Seat61.com - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
97% 
Page quality
67% 
Page structure
50% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.19 s
File size
64.80 kB
Words
651
Media files
14
Number of links
172 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Man in Seat 61 | The train travel guide
The length of the page title is perfect. (383 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
A guide to train travel in the UK, Europe & worldwide. Train times, fares, how to buy tickets, tips & advice.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (648 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.seat61.com/
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
(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 XHTML 1.0 Transitional 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

NameValue
descriptionA guide to train travel in the UK, Europe & worldwide. Train times, fares, how to buy tickets, tips & advice.
keywordsTravel, train, Eurostar, Trans-Siberian, fare, ticket, fear of flying, rail
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twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@seatsixtyone
twitter:titleThe Man in Seat 61 - for train travel
twitter:descriptionHow to travel by train from the UK to any country in mainland Europe, within Europe & around the world...
twitter:imagehttps://www.seat61.com/images/twitter-image.jpg
og:imagehttps://www.seat61.com/images/Europe-train-eurostar-2.jpg
og:descriptionHow to travel by train in Europe & worldwide: Schedules, fares & how to buy tickets.
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 651 words. That's ok.
22.4% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.3 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No viewpoint tag is provided.
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (22). We recommend using a maximum of 13 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
/images/template/man-small-photo.jpgTrain advice from the Man in Seat 61...
/images/social-share-facebook.jpgShare on Facebook
/images/social-share-twitter.jpgTweet
/images/social-share-email.jpgSend email
/images/template/follow-buttons.jpgFollow the Man in Seat 61
/images/template/bullet-small.jpgsmall bullet point
/images/template/bullet-small.jpgsmall bullet point
/images/template/bullet-small.jpgsmall bullet point
/images/template/bullet-small.jpgsmall bullet point
/images/template/bullet-small.jpgsmall bullet point
/images/aboutme-guardian.jpgBest travel website, Guardian & Observer Travel Awards 2008
/images/aboutme-wanderlust-logo.jpgBest Travel Website, Wanderlust Travel Awards
https://www.seat61.com/images/TheTimes.gifTimes Online 100 Best Travel Websites
/images2/Aboutme-ResponsibleTravelAw.jpgResponsible Travel Awards

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The Man in Seat Sixty-One
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 The Man in Seat Sixty-One
H1 Train travel UK & Ireland...
H1 Train travel in Europe...
H1 Train travel in Asia...
H1 Train travel in Africa...
H1 Train travel in America...
H1 Train travel in Australasia
H1 Best Travel Website, Wanderlust Travel Awards
H2 Welcome to the official website of...
H2 Train travel in the UK, Europe & Worldwide
H3 Train travel UK & Ireland... Duplicate text
H3 Train travel from the UK to...
H3 Train travel in Europe... Duplicate text
H3 Train travel worldwide...
H3 Great train journeys...
H3 A guide to European train travel...
H3 Winner, Best Low Carbon Transport & Technology Initiative
H4 Winner,
H4 Favourite Travel Website
H4 Winner, Duplicate text
H4 Best Travel Website
H4 Best Travel Website Duplicate text
H4 Winner, Duplicate text
H4 Best Personal Contribution
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.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 16 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.facebook.com/share...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Share on Facebook
A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://twitter.com/intent/twe...New window External IMG-ALT Tweet
https://www.seat61.com/index.htmlHome
/sitemap.htmSite map
/railshop.htmBuy train tickets
/buy-a-ferry-ticket-online.htmBuy ferry tickets
/book-a-hotel-online.htmBook a hotel
/how-to-use-a-eurail-pass.htmRailpasses
https://www.seat61.com/links.htmLinks
https://www.seat61.com/news.htmNews
/aboutme.htmAbout me
https://www.seat61.com/email.htmNew window Contact
https://users4.smartgb.com/g/g...New window External Subdomain Guestbook
https://www.moretvicar.com/col...New window External Subdomain T-shirts
/disclaimer.htmPrivacy & cookies
/train-travel-in-britain.htmTrain travel in Britain
/sleeper-to-scotland.htmScotland by sleeper
/sleeper-to-cornwall.htmCornwall by sleeper
/train-and-ferry-to-jersey-and...Channel Islands
/train-and-ferry-to-the-isle-o...Isle of Man
/train-and-ferry-to-belfast.htmNorthern Ireland
/train-and-ferry-to-dublin.htmRepublic of Ireland
/european-train-travel.htmEurope by train introduction
/european-train-tickets-online...How to buy European train tickets
/trains-and-routes/london-to-p...London to Paris or Brussels by Eurostar
/Albania.htmAlbania
/Andorra.htmAndorra
/Austria.htmAustria
/Belgium.htmBelgium
https://www.seat61.com/Russia.htmBelarus
https://www.seat61.com/Bosnia.htmBosnia
/Bulgaria.htmBulgaria
/Croatia.htmCroatia
https://www.seat61.com/Cyprus.htmCyprus
https://www.seat61.com/Czech.htmCzech Rep.
/Denmark.htmDenmark
/Estonia.htmEstonia
/Finland.htmFinland
https://www.seat61.com/France.htmFrance
/Germany.htmGermany
/Gibraltar.htmGibraltar
https://www.seat61.com/Greece.htmGreece
/Hungary.htmHungary
/Iceland.htmIceland
https://www.seat61.com/Italy.htmItaly
https://www.seat61.com/Latvia.htmLatvia
/Lithuania.htmLithuania
/Luxembourg.htmLuxembourg
https://www.seat61.com/Serbia.htmMacedonia
https://www.seat61.com/Malta.htmMalta
/Moldova.htmMoldova
/Montenegro.htmMontenegro
/Netherlands.htmNetherlands
https://www.seat61.com/Norway.htmNorway
https://www.seat61.com/Poland.htmPoland
/Portugal.htmPortugal
/Romania.htmRomania
https://www.seat61.com/Russia.htmRussia
https://www.seat61.com/Serbia.htmSerbia
/Slovakia.htmSlovakia
/Slovenia.htmSlovenia
https://www.seat61.com/Spain.htmSpain
https://www.seat61.com/Sweden.htmSweden
/Switzerland.htmSwitzerland
https://www.seat61.com/Turkey.htmTurkey
/Ukraine.htmUkraine
/georgia-armenia-and-azerbaija...Armenia
/georgia-armenia-and-azerbaija...Azerbaijan
/Bangladesh.htmBangladesh
https://www.seat61.com/Burma.htmBurma (Myanmar)
/Cambodia.htmCambodia
https://www.seat61.com/China.htmChina
/georgia-armenia-and-azerbaija...Georgia
/HongKong.htmHong Kong
https://www.seat61.com/India.htmIndia
/Indonesia.htmIndonesia
https://www.seat61.com/Iran.htmIran
https://www.seat61.com/Iraq.htmIraq
https://www.seat61.com/Israel.htmIsrael
https://www.seat61.com/Japan.htmJapan
https://www.seat61.com/Jordan.htmJordan
/central-asia-by-train.htmKazakhstan
https://www.seat61.com/Laos.htmLaos
/Malaysia.htmMalaysia
https://www.seat61.com/Nepal.htmNepal
/NorthKorea.htmNorth Korea
/Pakistan.htmPakistan
/Philippines.htmPhilippines
/Saudi-Arabia.htmSaudi Arabia
/Malaysia.htmSingapore
/SouthKorea.htmSouth Korea
/SriLanka.htmSri Lanka
https://www.seat61.com/Syria.htmSyria
https://www.seat61.com/Taiwan.htmTaiwan
/Thailand.htmThailand
/train-travel-in-turkey.htmText duplicate Turkey
/Uzbekistan.htmUzbekistan
/Vietnam.htmVietnam
/Algeria.htmAlgeria
/Botswana.htmBotswana
/Cameroon.htmCameroon
https://www.seat61.com/Egypt.htmEgypt
/Ethiopia.htmEthiopia
https://www.seat61.com/Gabon.htmGabon
https://www.seat61.com/Kenya.htmKenya
/Senegal.htmMali
/Morocco.htmMorocco
/Mozambique.htmMozambique
/Namibia.htmNamibia
/Senegal.htmSenegal
/SouthAfrica.htmSouth Africa
https://www.seat61.com/Sudan.htmSudan
https://www.seat61.com/Zambia.htmTanzania
/Tunisia.htmTunisia
https://www.seat61.com/Zambia.htmZambia
/Zimbabwe.htmZimbabwe
https://www.seat61.com/Canada.htmCanada
https://www.seat61.com/Cuba.htmCuba
https://www.seat61.com/Peru.htmPeru
/SouthAmerica.htmSouth America
/UnitedStates.htmUnited States
/Australia.htmAustralia
/NewZealand.htmNew Zealand
/trans-siberian-railway.htmTrans- Siberian Railway
/central-asia-by-train.htmThe Silk Route
/europe-to-india-overland.htmoverland by train
/europe-to-australia-without-f...without flying
/queen-mary-2-transatlantic.htmQueen Mary 2 Trans-Atlantic
/how-to-use-a-eurail-pass.htmEurail pass guide
/how-to-use-an-interrail-pass.htmExplore Europe by train with an Interrail pass
/motorail-trains.htmTaking your car by train: Motorail
/holidays-by-train.htmHolidays by train
/trains-and-routes/eurostar-sk...Ski holidays by train
/trains-and-routes/london-to-p...Eurostar, the train from London to Paris
/history-of-the-orient-express...Orient Express
/venice-simplon-orient-express...Venice Simplon Orient Express
/trains-and-routes/glacier-exp...Switzerland's scenic train: Glacier Express
/trains-and-routes/bernina-exp...Switzerland's Bernina Express
/auckland-to-wellington-by-tra...Auckland to Wellington by train: Northern Explorer
/tranzalpine-train.htmNZ's most scenic train: TranzAlpine
/california-zephyr.htmAcross the USA on Amtrak's California Zephyr
/train-from-toronto-to-vancouv...Across Canada on VIA Rail's Canadian
/rocky-mountaineer-train.htmCanada's Rockies by train: The Rocky Mountaineer
/bridge-on-the-river-kwai.htmBridge on the River Kwai
/eastern-and-oriental-express.htmSingapore to Bangkok by luxury train: The Eastern & Oriental Express
/beijing-to-shanghai-by-train.htmBeijing to Shanghai by high-speed train
/tel-aviv-to-jerusalem-by-trai...Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by train
/london-to-edinburgh-by-train.htmLondon to Edinburgh by train: Route of the Flying Scotsman
/west-highland-line.htmBritain's most scenic route: The West Highland Line
/royal-scotsman-cruise-train.htmScotland's own cruise train: The Royal Scotsman
/railshop.htmBuy train tickets & passes online at the seat61 Rail Shop
/buy-a-ferry-ticket-online.htmBuy ferry tickets online
/book-a-hotel-online.htmBook hotels online
https://www.seat61.com/email.htmNew window Email
https://users4.smartgb.com/g/g...New window External Subdomain guestbook
/disclaimer.htmNew window Disclaimer, copyright, data protection & privacy policy
https://www.6dg.co.uk/New window External Subdomain 6 Degrees
/CO2flights.htmclimate change
/train-travel-in-britain.htmTrain travel UK & Ireland...
/european-train-travel.htmNo Text
/european-train-travel.htmTrain travel from the UK to...
/european-train-travel.htmTrain travel in Europe...
/sitemap.htmTrain travel worldwide...
/sitemap.htmGreat train journeys...
/european-train-travel.htmNo Text
/european-train-travel.htmA guide to European train travel...
/takethetour.htmWhat's this site about?
/sitemap.htmText duplicate Site map
/aboutme.htmWho is the Man in Seat 61?
https://users4.smartgb.com/g/g...External Subdomain Sign guestbook
https://www.youtube.com/c/seat...New window External Subdomain YouTube channel
https://www.justgiving.com/fun...New window External Subdomain Please donate! If this site helps you, please consider donating to UNICEF
/websites/photo-request.htmNew window contribute a photo or two
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra...New window External Subdomain Telegraph Travel Awards 2012
/aboutme.htmNew window Guardian & Observer
/aboutme.htmNew window Travel Awards 2008
http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Best Travel Website, Wanderlust Travel Awards
/aboutme.htmNew window Wanderlust Travel Awards
/aboutme.htmNew window Gold Award
/aboutme.htmNew window 2007 & 2008
/aboutme.htmNew window Bronze Award 2009, 2012
/aboutme.htmSilver 2010
http://www.responsibletravel.c...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Responsible Travel Awards
http://www.responsibletravel.c...New window External Subdomain Virgin Responsible Travel Awards 2010
/aboutme.htmNew window First Choice Responsible Tourism Awards 2006
https://www.youtube.com/c/seat61/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/seatsixtyoneNew window External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/seats...New window External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.seat61.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.19 seconds.
This page only loads 1 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (65 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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http_versionHTTP/1.1

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 8,827 referring domains.
This page has 155,733 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,704 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /_derived/
Disallow: /_overlay/
Disallow: /_private/
Disallow: /_vti_bin/
Disallow: /_vti_cnf/
Disallow: /_vti_log/
Disallow: /_vti_pvt/
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Search preview

www.seat61.com
The Man in Seat 61 | The train travel guide
A guide to train travel in the UK, Europe & worldwide. Train times, fares, how to buy tickets, tips & advice.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Seat80%Check
Seat 6172%Check
travel66%Check
train65%Check
Train travel65%Check
Seat Sixty-One65%Check
Travel Guide62%Check
train travel guide62%Check
guide61%Check
Train travel UK58%Check

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