Electronics.howstuffworks.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
56% 
Link structure
87% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.87 s
File size
159.10 kB
Words
1102
Media files
13
Number of links
86 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Electronics | HowStuffWorks
The length of the page title is perfect. (256 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
HowStuffWorks Electronics gives you explanations, reviews, opinions, and prices for popular electronics, iPods, home theaters, and other gadgets.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (902 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://electronics.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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1102 words. That's ok.
42.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
12 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 15.15 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 22 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)
Electronics
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (11 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 Electronics
H3 Do Video Games Cause Violence in Real Life?
H3 How to Clean AirPods
H3 You Track the Weather. Does Your Weather App Track You Back?
H3 How to Turn Off AMBER Alerts and Other Loud Notifications
H3 Trending in Electronics
H3 The Easiest Font to Read Is Already on Your Phone
H3 QLED vs. OLED: Weighing Different TV Options
H3 How Geofencing Works: Pros, Cons and Privacy Concerns
H3 LTE Meaning: Understanding the Cell Phone Technology
H3 Family Tech
H3 Cameras & Photography
H3 Everyday Tech
H3 Future Tech
H3 Gadgets
H3 Games & Gear
H3 Home Audio & Video
H3 How-to Tech
H3 Personal Audio
H3 Phones
H3 Solid State Electronics
H3 Tech Myths
H3 Trade Shows
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

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https://health.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Health
https://money.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Money
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https://science.howstuffworks....External Subdomain Text duplicate Science
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https://home.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Home & Garden
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Auto
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/pay-phones-coming-back-free.htmSubdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
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/future-techSubdomain Future Tech
/family-techSubdomain Family Tech
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IMG-ALT Do Video Games Cause Violence in Real Life?
/how-to-tech/how-to-clean-airp...Subdomain How to Clean AirPods
IMG-ALT How to Clean AirPods
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IMG-ALT You Track the Weather. Does Your Weather App Track You Back?
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IMG-ALT The Easiest Font to Read Is Already on Your Phone
/qled-vs-oled.htmSubdomain QLED vs. OLED: Weighing Different TV Options
IMG-ALT QLED vs. OLED: Weighing Different TV Options
/everyday-tech/geofencing.htmSubdomain How Geofencing Works: Pros, Cons and Privacy Concerns
IMG-ALT How Geofencing Works: Pros, Cons and Privacy Concerns
/lte-meaning.htmSubdomain LTE Meaning: Understanding the Cell Phone Technology
IMG-ALT LTE Meaning: Understanding the Cell Phone Technology
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/cameras-photography-channel.htmSubdomain Text duplicate Cameras & Photography
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/future-techSubdomain Text duplicate Future Tech
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://electronics.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 0.87 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 (159 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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