Publicationethics.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
60% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
98% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.14 s
File size
31.00 kB
Words
649
Media files
2
Number of links
58 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics | Promoting integrity in scholarly research and its publication
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 904 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://publicationethics.org/
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)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 28.8 words is high.
This page contains 649 words. That's ok.
30.4% 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.
13 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, minimum-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 13 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
...fault/files/forum-sept24-register-hm.jpgAn image with computer keyboard keys 'Ctrl, C' and 'Ctrl, V' on a purple background. The copy is: Register for the COPE Forum on 10 September 2924 where we discuss cases brought by members. topic for discussion: Plagiarism in 2024'Register for COPE Forum
...ault/files/cope-position-citation-hm.jpgA purple background with words in a speech bubble over the top: how should i handle citation manipulation? Handling citation manipulation

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Promoting integrity in research and its publication
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Promoting integrity in research and its publication
H2 Our core practices
H2 Your publication ethics case
H2 Guidance & discussion
H2 Useful links
H2 Sign up to COPE's latest news
H2 Connect with COPE
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 6 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://publicationethics.org/Anchor Skip to main content
https://publicationethics.org/COPE
A-TITLE Home
/guidanceFind guidance
/guidance/FlowchartsFlowcharts
/guidance/GuidelinesGuidelines
/guidance/CaseCases
/copeforumCOPE Forum
/resources/elearningeLearning
/about/our-organisationOur organisation
/core-practicesCore Practices
/membersFind a member
/join-copeBecome a member
/about/work-with-usWork with us
/user/loginSign in
/about/our-organisationAbout COPE
/news/can-we-make-english-lang...Accessible publishing
/news/can-we-make-english-lang...Editorial and responses
/core-practicesRead more about core practices
/misconductAllegations of misconduct
/authorshipAuthorship and contributorship
/appealsComplaints and appeals
/competinginterestsConflicts of interest
/dataData and reproducibility
/oversightEthical oversight
/intellectualpropertyIntellectual property
/managementJournal management
/peerreviewPeer review processes
/postpublicationPost-publication discussions
/copeforumYour publication ethics case
/copeforumSubmit your case
/resources/forum-discussion-to...Plagiarism in 2024
/resources/forum-discussion-to...Join the discussion
https://united2act.org/working...External Paper mills
https://united2act.org/working...External New resources
/resources/forum-discussion-to...Watchlists
/resources/forum-discussion-to...Video & discussion
/guidance/CaseNew cases
/guidance/CasePublication ethics cases
/cope-positionsCOPE Position
/cope-positionsAnchor Handling citation manipulation
/resources/sample-lettersTemplate letters
/resources/sample-lettersNew templates
/about/advisorsNew Advisors
/about/advisorsCOPE Advisors
/events/publication-integrity-...Save the date!
/events/publication-integrity-...Publication Integrity Week
/join-copeText duplicate Become a member
/contact-usContact Us
/eventsEvents
/guidanceGuidance
/membersMembership
/newsopinionNews & Opinion
https://www.facebook.com/publi...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://twitter.com/C0PENew window External X
/cope-newsletterCOPE Newsletter
/about/governanceGovernance
/about/pressPress
/cope-position-statementsCOPE position statements
/about/subcommitteesSubcommittees
/cope-policiesPolicies
A-TITLE COPE policies provide a clear and coherent set of policies and procedures to ensure that our organisation is well run, and that all who interact with COPE un...
/privacyPrivacy Policy
/termsandconditionsWebsite Terms and Conditions

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://publicationethics.org/"
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 excellent with 0.14 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (31 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 13,727 referring domains.
This page has 2,736,772 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 9,040 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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Most important keywords

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publication integrity71%Check
ethics63%Check
Promoting integrity62%Check
research61%Check
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COPE60%Check
Publication Integrity Week58%Check
scholarly research54%Check

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