66
/ 100
C
Average
Overall Domain Score
SEO 77 · LLM 45 · Perf 73
77
π SEO Score
10 / 13 checks passed
45
π€ LLM Readiness
5 / 11 checks passed
73
β‘ Performance
8 / 11 checks passed
π Extracted Page Tags
Title Tag
Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
Meta Description
Since its founding in 2013, the Mercator Institute for China Studies has become one of Europe's most important institutions for questions about todayβs China.
H1 Heading
None found
Canonical URL
https://merics.org/en
π SEO Audit
77/100β
Title Tag
Length: 45 chars (Ideal: 30-60).
β
Meta Description
Length: 158 chars (Ideal: 50-160).
β H1 Tag
Found 0 H1 tags. Exactly 1 is recommended.
β
Canonical URL
Canonical URL is set.
β Open Graph Tags
Found 0 OG properties (4+ recommended).
β
Indexability
Page allows indexing.
β
Mobile Viewport
Viewport meta tag present.
β
Image Alt Text
0 of 35 images missing alt.
β
Sitemap
Sitemap declared.
β Heading Hierarchy
Missing H1 or H2 tags.
β
Internal Links
Found 135 internal links.
β
HSTS Security
HSTS header present.
β
HTTPS
Loads securely over HTTPS.
π€ LLMO
45/100β Structured Data (JSON-LD)
No JSON-LD found.
β Schema Entities
No schema entities.
β FAQ Schema
Missing FAQ schema.
β
Contextual Summary
Description provides good AI context.
β E-E-A-T (Author)
No author meta or schema.
β Organisation Schema
Missing Organization schema.
β Breadcrumb Schema
Missing BreadcrumbList.
β
AI Crawler Access
AI agents not blocked.
β
Language Declaration
Language set to 'en'.
β
Semantic Structure
Uses <main> or <article>.
β
Entity Verification Links
Social/publisher profiles linked.
β‘ Performance
73/100Network Waterfall (Total: 743ms)
- DNS: 0ms
- Connect: 0ms
- TTFB: 239ms
- Download: 504ms
β
Time to First Byte (TTFB)
TTFB: 239ms (Target: < 600ms).
β
HTML Payload Size
Raw HTML: 19.6KB (Target: < 150KB).
β
Text Compression
Compression enabled (gzip).
β Cache Policies
Missing Cache-Control headers.
β
CDN Usage
Edge delivery detected.
β
Secure Delivery (HTTPS)
Served securely.
β Modern Protocol
Using HTTP/1.1.
β
Native Lazy Loading
Images use loading='lazy'.
β
Minified Assets
Minified .js/.css referenced.
β Preload / Preconnect Hints
Missing preload/preconnect hints.
β
Character Set
UTF-8 declared.
π‘οΈ Security & Blacklist
Cleanβ
Domain is clean.
β
Spamhaus DBLVerify β
Lookup inconclusive β use the Verify link to check manually.
β
SURBLVerify β
Not listed β no threats detected.
β
URIBLVerify β
Lookup inconclusive β use the Verify link to check manually.
β
Google Safe BrowsingVerify β
No unsafe content found per Google Safe Browsing.
βοΈ Technologies
CMS
Drupal
E-Commerce
Magento
Analytics & Tracking
Google Tag Manager
JavaScript
jQuery
CSS Frameworks
Font Awesome
Infrastructure & CDN
Cloudflare
π WHOIS
Registrar
Mesh Digital Limited
Expires
2027-01-17
Registered
2013-01-17
Last Updated
2026-01-21
Status
client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
Name Servers
chip.ns.cloudflare.com, venus.ns.cloudflare.com
π DNS Records
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| A | 104.26.7.19 |
| A | 172.67.74.218 |
| A | 104.26.6.19 |
| MX | merics-org.mail.protection.outlook.com |
| TXT | 9jhhtpfahq5kopmhbira5vj4mn |
| TXT | MS=ms19248093 |
| TXT | _globalsign-domain-verification=guf2huNCZJUZB8O0nzfCPFnMpu34nMDSAe6TcezD6e |
| TXT | adobe-idp-site-verification=fd8aa12d748f212ce42092e7dc4665d806dc301f0882f66e095229946745213e |
| TXT | d365mktkey=DxzxAKH1FR9EdhvuvJhG1MIwIEbk3vKmI5zS0IO0E5gx |
| TXT | v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all |
| NS | chip.ns.cloudflare.com |
| NS | venus.ns.cloudflare.com |