Southerncompany.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
90% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.05 s
File size
110.60 kB
Words
773
Media files
36
Number of links
93 internal / 33 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Southern Company
The page title is too short. (175 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
We’ve made our name as a leading producer of clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy, and we approach each day as a vital step in building the future of energy.
The meta description is too long: 1012 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.southerncompany.com/
There is a valid canonical link 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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 773 words. That's ok.
25.5% 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)
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 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
11 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
...0ke3JlcXVlc3QubGlzdGVuZXJJZCF9PC8jaWY-CgNo alt attribute provided
...rn_company_logo_dark_text_horizontal.svgSouthern Company Logo
.../about_navigation.jpg.imgw.1280.1280.jpgNavigation Image
...banner-navigation.jpg.imgw.1280.1280.jpgNavigation Image
...munity_navigation.jpg.imgw.1280.1280.jpgNavigation Image
...bility_navigation.jpg.imgw.1280.1280.jpgNavigation Image
...r-psa-hero-mobile.jpg.imgw.1280.1280.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...snedeker-psa-hero.jpg.imgw.1920.1920.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ero-vogtle-unit-3.jpg.imgw.1280.1280.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...-units-1-4-b-roll.jpg.imgw.1920.1920.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...une-slider-mobile.jpg.imgw.1280.1280.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ne-slider-desktop.jpg.imgw.1920.1920.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ity-banner-mobile.jpg.imgw.1280.1280.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...-to-equity-banner.jpg.imgw.1920.1920.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...rncompany/icons/78x78-icons/dei-icon.pngDE&I icon
...ompany/icons/78x78-icons/vogtle-icon.pngVogtle 3 & 4 icon
...erncompany/icons/78x78-icons/ev-icon.pngElectric Transportation icon
...cons/78x78-icons/future-website-icon.pngBetter Solutions Website icon
...lue.png/_jcr_content/renditions/originalNo alt attribute provided
...lue.png/_jcr_content/renditions/originalNo alt attribute provided
...ar-facility-promo.png.imgw.1280.1280.pngVogtle Nuclear Facility
...ntent_Solar Panel.jpg.imgw.1280.1280.jpgSolar panels
...chris-lunch-table.jpg.imgw.1280.1280.jpgLunchtable A Conversation with Matt Ryan and Southern Company Chairman, President and CEO Chris Womack
...dam/global/icons/icon-facebook-white.svgFacebook
...dam/global/icons/icon-facebook-hover.svgFacebook hover state
/content/dam/global/icons/icon-x-white.svgTwitter
/content/dam/global/icons/icon-x-hover.svgTwitter hover state
.../dam/global/icons/icon-youtube-white.svgYouTube
.../dam/global/icons/icon-youtube-hover.svgYouTube hover state
...dam/global/icons/icon-linkedin-white.svgLinkedIn
...dam/global/icons/icon-linkedin-hover.svgLinkedIn hover state
...am/global/icons/icon-instagram-white.svgInstagram
...am/global/icons/icon-instagram-hover.svgInstagram hover state
.../logos/Southern RGB White Horizontal.pngSouthern Company Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Congratulations, Brandt Snedeker!
Too many H1 headings
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 27 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Congratulations, Brandt Snedeker!
H1 Congratulations, Brandt Snedeker! Duplicate text
H1 Fortune Magazine
H1 Boldly Forward
H1 Boldly Forward Duplicate text
H1 Leading us to a brighter future
H2 Clean energy for a bright future
H2 Clean energy for a bright future Duplicate text
H2 Southern Company News
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 It’s Official. Plant Vogtle Unit 4 Now Online
H2 Sustainability
H2 A Conversation with Matt Ryan
H2 Meeting Georgia’s Growing Clean Energy Needs
H2 2023 Annual Report
H3 2024 Payne Stewart Award Recipient
H3 2024 Payne Stewart Award Recipient Duplicate text
H3 Plant Vogtle Unit 4 is now live, making the site the largest generator of clean energy in the United States.
H3 State and federal leaders gather to celebrate the completion of Plant Vogtle Units 3 & 4, a historic achievement for our company, state and country.
H3 Boldly Forward Duplicate text
H3 Vogtle 3 & 4
H3 Clean Transportation
H3 Better Solutions
H3 Stay up to date on the latest company news
H6 About
H6 How Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy Helps Bridge the Gap to Net Zero
H6 Our Community
H6 Sustainability Duplicate text
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
5 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 1 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.
There are too many external links (33) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.southerncompany.com/Anchor Skip to main content.
https://www.southerncompany.com/IMG-ALT Southern Company Logo
/about.htmlAbout Open Sub Navigation
/about.htmlLearn More
/about/our-companies.htmlOur Companies Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE About - Our Companies
https://www.alabamapower.com/External Subdomain Alabama Power
A-TITLE About - Our Companies - Alabama Power
https://www.georgiapower.com/External Subdomain Georgia Power
A-TITLE About - Our Companies - Georgia Power
https://www.mississippipower.com/External Subdomain Mississippi Power
A-TITLE About - Our Companies - Mississippi Power
/about/our-companies/powersecu...PowerSecure
A-TITLE About - Our Companies - PowerSecure
https://www.southerncompanygas...External Subdomain Southern Company Gas
A-TITLE About - Our Companies - Southern Company Gas
https://www.southernlinc.com/External Subdomain Southern Linc
A-TITLE About - Our Companies - Southern Linc
https://www.southernnuclear.com/External Subdomain Southern Nuclear
A-TITLE About - Our Companies - Southern Nuclear
https://www.southernpowercompa...External Subdomain Southern Power
A-TITLE About - Our Companies - Southern Power
http://www.southern-telecom.com/External Subdomain Southern Telecom
A-TITLE About - Our Companies - Southern Telecom
/about/our-business.htmlOur Business Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE About - Our Business
/about/our-business/history.htmlHistory
A-TITLE About - Our Business - History
/about/our-business/weighted-a...Weighted Average Hour-Ahead Transaction Prices
A-TITLE About - Our Business - Weighted Average Hour-Ahead Transaction Prices
/about/our-business/energy-is-...Energy is Essential
A-TITLE About - Our Business - Energy is Essential
/about/leadership.htmlLeadership
A-TITLE About - Leadership
/about/company-values.htmlCompany Values
A-TITLE About - Company Values
/about/accolades.htmlAccolades
A-TITLE About - Accolades
/about/governance.htmlGovernance Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE About - Governance
/about/governance/values-and-e...Values and Ethics
A-TITLE About - Governance - Values and Ethics
/about/suppliers.htmlSuppliers Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE About - Suppliers
/about/suppliers/technical-sha...Technical Shared Services
A-TITLE About - Suppliers - Technical Shared Services
/about/suppliers/diversity-pro...Diversity Programs
A-TITLE About - Suppliers - Diversity Programs
/about/suppliers/fuel-services...Fuel Services Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE About - Suppliers - Fuel Services
/about/suppliers/fuel-services...Coal Request for Proposal
A-TITLE About - Suppliers - Fuel Services - Coal Request for Proposal
/about/suppliers/fuel-services...Natural Gas Request for Proposal
A-TITLE About - Suppliers - Fuel Services - Natural Gas Request for Proposal
/about/suppliers/generating-pl...Generating Plant Requirements
A-TITLE About - Suppliers - Generating Plant Requirements
/about/suppliers/supplier-regi...Supplier Registration
A-TITLE About - Suppliers - Supplier Registration
/about/suppliers/pipelines.htmlPipelines
A-TITLE About - Suppliers - Pipelines
/about/suppliers/supplier-deve...Supplier Development Program
A-TITLE About - Suppliers - Supplier Development Program
/about/energy-auction.htmlEnergy Auction Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE About - Energy Auction
/about/energy-auction/auction-...Auction Clearing Prices
A-TITLE About - Energy Auction - Auction Clearing Prices
/about/energy-auction/auction-...Auction Information
A-TITLE About - Energy Auction - Auction Information
/about/energy-auction/auction-...Auction Process
A-TITLE About - Energy Auction - Auction Process
/about/energy-auction/historic...Historical Bids and Offers
A-TITLE About - Energy Auction - Historical Bids and Offers
/about/energy-auction/rules.htmlAuction Rules
A-TITLE About - Energy Auction - Auction Rules
/innovation.htmlInnovation Open Sub Navigation
/innovation/vogtle-3-and-4/car...Text duplicate Learn More
https://southerncompany.info/b...External Better Solutions
A-TITLE How Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy Helps Bridge the Gap to Net Zero - Better Solutions
/innovation/vogtle-3-and-4.htmlVogtle 3 and 4 Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE How Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy Helps Bridge the Gap to Net Zero - Vogtle 3 and 4
/innovation/vogtle-3-and-4/car...Carbon Free Nuclear Energy
A-TITLE How Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy Helps Bridge the Gap to Net Zero - Vogtle 3 and 4 - Carbon Free Nuclear Energy
/innovation/clean-transportati...Clean Transportation Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE How Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy Helps Bridge the Gap to Net Zero - Clean Transportation
/innovation/clean-transportati...Electric Vehicle Savings Calculator
A-TITLE How Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy Helps Bridge the Gap to Net Zero - Clean Transportation - Electric Vehicle Savings Calculator
/innovation/sustainable-techno...Sustainable Technologies
A-TITLE How Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy Helps Bridge the Gap to Net Zero - Sustainable Technologies
/innovation/federal-partnershi...Federal Partnerships
A-TITLE How Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy Helps Bridge the Gap to Net Zero - Federal Partnerships
/our-community.htmlOur Community Open Sub Navigation
/our-community.htmlText duplicate Learn More
https://southerncompany.info/b...External Boldly Forward
A-TITLE Our Community - Boldly Forward
/our-community/environmental-s...Environmental Stewardship Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE Our Community - Environmental Stewardship
/our-community/environmental-s...Empowering Communities
A-TITLE Our Community - Environmental Stewardship - Empowering Communities
/our-community/environmental-s...Restoring Natural Resources
A-TITLE Our Community - Environmental Stewardship - Restoring Natural Resources
/our-community/environmental-s...Recovering Species At Risk
A-TITLE Our Community - Environmental Stewardship - Recovering Species At Risk
/our-community/environmental-s...Conserving our Environment
A-TITLE Our Community - Environmental Stewardship - Conserving our Environment
/our-community/environmental-s...Amplifying Program Investment
A-TITLE Our Community - Environmental Stewardship - Amplifying Program Investment
/our-community/environmental-s...Reviving a Unique Landscape
A-TITLE Our Community - Environmental Stewardship - Reviving a Unique Landscape
http://southerncompany.info/go...External Partnership with a Purpose
A-TITLE Our Community - Partnership with a Purpose
/our-community/diversity.htmlDiversity, Equity and Inclusion
A-TITLE Our Community - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
/our-community/safety.htmlSafety
A-TITLE Our Community - Safety
/our-community/outreach-and-en...Outreach and Engagement
A-TITLE Our Community - Outreach and Engagement
/sustainability.htmlSustainability Open Sub Navigation
/sustainability.htmlText duplicate Learn More
/about.htmlSubdomain Southern Company Overview
A-TITLE Sustainability - Southern Company Overview
/sustainability/clean-energy.htmlAdvance Clean Energy Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE Sustainability - Advance Clean Energy
/sustainability/clean-energy/n...Net Zero Transition
A-TITLE Sustainability - Advance Clean Energy - Net Zero Transition
/innovation/clean-transportati...Subdomain Clean Transportation
A-TITLE Sustainability - Advance Clean Energy - Clean Transportation
/sustainability/clean-energy/b...Biodiversity & Stewardship
A-TITLE Sustainability - Advance Clean Energy - Biodiversity & Stewardship
/sustainability/clean-energy/w...Water & Waste Management
A-TITLE Sustainability - Advance Clean Energy - Water & Waste Management
/sustainability/our-customers....Serve Our Customers
A-TITLE Sustainability - Serve Our Customers
/innovation.htmlSubdomain Lead Through Innovation
A-TITLE Sustainability - Lead Through Innovation
/sustainability/our-people.htmlInvest in Our People
A-TITLE Sustainability - Invest in Our People
/sustainability/our-communitie...Elevate Our Communities
A-TITLE Sustainability - Elevate Our Communities
/sustainability/governance.htmlEffective Governance Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE Sustainability - Effective Governance
/sustainability/governance/boa...Board Governance & Risk Oversight
A-TITLE Sustainability - Effective Governance - Board Governance & Risk Oversight
/sustainability/governance/con...Constructive Regulation & Public Policy
A-TITLE Sustainability - Effective Governance - Constructive Regulation & Public Policy
/sustainability/data-downloads...Data, Downloads and Reports Open Sub Navigation
A-TITLE Sustainability - Data, Downloads and Reports
/sustainability/data-downloads...California Assembly Bill 1305
A-TITLE Sustainability - Data, Downloads and Reports - California Assembly Bill 1305
https://customerservice2.south...New window External Subdomain My Account
https://investor.southerncompa...New window External Subdomain Investors
/newsroom.htmlNewsroom
https://southerncompany.jobs/?...New window External Careers
https://southerncompany.info/g...External No Text
https://southerncompany.info/g...New window External Learn more
https://southerncompany.info/g...External No Text
https://southerncompany.info/g...New window External Text duplicate Learn more
/innovation/vogtle-3-and-4.htmlNo Text
/innovation/vogtle-3-and-4.htmlText duplicate Learn more
/newsroom/business-leadership/...Subdomain No Text
/newsroom/business-leadership/...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/newsroom/business-leadership/...Subdomain No Text
/newsroom/business-leadership/...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read more
/newsroom/business-leadership/...Subdomain No Text
/newsroom/business-leadership/...Subdomain No Text
https://www.paperturn-view.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.paperturn-view.com...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
https://www.paperturn-view.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.paperturn-view.com...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
https://southerncompany.info/b...New window External Text duplicate Boldly Forward
IMG-ALT DE&I icon
/innovation/vogtle-3-and-4.htmlVogtle 3 & 4
IMG-ALT Vogtle 3 & 4 icon
/innovation/clean-transportati...Text duplicate Clean Transportation
IMG-ALT Electric Transportation icon
https://southerncompany.info/b...New window External Text duplicate Better Solutions
IMG-ALT Better Solutions Website icon
/miscellaneous-pages/newsroom-...Sign Up Today
/innovation/vogtle-3-and-4.htmlVogtle Units 3 & 4
/sustainability.htmlText duplicate Learn More
https://players.brightcove.net...New window External Subdomain Watch video
/innovation/vogtle-3-and-4.htmlText duplicate Learn More
https://investor.southerncompa...New window External Subdomain 2023 Annual Report (PDF)
/contact-us.htmlContact Us
A-TITLE Contact Us Button
https://www.facebook.com/SOCom...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://twitter.com/SouthernCo...New window External IMG-ALT Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/s...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn
https://www.instagram.com/sout...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
/site-map.htmlSite Map
https://investor.southerncompa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Investors
/newsroom.htmlText duplicate Newsroom
https://southerncompany.jobs/?...New window External Text duplicate Careers
/about.htmlAbout
/innovation.htmlInnovation
/sustainability.htmlSustainability
/our-community.htmlOur Community
/terms-and-conditions.htmlTerms and Conditions
/privacy-statement.htmlPrivacy Statement
/contact-us.htmlText duplicate Contact Us
A-TITLE Contact Us Link

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.southerncompany.com/"
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 slow (1.05 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 (111 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 2,666 referring domains.
This page has 52,337 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,743 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /miscellaneous-pages/search-results
Disallow: /test-pages
Sitemap: https://www.southerncompany.com/sitemap.xml

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