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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
63% 
Page structure
50% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
90% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.41 s
File size
213.50 kB
Words
571
Media files
11
Number of links
73 internal / 17 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage - National Candle Association
The length of the page title is perfect. (366 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://candles.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
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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robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
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og:titleHomepage - National Candle Association
og:descriptionNational Candle Association Lighting the Way for the Candle Industry since 1974 The National Candle Association has been the trusted voice of U.S. candle manufacturers and suppliers—championing safety, innovation, and […]
og:urlhttps://candles.org/
og:site_nameNational Candle Association
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 571 words. That's ok.
29.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
8 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 21.75 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 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
10 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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Video URLWidthHeight
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Lighting the Way for the Candle Industry since 1974
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Lighting the Way for the Candle Industry since 1974
H1 We found the 9 best candle warmers that’ll make your home smell amazing without the open flame
H1 Why Do Candles Still Exist?
H1 Love Your Candles and Want Them to Last Forever? Buy a Candle Warmer.
H1 How to Candle: Tips and Tricks
H1 Scented Candle Trends: A Journey Through Food-Inspired Aromas
H1 Illuminating the Truth: Why Candles are Safe to Use
H1 Festive Flames: Unwrapping the Magic of Holiday Scents and Décor
H2 Save the Date
H2 NCA Annual Conference
H2 April 20-23, 2026
H2 Featured Industry News
H2 Blog Highlights
H2 Member Organizations
H2 Become a Member
H3 Member Directory
H3 Safety Tips
H3 Member Benefits
H3 ASTM Standards
H6 Quick Links
H6 Get In Touch
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 17 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://candles.org/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Linkedin
https://www.instagram.com/nati...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/candl...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.pinterest.com/cand...New window External Subdomain Pinterest
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain Youtube
https://candles.org/wp-login.phpLogin
https://candles.org/login-help/Login Help
https://candles.org/No Text
https://candles.org/who-we-are/Who We Are
https://candles.org/leadership/Leadership
https://candles.org/committees/Committees
/history-of-nca/History of NCA
https://candles.org/contact/Contact
https://members.candles.org/me...New window External Subdomain Join/Renew
/member-benefits/Member Benefits
https://members.candles.org/me...New window External Subdomain Member Directory
/annual-conference/Annual Conference
https://candles.org/faqs/FAQs
https://candles.org/expert-tips/Expert Tips
/facts-figures/Facts & Figures
/elements-of-a-candle/Elements of a Candle
/history-of-candles/History of Candles
/candle-safety-tips/Candle Safety Tips
/understanding-the-label/Understanding the Label
/order-standards/Order Standards
/understanding-safety-standards/Understanding Safety Standards
/sunset-review-2021/Sunset Review 2021
/candle-science/Candle Science
/science-projects/Science Projects
/research-studies/Research Studies
/member-resources/Member Resources
/world-candle-month/World Candle Month
https://candles.org/blog/Blog
https://candles.org/news-media/Industry News
https://candles.org/who-we-are/Text duplicate Who We Are
https://candles.org/leadership/Text duplicate Leadership
https://candles.org/committees/Text duplicate Committees
/history-of-nca/Text duplicate History of NCA
https://candles.org/contact/Text duplicate Contact
https://members.candles.org/me...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Join/Renew
/member-benefits/Text duplicate Member Benefits
https://members.candles.org/me...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Member Directory
/annual-conference/Text duplicate Annual Conference
https://candles.org/faqs/Text duplicate FAQs
https://candles.org/expert-tips/Text duplicate Expert Tips
/facts-figures/Text duplicate Facts & Figures
/elements-of-a-candle/Text duplicate Elements of a Candle
/history-of-candles/Text duplicate History of Candles
/candle-safety-tips/Text duplicate Candle Safety Tips
/understanding-the-label/Text duplicate Understanding the Label
/order-standards/Text duplicate Order Standards
/understanding-safety-standards/Text duplicate Understanding Safety Standards
/sunset-review-2021/Text duplicate Sunset Review 2021
/candle-science/Text duplicate Candle Science
/science-projects/Text duplicate Science Projects
/research-studies/Text duplicate Research Studies
/member-resources/Text duplicate Member Resources
/world-candle-month/Text duplicate World Candle Month
https://candles.org/blog/Text duplicate Blog
https://candles.org/news-media/Text duplicate Industry News
/member-benefits/Join Today
https://candles.org/who-we-are/Learn More
https://members.candles.org/me...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/candle-safety-tips/Text duplicate Learn More
/member-benefits/Text duplicate Learn More
/understanding-safety-standards/Text duplicate Learn More
https://candles.org/news-media/View All
/nca_news/we-found-the-9-best-...We found the 9 best candle warmers that’ll make your home smell amazing without the open flame
/nca_news/why-do-candles-still...Why Do Candles Still Exist?
/nca_news/love-your-candles-an...Love Your Candles and Want Them to Last Forever? Buy a Candle Warmer.
https://candles.org/blog/Text duplicate View All
/how-to-candle-tips-and-tricks/How to Candle: Tips and Tricks
/scented-candle-trends-a-journ...Scented Candle Trends: A Journey Through Food-Inspired Aromas
/illuminating-the-truth-why-ca...Illuminating the Truth: Why Candles are Safe to Use
/festive-flames-unwrapping-the...Festive Flames: Unwrapping the Magic of Holiday Scents and Décor
/member-benefits/Text duplicate Join Today
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Linkedin
https://www.instagram.com/nati...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/candl...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://www.pinterest.com/cand...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Pinterest
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Youtube
https://askaboutcandles.com/New window External No Text
https://askaboutcandles.com/New window External Text duplicate Learn More
/annual-conference/Text duplicate Annual Conference
https://candles.org/faqs/Text duplicate FAQs
https://candles.org/contact/Contact Us
/world-candle-month/Text duplicate World Candle Month
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection[email protected]

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://candles.org/"
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 of 0.41 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (214 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-cacheableSHORT
cache-controlmax-age=600, must-revalidate
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x-cache-groupnormal
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 418 referring domains.
This page has 20,515 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 198 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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