What one page load of independent.co.uk brought in
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- Ad entities
- 29
- Third-party domains
- 63
- Layout shift (CLS)
- 0.063
How it scores
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- Ad restraint
- 3
- Design
- 5
- Reach
- 8
- Editorial
- 6
- Signal-to-noise
- 5
- Access
- 9
- Cadence
- 10
- Independence
- 5
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What it looks like
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Latest from The Independent
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- Salman Rushdie: I long for the demolition of Trump’s vanity ballroom and his legacy
- At least 17 dead in mass shooting at bar in South Africa, police say
- Private helicopter crashes near Montreal killing all four people on board
- The MTV VMAs are here with Taylor Swift making history and Madonna leading the nods: How to watch
- Republican senator says his own party are ‘tone deaf’ as GOP spends millions to try to hold back Democratic blue wave
- Armed suspect bites off piece of police dog’s ear during arrest in California
- Trump tells female reporter to be ‘quiet’ and slams Obama’s claim that a world run by women would be better as ‘ridiculous’
- Elizabeth Holmes retweets Trump post as she angles for presidential pardon: ‘We are winning’
- Millions more Amazon Prime customers could get automatic refunds starting next week
- Fired 60 Minutes managing editor gives his blunt assessment of new season under Bari Weiss
- Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege
- Trump leaves Texas vs Tennessee mid-game after Air Force One flyover and worries over comms disruptions
- Smoke shop employees arrested and kratom packages seized after two Ole Miss student deaths
- GoFundMe for 81-year-old seen hauling suitcases to pay wife’s cancer bills raised $281K. Now it’s been shut down
- CNN says it was left off Air Force One for Trump's Saturday trip to a college football game
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Where it sits in Breaking News
- #22 ABC News International65
- #23 The Washington Post – World65
- #24 The Independent62.5
- #25 CBS News61.5
- #26 El Pais in English61.5
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