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Meta information
76% 
Page quality
85% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
60% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.14 s
File size
42.70 kB
Words
711
Media files
9
Number of links
103 internal / 29 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
The length of the page title is perfect. (517 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to New York's award-winning state park system with 180 state parks and 35 historic sites! From campsites, beaches and golf courses to hiking trails, historic homes and nature centers, we have something for everyone. Escape from the grind, explore your natural environment, and experience New York’s rich heritage.
The meta description is too long: 2013 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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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
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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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No doctype markup was found.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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keywordsparks, camping, campground, recreation, golf, vacations, nature centers, travel, swimming, family, beaches, hiking, fishing, boating, skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, sports, New York State, History, Historic Sites, NYS, Culture, Historic Preservation, historic homes, environmental programs, empire passport, nature, wildlife, gardens
descriptionWelcome to New York's award-winning state park system with 180 state parks and 35 historic sites! From campsites, beaches and golf courses to hiking trails, historic homes and nature centers, we have something for everyone. Escape from the grind, explore your natural environment, and experience New York’s rich heritage.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 711 words. That's ok.
21.9% 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.
10 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 21.07 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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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
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No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
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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/HomepageRotation/empty.gifWe're Hiring!
/Images/HomepageRotation/empty.gifCelebrating 100 Years of New York State Parks and Historic Sites
/Images/HomepageRotation/empty.gifApply for the Lifetime Liberty Pass Program
/Images/HomepageRotation/empty.gifA History of New York State Parks and Historic Sites
/Images/HomepageRotation/empty.gifStay Connected
...ights/OPRHPWebsite2024FeatureCardK9s.jpgPlan Your Trip
...OPRHPWebsite2024FeatureCardLifeguard.jpgJoin Our Team
...pfeaturecardcentennialcelebratelight.jpgParks & Historic Sites Blog
https://parks.ny.gov/Images/NewSite.gifLeaving New York State ParksLeaving New York State Parks

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
H2 Hit The Trail
H2 Join Our Team
H2 Parks & Historic Sites Blog
H2 Featured Story
H2 What's New
H2 Event Highlights
H3 Signs of Spring
H3 Digital Brochures
H3 Stay Connected
H3 Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Duplicate text
H3 Translation Services
H4 Inside our Agency
H4 Resources
H4 News
H4 Quick Links
H4 Language Access
H4 CONNECT WITH US
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 too many external links (29) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://parks.ny.gov/Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
https://parks.ny.gov/parks/State Parks
/historic-sites/Historic Sites
/environment/nature-centers/Nature Centers
https://parks.ny.gov/events/Events
https://parks.ny.gov/golf/Golf Courses
/recreation/trails/Trails
https://parks.ny.gov/admission/Admission
/accessibility/Accessibility
/Love-NY-Lands/Love Our New York Lands
/recreation/trailsHiking
https://parks.ny.gov/boating/Boating
/recreation/swimming/Swimming
https://parks.ny.gov/golf/Golf
/recreation/pavilions/Pavilions
/recreation/hunting/Hunting
/recreation/snowmobiles/Snowmobiling
https://parks.ny.gov/camping/Overview
/camping/campsites/default.aspxCampsites
/camping/cottages/default.aspxCottages
/camping/cabins/default.aspxCabins
/camping/group-camping/default...Group Camping
/camping/fees-rates.aspxFees & Rates
/camping/camper-assistance-pro...Camper Assistance Program
/camping/things-to-know.aspxKnow before you go
https://parks.ny.gov/environment/The Environment
/environment/nature-centers/Text duplicate Nature Centers
/environment/nature-nearby.aspxNature Nearby
/environment/connect-kids/gran...Connect Kids
/environment/forces.aspxFORCES
/environment/ladders-to-the-ou...Ladders to the Outdoors
/historic-preservation/busines...Historic Business Preservation Registry
/historic-sites/Text duplicate Historic Sites
https://parks.ny.gov/shpo/Historic Preservation Office
/historic-preservation/bhs/Bureau of Historic Sites
/historic-preservation/heritag...Heritage Trail
/historic-preservation/heritag...Heritage Areas
/historic-preservation/we-are-...We Are NY
/history/black-history/default...Black History
/history/women/default.aspxWomen's History
/history/lgbtqia/default.aspxLGBTQIA+ History
/history/dutch-heritage/defaul...Dutch Heritage
/employment/lifeguards/default...Subdomain Learn More
https://nystateparks.blog/2024...External Text duplicate Learn More
/admission/lifetime-liberty-pa...Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Learn More
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/c...External Subdomain Explore the timeline
/explorer-app/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://parks.ny.gov/Anchor Previous
https://parks.ny.gov/Anchor Next
https://nystateparks.blog/2024...External IMG-ALT Plan Your Trip
https://nystateparks.blog/2024...External Meet the courageous crew
https://parks.ny.gov/employment/IMG-ALT Join Our Team
https://parks.ny.gov/employment/Text duplicate Join Our Team
/100/default.aspxIMG-ALT Parks & Historic Sites Blog
/100/default.aspxCelebrate with us
https://nystateparks.blog/2024...External Text duplicate Learn More
/grants/maritime-heritage/defa...New York State National Maritime Heritage Subgrant Program
/regions/long-island/default.aspxLong Island Permits and Pavilion Rentals
https://survey123.arcgis.com/s...External Subdomain Connect Kids to Parks Field Trip Application
IMG-ALT Leaving New York State Parks
/newsroom/default.aspxSubdomain Newsroom: Press Releases, Meeting Notices, Webcasts
/grants/grant-programs.aspxRequest for Applications (RFA) New York Statewide Investment in More Swimming (NY SWIMS)
/grants/consolidated-funding-a...Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) Program applications open May 13th through the CFA. Apply
/events/event.aspx?e=12-39081.0Sat 18 May Hoosick History & Heritage Fair Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site
/events/event.aspx?e=33-39292.0Sat 18 May Pinkster! Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
/events/event.aspx?e=18-39066.0Sun 19 May Pinkster: Joy is an Act of Resistance Senate House State Historic Site
/events/event.aspx?e=19-38904.0Fri 24 May RED, WHTE and BLUE BALLOON RALLY Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
/events/event.aspx?e=79-38904.0Fri 24 May RED, WHTE and BLUE BALLOON RALLY Letchworth State Park
/events/event.aspx?e=2-39099.0Sat 25 May MEMORIAL DAY SUMMER KICKOFF + FIELD DAY Minna Anthony Common Nature Center
/events/event.aspx?e=52-39099.0Sat 25 May MEMORIAL DAY SUMMER KICKOFF + FIELD DAY Wellesley Island State Park
/events/event.aspx?e=20-38846.0Sat 08 Jun THE ART OF IDENTIFICATION – Invasive Species Hamlin Beach State Park
https://parks.ny.gov/events/Search Upcoming Events
/publications/Download Now
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe
https://parks.ny.gov/about/About Us
https://parks.ny.gov/regions/Regions
https://parks.ny.gov/employment/Employment
/state-council/default.aspxState Council of Parks
/natural-heritage-trust/defaul...Natural Heritage Trust
/inside-our-agency/Inside our Agency
/friends-support/Friends & Support
/inside-our-agency/public-docu...Public Documents
/publications/Publications
/accessibility/default.aspxText duplicate Accessibility
https://parks.ny.gov/grants/Grants
/inside-our-agency/foil-reques...Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)
/inside-our-agency/master-plan...Master Plans
https://parks.ny.gov/business/Doing Business
/about/privacy-policy.aspxPrivacy Policy
/newsroom/press-releases/Press Releases
/newsroom/meeting-notices/Public Meetings
/newsroom/contact-information....Press Contacts
https://nystateparks.blog/External Parks Blog
/about/contact-us.aspxContact us
/park-police/default.aspxPark Police
/inside-our-agency/public-docu...Permits
http://nystateparks.store/External Park Store Apparel & Gifts
/admission/gift-card.aspxGift Cards
https://www.naturalheritagetru...External Subdomain Donate
/about/content-submission-agre...Content Submission Agreement
/about/translations.aspxEspañol - Spanish
/about/translations.aspx中文 - Chinese
/about/translations.aspxРусский - Russian
/about/translations.aspxאידיש - Yiddish
/about/translations.aspxবাংলা - Bengali
/about/translations.aspx한국어 - Korean
/about/translations.aspxKreyòl Ayisyen - Haitian Creole
/about/translations.aspxItaliano - Italian
/about/translations.aspxالعَرَبِي - Arabic
/about/translations.aspxPolski - Polish
/about/translations.aspxFrançais - French
/about/translations.aspxاردو - Urdu
https://www.facebook.com/nysta...External Subdomain FACEBOOK
http://twitter.com/NYstateparksExternal TWITTER
http://instagram.com/nystateparksExternal INSTAGRAM
http://www.youtube.com/user/ny...External Subdomain YOUTUBE
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...External Subdomain FLICKR
https://parks.ny.gov/feeds/RSS FEED
https://www.ny.gov/web-transla...External Subdomain Translation Services
https://parks.ny.gov/Subdomain English
https://es.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain Español
https://zh.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain 中文
https://zh-traditional.parks.n...External Subdomain 繁體中文
https://ru.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain Русский
https://yi.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain יידיש
https://bn.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain বাংলা
https://ko.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain 한국어
https://ht.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain Kreyòl Ayisyen
https://it.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain Italiano
https://ar.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain العربية
https://pl.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain Polski
https://fr.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain Français
https://ur.parks.ny.gov/External Subdomain اردو

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
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This page redirects to "https://parks.ny.gov/"
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The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
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The page response time is slow (1.14 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 11 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (43 kB).

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This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 9,350 referring domains.
This page has 157,418 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,009 different ip addresses.
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New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
Welcome to New York's award-winning state park system with 180 state parks and 35 historic sites! From campsites, beaches and golf courses to hiking trails, historic homes and nature centers, we have something for everyone. Escape from the grind, explore your natural environment, and experience New York’s rich heritage.

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
Parks93%Check
Parks Historic85%Check
State Parks79%Check
Historic78%Check
New York State Parks75%Check
Parks Historic Sites74%Check
state park historic site74%Check
New72%Check
Historic Preservation72%Check
State Historic71%Check
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