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Meta information
72% 
Page quality
37% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
13% 
Server
59% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.47 s
File size
202.10 kB
Words
1566
Media files
18
Number of links
161 internal / 34 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Whisky Magazine | Home of Whisky News and Tastings
The length of the page title is perfect. (496 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Stay informed with the latest whisky news, in-depth whisky reviews, and exclusive tastings from around the globe. Explore expert insights, distillery stories, and the best in whisky culture.
The meta description is too long: 1141 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.whiskymag.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Server location: United States of America
The language is not specified in the HTML markup.
Alternate/Hreflang Links
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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
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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
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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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No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
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There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: This award-winning Scotch whisky maker is offering fans a unique chanc...
The average number of words per sentence of 50 words is high.
This page contains 1566 words. That's ok.
28.3% 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.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
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The following tag is repeated too often: distillery focus
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
11 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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Trending
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

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H1 Trending
H1 Become A Member
H1 The Whisky Encyclopedia - Coming Soon 2025
H1 Become A Member Duplicate text
H1 Become A Member Duplicate text
H2 News World Whiskies Awards 2025 global results announced
H2 "This fight isn’t over" — Mark Reynier on the fate of Waterford Distillery
H2 A whisky lover's bar guide to Tokyo
H2 World Whiskies Awards 2025 global results announced
H2 As sipped on screen: Whisky at the movies
H2 Knockin' on Heaven's Door: The brand founded by Bob Dylan on new distillery
H2 How do you develop a whisky recipe?
H2 Editor's Choice Whiskies
H2 Recommended Whiskies
H3 Search whiskymag.com for:
H3 Search whiskymag.com for: Duplicate text
H4 Empty heading
H4 Empty heading
H4 Empty heading
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
35 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are too many external links (34) on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.facebook.com/Whisk...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://youtube.com/@whisky_ma...External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/showc...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.twitter.com/whisky...New window External Subdomain No Text
/subscribeNo Text
https://www.whiskymag.com/IMG-ALT Website Logo
/membershipBecome a Member
https://www.whiskymag.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Website Logo
https://www.whiskymag.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Website Logo
/search/articles?search&sort=d...Articles
/search/tastings?search&sort=d...Tastings
/magazine/Magazine
https://www.worldwhiskiesaward...External Subdomain Awards & Events
/awards-events/icons-of-whisky/Icons of Whisky
https://spiritofspeyside.citiz...New window External Subdomain Rothes Glen Luxury Highland Dinner
/awards-events/whisky-live/Whisky Live
/awards-events/world-whiskies-...World Whiskies Awards
https://url.avanan.click/v2/r0...New window External Subdomain Whisky Magazine Glengoyne 16 Years Old
https://rmwlink.co/WhiskyMagaz...New window External Whisky Magazine Arbikie 2017 Highland Rye 7 Years Old
https://www.royalmilewhiskies....External Subdomain Whisky Magazine Editor's Blend 2024
/articles/world-whiskies-award...News World Whiskies Awards 2025 global results announced
/articles/loch-lomond-discover...Distillery Focus Loch Lomond: Discover Scotland’s Rising Star of Single Malt This award-winning Scotch whisky maker is offering fans a unique chance to learn...
/membershipIMG-ALT advert
/search/articles?sort=date&dir...Video
/articles/old-dog-new-tricks-b...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Distillery Focus
/articles/old-dog-new-tricks-b...Old dog, new tricks: BrewDog Distilling Co prepares for its whisky debut
/articles/charities-praise-dis...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...News
/articles/charities-praise-dis...Charities praise distilleries for helping young Scots into training and work
/articles/cocktail-of-the-week...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Text duplicate News
/articles/cocktail-of-the-week...Cocktail of the week: New York Sour
/articles/the-lakes-distillery...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Text duplicate News
/articles/the-lakes-distillery...The Lakes Distillery reveals its Signature whisky
/articles/new-distillery-manag...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Text duplicate News
/articles/new-distillery-manag...New distillery manager to succeed David Myles at Tullibardine
/articles/the-glenrothes-revea...No Text
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/articles/the-glenrothes-revea...The Glenrothes reveals 51-year-old whisky in smashing new packaging
/articles/lochlea-reveals-fina...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Text duplicate News
/articles/lochlea-reveals-fina...Lochlea reveals final whisky in Seasonal series
/articles/sazerac-brings-barre...No Text
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/articles/sazerac-brings-barre...Sazerac brings Barrel Select programme to the UK
/articles/whisky-live-paris-an...No Text
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/articles/whisky-live-paris-an...Whisky Live Paris announces dates for 2025
/articles/loch-lomond-discover...Text duplicate Distillery Focus Loch Lomond: Discover Scotland’s Rising Star of Single Malt This award-winning Scotch whisky maker is offering fans a unique chance to learn...
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/articles/hollywood-actor-harr...Hollywood actor Harrison Ford becomes face of Glenmorangie: Ford stars in Once Upon a Time in Scotland, a 12-part series that will see the actor travel to Gl...
/articles/this-new-film-is-a-m...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Text duplicate Video
/articles/this-new-film-is-a-m...This New Film Is A Must-Watch For Bowmore's Fans: Our latest documentary film, Bowmore: The Making of a Legend, charts the history of Islay's oldest distille...
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/articles/the-cabrach-distille...The Cabrach Distillery: A New Chapter in Speyside Whisky History: Membership of The Cabrach Collective offers whisky fans the chance to be part of this commu...
/articles/what-do-smugglers-th...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Whisky & Culture
/articles/what-do-smugglers-th...What do smugglers, the 1920s ‘Bright Young Things’, James Bond, and director Martin Scorsese have in common? : One of the most iconic Scotch whiskies ever cr...
/articles/kim-chang-soo-is-wri...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Text duplicate Distillery Focus
/articles/kim-chang-soo-is-wri...Kim Chang Soo is writing the story of Korean single malt whisky: Born from its founder’s passion for whisky, Kimchangsoo Distillery is impressing whisky fans...
/articles/from-whiskey-to-cann...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Cocktails
/articles/from-whiskey-to-cann...From whiskey to canned cocktails… and back to whiskey: The unexpected success of ready-to-drink cocktails (RTDs) for some US-based distilleries is providing ...
/articles/under-the-influence-...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...History
/articles/under-the-influence-...Under the influence: The original whisky trendsetters: In the 19th century, Anglo-Gaelic and North American whisky became the foremost distilled spirit in th...
/articles/swa-reports-global-v...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Text duplicate News
/articles/swa-reports-global-v...SWA reports global value of Scotch exports at £5.4 billion in 2024: "2024 has been a challenging year," says Scotch Whisky Association chief on the figures, ...
/articles/this-fight-isn-t-ove..."This fight isn’t over" — Mark Reynier on the fate of Waterford Distillery
/articles/a-whisky-lovers-bar-...A whisky lover's bar guide to Tokyo
/articles/world-whiskies-award...World Whiskies Awards 2025 global results announced
/articles/as-sipped-on-screen-...As sipped on screen: Whisky at the movies
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/search/tastings?searchNo Text
/tastings/the-stanhope-kentuck...Overall Score 8.3
IMG-ALT The Stanhope
/tastings/the-stanhope-kentuck...The Stanhope Kentucky Straight Rye
/tastings/redbreast-18-years-old/Redbreast 18 Years Old
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/tastings/nc-nean-cask-strength/Nc’nean Cask Strength
/tastings/lindores-abbey-thiro...Lindores Abbey Thiron 2024
/tastings/isle-of-raasay-dun-c...Isle of Raasay Dùn Cana Sherry Quarter Cask: Second Edition
/tastings/glenmorangie-a-tale-...Glenmorangie A Tale of Ice Cream
/tastings/the-antiquary-21-yea...The Antiquary 21 Years Old
/tastings/glenfarclas-15-years...Glenfarclas 15 Years Old
/tastings/thy-whisky-spelt-rye/Thy Whisky Spelt-Rye
/articles/how-do-you-develop-a...How do you develop a whisky recipe?
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/articles/this-new-film-is-a-m...Text duplicate This New Film Is A Must-Watch For Bowmore's Fans: Our latest documentary film, Bowmore: The Making of a Legend, charts the history of Islay's oldest distille...
/articles/kim-chang-soo-is-wri...No Text
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/articles/kim-chang-soo-is-wri...Text duplicate Kim Chang Soo is writing the story of Korean single malt whisky: Born from its founder’s passion for whisky, Kimchangsoo Distillery is impressing whisky fans...
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/articles/how-its-made-makers-...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Text duplicate Video
/articles/how-its-made-makers-...How It's Made: Maker's Mark Straight Bourbon Whiskey: Join Whisky Magazine editor-at-large Christopher Coates as he goes on tour of the iconic Maker's Mark D...
/articles/experimentation-is-e...No Text
/search/articles?search&catego...Text duplicate Distillery Focus
/articles/experimentation-is-e...“Experimentation is everything”: Winestillery's Florentis whisky balances innovation with heritage: Enrico Chioccioli Altadonna, master distiller at the fami...
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/magazine/issue-206/Issue 206
/magazine/issue-206/Look Inside
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/magazine/issue-205/Issue 205
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/magazine/issue-203/Issue 203
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/search/articles?search&catego...Text duplicate Video
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/search/articles?search&catego...Text duplicate Distillery Focus
/articles/200-years-of-imagina...200 Years Of Imagination: New Whisky Film Celebrates Scotch’s Creative Culture: Fettercairn has partnered with Whisky Magazine on a new film celebrating two ...
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/articles/the-top-rated-whiski...No Text
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/articles/the-top-rated-whiski...The top-rated whiskies from Whisky Magazine issue 205: The blind tastings section of Whisky Magazine are always full of exciting core range and limited-editi...
https://www.instagram.com/whis...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/Whisk...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://youtube.com/@whisky_ma...External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/showc...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.twitter.com/whisky...New window External Subdomain No Text
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/contact-us/Contact Us
/contact-us/Advertise
/terms-conditions/Terms & Conditions
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
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The page response time of 0.47 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
This page loads 4 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (202 kB).

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This page has 5,471 backlinks.
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Whisky Magazine | Home of Whisky News and Tastings
Stay informed with the latest whisky news, in-depth whisky reviews, and exclusive tastings from around the globe. Explore expert insights, distillery stories, and the best in whisky culture.

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