Popia.co.za - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
82% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
97% 
Server
56% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.95 s
File size
90.60 kB
Words
1401
Media files
3
Number of links
320 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act) - POPIA
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (521 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to the Protection of Personal Information Act (often called the POPI Act or POPIA) in the form of a website so everyone can access it quickly.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (927 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://popia.co.za/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-za
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-za
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)
This page contains 1401 words. That's ok.
22.1% 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.
4 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 23.91 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 6 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width" 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 28 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act)
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act)
H2 The commencement date of POPIA
H2 Topics related to the POPI Act
H2 Quick access
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 13 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://popia.co.za/Anchor Skip to content
https://popia.co.za/IMG-ALT POPIA
https://popia.co.za/Text duplicate POPIA
https://popia.co.za/act/ACT Summary and Preamble
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 1 Definitions and Purpose
/section-1-definitions/Section 1 Definitions
/section-2-purpose-of-act/Section 2 Purpose of Act
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 2 Application Provisions
/section-3-application-and-int...Section 3 Application and interpretation of Act
/section-4-lawful-processing-o...Section 4 Lawful processing of personal information
/section-5-rights-of-data-subj...Section 5 Rights of data subjects
/section-6-exclusions/Section 6 Exclusions
/section-7-exclusion-for-journ...Section 7 Exclusion for journalistic, literary or artistic purposes
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 3 Conditions for Lawful Processing
/protection-of-personal-inform...Part A Processing of personal information in general
/protection-of-personal-inform...Condition 1 Accountability
/section-8-responsible-party-t...Section 8 Responsible party to ensure conditions for lawful processing
/protection-of-personal-inform...Condition 2 Processing limitation
/section-9-lawfulness-of-proce...Section 9 Lawfulness of processing
/section-10-minimality/Section 10 Minimality
/section-11-consent-justificat...Section 11 Consent, justification and objection
/section-12-collection-directl...Section 12 Collection directly from data subject
/protection-of-personal-inform...Condition 3 Purpose specification
/section-13-collection-for-spe...Section 13 Collection for specific purpose
/section-14-retention-and-rest...Section 14 Retention and restriction of records
/protection-of-personal-inform...Condition 4 Further processing limitation
/section-15-further-processing...Section 15 Further processing to be compatible with purpose of collection
/protection-of-personal-inform...Condition 5 Information quality
/section-16-quality-of-informa...Section 16 Quality of information
/protection-of-personal-inform...Condition 6 Openness
/section-17-documentation/Section 17 Documentation
/section-18-notification-to-da...Section 18 Notification to data subject when collecting personal information
/protection-of-personal-inform...Condition 7 Security safeguards
/section-19-security-measures-...Section 19 Security measures on integrity and confidentiality of personal information
/section-20-information-proces...Section 20 Information processed by operator or person acting under authority
/section-21-security-measures-...Section 21 Security measures regarding information processed by operator
/section-22-notification-of-se...Section 22 Notification of security compromises
/protection-of-personal-inform...Condition 8 Data subject participation
/section-23-access-to-personal...Section 23 Access to personal information
/section-24-correction-of-pers...Section 24 Correction of personal information
/section-25-manner-of-access/Section 25 Manner of access
/protection-of-personal-inform...Part B Processing of special personal information
/section-26-prohibition-on-pro...Section 26 Prohibition on processing of special personal information
/section-27-general-authorisat...Section 27 General authorisation concerning special personal information
/section-28-authorisation-conc...Section 28 Authorisation concerning data subject’s religious or philosophical beliefs
/section-29-authorisation-conc...Section 29 Authorisation concerning data subject’s race or ethnic origin
/section-30-authorisation-conc...Section 30 Authorisation concerning data subject’s trade union membership
/section-31-authorisation-conc...Section 31 Authorisation concerning data subject’s political persuasion
/section-32-authorisation-conc...Section 32 Authorisation concerning data subject’s health or sex life
/section-33-authorisation-conc...Section 33 Authorisation concerning data subject’s criminal behaviour or biometric information
/protection-of-personal-inform...Part C Processing of personal information of children
/section-34-prohibition-on-pro...Section 34 Prohibition on processing personal information of children
/section-35-general-authorisat...Section 35 General authorisation concerning personal information of children
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 4 Exemption from Conditions
/section-36-general/Section 36 General
/section-37-regulator-may-exem...Section 37 Regulator may exempt processing of personal information
/section-38-exemption-in-respe...Section 38 Exemption in respect of certain functions
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 5 Supervision
/protection-of-personal-inform...Part A Information Regulator
/section-39-establishment-of-i...Section 39 Establishment of Information Regulator
/section-40-powers-duties-and-...Section 40 Powers, duties and functions of Regulator
/section-41-appointment-term-o...Section 41 Appointment, term of office and removal of members of Regulator
/section-42-vacancies/Section 42 Vacancies
/section-43-powers-duties-and-...Section 43 Powers, duties and functions of Chairperson and other members
/section-44-regulator-to-have-...Section 44 Regulator to have regard to certain matters
/section-45-conflict-of-interest/Section 45 Conflict of interest
/section-46-remuneration-allow...Section 46 Remuneration, allowances, benefits and privileges of members
/section-47-staff/Section 47 Staff
/section-48-powers-duties-and-...Section 48 Powers, duties and functions of chief executive officer
/section-49-committees-of-regu...Section 49 Committees of Regulator
/section-50-establishment-of-e...Section 50 Establishment of Enforcement Committee
/section-51-meetings-of-regula...Section 51 Meetings of Regulator
/section-52-funds/Section 52 Funds
/section-53-protection-of-regu...Section 53 Protection of Regulator
/section-54-duty-of-confidenti...Section 54 Duty of confidentiality
/protection-of-personal-inform...Part B Information Officer
/section-55-duties-and-respons...Section 55 Duties and responsibilities of Information Officer
/section-56-designation-and-de...Section 56 Designation and delegation of deputy information officers
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 6 Prior Authorisation
/section-57-processing-subject...Section 57 Processing subject to prior authorisation
/section-58-responsible-party-...Section 58 Responsible party to notify Regulator if processing is subject to prior authorisation
/section-59-failure-to-notify-...Section 59 Failure to notify processing subject to prior authorisation
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 7 Codes of Conduct
/section-60-issuing-of-codes-o...Section 60 Issuing of codes of conduct
/section-61-process-for-issuin...Section 61 Process for issuing codes of conduct
/section-62-notification-avail...Section 62 Notification, availability and commencement of code of conduct
/section-63-procedure-for-deal...Section 63 Procedure for dealing with complaints
/section-64-amendment-and-revo...Section 64 Amendment and revocation of codes of conduct
/section-65-guidelines-about-c...Section 65 Guidelines about codes of conduct
/section-66-register-of-approv...Section 66 Register of approved codes of conduct
/section-67-review-of-operatio...Section 67 Review of operation of approved code of conduct
/section-68-effect-of-failure-...Section 68 Effect of failure to comply with code of conduct
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 8 Direct Marketing, Directories and Automated Decision Making
/section-69-direct-marketing-b...Section 69 Direct marketing by means of unsolicited electronic communications
/section-70-directories/Section 70 Directories
/section-71-automated-decision...Section 71 Automated decision making
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 9 Transborder Information Flows
/section-72-transfers-of-perso...Section 72 Transfers of personal information outside Republic
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 10 Enforcement
/section-73-interference-with-...Section 73 Interference with protection of personal information of data subject
/section-74-complaints/Section 74 Complaints
/section-75-mode-of-complaints...Section 75 Mode of complaints to Regulator
/section-76-action-on-receipt-...Section 76 Action on receipt of complaint
/section-77-regulator-may-deci...Section 77 Regulator may decide to take no action on complaint
/section-78-referral-of-compla...Section 78 Referral of complaint to regulatory body
/section-79-pre-investigation-...Section 79 Pre-investigation proceedings of Regulator
/section-80-settlement-of-comp...Section 80 Settlement of complaints
/section-81-investigation-proc...Section 81 Investigation proceedings of Regulator
/section-82-issue-of-warrants/Section 82 Issue of warrants
/section-83-requirements-for-i...Section 83 Requirements for issuing of warrant
/section-84-execution-of-warra...Section 84 Execution of warrants
/section-85-matters-exempt-fro...Section 85 Matters exempt from search and seizure
/section-86-communication-betw...Section 86 Communication between legal adviser and client exempt
/section-87-objection-to-searc...Section 87 Objection to search and seizure
/section-88-return-of-warrants/Section 88 Return of warrants
/section-89-assessment/Section 89 Assessment
/section-90-information-notice/Section 90 Information notice
/section-91-parties-to-be-info...Section 91 Parties to be informed of result of assessment
/section-92-matters-referred-t...Section 92 Matters referred to Enforcement Committee
/section-93-functions-of-enfor...Section 93 Functions of Enforcement Committee
/section-94-parties-to-be-info...Section 94 Parties to be informed of developments during and result of investigation
/section-95-enforcement-notice/Section 95 Enforcement notice
/section-96-cancellation-of-en...Section 96 Cancellation of enforcement notice
/section-97-right-of-appeal/Section 97 Right of appeal
/section-98-consideration-of-a...Section 98 Consideration of appeal
/section-99-civil-remedies/Section 99 Civil remedies
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 11 Offences, Penalties and Administrative Fines
/section-100-obstruction-of-re...Section 100 Obstruction of Regulator
/section-101-breach-of-confide...Section 101 Breach of confidentiality
/section-102-obstruction-of-ex...Section 102 Obstruction of execution of warrant
/section-103-failure-to-comply...Section 103 Failure to comply with enforcement or information notices
/section-104-offences-by-witne...Section 104 Offences by witnesses
/section-105-unlawful-acts-by-...Section 105 Unlawful acts by responsible party in connection with account number
/section-106-unlawful-acts-by-...Section 106 Unlawful acts by third parties in connection with account number
/section-107-penalties/Section 107 Penalties
/section-108-magistrates-court...Section 108 Magistrate’s Court jurisdiction to impose penalties
/section-109-administrative-fi...Section 109 Administrative fines
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 12 General Provisions
/section-110-amendment-of-laws/Section 110 Amendment of laws
/section-111-fees/Section 111 Fees
/section-112-regulations/Section 112 Regulations
/section-113-procedure-for-mak...Section 113 Procedure for making regulations
/section-114-transitional-arra...Section 114 Transitional arrangements
/section-115-short-title-and-c...Section 115 Short title and commencement
https://www.michalsons.com/eventsExternal Subdomain No Text
https://www.parliament.gov.za/External Subdomain Parliament
http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/External Subdomain President
https://popia.co.za/terms/disclaim all liability
https://www.michalsons.com/foc...External Subdomain summary
https://www.michalsons.com/leg...External Subdomain POPI workshop
https://www.michalsons.com/blo...External Subdomain judgments and cases
https://www.michalsons.com/foc...External Subdomain POPIA compliance framework
https://www.michalsons.com/pro...External Subdomain Data Protection Programme
https://www.michalsons.com/foc...External Subdomain POPIA lens
https://www.justice.gov.za/inf...External Subdomain Information Regulator
https://www.inforegulator.org.za/External Subdomain their website
/section-1-definitions/section 1
/protection-of-personal-inform...Part A of Chapter 5
/section-112-regulations/section 112
/section-113-procedure-for-mak...section 113
/section-110-amendment-of-laws/section 110
/section-114-transitional-arra...114(4)
https://www.michalsons.com/blo...External Subdomain POPI commencement date
/category/popia-regulations/POPIA regulations
/category/application-and-comm...Application and commencement
/category/unique-to-south-africa/Unique to South Africa
/category/access-to-information/Access to information
/category/actions-to-take-first/Actions to take first
/category/big-data/Big data
/category/breach-notification/Breach notification
/category/children/Children
/category/code-of-conduct/Code of conduct
/category/consent/Consent
/category/contract/Contract
/category/cookies/Cookies
/category/data-subject/Data subject rights
/category/direct-marketing/Direct marketing
/category/information-officer/Information officer
/category/information-regulator/Information regulator
/category/operator/Managing operator relationships
/category/mapping-activities/Mapping activities
/category/media/Media
/category/obligations/Obligations
/category/operator-2/Operator
/category/opt-out/Opt out
/category/personal-information/Personal Information
/category/policies/Policies
/category/popi-act/POPI Act
/category/popia/Text duplicate POPIA
/category/purpose/Purpose
/category/quick-wins/Quick wins
/category/reasonably-practicable/Reasonably practicable
/category/records-management/Records management
/category/records-of-processin...Records of processing activities
/category/research/Research
/category/responsible-party/Responsible party
/category/right-to-be-forgotten/Right to be forgotten
/category/risks-of-non-complia...Risks of non-compliance
/category/information-security/Securing information
/category/the-conditions/The conditions
https://www.michalsons.com/abo...External Subdomain No Text
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 1
/section-1-definitions/1
/section-2-purpose-of-act/2
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 2
/section-3-application-and-int...3
/section-4-lawful-processing-o...4
/section-5-rights-of-data-subj...5
/section-6-exclusions/6
/section-7-exclusion-for-journ...7
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 3
/section-8-responsible-party-t...8
/section-9-lawfulness-of-proce...9
/section-10-minimality/10
/section-11-consent-justificat...11
/section-12-collection-directl...12
/section-13-collection-for-spe...13
/section-14-retention-and-rest...14
/section-15-further-processing...15
/section-16-quality-of-informa...16
/section-17-documentation/17
/section-18-notification-to-da...18
/section-19-security-measures-...19
/section-20-information-proces...20
/section-21-security-measures-...21
/section-22-notification-of-se...22
/section-23-access-to-personal...23
/section-24-correction-of-pers...24
/section-25-manner-of-access/25
/section-26-prohibition-on-pro...26
/section-27-general-authorisat...27
/section-28-authorisation-conc...28
/section-29-authorisation-conc...29
/section-30-authorisation-conc...30
/section-31-authorisation-conc...31
/section-32-authorisation-conc...32
/section-33-authorisation-conc...33
/section-34-prohibition-on-pro...34
/section-35-general-authorisat...35
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 4
/section-36-general/36
/section-37-regulator-may-exem...37
/section-38-exemption-in-respe...38
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 5
/section-39-establishment-of-i...39
/section-40-powers-duties-and-...40
/section-41-appointment-term-o...41
/section-42-vacancies/42
/section-43-powers-duties-and-...43
/section-44-regulator-to-have-...44
/section-45-conflict-of-interest/45
/section-46-remuneration-allow...46
/section-47-staff/47
/section-48-powers-duties-and-...48
/section-49-committees-of-regu...49
/section-50-establishment-of-e...50
/section-51-meetings-of-regula...51
/section-52-funds/52
/section-53-protection-of-regu...53
/section-54-duty-of-confidenti...54
/section-55-duties-and-respons...55
/section-56-designation-and-de...56
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 6
/section-57-processing-subject...57
/section-58-responsible-party-...58
/section-59-failure-to-notify-...59
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 7
/section-60-issuing-of-codes-o...60
/section-61-process-for-issuin...61
/section-62-notification-avail...62
/section-63-procedure-for-deal...63
/section-64-amendment-and-revo...64
/section-65-guidelines-about-c...65
/section-66-register-of-approv...66
/section-67-review-of-operatio...67
/section-68-effect-of-failure-...68
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 8
/section-69-direct-marketing-b...69
/section-70-directories/70
/section-71-automated-decision...71
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 9
/section-72-transfers-of-perso...72
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 10
/section-73-interference-with-...73
/section-74-complaints/74
/section-75-mode-of-complaints...75
/section-76-action-on-receipt-...76
/section-77-regulator-may-deci...77
/section-78-referral-of-compla...78
/section-79-pre-investigation-...79
/section-80-settlement-of-comp...80
/section-81-investigation-proc...81
/section-82-issue-of-warrants/82
/section-83-requirements-for-i...83
/section-84-execution-of-warra...84
/section-85-matters-exempt-fro...85
/section-86-communication-betw...86
/section-87-objection-to-searc...87
/section-88-return-of-warrants/88
/section-89-assessment/89
/section-90-information-notice/90
/section-91-parties-to-be-info...91
/section-92-matters-referred-t...92
/section-93-functions-of-enfor...93
/section-94-parties-to-be-info...94
/section-95-enforcement-notice/95
/section-96-cancellation-of-en...96
/section-97-right-of-appeal/97
/section-98-consideration-of-a...98
/section-99-civil-remedies/99
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 11
/section-100-obstruction-of-re...100
/section-101-breach-of-confide...101
/section-102-obstruction-of-ex...102
/section-103-failure-to-comply...103
/section-104-offences-by-witne...104
/section-105-unlawful-acts-by-...105
/section-106-unlawful-acts-by-...106
/section-107-penalties/107
/section-108-magistrates-court...108
/section-109-administrative-fi...109
/protection-of-personal-inform...Chapter 12
/section-110-amendment-of-laws/110
/section-111-fees/111
/section-112-regulations/112
/section-113-procedure-for-mak...113
/section-114-transitional-arra...114
/section-115-short-title-and-c...115
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
https://popia.co.za/terms/Terms
/cookie-policy/Cookie policy
https://popia.co.za/contact-us/Advertise
/accessible-law/Accessible Law

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HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://popia.co.za/"
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 of 0.95 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.
This page loads 8 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 6 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (91 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
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This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 893 referring domains.
This page has 914,201 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 688 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act) - POPIA
Welcome to the Protection of Personal Information Act (often called the POPI Act or POPIA) in the form of a website so everyone can access it quickly.

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POPIA76%Check
Personal Information Act76%Check
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