Howacarworks.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
52% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
83% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.16 s
File size
124.00 kB
Words
456
Media files
8
Number of links
75 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
How a Car Works - Guides to car mechanics and automotive engineering
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 654 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Beautifully illustrated guides to car mechanics, automotive engineering and tools.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (498 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
descriptionBeautifully illustrated guides to car mechanics, automotive engineering and tools.
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google-play-appapp-id=com.howacarworks
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csrf-paramauthenticity_token
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langen
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og:titleHow a Car Works
og:descriptionBeautifully illustrated guides to car mechanics, automotive engineering and tools.
og:typewebsite
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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.
There are only 456 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
36.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 22.17 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
This page only loads 2 JavaScript files. That's good!
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
...38/bonus-dismantling-the-engine_w250.jpgBonus: Dismantling the engine
...umbnails/245957171/engine-block_w250.jpgEngine Block
...thumbnails/245755033/crankshaft_w250.jpgCrankshaft
...245013080/tools-using-a-tap-set_w250.jpgTools: Using a tap set
...245011721/using-an-engine-stand_w250.jpgUsing an engine stand
...humbnails/247033574/the-pistons_w250.jpgThe Pistons
...ips-how-to-install-piston-rings_w250.jpgTips: How to install piston rings
...437/tips-how-to-install-pistons_w250.jpgTips: How to install pistons

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The ultimate guide to how cars work
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 The ultimate guide to how cars work
H2 The video course
H2 Bonus: Dismantling the engine
H2 Engine Block
H2 Crankshaft
H2 Tools: Using a tap set
H2 Using an engine stand
H2 The Pistons
H2 Tips: How to install piston rings
H2 Tips: How to install pistons
H2 The engine
H2 How the braking system works
H2 How manual gearboxes work
H2 How a car clutch works
H2 How a diesel engine works
H2 How car suspension works
H4 👋
H4 Some stuff
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 6 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 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.howacarworks.com/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.howacarworks.com/How a Car Works
https://www.howacarworks.com/Articles
/video-course/Video Course
/loginSign in Sign in
https://www.howacarworks.com/Anchor Back to Top
https://www.howacarworks.com/blogBlog
/aboutAbout
/patentsPatent Prints
http://workshopmanual.com/External Workshop Manuals
/jobs/Video course
https://www.facebook.com/howac...External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/howacarworksExternal Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/howaca...External Subdomain YouTube
/video-courseThe video course
/video-course/watch/bonus-dism...Bonus: Dismantling the engine
/video-course/watch/bonus-dism...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Bonus: Dismantling the engine
/video-course/watch/engine-blockEngine Block
/video-course/watch/engine-blockText duplicate IMG-ALT Engine Block
/video-course/watch/crankshaftCrankshaft
/video-course/watch/crankshaftText duplicate IMG-ALT Crankshaft
/video-course/watch/tools-usin...Tools: Using a tap set
/video-course/watch/tools-usin...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Tools: Using a tap set
/video-course/watch/using-an-e...Using an engine stand
/video-course/watch/using-an-e...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Using an engine stand
/video-course/watch/the-pistonsThe Pistons
/video-course/watch/the-pistonsText duplicate IMG-ALT The Pistons
/video-course/watch/tips-how-t...Tips: How to install piston rings
/video-course/watch/tips-how-t...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Tips: How to install piston rings
/video-course/watch/tips-how-t...Tips: How to install pistons
/video-course/watch/tips-how-t...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Tips: How to install pistons
/video-course+ 15 more hours
/basicsBasics
/bodyworkBodywork
/brakesBrakes
/electrical-systemsElectrical systems
/cooling-systemsCooling systems
/accessoriesAccessories
/engineEngine
/fuel-systemsFuel systems
/ignition-systemIgnition System
/steeringSteering
/suspensionSuspension
/transmissionTransmission
/wheels-and-tyresWheels and Tyres
/technologyTechnology
/modificationsModifications
/advanced-drivingAdvanced Driving
/basicsText duplicate Basics
/basics/the-engineThe engine
/basics/the-engineTrivial anchor text
Read more
/basicsText duplicate Basics
/basics/how-the-braking-system...How the braking system works
/basics/how-the-braking-system...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/basicsText duplicate Basics
/basics/how-manual-gearboxes-workHow manual gearboxes work
/basics/how-manual-gearboxes-workText duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/tag/gearboxgearbox
/tag/transmission-77ab84f2-077...transmission
/basicsText duplicate Basics
/basics/how-a-car-clutch-worksHow a car clutch works
/basics/how-a-car-clutch-worksText duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/tag/clutchclutch
/tag/transmission-77ab84f2-077...Text duplicate transmission
/basicsText duplicate Basics
/basics/how-a-diesel-engine-worksHow a diesel engine works
/basics/how-a-diesel-engine-worksText duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/tag/engineengine
/tag/dieseldiesel
/basicsText duplicate Basics
/basics/how-car-suspension-worksHow car suspension works
/basics/how-car-suspension-worksText duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/tag/suspensionsuspension
https://www.facebook.com/howac...External Subdomain Facebook @howacarworks
https://twitter.com/howacarworksExternal Twitter @howacarworks
https://www.youtube.com/howaca...External Subdomain YouTube @howacarworks
https://twitter.com/alexmuirExternal Alex Muir
/video-coursethe Car Mechanics Video Course
https://css-tricks.com/External CSS-Tricks
https://css-tricks.com/license/External supercool licence
/contactContact
/about/Text duplicate About
/pressPress
https://www.howacarworks.com/blogText duplicate Blog
/video-courseText duplicate Video Course

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.howacarworks.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.16 seconds.
This page only loads 1 CSS files. That's ok.
This page only loads 2 JavaScript files. That's good!
The file size of the HTML document is fine (124 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
transfer-encodingchunked
connectionkeep-alive
varyAccept-Encoding
status200 OK
cache-controlmax-age=0, private, must-revalidate
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
x-permitted-cross-domain-policiesnone
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-request-id70490585-fd34-41b7-a7e1-1c28eb729ca7
x-download-optionsnoopen
etagW/"6b4b0ec7b8851d12823bbabbaf8a5bce"
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-runtime0.094428
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
dateSat, 24 Aug 2024 11:50:13 GMT
set-cookie492 Characters
x-powered-byPhusion Passenger 5.1.2
servernginx + Phusion Passenger 5.1.2
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,864 referring domains.
This page has 39,565 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,327 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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www.howacarworks.com
How a Car Works - Guides to car mechanics and automotive engineering
Beautifully illustrated guides to car mechanics, automotive engineering and tools.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
guide73%Check
Engine68%Check
Works68%Check
automotive engineering58%Check
automotive56%Check
engineering56%Check
Mechanics56%Check
Tools54%Check
diesel engine54%Check
mechanics automotive engineering54%Check
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