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Meta information
89% 
Page quality
70% 
Page structure
57% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.05 s
File size
148.50 kB
Words
443
Media files
25
Number of links
80 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | The Canadian Encyclopedia
The length of the page title is perfect. (322 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
History, politics, arts, science & more: the Canadian Encyclopedia is your reference on Canada. Articles, timelines & resources for teachers, students & public.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (973 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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 alternate link to the page itself is missing.
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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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)
There are only 443 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
These Typos were found:
  • moil => mohel; soil
29.8% 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.
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 21 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 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
7 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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...20935640-68d7-46fd-abd9-35d4ab56594d.jpgCanada Day party decorations.
...cloudfront.net/950x579/90s_312088236.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...e.svg?v=96550f8de20f4537bc4ad37b01dff7f1The Canadian Encyclopedia
...h.svg?v=a1e99ea3dd07831352832b022428584eSearch
...t.svg?v=2601c4155c28e62e1eb2ebc7de9bd1eeExit search
...e.svg?v=3decbb62f20c49bf2a86d220cbf213d8Share on FacebookShare on Facebook
...e.svg?v=762dd4e2da316070386a19085588add2Share on XShare on X
...f8f2bab3-d387-4165-9fbc-617c30019b95.jpgDelegates at Charlottetown Conference
...dc264d6d-7df5-4bbb-a9b4-728f34d7ad7f.jpgBlack Loyalists
...fe/Benjamin_West_DeathofGeneralWolfe.jpgThe Death of General Wolfe
...43ab9d3c-3a90-4bc4-b7a0-5061e6da90d2.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...a8a80ae8-893f-48d0-b932-02bde6f86c73.jpgEnglish
...u1i7ba797.cloudfront.net/720x439/70s.pngNo alt attribute provided
...20935640-68d7-46fd-abd9-35d4ab56594d.jpgCanada Day party decorations.
...ils/ResidentialSchools_English-image.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...nt.net/340x207/charangill/charangill.jpgCharan Gill
...352401f2-9e16-4265-9c53-189828385881.jpgGerhard Herzberg, physicist, Nobel laureate
...tte_Cardin_10_18_2017_-7_24749727778.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...d-Nolan_Resized-Image_Final_20240925.jpgTed Nolan
...o.png?v=d8609094fb353837d01f458c7a6f905bHistorica CanadaHistorica Canada
...a.svg?v=fdda8701f4d83ce99144e160774c2965Funding by the gouvernment of CanadaFunding by the gouvernment of Canada

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Confederation
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (13 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Confederation
H2 Search The Canadian Encyclopedia
H2 Login
H2 Educator Resources
H3 Why sign up?
H3 Today in Canadian History
H3 Canada in the 70s
H3 Significant Events in Canadian History
H3 Residential Schools in Canada Education Guide
H3 Latest
H6 Black Loyalists in British North America
H6 Seven Years' War
H6 The Handmaid's Tale
H6 Canadian English
H6 Charan Gill
H6 History of Physics in Canada
H6 Charlotte Cardin
H6 Ted Nolan
H6 Updates? Omissions? Article suggestions?
H6 Did you like your experience?
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 8 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/enSubdomain No Text
/en/browse/peopleSubdomain People
/en/browse/people/arts-cultureSubdomain Arts & Culture
/en/browse/people/business-eco...Subdomain Business & Economics
/en/browse/people/communities-...Subdomain Communities & Sociology
/en/browse/people/educationSubdomain Education
/en/browse/people/history-hist...Subdomain History/Historical Figures
/en/browse/people/militarySubdomain Military
/en/browse/people/nature-geogr...Subdomain Nature & Geography
/en/browse/people/politics-lawSubdomain Politics & Law
/en/browse/people/science-tech...Subdomain Science & Technology
/en/browse/people/sports-recre...Subdomain Sports & Recreation
/en/browse/placesSubdomain Places
/en/browse/places/arts-cultureSubdomain Text duplicate Arts & Culture
/en/browse/places/buildings-mo...Subdomain Buildings & Monuments
/en/browse/places/cities-popul...Subdomain Cities & Populated Places
/en/browse/places/geographical...Subdomain Geographical features
/en/browse/places/historic-sitesSubdomain Historic sites
/en/browse/places/militarySubdomain Text duplicate Military
/en/browse/places/parks-nature...Subdomain Parks & Nature Reserves
/en/browse/places/provinces-te...Subdomain Provinces & Territories
/en/browse/places/transportationSubdomain Transportation
/en/browse/thingsSubdomain Things
/en/browse/things/arts-cultureSubdomain Text duplicate Arts & Culture
/en/browse/things/business-eco...Subdomain Text duplicate Business & Economics
/en/browse/things/communities-...Subdomain Text duplicate Communities & Sociology
/en/browse/things/educationSubdomain Text duplicate Education
/en/browse/things/historySubdomain History
/en/browse/things/militarySubdomain Text duplicate Military
/en/browse/things/nature-geogr...Subdomain Text duplicate Nature & Geography
/en/browse/things/politics-lawSubdomain Text duplicate Politics & Law
/en/browse/things/science-tech...Subdomain Text duplicate Science & Technology
/en/browse/things/sports-recre...Subdomain Text duplicate Sports & Recreation
/en/collectionsAll Collections
/en/the-memory-projectThe Memory Project
/en/cdcCanada During Covid
/en/collection/the-constitutionSubdomain Explore the The Constitution collection
/en/educatorsAnchor Education Guides
/en/educatorsAnchor Primary Sources
/en/educatorsAnchor Interactive Resources
/en/quiz/cc-quiz-citizenshipThe Challenge
/en/collection/citizenshipSubdomain Explore the Citizenship Challenge collection
/en/timelinesAll Timelines
/en/timelines/peopleText duplicate People
/en/timelines/placesText duplicate Places
/en/timelines/thingsText duplicate Things
/en/timeline/100-great-events-...Subdomain Explore the Significant Events in Canadian History timeline
/en/quizzesQuizzes
/en/quiz/cc-quiz-citizenshipText duplicate The Challenge
/en/quiz/canada-in-the-90sSubdomain Canada in the 90s
/en/about/faqHelp
/en/donateNew window Subdomain Donate
/frSubdomain fr
/auth/password/resetI forgot my password
/auth/facebookLogin With Facebook
IMG-ALT Share on Facebook
/auth/twitterLogin With X
IMG-ALT Share on X
/en/members/registerCreate Account
/en/article/confederationSubdomain Trivial anchor text
Read more
/en/article/black-loyalists-in...Subdomain Black Loyalists in British North America
/en/article/seven-years-warSubdomain Seven Years' War
/en/article/the-handmaids-taleSubdomain The Handmaid's Tale
/en/article/canadian-englishSubdomain Canadian English
/en/article/robert-william-ser...Subdomain Robert William Service
/en/quiz/canada-in-the-70sSubdomain Canada in the 70s
/en/timeline/100-great-events-...Subdomain Significant Events in Canadian History
/en/studyguide/residential-sch...Subdomain View resource
/en/educatorsSubdomain Find resources
/en/article/charan-gillSubdomain Charan Gill
/en/article/history-of-physics...Subdomain History of Physics in Canada
/en/article/charlotte-cardinSubdomain Charlotte Cardin
/en/article/ted-nolanSubdomain Ted Nolan
/en/contactSubdomain We want to hear from you
https://www.cognitoforms.com/H...New window External Subdomain Take our survey
https://twitter.com/HistoricaC...New window External Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/TheCa...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain Youtube
/en/aboutSubdomain About
/en/contributorsSubdomain Contribute
/en/contactSubdomain Contact
/en/sitemapSubdomain Sitemap
/en/privacy-policySubdomain privacy policy
/images/pdf/en/aoda_2023.pdf?v...accessibility
/en/copyrightThe Canadian Encyclopedia © 2024 | Historica Canada
https://www.historicacanada.ca/New window External Subdomain Historica Canada
/en/quiz/cc-quiz-citizenshipNew window Citizenship challenge
https://www.historicacanada.ca...New window External Subdomain Heritage minutes
http://www.thememoryproject.com/New window External Subdomain The memory project
https://www.canada.ca/en.htmlNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Funding by the gouvernment of Canada

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.05 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 (149 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateFri, 27 Sep 2024 18:00:28 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length26498
serverApache/2.4.62 (Amazon Linux) OpenSSL/3.0.8
cache-controlno-cache, private
set-cookie428 Characters
expiresSun, 27 Oct 2024 18:00:28 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 81 referring domains.
This page has 302 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 73 different ip addresses.

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