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Meta information
94% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
64% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.57 s
File size
52.10 kB
Words
607
Media files
22
Number of links
51 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | National Museum of American History
The length of the page title is perfect. (408 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History preserves our nation’s collections and tells a full and complex history of the United States.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (909 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://americanhistory.si.edu/home
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 607 words. That's ok.
29.7% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.47 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

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...header_flag.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=krUmnc9XA large group of people surround a huge US flag in the atrium of the museum
...N2017-00863.jpg?h=1b912f4a&itok=g4-8NFEfA section of the Greensboro lunch counter on display at the museum
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...-99811-2_Ed.jpg?h=8ad5a422&itok=8qB122WBSmall silver badge with a carved star and the text: "Niagra F. Co. No. 8 1861 W.P.P."
...6-000001_Ed.jpg?h=8ad5a422&itok=kIOORQB1Blue and yellow banner with an illustration of a crying child in rubble with text, "Please give your help" and "Bowl of Rice, Feb. 9/10/11/1940 - S.F. Chinatown"
...uz_featured.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=2KzdZLRMText on a red background with Celia Cruz coins: Historic Change, an evening celebrating the life and legacy of Celia Cruz
...ic/2023-02/democracy_f.jpg?itok=AJk_vBQEButton on a blue background with words, American Democracy, A Great Leap of Faith
...xhibitions/president_b.jpg?itok=13RM0rxnClose photograph of podium with presidential seal
...ibitions/giving_header.jpg?itok=B4BcYFCBGiving in America montage
...jovita_idar.png?h=2a479378&itok=rVknb08EBlack and white image of Jovita Idar
...ean_sherman.png?h=2a479378&itok=BkSaeHZYSean Sherman during a presentation
...ohn_lewis_1.png?h=2a479378&itok=WnWhZSQ8John Lewis
...martha_raye.png?h=2a479378&itok=vsibTCd8Black and white image of Martha Raye in military uniform
...jean_king_1.png?h=2a479378&itok=ks8TeoI0Bille Jean King at a conference
...th_keckly_2.png?h=2a479378&itok=i3oCHYvGBlack and white illustration of Elizabeth Keckly
...n_mccaine_3.png?h=2a479378&itok=P42aqukdJohn McCain giving a speech
..._ho'opi'i_2.png?h=2a479378&itok=LhcU4RH_Isaac Ho'opi'i playing guitar
...023-02/votesforwomen_h.jpg?itok=ROoUMaErVisitors with suffrage banners standing with a suffragette historic re-enactor.
...-07/Latino History (1).png?itok=Q_J4Dv-kA collage of images showing objects from the collection related to Latino/a history
.../2023-07/LGBTQ History.png?itok=B0Axy0MrPicture of multiple items representing LGBTQ history from the museum
...N2019-00248.jpg?h=2a3d3e9b&itok=jVe20WU_Julia Child's Kitchen
...23-07/American Culture.png?itok=khIaMZufGlass image of dog listening to a phonograph with the words "his master's voice" at a display

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 32 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Welcome to American History
H2 Explore Civic Engagement
H2 Featured Events
H2 Dive Into Exhibitions
H2 Meet Civic Changemakers
H2 Donate Today and Make History
H2 Historical Topics
H3 Stories
H3 Objects from the Collections
H3 Declaration of Sentiments Table
H3 William Perry’s badge from the Niagara Fire Company No. 8
H3 Rice Bowl Banner
H3 Historic Change: An Evening Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Celia Cruz
H3 Draper Spark!Lab (ages 6-12)
H3 10th Annual Food History Gala featuring the presentation of the Julia Child Award to Alice Waters
H3 American Democracy
H3 The American Presidency
H3 Giving in America
H3 Jovita Idar
H3 Sean Sherman
H3 John Lewis
H3 Martha Raye
H3 Billie Jean King
H3 Elizabeth Keckly
H3 John McCain
H3 Isaac Ho'opi'i
H3 Latino History
H3 LGBTQ+ History
H3 Food History
H3 American Culture
H4 A Great Leap of Faith
H4 A Glorious Burden
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://americanhistory.si.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.si.edu/External Subdomain Smithsonian
/support/donateDonate
/explore/topics/womens-historySubdomain Women's History
/explore/topics/african-americ...Subdomain African American History
https://americanhistory.si.edu/Subdomain National Museum of American History
/visitVisit
/exploreExplore
/collectionsCollections
/educationEducation
/eventsEvents
/supportSupport
/aboutAbout
/searchSearch
/visitPlan Your Visit
/explore/exhibitions/greensbor...Explore Civic Engagement
/explore/exhibitions/greensbor...Visit the Greensboro Lunch Counter
/explore/stories/fighting-coun...Fighting for country, equal rights, and veterans: Carlos Martinez’s life of service
/explore/stories/they-called-m..."They called me 'race traitor'": Joan Trumpauer Mulholland's lifetime of resistance
/explore/stories/new-americansNew Americans and the inspirational lady in New York harbor
/explore/storiesView More Stories
/collections/nmah_529599Subdomain Declaration of Sentiments Table
/explore/stories/african-ameri...Subdomain William Perry’s badge from the Niagara Fire Company No. 8
/collections/nmah_1864974Subdomain Rice Bowl Banner
/collections/search-collectionsBrowse All Collections
/aboutAbout Our Mission
/events/calendar/historic-chan...Historic Change: An Evening Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Celia Cruz
/events/calendar/draper-sparkl...Draper Spark!Lab (ages 6-12)
/events/calendar/10th-annual-f...10th Annual Food History Gala featuring the presentation of the Julia Child Award to Alice Waters
/events/calendarView All Events
/explore/exhibitions/american-...American Democracy
/explore/exhibitions/american-...The American Presidency
/explore/exhibitions/giving-am...Giving in America
/explore/exhibitions?search_ap...Explore All Exhibitions
/explore/topics/latino-history...Jovita Idar
/explore/stories/hyperlocal-ul...Sean Sherman
/explore/stories/john-lewis-an...John Lewis
/explore/stories/maggie-boondo...Martha Raye
https://greatamericans.si.edu/...External Subdomain Billie Jean King
/explore/stories/elizabeth-kec...Elizabeth Keckly
/explore/stories/sailor-states...John McCain
/explore/stories/come-through-...Isaac Ho'opi'i
/supportDonate Today
/explore/topics/latino-historyLatino History
/explore/topics/lgbtq-historyLGBTQ+ History
/explore/topics/foodFood History
/explore/topics/american-cultureAmerican Culture
/explore/topicsExplore More Topics
https://americanhistory.si.edu/Text duplicate National Museum of American History
https://www.facebook.com/ameri...External Subdomain Facebook
https://instagram.com/amhistor...External Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/Smiths...External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.google.com/maps/pl...External Subdomain 1300 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20560
/about/contactContact Information
https://us2.list-manage.com/su...External Subdomain Sign Up For Our Newsletter
/supportText duplicate Donate
https://mailchimp.com/legal/External Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
/pressPress Center
https://www.smithsonianstore.c...External Subdomain Shop Museum Store
https://www.si.edu/External Subdomain Smithsonian Institution
https://www.si.edu/privacyExternal Subdomain Privacy
https://www.si.edu/termsofuseExternal Subdomain Terms of Use
https://americanhistory.si.edu/Anchor A-TITLE Back to top

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://americanhistory.si.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.57 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
This page loads 4 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (52 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 21,891 referring domains.
This page has 1,198,207 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 13,947 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
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Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
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# Directories
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# Files
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# Paths (clean URLs)
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Home | National Museum of American History
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History preserves our nation’s collections and tells a full and complex history of the United States.

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African American History68%Check
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