Visitdurban.travel - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
72% 
Page quality
97% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
78% 
Server
40% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.51 s
File size
208.70 kB
Words
531
Media files
14
Number of links
63 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Visit Durban – Home - Durban Tourism
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (344 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Welcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Welcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Welcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Welcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Welcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Latest from Durban Checkout latest news and articles related to Durban Tourism. December
There are more than one meta descriptions on the page. Only one is allowed.
The meta description is too long: 2237 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://visitdurban.travel/
There is more than one canonical link on this page.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
descriptionWelcome to the warmest place to be! Durban as a city captures the very embodiment of warmth. From our warm friendly people of every race and creed, to our spicy foods, not to mention our warm tropical climate.
robotsmax-image-preview:large
generatorPowered by Slider Revolution 5.4.8.3 - responsive, Mobile-Friendly Slider Plugin for WordPress with comfortable drag and drop interface.
google-site-verificationJRtxyBBxPk2BMPUmmlymribcs86ZMAdQH67pa5EwSs0
msapplication-TileImagehttps://visitdurban.travel/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/favicon.png
article:published_time2018-03-13T02:45:18+00:00
article:modified_time2024-12-18T11:34:29+00:00
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleVisit Durban – Home - Durban Tourism
twitter:descriptionWelcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Welcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Welcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Welcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Welcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Welcome to THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Latest from Durban Checkout latest news and articles related to Durban Tourism. December
twitter:label1Est. reading time
twitter:data15 minutes
og:localeen_US
og:site_nameDurban Tourism
og:typewebsite
og:titleVisit Durban - Home
og:descriptionWelcome to the warmest place to be! Durban as a city captures the very embodiment of warmth. From our warm friendly people of every race and creed, to our spicy foods, not to mention our warm tropical climate.
og:urlhttps://visitdurban.travel/
og:imagehttps://visitdurban.travel/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Untitled-design-1.png
og:image:width940
og:image:height788
og:image:typeimage/png
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: This status of beaches and pools will be updated as and when their sta...
This page contains 531 words. That's ok.
24.1% 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.
7 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 15 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 11 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
...content/uploads/2020/05/logo-small-2.jpgLogo image
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/logo-small.jpgLogo image
...t-18-December-2024_header144-768x357.jpgBlog thumbnail image
...South-African-Christmas-h138-768x432.jpgBlog thumbnail image
...t-13-December-2024_header140-768x349.jpgBlog thumbnail image
...-in-Durban-this-festive-145h-768x538.jpgBlog thumbnail image
.../05/SegWay-stadia-background-768x474.jpgTour list image
...t/uploads/2020/06/phezulu3-1-768x555.jpgTour list image
...uploads/2020/05/riksha-bus-4-768x513.jpgTour list image
...ploads/2020/05/umgeni-steam2-768x512.jpgTour list image
...mas-at-the-octavia-1024-147-768x1141.jpgTour list image
...y-jolly-xmas-show-banner-147-768x398.jpgTour list image
...24/12/Umhlanga-Beach-Festival-2024-h.jpgTour list image
...ads/2020/06/ethekwini-e1591453298498.jpgFooter logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Durban Tourism Logo image Logo image
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 28 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Durban Tourism Logo image Logo image
H2 THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE
H2 THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Duplicate text
H2 THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Duplicate text
H2 THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Duplicate text
H2 THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Duplicate text
H2 THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE Duplicate text
H2 Latest from Durban
H2 Durban's
H2 Events
H2 Follow us
H2 @DBNTourism
H3 STATUS OF BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS AS AT 18 DECEMBER 2024
H3 DURBAN’S CINEMATIC CHARM ON DISPLAY IN A WESLEY SOUTH AFRICAN CHRISTMAS PREMIERE
H3 STATUS OF BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS AS AT 13 DECEMBER 2024
H3 Durban Festive Events Line Up
H3 SEE DURBAN FROM OUR VIEW
H3 #VisitDurban #EndlessWavesOfTranquility
H3 EXPERIENCES
H3 Moses Mabhida Stadium
H3 Phezulu Safari Park
H3 Ricksha Bus City Tour
H3 Umgeni Steam Train
H3 UPCOMING EVENTS IN DURBAN
H3 CHRISTMAS COMEDY @ THE OCTAVIA
H3 THE HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS SHOW
H3 UMHLANGA SUMMER FESTIVAL 2024
H6 Sign up to our newsletter
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
7 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 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://visitdurban.travel/IMG-ALT Logo image
https://visitdurban.travel/about/About
/about-durban/Geographical Location & Climate
/history-of-durban/History of Durban
/travel-information/Travel Information
/durban-experiences/Experiences
/adventure-wildlife/Adventure & Wildlife
/culture-heritage/Culture & Heritage
/food-lifestyle/Food & Lifestyle
/hotel-conference-venues/Hotel & Conference Venues
/museums-parks/Museums & Parks
/shopping/Shopping
/sports/Sports
/wellness/Wellness
/regions/Regions
/regions/1000-hills-tourism-cto/1000 Hills Tourism CTO
/regions/clermont-kwa-dabeka-t...Clermont KwaDabeka Tourism CTO
/regions/durban-central-cto/Durban Central CTO
/regions/durban-west-tourism/Durban West Tourism
/regions/ink-tourism-cto/INK CTO
/regions/sapphire-coast/Sapphire Coast Tourism
/regions/sodurba-cto/Sodurba CTO
/regions/umhlanga-tourism-cto/Umhlanga Tourism CTO
/regions/umlazi-township-touri...Umlazi Township Tourism CTO
/category/beaches/Beach Status
/latest-news/Latest News
/gallery/Gallery
/brochures-maps/Brochures & Maps
/corporate-documents/Corporate Documents
https://visitdurban.travel/tours/Tours
/tour/clermont-township-tours/Clermont Township Tours
/tour/durban-city-walking-tours/Durban City Walking Tours
/tour/inanda-kwamashu-township...Inanda & KwaMashu Township Tour
/tour/rickshaw-rides/Rickshaw Rides
/tour/riksha-bus-tour/Riksha Bus City Tour
/tour/umlazi-township-tour/Umlazi Township Tour
/tour/valley-of-1000-hills-tour/Valley of 1000 Hills Tour
/events/Events
/contact/Contact
/status-of-beaches-and-swimmin...IMG-ALT Blog thumbnail image
/category/beaches/Beaches
/status-of-beaches-and-swimmin...STATUS OF BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS AS AT 18 DECEMBER 2024
A-TITLE STATUS OF BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS AS AT 18 DECEMBER 2024
/durbans-cinematic-charm-on-di...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Blog thumbnail image
/category/press-release/Press release
/durbans-cinematic-charm-on-di...DURBAN’S CINEMATIC CHARM ON DISPLAY IN A WESLEY SOUTH AFRICAN CHRISTMAS PREMIERE
A-TITLE DURBAN’S CINEMATIC CHARM ON DISPLAY IN A WESLEY SOUTH AFRICAN CHRISTMAS PREMIERE
/status-of-beaches-and-swimmin...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Blog thumbnail image
/category/beaches/Text duplicate Beaches
/status-of-beaches-and-swimmin...STATUS OF BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS AS AT 13 DECEMBER 2024
A-TITLE STATUS OF BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS AS AT 13 DECEMBER 2024
/durban-festive-events-line-up...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Blog thumbnail image
/category/events/Text duplicate Events
/durban-festive-events-line-up...Durban Festive Events Line Up
A-TITLE Durban Festive Events Line Up
/latest-news/See all latest news
/durban-experiences/See Durban's experiences
/destination/moses-mabhida-sta...No Text
/destination/phezulu-safari-park/No Text
/destination/ricksha-bus-city-...No Text
/destination/umgeni-steam-train/No Text
/events/See More Events
/destination/christmas-comedy-...No Text
/destination/the-holly-jolly-c...No Text
/destination/umhlanga-summer-f...No Text
https://www.facebook.com/DBNTo...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/dbnt...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://twitter.com/dbntourismNew window External Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/D...New window External Subdomain Youtube
http://www.durban.gov.za/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Footer logo
/privacy-policy/Privacy policy / eDisclaimer
/contact/Text duplicate Contact
https://www.twitter.com/dbntou...External Subdomain .
https://www.facebook.com/DBNTo...External Subdomain Text duplicate .
https://www.instagram.com/dbnt...External Subdomain Text duplicate .
https://www.youtube.com/user/D...External Subdomain Text duplicate .

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://visitdurban.travel/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (2.51 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 (209 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateThu, 19 Dec 2024 11:48:46 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
x-powered-byPHP/7.4.33
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
link<https://visitdurban.travel/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://visitdurban.travel/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/4>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json", <https://visitdurban.travel/>; rel=shortlink
set-cookie68 Characters
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 208 referring domains.
This page has 276,882 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 169 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

Sitemap: https://visitdurban.travel/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://visitdurban.travel/sitemap.rss

# START YOAST BLOCK
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Disallow:

Sitemap: https://visitdurban.travel/sitemap_index.xml
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Most important keywords

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

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Durban95%Check
Durban Tourism89%Check
Tour84%Check
Tourism82%Check
Visit Durban78%Check
SEE DURBAN68%Check
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