SEO Audit Report · Smart SEO Pro Services | United Kingdom

https://irishnews.com

Scanned April 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM

1Critical
6Warnings
0Info
16Passed
SEO Score
60/100
60 /100
C
SEO Grade
1 critical issue found on this site — including AI search (AEO) gaps most owners miss. Let our team fix all of it for you.
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Detailed Analysis

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Meta Tags
1 issue · 3 passed
1 Warning 3 Passed ▼
warning Title Too Short (14 chars)

Titles under 30 chars miss keyword opportunities.

💡Expand to 50-60 chars with your primary keyword.
The Irish News
✓ Passed Meta Description
Find the latest Northern Irish and international news including GAA, opinion, business, family notices and more from the leading Belfast-based daily newspaper
✓ Passed Canonical URL
https://www.irishnews.com
✓ Passed Viewport Meta
width=device-width, initial-scale=1
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Heading Structure
1 issue · 1 passed
1 Critical 1 Passed ▼
critical No H1 Heading Found

Missing H1 is a critical on-page SEO error.

💡Add one H1 with your primary keyword.
✓ Passed H2 Count
56 found
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Images & Alt Text
0 issues · 1 passed
1 Passed ▼
✓ Passed Image Alt Texts
61 images u2014 all have alt text
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Links
0 issues · 2 passed
2 Passed ▼
✓ Passed Internal Links
173 found
✓ Passed External Links
13 found
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Content Quality
0 issues · 1 passed
1 Passed ▼
✓ Passed Word Count
43460 words (excellent)
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Performance
2 issues · 2 passed
2 Warning 2 Passed ▼
warning Large HTML (526KB)

Heavy HTML increases TTFB and parse time.

💡Minify HTML and defer non-critical content.
526KB
warning 19 Script Tags Found

Excessive scripts block rendering and hurt Core Web Vitals.

💡Bundle and defer/async scripts. Remove unused JS.
✓ Passed Compression
GZIP enabled
✓ Passed Cache-Control
private, max-age=60
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Technical SEO
1 issue · 4 passed
1 Warning 4 Passed ▼
warning sitemap.xml Not Found

Sitemaps help search engines discover all content.

💡Create and submit sitemap.xml to Google Search Console.
✓ Passed HTTPS
Enabled
✓ Passed HTTP Status
✓ Passed robots.txt
Found
✓ Passed HTML Language
en
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Social Meta Tags
1 issue · 1 passed
1 Warning 1 Passed ▼
warning Incomplete Open Graph Tags

OG tags control how your page appears when shared on social.

💡Add og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url.
og:description, og:url
✓ Passed Twitter Card
summary_large_image
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Structured Data
1 issue · 0 passed
1 Warning ▼
warning No Structured Data Found

Schema markup enables rich results in SERPs.

💡Add JSON-LD (Organization, Article, BreadcrumbList, etc.).
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Mobile Friendliness
0 issues · 1 passed
1 Passed ▼
✓ Passed Mobile Viewport
width=device-width, initial-scale=1
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