Public Audit Report

www.ign.com

https://fr.ign.com/
Scanned on May 2, 2026
60
Overall
C
60
SEO
64/106 passed
60
AEO
31/52 passed
60
GEO
35/58 passed
130
Passed
86
Failed
216
Total Checks
Needs Work
Rating

Quick Wins — Top 5 Issues to Fix

SEO — 60/100 (42 issues)

Failed Checks (42)

  • Title length: 10 characters (too short, aim for 30-60)meta
  • Description length: 75 chars (too short)meta
  • 132 title tags found — should be exactly 1meta
  • No theme-color meta tag — improves mobile browser appearancemeta
  • Title-H1 alignment: 33% word overlap — title and H1 should share key termscontent
  • 81% long sentences (>20 words) — break up for readabilitycontent
  • 1 of 53 images missing ALT text (98% have it)content
  • 52 images missing width/height — causes layout shift (CLS)content
  • 52 images could use loading="lazy" for better performancecontent
  • 51 of 53 images use legacy formats (JPG/PNG/GIF) — convert to WebP/AVIF for 25-50% smaller filescontent
  • 11 empty href attributes — fix or remove these linkscontent
  • Missing twitter:card meta tagsocial
  • Missing twitter:titlesocial
  • Missing twitter:descriptionsocial
  • Missing twitter:imagesocial
  • No apple-touch-icon — iOS home screen will lack custom icontechnical
  • Text-to-HTML ratio: 3.5% — too code-heavy, add more contenttechnical
  • Inline CSS: 39.8 KB — too much, move to external stylesheetperformance
  • Inline JS: 21.0 KB — too much, use external scriptsperformance
  • 7 render-blocking scripts — add defer or async attributeperformance
  • No font preload/preconnect — add for faster renderingperformance
  • Missing X-Content-Type-Options headersecurity
  • No About page link detected — add for credibilitytrust
  • No Contact page link detected — add for trust signalstrust
  • No Terms of Service link — add for legal compliance and trusttrust
  • No author byline — add "By [Name]" for E-E-A-T trusttrust
  • 5 HTTP resource(s) on HTTPS page — security risktechnical
  • robots.txt does not reference Sitemap — add Sitemap: URLtechnical
  • 3 target="_blank" links missing rel="noopener" — security risksecurity
  • No Web App Manifest — add for installability and modern web signalstechnical
  • Event content found but no Event schema — add for event rich resultsschema
  • No Referrer-Policy header — may leak URL datasecurity
  • No Permissions-Policy — restrict camera/mic/geo accesssecurity
  • OG URL (https://fr.ign.com/) differs from canonical (http://fr.ign.com/) — should matchsocial
  • 309 links on page — exceeds 100 limit, may dilute link equitycontent
  • DOM size: ~1797 elements — exceeds 1500, may slow renderingperformance
  • 6 third-party script domains — may slow page load (sm.ign.com, www.googletagmanager.com, sb.scorecardresearch.com...)performance
  • Missing ARIA landmarks — add <main>, <nav>, and skip-to-content link for accessibilityaccessibility
  • 2 duplicate ID(s) found: "Livello_1" (9x), "zdlogoblue" (2x) — must be unique per HTML specaccessibility
  • 1 iframe(s) without sandbox attribute — security risksecurity
  • No IndexNow integration — add for instant Bing/Yandex indexing on content changestechnical
  • 1 of 6 H2 sections have < 50 words — add more content or merge thin sectionscontent

Passed Checks (64)

  • Title tag found: "IGN France"meta
  • Meta description found (75 chars)meta
  • Viewport meta tag found (mobile-friendly)meta
  • UTF-8 charset declaredmeta
  • Language attribute set on HTML tagmeta
  • No meta refresh redirect (good)meta
  • Robots: "max-image-preview:large"meta
  • Single H1 tag foundcontent
  • 6 H2 tags foundcontent
  • Heading hierarchy is correctcontent
  • 2216 words on page (good content depth)content
  • Readability: 39 (moderate — aim for 60+)content
  • 227 internal links foundcontent
  • 7 external links foundcontent
  • All link texts are descriptive (no "click here" or "read more")content
  • 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: "IGN France"social
  • HTTPS enabledtechnical
  • Canonical tag foundtechnical
  • Canonical points to different URL: http://fr.ign.com/ — verify this is intentionaltechnical
  • Favicon foundtechnical
  • Compression: gziptechnical
  • URL length: 19 chars (good)technical
  • URL uses hyphens or no separators (good)technical
  • 30 hreflang tags found (multi-language)technical
  • No deprecated HTML tags foundtechnical
  • Cache-Control: max-age=1658performance
  • HSTS header present — enforces HTTPSsecurity
  • Content-Security-Policy header presentsecurity
  • Privacy Policy link foundtrust
  • 3 JSON-LD schema block(s) foundschema
  • Schema types: WebSite, Organization, ItemListschema
  • <!DOCTYPE html> declaredtechnical
  • All 3 JSON-LD block(s) have valid syntaxschema
  • font-display: swap detected — prevents invisible textperformance
  • 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
  • sitemap.xml found with valid formattechnical
  • Sitemap contains 22 URL(s)technical
  • All 5 checked internal links are workingcontent
  • 1% nofollow links (3/234) — good link equity flowcontent
  • OG image uses absolute URL (correct)social
  • 1 resource hint(s) (dns-prefetch/preconnect) — faster loadingperformance
  • All schema types have required propertiesschema
  • 4 ad element(s) (moderate) + sticky adcontent
  • 3 first-person pronouns — some experience showncontent
  • All 30 hreflang codes are valid ISO 639-1technical
  • hreflang x-default found — proper language fallbacktechnical
  • 94% responsive images (srcset/picture)content
  • max-image-preview:large — eligible for Google Discover large imagesmeta
  • Organization schema includes logoschema
  • H1 length: 34 characters (optimal)content
  • Title and meta description are different (good)meta
  • Viewport allows zoom (good for accessibility)accessibility
  • No snippet blocking detected (good — content is fully accessible)technical
  • No render-blocking scripts in head (good)performance
  • All 1 form input(s) have labels or aria-labelsaccessibility
  • Pagination markup found (rel=next)technical
  • 1 feed(s) discovered (RSS) — aids content discoverytechnical
AEO — 60/100 (21 issues)

Failed Checks (21)

  • 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 data tables — tables help AI compare and cite datastructure
  • No concise answer paragraphs detected — add short summaries after headingsstructure
  • 19% short sentences — shorten sentences for better AI parsingstructure
  • Few key-value patterns — use "**Label:** value" format for AIstructure
  • No author information — AI values attributed contentcitation
  • No source citations — reference studies and data for authoritycitation
  • 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
  • Formal tone — use more "you", "your", "we" for AI readabilityvoice
  • First paragraph too short for AI snippetsvoice
  • Avg 39 words/sentence — simplify for AI and voicevoice
  • Pronoun density: 0.0% — add more "you/your" for engagementvoice
  • Few Q&A blocks — add question headings followed by answer paragraphsvoice
  • No /llms.txt found — add one to guide AI crawlers (emerging standard)discoverability
  • 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 (31)

  • Structured data found — AI can understand your contentdiscoverability
  • 2216 words in HTML — good content for AI parsingdiscoverability
  • Clean URL structurediscoverability
  • 5 semantic HTML5 elements founddiscoverability
  • 59 content sections — well-structured for AIdiscoverability
  • Description + OG description both present — clear topic signalsdiscoverability
  • 134 named entities found — helps AI understand contextdiscoverability
  • 238 internal links — good topic cluster signaldiscoverability
  • Question-style headings found — ideal for AI snippetsstructure
  • 2 lists found — structured content for AIstructure
  • Step-by-step content detected — AI loves procedural answersstructure
  • 100% concise paragraphs — scannable for AIstructure
  • Avg 366 words/section — sufficient depthstructure
  • Publication/modification date foundcitation
  • Statistics and data found in content — highly citablecitation
  • Organization schema found — AI can identify your brandcitation
  • 3/5 E-E-A-T signals presentcitation
  • 7 external links — references authoritative sourcescitation
  • Content references 2026/2025 — fresh contentcitation
  • Topic focus: 100% — title keywords found in contentcitation
  • SearchAction schema found — sitelinks search box enabledvoice
  • Active voice dominant (0% passive) — AI-friendlyvoice
  • Summary/conclusion section found — AI can extract key pointsvoice
  • 55 H2/H3 headings — good content structure for AIvoice
  • No AI-blocking robots directives — AI crawlers can access contentdiscoverability
  • Freshness signal found (Last-Modified header or dateModified)citation
  • AI crawlers allowed in robots.txt (3/4 explicitly listed)discoverability
  • 2 sameAs social links in schema — strong brand signal for AIcitation
  • Brand name consistent across 3/3 signals (title, OG, schema)citation
  • Content updated within 90 days — fresh content gets 3.2x more AI citationscitation
  • Brand "IGN France" used consistently (14 mentions)citation
GEO — 60/100 (23 issues)

Failed Checks (23)

  • Few question headings — add Q&A headings for AI Overviewoverview
  • No step-by-step content — add numbered guides for AIoverview
  • 0% optimal paragraphs — aim for 20-80 words per paragraphoverview
  • No author schema — add for AI trust signalsauthority
  • No original data signals — "our research shows..." boosts AI citationauthority
  • No examples or case studies — add real-world examplesauthority
  • No links to authoritative sources — cite Google, Schema.org, etc.authority
  • No FAQ Schema — add for Google rich results + AI Overviewformat
  • No HowTo Schema — add for step-by-step rich resultsformat
  • 1 images missing ALT textformat
  • No BreadcrumbList schema — add for better AI contextformat
  • No data tables or charts — add structured data visualizationsformat
  • 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 <time> elements — wrap dates in <time datetime="...">semantic
  • Few contextual links — interlink related contentsemantic
  • Few ARIA landmarks — add <main>, <nav>, <footer> or role attributestechnical
  • 1 image(s) with generic/short ALT text — use descriptive textformat
  • First 200 words lack topic keywords — AI may skip your content for extractionoverview
  • Only 1 data points — add 5+ statistics for +30-40% AI visibility (Princeton study)authority
  • Author lacks credentials — anonymous content is a GEO penaltyauthority
  • Only 1 authoritative sameAs link — add Wikipedia, LinkedIn, or Wikidata for Knowledge Graphauthority

Passed Checks (35)

  • Definition-style content found — featured snippet candidateoverview
  • Content freshness signals detectedoverview
  • Comprehensive content (2216 words, 6 sections)overview
  • Title and H1 are aligned — clear topic focusoverview
  • 2-level heading hierarchy — deep content structureoverview
  • Source citations found — increases AI trustauthority
  • 3/5 trust signals foundauthority
  • Brand identity consistent (OG + Schema)authority
  • Expert quotes or testimonials found — authority signalauthority
  • 4 industry terms used — domain expertise signalauthority
  • 3 unique external domains — diverse sourcesauthority
  • Comparison content detected — AI loves comparingformat
  • Summary/conclusion section foundformat
  • Actionable advice found — AI prefers practical contentformat
  • Conclusion/recommendation found — helps AI provide answersformat
  • 1 entity types in Schema — AI can classify contentsemantic
  • 7/14 semantic HTML5 elements — deep semantic structuresemantic
  • 9 data points with units — highly citablesemantic
  • 100% title keywords in first 200 words — good prominencesemantic
  • Content categorization found — clear topic classificationsemantic
  • 6 sections have subtopics (H3) — deep coveragesemantic
  • Mobile-friendly (viewport set)technical
  • HTTPS secure — trusted by AI systemstechnical
  • Page size: 368 KB — reasonabletechnical
  • Open Graph fully configured (title, description, image)technical
  • Canonical URL set — prevents AI from citing duplicatestechnical
  • Page allows AI indexing (no noindex/nosnippet)technical
  • 3 Schema types — rich structured datatechnical
  • Language + OG locale set — clear language signaltechnical
  • 2216 words — sufficient depth for AI analysisoverview
  • Definition + list combo — strong featured snippet candidateoverview
  • max-image-preview:large — optimal AI rich result displaytechnical
  • 4/6 question types (5W1H) in headings — comprehensiveoverview
  • Link anchor texts are descriptive — good AI context signalsemantic
  • 1 image caption(s) found — helps AI understand visual contentformat

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