Scotts.com - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
71% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.66 s
File size
118.80 kB
Words
905
Media files
39
Number of links
108 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Lawn Care Products and Maintenance — Lawn Tips! | Scotts
The length of the page title is perfect. (545 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
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)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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
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descriptionEmpty
keywordsEmpty
ps-key1699-59cc353a9f318700f152f2a3
ps-countryUS
ps-languageen
langen
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 905 words. That's ok.
30.9% 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.
11 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 16.53 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
A viewport "width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" 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 18 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
....jpg?crop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwvScott for Scotts throwing ball
...ges/hi-res/22446-1_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® WinterGuard® Fall Weed & Feed5Scotts® Turf Builder® WinterGuard® Fall Weed & Feed5
...ges/hi-res/18213-1_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Sun & Shade Mix®Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Sun & Shade Mix®
.../images/hi-res/38605_2.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® WinterGuard® Fall Lawn FoodScotts® Turf Builder® WinterGuard® Fall Lawn Food
...ges/hi-res/76121-3_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® Mini Broadcast SpreaderScotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® Mini Broadcast Spreader
...ges/hi-res/26007E4_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® Southern Triple ActionScotts® Turf Builder® Southern Triple Action
...-res/17508_2_2000x2000.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Sun and ShadeScotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Sun and Shade
...ges/hi-res/76232-3_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® DLX Broadcast SpreaderScotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® DLX Broadcast Spreader
.../images/hi-res/17582_1.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair BermudagrassScotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Bermudagrass
...ges/hi-res/18360-1_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass BermudagrassScotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Bermudagrass
.../images/hi-res/17511_2.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Tall Fescue LawnsScotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Tall Fescue Lawns
...ges/hi-res/18222-1_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Tall Fescue MixScotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Tall Fescue Mix
...rop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwv&w=420No alt attribute provided
...op=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwv&w=1080null
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...rop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwv&w=480null
...rop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwv&w=480null
...s/hi-res/562112010_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Liquid Turf Builder® with Plus 2® Weed ControlScotts® Liquid Turf Builder® with Plus 2® Weed Control
...s/hi-res/542040610_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Liquid Turf Builder® Lawn FoodScotts® Liquid Turf Builder® Lawn Food
.../images/hi-res/23100_0.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® Starter® Food for New Grass Ready-SpraScotts® Turf Builder® Starter® Food for New Grass Ready-Spray®
...s/hi-res/330091005_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Liquid Green Max™ Lawn FoodScotts® Liquid Green Max™ Lawn Food
...s/hi-res/330121005_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® EZ Feed™ Plus Greening PowerScotts® EZ Feed™ Plus Greening Power
...s/hi-res/562331005_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® EZ Feed™ Plus Weed ControlScotts® EZ Feed™ Plus Weed Control
...s/hi-res/330021010_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® MossEx™ 3-in-1 Ready-Spray®Scotts® MossEx™ 3-in-1 Ready-Spray®
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....jpg?crop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwvNo alt attribute provided
....jpg?crop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwvNo alt attribute provided
....jpg?crop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwvNo alt attribute provided
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.../default/dw0a0e54bb/footer/instagram.svgInstagramInstagram
...-Library/default/dw0aca31a0/footer/x.svgXX
...ary/default/dw0506e456/footer/tiktok.svgTikTokTikTok
...ry/default/dw041e0ee9/footer/youtube.svgYouTubeYouTube
.../default/dw58c60329/footer/pinterest.svgPinterestPinterest

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.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Update Location
H2 Fall Lawn Care for the Win
H2 Fall Lawn Care for the Win Duplicate text
H2 Scotts® top fall lawn care recommendations
H2 Make the most of your time
H2 Scott-approved lawn care videos
H2 Lawn Like a Boss
H2 Lawn care 101
H2 For a Quick Feeding Try Liquids
H2 Flexible shopping with Afterpay
H2 Unlock 15% Off Your First Order
H2 Empty heading
H2 Shop
H2 Learn
H2 Support
H2 Country
H2 Language
H3 Overseed thin lawns
H3 Top fall to-dos
H3 Fall feeding
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 7 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 19 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://scotts.com/en-us/homeAnchor Skip to main content
https://scotts.com/en-us/homeAnchor Skip to footer content
/en-us/learn/grass-facts.htmlGrass Facts
https://scotts.com/en-us/homeA-TITLE Commerce Cloud Storefront Reference Architecture
https://scotts.com/en-us/loginNo Text
https://scotts.com/en-us/cartA-TITLE Cart 0 Items
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/Fertilizers
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/Grass Seed
/en-us/shop/spreaders/Spreaders
/en-us/shop/outdoor-cleaners/Outdoor Cleaners
/en-us/shop/tools-accessories/Tools & Accessories
/en-us/shop/mulch-soil-garden/Mulch, Soil & Garden
/en-us/shop/shop-all/Shop All
/en-us/lawn-care-101/Lawn Care 101
https://scotts.com/en-us/how-to/How-To
/en-us/seasonal-tips/Seasonal Tips
/en-us/outdoor-recreation/Outdoor Recreation
/en-us/about-us/About Us
/en-us/show-all-articles/Show All Articles
/en-us/learn/scotts-lawn-care-...Scotts Lawn Care Plan
/en-us/build-a-lawn-plan/scott...Scotts Bundles
/en-us/learn/my-lawn-app.htmlMy Lawn App
/en-us/learn/our-purpose.htmlOur Purpose
/en-us/learn/scotts-provista.htmlScotts ProVista
/en-us/think-water-positive.htmlThink Water Positive
https://scotts.com/en-us/loginLogin
/en-us/scott-for-scotts.htmlGet Started
/en-us/shop/shop-all/Text duplicate Shop All
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® WinterGuard® Fall Weed & Feed5
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® WinterGuard® Fall Weed & Feed5
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® Turf Builder® WinterGuard® Fall Weed & Feed5
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Sun & Shade Mix®
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Sun & Shade Mix®
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Sun & Shade Mix®
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® WinterGuard® Fall Lawn Food
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® WinterGuard® Fall Lawn Food
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® Turf Builder® WinterGuard® Fall Lawn Food
/en-us/shop/lawn-care-deals/sc...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® Mini Broadcast Spreader
/en-us/shop/lawn-care-deals/sc...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® Mini Broadcast Spreader
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® Southern Triple Action
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® Southern Triple Action
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® Turf Builder® Southern Triple Action
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...IMG-ALT Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Sun and Shade
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...Text duplicate Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Sun and Shade
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Sun and Shade
/en-us/shop/lawn-care-deals/sc...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® DLX Broadcast Spreader
/en-us/shop/lawn-care-deals/sc...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® DLX Broadcast Spreader
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...IMG-ALT Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Bermudagrass
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...Text duplicate Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Bermudagrass
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Bermudagrass
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Bermudagrass
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Bermudagrass
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Bermudagrass
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...IMG-ALT Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Tall Fescue Lawns
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...Text duplicate Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Tall Fescue Lawns
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Tall Fescue Lawns
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Tall Fescue Mix
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Tall Fescue Mix
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® Turf Builder® Rapid Grass Tall Fescue Mix
/en-us/shop/liquid-fertilizers/SHOP LIQUIDS
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Subdomain TUNE IN
/en-us/lawn-care-101/your-seas...CHECK IT OUT
/en-us/show-all-articles/Learn More
/en-us/lawn-care-101/the-benef...Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en-us/seasonal-tips/fall-is-t...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en-us/lawn-care-101/important...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en-us/how-to/how-to-overseed-...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en-us/lawn-care-101/what-caus...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en-us/lawn-care-101/fall-is-t...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en-us/how-to/how-to-grow-gras...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en-us/shop/liquid-fertilizers/Shop Liquids
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® Liquid Turf Builder® with Plus 2® Weed Control
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® Liquid Turf Builder® with Plus 2® Weed Control
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® Liquid Turf Builder® Lawn Food
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® Liquid Turf Builder® Lawn Food
/en-us/shop/liquid-fertilizers...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® Starter® Food for New Grass Ready-Spray®
/en-us/shop/liquid-fertilizers...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® Starter® Food for New Grass Ready-Spray®
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® Turf Builder® Starter® Food for New Grass Ready-Spray®
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® Liquid Green Max™ Lawn Food
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® Liquid Green Max™ Lawn Food
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® EZ Feed™ Plus Greening Power
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® EZ Feed™ Plus Greening Power
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® EZ Feed™ Plus Weed Control
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® EZ Feed™ Plus Weed Control
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® MossEx™ 3-in-1 Ready-Spray®
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® MossEx™ 3-in-1 Ready-Spray®
/en-us/shop/shop-all/Shop Now
/en-us/how-to/how-to-overseed-...Overseed thin lawns
/en-us/lawn-care-101/important...Top fall to-dos
/en-us/lawn-care-101/the-benef...Fall feeding
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/t...External Conditions of Use
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/p...External Privacy Policy
https://www.facebook.com/scott...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/scot...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
https://twitter.com/scottslawnNew window External IMG-ALT X
https://www.tiktok.com/@scotts...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT TikTok
https://www.youtube.com/user/S...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
https://www.pinterest.com/scotts/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Pinterest
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/Text duplicate Fertilizers
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/Text duplicate Grass Seed
/en-us/shop/spreaders/Text duplicate Spreaders
/en-us/shop/outdoor-cleaners/Text duplicate Outdoor Cleaners
https://provistaturf.com/External ProVista
/en-us/shop/mulch-soil-garden/Text duplicate Mulch, Soil & Garden
/en-us/shop/tools-accessories/Text duplicate Tools & Accessories
/en-us/shop/shop-all/Text duplicate Shop All
/en-us/lawn-care-101/Text duplicate Lawn Care 101
https://scotts.com/en-us/how-to/How To
/en-us/seasonal-tips/Text duplicate Seasonal Tips
/en-us/outdoor-recreation/Text duplicate Outdoor Recreation
/en-us/about-us/Text duplicate About Us
/en-us/show-all-articles/Text duplicate Show All Articles
/en-us/order-statusOrder Status
/en-us/contact-usContact Us
/en-us/no-quibble-guarantee.htmlNo Quibble Guarantee
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/w...External Our Brands
https://scottsmiraclegro.gcs-w...External Subdomain Investor Relations
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/c...External Careers
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/p...External Anchor About Cookies
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/p...External Anchor About Interest Based Ads
/en-us/accessibility-statement...Accessibility Statement
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/c...External CA Transparency in Supply Chains
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/t...External Text duplicate Conditions of Use
https://docs.google.com/forms/...New window External Subdomain Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Data
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/p...External Privacy Notice
/en-us/scotts.com/en-us/learn/...Promo Terms
https://scotts.com/en-ca/homeCanada

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://scotts.com/en-us/home"
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 very slow (1.66 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 (119 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
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pragmano-cache
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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 161 referring domains.
This page has 246 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 132 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Disallow: /Account*
Disallow: /wish*
Disallow: /Wish*
Disallow: /cart
Disallow: /checkout*
Disallow: /search*
Disallow: /Search-Show*
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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Scotts61%Check
lawn56%Check
Fall Lawn52%Check
Scotts Liquid51%Check
Scotts EZ Feed50%Check
Scotts EZ49%Check
Scotts Turf49%Check
Fall48%Check
feed48%Check
Scotts EZ Seed47%Check

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