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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
87% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
45% 
Link structure
33% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.09 s
File size
45.80 kB
Words
666
Media files
24
Number of links
92 internal / 45 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Reedsy • Your daily dose of writing, publishing and marketing advice
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 609 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Reedsy Blog offers a daily dose of writing tips, publishing advice, and clever book marketing ideas.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (633 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://blog.reedsy.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 prev meta tag on this page.
Rel next URL https://blog.reedsy.com/page/2/
The rel next and prev tags are set correctly.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 666 words. That's ok.
32.9% of the text are stop words.
10 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 16.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover" 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 13 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)
Welcome to the Reedsy Blog
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
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 Welcome to the Reedsy Blog
H2 Figurative Language: Types, Examples, and How to Use It
H2 50+ Pun Examples That’ll Crack You Up
H2 Indirect Characterization: Definition, Examples, and Tips
H2 Direct Characterization: Definition, Examples, and Tips
H2 How To Market Your Audiobook: 6 Strategies for Authors (2025 Update)
H2 What is Exposition? Definition, Tips, and Examples
H2 How to Publish a Children's Book (and Actually Make Money)
H2 How to Plot a Novel: 4 Ways to Get from Idea to Story
H2 Live: How to Structure Your Novel Before You Write It
H2 How to Make Money Writing in 2025
H3 Subscribe to our newsletter!
H3 1 million authors trust the professionals on Reedsy. Come meet them.
H5 MARKETPLACE
H5 LEARN
H5 COMPANY
H5 RESOURCES
H5 Empty heading
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
10 links don't have an 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 too many external links (45) on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://blog.reedsy.com/Blog
https://blog.reedsy.com/reedsyblog Advice, insights and news
https://reedsy.com/learningExternal reedsylearning Online publishing courses
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/reedsylive Free publishing webinars
https://blog.reedsy.com/podcast/Bestseller Podcast
/book-covers/Book Cover Art
https://blog.reedsy.com/stories/Stories
https://reedsy.com/discoveryExternal Apps
https://reedsy.com/studioExternal reedsystudio Free EPUB & PDF typesetting tool
https://reedsy.com/discoveryExternal reedsydiscovery Launch your book in style
/creative-writing-prompts/Subdomain reedsyprompts A weekly short story contest
https://reedsy.com/studioExternal Tools
/book-promotion-services/Book Promotion Sites
/book-review-blogs/Book Review Blogs
/booktube-channels/Booktube Channel Guide
/book-title-generator/Book Title Generator
/character-name-generator/Character Name Generator
/independent-publishers/Independent Publishers
/literary-agents/Literary Agents
/literary-magazines/Literary Magazines
/pen-name-generator/Pen Name Generator
/plot-generator/Plot Generator
/publishers/Publishers Directory
/short-story-ideas/Short Story Ideas
/writing-contests/Writing Contests
/writing-apps/Writing Apps
/creative-writing-classes/Writing Classes
/writing-exercises/Writing Exercises
/writing-scholarships/Writing Scholarships
https://reedsy.com/aboutExternal About
https://blog.reedsy.com/All posts
/category/book-design/Book design
/category/book-marketing/Book marketing
/category/from-our-authors/From our authors
/category/perfecting-your-craft/Perfecting your craft
/category/reedsy-news/Reedsy news
/category/understanding-publis...Understanding publishing
/what-is-figurative-language/Figurative Language: Types, Examples, and How to Use It
/category/perfecting-your-craft/Perfecting your Craft
/what-is-figurative-language/No Text
/what-is-figurative-language/Read more →
/pun-examples/50+ Pun Examples That’ll Crack You Up
/category/perfecting-your-craft/Text duplicate Perfecting your Craft
/pun-examples/No Text
/pun-examples/Text duplicate Read more →
/indirect-characterization/Indirect Characterization: Definition, Examples, and Tips
/category/perfecting-your-craft/Text duplicate Perfecting your Craft
/indirect-characterization/No Text
/indirect-characterization/Text duplicate Read more →
/direct-characterization/Direct Characterization: Definition, Examples, and Tips
/category/perfecting-your-craft/Text duplicate Perfecting your Craft
/direct-characterization/No Text
/direct-characterization/Text duplicate Read more →
/guide/audiobooks/marketing/How To Market Your Audiobook: 6 Strategies for Authors (2025 Update)
/category/book-marketing/Book Marketing
/guide/audiobooks/marketing/No Text
/guide/audiobooks/marketing/Text duplicate Read more →
/guide/elements-of-plot/exposi...What is Exposition? Definition, Tips, and Examples
/category/perfecting-your-craft/Text duplicate Perfecting your Craft
/guide/elements-of-plot/exposi...No Text
/guide/elements-of-plot/exposi...Text duplicate Read more →
/guide/how-to-publish-a-childr...How to Publish a Children's Book (and Actually Make Money)
/category/understanding-publis...Understanding Publishing
/guide/how-to-publish-a-childr...No Text
/guide/how-to-publish-a-childr...Text duplicate Read more →
/how-to-plot-a-novel/How to Plot a Novel: 4 Ways to Get from Idea to Story
/category/perfecting-your-craft/Text duplicate Perfecting your Craft
/how-to-plot-a-novel/No Text
/how-to-plot-a-novel/Text duplicate Read more →
/live-how-to-structure-your-no...Live: How to Structure Your Novel Before You Write It
/category/perfecting-your-craft/Text duplicate Perfecting your Craft
/live-how-to-structure-your-no...No Text
/live-how-to-structure-your-no...Text duplicate Read more →
/how-to-make-money-writing/How to Make Money Writing in 2025
/category/understanding-publis...Text duplicate Understanding Publishing
/how-to-make-money-writing/No Text
/how-to-make-money-writing/Text duplicate Read more →
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https://blog.reedsy.com/page/2/Next ›
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https://reedsy.com/External Authors
https://reedsy.com/hireNew window External Hire a Freelancer
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https://reedsy.com/hire/us/boo...New window External Hire a Designer
https://reedsy.com/hire/us/boo...New window External Hire a Marketer
https://reedsy.com/hire/us/gho...New window External Hire a Ghostwriter
https://reedsy.com/hire/us/boo...New window External Hire a Translator
https://reedsy.com/hire/us/web...New window External Hire a Web Designer
https://blog.reedsy.com/New window Text duplicate Blog
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https://reedsy.com/discovery/blogNew window External Discovery
https://reedsy.com/aboutNew window External About Reedsy
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/contributors/Reedsy Editorial Team
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https://reedsy.com/about/pressNew window External Press
https://blog.reedsy.com/stories/New window Text duplicate Stories
/book-review-blogs/New window Text duplicate Book Review Blogs
/literary-agents/New window Text duplicate Literary Agents
/book-title-generator/New window Title Generator
/character-name-generator/New window Name Generator
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/publishers/New window Publishers
/writing-contests/New window Text duplicate Writing Contests
/writing-exercises/New window Text duplicate Writing Exercises
/creative-writing-prompts/New window Subdomain Writing Prompts
/creative-writing-prompts/New window Subdomain Text duplicate Writing Prompts
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https://twitter.com/reedsyhqNew window External IMG-ALT Twitter
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https://www.facebook.com/weare...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Facebook
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https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn
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https://www.trustpilot.com/rev...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Trustpilot
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https://reedsy.com/about/touExternal Terms
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://blog.reedsy.com/"
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 excellent with 0.09 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (46 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 228 referring domains.
This page has 18,175 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 192 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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Reedsy • Your daily dose of writing, publishing and marketing advice
The Reedsy Blog offers a daily dose of writing tips, publishing advice, and clever book marketing ideas.

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Blog75%Check
Writing63%Check
Writing Tips60%Check
Book marketing59%Check
Book58%Check
Marketing58%Check
Book Publishing58%Check
marketing advice58%Check
publishing56%Check
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