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Meta information
77% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
41% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
84% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.73 s
File size
268.90 kB
Words
436
Media files
35
Number of links
105 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Visit Virginia | Virginia is for Lovers
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (311 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
Visit Virginia’s official tourism website for travel info and vacation planning. Explore our cities and towns, find fun things to do, and discover unique places to stay. Order our free travel guide and sign up for our newsletters for regular trip inspo.
The meta description is too long: 1482 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.virginia.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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og:descriptionWhy is Virginia for Lovers? Plan a trip and find out. Visit Virginia’s official tourism website for travel info and vacation planning - explore our cities and towns, find fun things to do, and discover unique places to stay.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are only 436 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
29.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 12.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
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.../public/assets/shared/nav/close-icon.svgmenu icon
...blic/assets/shared/nav/menu-icon-red.svgmenu icon
...ic/assets/shared/nav/menu-icon-white.svgmenu icon
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...9e1b07bc-cff1-4de0-b79a-c4b80a09f04b.jpgenews
...ic/assets/shared/nav/menu-icon-white.svgmenu icon
...c/assets/shared/logos/vg-icon-sticky.svgVirginia Tourism Corporation
...ssets/shared/logos/email-solid-white.svgnewsletter icon
...f1882d01-87f5-4631-9f0b-12db10792a71.jpgShenandoah Yurt in the Snow
...31e62a81-b12f-4399-b6b1-0ac00a286636.jpgOmni homestead resort in the winter
...933e7117-91f0-45a9-8fb8-e84c6445c7ec.jpgWintergreen Resort
...0c449b4f-c013-4361-9481-00be3bd24156.jpgGreat Wolf Lodge, Indoor Waterpark
...d7c1616b-7160-46a6-9181-d5f9cac4ce43.jpgOld Town Alexandria
...a852592d-76e0-41bf-826a-e81118fff70d.jpgOld Rag Mountain with snow
...7e7debef-05fe-4e15-8058-7692ec49b4fb.jpgWintergreen Resort
...338aac07-9fb7-473f-a874-a0a03ec6ae37.jpgBalian Springs Spa
...df701833-4304-4f3c-a76a-4bbf8f741967.jpgColonial Williamsburg
...1dae6db0-4447-4c74-b34b-c055a48918fd.jpgDinner In The Field
...a41f3ac3-8493-4fcd-8551-a2bdb749fc82.jpgRooster Walk
...7cc17245-01d6-4d20-8d0a-0c2ba42fe570.jpgKids Running - Virginia Beach
...b65cbe4b-bd21-48bf-a7f9-925e20aee087.jpgKeira D’Amato on the Capital Trail
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...3f747726-f34c-4759-af34-80d0d7db6413.jpgPleasure House Oysters
...80d9ba84-9233-4200-87a3-c85c86a0213c.jpgNational Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Vacation
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 35 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Vacation
H2 Winter in Virginia
H2 starts with VA
H2 Get 25% off select luxury hotel stays around Virginia all winter long.
H2 Places To Visit
H2 Things To Do
H2 Virginia Events
H2 Vacation Starts with VA All that you love, all in one trip.
H2 My Home Virginia "Home is where the heart is."
H2 Outdoors For the trail trekkers, wave splashers, and scenic overlookers.
H2 &nbsp
H2 &nbsp Duplicate text
H2 Food & Drink For the app sharers, oyster slurpers, and wine sippers.
H2 Family Fun For the families that sit poolside, camp outside, and museum inside.
H2 LOVEworks Find The LOVE
H3 Mountain Resorts
H3 Family Friendly Resorts
H3 Cities & Towns
H3 Winter Bucket List
H3 Winter Sports
H3 Spas & Wellness
H3 History & Heritage Events
H3 Food & Drink Events
H3 Concerts & Live Music
H3 Subscribe to Our Newsletter!
H4 Get a free
H4 visitors guide
H4 Sign up for our
H4 Enewsletter
H4 #loveva
H4 Get a free Duplicate text
H4 travel guide
H4 subscribe to our
H4 enewsletter
H4 #loveva Duplicate text
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.virginia.org/Anchor Skip navigation
https://www.virginia.org/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.virginia.org/Subdomain IMG-ALT Virginia Tourism Corporation
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/things-to-do/Things To Do
https://www.virginia.org/events/Events
/places-to-stay/Places To Stay
/plan-your-trip/Plan Your Trip
https://www.virginia.org/deals/Deals
https://www.virginia.org/blog/Subdomain Blog
/places-to-visit/Text duplicate Places To Visit
/things-to-do/Text duplicate Things To Do
https://www.virginia.org/events/Text duplicate Events
/places-to-stay/Text duplicate Places To Stay
/plan-your-trip/Text duplicate Plan Your Trip
https://www.virginia.org/deals/Text duplicate Deals
https://www.virginia.org/blog/Subdomain Text duplicate Blog
/plan-your-trip/e-mail-sign-up/Subdomain Enews Sign Up
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/plan-your-trip/virginia-trave...Subdomain Visitors Guide
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/places-to-visit/Text duplicate Places To Visit
/things-to-do/Text duplicate Things To Do
https://www.virginia.org/events/Text duplicate Events
/places-to-stay/Text duplicate Places To Stay
/plan-your-trip/Text duplicate Plan Your Trip
https://www.virginia.org/deals/Text duplicate Deals
https://www.virginia.org/blog/Subdomain Text duplicate Blog
/group-travel/Group Travel
/plan-your-trip/international-...Subdomain International Visitors
http://www.virginiaisforlovers...External Subdomain Store
https://www.virginia.org/maps/Maps
/accessible-travel/Accessible Travel
/blog/homeText duplicate Blog
/places-to-visit/Text duplicate Places To Visit
/things-to-do/Text duplicate Things To Do
https://www.virginia.org/events/Text duplicate Events
/places-to-stay/Text duplicate Places To Stay
/plan-your-trip/Text duplicate Plan Your Trip
https://www.virginia.org/deals/Text duplicate Deals
https://www.virginia.org/blog/Subdomain Text duplicate Blog
/group-travel/Text duplicate Group Travel
/plan-your-trip/international-...Subdomain Text duplicate International Visitors
http://www.virginiaisforlovers...External Subdomain Text duplicate Store
https://www.virginia.org/maps/Text duplicate Maps
/accessible-travel/Text duplicate Accessible Travel
/blog/homeText duplicate Blog
/plan-your-trip/virginia-trave...Subdomain Get a free visitors guide
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/plan-your-trip/e-mail-sign-up/Subdomain Sign up for our Enewsletter
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https://www.youtube.com/user/V...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Visit our Youtube page
https://www.pinterest.com/visi...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Visit our Pinterest page
https://twitter.com/visitvirginiaNew window External A-TITLE Visit our Twitter page
https://instagram.com/visitvir...New window External A-TITLE Visit our Instagram page
https://www.facebook.com/Virgi...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Visit our Facebook page
/plan-your-trip/virginia-trave...Subdomain Text duplicate Visitors Guide
IMG-ALT Virginia Tourism Corporation
/plan-your-trip/e-mail-sign-up/Text duplicate Enews Sign Up
IMG-ALT newsletter icon
/plan-your-trip/seasons-and-cl...Subdomain IMG-ALT Shenandoah Yurt in the Snow
/plan-your-trip/seasons-and-cl...Subdomain Winter in Virginia
/plan-your-trip/seasons-and-cl...Subdomain Text duplicate Winter in Virginia
/places-to-stay/cottages-and-c...Subdomain mountain cabin
/places-to-visit/cities-and-to...Subdomain small towns
/blog/post/cozy-wine-tasting-r...Subdomain wines by a crackling fire
/winterwanderlove/Subdomain IMG-ALT Omni homestead resort in the winter
/winterwanderlove/Subdomain Get 25% off select luxury hotel stays around Virginia all winter long.
/winterwanderlove/Subdomain View Properties
/places-to-visit/Subdomain Text duplicate Places To Visit
/places-to-visit/Subdomain View More
/places-to-stay/resorts/mounta...Subdomain IMG-ALT Wintergreen Resort
/places-to-stay/resorts/mounta...Subdomain Mountain Resorts
/places-to-stay/resorts/family...Subdomain IMG-ALT Great Wolf Lodge, Indoor Waterpark
/places-to-stay/resorts/family...Subdomain Family Friendly Resorts
/places-to-visit/cities-and-to...Subdomain IMG-ALT Old Town Alexandria
/places-to-visit/cities-and-to...Subdomain Cities & Towns
/things-to-do/Subdomain Text duplicate Things To Do
/things-to-do/Subdomain Text duplicate View More
/blog/post/winter-bucket-list/Subdomain IMG-ALT Old Rag Mountain with snow
/blog/post/winter-bucket-list/Subdomain Winter Bucket List
/things-to-do/sports-and-recre...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Wintergreen Resort
/things-to-do/sports-and-recre...Subdomain Winter Sports
/things-to-do/spas-and-wellness/Subdomain IMG-ALT Balian Springs Spa
/things-to-do/spas-and-wellness/Subdomain Spas & Wellness
https://www.virginia.org/events/Subdomain Virginia Events
https://www.virginia.org/events/Subdomain Text duplicate View More
/events/history-heritage/Subdomain IMG-ALT Colonial Williamsburg
/events/history-heritage/Subdomain History & Heritage Events
/events/food-and-drink-events/Subdomain IMG-ALT Dinner In The Field
/events/food-and-drink-events/Subdomain Food & Drink Events
/events/concerts-and-live-music/Subdomain IMG-ALT Rooster Walk
/events/concerts-and-live-music/Subdomain Concerts & Live Music
/startswithva/Subdomain IMG-ALT Kids Running - Virginia Beach
/startswithva/Subdomain Vacation Starts with VA All that you love, all in one trip.
/startswithva/Subdomain Learn More
/places-to-visit/my-home-virgi...Subdomain IMG-ALT Keira D’Amato on the Capital Trail
/places-to-visit/my-home-virgi...Subdomain My Home Virginia "Home is where the heart is."
/places-to-visit/my-home-virgi...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/things-to-do/outdoors/Subdomain IMG-ALT Breaks Interstate Park
/things-to-do/outdoors/Subdomain Outdoors For the trail trekkers, wave splashers, and scenic overlookers.
/things-to-do/outdoors/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.youtube.com/embed/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Welcome to Virginia
https://www.youtube.com/embed/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Visit Virginia’s Creeper Trail
/things-to-do/food-and-drink/Subdomain IMG-ALT Pleasure House Oysters
/things-to-do/food-and-drink/Subdomain Food & Drink For the app sharers, oyster slurpers, and wine sippers.
/things-to-do/food-and-drink/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/things-to-do/things-to-do-wit...Subdomain IMG-ALT National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
/things-to-do/things-to-do-wit...Subdomain Family Fun For the families that sit poolside, camp outside, and museum inside.
/things-to-do/things-to-do-wit...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.virginia.org/love/Subdomain IMG-ALT Cape Charles LOVEwork
https://www.virginia.org/love/Subdomain LOVEworks Find The LOVE
https://www.virginia.org/love/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/plan-your-trip/virginia-trave...Subdomain Get a free travel guide
IMG-ALT vguide
/plan-your-trip/e-mail-sign-up/Subdomain subscribe to our enewsletter
IMG-ALT enews
https://www.virginia.org/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Virginia Tourism Corporation
https://www.vatc.org/External Subdomain Industry
A-TITLE Industry
https://pressroom.virginia.org/External Subdomain Media
A-TITLE Media
https://www.vatc.org/External Subdomain About Us
A-TITLE About Us
http://www.virginiaisforlovers...External Subdomain VA Store
A-TITLE VA Store
https://www.virginia.org/contact/Contact
A-TITLE Contact
https://www.virginia.org/sitemap/Sitemap
A-TITLE Sitemap
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
A-TITLE Privacy Policy
https://www.vatc.org/marketing...External Subdomain Manage Listings
A-TITLE Manage Listings
https://www.youtube.com/user/V...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Visit our Youtube page
https://www.pinterest.com/visi...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Visit our Pinterest page
https://instagram.com/visitvir...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Visit our Instagram page
https://www.facebook.com/Virgi...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Visit our Facebook page
https://www.simpleviewinc.com/...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Made by Simpleview
/privacy-policyText duplicate Privacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.virginia.org/"
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 0.73 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 (269 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 9,726 referring domains.
This page has 3,757,748 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 4,524 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

Sitemap: https://www.virginia.org/sitemap.xml

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www.virginia.org
Visit Virginia | Virginia is for Lovers
Visit Virginia’s official tourism website for travel info and vacation planning. Explore our cities and towns, find fun things to do, and discover unique places to stay. Order our free travel guide and sign up for our newsletters for regular trip inspo.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Virginia81%Check
Visit Virginia77%Check
Visit72%Check
Virginia Travel67%Check
Vacation66%Check
Guide58%Check
love56%Check
Travel Guide55%Check
free54%Check
Free Travel54%Check
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