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Meta information
100% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
39% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.78 s
File size
142.10 kB
Words
949
Media files
21
Number of links
106 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Backpacking Light - Ultralight & Lightweight Backcountry Travel
The length of the page title is perfect. (565 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Backpacking ultralight and lightweight - gear reviews, outdoor skills, news, courses, and forums about backcountry travel (hiking & camping).
The length of the meta description is perfect. (864 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://backpackinglight.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: Canada
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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 949 words. That's ok.
23% 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.
13 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 16.57 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 19 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
13 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
(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)
Trusted expertise. Backcountry confidence.
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
There are 40 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 Trusted expertise. Backcountry confidence.
H1 Backpacking gear and skills info you can really trust.
H2 Become a Backpacking Light Member
H2 Login
H3 20,000+
H3 100+
H3 3,000+
H3 23+
H3 Backpacking Articles - Latest
H3 Our Backpacking Community - Latest Member Activity
H4 Membership Required
H4 Premium Articles
H4 Share This
H5 Backpacking Gear and Skills Resources We Offer:
H5 Osprey Talon Pro 30 & Tempest Pro 30 Review: Search and Rescue & Ultralight Backpacking
H5 Episode 129 | Field Notes – The Limits of Wilderness Minimalism
H5 Testing Páramo Analogy Waterproof Clothing: How Well Does It Work for Rain (and Wind Shells)?
H5 Episode 128 | The Metabolic Cost of Carrying a Backpack
H5 The Metabolic Energy Mile (MEM) Framework: A Systems-Based Approach to Measuring the Cost of Walking a Mile
H5 Backpacking Chairs: A Comprehensive Guide to the Science of Seated Recovery, Ultralight Chair Design, and Market Landscape
H5 El Coyote Alphalite Quilt Review
H5 Episode 127 | Field Notes – Shelter Fabrics
H5 Forum Access
H5 Premium Content
H5 Community Posts
H5 Online Education
H5 Our Purpose
H5 Email Newsletter
H5 More Links
H5 Get full article access by subscribing to a Premium or Unlimited Backpacking Light membership!
H6 - Alex C., United Kingdom
H6 Tahoe Rim Trail – 2025
H6 2 Day Pemi Loop (Fail)
H6 Gila Wilderness – Middle and West Fork Loop
H6 Kilkenny Range Overnight (New Hampshire)
H6 Torrential Downpours and Wind Under a Tarp
H6 14 Days in July on the John Muir Trail (With my teenage son!)
H6 Insulate bottle
H6 Fragile but Warm, Horrible If wet.
H6 Websit not working
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.
10 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/category/gear/Gear
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/category/places/Places
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/search/Search
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/events/?_event_type=guided-trekGuided Treks
/gear/Text duplicate Gear
/gear-shop/Gear Shop
/gear-finder-search/?q=garmin+...Gear Finder
/category/gear-reviews/Gear Review Articles
/member-gear-reviews/Member Gear Reviews
/gear-recommendations/Gear Recommendations
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/gear-deals/Gear Deals
/gear-brands/Browse Gear by Brand
/gear-types/Browse Gear by Type
/community/Community
/calendar/Text duplicate 📅 Events Calendar
/podcast/Podcast
/forums/Forum Index
/recent-forum-topics/Recent Forum Topics
/member-trip-reports/Member Trip Reports
/member-blog-posts/Member Blog Posts
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/start-here/Start Here
/membership/Membership
/login/Login
/membership/BECOME A MEMBER
/education/Courses & Treks Find online and live courses, masterclasses, webinars, treks, and events.
/articles/Articles Browse thousands of articles - gear, skills, testing, stories, and more.
/gear/Gear View our gear recommendations, deals, checklists, and used gear swap.
/community/Community Visit our forums, browse member trip reports and blog posts, and more.
/osprey-talon-pro-30-tempest-p...IMG-ALT backpack next to a log
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/paramo-analogy-waterproof-clo...Testing Páramo Analogy Waterproof Clothing: How Well Does It Work for Rain (and Wind Shells)?
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/podcast-episode-128-metabolic...Episode 128 | The Metabolic Cost of Carrying a Backpack
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/metabolic-energy-mile-framework/The Metabolic Energy Mile (MEM) Framework: A Systems-Based Approach to Measuring the Cost of Walking a Mile
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/el-coyote-alphalite-quilt-rev...El Coyote Alphalite Quilt Review
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/advertising/Advertising
/membership/Text duplicate Membership
/login/Text duplicate Login
/membership/Text duplicate Membership
/login/Text duplicate Login
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/login/Close
/wp-login.php?action=lostpasswordForgot Password

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://backpackinglight.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
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 very slow (1.78 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.
A Content Delivery Network like Bootstrap CDN can save bandwidth for Bootstrap front-end component library.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (142 kB).

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External factors

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This page has backlinks from 333 referring domains.
This page has 4,300 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 195 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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Backcountry72%Check
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