On-page SEO audit
SEO audit of github.com
https://github.com/
88
/ 100
Very good
1 error(s)
6 warning(s)
24 passed
Google preview
Simulated desktop search result.
github.com
https://github.com
GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitHub…
Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build softw…
- Title70 chars
- Description186 chars
- Canonicalhttps://github.com
- Languageen
Top issues to fix
Sorted by impact on the score.
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HTML sizeError517.6 KB.Very heavy HTML page.
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Title tagNeeds work70 characters — likely to be truncated in Google.Shorten it to 60 characters max.
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Meta descriptionNeeds work186 characters — will be truncated in results.Keep it under 160 characters.
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Structured dataNeeds workNo structured data.Add schema.org JSON-LD (Organization, Article, Product, FAQ…) for rich results.
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Text-to-HTML ratioNeeds work1.4% — very heavy code compared to text.Slim down the HTML (external CSS/JS, less unnecessary markup).
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Image dimensionsNeeds work9 image(s) without width/height.Set dimensions to prevent layout shifts (CLS).
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External resourcesNeeds work8 script(s), 42 stylesheet(s).Bundle and minify your resources.
Content & tags
76 / 100
Title tag
70 characters — likely to be truncated in Google.Shorten it to 60 characters max.
Meta description
186 characters — will be truncated in results.Keep it under 160 characters.
H1 heading
Single H1: “Software still starts with you”.
Heading structure
28 headings, consistent hierarchy.
Content length
848 words.
Text-to-HTML ratio
1.4% — very heavy code compared to text.Slim down the HTML (external CSS/JS, less unnecessary markup).
Declared language
lang="en".
Technical & indexability
100 / 100
HTTP status
200 OK.
HTTPS
Secure connection.
Redirects
No redirects.
Indexability
Page is indexable.
Canonical URL
Self-referencing canonical.
Mobile viewport
Viewport tag present.
Encoding
Charset declared.
robots.txt
Present and not blocking.
XML sitemap
Found: https://github.com/sitemap_marketing.xml (376 entries).
Favicon
Favicon declared.
Readable URL
Short, clean URL.
Hreflang
8 language version(s): en-us, pt-br, es, ja, ko-kr, fr-fr, de-de, x-default.
Links & images
94 / 100
Alt attributes
All 22 images have an alt attribute.
Image dimensions
9 image(s) without width/height.Set dimensions to prevent layout shifts (CLS).
Internal linking
111 internal links.
Outbound links
31 external link(s), 0 nofollow (across all links).
Anchor text
All links have text.
Social & structured data
79 / 100
Open Graph
og:title, og:description and og:image present.
Twitter Card
twitter:card = summary_large_image.
Structured data
No structured data.Add schema.org JSON-LD (Organization, Article, Product, FAQ…) for rich results.
Performance
79 / 100
Server response time
446 ms (TTFB).
HTML size
517.6 KB.Very heavy HTML page.
Compression
GZIP enabled (90.1 KB transferred).
Render-blocking scripts
No render-blocking scripts in <head>.
External resources
8 script(s), 42 stylesheet(s).Bundle and minify your resources.
HSTS
HSTS header present.
Cache-Control
max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
Heading structure
H1 · 1H2 · 12H3 · 15H4 · 0H5 · 0H6 · 0
- H2Navigation Menu
- H1Software still starts with you
- H2Product walkthrough
- H2GitHub activity
- H2GitHub Platform
- H3GitHub
- H3Copilot
- H2More ways to use GitHub
- H3Actions
- H3Code Quality
- H3Code Security
- H3Secret Protection
- H3Codespaces
- H2Whatever you're building, you can build it on GitHub
- H2What our customers say
- H2Companies using GitHub
- H2Customer stories
- H3Figma streamlines development and strengthens security
- H3Mercedes-Benz standardizes source code and automates onboarding
- H3Mercado Libre cuts coding time by 50%with GitHub Copilot
- H2Featured repositories
- H2Join the world's largest developer community
- H2Site-wide Links
- H3The developer newsletter
- H3Products
- H3Developers
- H3Support
- H3Company
Top keywords
Most frequent words in the visible content (4+ letters).
| Word | Count | Density | Title | Desc. | H1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| github | 16 | 1.89 % | ✓ | — | — |
| stars | 14 | 1.65 % | — | — | — |
| code | 9 | 1.06 % | — | — | — |
| developers | 6 | 0.71 % | — | ✓ | — |
| time | 5 | 0.59 % | — | — | — |
| development | 4 | 0.47 % | — | — | — |
| merged | 4 | 0.47 % | — | — | — |
| coding | 3 | 0.35 % | — | — | — |
| tasks | 3 | 0.35 % | — | — | — |
| projects | 3 | 0.35 % | — | — | — |
| fixes | 3 | 0.35 % | — | — | — |
| source | 3 | 0.35 % | — | ✓ | — |
Links & images
- Internal links111
- External links31
- Nofollow links0
- Images22 (12 lazy-loaded)
- Images without alt0
Most linked external domains
docs.github.com · 7github.blog · 4learn.github.com · 3githubstatus.com · 2help.github.com · 1githubuniverse.com · 1cli.github.com · 1skills.github.com · 1
Social sharing & schema.org
- og:titleGitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitH…
- og:descriptionJoin the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer …
- og:imagehttps://images.ctfassets.net/8aevphvgewt8/76epZKB…
- twitter:cardsummary_large_image
- schema.org types—
- Sitemaphttps://github.com/sitemap_marketing.xml
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