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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
89% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
0% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.40 s
File size
191.90 kB
Words
1008
Media files
16
Number of links
219 internal / 0 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Accounting.com: Career, Degree and Job Information
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Your source for career information, degree reviews, and accounting jobs. A degree in accounting can set students on a path to a strong career in business and finance.
The meta description is too long: 1022 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.accounting.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 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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og:site_nameAccounting.com
og:localeEN_US
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1008 words. That's ok.
20.1% 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.
12 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.83 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width" 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 20 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
You Can Count on Us.
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 You Can Count on Us.
H2 Sort programs by the qualities that matter most.
H2 Top Ranked Accounting Programs
H2 Top Online Programs
H2 Recommended Reading
H2 Empty heading
H4 Rankings
H4 Degrees
H4 Careers
H4 Resources
H4 Certifications
H4 States
H4 Best Online Bachelor’s Degrees
H4 Best Online Master’s Degrees
H4 Most Affordable Bachelor’s Degrees
H4 Certificate Program in Accounting
H4 What Is GAAP in Accounting?
H4 What Are Tax Preparation Certifications?
H4 Certificates in Accounting
H4 Bookkeeping Certifications (CPB and CB)
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 no external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/degrees/bookkeeping/certificate/Best Bookkeeping Certificate Programs
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/degrees/accounting/masters/mo...Most Affordable Accounting Master's Programs
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/degrees/accounting/phd/Best Accounting PhD Programs
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/doctorate/All Doctorates
/degrees/auditing/Auditing Degrees
/degrees/overview/Accounting Degrees
/degrees/economics/Economics Degrees
/degrees/finance/Finance Degrees
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/careers/internal-auditor/Internal Auditor
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/resources/choosing-a-program/Choosing the Right Program
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/resources/graduate-applicatio...Graduate Application Guide
/resources/sat-guide/SAT Guide
/resources/gmat-guide/GMAT Guide
/resources/gre-guide/GRE Guide
/resources/cpa-exam-guide/CPA Exam Guide
/resources/gaap/GAAP
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/resources/financial-aid/Financial Aid Overview
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/degree-concentration/Text duplicate All Concentrations
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/certifications/certified-publ...Text duplicate Bookkeeper Certifications (CPB & CB)
/certifications/chartered-fina...Text duplicate Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
/certifications/certified-fina...Text duplicate Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
/certifications/certified-fina...Text duplicate Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
/certifications/certified-frau...Text duplicate Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
/certifications/certified-inte...Text duplicate Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
/certifications/certified-mana...Text duplicate Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
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/careers/internal-auditor/Text duplicate Internal Auditor
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/careers/payroll-accountant/Text duplicate Payroll Accountant
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/resources/sat-guide/Text duplicate SAT Guide
/resources/gmat-guide/Text duplicate GMAT Guide
/resources/gre-guide/Text duplicate GRE Guide
/resources/cpa-exam-guide/Text duplicate CPA Exam Guide
/resources/gaap/Text duplicate GAAP
/resources/basic-accounting-te...Text duplicate Basic Accounting Terms
/resources/financial-aid/Text duplicate Financial Aid Overview
/resources/fafsa-guide/Text duplicate FAFSA Guide
/resources/scholarships/Text duplicate Scholarships
/resources/accounting-internsh...Text duplicate Internships
/resources/networking-tips-for...Text duplicate Networking
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/resources/top-jobs-masters-in...Text duplicate Top Jobs With an Accounting Master’s
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https://www.accounting.com/about/About
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/sitemap/Sitemap
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/advertising-disclosure/Advertising Disclosure
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
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HTTP header
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The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.40 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (192 kB).

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 251 referring domains.
This page has 1,458 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 224 different ip addresses.

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Accounting.com: Career, Degree and Job Information
Your source for career information, degree reviews, and accounting jobs. A degree in accounting can set students on a path to a strong career in business and finance.

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Accounting81%Check
accounting career75%Check
Career65%Check
Accounting Jobs65%Check
Accounting Degrees64%Check
Accounting Certificate64%Check
Best Accounting63%Check
Accounting Bachelor63%Check
Online Accounting63%Check
Accounting Master62%Check
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