www.lex18.com
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Page analyze update date:
2026/02/10 19:56:49
Last whois update date:
2026/02/10 19:54:42
Domain Status
Registered
Paid till
01.11.2026
Available from
01.12.2026
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SEO Score
59.59%
87
Score achieved
146
Maximum score
Main Information
Title: LEX 18, WLEX, Lexington, Kentucky Breaking News, Weather, Sports and Traffic | LEX18 | WLEX-TV | Lex18.com
Description: WLEX Lex 18 News brings you breaking and developing city news, weather, traffic and sports coverage from the Lexington metro area and across Kentucky on WLEX-TV and Lex18.com.
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Page Encoding:
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Page Filesize: 355 KB
Server Information
IP: 3.174.113.112
Location: United States,US,,,37.751,-97.822,America/Chicago
Http Server: n/a
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Whois Information
domain_name: lex18.com
update_date: 2025-09-30T11:22:34Z
update_time: 1759231354
creation_date: 1999-11-01T21:24:49Z
creation_time: 941491489
expiration_date: 2026-11-01T20:24:48Z
Whois Raw Data
Domain Name: LEX18.COM
Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.
Domain Status: client delete prohibited
Domain Status: client transfer prohibited
Domain Status: client update prohibited
Creation Date: 1999-11-01T21:24:49Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2026-11-01T20:24:48Z
Updated Date: 2025-09-30T11:22:34Z
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Name Server: NS-1806.AWSDNS-33.CO.UK
Name Server: NS-771.AWSDNS-32.NET
Name Server: NS-89.AWSDNS-11.COM
REGISTRAR Contact: MarkMonitor Inc.
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Robots.txt
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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
363771 bytes
Page size acceptable for fast loading.
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Resources
99 total
Too many resources. Optimize and combine files for better performance.
✓
Hreflang Tags
0 hreflang tags
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Robots.txt
Exists
Robots.txt file found.
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Sitemap
Declared in robots.txt
Sitemap declared in robots.txt.
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HTTPS
Yes
Secure HTTPS connection enabled.
✓
Compression
gzip
Gzip or Zstd compression enabled for faster loading.
✓
Caching
max-age=240
Cache-control headers properly set.
✓
Page Speed
2.45 ms
Excellent loading speed.
On-Page SEO
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Title
LEX 18, WLEX, Lexington, Kentucky Breaking News, Weather, Sports and Traffic | LEX18 | WLEX-TV | Lex18.com
Title too long. Reduce to 30-60 characters to avoid truncation.
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Meta Description
WLEX Lex 18 News brings you breaking and developing city news, weather, traffic and sports coverage from the Lexington metro area and across Kentucky on WLEX-TV and Lex18.com. Lenght:175
Meta description too long. Reduce to 100-160 characters.
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H1 Heading
0 found - ""
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Word Count
23
Content very short. Aim for at least 500 words for better SEO.
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Canonical Tag
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✓
Duplicate Meta
[]
No duplicate meta tags found.
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Keywords
Meta keywords are optional (not used by major search engines).
Content and UX
✓
Language
en
Language attribute properly set.
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Images
56 total, 3 missing ALT
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Viewport
width=device-width, initial-scale=1
Viewport meta tag properly set for mobile devices.
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Open Graph
Missing: og:description
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Structured Data
1 JSON-LD scripts
Structured data (JSON-LD) found.
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Search Phrases - Google
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