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Grade: C·Apr 21, 2026

The Hacker News | #1 Trusted Source for Cybersecurity News

https://thehackernews.com/
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AEO Content

7 signals49/100
Direct-Answer Block
25/100

Only 0 words before the first subheading — too thin for AI to extract a self-contained answer.

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+6 pts
FAQPage Schema
20/100

No FAQPage schema found.

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+6.4 pts
Heading Hierarchy
85/100

Good structure: 1 H1, 18 H2s, 0 H3s.

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+0.7 pts
Question-Format Headings
22/100

4 of 18 headings are in question form (22%).

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+3.7 pts
Structured Data Coverage
45/100

Found schema types: Organization.

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+2.6 pts
Citation-Worthy Facts
90/100

Found 233 specific facts (numbers, dollar amounts, years, percentages) across 2561 words.

Content Depth
95/100

Page is 2561 words across 18 subsections.

AI Bot Access

4 signals100/100
GPTBot (OpenAI)
100/100

GPTBot is allowed to crawl.

ClaudeBot (Anthropic)
100/100

ClaudeBot is allowed to crawl.

PerplexityBot
100/100

PerplexityBot is allowed to crawl.

llms.txt File
100/100

llms.txt detected — you provide AI-friendly site navigation.

Schema Completeness

4 signals45/100
Organization Schema
100/100

Organization schema detected — your brand entity is clear to LLMs.

Article/BlogPosting Schema
25/100

No Article/BlogPosting schema detected.

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+3.8 pts
Breadcrumb Schema
30/100

No BreadcrumbList schema detected.

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+3.5 pts
Author/Person Schema (E-E-A-T)
25/100

No author attribution detected.

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+3.8 pts

Technical Foundation

5 signals33/100
Title Length
95/100

Title is 58 characters: "The Hacker News | #1 Trusted Source for Cybersecurity News"

Meta Description
10/100

No meta description found.

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+3.6 pts
Open Graph Tags
0/100

0 of 3 core Open Graph tags (og:title, og:description, og:image) present.

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+4 pts
Canonical URL
40/100

No canonical <link> tag found.

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+2.4 pts
Mobile Viewport
20/100

No viewport meta tag found.

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+3.2 pts

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