theroot.com
Scanned URL: https://theroot.com
54
π SEO Score
7 / 13 checks passed
45
π€ LLM Readiness
5 / 11 checks passed
82
β‘ Performance
9 / 11 checks passed
π Extracted Page Tags
Title Tag
The Root β Black News, Opinions, Politics and Culture
Meta Description
None found
H1 Heading
None found
Canonical URL
https://www.theroot.com
π SEO Audit
54/100β
Title Tag
Length: 53 chars (Ideal: 30-60).
β Meta Description
No description found.
β H1 Tag
Found 0 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
1 of 54 images missing alt.
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Sitemap
Sitemap declared.
β Heading Hierarchy
Missing H1 or H2 tags.
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Internal Links
Found 130 internal links.
β HSTS Security
Missing HSTS header.
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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 too short for AI context.
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E-E-A-T (Author)
Author identity found.
β Organisation Schema
Missing Organization schema.
β Breadcrumb Schema
Missing BreadcrumbList.
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AI Crawler Access
AI agents not blocked.
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Language Declaration
Language set to 'en-US'.
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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: 2727ms)
- DNS: 61ms
- Connect: 76ms
- TTFB: 2663ms
- Download: 64ms
β Time to First Byte (TTFB)
TTFB: 2663ms (Target: < 600ms).
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HTML Payload Size
Raw HTML: 55.7KB (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
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.
β
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.
β
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
CMS
WordPress
E-Commerce
Magento
Analytics & Tracking
Google AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
Advertising
DoubleClick
JavaScript
jQuery
Infrastructure & CDN
CloudflareNginxPHP
π WHOIS
Registrar
Tucows Domains Inc.
Registered
1999-05-08T02:18:13Z
Expires
2027-05-08T02:16:30Z
Last Updated
2025-10-02T04:25:16Z
Status
clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Name Servers
ROB.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM, TERESA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
π DNS Records
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| A | 172.66.166.130 |
| A | 104.20.17.109 |
| MX | alt4.aspmx.l.google.com |
| MX | alt1.aspmx.l.google.com |
| MX | alt2.aspmx.l.google.com |
| MX | aspmx.l.google.com |
| MX | alt3.aspmx.l.google.com |
| TXT | GtRy8bZjf/s5PE+ETC8dACTa9IbxS/WlpendmTDGdV0clhnVKMLx6ULDBvKxJmSXE6BJzc4GS/nMQLbKbQqBAw== |
| TXT | MS=ms24883745 |
| TXT | _globalsign-domain-verification=63GY7DdhmEwU6Yc6mPqIRV6Tlu3atl9B6izj643Qy2 |
| TXT | _globalsign-domain-verification=OYfE_CcZQWFlEEOrR5yVCfCtmiQrm0bBdyUAJyg3qE |
| TXT | google-site-verification=G4e9iHf2g-i4WjPfwDWoloYQE9o68KE6Ov6YQqoBYvA |
| TXT | google-site-verification=TrMvW8cBVA_1TN5VCttX-SaZaEN9YgmQ1FpzIZhAKKE |
| TXT | google-site-verification=ceTJ4TKlGQkqt32Mh1EUOCA68eCl6KJJU5o_lHeYSGU |
| TXT | google-site-verification=i16q6gN4CrBOq0MjU2s_nKehpZbgWigA-Mtqs0qom74 |
| TXT | google-site-verification=j2wzZ9UGqp5Mb89AT0ExTEkKCMAt-gpzbtR_YR27Jlo |
| TXT | google-site-verification=zEW8kWGYt_mW40849PXp6pOTLYWpPYFlS2CTDKOclqk |
| TXT | v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all |
| NS | rob.ns.cloudflare.com |
| NS | teresa.ns.cloudflare.com |