Findmypast.co.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
77% 
Page quality
84% 
Page structure
71% 
Link structure
41% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.52 s
File size
188.80 kB
Words
840
Media files
30
Number of links
93 internal / 41 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Find Your Ancestors & Family History - Genealogy & Ancestry - https://www.findmypast.co.uk | Findmypast.co.uk
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 1008 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Trace your ancestry and build a family tree by researching extensive birth records, census data, obituaries and more - over 10 billion records - start today!
The length of the meta description is perfect. (947 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
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)
Language for link pointing to page itself inaccurate
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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
descriptionTrace your ancestry and build a family tree by researching extensive birth records, census data, obituaries and more - over 10 billion records - start today!
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@Findmypast
twitter:titleFind Your Ancestors & Family History - Genealogy & Ancestry - https://www.findmypast.co.uk | Findmypast.co.uk
twitter:descriptionTrace your ancestry and build a family tree by researching extensive birth records, census data, obituaries and more - over 10 billion records - start today!
og:titleFind Your Ancestors & Family History - Genealogy & Ancestry - https://www.findmypast.co.uk | Findmypast.co.uk
og:descriptionTrace your ancestry and build a family tree by researching extensive birth records, census data, obituaries and more - over 10 billion records - start today!
og:site_nameFindmypast
og:typewebsite
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: David found their family members in the 1921 Census using the Findmypa...
This page contains 840 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!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
14 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 17.7 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)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 17 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
16 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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....png?auto=compress,format&fit=max&w=1200A black-and-white photograph of a woman working at an information desk, and a bright photograph of a young girl playing with a toy telephone
....png?auto=compress,format&fit=max&w=1200A black-and-white photograph of a woman working at an information desk, and a bright photograph of a young girl playing with a toy telephone
....png?auto=compress,format&fit=max&w=1200A black-and-white photograph of a woman working at an information desk, and a bright photograph of a young girl playing with a toy telephone
....png?auto=compress,format&fit=max&w=1200No alt attribute provided
....png?auto=compress,format&fit=max&w=1200The National Archives Logo - bold capitalized black text on a white background
....png?auto=compress,format&fit=max&w=1200The British Library logo - a rich red background with British Library in bold white text
....png?auto=compress,format&fit=max&w=1200The Family History Federation Logo - side profiles of a family in greys and yellow against a black background
....png?auto=compress,format&fit=max&w=1200Tree Builder
....png?auto=compress,format&fit=max&w=1200Tree Builder
...trial-graphic-desktop.png?fit=max&w=1200No alt attribute provided
...-trial-graphic-mobile.png?fit=max&w=1200No alt attribute provided
...5b2ba77edf70_app-store.svg?fit=max&w=384Download our app on the Apple App Store
...11cc9b12cb8_play-store.svg?fit=max&w=384Download our app on Google Play Store
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...11cc9b12cb8_play-store.svg?fit=max&w=384Download our app on Google Play Store

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Start your family history journey
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Start your family history journey
H2 Discover where your past will take you?
H2 Get started with our family tree builder
H2 The 1921 Census - Community Discoveries
H2 The 1921 Census - Community Discoveries Duplicate text
H2 We're here to help you on your genealogy journey
H2 In partnership with...
H2 Search for a relative in over 4 million family trees
H2 Try us free for 7 days
H3 David's family story
H3 David's family story Duplicate text
H3 Join our community of over 100,000 researchers
H3 Do you have a family tree somewhere else?
H4 Search for surnames by letter
H4 Find your past
H4 About Findmypast
H4 Visit our other sites
H4 Connect with us
H4 Download our app
H4 Find your past Duplicate text
H4 About Findmypast Duplicate text
H4 Visit our other sites Duplicate text
H4 Connect with us Duplicate text
H4 Download our app Duplicate text
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 (41) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/Subdomain No Text
https://uk.trustpilot.com/revi...New window External Subdomain Trustpilot
/sign-inSubdomain Log in
/registerSubdomain Sign up
/free-trialSubdomain Start free trial
/free-trialSubdomain Text duplicate Start free trial
/sign-inSubdomain Text duplicate Log in
/registerSubdomain Text duplicate Sign up
/free-trialSubdomain Unlock all 500 years of our collections for free Start free trial
/family-treeSubdomain Start your family tree
/family-treeSubdomain Text duplicate Start your family tree
/family-treeSubdomain Text duplicate Start your family tree
https://www.facebook.com/findm...External Subdomain Join our Facebook community
https://www.youtube.com/user/f...External Subdomain Check out our YouTube channel
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blogVisit our genealogy blog
/tree/upload-gedcomSubdomain Import your GEDCOM
/free-trialNofollow Subdomain Text duplicate Start free trial
/subscribe?event_location=logg...Nofollow Subdomain Compare all memberships
/surnames/aSubdomain A
/surnames/bSubdomain B
/surnames/cSubdomain C
/surnames/dSubdomain D
/surnames/eSubdomain E
/surnames/fSubdomain F
/surnames/gSubdomain G
/surnames/hSubdomain H
/surnames/iSubdomain I
/surnames/jSubdomain J
/surnames/kSubdomain K
/surnames/lSubdomain L
/surnames/mSubdomain M
/surnames/nSubdomain N
/surnames/oSubdomain O
/surnames/pSubdomain P
/surnames/qSubdomain Q
/surnames/rSubdomain R
/surnames/sSubdomain S
/surnames/tSubdomain T
/surnames/uSubdomain U
/surnames/vSubdomain V
/surnames/wSubdomain W
/surnames/xSubdomain X
/surnames/ySubdomain Y
/surnames/zSubdomain Z
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain 1851 Census
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain 1861 Census
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain 1871 Census
/1881-censusSubdomain 1881 Census
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain 1891 Census
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain 1901 Census
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain 1911 Census
/1921-censusSubdomain 1921 Census
/1939registerSubdomain 1939 Register
/family-treeSubdomain Build your Family Tree
/gift-subscriptionsSubdomain Buy a gift subscription
/page/free-ancestry-recordsSubdomain Free genealogy records
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/helpSubdomain Help and FAQ
/tree/fmp-000000-000000/treeSubdomain King Charles III’s family tree
/gift-subscriptions/redeem?use...Subdomain Redeem a gift subscription
/search-world-recordsSubdomain Search family records
/regionSubdomain Search local records
/surnameSubdomain Surname Origin
/free-trialSubdomain Take a free trial
/subscribeSubdomain Take a subscription
/page/about-usSubdomain About Us
/page/affiliatesSubdomain Affiliates
/careersSubdomain Careers
/help/contactSubdomain Contact Us
/cookies-policySubdomain Cookie Policy
/page/partnersSubdomain Our Partners
/help/sections/4411074088593-p...Subdomain Privacy Policy
/account/referrals?event_locat...Subdomain Refer a friend
/sitemapSubdomain Sitemap
https://connect.studentbeans.c...External Subdomain Student and Graduate discount
/help/sections/4411058333841-t...Subdomain Terms & Conditions
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/Subdomain Findmypast.co.uk
https://www.findmypast.com/External Subdomain Findmypast.com
https://www.findmypast.com.au/External Subdomain Findmypast.com.au
https://www.findmypast.ie/External Subdomain Findmypast.ie
https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/External Subdomain Genes Reunited
https://www.britishnewspaperar...External Subdomain The British Newspaper Archive
https://www.facebook.com/findm...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/find...External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blogRead our blog
https://www.tiktok.com/@findmy...External Subdomain TikTok
https://twitter.com/findmypastExternal Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/f...External Subdomain YouTube
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Download our app on the Apple App Store
https://play.google.com/store/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Download our app on Google Play Store
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain Text duplicate 1851 Census
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain Text duplicate 1861 Census
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain Text duplicate 1871 Census
/1881-censusSubdomain Text duplicate 1881 Census
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain Text duplicate 1891 Census
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain Text duplicate 1901 Census
https://search.findmypast.co.u...External Subdomain Text duplicate 1911 Census
/1921-censusSubdomain Text duplicate 1921 Census
/1939registerSubdomain Text duplicate 1939 Register
/family-treeSubdomain Text duplicate Build your Family Tree
/gift-subscriptionsSubdomain Text duplicate Buy a gift subscription
/page/free-ancestry-recordsSubdomain Text duplicate Free genealogy records
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/helpSubdomain Text duplicate Help and FAQ
/tree/fmp-000000-000000/treeSubdomain Text duplicate King Charles III’s family tree
/gift-subscriptions/redeem?use...Subdomain Text duplicate Redeem a gift subscription
/search-world-recordsSubdomain Text duplicate Search family records
/regionSubdomain Text duplicate Search local records
/surnameSubdomain Text duplicate Surname Origin
/free-trialSubdomain Text duplicate Take a free trial
/subscribeSubdomain Text duplicate Take a subscription
/page/about-usSubdomain Text duplicate About Us
/page/affiliatesSubdomain Text duplicate Affiliates
/careersSubdomain Text duplicate Careers
/help/contactSubdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/cookies-policySubdomain Text duplicate Cookie Policy
/page/partnersSubdomain Text duplicate Our Partners
/help/sections/4411074088593-p...Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
/account/referrals?event_locat...Subdomain Text duplicate Refer a friend
/sitemapSubdomain Text duplicate Sitemap
https://connect.studentbeans.c...External Subdomain Text duplicate Student and Graduate discount
/help/sections/4411058333841-t...Subdomain Text duplicate Terms & Conditions
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/Subdomain Text duplicate Findmypast.co.uk
https://www.findmypast.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Findmypast.com
https://www.findmypast.com.au/External Subdomain Text duplicate Findmypast.com.au
https://www.findmypast.ie/External Subdomain Text duplicate Findmypast.ie
https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Genes Reunited
https://www.britishnewspaperar...External Subdomain Text duplicate The British Newspaper Archive
https://www.facebook.com/findm...External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/find...External Subdomain Text duplicate Instagram
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blogText duplicate Read our blog
https://www.tiktok.com/@findmy...External Subdomain Text duplicate TikTok
https://twitter.com/findmypastExternal Text duplicate Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/f...External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Download our app on the Apple App Store
https://play.google.com/store/...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Download our app on Google Play Store

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.findmypast.co.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
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 0.52 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 (189 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 18 May 2024 23:21:09 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
set-cookie123 Characters
cache-controlprivate, no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
content-encodinggzip
varyRSC, Next-Router-State-Tree, Next-Router-Prefetch, Next-Url, Accept-Encoding
x-powered-byNext.js
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 5,654 referring domains.
This page has 394,080 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,863 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Robots.txt

# Help us to impact the way people research social and family history! 
# Check out our vacancies here: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/careers

User-agent: *
Allow: /collections/findmypast
Allow: /collections/collection
Disallow: /search/results?
Disallow: /blog/search?
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Disallow: /*lastname=*
Disallow: /*datasetname=*
Disallow: /*county=*
Disallow: /*sid=*
Disallow: /*datasetname=*
Disallow: /*?id=*
Disallow: /*event_location=*
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Disallow: *stringtohighlight=*
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Disallow: *?isfreetrialrequest=*
Disallow: *?promocode=*
Disallow: */record?id=gbm*
Disallow: *?wptouch_switch*
Disallow: */spc/*
Disallow: */sign-in?nextpage=*
Disallow: /boards
Disallow: /canopy
Disallow: /maps/*
Disallow: /search/results
Disallow: /transcript
Disallow: /tree
Allow: /tree/example-family-tree
Allow: /tree/fmp-000000-000000/tree
Disallow: /ldna

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /collections/collection

User-agent: googlebot
Disallow: /search/results?
Disallow: /blog/search?
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Allow: /gift-subscriptions?plan-ids
Disallow: /gift-subscriptions?plan-ids*&
Disallow: /boards
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Disallow: /maps/*
Disallow: /search/results
Disallow: /transcript
Disallow: /tree
Allow: /tree/example-family-tree
Allow: /tree/fmp-000000-000000/tree
Disallow: /ldna
Disallow: /surname/random

User-agent: bingbot
Disallow: /search/results?
Disallow: /blog/search?
Disallow: /*nextPage=*
Disallow: /*lastname=*
Disallow: /*datasetname=*
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Disallow: /*sid=*
Disallow: /*datasetname=*
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Disallow: */results?*
Disallow: *article=*
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Disallow: */payment*
Disallow: *?isfreetrialrequest=*
Disallow: *?promocode=*
Disallow: */record?id=gbm*
Disallow: *?wptouch_switch*
Disallow: */spc/*
Disallow: */sign-in?nextpage=*
Disallow: /boards
Disallow: /canopy
Disallow: /maps/*
Disallow: /search/results
Disallow: /transcript
Disallow: /tree
Allow: /tree/example-family-tree
Allow: /tree/fmp-000000-000000/tree
Disallow: /ldna
Disallow: /surname/random

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
family79%Check
Family History73%Check
family story73%Check
Findmypast family72%Check
Family Tree68%Check
Search family68%Check
Findmypast66%Check
Start66%Check
Search Find62%Check
family tree builder61%Check

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