Pragprog.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
77% 
Page quality
45% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
100% 
Server
88% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.45 s
File size
28.70 kB
Words
339
Media files
9
Number of links
54 internal / 17 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (478 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
We improve the lives of professional developers. We create timely, practical books on classic and cutting-edge topics to help you learn and practice your craft, and accelerate your career. Come learn with us.
The meta description is too long: 1273 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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)
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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
descriptionWe improve the lives of professional developers. We create timely, practical books on classic and cutting-edge topics to help you learn and practice your craft, and accelerate your career. Come learn with us.
keywordssoftware development project management pragmatic dave thomas pragdave agility books free learn career
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are only 339 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
22.7% 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.
3 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 12.2 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 7 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
8 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
https://pragprog.com/img/mastedon.svgMastodon
https://pragprog.com/img/twitter.pngNo alt attribute provided
...languages-in-seven-weeks/dzseven-250.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...n-python-volume-2/jwpython2-beta-125.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ntials-kotlin-edition/d-nskoalak-125.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/titles/bhtmux3/tmux-3/bhtmux3-beta-125.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...development-essentials/d-nsios18-125.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...scape/escape-velocity/d-dnescape-125.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...en-react-second-edition/tbreact2-125.jpgNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Seven Obscure Languages in Seven Weeks
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Seven Obscure Languages in Seven Weeks
H2 Rediscovering the Tools That Built the Future
H2 Releases, Offers & More
H2 Download Accounts
H2 How We're Different
H2 Latest News
H3 Featured Book:
H3 New Releases:
H3 Categories:
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 17 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://pragprog.com/No Text
https://pragprog.com/Home
https://pragprog.com/titlesBooks
https://pragprog.com/authorsAuthors
/publish-with-usPublish with Us
https://pragprog.com/supportSupport
https://www.giftya.com/brands/...New window External Subdomain eGifts
https://www.redbubble.com/peop...New window External Subdomain Swag
https://techhub.social/@pragprogExternal IMG-ALT Mastodon
https://twitter.com/pragprogExternal No Text
https://transactions.sendowl.c...External Subdomain My Orders
/titles/dzsevenSeven Obscure Languages in Seven Weeks Rediscovering the Tools That Built the Future
/titles/dzseven$32.95 ebook, all formats (details)
/titles/jwpython2A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms in Python, Volume 2 $43.95
/titles/d-nskoalakAndroid Studio Koala Essentials-Kotlin Edition $38.99
/titles/bhtmux3tmux 3 $22.95
/titles/d-nsios18iOS 18 App Development Essentials $38.99
/titles/d-dnescapeEscape Velocity $17.99
/titles/tbreact2Test-Driven React, Second Edition $26.95
/best_sellers/Best Sellers →
https://pragprog.com/titles/All titles →
https://pragprog.com/categoriesBrowse All Categories
/categories/android-ios-and-mo...Android, i​OS, and Mobile
/categories/architecture-desig...Architecture, Design, and Testing
/categories/audio-books/Audio Books
/categories/beta/Beta
/categories/beta-books/Beta Books
/categories/brain-teasers/Brain Teasers
/categories/cloud-and-networking/Cloud and Networking
/categories/data-and-data-scie...Data and Data Science
/categories/distributions/Distributions
/categories/elixir-phoenix-and...Elixir, Phoenix, and OTP
/categories/for-beginners/For Beginners
/categories/functional-program...Functional Programming
/categories/game-dev-graphics-...Game Dev, Graphics, and Media
/categories/go-language/Go Language
/categories/hardware-hobby-and...Hardware, Hobby, and Home
/categories/java-and-jvm-langu...Java and JVM Languages
/categories/javascript/Java​Script
/categories/management-people-...Management, People, and Teams
/categories/popular-libraries-...Popular Libraries and Frameworks
/categories/pragmatic-answers/Pragmatic Answers
/categories/pragmatic-express/Pragmatic ex​Press
/categories/programming-langua...Programming Languages
/categories/python/Python
/categories/ruby-and-rails/Ruby and Rails
/categories/seven-in-seven/Seven in Seven
/categories/tools/Tools
/categories/web-development/Web Development
https://pragprog.com/newsletterNewsletter Sign Up
https://transactions.sendowl.c...External Subdomain Text duplicate My Orders
https://transactions.sendowl.c...External Subdomain Resend order emails
https://media.pragprog.com/new...External Subdomain Seven Obscure Languages in Seven Weeks, in print
https://media.pragprog.com/new...External Subdomain A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms in Python, Volume 2, in beta
https://media.pragprog.com/new...External Subdomain Android Studio Koala Essentials-Kotlin Edition
https://media.pragprog.com/new...External Subdomain tmux 3, in beta
https://media.pragprog.com/new...External Subdomain iOS 18 App Development Essentials; codebar
https://media.pragprog.com/new...External Subdomain Escape Velocity
https://media.pragprog.com/new...External Subdomain Test-Driven React, Second Edition, in print; codebar
https://media.pragprog.com/new...External Subdomain Next-Level A/B Testing, in beta
/news/index.htmlSee all newsletters...
https://pragprog.com/contactContact
https://pragprog.com/aboutAbout Us
https://pragprog.com/privacyPrivacy
https://pragprog.com/terms-of-useTerms of Use
https://pragprog.com/securitySecurity
https://pragprog.com/newsletterNewsletter
https://www.giftya.com/brands/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate eGifts
https://www.couponchief.com/pr...Nofollow External Subdomain Pragprog.com Coupons
https://pragprog.com/promotionsPartnerships & Promotions
https://pragprog.com/careersCareers

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://pragprog.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 of 0.45 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 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (29 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateSat, 19 Oct 2024 01:42:59 GMT
content-typetext/html
last-modifiedFri, 18 Oct 2024 12:48:02 GMT
transfer-encodingchunked
connectionkeep-alive
etagW/"67125902-729c"
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 9,206 referring domains.
This page has 849,022 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,542 different ip addresses.

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Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers
We improve the lives of professional developers. We create timely, practical books on classic and cutting-edge topics to help you learn and practice your craft, and accelerate your career. Come learn with us.

Most important keywords

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Dev59%Check
Books58%Check
Developers56%Check
Seven52%Check
Languages52%Check
Obscure52%Check
Weeks52%Check
Beta Books47%Check
Pragmatic46%Check
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