Birdcast.info - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
75% 
Page quality
84% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
62% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.86 s
File size
110.10 kB
Words
529
Media files
34
Number of links
53 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
BirdCast - Bird migration forecasts in real-time
The length of the page title is perfect. (413 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
When, where, and how far will birds migrate? How many birds passed last night? Our tools help you explore the answers to these and many other questions about bird migration.
The meta description is too long: 1092 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://birdcast.info/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Server location: United States of America
The language is not specified in the HTML markup.
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

NameValue
descriptionWhen, where, and how far will birds migrate? How many birds passed last night? Our tools help you explore the answers to these and many other questions about bird migration.
HandheldFriendlyTrue
MobileOptimized320
viewportwidth=device-width, target-densitydpi=160dpi, initial-scale=1.0
google-site-verificationrUTZqUn-wdpkWHddmv0fVfeFpp42Ec8OScwUmPOkYXQ
robotsmax-image-preview:large
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
cleartypeon

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 529 words. That's ok.
31.9% 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.
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 19.28 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, target-densitydpi=160dpi, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 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
...ontent/uploads/logo-birdcast-reverse.svgBirdCast logo
...uploads/harper-missing-migrants-2400.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...naws.com/wp-content/uploads/logo-clo.svgCornell Lab of Ornithology logo
...naws.com/wp-content/uploads/logo-csu.svgColorado State University logo
...ws.com/wp-content/uploads/logo-umass.svgUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst logo
...oads/migration-forecast-maps-graphic.pngNo alt attribute provided
...loads/local-migration-alerts-graphic.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../uploads/live-migration-maps-graphic.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../wp-content/uploads/logo-clo-reverse.svgCornell Lab of Ornithology logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
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
H2 Main menu
H2 Showcasing the spectacle of bird migration
H2 Migration tools
H2 Recent news
H2 Lights Out
H2 BirdCast Partners and Support
H3 Migration Dashboard
H3 Bird migration forecast maps
H3 Local bird migration alerts
H3 Live bird migration maps
H3 Hurricane Milton: an intense and dangerous storm
H3 Entrained and displaced birds of Hurricane Helene
H3 Species to watch: Northern Wheatear
H3 Core partners
H3 Core funders
H3 Other support
H3 Lights Out partners
H5 About
H5 Migration tools Duplicate text
H5 Science-to-action
H5 News
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
6 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 3 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 21 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://birdcast.info/IMG-ALT BirdCast logo
A-TITLE BirdCast home
https://birdcast.info/aboutAbout
/migration-toolsMigration tools
/science-to-actionScience-to-action
https://birdcast.info/newsNews
https://birdcast.info/about/Learn how
/about/collaboratorsIMG-ALT Cornell Lab of Ornithology logo
/about/collaboratorsIMG-ALT Colorado State University logo
/about/collaboratorsIMG-ALT University of Massachusetts Amherst logo
/migration-tools/migration-das...Migration Dashboard
/migration-tools/migration-das...Learn more
/migration-tools/migration-for...No Text
/migration-tools/migration-for...Bird migration forecast maps
/migration-tools/migration-for...Text duplicate Learn more
/migration-tools/local-migrati...No Text
/migration-tools/local-migrati...Local bird migration alerts
/migration-tools/local-migrati...Text duplicate Learn more
/migration-tools/live-migratio...No Text
/migration-tools/live-migratio...Live bird migration maps
/migration-tools/live-migratio...Text duplicate Learn more
/news/hurricane-milton-a-rapid...No Text
/news/hurricane-milton-a-rapid...Hurricane Milton: an intense and dangerous storm
/news/hurricane-milton-a-rapid...Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news/entrained-and-displaced-...No Text
/news/entrained-and-displaced-...Entrained and displaced birds of Hurricane Helene
/news/entrained-and-displaced-...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news/species-to-watch-norther...No Text
/news/species-to-watch-norther...Species to watch: Northern Wheatear
/news/species-to-watch-norther...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
https://birdcast.info/newsAll news
/science-to-action/lights-out/Text duplicate Learn more
/about/collaborators/Text duplicate Learn more
https://birds.cornell.edu/?__h...External Subdomain Anchor IMG-ALT The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
https://www.colostate.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Colorado State University
http://cs.umass.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT UMass Amherst
http://nsf.gov/External IMG-ALT National Science Foundation
http://leonlevyfoundation.org/External IMG-ALT Leon Levy Foundation
https://aws.amazon.com/External Subdomain IMG-ALT AWS
https://www.lydahillphilanthro...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Lyda Hill Philanthropies
https://www.usgs.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT USGS
https://www.nfwf.org/External Subdomain IMG-ALT The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
https://www.nasa.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT NASA
http://microsoft.com/External IMG-ALT Microsoft
http://noaa.gov/External IMG-ALT NOAA
https://www.biodiversa.org/External Subdomain IMG-ALT BiodivERsA
https://www.belmontforum.org/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Belmont Forum
https://ec.europa.eu/info/inde...External Subdomain IMG-ALT European Commission
https://houstonaudubon.org/External IMG-ALT Houston Audubon
https://www.tcatexas.org/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Texas Conservation Alliance
https://texanbynature.org/External IMG-ALT Texan by Nature
https://www.perotmuseum.org/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Perot Museum of Nature and Science
https://www.dallaszoo.com/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Dallas Zoo
https://birdcast.info/about/Text duplicate About
/about/background/BirdCast 1.0 - Origins
/about/present-birdcast-2-0/BirdCast 2.0 - Present
/about/collaborators/BirdCast Partners and Support
/about/review/Products, Data, and Interpretation
/about/publications/Publications
/about/people/The BirdCast Team
/about/weather-surveillance-ra...Weather Surveillance Radar and Bird Migration Primer
/migration-tools/Text duplicate Migration tools
/migration-tools/migration-for...Text duplicate Bird migration forecast maps
/migration-tools/live-migratio...Text duplicate Live bird migration maps
/migration-tools/local-migrati...Text duplicate Local bird migration alerts
/migration-tools/migration-das...Text duplicate Migration Dashboard
/science-to-action/Text duplicate Science-to-action
/science-to-action/lights-out/Lights Out
https://birdcast.info/newsText duplicate News
/category/cyclones/Cyclones
/category/forecast-analysis/Forecast and Analysis
/category/migration/Migration
/category/resources/Resources
/category/species-on-the-move/Species on the Move
https://www.birds.cornell.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Cornell Lab of Ornithology logo

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://birdcast.info/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 0.86 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 (110 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-encodinggzip
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateWed, 15 Jan 2025 06:50:49 GMT
link<https://birdcast.info/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
serverApache/2.4.54 (Debian)
varyAccept-Encoding
x-pingbackhttps://birdcast.info/xmlrpc.php
x-powered-byPHP/7.4.33
content-length29499
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,386 referring domains.
This page has 20,516 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,271 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

Sitemap: https://birdcast.info/wp-sitemap.xml

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BirdCast - Bird migration forecasts in real-time
When, where, and how far will birds migrate? How many birds passed last night? Our tools help you explore the answers to these and many other questions about bird migration.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
bird81%Check
bird migration74%Check
Migration68%Check
Bird migration forecasts67%Check
BirdCast65%Check
Bird migration forecast maps62%Check
tools54%Check
forecast52%Check
tools help52%Check
birds50%Check
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