arstechnica.com Website Health Report
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Analyzed 8/2/2026, 3:40:47 AM · https://arstechnica.com
Summary
As of August 2, 2026, arstechnica.com scores 82/100 overall (grade A), ranking #29 of 995 websites in the E:LAB STUDIO database — the top 3%. Its strongest area is SEO (95/100); its weakest is Schema (55/100).
Its AI-search visibility (AEO) score is 80/100 — a measure of how citable the page is to AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. 8 structured-data types detected (WebSite, SearchAction, EntryPoint, WebPage). Top fixes: FAQ schema, Price/product info, Images have alt text.
Speed scores 77/100: the server answered in 458ms, the HTML weighs 344 KB, compression is on, and 5 render-blocking resources sit in <head>. Security scores 93/100: the site is served over HTTPS and is missing the Referrer-Policy header.
Detected tech stack: WordPress. Compared with the database average (61/100 overall), arstechnica.com scores 21 points higher.
How to improve
12Based on this report, here are the highest-impact fixes across SEO, AI-search visibility, speed and security:
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SEO
- ✓Title tag present10/10
- ✓Meta description present10/10
- ✓H1 heading present10/10
- ✓Canonical URL set10/10
- ✓Open Graph tags present10/10
- ✓sitemap.xml found10/10
- ✓robots.txt found10/10
- ◐Images have alt text5/10
- ✓Internal links present10/10
- ✓Structured data present10/10
AI Visibility (AEO)
- ✓Organization schema15/15
- ✗FAQ schema0/15
- ✓Substantive, descriptive content (heuristic)15/15
- ✓Company/brand identity (About page or Org schema)10/10
- ✓Author / publish date present10/10
- ✓Structured heading (single clear H1)10/10
- ✓External source/citation links10/10
- ✓Industry/location info10/10
- ✗Price/product info0/5
Schema
- ✓Any JSON-LD present20/20
- ✓Organization15/15
- ✗FAQPage0/15
- ✗LocalBusiness0/15
- ✗Article or Product0/15
- ✓Breadcrumb10/10
- ✓Author/date structured10/10
Technical
- ✓robots.txt found15/15
- ✓sitemap.xml found15/15
- ✓Canonical URL set15/15
- ✓Mobile viewport meta15/15
- ✓Language attribute set10/10
- ✓Open Graph tags10/10
- ✗Title length is optimal0/10
- ✓Description length is optimal10/10
Speed
- ◐Fast server response (TTFB)22/25
- ✓HTML delivered quickly15/15
- ✓Compression enabled15/15
- ◐HTML payload is lean4/10
- ✗Browser caching headers0/10
- ◐Few render-blocking resources11/15
- ✓Images are lazy-loaded5/5
- ✓Images have explicit dimensions5/5
Security
- ✓Served over HTTPS20/20
- ✓HTTP redirects to HTTPS10/10
- ✓TLS certificate not near expiry5/5
- ✓HSTS header15/15
- ✓Content-Security-Policy header12/12
- ✓X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff8/8
- ✓Clickjacking protection8/8
- ✗Referrer-Policy header0/7
- ✓Permissions-Policy header5/5
- ✓No mixed content5/5
- ✓Server version not disclosed5/5
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FAQ about arstechnica.com
What is arstechnica.com's SEO score?
arstechnica.com scores 95/100 for on-page SEO and 82/100 overall (grade A) — rank #29 of 995 sites in the E:LAB STUDIO database.
Is arstechnica.com visible to AI search engines like ChatGPT?
With an AI-visibility score of 80/100, it is comparatively well prepared: structured data and a clear content structure make it citable by AI answer engines.
What technology does arstechnica.com use?
From its public HTML we detected WordPress.
What should arstechnica.com fix first?
Based on this report: FAQ schema, Price/product info. The full prioritized list is in the "How to improve" section below.
When was this report generated?
On August 2, 2026, from publicly fetched HTML. Anyone can re-run the analysis for free to refresh it.
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