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Meta information
98% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
60% 
Link structure
68% 
Server
45% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.04 s
File size
269.50 kB
Words
7730
Media files
133
Number of links
6 internal / 68 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
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How to Get a Book Published | Penguin Publishing
The length of the page title is perfect. (453 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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Are you a new writer? Struggling to understand how to get a book published? We'll take you through the process with our definitive guide to book publishing.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (960 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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No canonical link is specified.
Language
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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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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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
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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
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The character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

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Page quality

Content
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The content of this page is too large (7730 words). Maybe the content could be divided into several pages.
These Typos were found:
  • malcom => Malcolm
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: Images of Sara Collins and Jane Corry by Justine Stoddart. Image of Cl...
48.4% 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.
125 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 22.42 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,viewport-fit=cover" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
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Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
Some tags are too long. With 71 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"do writers have to go on paid writing courses to be a published author?"
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Image SEO
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77 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
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There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
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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.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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How to Get Published
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
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There are 44 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

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H1 How to Get Published
H2 Tips on fitting writing around...
H2 How to know when your book is ready
H2 Five questions on life as a writer with Claire Malcolm
H2 A day in the life of an agent
H2 Dos and don'ts of approaching literary agents
H2 What editors are looking for
H2 What if you’re writing for children or young adults?
H2 The acquisition meeting
H2 Jargon buster
H2 What does an editor do?
H2 Ask the editors: dealing with feedback
H2 Designing a cover
H2 How to create a campaign around a book
H2 Further resources
H3 The author
H3 Family commitments by Sara Collins
H3 Work by Mohsin Zaidi
H3 Financial concerns by Jane Corry
H3 The agent
H3 The publisher
H3 Joe Marriott, Picture Book Commissioning Editor
H3 Millie Lean, Assistant Editor
H3 Carmen McCullough, Commissioning Editor
H3 The key moment a publisher decides which books to ‘acquire’
H3 The Managing Director: Susan Sandon
H3 The editor: Tom Avery, Editorial Director at William Heinemann
H3 The sales rep: Claire Simmonds, Sales Manager
H3 The publicist: Charlotte Bush, Director of Publicity and Media Relations
H3 The marketer: Rebecca Ikin, Marketing Director
H3 My editor’s just sent me the first letter about my book, and it’s so long. Does this mean my book is awful?
H3 I thought the editor bought my book because they thought it was great. Why am I getting feedback?
H3 My editor’s asked me to change something I really love. Do I have to change it?
H3 I’ve got so much to do and I’m not sure I’m going to get it done by the deadline. What should I do?
H3 The book
H3 Books
H3 Podcasts
H3 Blogs and videos
H3 Networks and organisations
H3 Regional writing organisations
H4 It can be hard as a new writer to understand how the document saved on your laptop could ever make it onto the shelves of your local bookshop. Here’s our guide to navigating the publishing process ...
H4 Most major publishers don’t accept manuscripts directly from writers, which means that to get your book published you will often need to get a literary agent as a key early step. Literary agents ta...
H4 Our role as publisher is to work on your manuscript alongside you and your literary agent to make your book the best it can possibly be. We then bring together experts from across our business, inc...
H4 The moment you've been waiting for - holding your published book in your hands - is a special one for writer, agent and publisher. It's likely that your book will also be published as an ebook and ...
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None of the anchor texts is too long.
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There are too many external links (68) on this page.

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Performance
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The file size of the HTML document is fine (270 kB).

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This page has backlinks from 48 referring domains.
This page has 79 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 44 different ip addresses.

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How to Get a Book Published | Penguin Publishing
Are you a new writer? Struggling to understand how to get a book published? We'll take you through the process with our definitive guide to book publishing.

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