thesouthafrican.com
Scanned URL: https://thesouthafrican.com
77
π SEO Score
10 / 13 checks passed
82
π€ LLM Readiness
9 / 11 checks passed
64
β‘ Performance
7 / 11 checks passed
π Extracted Page Tags
Title Tag
The South African
Meta Description
The South African is an English-language South African online news publication and a leading source for news, sport, lifestyle, finance, opinion content in South Africa.
H1 Heading
The South African brings you the latest news updates from South Africa and around the world.
Canonical URL
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/
π SEO Audit
77/100β Title Tag
Length: 17 chars (Ideal: 30-60).
β Meta Description
Length: 169 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 10 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 126 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 563 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: webpage, imageobject, 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-ZA'.
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Semantic Structure
Uses <main> or <article>.
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Entity Verification Links
Social/publisher profiles linked.
β‘ Performance
64/100Network Waterfall (Total: 2178ms)
- DNS: 125ms
- Connect: 127ms
- TTFB: 1138ms
- Download: 1040ms
β Time to First Byte (TTFB)
TTFB: 1138ms (Target: < 600ms).
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HTML Payload Size
Raw HTML: 77.5KB (Target: < 150KB).
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Text Compression
Compression enabled (gzip).
β Cache Policies
Missing Cache-Control headers.
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
CMS
WordPress
E-Commerce
Magento
Analytics & Tracking
Google AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
Advertising
DoubleClick
π WHOIS
Registrar
GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered
2002-04-18T15:00:24Z
Expires
2026-04-18T15:00:24Z
Last Updated
2025-04-19T11:30:02Z
Status
clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited, clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited, clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Name Servers
NS-1228.AWSDNS-25.ORG, NS-1848.AWSDNS-39.CO.UK, NS-200.AWSDNS-25.COM, NS-973.AWSDNS-57.NET
π DNS Records
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| A | 3.161.213.67 |
| A | 3.161.213.24 |
| A | 3.161.213.42 |
| A | 3.161.213.76 |
| MX | alt3.aspmx.l.google.com |
| MX | alt4.aspmx.l.google.com |
| MX | alt1.aspmx.l.google.com |
| MX | alt2.aspmx.l.google.com |
| MX | aspmx.l.google.com |
| TXT | google-site-verification=-Kt3UOCgqqOIozCvn_ar-v66dZHsxQBcuRAtSzd0Coo |
| NS | ns-1228.awsdns-25.org |
| NS | ns-1848.awsdns-39.co.uk |
| NS | ns-200.awsdns-25.com |
| NS | ns-973.awsdns-57.net |