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Meta information
67% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
43% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.15 s
File size
1,900.20 kB
Words
778
Media files
42
Number of links
91 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The R&A
The page title is too short. (81 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The R&A seeks to engage in and support activities for the benefit of the sport of golf from The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (844 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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)
The alternate link to the page itself is missing.
An alternate link incorrectly contains an URL with a relative path.
A country is specified wrong in alternate links: sr-latn
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
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The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
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
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 778 words. That's ok.
25.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 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 19.71 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (1900.2 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 16 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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Making golf more accessible,
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 59 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Making golf more accessible,
H1 Explore TheRules
H2 more appealing and more inclusive
H2 Get
H2 Inspired
H2 Championships
H2 Take a look at some of our key projects below.
H3 Empty heading
H3 Empty heading
H3 One Club
H3 The R&A Foundation
H3 Health
H3 Women in Golf Charter
H3 Golf It!
H3 EDGA
H3 Golf is Growing!
H3 Featured Video Series
H3 Featured Video | The 121st Women's Amateur Championship
H3 Featured Video | The 129th Amateur Championship
H3 Watch | Africa Amateur Features
H3 Watch | Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific 2024
H3 The Junior Room
H3 The 49th Walker Cup | Featured Video
H3 The R&A Foundation | Why Golf Matters
H3 Zane Scotland | Why I Love This Game
H3 Making the Grade | Life of a Student Golfer
H3 Video Highlights | The G4D Open | 2023
H3 The Rules of Golf Explained
H3 Featured Video | 2023 Girls' U16 Amateur Championship
H3 Latest Articles
H3 Featured Series
H3 Watch | Making the Grade | Series Two
H3 Zane Scotland | Why I Love This Game Duplicate text
H3 World Handicap System Explained
H3 Georgia's Guide to Golf
H3 Iona Investigates | Golf & Health
H3 Against The Grain - WHS Diaries with George Harper Jnr
H3 Making the Grade | Life of a Student Golfer Duplicate text
H3 Rules From...
H3 Golf It! Duplicate text
H4 Prince's to host the Walker Cup in 2030
H4 Record attendance for The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush
H4 The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews unveils portrait of Sir Michael Bonallack and Angela, Lady Bonallack
H4 The R&A launches Just Swing, a new global participation campaign
H4 The Open returns to the home of golf in 2027
H4 Jeneath Wong wins in dramatic fashion at Hoiana Shores
H4 Bryan Newman wins Africa Amateur on home soil at Leopard Creek
H4 Peru’s Lima Golf Club to host 2026 Latin America Amateur Championship
H4 Catriona Matthew OBE reappointed as GB&I Curtis Cup Captain
H4 Rules From Royal Troon | The 152nd Open
H4 The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews announces Dennis Watson as Captain for 2025/26
H4 Sabrina Wong seals unique twin triumph at Girls’ U16
H4 Student Tour Series history for University of St Andrews pair at the Old Course
H4 South Korean actor Song Joong-Ki becomes new R&A Global Ambassador
H4 Royal Wellington to host 2026 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific
H4 St Andrews and Halmstad take Student Tour Series prizes in Portugal
H4 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Academy launched to nurture future talent
H4 Gia Raad secures dramatic victory on home soil
H4 Groundbreaking ceremony for new R&A Global Headquarters
H4 £1m boost for women's golf in Wales ahead of AIG Women's Open
H4 Our Projects
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
23 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.randa.org/what-we-doWhat We Do
/news/all-newsLatest News
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/articles/peru-s-lima-golf-clu...Peru’s Lima Golf Club to host 2026 Latin America Amateur Championship
/articles/catriona-matthew-obe...Catriona Matthew OBE reappointed as GB&I Curtis Cup Captain 17 Dec 24 Curtis Cup
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https://www.randa.org/foundationThe R&A Foundation Transforming lives and communities through golf.
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/key-projects/women-in-golf-ch...Women in Golf Charter We want to encourage more women and girls into playing golf.
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/key-projects/golfitGolf It! The R&A has created a brand new community golf facility in Glasgow.
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/videos/the-49th-walker-cup-fe...No Text
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https://www.golf-it.com/External Subdomain Find out more
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https://www.randa.org/disclaimerDisclaimer
https://www.randa.org/trademarksTrademarks
/downloads-and-publicationsDownloads and Publications
/our-cookie-policyCookie Policy
/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy
/participant-privacy-policyParticipant Privacy Policy
https://www.randa.org/recruitmentRecruitment
/pension-schemesPension Scheme Documents
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https://assets-us-01.kc-userco...External Subdomain Corporate Governance Statement
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
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This page redirects to "https://www.randa.org/"
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No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The file size of the HTML document is very large (1,900 kB).
The page response time is excellent with 0.15 seconds.

HTTP Response Header

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This page has backlinks from 676 referring domains.
This page has 384,706 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 557 different ip addresses.

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