Surfindustry.org - SEO Checker

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Meta information
77% 
Page quality
84% 
Page structure
37% 
Link structure
71% 
Server
100% 
External factors
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SEO Score
Response time
0.17 s
File size
103.60 kB
Words
1109
Media files
27
Number of links
55 internal / 13 external

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Meta specifications

Title
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Surf Industry Members Association (SIMA)
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There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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The Surf Industry Members Association (SIMA) has been the leading advocate for the surf industry for more than 3 decades. Our mission is to support the growth of the surf industry through fearless innovation, stoke and sustainability.
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Canonical URL
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https://surfindustry.org/
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Language
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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
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Other meta tags
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There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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Page quality

Content
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This page contains 1109 words. That's ok.
33.3% 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.
18 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 19.02 words is good.
Frames
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Mobile optimization
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Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 22 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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19 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
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This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
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No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Surf Industry Members Association
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 37 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

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H1 Surf Industry Members Association
H1 SURF INDUSTRY MEMBERS ASSOCIATION
H2 SIMA MEMBER INITIATIVES
H2 A United Industry Growing Stronger Together
H2 PARTNERS
H2 #SURFONOMICS
H2 Industry Press Release
H2 CALIFORNIA: ASSEMBLYMEMBER IRWIN’S BILL TO CREATE STATE SURF RESERVES PASSES COMMITTEE
H2 World Surf League Announces Return to Pipeline for Championship Tour Finale Starting in 2026
H2 The North America Rip Curl GromSearch presented by Flexfit is BACK and BIGGER than ever!
H2 Surf Industry Members Association Announces 2025 Waterman’s Ball Honorees
H2 Latest Happenings
H2 The Biz: Leading Through Turbulent Times: 5 Things Every CEO Can Focus On
H2 THE BIZ: The Benefits of Outsourced Fulfillment (3PL) vs. an Owned Facility
H2 2025 Outlook by SIMA Executive Director
H2 Explore, Innovate and Thrive!
H2 FAQ
H2 Podcasts
H2 SIMA Speaker Series: Sustainability
H2 Sustainable Practices: Surf Industry Members Association
H2 Waterman’s Ball: Uniting the Industry
H2 #SURFINDUSTRY
H2 Sign up for updates
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H3 Empty heading
H3 Empty heading
H3 Empty heading
H3 What We Do
H3 Membership Benefits
H3 What Your Membership Makes Happen
H3 What Your Membership Gets You
H4 May 7, 2025
H4 May 3, 2025
H4 April 11, 2025
H4 March 4, 2025
H4 April 11, 2025 Duplicate text
H4 March 5, 2025
H4 February 8, 2025
H4 September 7, 2024
H4 April 26, 2022
H4 March 27, 2022
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5 links don't have an 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 13 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
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/pages/environmental-fund-1Environmental Fund
/pages/humanitarian-fundHumanitarian Fund
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/pages/service-directoryService Directory
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Performance
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The page response time is excellent with 0.17 seconds.
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Surf Industry Members Association (SIMA)
The Surf Industry Members Association (SIMA) has been the leading advocate for the surf industry for more than 3 decades. Our mission is to support the growth of the surf industry through fearless innovation, stoke and sustainability.

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