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StatusSummary
FailureGoogle Search Guidelines - Some pages violate these guidelines.
FailureBing Search Guidelines - Some pages violate these guidelines.
FailureYahoo Search Guidelines - Some pages violate these guidelines.
SuccessRobots.txt Guidelines - No issues found.
SuccessSearch Best Practices - No issues found.
PriorityDescription and URLGuideline and Line#Count

Priority 1

2 issues on 2 pages

CriticalThis page has more than one H1 element, which violates Bing webmaster guidelines.Bing 1 pages
Leave the title of the main content as H1 and change other H1 elements to a lower heading level.
https://www.nytimes.com/Line 992 1554 1598
CriticalThis page has no H1 element, which violates Bing webmaster guidelines.Bing 1 pages
Add an H1 element just before the main content describing the page.
https://www.nytimes.com/es/Line 93

Priority 3

4 issues on 6 pages

ImportantGoogle recommends using well-formed HTML code in your webpages. This page has mismatched tags.Google 4 pages
Fix the critical errors listed on the Standards tab of this report. Markup errors like unclosed comments or unclosed title elements mean search engine may miss important content.
https://www.nytimes.com/es/Line 749
https://www.nytimes.com/section/politicsLine 522
https://www.nytimes.com/section/usLine 645
https://www.nytimes.com/section/worldLine 1708
ImportantMeta description tag is too long for Bing. Bing recommends keeping the description text under 160 characters in length.Bing 2 pages
The major search engines all have different limits for meta description length, and these limits have changed over time. Avoid descriptions close to the limits to avoid problems when the limits change again.
The description is 357 characters long.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html
Line 8
The description is 183 characters long.
https://www.nytimes.com/
Line 21
ImportantMeta description tag is too long for Yahoo. Yahoo recommends limiting your description tag to 256 characters.Yahoo 1 pages
The major search engines all have different limits for meta description length, and these limits have changed over time. Avoid descriptions close to the limits to avoid problems when the limits change again.
The description is 357 characters long.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html
Line 8
ImportantNo meta description tag found. Use a description tag that accurately describes the contents of a web page.Yahoo Google Bing 1 pages
A well-written meta description attracts more clicks in search results than an irrelevant or missing description.
https://www.nytimes.com/es/Line 1
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