Website review theferret.scot
The Ferret
Generated on March 13 2026 18:22 PM
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The score is 55/100
SEO Content
Title
The Ferret
Length : 10
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Description
Investigative journalism for Scotland.
Length : 38
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| Property | Content |
|---|---|
| site_name | The Ferret |
| type | website |
| title | The Ferret |
| description | Our journalism changes things. |
| url | https://www.theferret.scot/ |
| image | https://www.theferret.scot/content/images/size/w1200/2025/11/TheFerret_Icon_RGB_Burgundy-2.png |
| image:width | 1200 |
| image:height | 819 |
Headings
| H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 |
| 1 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- [H1] Claim Scottish Labour built six houses in government is False
- [H2] Claim Scottish Labour built six houses in government is False
- [H2] Revealed: Shop where Glasgow fire started had not registered to sell vapes or paid business taxes
- [H2] ‘Sickening’ videos of damaged salmon at highland farm
- [H2] Revealed: Shop where Glasgow fire started had not registered to sell vapes or paid business taxes
- [H2] ‘Sickening’ videos of damaged salmon at highland farm
- [H2] More than half a million tonnes of sewage sludge spread on Scotland's fields
- [H2] Latest
- [H2] Investigations
- [H2] Fact Checks
- [H2] Long reads
- [H2] De-noiser
- [H3] Has the Scottish Government changed its stance on oil and gas?
- [H3] ‘Fighting age males’ and coded swastikas: How the far-right is using gaming to recruit the next generation of Nazis
- [H3] ‘Weak’ salmon farm watchdog: 100 investigations and just two warning letters
- [H3] No evidence of viral Richard Tice quote on Reform's plans for Scotland
- [H3] 'Culture of fear': allegations of mismanagement keep coming at scandal hit heritage agency
- [H3] Does Sharia law have an influence in Scotland?
- [H3] Edinburgh Uni staff are losing their jobs. Their boss has two
- [H3] ‘Backroom’ lobbying on Coul Links golf plan under fire
- [H3] ‘Fighting age males’ and coded swastikas: How the far-right is using gaming to recruit the next generation of Nazis
- [H3] ‘Weak’ salmon farm watchdog: 100 investigations and just two warning letters
- [H3] 'Culture of fear': allegations of mismanagement keep coming at scandal hit heritage agency
- [H3] Edinburgh Uni staff are losing their jobs. Their boss has two
- [H3] No evidence of viral Richard Tice quote on Reform's plans for Scotland
- [H3] Claim that video shows bagpiper playing over call to prayer in Scotland is False
- [H3] Lord Offord's historical immigration claim is Mostly False
- [H3] SNP claims about Rachel Reeves ‘chaos budget’ are Mostly True
- [H3] Poland's Jewish revival: In the shadow of Auschwitz
- [H3] Far-right agitators stand accused of stirring up trouble at asylum hotel protests. But anti-racists are standing firm
- [H3] It takes a village: a new approach to living with flooding
- [H3] Power struggle: The billionaire, the Chinese oil giant and Grangemouth’s forgotten workers
- [H3] Has the Scottish Government changed its stance on oil and gas?
- [H3] Does Sharia law have an influence in Scotland?
- [H3] Could AI misinformation sway the Scottish election?
- [H3] Why can’t I get an appointment with my GP?
Images
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Text/HTML Ratio
Ratio : 13%
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In-page links
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SEO Keywords
Keywords Cloud
scottish government de-noiser fact checks ferret investigations feb more mar
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Usability
Url
Domain : theferret.scot
Length : 14
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Printability
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Language
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Dublin Core
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HTML 5
Encoding
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W3C Validity
Errors : 0
Warnings : 0
Email Privacy
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Deprecated HTML
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Mobile
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Optimization
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| https://www.theferret.scot/sitemap.xml |
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https://theferret.scot/robots.txt
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