Plough.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
92% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
32% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.97 s
File size
54.20 kB
Words
495
Media files
18
Number of links
72 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Plough: Quarterly Magazine and Books
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)
Founded in 1920, Plough is an independent publisher affiliated with the Bruderhof, an international Christian community movement.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (806 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://plough-prod-sc-cd-premium.azurewebsites.net/en
The canonical link points to a different domain.
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)
The href language en is specified more than once in alternate links.
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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keywordsHome
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twitter:site@PloughBooks
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
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fb:app_id1703041083294275
fb:profile_id159604364230321
og:site_namePlough
og:publisherhttps://www.facebook.com/PloughPublishing
og:urlhttps://plough-prod-sc-cd-premium.azurewebsites.net/en
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome
og:descriptionFounded in 1920, Plough is an independent publisher affiliated with the Bruderhof, an international Christian community movement.
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og:image:width1200
og:image:height600
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charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 495 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
28.7% 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.
7 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 22.33 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 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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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...11&hash=205D14A66D406A337065738838DE6391228x129BlackWordmarkTaglinefullwidth
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...10&hash=39D40F19CB54FB07B1C12460BDF57F65220x106BlackWordmark
...ummertech/40cover/40coverfront.jpg?la=enpainting of two boys and their mother
...ummer/mitchell/mitchellhero340.jpg?la=enfarmers working
...pg?la=en,en&mw=150&class=list-item-imageBy Fire
...pg?la=en,en&mw=150&class=list-item-imageBetween Two Sounds
...150&class=list-item-image bordered-imagebook cover of Come Again, Pelican
...pg?la=en,en&mw=150&class=list-item-imageWhere Children Grow
.../new-logo/english/footermobile.png?la=enPlough
...new-logo/english/footerdesktop.png?la=enPlough
.../plough/global/Social-Icons/rsslogo_greyNo alt attribute provided
...s/plough/global/Social-Icons/twitter.pngNo alt attribute provided
...es/plough/global/Social-Icons/Vector.pngNo alt attribute provided
...s/plough/global/Social-Icons/youtube.pngNo alt attribute provided
...lough/global/Social-Icons/instagram1.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Past Peasant Future
H2 Featured Topics
H2 Recent Articles
H2 Sign up for Plough email newsletters
H2 Featured Books
H2 About
H2 Magazine
H2 Contact Us
H2 Language
H3 The Open Road
H3 Children at Play
H3 American Freedom and Christian Freedom
H3 In Praise of Excess
H3 Bad Faith or Perfect Freedom
H3 Speaking of Joy
H3 By Fire: The Jakob Hutter Story
H3 Between Two Sounds: Arvo Pärt’s Journey to His Musical Language
H3 Come Again, Pelican
H3 Where Children Grow
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.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.plough.com/enIMG-ALT Plough
/api/Plough/Login/logoutSign Out
https://www.plough.com/enHome
https://www.plough.com/en/accountMy Account
/en/account/subscriptionSubscriptions
/en/account/newslettersNewsletters
https://www.plough.com/enIMG-ALT 228x129BlackWordmarkTaglinefullwidth
https://plough.foxycart.com/ca...External Subdomain View Cart
https://plough.foxycart.com/ch...External Subdomain Checkout
/en/login?returnUrl=/Sign In
https://plough.imbmsubscriptio...External Subdomain Anchor Renew
/en/subscriptionsSubscribe
/en/subscriptions/quarterlyMagazine
https://www.plough.com/en/booksBooks
/en/contact-us/rhina-espaillat...Poetry Award
/en/subscriptions/weeklyFree Newsletters
/en/articlesLatest
/en/topics/culture?browse=1&in...Books & Culture
/en/topics/community/education...Education
/en/topics/life?browse=1&inclu...The Good Life
/en/topics/faith?browse=1&incl...Faith & Spirituality
/en/topics/life/technology?bro...Technology
/en/topics/justice/environment...Nature & Environment
/en/topics/justice/sustainable...Food and Farming
/en/topics/justice/politics?br...Politics
/en/topics/community/intention...Life in Community
/en/topics/life/parenting?brow...Family & Parenting
/en/all-topicsAll Topics
/en/subscriptions/weeklyEmail Signup
https://www.plough.com/en/eventsEvents
https://www.plough.com/en/authorsContributors
/en/about-usAbout Us
/en/subscriptions/quarterly/20...Current Issue
IMG-ALT painting of two boys and their mother
/en/subscriptions/quarterly/ba...Back Issues
https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/pph...External Subdomain Customer Service
/en/subscriptionsSubscription Options
https://plough.imbmsubscriptio...External Subdomain Give a Gift
/en/topics/justice/sustainable...Trivial anchor text
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/en/topics/culture/musicMusic
/en/topics/life/technologyText duplicate Technology
/en/topics/community/educationText duplicate Education
/en/topics/community/serviceService
/en/articlesView All
/en/topics/culture/holidays/th...September 13, 2024 The Open Road Christina Cannon I went on a roadtrip down Route 66 looking for freedom. Continue Reading
/en/topics/community/education...September 12, 2024 Children at Play Friedrich Froebel The inventor of kindergarten explains the importance of free play for a child’s development. Continue R...
/en/topics/faith/american-free...September 11, 2024 American Freedom and Christian Freedom Benjamin Crosby Freedom is central to American ideals and to the Christian faith, but there is dang...
/en/topics/culture/literature/...September 10, 2024 In Praise of Excess Alan Koppschall In All Things Are Too Small, Becca Rothfeld makes the case for a more infinite view of the world and r...
/en/topics/justice/politics/co...September 9, 2024 Bad Faith or Perfect Freedom King-Ho Leung Sartre and Augustine reflect on what it takes to be free. Continue Reading
/en/topics/faith/devotional-re...September 8, 2024 Speaking of Joy Ladislaus Boros Wherever we experience true joy, we also experience mystery. Continue Reading
/en/books?browse=1&includeProd...Text duplicate View All
/en/topics/faith/anabaptists/b...By Fire: The Jakob Hutter Story Jason Landsel, Sankha Banerjee and Richard Mommsen Coming in January 2025: A graphic novel dramatizes a true story of a corru...
IMG-ALT By Fire
/en/topics/culture/music/betwe...Between Two Sounds: Arvo Pärt’s Journey to His Musical Language Joonas Sildre A graphic novel follows the celebrated Estonian composer through the cultural, ...
IMG-ALT Between Two Sounds
/en/topics/culture/literature/...Come Again, Pelican Don Freeman From the creator of Corduroy, a newly restored classic picture book that celebrates a child’s bond with the natural world. Re...
IMG-ALT book cover of Come Again, Pelican
/en/topics/community/education...Where Children Grow Friedrich Froebel An early champion of childhood reminds parents and educators that children learn best when they are free to play and ex...
IMG-ALT Where Children Grow
/en/subscriptions/weeklyweekly online
/en/subscriptions/quarterlyquarterly in print
/en/books/new-and-noteworthybooks
https://www.plough.com/enText duplicate IMG-ALT Plough
/en/plough-rss-feedNew window A-TITLE Follow Plough RSS Feed
https://twitter.com/ploughNew window External A-TITLE Follow @Plough
https://www.facebook.com/Ploug...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow Plough on Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow Plough on YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/plou...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow Plough on Instagram
/en/about-usText duplicate About Us
/en/about-us/mission-statementMission
https://www.plough.com/en/faqFAQ
/en/subscriptions/quarterlyPlough Quarterly
/en/subscriptions/plough-membe...Membership
/en/subscriptions/quarterly/ba...Text duplicate Back Issues
/en/subscriptions/weeklyText duplicate Newsletters
/en/contact-usContact Us
/en/about-us/donateDonate
/en/about-us/magazine-submissionsSubmit Your Work
/en/contact-us/rhina-espaillat...Text duplicate Poetry Award
https://www.plough.com/arالعربية
https://www.plough.com/frFrançais
https://www.plough.com/deDeutsch
https://www.plough.com/ko한국어
https://www.plough.com/esEspañol
/en/about-us/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy
/en/about-us/terms-of-useTerms of Use

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.plough.com/"
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 (1.97 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 (54 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 12 Sep 2024 15:35:10 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
varyAccept-Encoding
cache-controlno-cache, no-store
expires-1
pragmano-cache
set-cookie102 Characters
request-contextappId=cid-v1:14d43f5e-0338-4243-8288-a2f5eee263c8
x-azure-ref20240912T153508Z-r19c76bc86bx7sggcxxpf5a3kc00000004k0000000019sf5
x-fd-int-roxy-purgeid0
x-cachePRIVATE_NOSTORE
content-encodinggzip
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 3,195 referring domains.
This page has 490,475 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,713 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /_Classes/
Disallow: /_Controls/
Disallow: /_data/
Disallow: /_EnvironmentSettings/
Disallow: /_Flash/
Disallow: /_Utilities/
Disallow: /IndexSearhHelpers/
Disallow: /sitecore/
Disallow: /sitecore modules/
Disallow: /temp/
Disallow: /upload/
Disallow: /xsl/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /-/media/Files/Plough/ebooks/
Disallow: /-/media/files/plough/ebooks/
Disallow: /-/media/Files/Plough/audiobooks/
Disallow: /-/media/files/plough/audiobooks/
Disallow: /-/media/Files/Plough/ebooks/
Disallow: /-/media/files/plough/ebooks/
Disallow: /-/media/Files/Plough/audiobooks/
Disallow: /-/media/files/plough/audiobooks/
Disallow: /-/media/files/plough/magazines/Quarterly
Disallow: /-/media/files/plough/magazines/quarterly

sitemap: https://www.plough.com/sitemapPlough.xml

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Plough: Quarterly Magazine and Books
Founded in 1920, Plough is an independent publisher affiliated with the Bruderhof, an international Christian community movement.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Plough77%Check
Books52%Check
Magazine50%Check
Christian50%Check
Quarterly Magazine49%Check
quarterly48%Check
International Christian48%Check
Children46%Check
Community46%Check
international46%Check
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