Brandsouthafrica.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
87% 
Page quality
66% 
Page structure
86% 
Link structure
55% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.26 s
File size
209.00 kB
Words
1824
Media files
37
Number of links
118 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Brand South Africa
The length of the page title is perfect. (242 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Brand South Africa is the official marketing agency of South Africa, with a mandate to build the country’s brand reputation, in order to improve its global competitiveness.
The meta description is too long: 1033 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://brandsouthafrica.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-za
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-za
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)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionBrand South Africa is the official marketing agency of South Africa, with a mandate to build the country’s brand reputation, in order to improve its global competitiveness.
google-site-verificationgoogle1c31a026b8db022d
generatorPowered by WPBakery Page Builder - drag and drop page builder for WordPress.
onesignalwordpress-plugin
msapplication-TileImagehttps://brandsouthafrica-com.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Artboard.png
article:publisherhttps://www.facebook.com/BrandSouthAfrica
article:modified_time2024-09-26T09:33:43+00:00
langen-za
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@brand_sa
twitter:label1Est. reading time
twitter:data11 minute
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome - Brand South Africa
og:descriptionBrand South Africa is the official marketing agency of South Africa, with a mandate to build the country’s brand reputation, in order to improve its global competitiveness.
og:urlhttps://brandsouthafrica.com/
og:site_nameBrand South Africa
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 26.24 words is high.
This page contains 1824 words. That's ok.
34.5% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
30 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 61 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: contact us
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
34 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
/img/triangle.pngyoutube
...ontent/uploads/2021/11/brand-sa-logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ontent/uploads/2021/11/brand-sa-logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute providedcpt-img
...masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute providedcpt-img
...masterslider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute providedcpt-img
...07/SA-Exports-scaled-1068x700-resize.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...tent/uploads/2024/08/30-years-banner.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...Screenshot-2024-04-26-111221-300x121.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ploads/2021/11/Component19–1-300x166.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ploads/2021/11/Global-SA-Map-300x254.pngGlobal SA Map
...wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Group-245.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../01/GettyImages-180745158260-300x161.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ploads/2024/01/AV_0007648481-300x200.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...01/AdobeStock_22360455639-1-300x199.jpegNo alt attribute provided
...wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image001.webpNo alt attribute provided
...national-Campaign_Forestry_Post.jpg.webpNo alt attribute provided
...22-International-Campaign_Mining-15.webpNo alt attribute provided
...-International-Campaign_Agri_2_post.webpNo alt attribute provided
...International-Campaign_v16_Auto_new.webpNo alt attribute provided
...ernational-Campaign_v16_Digital_new.webpNo alt attribute provided
...ternational-Campaign_v16_Health_new.webpNo alt attribute provided
...t/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bsa-22.jpegNo alt attribute provided
...content/uploads/2015/08/6iXqFnpC-1-1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ntent/uploads/2015/06/6iXqFnpC-1-1-1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CasualDay.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ds/2023/01/SA-Flag-scaled-1-1024x678.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...age-2024-09-17-at-13.46.31-1024x683.jpegNo alt attribute provided
.../wp-content/uploads/2024/09/passport.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../91SouthAfricaUpdateRender4-1024x576.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Toyota-2.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../wp-content/uploads/2015/01/SKA_text.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...022/10/Play-Your-Part_Logo-443x420-1.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../uploads/2024/07/IMG_0150-1024x1024.jpegNo alt attribute provided
...-the-ground-support-2024_Final-0114.webpNo alt attribute provided
/img/BSA-logo.svgBrands Logo
...ontent/uploads/2021/11/brand-sa-logo.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Brand South Africa
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 31 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Brand South Africa
H2 OUR INITIATIVES
H2 THIS IS WHY WE MATTER…
H3 GLOBAL REPUTATION STUDY
H3 Nation Brand Master Class
H3 Global South Africans
H3 Investment
H3 Culture
H3 Tourism
H3 INVEST IN SOUTH AFRICA
H3 Clothing, Textile, Leather and Footwear
H3 Forestry
H3 Mining & Mineral
H3 Agribusiness
H3 Automotive and Components
H3 Digital Economy & ICT
H3 Healthcare & Life Science
H3 Toyota SA explains their continued investment into South Africa
H3 South Africa invests in land rehabilitation
H3 A billion dollars to invest in Africa
H3 LATEST NEWS
H3 Casual Day has come and gone, but the spirit of inclusivity continues
H3 YouRSA Platform Paves the Way for Showcasing South African Arts and Culture on a Global Stage
H3 Celebrating South African Women in Sports
H3 Improved Visa Regulations will boost Investment and Tourism
H3 Kyle Weatherman to Pilot Brand South Africa No. 91 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
H3 Toyota South Africa and Ogihara South Africa’s joint venture investment to boost automotive industry
H3 Brand South Africa Partners with The International Astronomical Union (IAU) for Historic General Assembly in Cape Town
H3 Play Your Part Pay It Forward Competition (2024): Terms and Conditions
H3 [WIN] Play Your Part and Pay it Forward
H3 Celebrating South Africa’s contribution to Science and Innovation
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 4 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 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
http://www.facebook.com/BrandS...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/bran...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Linkedin
http://twitter.com/brand_saNew window External A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/B...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Youtube
https://brandsouthafrica.com/Home
/about-brand-south-africa/About Brand South Africa
/about-brand-south-africa/Who We Are
/about-brand-south-africa/20-y...20 Years of BSA
/tenders/Tenders
/vacancies-open/Vacancies
/our-initiatives/Our Initiatives
/our-initiatives/Play Your Part
/nation-brand-forum/Nation Brand Forum
/our-initiatives/Global South Africans
/our-initiatives/Nation Brand Masterclass
/our-initiatives/Research
/play-your-part/Text duplicate Play Your Part
/play-your-part/tell-us-your-s...Tell Us Your Story
/play-your-part-awards/Awards
/play-your-part/Projects
/play-your-part/CI ToolKit
/171492/news-facts/win/Play Your Part competition
/about-south-africa/About South Africa
/about-south-africa/Fast Facts
/about-south-africa/Geography
/about-south-africa/People
/about-south-africa/Business
/about-south-africa/Tourism
/about-south-africa/Food
/about-south-africa/Sports
/media-room/Latest News
/resources-and-downloads/Media Library
/investsa/Invest in SA
/log-in/Login
/register/Sign Up
/contact-us/Contact Us
https://www.youtube.com/user/B...External Subdomain Brand South Africa Channel
IMG-ALT youtube
https://brandsouthafrica.com/Brand South Africa
https://brandsouthafrica.com/No Text
https://brandsouthafrica.com/Text duplicate Home
/about-brand-south-africa/Text duplicate About Brand South Africa
/about-brand-south-africa/Text duplicate Who We Are
/about-brand-south-africa/20-y...Text duplicate 20 Years of BSA
/tenders/Text duplicate Tenders
/vacancies-open/Text duplicate Vacancies
/our-initiatives/Text duplicate Our Initiatives
/our-initiatives/Text duplicate Play Your Part
/nation-brand-forum/Text duplicate Nation Brand Forum
/our-initiatives/Text duplicate Global South Africans
/our-initiatives/Text duplicate Nation Brand Masterclass
/our-initiatives/Text duplicate Research
/play-your-part/Text duplicate Play Your Part
/play-your-part/tell-us-your-s...Text duplicate Tell Us Your Story
/play-your-part-awards/Text duplicate Awards
/play-your-part/Text duplicate Projects
/play-your-part/Text duplicate CI ToolKit
/171492/news-facts/win/Text duplicate Play Your Part competition
/about-south-africa/Text duplicate About South Africa
/about-south-africa/Text duplicate Fast Facts
/about-south-africa/Text duplicate Geography
/about-south-africa/Text duplicate People
/about-south-africa/Text duplicate Business
/about-south-africa/Text duplicate Tourism
/about-south-africa/Text duplicate Food
/about-south-africa/Text duplicate Sports
/media-room/Text duplicate Latest News
/resources-and-downloads/Text duplicate Media Library
/investsa/Text duplicate Invest in SA
/about-south-africa/Read more...
/about-south-africa/New window Trivial anchor text
Read More
/about-south-africa/Text duplicate Read more...
/about-south-africa/New window Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/about-south-africa/Text duplicate Read more...
/about-south-africa/New window Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/30years/No Text
/164819/global/global-reputati...GLOBAL REPUTATION STUDY
A-TITLE GLOBAL REPUTATION STUDY
/60/initiatives/nation-brand-m...Nation Brand Master Class
A-TITLE Nation Brand Master Class
/our-initiatives/Read More...
/69/initiatives/global-south-a...Text duplicate Global South Africans
A-TITLE Global South Africans
https://globalsouthafricans.com/External Join the network
/118/sa-facts/investment/Investment
A-TITLE Investment
/116/sa-facts/culture-2/Culture
A-TITLE Culture
/114/sa-facts/tourism-2/Text duplicate Tourism
A-TITLE Tourism
/about-south-africa/Anchor Trivial anchor text
READ MORE
/investsa/Trivial anchor text
click here
/148051/investsa/clothing-text...Clothing, Textile, Leather and Footwear
A-TITLE Clothing, Textile, Leather and Footwear
/147919/investsa/forestry/Forestry
A-TITLE Forestry
/147915/investsa/mining-mineral/Mining & Mineral
A-TITLE Mining & Mineral
/147912/investsa/agribusiness/Agribusiness
A-TITLE Agribusiness
/134366/investsa/automotive-an...Automotive and Components
A-TITLE Automotive and Components
/investsa/www.brandsouthafrica.com/InvestSA
/134364/investsa/digital-econo...Digital Economy & ICT
A-TITLE Digital Economy & ICT
/investsa/Text duplicate www.brandsouthafrica.com/InvestSA
/134359/investsa/healthcare-li...Healthcare & Life Science
A-TITLE Healthcare & Life Science
/investsa/Text duplicate www.brandsouthafrica.com/InvestSA
/127292/investing/toyota-south...Toyota SA explains their continued investment into South Africa
A-TITLE Toyota SA explains their continued investment into South Africa
/100579/investsa/land-rehab-13...South Africa invests in land rehabilitation
A-TITLE South Africa invests in land rehabilitation
/100709/investsa/investment-fu...A billion dollars to invest in Africa
A-TITLE A billion dollars to invest in Africa
/173815/news-facts/casual-day-...Casual Day has come and gone, but the spirit of inclusivity continues
A-TITLE Casual Day has come and gone, but the spirit of inclusivity continues
/173810/news-facts/yoursa-plat...YouRSA Platform Paves the Way for Showcasing South African Arts and Culture on a Global Stage
A-TITLE YouRSA Platform Paves the Way for Showcasing South African Arts and Culture on a Global Stage
/173802/news-facts/celebrating...Celebrating South African Women in Sports
A-TITLE Celebrating South African Women in Sports
/173758/news-facts/improved-vi...Improved Visa Regulations will boost Investment and Tourism
A-TITLE Improved Visa Regulations will boost Investment and Tourism
/173393/news-facts/kyle-weathe...Kyle Weatherman to Pilot Brand South Africa No. 91 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
A-TITLE Kyle Weatherman to Pilot Brand South Africa No. 91 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
/172899/news-facts/toyota-sout...Toyota South Africa and Ogihara South Africa’s joint venture investment to boost automotive industry
A-TITLE Toyota South Africa and Ogihara South Africa’s joint venture investment to boost automotive industry
/171769/news-facts/brand-south...Brand South Africa Partners with The International Astronomical Union (IAU) for Historic General Assembly in Cape Town
A-TITLE Brand South Africa Partners with The International Astronomical Union (IAU) for Historic General Assembly in Cape Town
/171598/news-facts/play-your-p...Play Your Part Pay It Forward Competition (2024): Terms and Conditions
A-TITLE Play Your Part Pay It Forward Competition (2024): Terms and Conditions
/171492/news-facts/win/[WIN] Play Your Part and Pay it Forward
A-TITLE [WIN] Play Your Part and Pay it Forward
/169954/news-facts/celebrating...Celebrating South Africa’s contribution to Science and Innovation
A-TITLE Celebrating South Africa’s contribution to Science and Innovation
https://brandsouthafrica.com/Text duplicate Home
/about-brand-south-africa/Text duplicate About Brand South Africa
/our-initiatives/Text duplicate Our Initiatives
/play-your-part/Text duplicate Play Your Part
/about-south-africa/Text duplicate About South Africa
/media-room/Text duplicate Latest News
/resources-downloads/Text duplicate Media Library
/tip-offs-anonymous/Tip-Offs Anonymous
/tenders/Text duplicate Tenders
/vacancies-open/Text duplicate Vacancies
/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact Us
https://brandsouthafrica.com/No Text
/terms-and-conditions/Terms & Conditions
/disclaimer/Disclaimer
/privacy/Privacy
https://brandsouthafrica-com.b...New window External Subdomain PAIA Manual
https://brandsouthafrica-com.b...External Subdomain PAIA Forms
/popia-disclaimerPOPIA Disclaimer
http://www.facebook.com/BrandS...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/bran...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Linkedin
http://twitter.com/brand_saNew window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/B...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Youtube

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://brandsouthafrica.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 is very slow (2.26 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
This page loads 56 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 61 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (209 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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expiresSat, 28 Sep 2024 09:51:37 GMT
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upgradeh2,h2c
connectionkeep-alive
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access-control-allow-origin*
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
transfer-encodingchunked
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,376 referring domains.
This page has 8,909 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,025 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-Agent: *
Crawl-delay: 5
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-content/
Disallow: /wp-includes/

Sitemap: https://brandsouthafrica.com/sitemap_index.xml

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Home - Brand South Africa
Brand South Africa is the official marketing agency of South Africa, with a mandate to build the country’s brand reputation, in order to improve its global competitiveness.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Brand97%Check
Brand South92%Check
South89%Check
Africa89%Check
Brand South Africa88%Check
South Africa87%Check
Brand Reputation75%Check
Nation Brand73%Check
Global South72%Check
National Brand70%Check
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