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Meta information
93% 
Page quality
51% 
Page structure
31% 
Link structure
62% 
Server
90% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.09 s
File size
688.20 kB
Words
593
Media files
4
Number of links
56 internal / 74 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Ligonier Ministries
The page title is too short. (164 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Ligonier Ministries, founded by R.C. Sproul, exists to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (919 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ligonier.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)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 593 words. That's ok.
23.4% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 25 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
The file size of the HTML document is very large (688.2 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" 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 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Ligonier Ministries The teaching fellowship of R.C. Sproul
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 30 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Ligonier Ministries The teaching fellowship of R.C. Sproul
H1 Renew your mind.
H2 Who Was Ebenezer Erskine?
H2 The Question of Conscience
H2 Why Is Baptism a Means of Grace?
H2 Pay Attention to What You’re Singing
H2 Celebrating 30 Years of Broadcasting Truth
H2 Christ’s Mercy Is Greater Than Our Failures
H2 Download the Free Ligonier App
H2 Order Now: A Field Guide on Gender and Sexuality
H2 Always Ready: Join Us in Southern California
H2 Renewing Your Mind
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 Get the Ligonier App
H2 2025 National Conference
H2 2024 Santo Domingo Conference
H2 2024 Mediterranean Study Cruise
H2 Always Ready: Southern California 2024
H2 You Can Make a Difference
H3 Stay in Touch
H3 Hear Special Episodes All Week
H3 Empty heading
H3 From the Store
H3 Our Mission
H3 Join Thousands, Reach Millions
H3 Support Ligonier’s Global Mission
H3 Stay in Touch Duplicate text
H3 Ministries
H3 Events
H3 Contact Us
H5 Recommended Resources
H5 The Teaching Fellowship Founded by R.C. Sproul
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.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (74) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
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https://www.ligonier.org/learnTeaching
https://www.ligonier.org/eventsEvents
https://store.ligonier.org/External Subdomain Store
https://www.ligonier.org/aboutAbout
https://donate.ligonier.org/?u...External Subdomain Donate
https://www.ligonier.org/learnText duplicate Teaching
https://www.ligonier.org/learnOverview
/learn/seriesTeaching Series
/learn/conferencesConference Messages
/learn/qasQuestions & Answers
/learn/devotionalsDevotionals
/learn/articlesArticles
/learn/sermonsSermons
/learn/podcastsPodcasts
/learn/topicsTopics
/learn/scriptureScripture Index
/learn/collectionsCollections
/learn/guidesGuides
https://www.ligonier.org/eventsText duplicate Events
https://www.ligonier.org/eventsUpcoming Events
https://events.ligonier.org/20...New window External Subdomain Oct. 04, 2024 2024 Santo Domingo Conference
https://www.ligoniertours.com/...New window External Subdomain Oct. 11, 2024 2024 Mediterranean Study Cruise
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...New window External Subdomain Nov. 09, 2024 Always Ready: Southern California 2024
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...New window External Subdomain Jan. 17, 2025 2025 Winter Conference
https://www.ligoniertours.com/...New window External Subdomain Feb. 22, 2025 2025 Caribbean Study Cruise
https://www.ligonier.org/2025New window Subdomain Apr. 10, 2025 2025 National Conference
https://store.ligonier.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Store
https://store.ligonier.org/External Subdomain Store Home
https://store.ligonier.org/typ...External Subdomain Bibles
https://store.ligonier.org/typ...External Subdomain Text duplicate Teaching Series
https://store.ligonier.org/typ...External Subdomain Books
https://store.ligonier.org/typ...External Subdomain Music
https://store.ligonier.org/typ...External Subdomain Tabletalk Magazine
https://store.ligonier.org/col...External Subdomain Gift Certificates
https://store.ligonier.org/col...External Subdomain $5 Friday
https://store.ligonier.org/the...External Subdomain The Life of Peter
https://www.ligonier.org/aboutText duplicate About
https://www.ligonier.org/aboutLigonier Ministries
https://www.ligonier.org/postsNews & Updates
https://www.ligonier.org/giveSupporting Ligonier
https://tabletalkmagazine.com/New window External Text duplicate Tabletalk Magazine
https://renewingyourmind.org/New window External Renewing Your Mind
https://connect.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Ligonier Connect
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https://reformationbiblecolleg...New window External Reformation Bible College
https://refnet.fm/New window External RefNet
/learn/articles/who-was-ebenez...Who Was Ebenezer Erskine? Stephen Myers 5MIN
/learn/articles/the-question-o...The Question of Conscience R.C. Sproul 6MIN
/learn/articles/why-is-baptism...Why Is Baptism a Means of Grace? Nick Batzig 4MIN
/learn/articles/pay-attention-...Pay Attention to What You’re Singing Todd Alexander 2MIN
https://link.chtbl.com/NwRslPlKNew window External Subdomain RENEWING YOUR MIND Celebrating 30 Years of Broadcasting Truth Hear Special Episodes All Week LISTEN NOW
https://link.chtbl.com/NwRslPlKNew window External Subdomain LISTEN NOW
/posts/christs-mercy-is-greate...Christ’s Mercy Is Greater Than Our Failures Chris Larson 4MIN
/posts/download-the-free-ligon...Download the Free Ligonier App Ligonier Updates 2MIN
/posts/order-now-a-field-guide...Order Now: A Field Guide on Gender and Sexuality Ligonier Updates 2MIN
/posts/always-ready-southern-c...Always Ready: Join Us in Southern California Ligonier Updates 1MIN
/learn/articles/missionary-mar...Who Was Mary Slessor? Simonetta Carr5MIN
/learn/articles/glorifying-god...Glorifying God through Productivity Reagan Rose3MIN
/learn/articles/how-do-i-know-...How Do I Know If Something Is a Sin? Roland Barnes4MIN
/learn/articles/why-christians...Why Do Christians Do Bad Things? Aaron Garriott8MIN
/learn/articles/5-things-hell5 Things You Should Know about Hell Aaron Garriott5MIN
/search/?sort=newestSee More
/learn/articles/the-question-o...The Question of Conscience R.C. Sproul6MIN
/posts/announcing-our-tamil-de...Announcing Our Tamil Dedicated-Language Website J.D. Bridges2MIN
/learn/articles/who-was-ebenez...Who Was Ebenezer Erskine? Stephen Myers5MIN
/learn/articles/truth-and-true...Truth and True Peace Burk Parsons2MIN
/learn/articles/glorifying-god...Text duplicate Glorifying God through Productivity Reagan Rose3MIN
https://renewingyourmind.org/?...New window External Text duplicate Renewing Your Mind
/learn/devotionals/No Text
https://www.ligonier.org/appNew window Subdomain Get the Ligonier App Faithful teaching every day, wherever you go. Download the app today.
https://store.ligonier.org/External Subdomain View all
https://www.ligonier.org/aboutRead About Ligonier
https://www.ligonier.org/eventsSee More Events
https://www.ligonier.org/2025Subdomain No Text
https://www.ligonier.org/2025Subdomain 2025 National Conference
https://www.ligonier.org/2025Subdomain Learn More
https://events.ligonier.org/20...External Subdomain October 4 - 5, 2024
https://events.ligonier.org/20...External Subdomain 2024 Santo Domingo Conference
https://events.ligonier.org/20...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.ligoniertours.com/...External Subdomain October 11 - 24, 2024
https://www.ligoniertours.com/...External Subdomain 2024 Mediterranean Study Cruise
https://www.ligoniertours.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain November 9, 2024
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Always Ready: Southern California 2024
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.ligonier.org/eventsText duplicate See More Events
https://gift.ligonier.org/3345...External Subdomain Give Monthly
https://donate.ligonier.org/?u...External Subdomain One-Time Gift
https://tabletalkmagazine.com/External Text duplicate Tabletalk Magazine
https://renewingyourmind.org/External Text duplicate Renewing Your Mind
https://connect.ligonier.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Ligonier Connect
https://reformationstudybible....External Text duplicate Reformation Study Bible
https://reformationbiblecolleg...External Text duplicate Reformation Bible College
https://refnet.fm/External Text duplicate RefNet
https://events.ligonier.org/20...External Subdomain Text duplicate Oct. 04, 2024 2024 Santo Domingo Conference
https://www.ligoniertours.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Oct. 11, 2024 2024 Mediterranean Study Cruise
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Nov. 09, 2024 Always Ready: Southern California 2024
https://ligonier.brushfire.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Jan. 17, 2025 2025 Winter Conference
https://www.ligonier.org/eventsView all events
https://lc.chat/now/7423931/External Live Chat
https://goo.gl/maps/Qw5HqYkZNM...External 421 Ligonier Ct. Sanford, FL 32771
https://www.livechat.com/External Subdomain Chat Provider: LiveChat
https://ar.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Arabic
https://bn.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Bengali
https://zh.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Chinese
https://fa.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Farsi
https://fr.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain French
https://de.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain German
https://hi.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Hindi
https://id.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Indonesian
https://ja.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Japanese
https://ko.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Korean
https://pt.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Portuguese
https://ru.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Russian
https://es.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Spanish
https://ta.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Tamil
https://tr.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Turkish
https://uk.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Ukrainian
https://ur.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain Urdu
https://careers.ligonier.org/New window External Subdomain career opportunities.
http://www.facebook.com/LigonierNew window External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
http://twitter.com/ligonierNew window External A-TITLE X
http://www.youtube.com/Ligonie...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE YouTube
http://instagram.com/ligonierNew window External A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Linkedin
https://www.ligonier.org/faqsFAQ
https://www.ligonier.org/termsTerms of use
/copyright-policyCopyright Policy
/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ligonier.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The file size of the HTML document is very large (688 kB).
The page response time is excellent with 0.09 seconds.

HTTP Response Header

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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 7,032 referring domains.
This page has 1,222,967 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 4,000 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /pos/*
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Disallow: /search
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