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The Des Moines Register - Des Moines, Iowa, News and Sports
The Des Moines Register is the number one source for Des Moines and Iowa breaking, politics, business, agriculture, Iowa sports and entertainment news.
Seo
Title
The title tag is perfect.
The Des Moines Register - Des Moines, Iowa, News and Sports
Meta description
The meta description tag is good.
The Des Moines Register is the number one source for Des Moines and Iowa breaking, politics, business, agriculture, Iowa sports and entertainment news.
Headings
There is no h1 tag on the webpage.
Content keywords
The content has relevant keywords.
thedesmoinesregisterdesmoinesiowanewsandsports
Image keywords
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SEO friendly URL
The URL is SEO friendly.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/
404 page
The website has 404 error pages.
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Robots.txt
The webpage can be accessed by search engines.
Noindex
The webpage does not have a noindex tag set.
In-page links
The number of links on the webpage is okay.
  1. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/
  2. News
  3. Sports
  4. Things To Do
  5. Opinion
  6. Business
  7. Obituaries
  8. Legals
  9. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/search/
  10. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/weather/
  11. As homelessness grows in Des Moines, the city grapples with solutions
  12. Photos: Beggars' Night 2022 in Des Moines
  13. Peterson: Iowa State has crawled out of the 'valley' before
  14. New Polk City elementary school fully opens after construction delays
  15. Fleeing suspect dies after exchanging gunfire with…
  16. Powerball grand prize climbs to $1B without a jackpot…
  17. Breaking down every Iowa high school football Round of…
  18. Day throws five TD passes as UNI football beats Southern…
  19. Southeast Polk cross country teams compete at state meet
  20. As homelessness grows in Des Moines, the city grapples with solutions 
  21. Photos: Beggars' Night 2022 in Des Moines 
  22. New Polk City elementary school fully opens after construction delays 
  23. More in News
  24. Peterson: Iowa State has crawled out of the 'valley' before 
  25. Vote for Des Moines Register Athletes of the Week for Oct. 23-29 
  26. Breaking down every Iowa high school football Round of 16 matchup 
  27. More in Sports
  28. Book review: Grinnell College professor's novel takes aim at Big Ag 
  29. Fong's closes another pizza restaurant, leaving just two in Iowa 
  30. Jason Aldean played Wells Fargo Arena in front of 10,500 fans Thursday 
  31. More in Things To Do
  32. Hear what Jim von Maur has to say as his chain moves to Jordan Creek 
  33. Michigan trucking firm a good fit, Ruan says after rare acquisition 
  34. Acknowledging notification problems, pipeline company sets more meetings 
  35. More in Business
  36. Meet the Des Moines Register's politics team 
  37. Editorial: 5 reasons to reject the keep and bear arms amendment The Register's editorial 
  38. Opinion: Progress against harassment and bullying must not stall Kirsten D. Anderson 
  39. More in Opinion
  40. 10 best Pottery Barn deals to shop before Black Friday 
  41. Shop the top Best Buy deals to get before Black Friday 2022 
  42. 10 best Amazon deals today: Save on Revlon, Samsung, iRobot 
  43. More in Reviewed
  44. More in Contests
  45. Hear what Jim von Maur has to say as his chain moves to Jordan Creek
  46. A guide to resources in Polk County for people facing homelessness
  47. Vote for Des Moines Register Athletes of the Week for Oct. 23-29
  48. Meet the Des Moines Register's politics team
  49. Polk County's homeless population is growing      
  50. Staff Directory
  51. Corrections
  52. Site Map
  53. Legals
  54. Buy and Sell
  55. Mobile Apps
  56. Jobs
  57. Cars
  58. Homes
  59. Events
Language
The webpage has the language declared.
en-US
Favicon
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Performance
Text compression
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Load time
The webpage loaded in 0.15 seconds.
Page size
The size of the HTML webpage is 55,189.00.
HTTP requests
There are fewer than 7 HTTP requests on the webpage.
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Image format
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JavaScript defer
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DOM size
The DOM size is optimal.
The HTML file has 406 DOM nodes.
Security
HTTPS encryption
The webpage uses HTTPS encryption.
The HTML file has https://www.desmoinesregister.com/ DOM nodes.
Mixed content
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Server signature
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Unsafe cross-origin links
The webpage does not have unsafe cross-origin links.
Plaintext email
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Miscellaneous
Structured data
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      Meta viewport
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      Character set
      The webpage has a charset value set.
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      Sitemap
      The website has sitemaps.
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      Social
      The webpage has 2 social links.
      Content length
      The webpage has 9,377 words.
      Text to HTML ratio
      The text to HTML ratio is 35%.
      Inline CSS
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      Deprecated HTML
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