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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
92% 
Page structure
41% 
Link structure
17% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
4.14 s
File size
153.90 kB
Words
887
Media files
20
Number of links
150 internal / 31 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Country Dance & Song Society
The length of the page title is perfect. (351 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://cdss.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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 887 words. That's ok.
28.1% 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.
9 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 14.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
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...tent/uploads/sitewide/cdss-opengraph.jpgCDSS: Country Dance & Song Society
...tent/uploads/home/walking-musicians.webpStrolling musicians at camp
.../uploads/whats-new/ftm-diane-silver.webpFrom the Mic with Diane Silver
...t/uploads/whats-new/squirrel-butter.webpSquirrel Butter
...whats-new/folk-tunes-from-the-women.webpFolk Tunes from the Women
...oads/whats-new/There-Is-a-Tavern-tn.webpDetail from the painting "Interior of a Tavern with Card Players and a Violin Player" by Jan Steen
/wp-content/uploads/whats-new/lca-2025.jpgJohn Roberts, Tony Parkes, and David Surette, recipients of the 2025 Lifetime Contribution Award
.../whats-new/The-Contra-Connection-tn.webp"The Contra Connection" #1
...uploads/home/infographic-icons/bells.pngmorris bells
...ds/home/infographic-icons/sword-lock.pngA hand holding a sword lock
...ds/home/infographic-icons/microphone.pngOld-fashioned microphone with sound waves
...ploads/home/infographic-icons/trophy.pngTrophy with musical notes
...ds/home/infographic-icons/hands-coin.pngHands receiving a coin
...ds/home/infographic-icons/cabin-tree.pngCabin and pine tree
...ploads/home/infographic-icons/caller.pngA smiling caller with a microphone
...oads/home/infographic-icons/calendar.pngCalendar
...content/uploads/about/cdss-rectangle.pngCDSS: Country Dance & Song Society
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
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)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H1 Country Dance & Song Society
H2 What’s New
H2 Navigation
H2 Upcoming Community Events
H3 Individuals nourished and communities strengthened by dancing, singing, and making music together
H3 In our history, CDSS has…
H3 In the past year, CDSS has…
H3 TECDA Tuesday Evening English Country Dance
H3 Ann Arbor Tuesday English Country Dance
H3 Williamsburg (VA) Tuesday Night English Dance
H3 John C. Campbell Folk School Swing Dance
H3 Asheville Wednesday Evening English Country Dance
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 (31) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://cdss.org/Anchor Skip to content
https://cdss.org/IMG-ALT CDSS
https://cdss.org/Country Dance & Song Society
https://cdss.org/Home
https://cdss.org/eventsFind an Event
https://commons.cdss.org/s/storeNew window External Subdomain Store 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/login/New window External Subdomain Log In 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/don...New window External Subdomain Donate 
https://cdss.org/search/Search
https://cdss.org/Text duplicate Country Dance & Song Society
https://cdss.org/Text duplicate Home
https://cdss.org/eventsText duplicate Find an Event
https://commons.cdss.org/s/storeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Store 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/login/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Log In 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/don...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Donate 
https://cdss.org/search/Text duplicate Search
https://camp.cdss.org/New window External Subdomain Camps 
/programs/online-workshops/Online Workshops
/programs/web-chats/Web Chats for Organizers
/resources/community-grants/Community Grants
/resources/callers-insurance/Caller’s Insurance
/resources/resource-portal/Resource Portal
/resources/resource-portal/All Resources
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Organizers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Dancers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Callers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Musicians
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Singers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Educators
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Families
https://cdss.org/publications/All Publications
/publications/read/Read
/publications/read/cdss-news-m...CDSS News Magazine
/publications/read/cds-online/CD+S Online
/publications/read/online-libr...Online Library
/publications/read/archive-col...Archive & Collections at UNH
/publications/read/surveys-and...Surveys & Community Studies
/publications/read/lesson-plans/Lesson Plans
/publications/listen/Listen
/podcasts/contra-pulse/New window Contra Pulse Podcast 
/podcasts/from-the-mic/New window From the Mic Podcast 
/publications/listen/song-of-t...Song of the Month
/publications/watch/Watch
/publications/watch/dance-it-y...Dance It Yourself
/publications/watch/songs-that...Songs That Speak
/publications/watch/5-things-i...5 Things: Inside the Dancing Mind of...
https://camp.cdss.org/online-p...External Subdomain Common Time 
/publications/advertise/Advertise
https://commons.cdss.org/s/gro...New window External Subdomain Affiliate Directory 
/affiliates/for-affiliates/For Affiliates
/affiliates/become-an-affiliate/Become an Affiliate
https://commons.cdss.org/s/aff...New window External Subdomain Renew Your Membership 
/affiliates/group-insurance/Group Insurance
/affiliates/nonprofit-exemption/Nonprofit Exemption
/support-our-work/ways-to-give/Ways to Give
/support-our-work/become-a-mem...Become a Member/Renew
/support-our-work/planned-giving/Planned Giving
/support-our-work/special-funds/Special Funds
/about/about-cdss/About CDSS
/about/contact-the-staff/Contact the Staff
/about/strategic-plan-2024-2029/Strategic Plan 2024-2029
/about/governing-board/Board & Bylaws
/about/cultural-equity/Cultural Equity
https://cdss.org/about/history/History
/about/finances-annual-report/Finances & Annual Report
/about/lifetime-contribution-a...Lifetime Contribution Award
https://cdss.org/about/jobs/Jobs
https://cdss.org/about/whats-new/What’s New
https://cdss.org/about/Learn more
https://commons.cdss.org/s/mem...New window External Subdomain Join/Renew
https://commons.cdss.org/s/don...New window External Subdomain Donate
/about/whats-new/from-the-mic-...IMG-ALT From the Mic with Diane Silver
/about/whats-new/from-the-mic-...From the Mic Episode 27: Diane Silver
/podcasts/from-the-mic/New window From the Mic
/about/whats-new/cdss-supporte...IMG-ALT Squirrel Butter
/about/whats-new/cdss-supporte...CDSS Supporter Thanks Concert, Featuring Squirrel Butter!
https://cdss.org/concertMore details on the concert page!
/about/whats-new/new-in-the-cd...IMG-ALT Folk Tunes from the Women
/about/whats-new/new-in-the-cd...New in the CDSS Store!
https://commons.cdss.org/s/pro...New window External Subdomain Folk Tunes from the Women,
/about/whats-new/october-2024-...IMG-ALT Detail from the painting "Interior of a Tavern with Card Players and a Violin Player" by Jan Steen
/about/whats-new/october-2024-...October 2024 Song of the Month
/publications/listen/song-of-t...“There Is a Tavern.”
/about/whats-new/2025-lifetime...IMG-ALT John Roberts, Tony Parkes, and David Surette, recipients of the 2025 Lifetime Contribution Award
/about/whats-new/2025-lifetime...2025 Lifetime Contribution Award Recipients
/about/lifetime-contribution-a...Text duplicate Lifetime Contribution Award
/about/whats-new/the-contra-co...IMG-ALT "The Contra Connection" #1
/about/whats-new/the-contra-co...The Contra Connection
/publications/read/online-libr...Text duplicate The Contra Connection
/publications/read/online-libr...Text duplicate Online Library
https://cdss.org/?dps_paged=22
https://cdss.org/?dps_paged=33
https://cdss.org/?dps_paged=1919
https://cdss.org/?dps_paged=2Next
https://commons.cdss.org/s/storeNew window External Subdomain morris bells
https://cdss.org/about/history/years of tradition
https://podcasts.cdss.org/New window External Subdomain podcasts
/about/lifetime-contribution-a...Lifetime Contribution Awards
/resources/community-grants/grants
https://camp.cdss.org/New window External Subdomain campers
/resources/resource-portal/resources
https://cdss.org/eventscalendar events
/series/tecda-tuesday-evening-...A-TITLE Event Series
/event/tecda-tuesday-evening-e...TECDA Tuesday Evening English Country Dance
A-TITLE TECDA Tuesday Evening English Country Dance
/event/ann-arbor-tuesday-engli...Ann Arbor Tuesday English Country Dance
A-TITLE Ann Arbor Tuesday English Country Dance
/event/williamsburg-va-tuesday...Williamsburg (VA) Tuesday Night English Dance
A-TITLE Williamsburg (VA) Tuesday Night English Dance
/series/john-c-campbell-folk-s...Text duplicate A-TITLE Event Series
/event/john-c-campbell-folk-sc...John C. Campbell Folk School Swing Dance
A-TITLE John C. Campbell Folk School Swing Dance
/event/english-country-dance-a...Asheville Wednesday Evening English Country Dance
A-TITLE Asheville Wednesday Evening English Country Dance
https://cdss.org/events/View Calendar
A-TITLE View more events.
/events/community/add/Submit an Event
https://cdss.org/Text duplicate Country Dance & Song Society
https://www.facebook.com/cdss....New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/CDSS...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://cdss.org/Text duplicate Home
https://cdss.org/eventsText duplicate Find an Event
https://commons.cdss.org/s/storeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Store 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/login/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Log In 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/don...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Donate 
https://cdss.org/search/Text duplicate Search
https://cdss.org/Text duplicate Home
https://cdss.org/eventsText duplicate Find an Event
https://commons.cdss.org/s/storeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Store 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/login/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Log In 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/don...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Donate 
https://cdss.org/search/Text duplicate Search
https://camp.cdss.org/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Camps 
/programs/online-workshops/Text duplicate Online Workshops
/programs/web-chats/Text duplicate Web Chats for Organizers
/resources/community-grants/Text duplicate Community Grants
/resources/callers-insurance/Text duplicate Caller’s Insurance
/resources/resource-portal/Text duplicate Resource Portal
/resources/resource-portal/Text duplicate All Resources
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Organizers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Dancers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Callers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Musicians
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Singers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Educators
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Families
https://cdss.org/publications/Text duplicate All Publications
/publications/read/Text duplicate Read
/publications/read/cdss-news-m...Text duplicate CDSS News Magazine
/publications/read/cds-online/Text duplicate CD+S Online
/publications/read/online-libr...Text duplicate Online Library
/publications/read/archive-col...Text duplicate Archive & Collections at UNH
/publications/read/surveys-and...Text duplicate Surveys & Community Studies
/publications/read/lesson-plans/Text duplicate Lesson Plans
/publications/listen/Text duplicate Listen
/podcasts/contra-pulse/New window Text duplicate Contra Pulse Podcast 
/podcasts/from-the-mic/New window Text duplicate From the Mic Podcast 
/publications/listen/song-of-t...Text duplicate Song of the Month
/publications/watch/Text duplicate Watch
/publications/watch/dance-it-y...Text duplicate Dance It Yourself
/publications/watch/songs-that...Text duplicate Songs That Speak
/publications/watch/5-things-i...Text duplicate 5 Things: Inside the Dancing Mind of...
https://camp.cdss.org/online-p...External Subdomain Text duplicate Common Time 
/publications/advertise/Text duplicate Advertise
https://commons.cdss.org/s/gro...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Affiliate Directory 
/affiliates/for-affiliates/Text duplicate For Affiliates
/affiliates/become-an-affiliate/Text duplicate Become an Affiliate
https://commons.cdss.org/s/aff...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Renew Your Membership 
/affiliates/group-insurance/Text duplicate Group Insurance
/affiliates/nonprofit-exemption/Text duplicate Nonprofit Exemption
/support-our-work/ways-to-give/Text duplicate Ways to Give
/support-our-work/become-a-mem...Text duplicate Become a Member/Renew
/support-our-work/planned-giving/Text duplicate Planned Giving
/support-our-work/special-funds/Text duplicate Special Funds
/about/about-cdss/Text duplicate About CDSS
/about/contact-the-staff/Text duplicate Contact the Staff
/about/strategic-plan-2024-2029/Text duplicate Strategic Plan 2024-2029
/about/governing-board/Text duplicate Board & Bylaws
/about/cultural-equity/Text duplicate Cultural Equity
https://cdss.org/about/history/Text duplicate History
/about/finances-annual-report/Text duplicate Finances & Annual Report
/about/lifetime-contribution-a...Text duplicate Lifetime Contribution Award
https://cdss.org/about/jobs/Text duplicate Jobs
https://cdss.org/about/whats-new/Text duplicate What’s New
https://policies.google.com/pr...New window External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://policies.google.com/termsNew window External Subdomain Terms of Service

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://cdss.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 is very slow (4.14 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (154 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
permissions-policy
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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateWed, 23 Oct 2024 00:33:24 GMT
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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,385 referring domains.
This page has 601,845 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 601 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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KeywordResultRecheck
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Country Dance59%Check
CDSS58%Check
Dance57%Check
Country Dance Song Society57%Check
Song56%Check
Society56%Check
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English Country51%Check
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