www.snopes.com
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2026/02/12 00:58:06
Last whois update date:
2026/02/12 00:57:25
Domain Status
Registered
Paid till
08.01.2028
Available from
07.02.2028
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SEO Score
71.23%
104
Score achieved
146
Maximum score
Main Information
Title: Snopes.com | The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
Description: The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
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Page Filesize: 1069 KB
Server Information
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Whois Information
domain_name: snopes.com
update_date: 2025-07-23T17:29:43Z
update_time: 1753291783
creation_date: 1997-01-09T05:00:00Z
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expiration_date: 2028-01-08T05:00:00Z
Whois Raw Data
Domain Name: SNOPES.COM
Registrar: eNom, LLC
Domain Status: client transfer prohibited
Creation Date: 1997-01-09T05:00:00Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2028-01-08T05:00:00Z
Updated Date: 2025-07-23T17:29:43Z
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Name Server: SURINA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
REGISTRAR Contact: eNom, LLC
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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
1095621 bytes
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Resources
95 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.
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Compression
br
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✓
Caching
public, s-maxage=86400, max-age=0
Cache-control headers properly set.
✓
Page Speed
0.92 ms
Excellent loading speed.
On-Page SEO
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Title
Snopes.com | The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
Title too long. Reduce to 30-60 characters to avoid truncation.
✓
Meta Description
The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. Lenght:116
Good meta description length (100-160 characters).
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H1 Heading
5 found - "Snopes Homepage"
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✓
Word Count
6964
Content very comprehensive. Consider breaking into multiple pages if too long.
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Canonical Tag
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✓
Duplicate Meta
[]
No duplicate meta tags found.
✓
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
69 total, 47 missing ALT
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Viewport
width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0
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Open Graph
All OG tags present.
All essential OpenGraph tags present.
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Structured Data
2 JSON-LD scripts
Structured data (JSON-LD) found.
Positions in Yandex
Search Phrases - Yandex
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| 3 | /fact-check/emma-wat... |