Epo.org - SEO Checker

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Meta information
78% 
Page quality
72% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.10 s
File size
2,339.80 kB
Words
4188
Media files
37
Number of links
980 internal / 24 external

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Title
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Homepage | Epo.org
The page title is too short. (187 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://www.epo.org/en
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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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
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The specified alternate links have no errors.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
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The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
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Page quality

Content
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The content of this page is too large (4188 words). Maybe the content could be divided into several pages.
16.7% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
8 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 23.43 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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No Apple touch icon is specified.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (2339.8 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
This page does not require any JavaScript files.
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 84 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
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There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
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HTTPS
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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Pan-European Seal Young Professionals Programme
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
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Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 55 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

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H1 Pan-European Seal Young Professionals Programme
H1 Patents and innovation against cancer
H1 Your opinion matters
H1 Modernising EPO’s online services
H2 Patent knowledge
H2 Applying for a patent
H2 Law & practice
H2 News & events
H2 Learning
H2 About us
H2 The EPO provides high-quality patents and efficient services that foster innovation, competitiveness and economic growth.
H2 News
H2 Are you new to patents?
H2 Unitary Patent
H2 Events
H2 Website updates
H2 Videos
H2 Quality – our commitment to excellence
H2 Get to know the EPO!
H4 Searching for patents
H4 Applying for a patent Duplicate text
H4 Law and practice
H4 Boards of Appeal
H5 Main navigation
H5 ​​Acceleration of opposition proceedings in cases of parallel court actions​
H5 ​​Acceleration of opposition proceedings in cases of parallel court actions​ Duplicate text
H5 ​​Estonia leads the way to a new search era​
H5 ​​Estonia leads the way to a new search era​ Duplicate text
H5 ​​Espacenet now offers more than 150 million freely accessible patent documents from around the world​
H5 ​​Espacenet now offers more than 150 million freely accessible patent documents from around the world​ Duplicate text
H5 A new path of partnership: The EPO welcomes Georgia as a validation state
H5 A new path of partnership: The EPO welcomes Georgia as a validation state Duplicate text
H5 Shaping the future of digital patenting services
H5 Shaping the future of digital patenting services Duplicate text
H5 ​​Your opinion matters – Guidelines 2024 pre-published today​
H5 ​​Your opinion matters – Guidelines 2024 pre-published today​ Duplicate text
H5 New study shows inventions to fight cancer are up by more than 70% since 2015
H5 New study shows inventions to fight cancer are up by more than 70% since 2015 Duplicate text
H5 ​​New, simplified fee system supports small applicants with 30% discounts​
H5 ​​New, simplified fee system supports small applicants with 30% discounts​ Duplicate text
H5 Inspiring Inventors: Avelino Corma Canós
H5 ​​HTB conference 2024 - Global Perspectives​
H5 Technologies combatting cancer
H5 Thank you! #50YearsEPC
H5 Season's greetings
H5 Highlights
H5 Boosting startups with IP
H5 Introducing the new website
H5 Our statistics and Patent Index
H5 Transparency Portal
H5 Our strategy
H5 Observatory on Patents and Technology
H5 Footer - Service & support
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H5 Footer
There are too many internal links (980) on this page.
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
3 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 2 links with a trivial anchor text.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 24 external links on this page.
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https://www.epo.org/en/learningText duplicate Overview
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