Animals.howstuffworks.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
70% 
Page structure
53% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
90% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.60 s
File size
135.60 kB
Words
499
Media files
13
Number of links
42 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Animals | HowStuffWorks
The length of the page title is perfect. (230 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Animals are multicellular organisms that play an integral role in nature. Read about the different types of animals at HowStuffWorks.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (811 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Language defined in HTTP-Equiv meta tag: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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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descriptionAnimals are multicellular organisms that play an integral role in nature. Read about the different types of animals at HowStuffWorks.
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article:publisherhttps://www.howstuffworks.com
article:published_time2008-04-22T03:00:00-04:00
langen-us
twitter:dnton
fb:admins100001675325868
fb:app_id899104866837181
fb:pages20767777944
og:titleAnimals
og:urlhttps://animals.howstuffworks.com/
og:site_nameHowStuffWorks
og:descriptionExplore the world of wild animals, pets and extinct species. Learn about ants, dinosaurs, mammals and everything that crawls, swims or flies under the sun.
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og:image:width90
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og:typearticle
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
content-languageen-us
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 499 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
38.9% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.88 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width,initial-scale=1,minimum-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Animals
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (7 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Animals
H3 Wasps Have an Image Problem, But Here's Why We Need Them
H3 Why Does My Cat Lick Me?
H3 3 Types of Dinosaurs and Their Many Subtypes
H3 The Longest-living Dog Breeds Are Tiny, But Why?
H3 Trending in Animals
H3 8 Most Dangerous Jellyfish and 1 Stinging Imposter
H3 The World's Most Dangerous Bird and 9 Runners-up
H3 The World's Most Dangerous Cat and 14 Other Fierce Felines
H3 13 Most Dangerous Fish, Eels and Sharks
H3 Pets
H3 Wild Animals
H3 Animal Facts
H3 Endangered Species
H3 Extinct Animals
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 23 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain No Text
https://science.howstuffworks....External Subdomain Science
https://electronics.howstuffwo...External Subdomain Tech
https://home.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Home & Garden
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Auto
https://people.howstuffworks.c...External Subdomain Culture
https://health.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Health
https://money.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Money
/Subdomain Animals
https://lifestyle.howstuffwork...External Subdomain Lifestyle
https://entertainment.howstuff...External Subdomain Entertainment
https://play.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Quizzes
https://coupons.howstuffworks....External Subdomain Coupons
https://science.howstuffworks....External Subdomain Text duplicate Science
https://electronics.howstuffwo...External Subdomain Text duplicate Tech
https://home.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Home & Garden
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Auto
https://people.howstuffworks.c...External Subdomain Text duplicate Culture
https://health.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Health
https://money.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Money
/Subdomain Text duplicate Animals
https://lifestyle.howstuffwork...External Subdomain Text duplicate Lifestyle
https://entertainment.howstuff...External Subdomain Text duplicate Entertainment
https://play.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Quizzes
https://coupons.howstuffworks....External Subdomain Text duplicate Coupons
/pets/cats-knead.htmSubdomain Why Do Cats Knead?
/pets/cats-knead.htmSubdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/wild-animalsSubdomain Wild Animals
/petsSubdomain Pets
/animal-factsSubdomain Animal Facts
/endangered-speciesSubdomain Endangered Species
/extinct-animalsSubdomain Extinct Animals
/insects/wasps-deserve-some-lo...Subdomain Wasps Have an Image Problem, But Here's Why We Need Them
IMG-ALT Wasps Have an Image Problem, But Here's Why We Need Them
/pets/why-does-cat-lick-me.htmSubdomain Why Does My Cat Lick Me?
IMG-ALT Why Does My Cat Lick Me?
/dinosaurs/types-of-dinosaurs.htmSubdomain 3 Types of Dinosaurs and Their Many Subtypes
IMG-ALT 3 Types of Dinosaurs and Their Many Subtypes
/pets/longest-living-dog-breed...Subdomain The Longest-living Dog Breeds Are Tiny, But Why?
IMG-ALT The Longest-living Dog Breeds Are Tiny, But Why?
/marine-life/most-dangerous-je...Subdomain 8 Most Dangerous Jellyfish and 1 Stinging Imposter
IMG-ALT 8 Most Dangerous Jellyfish and 1 Stinging Imposter
/birds/most-dangerous-bird.htmSubdomain The World's Most Dangerous Bird and 9 Runners-up
IMG-ALT The World's Most Dangerous Bird and 9 Runners-up
/mammals/most-dangerous-cat.htmSubdomain The World's Most Dangerous Cat and 14 Other Fierce Felines
IMG-ALT The World's Most Dangerous Cat and 14 Other Fierce Felines
/fish/most-dangerous-fish.htmSubdomain 13 Most Dangerous Fish, Eels and Sharks
IMG-ALT 13 Most Dangerous Fish, Eels and Sharks
/petsSubdomain Text duplicate Pets
/pets/most-dangerous-dog-breed...Subdomain 12 Most Dangerous Dog Breeds Based on Dog Bite Injury Rates FIND OUT MORE
/pets/otherpets/pink-snake.htmSubdomain Pink Snake: Rare in the Wild, Relatively Common in Captivity FIND OUT MORE
/pets/otherpets/pet-snakes.htmSubdomain 8 Best Pet Snakes for Beginners (Plus Care Tips) FIND OUT MORE
/pets/easiest-pets-to-take-car...Subdomain 10 Easiest Pets to Take Care Of FIND OUT MORE
/wild-animalsSubdomain Text duplicate Wild Animals
/mammals/mule.htmSubdomain The Mule Outperforms Both Its Horse Mom and Donkey Dad FIND OUT MORE
/wild-animals/most-dangerous-a...Subdomain The Most Dangerous Animal in Africa Isn't the Largest FIND OUT MORE
/insects/most-dangerous-wasp.htmSubdomain The Most Dangerous Wasp and 9 Other Stingers to Avoid FIND OUT MORE
/mammals/liger.htmSubdomain Is the Liger a Real Animal or Just a 'Napoleon Dynamite' Gag? FIND OUT MORE
/animal-factsSubdomain Text duplicate Animal Facts
/animal-facts/biggest-zoo-in-t...Subdomain The Biggest Zoo in the U.S. (Plus 7 Other Gigantic Zoos) FIND OUT MORE
/animal-facts/strongest-animal...Subdomain Finding the Strongest Animal in the World, Pound for Pound FIND OUT MORE
/animal-facts/largest-horse-br...Subdomain Largest Horse Breed Holds World Record for Over 175 Years FIND OUT MORE
/animal-facts/animals-that-sta...Subdomain There Are More Animals That Start With 'X' Than You'd Expect FIND OUT MORE
/endangered-speciesSubdomain Text duplicate Endangered Species
/endangered-species/yangtze-fi...Subdomain Yangtze Finless Porpoise: The World's Only Freshwater Porpoise FIND OUT MORE
/endangered-species/sunda-tige...Subdomain Sunda Tiger: A Critically Endangered Subspecies in Sumatra FIND OUT MORE
/endangered-species/sumatran-o...Subdomain The Sumatran Orangutan Faces Large-scale Habitat Loss FIND OUT MORE
/endangered-species/saola.htmSubdomain The Saola Is Southeast Asia's 'Unicorn' FIND OUT MORE
/extinct-animalsSubdomain Text duplicate Extinct Animals
/dinosaurs/most-dangerous-dino...Subdomain What Was the Most Dangerous Dinosaur in Prehistory? FIND OUT MORE
/extinct-animals/snakes-with-l...Subdomain Are Snakes With Legs a Real Thing? FIND OUT MORE
/extinct-animals/flying-dinosa...Subdomain There Were No Flying Dinosaurs, Only Flying Reptiles FIND OUT MORE
/extinct-animals/megalodon-sha...Subdomain All About the Megalodon, Shark Giant of Prehistoric Times FIND OUT MORE

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://animals.howstuffworks.com/"
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 0.60 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (136 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html;charset=UTF-8
dateWed, 13 Nov 2024 09:20:29 GMT
servernginx
expiresWed, 13 Nov 2024 10:20:28 -0500
content-encodinggzip
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statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 7,070 referring domains.
This page has 52,330 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,893 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /editor/
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User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
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Animals | HowStuffWorks
Animals are multicellular organisms that play an integral role in nature. Read about the different types of animals at HowStuffWorks.

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
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Animals Animal89%Check
HowStuffWorks69%Check
Wild Animals65%Check
Extinct Animals65%Check
Types52%Check
Read46%Check
play46%Check
integral46%Check
role46%Check
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