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The Indianapolis Star SEO
Search Engine Optimization Overview
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IndyStar: Indianapolis Star, Indiana news, breaking news and sports
The source for Indianapolis, Indiana news, breaking news, weather, sports and things to do.
Seo
Title
The title tag must be between 1 and 60 characters.
The current title has 67 characters.
Meta description
The meta description tag is good.
The source for Indianapolis, Indiana news, breaking news, weather, sports and things to do.
Headings
There is no h1 tag on the webpage.
Content keywords
The content has relevant keywords.
indystarindianapolisstarindiananewsnewsandsports
Image keywords
There are 5 images with missing alt attributes.
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  4. https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/10/27/PIND/e191c6fa-0983-4e0c-89f3-62d4b92eab07-Breakouts.jpg?crop=814,458,x0,y0&width=210&height=118&format=pjpg&auto=webp
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SEO friendly URL
The URL is SEO friendly.
https://www.indystar.com/
404 page
The website has 404 error pages.
https://www.indystar.com/404-216f000b4a00ece1da44b5aaaa497540
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.indystar.com/
  2. News
  3. North
  4. Sports
  5. Indy 500
  6. Things To Do
  7. Opinion
  8. Obituaries
  9. Legals
  10. https://www.indystar.com/search/
  11. https://www.indystar.com/weather/
  12. In suburbs, a fight for the soul of local school districts intensifies
  13. Doyel: Loss to Commanders? Big deal. Sam Ehlinger is legit? Big deal!!
  14. Scrub Hub: What can I do with my leftover Jack-o'-lanterns?
  15. Starting 5: State's D-1 basketball breakout players for 2022-23
  16. Doyel: Herb Simon's Pacers do the Lord's work by beating…
  17. Separate shootings overnight leave two men dead
  18. Briggs: Elkhart’s RV workers are only essential until a…
  19. Powerball numbers for Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022
  20. Freshmen Hood-Schifino, Reneau shine in IU exhibition win
  21. Scrub Hub: What can I do with my leftover Jack-o'-lanterns? 
  22. Will André Carson win his 8th term? GOP newcomer hopes to unseat him. 
  23. Holiday train rides in Indiana for the family to enjoy 
  24. More in News
  25. Doyel: Loss to Commanders? Big deal. Sam Ehlinger is legit? Big deal!! 
  26. Colts suffer crushing loss to Washington in Sam Ehlinger's debut 
  27. Starting 5: State's D-1 basketball breakout players for 2022-23 
  28. More in Sports
  29. When to trick or treat around Indianapolis this Halloween 
  30. Halloween costume ideas that scream Indiana 
  31. Shania Twain coming to Indianapolis on first tour in nearly five years 
  32. More in Things To Do
  33. Dry shampoo recalled over concerns of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical 
  34. 109+ Amazon Prime Day deals to shop today—save big before Black Friday 
  35. What to know about Biden's student debt forgiveness plan 
  36. More in Business
  37. Briggs: Elkhart’s RV workers are only essential until a recession 
  38. Antisemitism has no place in Zionsville schools, community or Indiana Sarah Denney 
  39. Conservatives must reject MAGA candidates before party pushed to fringe Sam Underhill 
  40. More in Opinion
  41. 10 best Pottery Barn deals to shop before Black Friday 
  42. Shop the top Best Buy deals to get before Black Friday 2022 
  43. 10 best Amazon deals today: Save on Revlon, Samsung, iRobot 
  44. More in Reviewed
  45. https://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/music/concerts/2022/10/03/post-malone-performs-gainbridge-field-house-indianapolis/8166006001/
  46. More in Contests
  47. Will André Carson win his 8th term? GOP newcomer hopes to unseat him.
  48. When to trick or treat around Indianapolis this Halloween
  49. Holiday train rides in Indiana for the family to enjoy
  50. 'Today is the day': Update planned on 2017 Delphi slayings
  51. Indiana hog farmers fight unfair advantages of 'Big Ag' in SCOTUS case
  52. Staff Directory
  53. Site Map
  54. Legals
  55. Buy and Sell
  56. Mobile Apps
  57. Jobs
  58. Cars
  59. Events
Language
The webpage has the language declared.
en-US
Favicon
The webpage does not have a favicon.
Performance
Text compression
The HTML file is compressed.
Load time
The webpage loaded in 0.14 seconds.
Page size
The size of the HTML webpage is 55,515.00.
HTTP requests
There are fewer than 7 HTTP requests on the webpage.
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  1. https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/09/30/PIND/e3b31c2d-4b78-4b32-9686-91b73aa6fdfc-DSC06751.jpg?crop=7007,3942,x0,y0&width=660&height=370&format=pjpg&auto=webp
  2. https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/10/30/PIND/a6d222b1-a906-4162-bdd3-6b8f2dbf5788-103022_ColtsCommanders_0078.JPG?crop=4515,2540,x0,y0&width=210&height=118&format=pjpg&auto=webp
  3. https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/10/10/PIND/8f01cf7d-7fb9-47a0-a8a6-ca2f4d88d9e5-thumbnail_Image-18.jpg?crop=1279,719,x0,y241&width=210&height=118&format=pjpg&auto=webp
  4. https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/10/27/PIND/e191c6fa-0983-4e0c-89f3-62d4b92eab07-Breakouts.jpg?crop=814,458,x0,y0&width=210&height=118&format=pjpg&auto=webp
  5. https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/10/30/USAT/39ae3122-ec0b-4f5f-91b0-9898f55f8444-GettyImages-1341753982.jpg?width=660&height=371&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=40
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Image format
There are 5 images that are not using the AVIF, WebP format.
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  2. https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/10/30/PIND/a6d222b1-a906-4162-bdd3-6b8f2dbf5788-103022_ColtsCommanders_0078.JPG?crop=4515,2540,x0,y0&width=210&height=118&format=pjpg&auto=webp
  3. https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/10/10/PIND/8f01cf7d-7fb9-47a0-a8a6-ca2f4d88d9e5-thumbnail_Image-18.jpg?crop=1279,719,x0,y241&width=210&height=118&format=pjpg&auto=webp
  4. https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/10/27/PIND/e191c6fa-0983-4e0c-89f3-62d4b92eab07-Breakouts.jpg?crop=814,458,x0,y0&width=210&height=118&format=pjpg&auto=webp
  5. https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/10/30/USAT/39ae3122-ec0b-4f5f-91b0-9898f55f8444-GettyImages-1341753982.jpg?width=660&height=371&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=40
JavaScript defer
The are 1 javascript resources without the defer attribute.
  1. https://www.indystar.com/tangstatic/js/main-q1a2z3905a4891.min.js
DOM size
The DOM size is optimal.
The HTML file has 405 DOM nodes.
Security
HTTPS encryption
The webpage uses HTTPS encryption.
The HTML file has https://www.indystar.com/ DOM nodes.
Mixed content
There are no mixed content resources on the webpage.
Server signature
The webpage does not have a public server signature.
Unsafe cross-origin links
The webpage does not have unsafe cross-origin links.
Plaintext email
The webpage does not contain any plaintext emails.
Miscellaneous
Structured data
The webpage has structured data.
      Meta viewport
      The webpage has a meta viewport tag set.
      width=device-width,initial-scale=1,minimum-scale=1
      Character set
      The webpage has a charset value set.
      utf-8
      Sitemap
      The website has sitemaps.
      1. https://www.indystar.com/news-sitemap.xml
      2. https://www.indystar.com/web-sitemap-index.xml
      3. https://www.indystar.com/video-sitemap-index.xml
      Social
      The webpage has 2 social links.
      Content length
      The webpage has 9,570 words.
      Text to HTML ratio
      The text to HTML ratio is 36%.
      Inline CSS
      The webpage contains inline CSS code.
      1. --gnt-ext-c:#0098FE
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      7. display:none;visibility:hidden
      Deprecated HTML
      There are no deprecated HTML tags on the webpage.