Asm.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
75% 
Page quality
43% 
Page structure
87% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
33% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.65 s
File size
36.00 kB
Words
448
Media files
3
Number of links
67 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
American Society for Microbiology
The length of the page title is perfect. (306 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 32,000 members today, with more than one third located outside the United States. The members represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators.
The meta description is too long: 2396 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://asm.org/home-page
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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.
There are only 448 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 32 words is high.
23.9% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
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" 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)
1 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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
American Society for Microbiology
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 American Society for Microbiology
H2 Join ASM for 2025 - Rates Increase Jan. 1
H3 Our Work
H3 ASM and IDSA to Launch New Conference on AMR
H3 Showcase Your Discoveries at ASM Microbe 2025
H3 New Microcosm: Fostering Global Public Health
H3 Earn Up To $2,000 For Professional Development
H3 ASM Joins ONOS to Expand Access to Research
H3 Why Dormant Microbes Matter in a Changing Climate
H3 New From ASM
H3 Share Your Research at ASM Microbe 2025
H3 Discover ASM membership
H3 Get published in an ASM journal
H3 American Society for Microbiology Duplicate text
H4 Why Dormant Microbes Matter in a Changing Climate Duplicate text
H4 Better Concrete With Microbes
H4 Antimicrobial Resistance and Bloodstream Infections
H4 ASM Joins ONOS to Expand Access to Scientific Research
H4 ASM and IDSA to Launch New Conference on AMR Duplicate text
H4 The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP)
H4 ASM Announces 2024 Agar Art Contest Winners
H4 Navigating DEI in Academia Post-Affirmative Action
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
There are 11 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://asm.org/Anchor Skip to main content
/account/login?redirectUrl=/Login
https://asm.org/browse-asmBrowse ASM
https://asm.org/savedSaved
https://asm.org/IMG-ALT ASM
https://asm.org/savedNo Text
https://asm.org/about-asmAbout ASM
/About-ASM/Charting-ASM-s-New-...Our Strategic Roadmap
https://asm.org/Academy/AcademyAmerican Academy of Microbiology
https://asm.org/About-ASM/ASM-BODBoard of Directors
/Council-on-Microbial-SciencesCouncil on Microbial Sciences
https://asm.org/ASM-GovernanceGovernance
/About-ASM/ASM-FinancialsFinances
/Corporate-Council/Join-the-AS...Corporate Council
https://asm.org/AdvocacyAdvocacy
https://asm.org/About-ASM/GPHPGlobal Public Health Programs
/Diversity,-Equity-and-InclusionDiversity, Equity & Inclusion
https://asm.org/ASM-EthicsEthics
https://asm.org/MembershipJoin/Renew
/Membership/Membership-BenefitsMember Benefits
https://myasm.asm.org/eweb/Dyn...New window External Subdomain Member Directory
https://asm.org/a/ASM-ConnectASM Connect
https://myasm.asm.org/eweb/Dyn...New window External Subdomain Edit Profile
/Events/ASM-MicrobeASM Microbe
/Events/Clinical-Virology-Symp...Clinical Virology Symposium
/Events/ASM-Conference-for-Und...ASMCUE
/Events/ASM-NGS/HomeASM NGS Conference
/Events/ASM-BiofilmsASM Conference on Biofilms
https://asm.org/EventsSee All Events
https://asm.org/CareersCareers
https://asm.org/EducationEducation
https://www.asmcareerconnectio...New window External Subdomain Science Jobs
/Browse-By-Topic/Careers/Profe...Professional Development
/Careers-in-Clinical-Public-He...Careers in CPHM
/a/Microcosm-Digital-MagazineMicrocosm
/Publications/ASM-PressBooks
https://journals.asm.org/New window External Subdomain Journals
/search?q=academy&order=newest...Academy Reports
/Browse-By-Content-Type/Resour...Resource Pages
/Browse-By-Topic/Antimicrobial...Antimicrobial Agents & Resistance
/Browse-By-Topic/Applied-SciencesApplied & Environmental Science
/Browse-By-Topic/Clinical-Publ...Clinical & Public Health Microbiology
/Browse-By-Topic/Clinical-Infe...Clinical Infections & Vaccines
/Browse-By-Topic/Ecological,-E...Ecology, Evolution & Biodiversity
/Browse-By-Topic/Host-microbe-...Host-Microbe Biology
/Browse-By-Topic/Molecular-Bio...Molecular Biology & Physiology
https://asm.org/MembershipJoin ASM for 2025 - Rates Increase Jan. 1 Join ASM and connect to more than 37,000 of your peers and drive the future of microbial sciences. Join / Renew Now
/Press-Releases/2024/December/...ASM and IDSA to Launch New Conference on AMR Read Press Release
/Events/ASM-Microbe/PresentShowcase Your Discoveries at ASM Microbe 2025 Submit an Abstract
/Magazine/2024/Fall/All-in-Thi...New Microcosm: Fostering Global Public Health Explore the Issue
/Travel-Award/Career-Developme...Earn Up To $2,000 For Professional Development Apply Now
/Press-Releases/2024/December/...ASM Joins ONOS to Expand Access to Research Read Press Release
/Articles/2024/December/Why-Do...Why Dormant Microbes Matter in a Changing Climate Read the Article
/Articles/2024/December/Why-Do...Article Why Dormant Microbes Matter in a Changing Climate December 17, 2024
/Podcasts/TWiM/Episodes/Better...Podcast Better Concrete With Microbes December 13, 2024
/Articles/2024/December/Antimi...Article Antimicrobial Resistance and Bloodstream Infections December 13, 2024
/Press-Releases/2024/December/...Press Release ASM Joins ONOS to Expand Access to Scientific Research December 13, 2024
/Press-Releases/2024/December/...Press Release ASM and IDSA to Launch New Conference on AMR December 13, 2024
/Podcasts/Editors-in-Conversat...Podcast The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) December 13, 2024
/Press-Releases/2024/December/...Press Release ASM Announces 2024 Agar Art Contest Winners December 13, 2024
/Articles/2024/December/Naviga...Article Navigating DEI in Academia Post-Affirmative Action December 12, 2024
/Events/ASM-Microbe/PresentSubmit Your Abstract
https://asm.org/membershipJoin or Renew
https://journals.asm.org/New window External Subdomain Submit now
https://asm.org/IMG-ALT American Society For Microbiology Logo
https://asm.org/a/DonateDonate
http://www.facebook.com/asmfanExternal Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
http://twitter.com/asmicrobiologyExternal A-TITLE Twitter
http://instagram.com/asmicrobi...External A-TITLE Instagram
http://www.linkedin.com/compan...External Subdomain A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain A-TITLE YouTube
https://itunes.apple.com/us/ar...External Subdomain A-TITLE iTunes
https://asm.org/Forms/ListservsListservs
/About-ASM/Volunteer-With-ASMVolunteer
https://asm.org/Admin/DonateDonate to ASM
https://asm.org/NewsroomNewsroom
https://asm.org/Careers-at-asmCareers at ASM
https://asm.org/Cookie-PolicyPrivacy Policy, Terms of Use and State Disclosures

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://asm.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.65 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 (36 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This page has backlinks from 35,320 referring domains.
This page has 4,988,722 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 22,608 different ip addresses.

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asm.org
American Society for Microbiology
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 32,000 members today, with more than one third located outside the United States. The members represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators.

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