Audit Result
UUID: 019eacaf-5d81-73e7-b647-0b818d5d6455
https://howdystranger.net/
Scanned 2 months ago
Meta Information
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Title Tag Pass
Found 59 characters. Length is optimal.
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Meta Description Warning
Found 161 characters. Keep description around 70-160 characters.
Fix: Add <meta name="description" content="..."> in <head> with a clear page summary.
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Canonical URL Pass
Canonical found: https://howdystranger.net/
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Viewport Meta Pass
Viewport configured: width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover
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HTML Lang Pass
Language declared as "en".
Content Structure
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H1 Tag Error
No H1 heading found.
Fix: Use a single, descriptive <h1> that states the primary purpose of the page.
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Heading Hierarchy Pass
Valid heading flow across 4 headings.
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Image Alt Text Error
6 of 13 images are missing alt text.
Fix: Add meaningful alt attributes to all informative images for accessibility and image SEO.
Technical Optimization
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HTTPS Pass
Page is served over HTTPS.
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HSTS & HTTPS Redirect Warning
2 HTTPS hardening issues detected.
- • HSTS is missing includeSubDomains.
- • Could not probe the HTTP version of this page.
- • Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000
Fix: Set Strict-Transport-Security with a long max-age, add includeSubDomains, and redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS.
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Security Headers Warning
Missing: content-security-policy, x-frame-options, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy.
Full HTTP headers (13)
- • access-control-allow-origin: *
- • age: 0
- • cache-control: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
- • content-disposition: inline
- • content-encoding: br
- • content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
- • date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:00:32 GMT
- • etag: W/"c70d1be17d6272c6a3887a3d794b63ee"
- • last-modified: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:00:32 GMT
- • server: Vercel
- • strict-transport-security: max-age=63072000
- • x-vercel-cache: HIT
- • x-vercel-id: iad1::856m2-1781013632552-38d32b6a805f
Fix: Add the missing security headers at your reverse proxy or application layer.
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CSP Quality Warning
Content-Security-Policy header is missing.
- • Missing Content-Security-Policy header.
Fix: Define a restrictive Content-Security-Policy and avoid unsafe directives such as unsafe-inline and unsafe-eval.
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Cookie Security Pass
No first-party cookies were set during the initial page load.
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Server response headers do not expose version tokens.
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Cloudflare Proxy Warning
Domain does not appear to be behind Cloudflare.
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Perceived Load Time Pass
Loaded in 0.17s (perceived).
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Render Blocking Resources Warning
0 scripts and 6 styles may block rendering.
- • style: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Crimson+Pro:wght@600;700&family=Cormorant+Garamond:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Space+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap
- • style: https://howdystranger.net/css/theme.css?v=20260429
- • style: https://howdystranger.net/css/body.css?v=20260429
- • style: https://howdystranger.net/css/nav.css?v=20260429
- • style: https://howdystranger.net/css/one-pager.css?v=20260308
- • style: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.4.0/css/all.min.css
Fix: Defer non-critical scripts and inline critical CSS to improve first paint speed.
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Compression Pass
Text-like assets appear compressed.
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Robots.txt Pass
Found robots.txt (200).
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Sitemap File Pass
Found sitemap (200) at https://howdystranger.net/sitemap.xml.
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Crawl Directives Pass
Robots meta found: index,follow
Accessibility Basics
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Form Labels Pass
All 0 controls are labeled.
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Landmarks Warning
Missing landmarks: header.
Fix: Use semantic regions (<header>, <nav>, <main>, <footer>) for navigation and assistive tech.
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Tap Target Size Warning
8 interactive elements appear smaller than 48px.
- • a.nav-link.nav-icon-link (Media) - 42x61px
- • a.nav-link.nav-icon-link (Docs) - 42x61px
- • button#darkModeToggle.dark-mode-toggle (Switch to dark mode) - 40x40px
- • a (Docs) - 34x11px
- • a (Essays) - 46x11px
- • a (Media) - 42x11px
- • a (Numbers) - 61x11px
- • button#back-to-top-btn (Back to top) - 34x34px
Fix: Increase target size to at least 48x48 CSS pixels for touch interactions.
Social & Rich Results
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Open Graph Basics Pass
Core Open Graph tags are present.
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Twitter Card Pass
twitter:card set to summary.
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Structured Data Pass
JSON-LD schema detected.
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PWA Metadata Pass
Manifest and Apple touch icon are configured.
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Open Graph/Twitter Quality Warning
2 social preview quality issues detected.
- • ISSUE: Failed to fetch preview image: network error.
- • ISSUE: twitter:card should be summary_large_image for richer previews.
- • GUIDELINE: Optimal og:title length: 40-60 characters (acceptable: 10-70).
- • GUIDELINE: Optimal og:description length: 110-160 characters (acceptable: 50-200).
- • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image size: 1200x630 pixels.
- • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image aspect ratio: 1.91:1.
- • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image file size: under 5 MB.
- • GUIDELINE: Recommended twitter:card: summary_large_image.
Fix: Use absolute OG/Twitter URLs, keep metadata lengths in recommended ranges, and provide a preview image near 1200x630 under 5MB.
Links Analysis
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Internal Links Pass
Checked 29 links. No broken internal links found.
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External Links Pass
No broken external links found in checked URLs.
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Link Format Pass
All 696 links use non-empty href values.
Performance & Runtime
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Core Web Vitals: LCP Pass
Largest Contentful Paint: 0.44s.
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Core Web Vitals: CLS Error
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.301.
Fix: Reserve space for images/ads and avoid injecting layout-changing elements above existing content.
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Total Blocking Time estimate: 0ms.
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Broken Assets Pass
No failed CSS/JS/image/font/media requests detected.
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No console/page runtime errors detected during audit.