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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
53% 
Page structure
93% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
76% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.74 s
File size
175.40 kB
Words
454
Media files
10
Number of links
107 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - National Candle Association
The length of the page title is perfect. (323 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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://candles.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)
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

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og:descriptionCandles Made in the USA NationalCandle Association The National Candle Association (NCA) is the only trade association representing US candle manufacturers and suppliers, and serves as the leading technical authority on candle manufacturing, science, and safety. About candles World Candle Congress 2025! Date: May 5 – May 8, 2025 Location: Orlando, FL In Partnership with…
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 454 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 33.5 words is high.
26.7% 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.
5 paragraphs were found on this page.
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)
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 usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
National Candle Association
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 28 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 National Candle Association
H2 Search Candles.org
H2 Become a Member
H3 World Candle Congress 2025!
H3 Resources
H3 Our members
H3 INDUSTRY NEWS
H3 Upcoming Events
H3 RECENT BLOG POSTS
H4 Candles Made in the USA
H4 About Candles
H4 Fire Safety
H4 Industry Standards
H4 Science of Candles
H4 Research
H4 MANUFACTURERS
H4 SUPPLIERS
H4 RETAILERS
H4 Done burning a candle? Here’s how to reuse the jar instead of throwing it out
H4 Scented Sanctuaries: Crafting a Multi-Sensory Experience in Every Room of Your Apartment
H4 How to make your candles last longer, according to candle experts
H4 2024 NCA Annual Conference & Expo
H4 MORE EVENTS
H4 Scented Candle Trends: A Journey Through Food-Inspired Aromas
H4 Illuminating the Truth: Why Candles are Safe to Use
H4 Festive Flames: Unwrapping the Magic of Holiday Scents and Décor
H4 MORE POSTS
H5 Contact Information
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.
There are 3 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://candles.org/Anchor Skip to content
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https://candles.org/IMG-ALT National Candle Association
https://candles.org/members/Our Members
https://candles.org/blog/Blog
https://candles.org/news/News
/resources/sunset-review-2021-2/Sunset Review 2021
https://candles.org/faqs/FAQs
/tips-from-the-experts/Expert Tips
/facts-figures-2/Facts & Figures
/elements-of-a-candle/Elements of a Candle
https://candles.org/history/History
/fire-safety-candles/Fire Safety & Candles
/fire-safety-candles/read-the-...Understanding the Label
/industry-standards/order-stan...Order Standards
/industry-standards/understand...Understanding Safety Standards
/candle-science/Candle Science
/science-projects/Science Projects
/research-studies/Research Studies
/about/overview-industry-leade...Overview & Industry Leadership
https://candles.org/about/Governance, Leadership & Staff
/events/nca-2024-conference-expo/Events
/2024-annual-conference-regist...2024 Annual Conference Registration
/2024-annual-conference-agenda/2024 Annual Conference Agenda
/2024-annual-conference-sponso...2024 Annual Conference Sponsorship
/nca-members-only/Member Portal
/world-candle-month/World Candle Month
https://candles.org/Anchor No Text
https://candles.org/join-nca/Join NCA
https://candles.org/wp-login.phpText duplicate Member Portal
https://candles.org/login-help/Login Help
https://portal.candles.org/mem...External Subdomain Renew
https://candles.org/resources/Anchor About candles
A-TITLE Click Here
https://candles.org/resources/Anchor IMG-ALT resources_resource-about
https://candles.org/resources/About Candles
/fire-safety-candles/IMG-ALT resources_resource-safety
/fire-safety-candles/Fire Safety
/industry-standards/IMG-ALT resources_resource-industry
/industry-standards/Industry Standards
/candle-science/Science of Candles
/research-studies/Research
https://candles.org/resources/explore all
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/members/?_member_categories=s...SUPPLIERS
/members/?_member_categories=r...RETAILERS
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https://candles.org/members/See All Members
A-TITLE Click Here
https://candles.org/join-nca/Join our members
A-TITLE Click Here
/article/done-burning-a-candle...A-TITLE Done burning a candle? Here’s how to reuse the jar instead of throwing it out
/article/done-burning-a-candle...Text duplicate Done burning a candle? Here’s how to reuse the jar instead of throwing it out
A-TITLE Done burning a candle? Here’s how to reuse the jar instead of throwing it out
/article/done-burning-a-candle...Trivial anchor text
Read More
A-TITLE Read More
/article/scented-sanctuaries-c...A-TITLE Scented Sanctuaries: Crafting a Multi-Sensory Experience in Every Room of Your Apartment
/article/scented-sanctuaries-c...Text duplicate Scented Sanctuaries: Crafting a Multi-Sensory Experience in Every Room of Your Apartment
A-TITLE Scented Sanctuaries: Crafting a Multi-Sensory Experience in Every Room of Your Apartment
/article/scented-sanctuaries-c...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
A-TITLE Read More
/article/how-to-make-your-cand...A-TITLE How to make your candles last longer, according to candle experts
/article/how-to-make-your-cand...Text duplicate How to make your candles last longer, according to candle experts
A-TITLE How to make your candles last longer, according to candle experts
/article/how-to-make-your-cand...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
A-TITLE Read More
https://candles.org/news/More news
A-TITLE Click Here
/events/nca-2024-conference-expo/2024 NCA Annual Conference & Expo
A-TITLE 2024 NCA Annual Conference & Expo
https://candles.org/eventsMORE EVENTS
/scented-candle-trends-a-journ...Scented Candle Trends: A Journey Through Food-Inspired Aromas
A-TITLE Scented Candle Trends: A Journey Through Food-Inspired Aromas
/illuminating-the-truth-why-ca...Illuminating the Truth: Why Candles are Safe to Use
A-TITLE Illuminating the Truth: Why Candles are Safe to Use
/festive-flames-unwrapping-the...Festive Flames: Unwrapping the Magic of Holiday Scents and Décor
A-TITLE Festive Flames: Unwrapping the Magic of Holiday Scents and Décor
https://candles.org/blog/MORE POSTS
https://candles.org/members/Member Directory
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https://candles.org/news/Text duplicate News
https://candles.org/resources/Resources
https://candles.org/resources/Anchor Text duplicate About Candles
https://candles.org/faqs/Text duplicate FAQs
/tips-from-the-experts/Tips
https://candles.org/history/Text duplicate History
/elements-of-a-candle/Text duplicate Elements of a Candle
https://candles.org/resources/Anchor Text duplicate Fire Safety
/fire-safety-candles/Candle Safety Rules
/fire-safety-candles/read-the-...Text duplicate Understanding the Label
/industry-standards/Text duplicate Industry Standards
/candle-science/Text duplicate Science of Candles
/science-projects/Text duplicate Science Projects
/research-studies/Text duplicate Research
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/nati...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/candl...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.pinterest.com/cand...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
/design-credit/Snowberry Media

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://candles.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.74 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 (175 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 1,912 referring domains.
This page has 176,808 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,194 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-content/cache/
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/

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