thespec.com
Scanned URL: https://thespec.com
92
π SEO Score
12 / 13 checks passed
55
π€ LLM Readiness
6 / 11 checks passed
82
β‘ Performance
9 / 11 checks passed
π Extracted Page Tags
Title Tag
Hamilton News - Daily Breaking News | The Spec
Meta Description
thespec.com is your Hamilton source for daily breaking news, local stories, life, opinion, voices from the community, events and more.
H1 Heading
Hamilton Spectator News - Breaking News Stories
Canonical URL
https://www.thespec.com/
π SEO Audit
92/100β
Title Tag
Length: 46 chars (Ideal: 30-60).
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Meta Description
Length: 134 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 8 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
7 of 42 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 449 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: newsmediaorganization, website
β FAQ Schema
Missing FAQ schema.
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Contextual Summary
Description provides good 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.
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>.
β Entity Verification Links
No entity validation links.
β‘ Performance
82/100Network Waterfall (Total: 331ms)
- DNS: 60ms
- Connect: 78ms
- TTFB: 152ms
- Download: 179ms
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Time to First Byte (TTFB)
TTFB: 152ms (Target: < 600ms).
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HTML Payload Size
Raw HTML: 97.9KB (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
Analytics & Tracking
Google Tag Manager
Advertising
DoubleClick
JavaScript
jQuery
π WHOIS
Registrar
Tucows Domains Inc.
Registered
2000-12-19T22:24:34Z
Expires
2030-12-19T22:24:34Z
Last Updated
2025-12-01T14:56:44Z
Status
clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Name Servers
NS-1057.AWSDNS-04.ORG, NS-1884.AWSDNS-43.CO.UK, NS-431.AWSDNS-53.COM, NS-949.AWSDNS-54.NET
π DNS Records
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| A | 192.104.182.109 |
| MX | ca-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com |
| MX | ca-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com |
| TXT | google-site-verification=YSa5VJjj5CIiwNt9nfBZxWaYyFaTRlm1c4C810HutpE |
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| TXT | v=spf1 mx mx:ironport1.thestar.ca mx:ironport2.thestar.ca ip4:192.206.144.0/21 ip4:74.205.174.24 ip4:63.93.27.9 ip4:76.74.201.32/27 ip4:35.182.83.137 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:shops.shopify.com -all |
| TXT | MS=ms36820549 |
| TXT | atlassian-domain-verification=fgEvNWig58PwtQYhsL4DV+ZnDezYqiCfmuM50GVbPWKHg8/RbpjskdTtdlW9GFij |
| TXT | facebook-domain-verification=zc1tgh30dfsr2hi7bj2d2pshif7on7 |
| NS | ns-949.awsdns-54.net |
| NS | ns-1057.awsdns-04.org |
| NS | ns-1884.awsdns-43.co.uk |
| NS | ns-431.awsdns-53.com |