71
/ 100
B
Good
Overall Domain Score
SEO 69 · LLM 64 · Perf 82
69
π SEO Score
9 / 13 checks passed
64
π€ LLM Readiness
7 / 11 checks passed
82
β‘ Performance
9 / 11 checks passed
π Extracted Page Tags
Title Tag
Southern Illinoisan | Breaking News | Read Carbondale, IL and Illinois breaking news. Get latest news, events and information on Illinois sports, weather, entertainment and lifestyles.
Meta Description
Read Carbondale, IL breaking news. Get latest news, events and information on Southern Illinois sports, weather, entertainment and lifestyles.
H1 Heading
None found
Canonical URL
https://thesouthern.com/
π SEO Audit
69/100β Title Tag
Length: 184 chars (Ideal: 30-60).
β
Meta Description
Length: 142 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 8 OG properties (4+ recommended).
β
Indexability
Page allows indexing.
β
Mobile Viewport
Viewport meta tag present.
β Image Alt Text
45 of 77 images missing alt.
β
Sitemap
Sitemap declared.
β Heading Hierarchy
Missing H1 or H2 tags.
β
Internal Links
Found 169 internal links.
β
HSTS Security
HSTS header present.
β
HTTPS
Loads securely over HTTPS.
π€ LLMO
64/100β
Structured Data (JSON-LD)
Found 4 JSON-LD blocks.
β
Schema Entities
Types: organization
β FAQ Schema
Missing FAQ schema.
β
Contextual Summary
Description provides good AI context.
β
E-E-A-T (Author)
Author identity found.
β
Organisation Schema
Business entity defined.
β Breadcrumb Schema
Missing BreadcrumbList.
β AI Crawler Access
robots.txt blocks AI crawlers.
β
Language Declaration
Language set to 'en'.
β
Semantic Structure
Uses <main> or <article>.
β Entity Verification Links
No entity validation links.
β‘ Performance
82/100Network Waterfall (Total: 139ms)
- DNS: 29ms
- Connect: 46ms
- TTFB: 102ms
- Download: 37ms
β
Time to First Byte (TTFB)
TTFB: 102ms (Target: < 600ms).
β
HTML Payload Size
Raw HTML: 76.3KB (Target: < 150KB).
β
Text Compression
Compression enabled (gzip).
β
Cache Policies
Cache-Control headers set.
β CDN Usage
No CDN headers found.
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
Resource hints found.
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
E-Commerce
Magento
Analytics & Tracking
Google Tag Manager
JavaScript
jQuery
π WHOIS
Registrar
GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered
2000-01-27
Expires
2028-01-27
Last Updated
2026-01-28
Status
client delete prohibited, client renew prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
Name Servers
ns09.domaincontrol.com, ns10.domaincontrol.com
π DNS Records
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| A | 192.104.182.209 |
| A | 192.104.182.109 |
| MX | thesouthern-com.mail.protection.outlook.com |
| TXT | facebook-domain-verification=9qnq9p4yndbt3w78dp05qifegnvx7c |
| TXT | knowbe4-site-verification=4d74bbd68c11b993425e4dcc4cf20593 |
| TXT | MS=ms13538579 |
| TXT | MS=ms48394624 |
| TXT | n2c3ddfc3naeafmlhktpqkluls |
| TXT | Y5RMXduZBAUGjJVnmZ53CjOnAUJPJtkn5YZKqk9leKiaJxchxOK+iAOqVRf3JXeFqv1vEBrRSJ0H43jdk9mqUw== |
| TXT | v=spf1 ip4:52.6.112.187 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:navigacloud.com ~all |
| TXT | adobe-idp-site-verification=039adc5854d3e2024125d174b988acafb7b42ea4a6c3fcc348d938dbd0b7f7ff |
| NS | ns10.domaincontrol.com |
| NS | ns09.domaincontrol.com |