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Overview of the SEO Check

Meta information

100%

Page quality

47%

Page structure

49%

Link structure

45%

Server

78%

External factors

87%

SEO Score

SEO Score Widget

Response time

1.08 s

File size

84.10 kB

Words

246

Media files

Number of links

98 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements 5 Tasks

Only use 1 H1 Heading in your text.Very important!
Improve the page response time.Very important!
The page title should be better suited to the content of the page.Important!
Use good alternative descriptions (alt attributes) for your images.Important!
Review and improve the heading structure.Tip!

Meta specifications 100% achieved

Title

(Critically important)

Scouts South Africa | Be Prepared

The length of the page title is perfect. (305 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)

There are no duplicate words in the title

Meta Title

Meta description

(Critically important)

SCOUTS South Africa is the biggest youth organisation in the country with over 190 000 children, youths and adults nationwide.

The length of the meta description is perfect. (783 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)

Meta Description

Crawlability

(Critically important)

There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

(Important)

https://www.scouts.org.za/

There is a valid canonical link specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

(Somewhat important)

Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en-za

Server location: United States of America

The following language is defined by HTML: en-za

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

(Somewhat important)

There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

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.

Meta Tags

Domain

(Somewhat important)

The domain is no subdomain.

The domain length is good.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

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.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

(Somewhat important)

The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

The favicon is linked correctly.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
HandheldFriendly	True
MobileOptimized	320
viewport	width=device-width, initial-scale=1
description	SCOUTS South Africa is the biggest youth organisation in the country with over 190 000 children, youths and adults nationwide.
robots	follow, index, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1, max-image-preview:large
google-site-verification	fGdUwWRXLYycYxrWLzX0L57FzqMIFVtJowmS2ZTyxZQ
msvalidate.01	AC4B2C919DEA1782DB868D2FC052652C
generator	Site Kit by Google 1.152.1
tec-api-version	v1
tec-api-origin	https://www.scouts.org.za
article:published_time	2014-03-20T11:05:12+02:00
article:modified_time	2025-05-05T11:30:05+02:00
lang	en-za
twitter:card	summary_large_image
twitter:title	Scouts South Africa \| Be Prepared
twitter:description	SCOUTS South Africa is the biggest youth organisation in the country with over 190 000 children, youths and adults nationwide.
twitter:site	@https://x.com/SAScout
twitter:creator	@https://x.com/SAScout
twitter:image	https://www.scouts.org.za/wp-content/uploads/scouts-logo-badge-layers.png
twitter:label1	Written by
twitter:data1	Leah Klemm
twitter:label2	Time to read
twitter:data2	Less than a minute
og:locale	en_US
og:type	website
og:title	Scouts South Africa \| Be Prepared
og:description	SCOUTS South Africa is the biggest youth organisation in the country with over 190 000 children, youths and adults nationwide.
og:url	https://www.scouts.org.za/
og:site_name	SCOUTS South Africa
og:updated_time	2025-05-05T11:30:05+02:00
og:image	https://www.scouts.org.za/wp-content/uploads/scouts-logo-badge-layers.png
og:image:secure_url	https://www.scouts.org.za/wp-content/uploads/scouts-logo-badge-layers.png
og:image:width	1552
og:image:height	839
og:image:alt	scouts-logo-badge-layers
og:image:type	image/png
X-UA-Compatible	IE=edge,chrome=1
cleartype	on
charset	UTF-8

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Page quality 47% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

There are only 246 words on this page. Use at least 250 words to provide useful information.

Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content

No paragraphs were detected.

24.4% of the text are stop words.

The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.

No placeholders texts or images were found.

Content is King

Frames

(Critically important)

This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

(Somewhat important)

No Apple touch icon is specified.

A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

(Somewhat important)

The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 6 tags for this page.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

(Somewhat important)

10 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.

Image SEO

This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.

Social Sharing

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.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
...ent/themes/scouts/images/scouts-logo.png	Scouts South Africa
.../themes/scouts/images/safe-from-harm.png	safe from hard
...es/scouts/images/friends_of_scouting.png	friends of scouting
...ntent/themes/scouts/images/my-school.png	My school
...tent/themes/scouts/images/shop-badge.png	Online SCOUT Shop
.../uploads/image-youth-leaders-267x267.png	No alt attribute provided
...stagram-various-2020-2021-21-267x267.png	No alt attribute provided
...2/profile-image-arrows-right-267x267.png	No alt attribute provided
...1/draft-badge-our-heritage-4-267x267.png	No alt attribute provided
...h-National-Rover-Moot-badge-267x267.jpeg	No alt attribute provided
...025-04-04-at-103003_0303273b-267x267.jpg	No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64	No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64	No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64	No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64	No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64	elect a group rep on the scout board
data:[...] Base64	be prepared
data:[...] Base64	Facebook
data:[...] Base64	X
data:[...] Base64	Instagram
data:[...] Base64	LinkedIn

Page structure 49% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

Scouts South Africa

Too many H1 headings

The H1 heading is too short (19 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

(Important)

The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	Scouts South Africa
H1	Home
H3	Menu
H3	Who are we?
H3	Your Support Matters
H3	EOI - 26 WSJ Poland 2027
H3	National Challenge 2025
H3	Save the Date!
H3	2nd Africa Scout Moot
H3	Safe from Harm
H3	POPIA & Scouting
H3	Join & Get involved
H3	International
H3	Post navigation
H3	latest article

Link structure 45% achieved

Internal links

(Important)

Some anchor texts are used more than once.

9 links don't have an anchor text.

There are 10 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.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are 13 external links on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://www.scouts.org.za/	Anchor	Skip to main content A-TITLE Skip to main content
https://www.scouts.org.za/	Subdomain	IMG-ALT Scouts South Africa A-TITLE SCOUTS South Africa
/about-us/safe-from-harm/	Subdomain	IMG-ALT safe from hard A-TITLE Safe from hard
/about-us/become-a-friend-of-s...	Subdomain	IMG-ALT friends of scouting A-TITLE Friends of Scouting
/2023/02/18/myschool-myvillage...	Subdomain	IMG-ALT My school A-TITLE My School
https://shop.scouts.org.za/	New window External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Online SCOUT Shop A-TITLE Scouts Shop
https://www.scouts.org.za/	Anchor	Skip to content A-TITLE Skip to content
https://www.scouts.org.za/	Subdomain	Home
/about-us/	Subdomain	About us
/about-us/values/	Subdomain	Aim & Values
/about-us/our-team/	Subdomain	Our Team
/about-us/the-scout-method/	Subdomain	Scout Method
/about-us/our-history/	Subdomain	Our history
/about-us/help-a-rural-child-g...	Subdomain	Donate
/about-us/programmes-projects-2/	Subdomain	Programmes & Projects
/about-us/annual-reports/	Subdomain	Annual Reports
/about-us/safe-from-harm/	Subdomain	Safe From Harm
/about-us/safe-from-harm/how-t...	Subdomain	How to complete SfH3 for Adults?
/about-us/safe-from-harm/how-t...	Subdomain	How to complete SfH3?
/about-us/safe-from-harm/how-t...	Subdomain	How to complete SfH1?
/get-involved/	Subdomain	Get involved
/get-involved/rovers/	Subdomain	Be a Rover
/get-involved/alumni-network/	Subdomain	Join our Alumni
/get-involved/mailing-lists/	Subdomain	Sign up to Regional Mailing Lists
/get-involved/be-a-youth-member/	Subdomain	Be a Youth
/get-involved/be-an-adult-volu...	Subdomain	Be a Volunteer
/get-involved/be-a-youth-member/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Be a Youth
/get-involved/rovers/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Be a Rover
/get-involved/be-an-adult-volu...	Subdomain Text duplicate	Be a Volunteer
/get-involved/alumni-network/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Join our Alumni
/scouts-near-you/	Subdomain	Scouts near you
/scouts-near-you/campsites/	Subdomain	Campsites
/members/	Subdomain	Members
/members/better-world-framework/	Subdomain	Scouts for SDGs
/members/better-world-framewor...	Subdomain	National Challenge 2025
/members/better-world-framewor...	Subdomain	MoP
/members/better-world-framewor...	Subdomain	Tide Turners
/members/meerkats/	Subdomain	Meerkats
/members/cubs/	Subdomain	Cubs
/members/scouts/	Subdomain	Scouts
/members/scouts/springbok-award/	Subdomain	Springbok Award
/members/rovers/	Subdomain	Rovers
/members/adult-leaders/	Subdomain	Adults
/members/adult-leaders/adult-j...	Subdomain	Roles
/members/adult-leaders/adult-j...	Subdomain	Group Roles
/members/adult-leaders/adult-j...	Subdomain	District Roles
/members/adult-leaders/adult-j...	Subdomain	Regional Roles
/members/adult-leaders/adult-j...	Subdomain	National Roles
/members/adult-leaders/adult-j...	Subdomain	Event Roles
/members/adult-leaders/adult-l...	Subdomain	Adult Leader Forms
/members/adult-leaders/what-is...	Subdomain	Group info for new volunteers
/members/adult-leaders/adult-l...	Subdomain	Adult Training
/members/adult-leaders/ssa-rec...	Subdomain	SSA Recognition & Awards
/members/resources/	Subdomain	Policies & Resources
/members/international-info/	Subdomain	International
/members/international-info/sa...	Subdomain	SA members going abroad
/members/international-info/vi...	Subdomain	Visiting SA as a Scouting member
/members/international-info/wa...	Subdomain	Want to connect with SA Scouts?
http://scoutwiki.scouts.org.za/	External Subdomain	Scout Wiki
https://www.scouts.org.za/news/	Subdomain	News
/category/news/	Subdomain	Latest News
/galleries		Galleries
/category/news/events/	Subdomain	Events
/contact-us/	Subdomain	Contact us
https://shop.scouts.org.za/	External Subdomain	The SCOUT Shop
/overview/	Subdomain	No Text
/overview/	Subdomain	Trivial anchor text click here
https://donate.scouts.org.za/d...	External Subdomain	No Text
https://donate.scouts.org.za/d...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text click here
/26th-world-scout-jamboree/	Subdomain	No Text
/26th-world-scout-jamboree/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text click here
/members/better-world-framewor...	Subdomain	No Text
/members/better-world-framewor...	Subdomain Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text click here
/2025/04/17/10th-national-sa-r...	Subdomain	No Text
/2025/04/17/10th-national-sa-r...	Subdomain Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text click here
/2africascoutmoot/	Subdomain	No Text
/2africascoutmoot/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text click here
/about-us/safe-from-harm/	Subdomain	No Text
/about-us/safe-from-harm/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text click here
/popia-scouting/	Subdomain	No Text
/popia-scouting/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text click here
/get-involved/	Subdomain	No Text
/get-involved/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text click here
/members/international-info/	Subdomain	No Text
/members/international-info/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text click here
/2025/04/15/last-week-to-nomin...	Subdomain	IMG-ALT elect a group rep on the scout board A-TITLE Latest article
/2025/04/15/last-week-to-nomin...	Subdomain	Last week to nominate a Scout Group Board representative A-TITLE Last week to nominate a Scout Group Board representative
/2025/04/15/last-week-to-nomin...	Subdomain	Trivial anchor text Read More A-TITLE Read more
https://scoutwiki.scouts.org.za/	New window External Subdomain	Scouts Wiki
https://www.facebook.com/SAScout/	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Scouts South Africa
/popia-scouting/	Subdomain	POPIA & Privacy
/about-us/	Subdomain Text duplicate	About us
/get-involved/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Get involved
/scouts-near-you/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Scouts near you
/members/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Members
https://www.scouts.org.za/news/	Subdomain Text duplicate	News
/contact-us/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Contact us
https://shop.scouts.org.za/	External Subdomain Text duplicate	The SCOUT Shop
https://www.facebook.com/SAScout	New window External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Facebook
https://twitter.com/SAScout	New window External	IMG-ALT X
https://instagram.com/scoutssa	New window External	IMG-ALT Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...	New window External Subdomain	IMG-ALT LinkedIn
https://www.scouts.org.za/	Subdomain	SCOUTS South Africa A-TITLE Be Prepared
https://www.scouts.org.za/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Home
/about-us/	Subdomain Text duplicate	About us
/get-involved/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Get involved
/scouts-near-you/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Scouts near you
/members/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Members
https://www.scouts.org.za/news/	Subdomain Text duplicate	News
/contact-us/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Contact us
https://shop.scouts.org.za/	External Subdomain Text duplicate	The SCOUT Shop

Server configuration 78% achieved

HTTP redirects

(Critically important)

This page redirects to "https://www.scouts.org.za/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

(Important)

The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)

The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.

HTTP headers

Performance

(Somewhat important)

The page response time is slow (1.08 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 (84 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
server	nginx
date	Wed, 14 May 2025 00:27:58 GMT
content-type	text/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length	19551
x-powered-by	PHP/8.2.28
last-modified	Tue, 13 May 2025 08:21:43 GMT
vary	Accept-Encoding
content-encoding	gzip
cache-control	private, must-revalidate
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 87% achieved

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This page is referenced by wikipedia.

This page is very well linked from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 24 referring domains.

This page has 270 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 23 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Links from Wikipedia

You can find more links using Wikipedia search

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/wpforms/

Sitemap: https://www.scouts.org.za/sitemap_index.xml

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/wpo/wpo-plugins-tables-list.json

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www.scouts.org.za

Scouts South Africa | Be Prepared

SCOUTS South Africa is the biggest youth organisation in the country with over 190 000 children, youths and adults nationwide.

Most important keywords

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

Keyword	Result	Recheck
Scout	93%	Check
Scouts	89%	Check
Scouts South Africa	82%	Check
Africa	79%	Check
South Africa	79%	Check
Scout Group	67%	Check
Scout Shop	67%	Check
Youth	48%	Check
Adults	46%	Check
National	44%	Check
Safe	42%	Check
Scouting	42%	Check
Harm	40%	Check
POPIA	40%	Check
International	40%	Check
Moot	40%	Check
Group	38%	Check
Get	38%	Check
involved	38%	Check
Join	38%	Check
Latest	38%	Check
get involved	38%	Check
Menu	38%	Check
Challenge	38%	Check
Support	38%	Check

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Task list of SEO Improvements 5 Tasks

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Page quality 47% achieved

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Page structure 49% achieved

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Heading structure

Link structure 45% achieved

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Found links on this page

Server configuration 78% achieved

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HTTP Response Header

External factors 87% achieved

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