Darden.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
83% 
Page quality
47% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
31% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.20 s
File size
45.80 kB
Words
286
Media files
30
Number of links
45 internal / 40 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Darden Restaurants: A Leader in the Full-Service Restaurant Industry
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 623 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Darden Restaurants is the premier full-service dining company, operating over 1,800 locations. Learn about our company, buy gift cards, search careers and more.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (1000 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.darden.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
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)
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
descriptionDarden Restaurants is the premier full-service dining company, operating over 1,800 locations. Learn about our company, buy gift cards, search careers and more.
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
format-detectiontelephone=no
langen
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 286 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
26.2% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 18 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 6 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
...mes/custom/darden/images/darden-logo.svgDarden
...efault/files/2021-03/hero-banner-new.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ult/files/2021-03/hero-banner-mobnew.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ult/files/2021-03/olive-garden--logo.svgOlive Garden
...default/files/2021-03/longhorn-logo-.svgLong Horn
...ault/files/2023-06/Yard House logo_0.pngYard House
...fault/files/2023-06/Ruths_Chris_Logo.svgRuth's Chris
...ult/files/2021-03/olive-garden--logo.svgOlive Garden
...default/files/2021-03/longhorn-logo-.svgLong Horn
...ault/files/2023-06/Yard House logo_0.pngYard House
...fault/files/2023-06/Ruths_Chris_Logo.svgRuth's Chris
.../default/files/2023-06/cheddars-logo.pngCheddars
.../default/files/2021-03/capital-logo-.svgThe Capital Grille
...fault/files/2021-03/seasons-52-logo-.svgSeason 52
.../default/files/2021-03/eddie-v-logo-.svgEddies V's
...lt/files/2021-03/bahama-breeze-logo-.svgBahama
...s/default/files/2021-03/state--map_0.pngmap-serve
...-03/Darden Announces FY22 Q3 Results.jpgDarden Reports Fiscal 2025 First Quarter Results
.../default/files/2024-08/Rick Cardenas.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/sites/default/files/2024-09/darden-11.jpgDarden Restaurants Helps Feeding America Fight Hunger
...mes/custom/darden/images/footer-logo.svglogo
.../2021-03/footer-olive-garden-logonew.svgOlive Garden
.../files/2021-03/footer-longhorn-logo1.svgLonghorn steakhouse
.../default/files/2021-06/YH-Footer1606.svgYard House
...ult/files/2023-06/Ruths_Chris_Logo_1.svgRuth's Chris
...fault/files/2021-06/cheddars--logo_0.pngCheddars Scratch Kitchen
...t/files/2021-03/footer-capital-logo1.svgThe Capital Grille
...fault/files/2021-03/seasons-52-logo1.svgSeason 52
...ult/files/2021-03/footer-eddie-logo1.svgEddis V's
...lt/files/2021-03/footer-bahama-logo1.svgBahama Breeze

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
On a journey to nourish & delight everyone we serve.
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 On a journey to nourish & delight everyone we serve.
H2 Our Brands
H2 Where We Serve
H2 Latest News
H2 Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
H3 Read Our 2024 Impact Report
H3 Our Team Members
H3 Our Guests
H3 Our Communities
H3 Empty heading
H3 Suggestions
H3 Positively Impacting Your Community
H4 Darden Reports Fiscal 2025 First Quarter Results
H4 Read the 2024 Letter to Shareholders
H4 Darden Restaurants Helps Feeding America Fight Hunger
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 too many external links (40) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.darden.com/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.darden.com/gift-cardsGift Cards
/media/media-contactsMedia Contacts
https://investor.darden.com/ne...New window External Subdomain Press Releases
/media/media-libraryMedia Library
https://www.darden.com/IMG-ALT Darden
A-TITLE Darden
/our-companyAbout Us
/our-company/executive-leadershipExecutive & Brand Leadership
/our-company/board-of-directorsBoard of Directors
/our-company/doing-business-wi...Doing Business with Darden
/our-company/doing-business-wi...Site Selection Criteria
http://www.franchisedarden.com/New window External Subdomain International Franchising
/sites/default/files/2024-08/D...New window Subdomain Read Our 2024 Impact Report
/our-impact/team-membersOur Team Members
/our-impact/team-members/inves...Investing in Their Success
/our-impact/team-members/provi...Providing Pathways for Growth
/our-impact/team-members/ensur...Ensuring an Inclusive & Diverse Culture
/our-impact/guestsOur Guests
/our-impact/communitiesOur Communities
/our-impact/communities/giving...Giving Back
/our-impact/communities/sustai...Sustainability
https://investor.darden.com/ho...New window External Subdomain Overview
https://investor.darden.com/ne...New window External Subdomain News
https://investor.darden.com/ev...New window External Subdomain Events
https://investor.darden.com/st...New window External Subdomain Anchor Stock Info
https://investor.darden.com/fi...New window External Subdomain Financials
https://investor.darden.com/go...New window External Subdomain Governance
/sites/default/files/2024-08/D...New window Subdomain 2024 Impact Report
https://investor.darden.com/re...New window External Subdomain Resources
https://www.darden.com/careersCareers Overview
/careers/restaurant-careersRestaurant Careers
/careers/corporate-careersCorporate Careers
https://www.darden.com/gift-cardsText duplicate Gift Cards
/media/media-contactsText duplicate Media Contacts
https://investor.darden.com/ne...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Press Releases
/media/media-libraryText duplicate Media Library
https://investor.darden.com/in...New window External Subdomain Investors
https://www.darden.com/our-impactESG
/our-impact/communities/giving...Text duplicate Giving Back
/our-impact/team-members/ensur...Inclusion & Diversity
/our-impact/communities/sustai...Text duplicate Sustainability
/sites/default/files/2024-08/D...Subdomain Learn More
https://www.olivegarden.com/homeNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Olive Garden
https://www.longhornsteakhouse...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Long Horn
http://www.yardhouse.com/homeNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Yard House
https://ruthschris.com/New window External IMG-ALT Ruth's Chris
https://www.olivegarden.com/homeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Olive Garden
https://www.longhornsteakhouse...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Long Horn
http://www.yardhouse.com/homeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Yard House
https://ruthschris.com/New window External Text duplicate IMG-ALT Ruth's Chris
https://www.cheddars.com/homeNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Cheddars
https://www.thecapitalgrille.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT The Capital Grille
https://www.seasons52.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Season 52
https://www.eddiev.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Eddies V's
https://www.bahamabreeze.com/homeNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Bahama
https://www.darden.com/mapLearn more
/sites/default/files/2024-09/D...Download PDF
https://investor.darden.com/fi...External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/sites/default/files/2024-09/2...Text duplicate Download PDF
https://www.darden.com/Home
https://www.darden.com/contact-usContact Us
/our-companyOur Company
https://www.olivegarden.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Olive Garden
https://www.longhornsteakhouse...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Longhorn steakhouse
http://www.yardhouse.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Yard House
https://ruthschris.com/New window External Text duplicate IMG-ALT Ruth's Chris
https://www.cheddars.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Cheddars Scratch Kitchen
https://www.thecapitalgrille.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT The Capital Grille
https://www.seasons52.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Season 52
https://www.eddiev.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Eddis V's
https://www.bahamabreeze.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Bahama Breeze
https://www.darden.com/our-impactOur Impact
https://investor.darden.com/ho...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Investors
/legal-noticesLegal Notices
/privacy-noticePrivacy Notice
https://www.darden.com/gift-cardsText duplicate Gift Cards
https://www.darden.com/careersCareers
/legal-noticesText duplicate Legal Notices
/privacy-noticeText duplicate Privacy Notice
https://www.darden.com/our-impactText duplicate Our Impact
https://investor.darden.com/ho...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Investors
https://privacyportal-cdn.onet...New window External Subdomain Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
https://twitter.com/dardenNew window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/D...New window External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.darden.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.20 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 (46 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSun, 10 Nov 2024 07:17:30 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
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x-webkit-csp-report-onlyreport-uri /report-csp-violation
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
feature-policy
x-azure-ref20241110T071729Z-1649b6745d689hwmhC1DUSerrg00000007v000000000d2c7
x-fd-int-roxy-purgeid0
x-cachePRIVATE_NOSTORE
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 1,974 referring domains.
This page has 15,577 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,363 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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# robots.txt
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# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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www.darden.com
Darden Restaurants: A Leader in the Full-Service Restaurant Industry
Darden Restaurants is the premier full-service dining company, operating over 1,800 locations. Learn about our company, buy gift cards, search careers and more.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Darden81%Check
Darden Restaurants76%Check
restaurants68%Check
full-service56%Check
serve56%Check
full-service dining51%Check
journey50%Check
nourish50%Check
delight50%Check
Careers46%Check
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