
- ✓Trailing slash consistent between URL and canonicaltechnical
- ✓No render-blocking scripts in head (good)performance
- ✓1 third-party script domain(s) (acceptable)performance
- ✓ARIA landmarks present: main, navaccessibility
- ✓All 1 form input(s) have labels or aria-labelsaccessibility
- ✓No iframes on pagesecurity
AEO — 40/100 (31 issues)
Failed Checks (31)
- ✗Only 1 content sections — segment your content betterdiscoverability
- ✗No definition lists (<dl>) — great for term/value pairsdiscoverability
- ✗No code blocks — add <code>/<pre> for technical contentdiscoverability
- ✗No FAQ section found — add Q&A content for AI citationstructure
- ✗No question-style headings — try "How to...", "What is..."structure
- ✗No data tables — tables help AI compare and cite datastructure
- ✗No concise answer paragraphs detected — add short summaries after headingsstructure
- ✗No numbered steps or ordered lists — add for "how to" AI answersstructure
- ✗0% short sentences — shorten sentences for better AI parsingstructure
- ✗0% concise paragraphs — break up long paragraphsstructure
- ✗Few key-value patterns — use "**Label:** value" format for AIstructure
- ✗Avg 0 words/section — expand sections for AI comprehensionstructure
- ✗No statistics or data — add numbers and facts for AI citationcitation
- ✗Only 2/5 E-E-A-T signals — add about, contact, author infocitation
- ✗No source citations — reference studies and data for authoritycitation
- ✗No recent year mentioned — AI prefers up-to-date contentcitation
- ✗Only 0 concise answer paragraph(s) after headings — add 2+ short summaries (40-200 chars) right after H2/H3 tagscitation
- ✗No Speakable schema — add for voice assistant optimizationvoice
- ✗First paragraph too short for AI snippetsvoice
- ✗No SearchAction schema — add for enhanced search presencevoice
- ✗Avg 93 words/sentence — simplify for AI and voicevoice
- ✗No summary section — add Key Takeaways for AI extractionvoice
- ✗Only 3 H2/H3 headings — add more to structure your contentvoice
- ✗Few Q&A blocks — add question headings followed by answer paragraphsvoice
- ✗No Last-Modified header or dateModified — AI prefers content with freshness signalscitation
- ✗No sameAs links in schema — add social profiles for brand recognitioncitation
- ✗Content not updated in 90+ days — stale content loses AI visibilitycitation
- ✗No Table of Contents — add jump links for AI content navigationstructure
- ✗No video content — multimedia increases AI engagement and citation ratediscoverability
- ✗Statistics lack source references — attribute data to boost AI trustcitation
- ✗No <details>/<summary> elements — use for expandable Q&A contentstructure
Passed Checks (21)
- ✓Structured data found — AI can understand your contentdiscoverability
- ✓370 words in HTML — good content for AI parsingdiscoverability
- ✓Clean URL structurediscoverability
- ✓3 semantic HTML5 elements founddiscoverability
- ✓Description + OG description both present — clear topic signalsdiscoverability
- ✓34 named entities found — helps AI understand contextdiscoverability
- ✓40 internal links — good topic cluster signaldiscoverability
- ✓3 lists found — structured content for AIstructure
- ✓Author information found — builds E-E-A-Tcitation
- ✓Publication/modification date foundcitation
- ✓Organization schema found — AI can identify your brandcitation
- ✓5 external links — references authoritative sourcescitation
- ✓Topic focus: 100% — title keywords found in contentcitation
- ✓6 conversational words — good for AI summariesvoice
- ✓Active voice dominant (0% passive) — AI-friendlyvoice
- ✓Pronoun density: 1.4% — engaging, user-focusedvoice
- ✓No AI-blocking robots directives — AI crawlers can access contentdiscoverability
- ✓/llms.txt found — AI crawlers can discover your content guidelinesdiscoverability
- ✓AI crawlers allowed in robots.txt (3/4 explicitly listed)discoverability
- ✓Brand name consistent across 2/3 signals (title, OG, schema)citation
- ✓Brand "Google News" used consistently (3 mentions)citation
GEO — 40/100 (35 issues)
Failed Checks (35)
- ✗No clear definitions — add "X is..." patterns for AI Overviewoverview
- ✗Few question headings — add Q&A headings for AI Overviewoverview
- ✗No freshness signals — add dates, update timestampsoverview
- ✗Content may be too thin for AI Overview (370 words, 0 sections)overview
- ✗Title and H1 don't align — confusing for AI topic matchingoverview
- ✗No step-by-step content — add numbered guides for AIoverview
- ✗Flat heading structure — add H3/H4 subheadings for depthoverview
- ✗0% optimal paragraphs — aim for 20-80 words per paragraphoverview
- ✗No author schema — add for AI trust signalsauthority
- ✗No source citations — reference studies and data for authorityauthority
- ✗No original data signals — "our research shows..." boosts AI citationauthority
- ✗No expert quotes — add professional opinions for credibilityauthority
- ✗No examples or case studies — add real-world examplesauthority
- ✗Few industry terms — use relevant jargon for topical authorityauthority
- ✗No FAQ Schema — add for Google rich results + AI Overviewformat
- ✗No HowTo Schema — add for step-by-step rich resultsformat
- ✗No comparison content — add vs. sections for AI recommendationsformat
- ✗No summary section — add Key Takeaways or TL;DR for AIformat
- ✗No BreadcrumbList schema — add for better AI contextformat
- ✗Only one list type — use both <ul> and <ol> for content varietyformat
- ✗Only 1/6 formatting types — use bold, lists, tables, quotes, codeformat
- ✗Single-perspective content — add "on the other hand..." for balanceformat
- ✗No actionable content — add "you should...", "try...", tipsformat
- ✗No conclusion — add recommendations or a verdict sectionformat
- ✗Few data points with units — add specific numbers (e.g., "300+ users")semantic
- ✗Few sections have subtopics — add H3 subheadings for depthsemantic
- ✗Page size: 1791 KB — very large, may slow AI crawlingtechnical
- ✗Only 1 Schema type(s) — add more for AI contexttechnical
- ✗First 200 words lack topic keywords — AI may skip your content for extractionoverview
- ✗Missing definition or list format — combine "X is..." with lists for snippetsoverview
- ✗Only 0 data points — add 5+ statistics for +30-40% AI visibility (Princeton study)authority
- ✗Author lacks credentials — anonymous content is a GEO penaltyauthority
- ✗Only 1/6 question types — add What, Why, How headingsoverview
- ✗No <figure>/<figcaption> — wrap images with descriptive captions for AIformat
- ✗No authoritative sameAs links — add Wikipedia/Wikidata/LinkedIn URIs to schema for Knowledge Graph alignmentauthority
Passed Checks (23)
- ✓2/5 trust signals foundauthority
- ✓Brand identity consistent (OG + Schema)authority
- ✓5 links to authoritative sources — boosts credibilityauthority
- ✓4 unique external domains — diverse sourcesauthority
- ✓14 images all with ALT text — AI can understand visualsformat
- ✓Data visualization elements found (tables/charts)format
- ✓1 entity types in Schema — AI can classify contentsemantic
- ✓5/14 semantic HTML5 elements — deep semantic structuresemantic
- ✓<time> element found — machine-readable datessemantic
- ✓100% title keywords in first 200 words — good prominencesemantic
- ✓9 contextual links — good cross-referencingsemantic
- ✓Content categorization found — clear topic classificationsemantic
- ✓Mobile-friendly (viewport set)technical
- ✓HTTPS secure — trusted by AI systemstechnical
- ✓Open Graph fully configured (title, description, image)technical
- ✓Canonical URL set — prevents AI from citing duplicatestechnical
- ✓Page allows AI indexing (no noindex/nosnippet)technical
- ✓Language + OG locale set — clear language signaltechnical
- ✓2 ARIA landmarks found — good accessibility for AItechnical
- ✓All image ALT texts are descriptive (>5 chars)format
- ✓370 words — sufficient depth for AI analysisoverview
- ✓No snippet restrictions — AI can freely extract content (good)technical
- ✓Link anchor texts are descriptive — good AI context signalsemantic
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