Plants.ces.ncsu.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
38% 
Server
76% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.52 s
File size
25.60 kB
Words
722
Media files
14
Number of links
23 internal / 50 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
The length of the page title is perfect. (512 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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 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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
google-site-verificationUzRsUPNUyEfN2F8Sk50Hv0hjwKo3Q4o6cFTRpT6Sfs4
langen
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 722 words. That's ok.
28.5% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
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 18.91 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 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 96 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"use the power of the extension gardener plant toolbox to select the right plant for your garden."
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)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Our Partners
The H1 heading is too short (12 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Our Partners
H2 HomeShow Menu
H2 Quick Plant Lists
H2 Here are some tips to get you started
H2 Looking for help?
H2 Find the Right Plant for the Right Place Monarch butterfly on echinacea flowers
H2 NC State Partners
H2 Additional Partners
H2 Funding Provided By
H2 NC State Extension Gardener Sites
H2 Where Next?
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 (50) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain No Text
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/No Text
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/Home
/find_a_plant/Find a Plant
/gallery/Design Gallery
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/help/Help
https://securelb.imodules.com/...New window External Subdomain Give Now
/contact_us/Contact
/plants/asimina-triloba/Asimina triloba Common Pawpaw Pawpaw
IMG-ALT Full form
/plants/ceratostigma-plumbagin...Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Blue Leadwort Dwarf Plumbago Hardy Plumbago
IMG-ALT Form and flowers
/plants/eryngium-yuccifolium/Eryngium yuccifolium Beargrass Bear's Grass Button Eryngo
IMG-ALT In the summer.
/plants/osmanthus-fragrans/Osmanthus fragrans Fragrant Tea Olive Sweet Osmanthus Tea Olive
IMG-ALT Close up of leaves and flowers
/plants/rudbeckia-hirta/Rudbeckia hirta Black Eyed Susan Black-Eyed Susan Gloriosa Daisy
IMG-ALT Composite head detail
/find_a_plant/?tag=nc-native-p...New window NC Native Pollinator Plants
/find_a_plant/?q=audubonNew window Subdomain Audubon's Bird-Friendly NC Native Plants
/find_a_plant/?tag=showstopperNew window Subdomain Show Stopper Plants
/find_a_plant/?q=nciNew window NC State Introductions
/find_a_plant/?tag=low-flammab...New window Lower Fire Risk
/find_a_plant/?tag=highly-bene...New window Highly Beneficial Coastal Plants
/find_a_plant/?tag=cppNew window NC Certified Plant Professional Plants
/find_a_plant/?tag=wet-soils-t...New window Plants for Wet Sites
/find_a_plant/?tag=invasiveNew window Invasive Plant Species
https://twitter.com/intent/twe...New window External Tweet this Page
https://www.facebook.com/share...New window External Subdomain Share on Facebook
/find_a_plant/Text duplicate Find a Plant
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/help/Text duplicate Help
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/help/Glossary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...New window External Subdomain VIDEO INTRODUCTION TO THE TOOLBOX -
https://longwoodgardens.org/External IMG-ALT Sample plant ID project
https://extensiongardener.ces....New window External Subdomain learn more about Plant Identification
https://longwoodgardens.org/New window External Longwood Gardens.
https://extensiongardener.ces....New window External Subdomain Understanding Plants
https://extensiongardener.ces....New window External Subdomain Annuals, Perennials, Vines, and Groundcovers
https://extensiongardener.ces....New window External Subdomain Houseplants, Succulents, and Cacti
https://extensiongardener.ces....New window External Subdomain Trees, Shrubs and Conifers
https://extensiongardener.ces....New window External Subdomain Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Nuts
https://cnr.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain College of Natural Resources
https://cnr.ncsu.edu/fer/New window External Subdomain Forestry & Environmental Resources
https://herbarium.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain Herbarium
https://cals.ncsu.edu/horticul...New window External Subdomain Horticultural Science
https://jcra.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain JC Raulston Arboretum
https://emgv.ces.ncsu.edu/mast...New window External Subdomain Extension Master Gardener℠ Volunteers
https://naturalearning.org/New window External The Natural Learning Initiative
https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/pr...New window External Subdomain NC Sea Grant
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain NC State Extension
https://pdic.ces.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
https://mcilab.ces.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain Mountain Crop Improvement Lab
https://cnr.ncsu.edu/about/for...New window External Subdomain NC State Recreational Forests
https://www.ncforestservice.go...New window External Subdomain NC's Champion Big Tree Database
https://www.ncforestservice.gov/New window External Subdomain NC Forest Service
https://nc.audubon.org/New window External Subdomain North Carolina Audubon Society
https://southernipm.org/New window External Southern Region IPM Center
https://hgic.clemson.edu/New window External Subdomain Clemson Cooperative Extension Home & Garden Information Center
https://www.hort.iastate.edu/r...New window External Subdomain Grant Thompson
https://horticulture.oregonsta...New window External Subdomain Ryan Contreras
https://faculty.utk.edu/Andrew...New window External Subdomain Andy Pulte
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate NC State Extension
https://cipm.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain Center for Integrated Pest Management
https://extensiongardener.ces....New window External Subdomain Portal
https://extensiongardener.ces....New window External Subdomain Handbook
http://go.ncsu.edu/eg-online-c...New window External Subdomain Online Classes
https://www.facebook.com/NCExt...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT N.C. Cooperative Extension Logo
https://www.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain NC State University
http://www.ncat.edu/External Subdomain N.C. A&T State University
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/diver...External Subdomain Commitment to Diversity
https://www.ncsu.edu/privacyExternal Subdomain Privacy Statement
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/how-e...External Subdomain About Extension
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/xvaca...External Subdomain Jobs
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depar...External Subdomain Departments & Partners
https://cals.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
https://www.ncat.edu/caes/coop...External Subdomain Extension at N.C. A&T
https://cals.ncsu.edu/alumni-g...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give Now

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/"
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 0.52 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.
This page loads 7 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (26 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 28 Sep 2024 18:23:26 GMT
serverApache
expiresSat, 28 Sep 2024 18:25:32 GMT
cache-controlmax-age=600
x-frame-optionsDENY
varyOrigin,Cookie,Accept-Encoding
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
referrer-policysame-origin
content-encodinggzip
transfer-encodingchunked
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 7,468 referring domains.
This page has 70,624 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 4,009 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Plant73%Check
Plant Toolbox65%Check
Gardener Plant Toolbox62%Check
Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox61%Check
Carolina Extension Gardener Plant61%Check
right plant59%Check
Extension58%Check
State Extension Gardener Plant57%Check
Extension Gardener56%Check
Invasive Plant55%Check

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