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Meta information
98% 
Page quality
72% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
61% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
3.84 s
File size
188.70 kB
Words
1081
Media files
24
Number of links
100 internal / 5 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Children's Book Courses at The Highlights Foundation
The length of the page title is perfect. (485 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Story idea? Find workshops, online courses, and community-building opportunities for people who want to write and illustrate for kids.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (821 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.highlightsfoundation.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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: The Highlights Foundation positively impacts children by amplifying th...
This page contains 1081 words. That's ok.
36.2% 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 18.6 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 17 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
Some tags are too long. With 101 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"“how had i never known that the perfect writer’s retreat existed at the highlights foundation campus?"
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

URLAlt attributeTitle
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...content/uploads/2024/05/group-circle.jpgRetreat attendees sitting in a circle in the Barngroup-circle
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/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/P1010262-2.jpgA Group on Campus at the Highlights FoundationP1010262 (2)
...nt/uploads/2022/05/picture-book-icon.pngBlue Picture Book Iconpicture-book-icon
...t/uploads/2022/05/early-readers-icon.pngBlue Chapter Book and Early Readers Iconearly-readers-icon
/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/novels-icon.pngBlue Novels Iconnovels-icon
...tent/uploads/2022/05/nonfiction-icon.pngNonfiction Iconnonfiction-icon
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...nt/uploads/2022/05/Illustration-icon.pngIllustration IconIllustration-icon
...2/blank-page-workshop-featured-image.jpgBlank Page with a pen on it.
...ds/2023/03/pride-flag-featured-image.jpgPride Flag
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...loads/2024/01/writers-course-graphic.jpgwriters at a table
...ads/2024/03/character-course-graphic.jpgcolorful silhouettes of people's heads
...t/uploads/2023/02/pencil-paint-pixel.jpgkeyboard and paintbrushes
/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/logo-2019.pngNo alt attribute providedlogo-2019
/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Asset-3-1.pngNo alt attribute provided
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Craft & Community for Writers and Illustrators Who Inspire Kids Through Story
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 38 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 Craft & Community for Writers and Illustrators Who Inspire Kids Through Story
H2 Your stories matter.
H2 Testimonials
H2 OUR MISSION
H2 Tell Your Story
H2 Get Involved at the Highlights Foundation
H2 Our Retreat Center
H2 Upcoming Workshops
H2 Sign Up
H2 Success!
H2 EXPLORE
H2 CONNECT
H2 OUR MISSION Duplicate text
H2 Get Involved
H3 They can make a real difference for kids.
H3 Retreats
H3 Online Courses
H3 New to the Highlights Foundation?
H3 Helping Authors and Illustrators Inspire Kids Since 1985
H3 Shape Your Story: A 6-Week Novel Intensive with Author & Agent Linda Epstein
H3 Writing with Pride: A Two-Night Mini for Picture Book Writers
H3 Working Retreat: Nonfiction and Informational Fiction
H3 Working Retreat: Novelists and Graphic Novelists
H3 The Untapped Influence of Secondary Characters: A Two-Night Mini for Writers
H3 From Pencil or Paint to Pixel: A Two-Night Mini for Beginning Illustrators
H3 Receive the latest program information, writing and illustration inspiration, and other tips right to your inbox.
H3 About Our Programs
H3 More Ways to Learn & Connect
H3 Visit On Your Own
H3 What Makes Us Different
H3 Questions?
H3 Our Mission in Action
H4 Shape Your Story: A 6-Week Novel Intensive with Author & Agent Linda Epstein Duplicate text
H4 Writing with Pride: A Two-Night Mini for Picture Book Writers Duplicate text
H4 Working Retreat: Nonfiction and Informational Fiction Duplicate text
H4 Working Retreat: Novelists and Graphic Novelists Duplicate text
H4 The Untapped Influence of Secondary Characters: A Two-Night Mini for Writers Duplicate text
H4 From Pencil or Paint to Pixel: A Two-Night Mini for Beginning Illustrators Duplicate text
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 5 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
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/scholarships/Subdomain Scholarships
/donate-online/Subdomain Donate
/equity-inclusion-in-kidlit/Subdomain Equity & Inclusion
/online-course-login/Subdomain Workshop Login
/contact/Subdomain Contact Us
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/learn-more-about-our-programs/Subdomain ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS
/retreat/Subdomain VISITING OUR CAMPUS
/blog/Subdomain BLOG
/support-our-mission/Subdomain SUPPORT OUR MISSION
/about-us/Subdomain ABOUT US
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/learn-more-about-our-programs/Learn About Our Programs
/testimonials/See More Testimonials
/about-us/Learn More About the Highlights Foundation
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/picture-books/Picture Books
/early-readers-and-chapter-books/IMG-ALT Blue Chapter Book and Early Readers Icon
/early-readers-and-chapter-books/Early Readers & Chapter Books
/novels/IMG-ALT Blue Novels Icon
/novels/Novels
/nonfiction/IMG-ALT Nonfiction Icon
/nonfiction/Nonfiction
/poetry/IMG-ALT Poetry Icon
/poetry/Poetry
/illustration/IMG-ALT Illustration Icon
/illustration/Illustration
/resources/Free Resources & Webinars
/anti-racism-resources/Equity & Inclusion Resources
/scholarships/Text duplicate Scholarships
/visiting-our-campus/Learn More About Visiting Our Campus
/workshop/shape-your-story-a-6...Subdomain 09 May
IMG-ALT Blank Page with a pen on it.
/workshop/shape-your-story-a-6...Subdomain Shape Your Story: A 6-Week Novel Intensive with Author & Agent Linda Epstein
/workshop/shape-your-story-a-6...Subdomain Text duplicate Shape Your Story: A 6-Week Novel Intensive with Author & Agent Linda Epstein
/workshop/writing-with-pride-a...Subdomain 14 May
IMG-ALT Pride Flag
/workshop/writing-with-pride-a...Subdomain Writing with Pride: A Two-Night Mini for Picture Book Writers
/workshop/writing-with-pride-a...Subdomain Text duplicate Writing with Pride: A Two-Night Mini for Picture Book Writers
/workshop/working-retreat-nonf...Subdomain 16 May
IMG-ALT Photo of printer blocks spelling out NONFICTION
/workshop/working-retreat-nonf...Subdomain Working Retreat: Nonfiction and Informational Fiction
/workshop/working-retreat-nonf...Subdomain Text duplicate Working Retreat: Nonfiction and Informational Fiction
/workshop/working-retreat-nove...Subdomain 19 May
IMG-ALT writers at a table
/workshop/working-retreat-nove...Subdomain Working Retreat: Novelists and Graphic Novelists
/workshop/working-retreat-nove...Subdomain Text duplicate Working Retreat: Novelists and Graphic Novelists
/workshop/the-untapped-influen...Subdomain 21 May
IMG-ALT colorful silhouettes of people's heads
/workshop/the-untapped-influen...Subdomain The Untapped Influence of Secondary Characters: A Two-Night Mini for Writers
/workshop/the-untapped-influen...Subdomain Text duplicate The Untapped Influence of Secondary Characters: A Two-Night Mini for Writers
/workshop/from-pencil-or-paint...Subdomain 28 May
IMG-ALT keyboard and paintbrushes
/workshop/from-pencil-or-paint...Subdomain From Pencil or Paint to Pixel: A Two-Night Mini for Beginning Illustrators
/workshop/from-pencil-or-paint...Subdomain Text duplicate From Pencil or Paint to Pixel: A Two-Night Mini for Beginning Illustrators
/upcoming-workshops/See All Upcoming Workshops
/Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/Highl...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/Highlights...External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/high...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain No Text
/upcoming-workshops/Subdomain Workshops & Retreats
/scholarships/Subdomain Text duplicate Scholarships
/testimonials/Subdomain Text duplicate Testimonials
/blog/Subdomain Blog & Podcast
/support-our-mission/Subdomain Support Our Mission
/about-us/Subdomain About
/contact/Subdomain Contact
/online-course-login/Subdomain Online Course Login
/terms-of-use/Subdomain Terms of Use
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy Policy
/contactText duplicate Contact Us
/donate-online/Subdomain DONATE
http://www.tandemwebco.com/External Subdomain Tandem Web Co.
/upcoming-workshops/See all programs.
/working-retreats/Working Retreats
/in-community-retreats-and-pro...In-Community Retreats & Programs
/online-courses/Text duplicate Online Courses
/on-demand-courses/On-Demand (Self-Paced Online)
/whole-novel-workshops/The Whole Novel Workshop
/summer-camps/Summer Camp
/hfgather/Free #HFGather Webinars
/tell-your-storyExplore by Genre & Format
/the-crash-course-in-childrens...Learn About Children's Publishing
/personal-retreats/Subdomain Personal Retreats
/custom-retreats/Custom Retreats
/faculty/Subdomain Our Faculty
/share-your-story-inspire-a-ch...Subdomain Share Your Story, Inspire a Child
/testimonials/Subdomain Text duplicate Testimonials
/visiting-our-campus/Text duplicate Learn More About Visiting Our Campus
/ask-an-ambassador/Subdomain Ask an ambassador
/upcoming-workshops
/upcoming-workshops/Find All Upcoming Retreats & Workshops
/share-your-story-inspire-a-ch...Text duplicate Share Your Story, Inspire a Child
/scholarshipsText duplicate Scholarships
/equity-inclusion-in-kidlit/Equity & Inclusion in Kidlit
/partnerships/Partners & Sponsors
/about-usLearn more about our impact.
/donateText duplicate Donate
/support-our-scholarships/Subdomain Support Our Scholarship Program
/sponsor-a-cabin/Sponsor a Cabin
/essential-conversations/Sponsor Our Essential Conversations
/support-the-highlights-founda...Support the Highlights Foundation
/donate-onlineDonate Online

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/"
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 very slow (3.84 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.
This page loads 18 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 17 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (189 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 752 referring domains.
This page has 11,309 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 397 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
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The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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Children's Book Courses at The Highlights Foundation
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Most important keywords

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Highlights Foundation74%Check
Foundation73%Check
Highlights73%Check
Story72%Check
Kids70%Check
Community66%Check
book65%Check
Writers63%Check
Course63%Check
Highlights Foundation Campus63%Check
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