Mbsbooks.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
59% 
Page quality
63% 
Page structure
41% 
Link structure
86% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.49 s
File size
30.70 kB
Words
425
Media files
5
Number of links
46 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
MBS - Home
The page title is too short. (117 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Reduce student costs, enhance learning experiences and ensure students have the course materials they need when they need them with the best retail systems and largest selection of new, used and digital textbooks. Find the best solution that’s right for your institution with MBS.
The meta description is too long: 1724 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.mbsbooks.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Server location: United States of America
The language is not specified in the HTML markup.
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

NameValue
descriptionReduce student costs, enhance learning experiences and ensure students have the course materials they need when they need them with the best retail systems and largest selection of new, used and digital textbooks. Find the best solution that’s right for your institution with MBS.
keywordsPOS, pos, point of service, point of sale, sales, systems, data security, mobile pos, mobile POS, retail, retail technology, rentals, textbook rentals, textbook rental, risk-free rental, risk free rental, store automation, inventory, expansive inventory, largest inventory, simplified, textbook ordering, text book ordering, textbook ordering options, text book ordering options, online buyback, on-line buyback, textbook recycling, text book recycling, eCommerce, e-commerce, ecommerce, loyalty program, accounting, accounting solutions, efficiency, Advanced Retail Center, advanced retail center, retail center, business intelligence, analytics, business analytics, sales reports, customizable, customizable sales reports, customer support, course material, course material options
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
msapplication-TileImagehttps://www.mbsbooks.com/images/faviconms-icon-144x144.png
theme-color#ffffff
google-site-verificationa6DmE5ZQo1XVbgpfRfXaBPsDu0oeecgl427oezHs59o
article:authorMBS
og:titleMBS
og:typewebsite
og:imageimages/img_MBS.jpg
og:urlhttps://www.mbsbooks.com/index.php
og:descriptionMBS is one of the largest textbook wholesalers and bookstore systems providers in the country.
og:site_nameMBS
og:localeen_US
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 425 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
31.5% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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 18.54 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.
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
/images/logo_MBS-Textbook-Exchange.pngMBS
https://www.mbsbooks.com/images/welcome.jpgWelcome to MBS
https://www.mbsbooks.com/images/img_FO.jpgMBS Foreword Online
/images/logo_MBS_footer.pngMBS
Video URLWidthHeight
/images/homepage-video_v6.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to MBS
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (14 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to MBS
H1 What's happening on Foreword Online?
H2 Driven by your success
H2 Subscribe to Foreword Online
H2 Tips for Communicating With Students About Fall Buyback and Rental Returns
H2 Realize your store's potential
H3 Stay informed with Foreword Online
H3 Julie Banks
H3 Contact MBS
H3 Discover MBS
H3 Subscribe to Foreword
H4 Director of Retail Operations, University of Dayton Bookstore
H4 Service Center login
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/index.phpSubdomain IMG-ALT MBS
A-TITLE MBS
/resources/index.phpSubdomain Resources
A-TITLE Resources
/resources/content.phpSubdomain Content Hub
A-TITLE Content Hub
/resources/media.phpSubdomain Video Hub
A-TITLE Video Hub
https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/...New window External Subdomain Foreword Online
/services/index.phpSubdomain Services
A-TITLE MBS Services
/services/course-material-solu...Subdomain Course Material Solutions
A-TITLE Course Material Solutions
/services/mbs-systems.phpSubdomain MBS Store Technology Solutions
A-TITLE MBS Store Technology Solutions
/services/service-center.phpSubdomain Service Center
A-TITLE Service Center
/about/index.phpSubdomain About
A-TITLE About MBS
/about/heritage.phpSubdomain Heritage
A-TITLE Heritage
/about/operations.phpSubdomain Operations
A-TITLE Operations
/about/people.phpSubdomain Our People
A-TITLE Our People
/mbs-difference/index.phpSubdomain Why Choose MBS?
A-TITLE Why Choose MBS?
/mbs-difference/benefits.phpSubdomain The MBS Difference
A-TITLE The MBS Difference
/mbs-difference/case-studies.phpSubdomain Case Studies
A-TITLE Case Studies
/mbs-difference/testimonials.phpSubdomain Testimonials
A-TITLE Testimonials
/contact-us/index.phpSubdomain Contact
A-TITLE Contact
/contact-us/index.phpSubdomain Customer Service
A-TITLE Customer Service
/hr2/index.phpSubdomain Employment Opportunities
A-TITLE Employment Opportunities
/services/service-center.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Service Center
/services/index.phpLearn More
https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/...New window External Subdomain Continue Reading
A-TITLE Tips for Communicating With Students About Fall Buyback and Rental Returns
/mbs-difference/case-studies.phpRead Their Stories
/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT MBS
A-TITLE Home
https://twitter.com/mbstextbookNew window External A-TITLE Follow @MBSTextbook on Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow MBS on LinkedIn
https://vimeo.com/mbstextbookNew window External A-TITLE Follow MBS on Vimeo
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection[email protected]
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
/index.phpSubdomain Home
/resources/content.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Content Hub
A-TITLE Content Hub
/resources/media.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Video Hub
A-TITLE Video Hub
https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Foreword Online
A-TITLE MBS Foreword Online
/services/course-material-solu...Subdomain Text duplicate Course Material Solutions
A-TITLE Course Material Solutions
/services/mbs-systems.phpSubdomain Text duplicate MBS Store Technology Solutions
A-TITLE MBS Store Technology Solutions
/services/service-center.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Service Center
A-TITLE Service Center
/about/heritage.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Heritage
A-TITLE Heritage
/about/operations.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Operations
A-TITLE Opertations
/about/people.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Our People
A-TITLE Our People
/mbs-difference/benefits.phpSubdomain Text duplicate The MBS Difference
A-TITLE The MBS Difference
/mbs-difference/case-studies.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Case Studies
A-TITLE Case Studies
/mbs-difference/testimonials.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Testimonials
A-TITLE Testimonials
/contact-us/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Customer Service
A-TITLE Customer Service
/hr2/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Employment Opportunities
A-TITLE Employment Opportunities
/disclaimer/tos.phpSubdomain Terms of Service
A-TITLE MBS Terms of Service
/disclaimer/privacy-policy.phpSubdomain Privacy Policy
A-TITLE MBS Privacy Policy
/disclaimer/privacy-policy.phpSubdomain Anchor CA Privacy Policy
A-TITLE California Privacy Plicy
/disclaimer/accessibility.phpSubdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE MBS Accessibility
https://www.anthem.com/machine...External Subdomain Machine-Readable Files
A-TITLE Machine-Readable Files
https://intranet.mbsbooks.com/External Subdomain MBS Employee Intranet
A-TITLE Log in to the MBS Employee Intranet
/hr2/index.phpSubdomain Find a Job
A-TITLE Find a Job
/services/service-center.phpSubdomain Store Technology Training
A-TITLE Store Technology Training
https://www.bned.com/New window External Subdomain BNED
A-TITLE Barnes & Noble Education

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.mbsbooks.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.49 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (31 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 15 Nov 2024 20:26:14 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
servercloudflare
cf-ray8e31f99f9e142bcd-FRA
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 112 referring domains.
This page has 412 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 94 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *

Disallow:/marketing/

Disallow:/protected/

Disallow:/download/

Disallow:/protected/

Disallow:/orbit-slider/

Disallow:/video-slider/

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MBS - Home
Reduce student costs, enhance learning experiences and ensure students have the course materials they need when they need them with the best retail systems and largest selection of new, used and digital textbooks. Find the best solution that’s right for your institution with MBS.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
MBS93%Check
Welcome54%Check
students50%Check
Retail50%Check
ensure students48%Check
need46%Check
Course46%Check
ensure46%Check
Find46%Check
Material46%Check
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