Edinburghmuseums.org.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
74% 
Page quality
85% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.05 s
File size
45.50 kB
Words
677
Media files
13
Number of links
117 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to Museums & Galleries Edinburgh | Museums and Galleries Edinburgh
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 726 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. The home to 14 venues and 200 historic monuments.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (611 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/homepage
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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 677 words. That's ok.
32.6% 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.
13 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 16.43 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, user-scalable=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 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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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...urgh City of David web.jpg?itok=IPYgBxMcA 1th century drawing of Edinburgh from the Braid Hills, showing mainly hills, trees, fields and the CastleEarly Edinburgh
...er/public/banner quilt.jpg?itok=L2Oh5UfnDetail of patchwork quilt with colourful triangular sectionsTulloch family quilt
...blic/images/Workshop 2.jpg?itok=ObdOxgSIPhotograph of child painting blues and greens on a white piece of paper. A colourful paint palette is next to the young artist
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...Nurture exhibition web.jpg?itok=fcOqyXpLA drawing of a toad, in a purple jumper and shorts, wearing brogues, reclining on a leafNature Nurture

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Museums & Galleries Edinburgh
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to Museums & Galleries Edinburgh
H2 POP LIFE
H2 Through Line
H2 Inked Up: Printmaking in Scotland
H2 John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture
H2 Edinburgh is 900 years old!
H2 The Story of a Leith Quilt
H2 Adult Craft Workshops at Lauriston Castle in 2025
H2 Lauriston Castle Lecture Programme 2025
H2 Family Fun at Lauriston Castle
H2 Special Events and Themed Tours at Lauriston Castle
H2 Life at Lauriston Castle
H2 Nurture Through Nature with Children’s Books
H2 Main menu
H2 Search
H3 February
H4 Museums & Galleries Edinburgh
Anchor text is an URL
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.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 10 external links on this page.
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/Museums & Galleries Edinburgh
A-TITLE Home
/venue-hireVenue Hire
A-TITLE Venue Hire
https://artuk.org/shop/cecNew window External Shop
/Anchor Search
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A-TITLE Twitter Museums and Galleries Edinburgh
https://www.instagram.com/muse...New window External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE Instagram Museums and Galleries Edinburgh
https://www.facebook.com/City....External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Museu...External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
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/engageEngage
/collectionsCollections
/aboutAbout
/storiesStories
/Anchor Show filters
/Anchor What are you looking for?
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/term-eventsI want to see Events
/term-exhibitionsI love Exhibitions
/whats-on/familyThings to see & do with my Family
/whats-on/historyTo explore Edinburgh's History
/whats-on/lecturesI want to attend Lectures
/Anchor When will you be visiting?
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/calendar-node-field-perf-date...Subdomain February
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/homepage?month=2025-01Nofollow Subdomain «
A-TITLE Navigate to previous month
/homepage?month=2025-03Nofollow Subdomain »
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/whats-on/date/2025-02-022
/whats-on/date/2025-02-033
/whats-on/date/2025-02-044
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/whats-on/date/2025-02-1515
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/whats-on/date/2025-02-2020
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/whats-on/date/2025-02-2525
/whats-on/date/2025-02-2626
/whats-on/date/2025-02-2727
/whats-on/date/2025-02-2828
/Anchor Which of our venues?
A-TITLE Which of our venues?
/venue/museum-edinburghMuseum of Edinburgh
/venue/writers-museumThe Writers' Museum
/venue/peoples-story-museumThe People's Story Museum
/venue/city-art-centreCity Art Centre
/venue/lauriston-castleLauriston Castle
/venue/museum-childhoodMuseum of Childhood
/venue/travelling-galleryTravelling Gallery
/venue/makars-courtMakars' Court
/venue/queensferry-museumQueensferry Museum
/venue/museum-collections-centreMuseum Collections Centre
/venue/scott-monumentScott Monument
/venue/nelson-monumentNelson Monument
/whats-on/pop-lifePop Life: Paul McDevitt, ‘Notes to Self: 19 January 2020’ © the artist
IMG-ALT A man holding a slice of fruit in a drawing.
A-TITLE POP LIFE
/whats-on/pop-lifePOP LIFE
A-TITLE POP LIFE
https://online1.venpos.net/Con...External Subdomain Book Now
/whats-on/pop-lifeMore info
A-TITLE POP LIFE
/whats-on/through-lineMichael Walton, 'Flow II', 1966. © the artist. City Art Centre, Museums & Galleries Edinburgh
IMG-ALT A vibrant painting with a beautiful blue and green design.
A-TITLE Through Line
/whats-on/through-lineThrough Line
A-TITLE Through Line
https://online1.venpos.net/Con...External Subdomain Text duplicate Book Now
/whats-on/through-lineText duplicate More info
A-TITLE Through Line
/whats-on/inked-printmaking-sc...Muirhead Bone, Rainy Night in Rome, 1913. City Art Centre, Museums and Galleries Edinburgh. (Photo Antonia Reeve)
IMG-ALT Monochrome printed street scene
A-TITLE Inked Up: Printmaking in Scotland
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A-TITLE Inked Up: Printmaking in Scotland
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A-TITLE John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture
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A-TITLE John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture
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A-TITLE John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture
/edinburgh-900-years-oldURL anchor text
Engraving by Rombout van den Hoyen (c. 1650, detail), National Galleries of Scotland, https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/63235
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A-TITLE Edinburgh is 900 years old!
/edinburgh-900-years-oldEdinburgh is 900 years old!
A-TITLE Edinburgh is 900 years old!
/edinburgh-900-years-oldText duplicate More info
A-TITLE Edinburgh is 900 years old!
/stories/story-leith-quiltIMG-ALT Detail of patchwork quilt with colourful triangular sections
A-TITLE The Story of a Leith Quilt
/stories/story-leith-quiltThe Story of a Leith Quilt
A-TITLE The Story of a Leith Quilt
/stories?field_genre_tid&categ...No Text
/stories/story-leith-quiltText duplicate More info
A-TITLE The Story of a Leith Quilt
/adult-craft-workshops-laurist...IMG-ALT Photograph of child painting blues and greens on a white piece of paper. A colourful paint palette is next to the young artist
A-TITLE Adult Craft Workshops at Lauriston Castle in 2025
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A-TITLE Adult Craft Workshops at Lauriston Castle in 2025
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/lauriston-castle-lecture-prog...IMG-ALT Lauriston Castle in the Summer
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/family-fun-lauriston-castleIMG-ALT A girl in a purple coat holding a plastic milk bottle that has been turned into a bug hotel with 'save the insects' written on it
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A-TITLE Family Fun at Lauriston Castle
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A-TITLE Family Fun at Lauriston Castle
/special-events-and-themed-tou...IMG-ALT A magician holding a pack of cards standing in the library at Lauriston. The walls are covered in books and pictures.
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/special-events-and-themed-tou...Special Events and Themed Tours at Lauriston Castle
A-TITLE Special Events and Themed Tours at Lauriston Castle
/special-events-and-themed-tou...Text duplicate More info
A-TITLE Special Events and Themed Tours at Lauriston Castle
/life-lauriston-castleIMG-ALT living history
A-TITLE Life at Lauriston Castle
/life-lauriston-castleLife at Lauriston Castle
A-TITLE Life at Lauriston Castle
/life-lauriston-castleText duplicate More info
A-TITLE Life at Lauriston Castle
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/venuesOur venues
/terms-and-conditionsTerms and conditions
/privacy-policyPrivacy policy
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/venuesText duplicate Venues
/engageText duplicate Engage
/collectionsText duplicate Collections
/aboutText duplicate About
/storiesText duplicate Stories
/whats-onText duplicate What's on
/venuesText duplicate Venues
/engageText duplicate Engage
/collectionsText duplicate Collections
/aboutText duplicate About
/storiesText duplicate Stories

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.05 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (46 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,929 referring domains.
This page has 12,002 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,252 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
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# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
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Allow: /misc/*.css?
Allow: /misc/*.js$
Allow: /misc/*.js?
Allow: /misc/*.gif
Allow: /misc/*.jpg
Allow: /misc/*.jpeg
Allow: /misc/*.png
Allow: /modules/*.css$
Allow: /modules/*.css?
Allow: /modules/*.js$
Allow: /modules/*.js?
Allow: /modules/*.gif
Allow: /modules/*.jpg
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Allow: /modules/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
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Allow: /themes/*.css$
Allow: /themes/*.css?
Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
Allow: /themes/*.gif
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Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
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Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
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Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
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Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
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Disallow: /?q=admin/
Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /?q=node/add/
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www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk
Welcome to Museums & Galleries Edinburgh | Museums and Gallerie...
Welcome to Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. The home to 14 venues and 200 historic monuments.

Most important keywords

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Museum Edinburgh92%Check
Museums91%Check
Museums Galleries Edinburgh86%Check
Museums Galleries84%Check
Welcome73%Check
Join us65%Check
Family47%Check
Story47%Check
Lauriston46%Check

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