citizen.co.za
Scanned URL: https://citizen.co.za
85
π SEO Score
11 / 13 checks passed
82
π€ LLM Readiness
9 / 11 checks passed
82
β‘ Performance
9 / 11 checks passed
π Extracted Page Tags
Title Tag
The Citizen | More News, Your Way
Meta Description
Get the latest news from South Africa and around the world with The Citizen's online edition. From politics to sport and everything in between, The Citizen has it covered with more news, your way.
H1 Heading
THE CITIZEN
Canonical URL
https://www.citizen.co.za/
π SEO Audit
85/100β
Title Tag
Length: 33 chars (Ideal: 30-60).
β Meta Description
Length: 196 chars (Ideal: 50-160).
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H1 Tag
Found 1 H1 tags. Exactly 1 is recommended.
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Canonical URL
Canonical URL is set.
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Open Graph Tags
Found 15 OG properties (4+ recommended).
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Indexability
Page allows indexing.
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Mobile Viewport
Viewport meta tag present.
β Image Alt Text
10 of 200 images missing alt.
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Sitemap
Sitemap declared.
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Heading Hierarchy
H1 and H2 structure detected.
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Internal Links
Found 394 internal links.
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HSTS Security
HSTS header present.
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HTTPS
Loads securely over HTTPS.
π€ LLMO
82/100β
Structured Data (JSON-LD)
Found 1 JSON-LD blocks.
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Schema Entities
Types: collectionpage, breadcrumblist, website, organization
β FAQ Schema
Missing FAQ schema.
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Contextual Summary
Description provides good AI context.
β E-E-A-T (Author)
No author meta or schema.
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Organisation Schema
Business entity defined.
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Breadcrumb Schema
Site architecture is machine-readable.
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AI Crawler Access
AI agents not blocked.
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Language Declaration
Language set to 'en'.
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Semantic Structure
Uses <main> or <article>.
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Entity Verification Links
Social/publisher profiles linked.
β‘ Performance
82/100Network Waterfall (Total: 741ms)
- DNS: 125ms
- Connect: 133ms
- TTFB: 438ms
- Download: 303ms
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Time to First Byte (TTFB)
TTFB: 438ms (Target: < 600ms).
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HTML Payload Size
Raw HTML: 38.1KB (Target: < 150KB).
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Text Compression
Compression enabled (gzip).
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Cache Policies
Cache-Control headers set.
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CDN Usage
Edge delivery detected.
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Secure Delivery (HTTPS)
Served securely.
β Modern Protocol
Using HTTP/1.1.
β Native Lazy Loading
No lazy loading detected.
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Minified Assets
Minified .js/.css referenced.
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Preload / Preconnect Hints
Resource hints found.
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Character Set
UTF-8 declared.
π‘οΈ Security & Blacklist
Cleanβ
Domain is clean.
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Spamhaus DBLVerify β
Lookup inconclusive β use the Verify link to check manually.
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SURBLVerify β
Not listed β no threats detected.
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URIBLVerify β
Lookup inconclusive β use the Verify link to check manually.
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Google Safe BrowsingVerify β
No unsafe content found per Google Safe Browsing.
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Infrastructure & CDN
Cloudflare
π WHOIS
WHOIS unavailable.
π DNS Records
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| A | 104.20.21.13 |
| A | 172.66.175.88 |
| MX | za-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.co.za |
| MX | za-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.co.za |
| TXT | _globalsign-domain-verification=1qNwvTrnfWSyToTMRe-GuEe2yrr1o9v_M7TXOF7hGm |
| TXT | _globalsign-domain-verification=n0b8SvOmFjFo5XsQryM_ctBNsI3-rVwKtYMU7d5YlX |
| TXT | amazonses:HQ8n/ifVBYO9VvaKrd+pVIibZGv+08C26LhK2eFMCT8= |
| TXT | fastly-domain-delegation-IJUgytyjbvXd-422159-20210721 |
| TXT | google-site-verification=6fFD2FTe48QXg8x0nvDAb5MmNCQeWl6aVQHjQ59vkZc |
| TXT | google-site-verification=J-VKfjAloHtBN8M39xLBBFs84NSIkkSOfd9cqUZQmk0 |
| TXT | google-site-verification=QxjEJGLuG6SuBs7dKxQzVHyBDY28kPlxcUcE7VQPRls |
| TXT | v=spf1 include:_netblocks.mimecast.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:spf.constantcontact.com -all |
| TXT | yandex-verification: 14203ee685762313 |
| NS | marek.ns.cloudflare.com |
| NS | lucy.ns.cloudflare.com |