news.com.au Website Health Report
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Analyzed 8/2/2026, 3:45:54 AM · https://news.com.au
Summary
As of August 2, 2026, news.com.au scores 76/100 overall (grade B), ranking #131 of 995 websites in the E:LAB STUDIO database — the top 14%. Its strongest area is Technical (100/100); its weakest is Schema (45/100).
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. 2 structured-data types detected (Organization, WebSite). Top fixes: FAQ schema, Price/product info, Images have alt text.
Speed scores 60/100: the server answered in 1904ms, the HTML weighs 446 KB, compression is on, and 2 render-blocking resources sit in <head>. Security scores 70/100: the site is served over HTTPS and is missing the Referrer-Policy header.
Detected tech stack: WordPress, WordPress VIP <https:. Compared with the database average (61/100 overall), news.com.au scores 15 points higher.
How to improve
15Based 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 text9/10
- ✓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
- ✗Breadcrumb0/10
- ✓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 optimal10/10
- ✓Description length is optimal10/10
Speed
- ✗Fast server response (TTFB)0/25
- ◐HTML delivered quickly10/15
- ✓Compression enabled15/15
- ◐HTML payload is lean1/10
- ✓Browser caching headers10/10
- ✓Few render-blocking resources15/15
- ◐Images are lazy-loaded4/5
- ✓Images have explicit dimensions5/5
Security
- ✓Served over HTTPS20/20
- ✗HTTP redirects to HTTPS0/10
- ✓TLS certificate not near expiry5/5
- ✓HSTS header15/15
- ✓Content-Security-Policy header12/12
- ✓X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff8/8
- ✗Clickjacking protection0/8
- ✗Referrer-Policy header0/7
- ✗Permissions-Policy header0/5
- ✓No mixed content5/5
- ✓Server version not disclosed5/5
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FAQ about news.com.au
What is news.com.au's SEO score?
news.com.au scores 99/100 for on-page SEO and 76/100 overall (grade B) — rank #131 of 995 sites in the E:LAB STUDIO database.
Is news.com.au 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 news.com.au use?
From its public HTML we detected WordPress, WordPress VIP <https:.
What should news.com.au 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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