Apta.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
51% 
Page structure
14% 
Link structure
0% 
Server
85% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.53 s
File size
80.00 kB
Words
957
Media files
13
Number of links
167 internal / 63 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
American Physical Therapy Association | APTA
The length of the page title is perfect. (421 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Together we are building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (736 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.apta.org/
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)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
These Typos were found:
  • thru => through
This page contains 957 words. That's ok.
23% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 10 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, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (48). We recommend using a maximum of 19 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: 21
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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
APTA
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 APTA
H1 APTA Duplicate text
H1 We are building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.
H2 Featured Content
H2 APTA Specialist Certification
H2 APTA Learning Center
H2 Latest Articles
H2 Upcoming Courses and Events
H2 We help you thrive.
H3 Find a Physical Therapist
H3 Choose Physical Therapy
H6 800-999-2782
H6 800-999-2782 Duplicate text
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (63) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.apta.org/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.apta.org/your-careerYour Career
/your-career/careers-in-physic...Careers in Physical Therapy
/your-career/career-advancementCareer Advancement
/your-career/courses-and-eventsCourses and Events
https://learningcenter.apta.org/External Subdomain APTA Learning Center
https://www.apta.org/csmAPTA Combined Sections Meeting
https://jobs.apta.org/External Subdomain Find PT and PTA Jobs
/your-practiceYour Practice
/your-practice/paymentPayment
/your-practice/practice-models...Practice Models and Settings
/your-practice/scope-of-practiceScope of Practice
/link/83c5e16476f642eaa2de8940...APTA Fit for Practice
/your-practice/supervision-tea...Supervision and Teamwork
/your-practice/documentationDocumentation
/your-practice/licensureLicensure
/your-practice/national-provid...National Provider Identifier
/your-practice/ethics-and-prof...Ethics and Professionalism
https://www.apta.org/patient-carePatient Care
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Evidence-Based Practice Resources
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...APTA Article Search
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Clinical Summaries
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Clinical Practice Guidelines
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Tests and Measures
/patient-care/symptoms-and-con...Symptoms and Conditions
/patient-care/interventionsInterventions
/patient-care/public-health-po...Public Health and Population Care
https://www.apta.org/advocacyAdvocacy
/advocacy/issuesIssues
/advocacy/issues/apta-legislat...APTA Legislative Update Bill Status
/advocacy/take-actionTake Action
/advocacy/apta-advocacy-networkAPTA Advocacy Network
https://www.apta.org/apta-and-youAPTA and You
/apta-and-you/about-usAbout APTA
/apta-and-you/explore-apta-mem...Explore Membership
/apta-and-you/news-publicationsNews and Publications
/apta-and-you/diversity-equity...Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
http://aptaapps.apta.org/compo...External Subdomain Chapters and Sections
/apta-and-you/leadership-and-g...Leadership and Governance
https://communities.apta.org/External Subdomain APTA Community (Online Communities)
/apta-and-you/volunteer-opport...Volunteer Opportunities
/apta-and-you/honors-awardsHonors & Awards Program
/apta-and-you/strategic-alliancesStrategic Alliances
https://store.apta.org/External Subdomain APTA Store
/apta-and-you/explore-apta-mem...Join / Renew
http://aptaapps.apta.org/APTAP...External Subdomain Find a PT
/your-career/career-advancemen...Pursue Specialist Certification
https://store.apta.org/External Subdomain Buy APTA Gear
https://www.apta.org/for-studentsFor Students
/for-early-career-pts-and-ptasFor Early-Career PTs and PTAs
https://www.apta.org/for-ptasFor PTAs
/for-educatorsFor Educators
https://www.apta.org/APTA
A-TITLE APTA
https://aptaapps.apta.org/Logi...External Subdomain Log in
/apta-and-you/explore-apta-mem...Subdomain Text duplicate Join / Renew
https://www.apta.org/your-careerText duplicate Your Career
/your-career/careers-in-physic...Text duplicate Careers in Physical Therapy
/your-career/career-advancementText duplicate Career Advancement
/your-career/courses-and-eventsText duplicate Courses and Events
https://learningcenter.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Learning Center
https://www.apta.org/csmText duplicate APTA Combined Sections Meeting
https://jobs.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Find PT and PTA Jobs
/your-practiceText duplicate Your Practice
/your-practice/paymentText duplicate Payment
/your-practice/practice-models...Text duplicate Practice Models and Settings
/your-practice/scope-of-practiceText duplicate Scope of Practice
/link/83c5e16476f642eaa2de8940...Text duplicate APTA Fit for Practice
/your-practice/supervision-tea...Text duplicate Supervision and Teamwork
/your-practice/documentationText duplicate Documentation
/your-practice/licensureText duplicate Licensure
/your-practice/national-provid...Text duplicate National Provider Identifier
/your-practice/ethics-and-prof...Text duplicate Ethics and Professionalism
https://www.apta.org/patient-careText duplicate Patient Care
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Text duplicate Evidence-Based Practice Resources
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Text duplicate APTA Article Search
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Text duplicate Clinical Summaries
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Text duplicate Clinical Practice Guidelines
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Text duplicate Tests and Measures
/patient-care/symptoms-and-con...Text duplicate Symptoms and Conditions
/patient-care/interventionsText duplicate Interventions
/patient-care/public-health-po...Text duplicate Public Health and Population Care
https://www.apta.org/advocacyText duplicate Advocacy
/advocacy/issuesText duplicate Issues
/advocacy/issues/apta-legislat...Text duplicate APTA Legislative Update Bill Status
/advocacy/take-actionText duplicate Take Action
/advocacy/apta-advocacy-networkText duplicate APTA Advocacy Network
https://www.apta.org/apta-and-youText duplicate APTA and You
/apta-and-you/about-usText duplicate About APTA
/apta-and-you/explore-apta-mem...Text duplicate Explore Membership
/apta-and-you/news-publicationsText duplicate News and Publications
/apta-and-you/diversity-equity...Text duplicate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
http://aptaapps.apta.org/compo...External Subdomain Text duplicate Chapters and Sections
/apta-and-you/leadership-and-g...Text duplicate Leadership and Governance
https://communities.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Community (Online Communities)
/apta-and-you/volunteer-opport...Text duplicate Volunteer Opportunities
/apta-and-you/honors-awardsText duplicate Honors & Awards Program
/apta-and-you/strategic-alliancesText duplicate Strategic Alliances
https://store.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Store
https://www.apta.org/Text duplicate APTA
A-TITLE APTA
/apta-and-you/explore-apta-mem...Subdomain Text duplicate Join / Renew
https://aptaapps.apta.org/Logi...External Subdomain Text duplicate Log in
https://www.apta.org/your-careerText duplicate Your Career
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/your-career/career-advancementText duplicate Career Advancement
/your-career/courses-and-eventsText duplicate Courses and Events
https://learningcenter.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Learning Center
https://www.apta.org/csmText duplicate APTA Combined Sections Meeting
https://jobs.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Find PT and PTA Jobs
/your-practiceText duplicate Your Practice
/your-practice/paymentText duplicate Payment
/your-practice/practice-models...Text duplicate Practice Models and Settings
/your-practice/scope-of-practiceText duplicate Scope of Practice
/link/83c5e16476f642eaa2de8940...Text duplicate APTA Fit for Practice
/your-practice/supervision-tea...Text duplicate Supervision and Teamwork
/your-practice/documentationText duplicate Documentation
/your-practice/licensureText duplicate Licensure
/your-practice/national-provid...Text duplicate National Provider Identifier
/your-practice/ethics-and-prof...Text duplicate Ethics and Professionalism
https://www.apta.org/patient-careText duplicate Patient Care
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Text duplicate Evidence-Based Practice Resources
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Text duplicate APTA Article Search
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Text duplicate Clinical Summaries
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Text duplicate Clinical Practice Guidelines
/patient-care/evidence-based-p...Text duplicate Tests and Measures
/patient-care/symptoms-and-con...Text duplicate Symptoms and Conditions
/patient-care/interventionsText duplicate Interventions
/patient-care/public-health-po...Text duplicate Public Health and Population Care
https://www.apta.org/advocacyText duplicate Advocacy
/advocacy/issuesText duplicate Issues
/advocacy/issues/apta-legislat...Text duplicate APTA Legislative Update Bill Status
/advocacy/take-actionText duplicate Take Action
/advocacy/apta-advocacy-networkText duplicate APTA Advocacy Network
https://www.apta.org/apta-and-youText duplicate APTA and You
/apta-and-you/about-usText duplicate About APTA
/apta-and-you/explore-apta-mem...Text duplicate Explore Membership
/apta-and-you/news-publicationsText duplicate News and Publications
/apta-and-you/diversity-equity...Text duplicate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
http://aptaapps.apta.org/compo...External Subdomain Text duplicate Chapters and Sections
/apta-and-you/leadership-and-g...Text duplicate Leadership and Governance
https://communities.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Community (Online Communities)
/apta-and-you/volunteer-opport...Text duplicate Volunteer Opportunities
/apta-and-you/honors-awardsText duplicate Honors & Awards Program
/apta-and-you/strategic-alliancesText duplicate Strategic Alliances
https://store.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Store
/apta-and-you/explore-apta-mem...Text duplicate Join / Renew
http://aptaapps.apta.org/APTAP...External Subdomain Text duplicate Find a PT
/your-career/career-advancemen...Text duplicate Pursue Specialist Certification
https://store.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Buy APTA Gear
https://www.apta.org/for-studentsText duplicate For Students
/for-early-career-pts-and-ptasText duplicate For Early-Career PTs and PTAs
https://www.apta.org/for-ptasText duplicate For PTAs
/for-educatorsText duplicate For Educators
/web/privacy-policyprivacy policy
A-TITLE privacy policy
https://www.apta.org/thriveHelping You Thrive
https://www.apta.org/communityBuilding Our Community
/transforming-societyTransforming Society
/article/2024/07/16/2025-pfs-p...Takeaways From the Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
/apta-and-you/leadership-and-g...2024 House of Delegates Livestream
/news/2024/07/08/search-for-pu...Search Now Open for the Next Public Member of the APTA Board
https://specialization.apta.org/External Subdomain Apply Now
A-TITLE Apply Now
https://learningcenter.apta.org/External Subdomain Earn CEU Credits
A-TITLE Earn CEU Credits
https://www.apta.org/articleView more articles
A-TITLE View more articles
/article/2024/07/16/2025-pfs-p...Takeaways From the Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 2
/article/2024/07/16/2025-pfs-p...Takeaways From the Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 1
/news/2024/07/15/chevron-rulin...Overturn of Chevron Deference Standard: The Impact on Health Care
/your-career/courses-and-eventsVisit the Courses and Events page
/apta-and-you/leadership-and-g...APTA Leadership Congress 2024
/apta-womens-leadership-summitAPTA Women's Leadership Summit
/apta-and-you/leadership-and-g...Text duplicate 2024 House of Delegates Livestream
/your-career/courses-and-event...Maley Lecture: The Movement System and Diagnosis — Are We There Yet?
/apta-and-you/explore-apta-mem...Explore Benefits and Discounts
A-TITLE Membership Benefits and Discounts
https://aptaapps.apta.org/Logi...External Subdomain Join APTA or Renew Your Membership
https://www.choosept.com/find-...External Subdomain Start Your Search
A-TITLE Find a PT Directory
/apta-and-you/explore-apta-mem...Update Your Profile
A-TITLE For APTA Members: Find a PT Profile
https://www.choosept.com/External Subdomain Visit ChoosePT.com
A-TITLE ChoosePT.com
https://www.choosept.com/toolkitExternal Subdomain Help Spread the Word
A-TITLE ChoosePT Toolkit
https://www.facebook.com/Ameri...External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/aptatweetsExternal X
http://www.youtube.com/APTAvideoExternal Subdomain Youtube
https://www.instagram.com/apta...External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn
/need-help-contact-aptaContact Us
https://jobs.apta.org/External Subdomain APTA Career Center
https://learningcenter.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Learning Center
https://specialization.apta.org/External Subdomain APTA Specialist Certification
https://store.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Store
https://www.choosept.com/Defau...External Subdomain ChoosePT.com
https://www.valueofpt.com/External Subdomain ValueofPT.com
/link/12d5bef8988844ccbd867ee2...Guide to Physical Therapist Practice
https://aptaapps.apta.org/redi...External Subdomain PTJ
https://abptrfe.apta.org/External Subdomain ABPTRFE
https://acapt.org/External ACAPT
https://www.capteonline.org/External Subdomain CAPTE
https://foundation4pt.org/External Foundation for Physical Therapy Research
https://ptpac.apta.org/External Subdomain PTPAC
http://aptaapps.apta.org/compo...External Subdomain Find your chapter or section
/advertisers-exhibitors-and-sp...For Advertisers, Exhibitors, and Sponsors
/need-help-contact-apta/media-...For Media
/apta-and-you/about-usText duplicate About APTA
/apta-and-you/jobs-at-aptaWork at APTA
A-TITLE Work at APTA
/web/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy
/web/disclaimerDisclaimer
/web/terms-conditionsTerms & Conditions.
/need-help-contact-aptaText duplicate Contact Us
https://www.facebook.com/Ameri...External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/aptatweetsExternal Text duplicate X
http://www.youtube.com/APTAvideoExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Youtube
https://www.instagram.com/apta...External Subdomain Text duplicate Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Text duplicate LinkedIn
https://jobs.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Career Center
https://learningcenter.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Learning Center
https://specialization.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Specialist Certification
https://store.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate APTA Store
https://www.choosept.com/Defau...External Subdomain Text duplicate ChoosePT.com
https://www.valueofpt.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate ValueofPT.com
/link/12d5bef8988844ccbd867ee2...Text duplicate Guide to Physical Therapist Practice
https://aptaapps.apta.org/redi...External Subdomain Text duplicate PTJ
https://abptrfe.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate ABPTRFE
https://acapt.org/External Text duplicate ACAPT
https://www.capteonline.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate CAPTE
https://foundation4pt.org/External Text duplicate Foundation for Physical Therapy Research
https://ptpac.apta.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate PTPAC
/advertisers-exhibitors-and-sp...Text duplicate For Advertisers, Exhibitors, and Sponsors
/need-help-contact-apta/media-...Text duplicate For Media
/apta-and-you/about-usText duplicate About APTA
/apta-and-you/jobs-at-aptaText duplicate Work at APTA
A-TITLE Work at APTA
/web/privacy-policyText duplicate Privacy Policy
/web/disclaimerText duplicate Disclaimer
/web/terms-conditionsText duplicate Terms & Conditions.
http://aptaapps.apta.org/compo...External Subdomain Text duplicate Find your chapter or section

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.apta.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.53 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 (80 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 8,937 referring domains.
This page has 1,024,907 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,773 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Search preview

www.apta.org
American Physical Therapy Association | APTA
Together we are building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
APTA85%Check
APTA Community71%Check
Physical70%Check
Therapy70%Check
Physical Therapy70%Check
Find PT65%Check
APTA Article65%Check
American Physical Therapy65%Check
Physical Therapy Association65%Check
American Physical Therapy Association61%Check

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