Merckhelps.com - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
61% 
Page quality
60% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
65% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.49 s
File size
79.00 kB
Words
990
Media files
9
Number of links
94 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Merck Patient Assistance Programs to Help Those in Need - Official Site
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 647 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
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 XHTML 1.0 Transitional 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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
descriptionEmpty
authorEmpty
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are 4 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: DELSTRIGO® (doravirine, lamivudine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)...
  • Duplicate 2: ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) 400 mg film-coated and 25 mg and 100 mg chewa...
This page contains 990 words. That's ok.
24.8% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
10 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 18.07 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (77). We recommend using a maximum of 20 tags for this page.
Some tags are too long. With 87 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"at merck, we believe that no one should go without the medicines or vaccines they need."
The following tag is repeated too often: belsomra®
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/merck-helps-logo-new.pngMerck HelpsMerck Helps
/images/ea_app_icon.pngClick this icon to learn more about Merck’s commitment to disability inclusion for employees, customers, external partners, and suppliers.
/images/home-hero-1.jpg...
/images/home-hero-faq.jpg...
/images/home-hero-mpap-brochure.jpg...
/images/home-hero-vpap-brochure.jpg...
/images/merckhelps_slider_video.jpg...
/images/MAT_LogoVariations_Blue-Final.pngLogo of Partnership for Prescription Assistance
/images/merck_logo_teal.pngMerck logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Our programs are free of charge to all eligible patients
H2 Frequently Asked Questions
H2 Merck Patient Assistance Program Brochure
H2 Merck Vaccine Patient Assistance Program Brochure
H2 How to fill out the Merck Patient Assistance Program enrollment form.
H2 Merck Patient Assistance Program
H2 The Merck Patient Assistance Program Helps Those in Need
H4 Medicines or adult vaccines distributed through the Merck Patient Assistance Programs are free of charge to all eligible patients.
H4 Chat
H5 Select a participating Merck product from the list below
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 1 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 7 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Home.aspxIMG-ALT Merck Helps
https://www.essentialaccessibi...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Click this icon to learn more about Merck’s commitment to disability inclusion for employees, customers, external partners, and suppliers.
A-TITLE eSSENTIAL Accessibility
/Home.aspxHOME
A-TITLE Home
/Programs.aspxPROGRAMS
A-TITLE Programs
/Products.aspxPRODUCTS
A-TITLE Products
/HCPs.aspxHEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
A-TITLE Health Care Professionals
/faq.aspxFAQs
A-TITLE Frequently Asked Questions
/Contact.aspxCONTACT US
A-TITLE Contact Us
/programs.aspxVIEW OUR PROGRAMS
A-TITLE View Our Programs
/faq.aspxTrivial anchor text
CLICK HERE
A-TITLE View Our Programs
/MPAP/MPAP_Brochure_US-NON-128...New window CLICK HERE TO VIEW
A-TITLE View MPAP Brochure
/VPAP/VPAP_Brochure_US-NON-102...New window Text duplicate CLICK HERE TO VIEW
A-TITLE View VPAP Brochure
/merk-patient-assistance-progr...CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO
A-TITLE View Merck Patient Assistance Program enrollment form
/MPAP/MPAP_Checklist_US-NON-12...New window DOWNLOAD A CHECKLIST
A-TITLE View MPAP Checklist
https://www.merckhelps.com/Anchor Previous
https://www.merckhelps.com/Anchor Next
https://www.merckhelps.com/Anchor ALL
A-TITLE Search product by All
https://www.merckhelps.com/Anchor A-H
A-TITLE Search product by A th rough H
https://www.merckhelps.com/Anchor I-P
A-TITLE Search product by I through P
https://www.merckhelps.com/Anchor R-Z
A-TITLE Search product by R through Z
/BELSOMRABELSOMRA®
/CAPVAXIVECAPVAXIVE™
/DELSTRIGODELSTRIGO®
/DIFICID SuspensionDIFICID®
/DIFICID TabletsText duplicate DIFICID®
/EMEND CAPSULES BIPACKEMEND®
/EMEND CAPSULESText duplicate EMEND®
/EMEND ORAL SUSPENSIONText duplicate EMEND®
/EMEND FOR INJECTION (HOSPITAL...Text duplicate EMEND®
/EMEND FOR INJECTIONText duplicate EMEND®
/GARDASIL 9GARDASIL®9
/ISENTRESSISENTRESS®
/ISENTRESS HDISENTRESS® HD
/JANUMETJANUMET®
/JANUMET XRJANUMET® XR
/JANUVIAJANUVIA®
/KEYTRUDAKEYTRUDA®
/LAGEVRIOLAGEVRIO™
/M-M-R IIM-M-R® II
/NOXAFIL INJECTIONNOXAFIL®
/NOXAFIL ORAL SUSPENSIONText duplicate NOXAFIL®
/PIFELTROPIFELTRO®
/PNEUMOVAX 23PNEUMOVAX®23
/PREVYMISPREVYMIS™
/RECARBRIORECARBRIO™
/RECOMBIVAX HBRECOMBIVAX HB®
/STROMECTOLSTROMECTOL®
https://www.merckhelps.com/VAQTAVAQTA®
/VARIVAXVARIVAX®
/VAXNEUVANCEVAXNEUVANCE®
/VERQUVOVERQUVO®
/WELIREGWELIREG™
/WINREVAIRWINREVAIR™
/ZEPATIERZEPATIER®
/ZERBAXAZERBAXA®
/ZINPLAVAZINPLAVA™
/ZOLINZAZOLINZA®
/BELSOMRAText duplicate BELSOMRA®
/CAPVAXIVEText duplicate CAPVAXIVE™
/DELSTRIGOText duplicate DELSTRIGO®
/DIFICID SuspensionText duplicate DIFICID®
/DIFICID TabletsText duplicate DIFICID®
/EMEND CAPSULES BIPACKText duplicate EMEND®
/EMEND CAPSULESText duplicate EMEND®
/EMEND ORAL SUSPENSIONText duplicate EMEND®
/EMEND FOR INJECTION (HOSPITAL...Text duplicate EMEND®
/EMEND FOR INJECTIONText duplicate EMEND®
/GARDASIL 9Text duplicate GARDASIL®9
/ISENTRESSText duplicate ISENTRESS®
/ISENTRESS HDText duplicate ISENTRESS® HD
/JANUMETText duplicate JANUMET®
/JANUMET XRText duplicate JANUMET® XR
/JANUVIAText duplicate JANUVIA®
/KEYTRUDAText duplicate KEYTRUDA®
/LAGEVRIOText duplicate LAGEVRIO™
/M-M-R IIText duplicate M-M-R® II
/NOXAFIL INJECTIONText duplicate NOXAFIL®
/NOXAFIL ORAL SUSPENSIONText duplicate NOXAFIL®
/PIFELTROText duplicate PIFELTRO®
/PNEUMOVAX 23Text duplicate PNEUMOVAX®23
/PREVYMISText duplicate PREVYMIS™
/RECARBRIOText duplicate RECARBRIO™
/RECOMBIVAX HBText duplicate RECOMBIVAX HB®
/STROMECTOLText duplicate STROMECTOL®
https://www.merckhelps.com/VAQTAText duplicate VAQTA®
/VARIVAXText duplicate VARIVAX®
/VAXNEUVANCEText duplicate VAXNEUVANCE®
/VERQUVOText duplicate VERQUVO®
/WELIREGText duplicate WELIREG™
/WINREVAIRText duplicate WINREVAIR™
/ZEPATIERText duplicate ZEPATIER®
/ZERBAXAText duplicate ZERBAXA®
/ZINPLAVAText duplicate ZINPLAVA™
/ZOLINZAText duplicate ZOLINZA®
https://www.merckhelps.com/Anchor Cookie Settings
http://www.merck.com/about/how...New window External Subdomain Privacy
A-TITLE Privacy Policy
http://www.merck.com/policy/te...New window External Subdomain Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://www.msdaccessibility.com/New window External Subdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://dsr.msd.com/DSR/United...New window External Subdomain Your Privacy Choices
https://www.msdprivacy.com/us/...New window External Subdomain Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy
A-TITLE Terms of Use
http://www.merck.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Merck logo
A-TITLE Merck

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.merckhelps.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 is slow (1.49 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 (79 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
server
set-cookie82 Characters
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
access-control-allow-origin*
access-control-allow-headersContent-Type
access-control-allow-methodsPOST,GET,OPTIONS
x-frame-optionsDENY
content-security-policyimg-src 'self' data: bat.bing.com cdn.cookielaw.org www.google-analytics.com www.googletagmanager.com;
dateSat, 16 Nov 2024 19:29:21 GMT
content-length24854
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 410 referring domains.
This page has 3,420 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 335 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Merck72%Check
help66%Check
Need help59%Check
Assistance57%Check
Merck Patient57%Check
Helps56%Check
Merck Patient Assistance55%Check
Assistance Programs55%Check
PROGRAMS54%Check
need54%Check

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