newscientist.com Website Health Report
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Analyzed 8/2/2026, 3:44:03 AM · https://newscientist.com
Summary
As of August 2, 2026, newscientist.com scores 63/100 overall (grade C), ranking #474 of 995 websites in the E:LAB STUDIO database — the top 48%. Its strongest area is Technical (100/100); its weakest is Schema (30/100).
Its AI-search visibility (AEO) score is 35/100 — a measure of how citable the page is to AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. 7 structured-data types detected (CollectionPage, BreadcrumbList, ListItem, WebSite). Top fixes: Organization schema, FAQ schema, Author / publish date present.
Speed scores 80/100: the server answered in 905ms, the HTML weighs 202 KB, compression is on, and 6 render-blocking resources sit in <head>. Security scores 50/100: the site is served over HTTPS and is missing the Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy headers.
Detected tech stack: WordPress, WordPress 7.0.2, WordPress VIP <https:. Compared with the database average (61/100 overall), newscientist.com scores 2 points higher.
How to improve
23Based 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 present0/10
- ✓Canonical URL set10/10
- ✓Open Graph tags present10/10
- ✓sitemap.xml found10/10
- ✓robots.txt found10/10
- ◐Images have alt text3/10
- ✓Internal links present10/10
- ✓Structured data present10/10
AI Visibility (AEO)
- ✗Organization schema0/15
- ✗FAQ schema0/15
- ✓Substantive, descriptive content (heuristic)15/15
- ✓Company/brand identity (About page or Org schema)10/10
- ✗Author / publish date present0/10
- ✗Structured heading (single clear H1)0/10
- ✓External source/citation links10/10
- ✗Industry/location info0/10
- ✗Price/product info0/5
Schema
- ✓Any JSON-LD present20/20
- ✗Organization0/15
- ✗FAQPage0/15
- ✗LocalBusiness0/15
- ✗Article or Product0/15
- ✓Breadcrumb10/10
- ✗Author/date structured0/10
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)15/25
- ◐HTML delivered quickly14/15
- ✓Compression enabled15/15
- ◐HTML payload is lean7/10
- ✓Browser caching headers10/10
- ◐Few render-blocking resources9/15
- ✓Images are lazy-loaded5/5
- ✓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 header0/12
- ✗X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff0/8
- ✗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 newscientist.com
What is newscientist.com's SEO score?
newscientist.com scores 83/100 for on-page SEO and 63/100 overall (grade C) — rank #474 of 995 sites in the E:LAB STUDIO database.
Is newscientist.com visible to AI search engines like ChatGPT?
Its AI-visibility score is low at 35/100. Priority gaps: Organization schema, FAQ schema.
What technology does newscientist.com use?
From its public HTML we detected WordPress, WordPress 7.0.2, WordPress VIP <https:.
What should newscientist.com fix first?
Based on this report: Organization schema, FAQ schema. 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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