Sanger.ac.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
64% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
85% 
Server
97% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.45 s
File size
58.30 kB
Words
1819
Media files
17
Number of links
63 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Wellcome Sanger Institute - Genomics Research Institute in Cambridge
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 640 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
We are a world-leading genomics research institute in Cambridge. Our work helps improve human health and understand life on Earth
The length of the meta description is perfect. (826 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 11 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Sanger Institute’s Research Policies are designed to provide guidance ...
  • Duplicate 2: Almost 1,000 scientists, developers, engineers and skilled professiona...
  • Duplicate 3: Our science is organised into five Scientific Programmes, each definin...
  • Duplicate 4: We deliver therapeutic, diagnostic and production benefits in areas as...
  • Duplicate 5: Sanger scientists join international collaborators to generate referen...
This page contains 1819 words. That's ok.
34% 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.
44 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 24.42 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" 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 36 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
10 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)
There is no H1 heading specified.
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 54 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 We apply and explore genomic technologies at scale to advance understanding of biology and improve health
H2 Latest News and Blogs
H3 About
H3 Our Vision
H3 Impact
H3 Careers
H3 Study
H3 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
H3 Leadership
H3 Strategy and Funding
H3 Influencing Policy
H3 Research Policies
H3 Branding and Logos
H3 Admin Groups
H3 Campus Connections
H3 Science
H3 Groups
H3 Programmes
H3 Collaborations
H3 Tools
H3 Data
H3 Sanger Projects
H3 Publications
H3 Research Policies Duplicate text
H3 COVID-19
H3 Sanger Seminar Series
H3 People
H3 Leadership Duplicate text
H3 Faculty
H3 Associate Faculty
H3 Honorary Faculty
H3 International Fellows
H3 Science Staff
H3 Non-science Staff
H3 Full A-Z
H3 Innovation
H3 Innovation at the Institute
H3 For Industry
H3 For Researchers
H3 Case Studies
H3 Our Spin-Outs
H3 Sanger Technologies
H3 News
H3 Apply to our 3-year Clinical PhD Fellowships
H3 Our Annual Highlights is out now
H3 Join us as Head of Programme at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Lead cutting-edge Research in Human and Cellular Genetics
H4 Most new recessive developmental disorder diagnoses lie within known genes
H4 Pan-European project generates genomes showcasing continent's rich biodiversity
H4 Breast and ovarian cancer newly linked to thousands of gene variants
H4 New genetic links between menopause and cancer risk
H4 Natural probiotic discovered in UK newborns' microbiomes
H4 Predicting cell responses to disease and drugs with AI
H4 Most new recessive developmental disorder diagnoses lie within known genes Duplicate text
H4 Pan-European project generates genomes showcasing continent's rich biodiversity Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 10 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/IMG-ALT Wellcome Sanger Institute
/about/careers/Careers
/about/find-us/Find us
/about/contact-us/Contact us
https://youtube.com/sangerinst...New window External No Text
https://x.com/sangerinstituteNew window External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/sange...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/about/About
A-TITLE about
/about/our-vision/Our Vision
/about/impact/Impact
/about/careers/Text duplicate Careers
/about/study/Study
/about/equality-in-science/Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
/about/leadership-and-governance/Leadership
/about/strategy-and-funding/Strategy and Funding
/about/influencing-policy/Influencing Policy
/about/research-policies/Research Policies
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/about/groups/Admin Groups
/about/campus-connections/Campus Connections
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/Science
A-TITLE science
/science/scientific-groups/Groups
/science/programmes/Programmes
/science/collaborations/Collaborations
/science/tools/Tools
/science/data/Data
/science/sanger-projects/Sanger Projects
/science/scientific-publications/Publications
/about/research-policies/Text duplicate Research Policies
/science/covid-19-science/COVID-19
/science/sanger-seminar-series/Sanger Seminar Series
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/people/People
/people/leadership/Text duplicate Leadership
/people/faculty/Faculty
/people/associate-faculty/Associate Faculty
/people/honorary-faculty/Honorary Faculty
/people/international-fellows/International Fellows
/people/science-staff/Science Staff
/people/non-science-staff/Non-science Staff
/people/people-directory/Full A-Z
/innovation/Innovation
A-TITLE innovation
/innovation/innovation-at-the-...Innovation at the Institute
/innovation/for-industry/For Industry
/innovation/for-researchers/For Researchers
/innovation/case-studies/Case Studies
/innovation/spin-outs/Our Spin-Outs
/innovation/sanger-technologies/Sanger Technologies
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news/News
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/news_item/most-new-recessive-...Most new recessive developmental disorder diagnoses lie within known genes Researchers assessed the role of recessive genetic variants in developmental disor...
/news_item/pan-european-projec...Pan-European project generates genomes showcasing continent's rich biodiversity Sanger scientists join international collaborators to generate reference geno...
/news_item/breast-and-ovarian-...Breast and ovarian cancer newly linked to thousands of gene variants New research identifies specific genetic changes that can increase a person’s risk of br...
/news_item/new-genetic-links-b...New genetic links between menopause and cancer risk Researchers have found multiple genes linked to the timing of menopause and provide new insight into link...
/news_item/natural-probiotic-d...Natural probiotic discovered in UK newborns' microbiomes In the largest genomic analysis of UK infant microbiomes to date, researchers have uncovered a type ...
/about/study/phd-programmes/cl...New window Find out more and apply
/about/our-vision/Read or download our highlights document
https://www.minervasearch.com/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Find out more and apply
https://www.sangerinstitute.bl...External Subdomain 26 Sep 2024 Predicting cell responses to disease and drugs with AI Mo Lotfollahi joined the Wellcome Sanger Institute in April as a new Group Leader in the C...
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https://www.sanger.ac.uk/about/Text duplicate About
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/legal/Legal
/about/research-policies/open-...Data sharing
/about/careers/Text duplicate Careers
/policies/privacy/Privacy
/about/equality-in-science/Equality, Diversity, Inclusion
/about/study/Text duplicate Study
/about/careers/our-working-cul...Modern Slavery Statement
https://youtube.com/sangerinst...New window External No Text
https://x.com/sangerinstituteNew window External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/sange...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.sanger.ac.uk/"
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 0.45 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 (58 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 6,210 referring domains.
This page has 7,941,742 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,507 different ip addresses.

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www.sanger.ac.uk
Wellcome Sanger Institute - Genomics Research Institute in Cambridge
We are a world-leading genomics research institute in Cambridge. Our work helps improve human health and understand life on Earth

Most important keywords

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