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Meta information
93% 
Page quality
51% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
63% 
Server
90% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.13 s
File size
692.00 kB
Words
627
Media files
5
Number of links
58 internal / 73 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Ligonier Ministries
The page title is too short. (164 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Ligonier Ministries, founded by R.C. Sproul, exists to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (919 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ligonier.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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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
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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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The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
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 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
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 627 words. That's ok.
25.7% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 25 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
The file size of the HTML document is very large (692 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" 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 13 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 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)
Ligonier Ministries The teaching fellowship of R.C. Sproul
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 31 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Ligonier Ministries The teaching fellowship of R.C. Sproul
H2 Ministry Partners Make Renewing Your Mind Happen
H2 6 Things to Do When You Don’t Feel Like Going to Church
H2 Who Are God’s People?
H2 Calvin’s Defining Passion in the Protestant Reformation
H2 What Was the Protestant Reformation?
H2 Relive Martin Luther’s Dramatic Journey
H2 Watch Now: Does the Reformation Still Matter?
H2 Relive Martin Luther’s Dramatic Journey Duplicate text
H2 Always Ready: Join Us in Phoenix
H2 R.C. Sproul’s New Introduction to the Gospel
H2 Renewing Your Mind
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 Get the Ligonier App
H2 2025 National Conference
H2 Always Ready: Southern California 2024
H2 Renewing Your Mind Live: Dallas
H2 2025 Winter Conference
H2 You Can Make a Difference
H3 Stay in Touch
H3 Partner with us to help fuel the next 30 years of broadcasting truth.
H3 Follow the Podcast Today
H3 Empty heading
H3 From the Store
H3 Our Mission
H3 Join Thousands, Reach Millions
H3 Support Ligonier’s Global Mission
H3 Stay in Touch Duplicate text
H3 Ministries
H3 Events
H3 Contact Us
H5 Recommended Resources
H5 The Teaching Fellowship Founded by R.C. Sproul
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.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (73) on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.ligonier.org/learnTeaching
https://www.ligonier.org/eventsEvents
https://store.ligonier.org/External Subdomain Store
https://www.ligonier.org/aboutAbout
https://donate.ligonier.org/?u...External Subdomain Donate
https://www.ligonier.org/learnText duplicate Teaching
https://www.ligonier.org/learnOverview
/learn/seriesTeaching Series
/learn/conferencesConference Messages
/learn/qasQuestions & Answers
/learn/devotionalsDevotionals
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/learn/sermonsSermons
/learn/podcastsPodcasts
/learn/topicsTopics
/learn/scriptureScripture Index
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https://www.ligonier.org/eventsText duplicate Events
https://www.ligonier.org/eventsUpcoming Events
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...New window External Subdomain Nov. 09, 2024 Always Ready: Southern California 2024
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...New window External Subdomain Nov. 14, 2024 Renewing Your Mind Live: Dallas
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...New window External Subdomain Jan. 17, 2025 2025 Winter Conference
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...New window External Subdomain Feb. 01, 2025 Always Ready: Phoenix 2025
https://www.ligoniertours.com/...New window External Subdomain Feb. 22, 2025 2025 Caribbean Study Cruise
https://www.ligonier.org/2025New window Subdomain Apr. 10, 2025 2025 National Conference
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https://store.ligonier.org/typ...External Subdomain Text duplicate Teaching Series
https://store.ligonier.org/typ...External Subdomain Books
https://store.ligonier.org/typ...External Subdomain Music
https://store.ligonier.org/typ...External Subdomain Tabletalk Magazine
https://store.ligonier.org/col...External Subdomain Gift Certificates
https://store.ligonier.org/col...External Subdomain $5 Friday
https://store.ligonier.org/the...External Subdomain The Life of Peter
https://www.ligonier.org/aboutText duplicate About
https://www.ligonier.org/aboutLigonier Ministries
https://www.ligonier.org/postsNews & Updates
https://www.ligonier.org/giveSupporting Ligonier
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https://reformationbiblecolleg...New window External Reformation Bible College
https://refnet.fm/New window External RefNet
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/learn/articles/who-are-gods-p...Who Are God’s People? Mark Evans 4MIN
/learn/articles/calvin-definin...Calvin’s Defining Passion in the Protestant Reformation R.C. Sproul 7MIN
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/podcasts/luther-in-real-timeLUTHER: IN REAL TIME Relive Martin Luther’s Dramatic Journey Follow the Podcast Today START LISTENING
/podcasts/luther-in-real-timeSTART LISTENING
/posts/does-the-reformation-st...Watch Now: Does the Reformation Still Matter? Ligonier Updates 1MIN
/posts/relive-martin-luthers-j...Relive Martin Luther’s Dramatic Journey Ligonier Updates 1MIN
/posts/always-ready-phoenix-ar...Always Ready: Join Us in Phoenix Ligonier Updates 1MIN
/posts/rc-sprouls-new-introduc...R.C. Sproul’s New Introduction to the Gospel Ligonier Updates 1MIN
/learn/articles/what-was-the-c...What Was the Cause of the Protestant Reformation? R.C. Sproul7MIN
/learn/articles/the-question-o...The Question of Conscience R.C. Sproul6MIN
/learn/articles/what-is-the-bo...What Is the Bondage of the Will? Nicholas Needham4MIN
/learn/articles/5-things-union...5 Things You Should Know about Union with Christ Jeremy Walker4MIN
/learn/articles/when-god-gave-...What Were the Ninety-Five Theses? Sinclair Ferguson4MIN
/search/?sort=newestSee More
/learn/articles/unveiling-the-...Unveiling the True Nature of Grumbling Paul Levy4MIN
/learn/articles/what-is-reform...What Is Reformation Day? Stephen Nichols2MIN
/learn/articles/what-reformati...What Happened on Reformation Day? Robert Rothwell2MIN
/posts/relive-martin-luthers-j...Relive Martin Luther’s Dramatic Journey Ligonier Updates1MIN
/learn/articles/calvin-definin...Calvin’s Defining Passion in the Protestant Reformation R.C. Sproul7MIN
https://renewingyourmind.org/?...New window External Text duplicate Renewing Your Mind
/learn/devotionals/No Text
https://www.ligonier.org/appNew window Subdomain Get the Ligonier App Faithful teaching every day, wherever you go. Download the app today.
https://store.ligonier.org/External Subdomain View all
https://www.ligonier.org/aboutRead About Ligonier
https://www.ligonier.org/eventsSee More Events
https://www.ligonier.org/2025Subdomain No Text
https://www.ligonier.org/2025Subdomain 2025 National Conference
https://www.ligonier.org/2025Subdomain Learn More
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain November 9, 2024
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Always Ready: Southern California 2024
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain November 14, 2024
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Renewing Your Mind Live: Dallas
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain January 17, 2025
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain 2025 Winter Conference
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.ligonier.org/eventsText duplicate See More Events
https://gift.ligonier.org/3345...External Subdomain Give Monthly
https://donate.ligonier.org/?u...External Subdomain One-Time Gift
https://tabletalkmagazine.com/External Text duplicate Tabletalk Magazine
https://renewingyourmind.org/External Text duplicate Renewing Your Mind
https://connect.ligonier.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Ligonier Connect
https://reformationstudybible....External Text duplicate Reformation Study Bible
https://reformationbiblecolleg...External Text duplicate Reformation Bible College
https://refnet.fm/External Text duplicate RefNet
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Nov. 09, 2024 Always Ready: Southern California 2024
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Nov. 14, 2024 Renewing Your Mind Live: Dallas
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Jan. 17, 2025 2025 Winter Conference
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Feb. 01, 2025 Always Ready: Phoenix 2025
https://www.ligonier.org/eventsView all events
https://lc.chat/now/7423931/External Live Chat
https://goo.gl/maps/Qw5HqYkZNM...External 421 Ligonier Ct. Sanford, FL 32771
https://www.livechat.com/External Subdomain Chat Provider: LiveChat
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https://careers.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain career opportunities.
http://www.facebook.com/LigonierNew window External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
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http://www.youtube.com/Ligonie...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE YouTube
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https://www.ligonier.org/faqsFAQ
https://www.ligonier.org/termsTerms of use
/copyright-policyCopyright Policy
/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy

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HTTP redirects
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HTTP header
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No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
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The file size of the HTML document is very large (692 kB).
The page response time is excellent with 0.13 seconds.

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 7,293 referring domains.
This page has 1,253,979 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 4,225 different ip addresses.

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