www.howstuffworks.com
Registered
Page analyze update date:
2026/02/21 02:40:26
Last whois update date:
2026/02/21 02:39:03
Domain Status
Registered
Paid till
10.07.2030
Available from
09.08.2030
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SEO Score
69.86%
102
Score achieved
146
Maximum score
Main Information
Title: HowStuffWorks - Learn How Everything Works!
Description: HowStuffWorks has been explaining how things work to curious minds since 1998. Providing factual, unbiased content that
Keywords: unknown
Page Encoding:
utf-8
Page Filesize: 292 KB
Server Information
IP: 108.156.22.31
Location: United States,US,,,37.751,-97.822,America/Chicago
Http Server: nginx
Encoding: utf-8
Meta Tags List
- charset: utf-8
- name: template content: HomePage
- equiv: X-UA-Compatible content: IE=edge
- name: viewport content: width=device-width,initial-scale=1,minimum-scale=1
- equiv: content-language content: en-us
- name: twitter:dnt content: on
- name: google-adsense-account content: ca-pub-2887778269467248
- name: google-adsense-account content: sites-9053884276298326
- property: og:title content: HowStuffWorks - Learn How Everything Works!
- property: og:url content: https://www.howstuffworks.com/
- property: og:site_name content: HowStuffWorks
- property: og:description content: HowStuffWorks has been explaining how things work to curious minds since 1998. Providing factual, unbiased content that's fun to read and makes difficult topics easy to understand.
- property: fb:admins content: 100001675325868
- property: fb:app_id content: 899104866837181
- property: fb:pages content: 20767777944
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- property: og:image:width content: 120
- property: og:image:height content: 90
- property: og:type content: website
- name: can-recommend content: false
- name: description content: HowStuffWorks has been explaining how things work to curious minds since 1998. Providing factual, unbiased content that's fun to read and makes difficult topics easy to understand.
- name: theme-color content: #151538
Internal Links
External Links
Whois Information
domain_name: howstuffworks.com
update_date: 2025-06-09T16:02:02Z
update_time: 1749484922
creation_date: 1998-07-11T04:00:00Z
creation_time: 900129600
expiration_date: 2030-07-10T04:00:00Z
Whois Raw Data
Domain Name: HOWSTUFFWORKS.COM
Registrar: eNom, LLC
Domain Status: client transfer prohibited
Creation Date: 1998-07-11T04:00:00Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2030-07-10T04:00:00Z
Updated Date: 2025-06-09T16:02:02Z
Name Server: NS-1026.AWSDNS-00.ORG
Name Server: NS-1723.AWSDNS-23.CO.UK
Name Server: NS-230.AWSDNS-28.COM
Name Server: NS-514.AWSDNS-00.NET
REGISTRAR Contact: eNom, LLC
>>> Last update of RDAP database: 2026-02-21T05:39:03Z
Robots.txt
User-agent: * Disallow: /framed.htm Disallow: /editor/ User-agent: Mediapartners-Google Disallow: Sitemap: https://www.howstuffworks.com/sitemap.xml
SEO Audit
Technical SEO
✓
Response Code
200
Status 200 OK - page loads correctly.
✓
Character Encoding
Page: utf-8, Header: utf-8
Character encoding consistent between HTML and headers.
✓
Page Size
299940 bytes
Page size acceptable for fast loading.
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Resources
108 total
Too many resources. Optimize and combine files for better performance.
✓
Hreflang Tags
0 hreflang tags
Add hreflang tags if you have multilingual content.
✓
Robots.txt
Exists
Robots.txt file found.
✓
Sitemap
Declared in robots.txt
Sitemap declared in robots.txt.
✓
HTTPS
Yes
Secure HTTPS connection enabled.
✓
Compression
gzip
Gzip or Zstd compression enabled for faster loading.
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Caching
Not set
Add cache-control headers to improve loading speed for returning visitors.
✓
Page Speed
9.66 ms
Excellent loading speed.
On-Page SEO
✓
Title
HowStuffWorks - Learn How Everything Works!
Good title length (30-60 characters).
✓
Meta Description
HowStuffWorks has been explaining how things work to curious minds since 1998. Providing factual, unbiased content that Lenght:119
Good meta description length (100-160 characters).
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H1 Heading
0 found - ""
Add exactly one H1 heading with primary keywords.
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Word Count
89
Content very short. Aim for at least 500 words for better SEO.
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Canonical Tag
Add canonical tag to prevent duplicate content issues.
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Duplicate Meta
{"google-adsense-account":2}
Remove duplicate meta tags to avoid conflicts.
✓
Keywords
Meta keywords are optional (not used by major search engines).
Content and UX
✓
Language
en-us
Language attribute properly set.
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Images
77 total, 6 missing ALT
Add ALT text to images for accessibility and SEO.
✓
Viewport
width=device-width,initial-scale=1,minimum-scale=1
Viewport meta tag properly set for mobile devices.
✓
Open Graph
All OG tags present.
All essential OpenGraph tags present.
✓
Structured Data
2 JSON-LD scripts
Structured data (JSON-LD) found.