thenational.scot
Scanned URL: https://thenational.scot
85
π SEO Score
11 / 13 checks passed
55
π€ LLM Readiness
6 / 11 checks passed
73
β‘ Performance
8 / 11 checks passed
π Extracted Page Tags
Title Tag
Scotland's News & Independence Debate - The National
Meta Description
Scottish news, politics, opinion and culture from Scotland's only pro-independence newspaper. The National - trusted Scottish journalism.
H1 Heading
News
Canonical URL
https://www.thenational.scot/
π SEO Audit
85/100β
Title Tag
Length: 52 chars (Ideal: 30-60).
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Meta Description
Length: 137 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.
β Open Graph Tags
Found 0 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
9 of 96 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 290 internal links.
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HSTS Security
HSTS header present.
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HTTPS
Loads securely over HTTPS.
π€ LLMO
55/100β
Structured Data (JSON-LD)
Found 2 JSON-LD blocks.
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Schema Entities
Types: webpage
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.
β Organisation Schema
Missing Organization schema.
β Breadcrumb Schema
Missing BreadcrumbList.
β AI Crawler Access
robots.txt blocks AI crawlers.
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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
73/100Network Waterfall (Total: 1815ms)
- DNS: 253ms
- Connect: 341ms
- TTFB: 699ms
- Download: 1116ms
β Time to First Byte (TTFB)
TTFB: 699ms (Target: < 600ms).
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HTML Payload Size
Raw HTML: 47.5KB (Target: < 150KB).
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Text Compression
Compression enabled (gzip).
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Cache Policies
Cache-Control headers set.
β CDN Usage
No CDN headers found.
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Secure Delivery (HTTPS)
Served securely.
β Modern Protocol
Using HTTP/1.1.
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Native Lazy Loading
Images use loading='lazy'.
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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.
βοΈ Technologies
E-Commerce
Magento
Advertising
Google AdsDoubleClickOutbrain
JavaScript
jQuery
Infrastructure & CDN
Apache
π WHOIS
Registrant Org
Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0165756548
Registrar
Tucows Domains Inc.
Registered
2014-11-07
Last Updated
2025-11-06
Expires
2026-11-07
Status
client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
Name Servers
ns2-09.azure-dns.net, ns3-09.azure-dns.org, ns4-09.azure-dns.info, ns1-09.azure-dns.com
π DNS Records
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| A | 93.174.10.104 |
| MX | newsquest-co-uk.mail.protection.outlook.com |
| TXT | BSI76619482953 |
| TXT | v=spf1 include:spf.newsquest.co.uk -all |
| TXT | MS=ms81860014 |
| TXT | facebook-domain-verification=2vbs3lg4vuaciv3bkqiob3049nh966 |
| TXT | google-site-verification=HPoDMkn58xmDHNEy-f-PkP8zrvMsPNj4nJYh7s7SLVM |
| NS | ns4-09.azure-dns.info |
| NS | ns1-09.azure-dns.com |
| NS | ns2-09.azure-dns.net |
| NS | ns3-09.azure-dns.org |