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Meta information
96% 
Page quality
68% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
55% 
Server
80% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.80 s
File size
806.40 kB
Words
1114
Media files
18
Number of links
123 internal / 3 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
BlackPast.org | The Largest Online Encyclopedia of Black History
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 583 pixels long. Optimize title
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to BlackPast.org, the world's largest online encyclopedia of Black History. Explore African American & Global African History.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (826 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.blackpast.org/
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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article:modified_time2025-05-03T21:59:12+00:00
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twitter:site@BlackPastOnline
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og:typewebsite
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
These Typos were found:
  • visting => visiting
There are 6 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: This editorial page is part of an ongoing effort to present the ideas ...
  • Duplicate 2: Discover the rich and inspiring stories of Black history through our i...
  • Duplicate 3: Donate today to help us advance Black history education and foster a m...
This page contains 1114 words. That's ok.
32.1% 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.
18 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 14.03 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
The file size of the HTML document is very large (806.4 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" 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 22 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
8 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...nt/uploads/2024/04/black-past-logo-1.pngNo alt attribute providedblack-past-logo 1
...aton-Rouge-LA-April-2-1863-Wikipedia.jpgWhipped Peter, Baton Rouge, LA, April 2, 1863 (Wikipedia)
...orseyville-Louisiana-waymarking.com_.jpgSt. John Baptist Church, Dorseyville, Louisiana (waymarking.com)
...Mary-Annette-Anderson-Public-Domain.jpegMary Annette Anderson (Public Domain)
.../Wes-Coleman-Courtesy-of-Wes-Coleman.jpgWes Coleman (Courtesy of Wes Coleman)
...oads/Marshall-Pitts-fayobserver.com_.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ry-9-2020-in-Los-Angeles-CA-scaled-2.jpgCynthia Erivo at the Director's Guild of America on January 9
...nt/uploads/Greg-Gumbel-Deadline.com_.jpgGreg Gumbel (Deadline.com)
...s-sealing-deal-with-firm-handshake-1.pngNo alt attribute providedtwo-individuals-sealing-deal-with-firm-handshake 1
...nt/uploads/2025/01/Hero-Donate-Image.jpgNo alt attribute providedHero Donate Image
...ads/2025/01/About-Us-Featured-scaled.jpgNavy Parachute Team East in 1984 (William Goines top right)
.../12/Using-BlackPast-in-the-Classroom.jpgNo alt attribute providedUsing BlackPast in the Classroom
.../Research-Guides-Websites-Menu-Image.jpgNo alt attribute providedResearch Guides, Websites Menu Image
...2024/12/The-Childrens-Page-Main-Menu.jpgNo alt attribute providedThe Children's Page (Main Menu)
...2024/12/The-Mentoring-Page-Mega-Menu.jpgNo alt attribute providedThe Mentoring Page (Mega Menu)
...ville__Sit-ins__Library_of_Congress_.jpgNavy Parachute Team East in 1984 (William Goines top right)
...ploads/2024/12/GAH-Menu-Tab-Featured.jpgNavy Parachute Team East in 1984 (William Goines top right)
...ploads/2024/12/AAH-Menu-Tab-Featured.jpgMartin Luther King Jr. Delivering I have a Dream Speech during March on Washington August 28, 1963

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to BlackPast 3.0
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 54 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 Welcome to BlackPast 3.0
H2 In Defense of Black History
H2 Featured Article
H2 The Interactive African American History Timeline
H2 The African Capitals
H2 Remember What They Told You To Forget: The Campaign To Erase Black History
H2 St. John The Baptist Church (1969- )
H2 Mary Annette Anderson (1874-1922)
H2 Explore More On BlackPast
H2 Wesley “Wes” Coleman (1950- )
H2 Marshall Pitts, Jr. (1964– )
H2 Cynthia Erivo (1987- )
H2 Greg Gumbel (1946-2024)
H3 What’s New on BlackPast?
H3 Your support is crucial to our mission.
H3 Your Support Is Crucial To Our Mission.
H3 How to Write for BlackPast.org
H4 In Defense of Black History Duplicate text
H4 The African Heads of State
H4 The African American History Timeline
H5 About BlackPast
H5 Sponsored Content
H5 Testimonials
H5 Using BlackPast in the Classroom
H5 Research Guides & Websites
H5 The Children's Page
H5 The Mentoring Page
H5 Latest Updates
H5 Perspective Articles
H5 Music
H5 Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics
H5 Environment
H5 Sports
H5 Bibliographies
H5 Video Features
H5 Genealogy
H5 Map
H5 Timelines
H5 People
H5 Events
H5 Businesses & Institutions
H5 Groups & Organizations
H5 Places
H5 Speeches, Documents & Print Media
H5 Concepts
H5 Map Duplicate text
H5 Timelines Duplicate text
H5 People Duplicate text
H5 Events Duplicate text
H5 Businesses & Institutions Duplicate text
H5 Groups & Organizations Duplicate text
H5 Places Duplicate text
H5 Speeches, Documents & Print Media Duplicate text
H5 Concepts Duplicate text
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
4 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 12 links with a trivial 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 3 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.blackpast.org/Subdomain No Text
/category/african-american-his...Subdomain African American History
/category/global-african-history/Subdomain Global African History
/about-us/Subdomain About Us
https://www.blackpast.org/donate/Subdomain Donate
/in-defense-of-black-history/Subdomain In Defense of Black History
/in-defense-of-black-history/Subdomain Learn More
/african-american-history/chis...Subdomain Featured Article
/african-american-history/chis...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/african-american-history-time...Subdomain The Interactive African American History Timeline
/african-american-history-time...Subdomain Explore Now
/the-african-capitals/Subdomain The African Capitals
/the-african-capitals/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/whats-new-on-blackpast/Subdomain Explore More
/african-american-history/reme...Subdomain Remember What They Told You To Forget: The Campaign To Erase Black History
/african-american-history/reme...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/african-american-history/grou...Subdomain St. John The Baptist Church (1969- )
/african-american-history/grou...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/african-american-history/mary...Subdomain Mary Annette Anderson (1874-1922)
/african-american-history/mary...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/whats-new-on-blackpast/Subdomain EXPLORE MORE
/african-american-history/wesl...Subdomain Wesley “Wes” Coleman (1950- )
/african-american-history/wesl...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/african-american-history/mars...Subdomain Marshall Pitts, Jr. (1964– )
/african-american-history/mars...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/global-african-history/cynthi...Subdomain Cynthia Erivo (1987- )
/global-african-history/cynthi...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/african-american-history/greg...Subdomain Greg Gumbel (1946-2024)
/african-american-history/greg...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.blackpast.org/donate/Subdomain Text duplicate Donate
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact BlackPast
https://www.facebook.com/Black...New window External Subdomain Follow
A-TITLE Follow on Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/blac...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
A-TITLE Follow on Instagram
https://x.com/BlackPastOnlineNew window External Text duplicate Follow
A-TITLE Follow on X
https://www.blackpast.org/donate/Subdomain Text duplicate Donate
/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate About Us
/about-us/mission-statement/Subdomain Mission Statement
/how-you-can-help-blackpast-org/Subdomain How You Can Help BlackPast.org
/in-defense-of-black-history/Subdomain Text duplicate In Defense of Black History
/board-of-directors/Subdomain Board of Directors
/about-us/about-us-blackpast-o...Subdomain Support Team
/historians/Subdomain Content Contributors
/about-us/advisory-board/Subdomain Advisory Board
/awards-and-distinctions/Subdomain Awards and Distinctions
/about-us/recent-public-events/Subdomain Recent Public Events
/foundation-organization-and-c...Subdomain Foundation, Organization, and Corporate Supporters
/faq-users-guide-to-bp/Subdomain FAQ & User's Guide to BP
/blackpast-opens-world/Subdomain First Press Release
/about-us/history-blackpast-or...Subdomain The History of BlackPast.org
/sponsored-entries/Subdomain Sponsored Articles
/sponsored-pages/Subdomain Sponsored Pages
/testimonials/Subdomain Testimonials
/how-to-write-blackpast-org/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/using-blackpast-org-classroom/Subdomain No Text
/using-blackpast-org-classroom/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/research-guides-websites/Subdomain No Text
/research-guides-websites/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/blackpast-the-childrens-page/Subdomain No Text
/blackpast-the-childrens-page/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/mentoring-page/Subdomain No Text
/mentoring-page/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/whats-new-on-blackpast/Subdomain What's New on BlackPast
/blackpast-and-the-united-stat...Subdomain Perspective Articles
/category/african-american-his...Subdomain Text duplicate African American History
/global-african-perspectives/Subdomain Text duplicate Global African History
/music-library/Subdomain The Music Library
/african-american-history/blac...Subdomain The Black National Anthem
/black-past-features/stem/Subdomain The STEM Page
/african-american-scientists-a...Subdomain The Manhattan Project
/black-inventors-and-inventions/Subdomain Black Inventors & Inventions
/stem-educators-mentors-and-su...Subdomain STEM Educators & Mentors
/the-environmental-justice-page/Subdomain Environmental Justice Page
/the-negro-baseball-leagues-19...Subdomain The Negro Leagues
/bibliographies/Subdomain Bibliography Collection
/multimedia/Subdomain Multimedia
/genealogy-resources/Subdomain Genealogy
/in-defense-of-black-history/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/blackpast-and-the-united-stat...Subdomain Map
/blackpast-and-the-world/Subdomain Map: BlackPast and the World
/global-african-history-timeline/Subdomain Text Global African History Timeline
/category/global-african-histo...Subdomain People in GAH
/african-heads-of-state/Subdomain African Heads of State
/caribbean-heads-of-state/Subdomain Caribbean Heads of State
/category/global-african-histo...Subdomain Events in GAH
/global-african-history/instit...Subdomain Businesses & Institutions in GAH
/category/global-african-histo...Subdomain Groups & Organizations in GAH
/category/global-african-histo...Subdomain Places in GAH
/the-african-capitals/Subdomain Text duplicate The African Capitals
/the-caribbean-capitals/Subdomain The Caribbean Capitals
/category/global-african-histo...Subdomain Speeches in GAH
/category/global-african-histo...Subdomain Primary Documents in GAH
/global-african-history-newspa...Subdomain Newspapers, Magazines & Journals in GAH
/category/global-african-histo...Subdomain Concepts in GAH
/african-heads-of-state/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/blackpast-and-the-united-stat...Subdomain Text duplicate Map
/blackpast-org-and-the-united-...Subdomain Map: BlackPast and the United States
/black-past-timelines/Subdomain Complete Timeline Library
/african-american-history-time...Subdomain Interactive African American History Timeline
/the-civil-rights-movement-tim...Subdomain Interactive Civil Rights Movement Timeline
/african-african-history-text-...Subdomain Text African American History Timeline
/category/african-american-his...Subdomain People in AAH
/barack-obama-3/Subdomain The Barack Obama Page
/major-african-american-office...Subdomain Major Office Holders
/the-commanders-admirals-and-g...Subdomain The Commanders
/african-american-history/afri...Subdomain US Envoys, Diplomatic Ministers & Ambassadors
/race-crime-and-incarceration-...Subdomain Race, Crime, & Incarceration in the U.S.
/events-african-american-history/Subdomain Events in AAH
/african-american-history/101-...Subdomain 101 African American Firsts
/lynchings-in-the-united-state...Subdomain Lynching in the US
/racial-violence-in-the-united...Subdomain Racial Violence
/african-american-history/inst...Subdomain Businesses & Institutions in AAH
/historically-black-colleges-a...Subdomain Historically Black Colleges & Universities
/historic-african-american-chu...Subdomain Historic African American Churches
/category/african-american-his...Subdomain Groups & Organizations in AAH
/tuskegee-airmen-on-blackpast-...Subdomain The Tuskegee Airmen
/buffalo-soldiers/Subdomain Buffalo Soldiers
/black-lives-matter-movement-2...Subdomain Black Lives Matter
/the-black-panther-party/Subdomain The Black Panther Party
/category/african-american-his...Subdomain Places in AAH
/african-american-history/afri...Subdomain African American Museums
/national-african-american-lan...Subdomain African American Landmarks
/african-american-history/spee...Subdomain Speeches in AAH
/primary-documents/Subdomain Primary Documents in AAH
/african-american-newspapers/Subdomain Newspapers, Magazines & Journals in AAH
/category/african-american-his...Subdomain Concepts in AAH
/african-american-history-time...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.blackpast.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.80 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 very large (806 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 785 referring domains.
This page has 189,501 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 433 different ip addresses.

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Welcome to BlackPast.org, the world's largest online encyclopedia of Black History. Explore African American & Global African History.

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