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Meta information
61% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
20% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.28 s
File size
73.70 kB
Words
714
Media files
15
Number of links
146 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Church of the Brethren – Continuing the work of Jesus. Peacefully. Simply. Together.
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 754 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.brethren.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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 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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 714 words. That's ok.
27.6% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 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 19.7 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, shrink-to-fit=no" 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 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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
...-understrap/img/cob-header-logo-full.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ites/20/2024/08/AC-2025-logo-reduced.pngLogo for the 2025 Annual Conference theme, Faith Working Through Love, based on Galatians 5:6b
...sites/21/2025/04/Embodying-our-gifts.pngEmbodying Our Gifts: Romans 12:4-8
/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-NJHC.jpgLet your gentleness be known: National Junior High Conference June 20-22, 2025 at Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
...uploads/2025/03/we-pray-Glenn-Riegel.jpgAnnual Conference 2024 delegates hold hands to pray
.../We-serve-Letcher-County-KY-2025-BDM.jpgBrethren Disaster Ministries volunteers in Letcher County, KY, 2025
...25/03/We-speak-up-2024-demonstration.jpgChurch of the Brethren participants in a Ceasefire demonstration 2024
/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/yac-2024.jpgYoung Adult Conference 2024 worship
...2/2025/05/Frontliners-square-150x150.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...eHolyFamily-Dec2024Messenger-150x150.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...oads/2019/08/messenger-logo-homepage.pngMessenger Magazine
...raying-hands-Wendy-McFadden-150x150.jpegStained glass window with praying hands in the middle of a cross
...025/04/air-by-Wendy-McFadden-150x150.jpgSunset behind an airplane wing, with lights below
.../liles-ashlee-marie-unsplash-150x150.jpgLilies
...4/cross-gerd-altmann-pixabay-150x150.jpgThree crosses against a sunrise

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to the Church of the Brethren
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to the Church of the Brethren
H1 We pray
H1 We serve others
H1 We speak up
H1 We gather
H1 News
H1 Church of the Brethren Inter-Agency Forum sends letter regarding multicultural commitments and welcome at Annual Conference
H1 Intercultural Ministries seeks volunteer ‘frontliners’ (in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole)
H1 Church of the Brethren staff and leaders meet in Uganda to plan for increased humanitarian needs in South Sudan
H1 Grants support increased humanitarian needs in South Sudan, among other responses to violence and war
H1 Messenger magazine receives three awards from the Associated Church Press
H1 Hope
H1 Playlist: Walking on Sunshine
H1 Soul keeper
H1 Playlist: Easter favorites
H1 The Sacrifice of Love
H1 Ministries
H1 Top links
H1 Info
H1 Annual Conference Agencies
H3 Ministers’ Association
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.brethren.org/Subdomain No Text
https://www.brethren.org/about/Subdomain About us
A-TITLE About us
/about/contactSubdomain Contact us
A-TITLE Contact us
https://www.brethren.org/churchSubdomain Find a Church
A-TITLE Find a Church
https://www.brethren.org/church/Subdomain Anchor Stories from congregations
A-TITLE Stories from congregations
/about/districtsSubdomain Districts
A-TITLE Districts
/about/employmentSubdomain Jobs
A-TITLE Jobs
/about/beliefsSubdomain Beliefs
A-TITLE Beliefs
/ac/compelling-visionSubdomain Compelling Vision
A-TITLE Compelling Vision
/strategicplan/Subdomain Strategic Plan – Plan Estratégico – Plan Estratejik
A-TITLE Strategic Plan - Plan Estratégico - Plan Estratejik
https://www.brethren.org/gensec/Subdomain General Secretary
A-TITLE General Secretary
https://www.brethren.org/mmb/Subdomain Mission and Ministry Board
A-TITLE Mission and Ministry Board
/about/historySubdomain History
A-TITLE History
/about/social-media/Subdomain Social media
A-TITLE Social media
https://www.brethren.org/ac/Subdomain Annual Conference
A-TITLE Annual Conference
https://www.brethren.org/bdm/Subdomain Brethren Disaster Ministries
A-TITLE Brethren Disaster Ministries
/faith-in-action/Subdomain Brethren Faith in Action Fund
A-TITLE Brethren Faith in Action Fund
https://www.brethren.org/bhla/Subdomain Brethren Historical Library and Archives
A-TITLE Brethren Historical Library and Archives
https://www.brethren.org/bp/Subdomain Brethren Press
A-TITLE Brethren Press
/brethrenservicecenter/Subdomain Brethren Service Center
A-TITLE Brethren Service Center
https://www.brethren.org/bvs/Subdomain Brethren Volunteer Service
A-TITLE Brethren Volunteer Service
https://www.brethren.org/cds/Subdomain Children’s Disaster Services
A-TITLE Children's Disaster Services
/neighborhoodtools/Subdomain Tools for Community Engagement
A-TITLE Tools for Community Engagement
/peacebuilding/creationcare/Subdomain Creation Care
A-TITLE Creation Care
https://www.brethren.org/drsp/Subdomain Death Row Support Project
A-TITLE Death Row Support Project
https://www.brethren.org/dlf/Subdomain Discipleship and Leadership Formation (DLF)
A-TITLE Discipleship and Leadership Formation (DLF)
/interculturalSubdomain DLF: Intercultural Ministries
A-TITLE DLF: Intercultural Ministries
/ministryoffice/Subdomain DLF: Ministry Office
A-TITLE DLF: Ministry Office
/ministryoffice/part-time-pastor/Subdomain DLF: Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church
A-TITLE DLF: Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church
https://www.brethren.org/yya/Subdomain DLF: Youth and Young Adult Ministries
A-TITLE DLF: Youth and Young Adult Ministries
https://www.brethren.org/faithx/Subdomain FaithX (workcamps)
A-TITLE FaithX (workcamps)
https://www.brethren.org/gfiSubdomain Global Food Initiative
A-TITLE Global Food Initiative
https://www.brethren.org/global/Subdomain Global Mission
A-TITLE Global Mission
/brethrenservicecenter/materia...Subdomain Material Resources
A-TITLE Material Resources
/peacebuilding/Subdomain Office of Peacebuilding and Policy
A-TITLE Office of Peacebuilding and Policy
https://www.brethren.org/swpoc/Subdomain Standing with People of Color
A-TITLE Standing with People of Color
https://www.brethren.org/ac/Subdomain Text duplicate Annual Conference
A-TITLE Annual Conference
/webcasts/Subdomain Webinars
A-TITLE Webinars
https://www.brethren.org/yya/yac/Subdomain Young Adult Conference
A-TITLE Young Adult Conference
https://www.brethren.org/faithx/Subdomain FaithX
A-TITLE FaithX
/yya/njhc/Subdomain National Junior High Conference
A-TITLE National Junior High Conference
/dlf/noac/Subdomain NOAC
A-TITLE NOAC
/intercultural/Subdomain Anchor Intercultural Jubilee
A-TITLE Intercultural Jubilee
/dlf/lead-conference/Subdomain L.E.A.D. Conference
A-TITLE L.E.A.D. Conference
https://www.brethren.org/yya/ccs/Subdomain Christian Citizenship Seminar
A-TITLE Christian Citizenship Seminar
/dlf/newandrenew/Subdomain New and Renew
A-TITLE New and Renew
https://www.brethren.org/yya/nyc/Subdomain National Youth Conference
A-TITLE National Youth Conference
/about/calendar/Subdomain Calendar
A-TITLE Calendar
https://www.brethren.org/newsSubdomain News
A-TITLE News
https://brethren.us4.list-mana...External Subdomain Email signup
A-TITLE Email signup
/lectionary/Subdomain Lectionary
A-TITLE Lectionary
/ministryoffice/formsSubdomain Ministerial forms
A-TITLE Ministerial forms
/messenger/Subdomain Messenger
A-TITLE Messenger
/ac/statements/Subdomain Statements
A-TITLE Statements
https://www.brethren.org/bp/Subdomain Text duplicate Brethren Press
A-TITLE Brethren Press
https://www.brethren.org/pause/Subdomain Tiny Retreats
A-TITLE Tiny Retreats
/about/annualreport/Subdomain Annual report
A-TITLE Annual report
/publicationsSubdomain Publications
A-TITLE Publications
/neighborhoodtools/Subdomain Community Engagement Tools
A-TITLE Community Engagement Tools
/dlf/learning-to-wash-feet/Subdomain Discipleship Videos
A-TITLE Discipleship Videos
https://www.youtube.com/Church...External Subdomain Videos (YouTube)
A-TITLE Videos (YouTube)
/yearbook/Subdomain Yearbook
A-TITLE Yearbook
/webcasts/Subdomain Webcasts & recordings
A-TITLE Webcasts & recordings
https://www.brethren.org/photos/Subdomain Photos
A-TITLE Photos
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...External Subdomain Podcast
A-TITLE Podcast
/about/logos/Subdomain Logos
A-TITLE Logos
https://www.brethren.org/camps/Subdomain Outdoor ministries
A-TITLE Outdoor ministries
/dlf/homes/Subdomain Fellowship of Brethren Homes
A-TITLE Fellowship of Brethren Homes
https://churchofthebrethren.gi...External Subdomain Give now
A-TITLE Give now
/missionadvancement/how-we-give/Subdomain How we give
A-TITLE How we give
/missionadvancement/offerings/Subdomain Special Offerings
A-TITLE Special Offerings
/missionadvancement/greatthings/Subdomain Your gifts do great things
A-TITLE Your gifts do great things
https://www.brethren.org/church/Subdomain Anchor “Jesus in the Neighborhood” stories
/neighborhoodtools/Subdomain outreach tools
/dlf/learning-to-wash-feet/Subdomain Discipleship videos
/intercultural/kyr-resources/Subdomain Immigrant resources
/ac/compelling-vision/Subdomain More on the Compelling Vision – Visión conjunta y motivadora – Vizyon Konvenkan
https://brethren.us4.list-mana...External Subdomain sign up to hear from us via email
https://www.brethren.org/church/Subdomain around 800 congregations
https://www.brethren.org/global/Subdomain sister churches in many countries
/news/2023/germantown-official...Subdomain 300th anniversary of the first baptism on this continent
https://www.brethren.org/about/Subdomain Text duplicate About us
/ac2025/registration/Subdomain IMG-ALT Logo for the 2025 Annual Conference theme, Faith Working Through Love, based on Galatians 5:6b
/ac2025/registration/Subdomain More info
/ministryoffice/sustaining/New window Subdomain Anchor Learn more
/yya/national-youth-sunday/Subdomain IMG-ALT Embodying Our Gifts: Romans 12:4-8
/yya/national-youth-sunday/Subdomain National Youth Sunday
/yya/national-youth-sunday/Subdomain Get worship resources
https://www.brethren.org/yya/yac/Subdomain Explore YAC
/yya/njhc/Subdomain IMG-ALT Let your gentleness be known: National Junior High Conference June 20-22, 2025 at Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
/yya/njhc/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.eventsquid.com/reg...New window External Subdomain Register for NJHC
/news/tag/prayer/New window Subdomain IMG-ALT Annual Conference 2024 delegates hold hands to pray
/news/tag/prayer/New window Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/news/tag/service/New window Subdomain IMG-ALT Brethren Disaster Ministries volunteers in Letcher County, KY, 2025
/news/tag/service/New window Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/news/tag/impact/New window Subdomain IMG-ALT Church of the Brethren participants in a Ceasefire demonstration 2024
/news/tag/impact/New window Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/news/tag/events/New window Subdomain IMG-ALT Young Adult Conference 2024 worship
/news/tag/events/New window Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/news/2025/inter-agency-forum-...Subdomain Church of the Brethren Inter-Agency Forum sends letter regarding multicultural commitments and welcome at Annual Conference
/news/2025/intercultural-minis...Subdomain No Text
/news/2025/intercultural-minis...Subdomain Intercultural Ministries seeks volunteer ‘frontliners’ (in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole)
/news/2025/meeting-plans-for-n...Subdomain Church of the Brethren staff and leaders meet in Uganda to plan for increased humanitarian needs in South Sudan
/news/2025/grants-support-huma...Subdomain Grants support increased humanitarian needs in South Sudan, among other responses to violence and war
/news/2025/messenger-magazine-...Subdomain No Text
/news/2025/messenger-magazine-...Subdomain Messenger magazine receives three awards from the Associated Church Press
https://www.brethren.org/newsSubdomain More news
/messengerSubdomain IMG-ALT Messenger Magazine
/messenger/from-the-publisher/...Subdomain IMG-ALT Stained glass window with praying hands in the middle of a cross
/messenger/from-the-publisher/...Subdomain Hope
/messenger/playlists/sunshine/Subdomain Playlist: Walking on Sunshine
/messenger/from-the-publisher/...Subdomain IMG-ALT Sunset behind an airplane wing, with lights below
/messenger/from-the-publisher/...Subdomain Soul keeper
/messenger/playlists/easter/Subdomain IMG-ALT Lilies
/messenger/playlists/easter/Subdomain Playlist: Easter favorites
/messenger/bible-study/the-sac...Subdomain IMG-ALT Three crosses against a sunrise
/messenger/bible-study/the-sac...Subdomain The Sacrifice of Love
/messengerSubdomain More Messenger
https://www.facebook.com/churc...New window External Subdomain No Text
http://twitter.com/ChoftheBret...New window External No Text
http://blog.brethren.org/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...New window External Subdomain No Text
http://instagram.com/chofthebr...New window External No Text
http://brethren.libsyn.com/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.brethren.org/acSubdomain Text duplicate Annual Conference
https://bethanyseminary.edu/br...External Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership
https://www.brethren.org/bdmSubdomain Text duplicate Brethren Disaster Ministries
https://www.brethren.org/bhlaSubdomain Text duplicate Brethren Historical Library and Archives
https://www.brethren.org/bpSubdomain Text duplicate Brethren Press
/brethrenservicecenterSubdomain Text duplicate Brethren Service Center
https://www.brethren.org/bvsSubdomain Text duplicate Brethren Volunteer Service
https://www.brethren.org/cdsSubdomain Children's Disaster Services
/creationcareSubdomain Text duplicate Creation Care
https://www.brethren.org/dlfSubdomain Discipleship and Leadership Formation
https://www.brethren.org/faithxSubdomain Faith Outreach Expeditions
https://www.brethren.org/gensecSubdomain General Secretary's Office
https://www.brethren.org/gfiSubdomain Text duplicate Global Food Initiative
https://www.brethren.org/globalSubdomain Text duplicate Global Mission
/interculturalSubdomain Intercultural Ministries
/materialresourcesSubdomain Text duplicate Material Resources
/messengerSubdomain Text duplicate Messenger
/ministryofficeSubdomain Ministry Office
/missionadvancementSubdomain Mission Advancement
/peacebuildingSubdomain Text duplicate Office of Peacebuilding and Policy
https://www.brethren.org/yyaSubdomain Youth and Young Adult Ministries
https://www.brethren.org/yearbookSubdomain Text duplicate Yearbook
https://www.brethren.org/Subdomain Home
https://www.brethren.org/news/Subdomain Text duplicate News
https://www.brethren.org/about/Subdomain About the church
https://www.brethren.org/church/Subdomain Find a church
https://churchofthebrethren.gi...External Subdomain Give
/about/contactSubdomain Staff directory
/about/contact/Subdomain CONTACT
https://churchofthebrethren.gi...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Give
https://brethren.us4.list-mana...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Email signup
/privacypolicySubdomain Privacy policy
/messenger/subscribeSubdomain Subscribe
/about/employmentSubdomain Text duplicate Jobs
https://www.brethren.org/about/Subdomain About
/about/calendarSubdomain Text duplicate Calendar
https://www.brethren.org/ac/Subdomain Text duplicate Annual Conference
http://www.bethanyseminary.org/New window External Subdomain Bethany Theological Seminary
https://ederfinancial.org/New window External Eder Financial
http://www.onearthpeace.org/New window External Subdomain On Earth Peace

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.brethren.org/"
HTTP header
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The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (2.28 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (74 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This page has backlinks from 76 referring domains.
This page has 288 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 70 different ip addresses.

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