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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
69% 
Page structure
62% 
Link structure
71% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.28 s
File size
81.60 kB
Words
1035
Media files
15
Number of links
96 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Hershey Gardens
The length of the page title is perfect. (229 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to Hershey Gardens Hershey Gardens opened in 1937 with Milton Hershey’s request to “create a nice garden of roses.” More than 85 years later, the small rose garden has...
The meta description is too long: 1130 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.hersheygardens.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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article:modified_time2025-04-18T16:45:03+00:00
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og:typewebsite
og:titleHome - Hershey Gardens
og:descriptionWelcome to Hershey Gardens Hershey Gardens opened in 1937 with Milton Hershey’s request to “create a nice garden of roses.” More than 85 years later, the small rose garden has...
og:urlhttps://www.hersheygardens.org/
og:site_nameHershey Gardens
og:imagehttps://static.tacdn.com/img2/travelers_choice/widgets/tchotel_2024_L.png
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 4 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Join Dr. Ray Barbehenn, a biologist with an expertise in plant ecology...
  • Duplicate 2: On Sunday, see a variety of rhododendrons and azaleas from the Mason D...
This page contains 1035 words. That's ok.
34.1% 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.
16 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 12.03 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,maximum-scale=5,minimum-scale=1,user-scalable=yes,minimal-ui" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (24). We recommend using a maximum of 21 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: guided walk
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
13 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
...ds/2025/04/0-e1744994675622-1372x416.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...2021/07/Butterfly-Atrium-192x192-q25.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...2/05/LeopardGeckoCactus-192x192-q25.jpegNo alt attribute provided
.../12/rose-garden-pavilion-192x192-q25.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...moshots-entrance-cropped-192x192-q25.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...2021/07/Butterfly-Atrium-192x192-q25.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../conservatory-header-3-1-192x192-q25.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...2/03/Twigs-Gigs-Header-Spring-Summer.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...9/Butterfly-Atrium-Open-9-5-web-ad-1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...nt/uploads/2024/02/Membership_web_ad.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...velers_choice/widgets/tchotel_2024_L.pngTripAdvisor
.../Welcome-to-Hershey-Gardens-1024x683.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...oads/2022/06/Garden-aerial2-1024x628.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...dia/photo-m/1280/29/f3/8e/a2/caption.jpgChristina B
...ardens/assets/images/bg-footer-decor.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Hershey Gardens
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to Hershey Gardens
H2 3,000 Roses In Bloom
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Trip Advisor Reviews
H3 Guided Walk
H3 National Public Gardens Day: Half-Off with Voucher
H3 Mother’s Day Weekend: Free Admission for Moms!
H3 Guided Walk Duplicate text
H3 Mother’s Day Weekend: Free Admission for Moms! Duplicate text
H4 Other Links
H4 Social Media
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.
3 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 16 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.hersheygardens.org/Anchor Skip to Main Content
/visit/Subdomain Visit
/attractions/Subdomain Attractions
/attractions/conservatory/Subdomain Conservatory
/education/Subdomain Education
/support/Subdomain Support
/support/support-the-rose-gard...Subdomain Capital Campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...New window External Subdomain Aerial Video
/events/month/Subdomain Events Calendar
https://interland3.donorperfec...New window External Subdomain Donate Now
https://www.facebook.com/Hersh...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/hersheygar...External No Text
https://instagram.com/hersheyg...New window External Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@hershe...External Subdomain TikTok
https://www.tripadvisor.com/At...New window External Subdomain TripAdvisor
https://www.hersheygardens.org/?sSearch
https://www.hersheygardens.org/Subdomain Hershey Gardens
/visit/Subdomain Text duplicate Visit
/visit/hours/Subdomain Hours
/visit/tickets-directions/Subdomain Tickets & Directions
/visit/whats-in-bloom/Subdomain What’s In Bloom
/visit/visitor-information/Subdomain Visitor Information
/visit/guest-feedback/Subdomain Guest Feedback Survey
/visit/map-of-hershey-gardens/Subdomain Map of Hershey Gardens
/visit/garden-shop/Subdomain Garden Shop
/visit/walking-program/Subdomain Walking Program
/visit/photography-policy/Subdomain Photography Policy
/attractions/Subdomain Text duplicate Attractions
/attractions/conservatory/Subdomain Text duplicate Conservatory
/attractions/the-welcome-pavil...Subdomain The Welcome Pavilion
/attractions/educational-horti...Subdomain Educational & Horticultural Wing
/visit/garden-shop/Subdomain Text duplicate Garden Shop
/attractions/butterfly-atrium/Subdomain Butterfly Atrium
/attractions/the-childrens-gar...Subdomain The Children’s Garden
/attractions/zoology-zone/Subdomain Zoology Zone
/attractions/theme-gardens/Subdomain Theme Gardens
/attractions/photo-gallery/Subdomain Photo Gallery
/virtual-tour/New window Subdomain Virtual Tour
/education/Subdomain Text duplicate Education
/education/school-programs/Subdomain School Programs
/education/homeschool/Subdomain Homeschool
/support/share-the-gardens-sch...Subdomain Share the Gardens Scholarship Fund
/education/field-trip-reservat...Subdomain Field Trip Reservation
/education/summer-programs-camps/Subdomain Summer Programs & Camps
/education/scouts/Subdomain Scouts
/virtual-programs/Subdomain Virtual Programs
/gardening-videos-for-kids/Subdomain Gardening Videos for Kids
/events/Subdomain Events & Programs
/events/month/Subdomain Text duplicate Events Calendar
/education/adult-classes/Subdomain Adult Programs
/events-programs/family-fun/Subdomain Family Fun
/weddings/Subdomain Weddings
/weddings/Subdomain Weddings Information
/weddings/wedding-faqs/Subdomain Wedding FAQs
/event-reservations/Subdomain Event Reservations
/groups/Subdomain Groups
/groups/Subdomain Group Visits
/groups/garden-cottage-rentals/Subdomain Garden Cottage Rentals
/groups/Subdomain Kids’ Birthday Parties
/membership/Subdomain Membership
/support/Subdomain Text duplicate Support
/support/support-the-rose-gard...Subdomain Text duplicate Capital Campaign
/support/tribute-dedications/Subdomain Tribute Dedications
/support/share-the-gardens-sch...Subdomain Text duplicate Share the Gardens Scholarship Fund
/support/swan-lake-pavers/Subdomain Swan Lake Pavers
/support/volunteer/Subdomain Volunteer
/support/our-history/Subdomain Our History
/mailing-list/Subdomain Mailing List
/support/ticket-donations/Subdomain Ticket Donations
/employment/Subdomain Employment
/visit/tickets-directions/Tulips Are Blooming!
/visit/tickets-directions/Learn More
/attractions/butterfly-atrium/Learn more
/support/support-the-rose-gard...Text duplicate Learn More
/attractions/the-childrens-gar...Text duplicate Learn More
/attractions/butterfly-atrium/Text duplicate Learn More
/attractions/conservatory/Text duplicate Learn More
/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tw...New window No Text
/attractions/butterfly-atrium/No Text
/membership/New window No Text
/attractions/Subdomain Explore Attractions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...New window External Subdomain Watch The Video!
/membership/New window Become A Member
https://interland3.donorperfec...New window External Subdomain Donate Today
/mailing-list/Join Our Mailing List
/event/guided-walk-4/2025-05-03/Subdomain Guided Walk
/event/guided-walk-4/2025-05-03/Subdomain Continue Reading
/event/national-public-gardens...Subdomain National Public Gardens Day: Half-Off with Voucher
/event/national-public-gardens...Subdomain Text duplicate Continue Reading
/event/mothers-day-weekend-fre...Subdomain Mother’s Day Weekend: Free Admission for Moms!
/event/mothers-day-weekend-fre...Subdomain Text duplicate Continue Reading
/event/guided-walk-4/2025-05-10/Subdomain Text duplicate Guided Walk
/event/guided-walk-4/2025-05-10/Subdomain Text duplicate Continue Reading
/event/mothers-day-weekend-fre...Subdomain Text duplicate Mother’s Day Weekend: Free Admission for Moms!
/event/mothers-day-weekend-fre...Subdomain Text duplicate Continue Reading
/events/Subdomain More Events
https://www.tripadvisor.com/At...New window External Subdomain More Reviews
https://www.hersheygardens.org/Subdomain Text duplicate Hershey Gardens
/mission/Subdomain Our Mission
/membership/Subdomain Text duplicate Membership
/press-room/Subdomain Press Room
/employment/Subdomain Text duplicate Employment
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/visit/tickets-directions/Subdomain Buy Tickets
/mailing-list/Subdomain Text duplicate Join Our Mailing List
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://www.facebook.com/Hersh...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/hersheygar...New window External No Text
https://instagram.com/hersheyg...New window External No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@hershe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tripadvisor.com/At...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.sharpinnovations.com/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Site Design by: Sharp Innovations

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.hersheygardens.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.28 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 (82 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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pragmano-cache
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 406 referring domains.
This page has 4,187 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 350 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Home - Hershey Gardens
Welcome to Hershey Gardens Hershey Gardens opened in 1937 with Milton Hershey’s request to “create a nice garden of roses.” More than 85 years later, the small rose garden has...

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Gardens95%Check
Hershey Gardens95%Check
Hershey91%Check
Rose Garden75%Check
nice garden75%Check
Hershey Gardens opened 193771%Check
Beautiful Gardens69%Check
Milton Hershey68%Check
Theme Gardens67%Check
small rose garden66%Check
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