Creditcards.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
55% 
Page structure
62% 
Link structure
62% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.10 s
File size
233.60 kB
Words
2170
Media files
48
Number of links
145 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Credit cards: Find the Right Card For You at Creditcards.com
The length of the page title is perfect. (545 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Find the best credit cards by comparing a variety of offers for balance transfers, rewards, low interest, and more. Apply online at CreditCards.com.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (897 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.creditcards.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
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

NameValue
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theme-color#ffffff
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robotsfollow, index
msvalidate.018F5C45B43C22132FC62669BB256C29C2
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langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleCredit cards: Find the Right Card For You at Creditcards.com
twitter:descriptionFind the best credit cards by comparing a variety of offers for balance transfers, rewards, low interest, and more. Apply online at CreditCards.com.
twitter:site@CreditCardsCom
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og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleCredit cards: Find the Right Card For You at Creditcards.com
og:descriptionFind the best credit cards by comparing a variety of offers for balance transfers, rewards, low interest, and more. Apply online at CreditCards.com.
og:urlhttps://www.creditcards.com/
og:site_nameCreditCards.com
og:imagehttps://www.creditcards.com/wp-content/uploads/cc-logo-400x400.png
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og:image:width400
og:image:height400
og:image:typeimage/png
X-UA-Compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are 14 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Our rating:4.1More informationClose Our writers, editors and industry ...
  • Duplicate 2: Our rating:4.9More informationClose Our writers, editors and industry ...
  • Duplicate 3: Our rating:3.9More informationClose Our writers, editors and industry ...
  • Duplicate 4: Thanks to its long introductory offer on balance transfers, the Citi D...
  • Duplicate 5: Our rating:4.8More informationClose Our writers, editors and industry ...
  • Duplicate 6: The Chase Sapphire Preferred Card offers valuable rewards for frequent...
This page contains 2170 words. That's ok.
33.8% 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.
31 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.47 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" 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 43 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
18 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
...2019/dist/images/ccLogo.svg?v=1747932737Credit Cards
.../images/arrow-left-blue.svg?v=1747932737No alt attribute provided
.../dist/images/arrow-left.svg?v=1747932737No alt attribute provided
...gos/wall_street_journal.png?v=1747932737The Wall Street Journal
...e-media-logos/bloomberg.png?v=1747932737Bloomberg
...ia-logos/new_york_times.png?v=1747932737The New York Times
...edia-logos/entrepreneur.png?v=1747932737Entrepreneur
...edia-logos/fox_business.png?v=1747932737Fox Business
...-logos/consumer_reports.png?v=1747932737Consumer Reports
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Chase Freedom Unlimited®
data:[...] Base64Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card
data:[...] Base64Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card
data:[...] Base64Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Discover it® Cash Back
data:[...] Base64Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card
data:[...] Base64Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
data:[...] Base64The Platinum Card® from American Express
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
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data:[...] Base64Bloomberg
data:[...] Base64The New York Times
data:[...] Base64Entrepreneur
data:[...] Base64Fox Business
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...2019/dist/images/ccLogo.svg?v=1747932737Credit Cards
...ist/images/icon_twitter.svg?v=1747932737Twitter
...st/images/icon_facebook.svg?v=1747932737Facebook
...t/images/icon_instagram.svg?v=1747932737Instagram
...ist/images/icon_youtube.svg?v=1747932737YouTube

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Don’t settle for any credit card. Find the right one.
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Don’t settle for any credit card. Find the right one.
H2 The tools you need. The advice you want. A team you can trust.
H2 Read our top card reviews
H3 A top-notch team of experts
H3 Card listings curated for you
H3 Helpful calculations
H3 Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card
H3 Chase Freedom Unlimited®
H3 Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card
H3 Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card
H3 Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card Duplicate text
H3 Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card Duplicate text
H3 Discover it® Cash Back
H3 Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
H3 Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card Duplicate text
H3 Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card Duplicate text
H3 Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
H3 The Platinum Card® from American Express
H3 Your security is our top priority
H3 Let’s start learning
H3 Stay on top of industry trends and new offers with our weekly newsletter.
H6 Site
H6 About
H6 Contact
H6 Related Sites
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 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.creditcards.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.creditcards.com/IMG-ALT Credit Cards
/cardmatch/Subdomain CardMatch™
/best-credit-cards/Subdomain Best Credit Cards
/rewards-cards/Subdomain Best Rewards Credit Cards
/signup-bonuses/Subdomain Best Sign-Up Bonus Credit Cards
/cash-back/Subdomain Best Cash Back Credit Cards
/balance-transfer/Subdomain Best Balance Transfer Credit Cards
/zero-interest/Subdomain Best 0% APR Credit Cards
/no-annual-fee/Subdomain Best No Annual Fee Credit Cards
/low-interest/Subdomain Best Low Interest Credit Cards
/travel/Subdomain Best Travel Credit Cards
/airline-miles/Subdomain Best Airline Credit Cards
/hotel/Subdomain Best Hotel Credit Cards
/no-foreign-transaction-fee/Subdomain Best No Foreign Transaction Free Credit Cards
/business/Subdomain Best Business Credit Cards
/student/Subdomain Best Student Credit Cards
https://www.creditcards.com/gas/Subdomain Best Credit Cards for Gas
/american-express/Subdomain American Express
/bank-of-america/Subdomain Bank of America
/capital-one/Subdomain Capital One
/chase/Subdomain Chase
https://www.creditcards.com/citi/Subdomain Citi
/credit-one/Subdomain Credit One Bank
/discover/Subdomain Discover
/wells-fargo/Subdomain Wells Fargo
https://www.creditcards.com/visa/Subdomain Visa
/mastercard/Subdomain Mastercard
/excellent-credit/Subdomain Excellent Credit
/good-credit/Subdomain Good Credit
/fair-credit/Subdomain Fair Credit
/bad-credit/Subdomain Bad Credit
/secured/Subdomain Secured Credit Cards
/no-credit/Subdomain Limited or No Credit History
/prepaid/Subdomain Debit & Prepaid Cards
https://www.creditcards.com/news/Subdomain News
/reviews/Subdomain Reviews
/education/Subdomain Education
/card-advice/Subdomain Card Advice
/credit-management/Subdomain Credit Management
/statistics/Subdomain Statistics & Research
/calculators/Subdomain Calculators
/compare/Subdomain Credit Card Comparison Tool
https://www.creditcards.com/faq/Subdomain Credit Card FAQs
/about-us/Subdomain About us
/press-center/Subdomain Press center
/expert-review-board/Subdomain Our experts
/editorial-guidelines/Subdomain Editorial guidelines
/best-credit-cards/Best Cards
/zero-interest/0% APR
/balance-transfer/Balance Transfer
/cash-back/Cash Back
/rewards-cards/Rewards
/cardmatch/Text duplicate CardMatch™
/about-us/Learn more about us
/cardmatch/Check out CardMatch™
/calculators/Discover savings now
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...IMG-ALT Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...4.1
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...how we rate our cards
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...Text duplicate Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card
https://www.wellsfargo.com/cre...External Subdomain See Rates and Fees
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...Read our review
/reviews/chase-freedom-unlimit...IMG-ALT Chase Freedom Unlimited®
/reviews/chase-freedom-unlimit...5.0
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...Text duplicate how we rate our cards
/reviews/chase-freedom-unlimit...Text duplicate Chase Freedom Unlimited®
/reviews/chase-freedom-unlimit...Text duplicate Read our review
/reviews/capital-one-savor-rev...IMG-ALT Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card
/reviews/capital-one-savor-rev...4.9
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...Text duplicate how we rate our cards
/reviews/capital-one-savor-rev...Text duplicate Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card
/reviews/capital-one-savor-rev...Text duplicate Read our review
/reviews/cash-back/Subdomain See all cash back card reviews
/reviews/citi-diamond-preferre...IMG-ALT Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card
/reviews/citi-diamond-preferre...3.9
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...Text duplicate how we rate our cards
/reviews/citi-diamond-preferre...Text duplicate Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card
/reviews/citi-diamond-preferre...Text duplicate Read our review
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...Text duplicate 4.1
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...Text duplicate how we rate our cards
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...Text duplicate Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...Text duplicate Read our review
/reviews/balance-transfer/Subdomain See all balance transfer card reviews
/reviews/citi-diamond-preferre...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card
/reviews/citi-diamond-preferre...Text duplicate 3.9
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...Text duplicate how we rate our cards
/reviews/citi-diamond-preferre...Text duplicate Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card
/reviews/citi-diamond-preferre...Text duplicate Read our review
/reviews/discover-it-cash-rewa...IMG-ALT Discover it® Cash Back
/reviews/discover-it-cash-rewa...4.6
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...Text duplicate how we rate our cards
/reviews/discover-it-cash-rewa...Text duplicate Discover it® Cash Back
/reviews/discover-it-cash-rewa...Text duplicate Read our review
/reviews/low-interest/Subdomain See all 0% APR card reviews
/reviews/chase-sapphire-prefer...IMG-ALT Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
/reviews/chase-sapphire-prefer...4.8
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...Text duplicate how we rate our cards
/reviews/chase-sapphire-prefer...Text duplicate Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
https://oc.brcclx.com/t?lid=26...External Subdomain Text duplicate See Rates and Fees
/reviews/chase-sapphire-prefer...Text duplicate Read our review
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...Text duplicate 4.1
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...Text duplicate how we rate our cards
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...Text duplicate Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card
/reviews/wells-fargo-active-ca...Text duplicate Read our review
/reviews/rewards/Subdomain See all rewards card reviews
/reviews/chase-sapphire-prefer...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
/reviews/chase-sapphire-prefer...Text duplicate 4.8
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...Text duplicate how we rate our cards
/reviews/chase-sapphire-prefer...Text duplicate Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
https://oc.brcclx.com/t?lid=26...External Subdomain Text duplicate See Rates and Fees
/reviews/chase-sapphire-prefer...Text duplicate Read our review
/reviews/capital-one-venture-r...IMG-ALT Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
/reviews/capital-one-venture-r...Text duplicate 4.9
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...Text duplicate how we rate our cards
/reviews/capital-one-venture-r...Text duplicate Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
/reviews/capital-one-venture-r...Text duplicate Read our review
/reviews/the-platinum-card-fro...IMG-ALT The Platinum Card® from American Express
/reviews/the-platinum-card-fro...Text duplicate 4.8
/reviews/how-reviews-are-calcu...Text duplicate how we rate our cards
/reviews/the-platinum-card-fro...Text duplicate The Platinum Card® from American Express
/reviews/the-platinum-card-fro...Text duplicate Read our review
/reviews/travel/Subdomain See all travel card reviews
/statistics/1-in-5-americans-a...Subdomain 1 in 5 Americans Are Doom Spending as Economic Uncertainty Rises
/authors/creditcards-com-team/CreditCards.com Team
/card-advice/capital-one-savor...Subdomain Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card guide
/authors/rebecca-lake/Subdomain Rebecca Lake
/statistics/1-in-5-americans-a...Subdomain 1 in 5 Americans Are Doom Spending
/authors/creditcards-com-team/Text duplicate CreditCards.com Team
/statistics/credit-debt-holds-...Subdomain Credit Card Debt Holds Americans Back From Estate Planning
/authors/creditcards-com-team/Text duplicate CreditCards.com Team
https://www.creditcards.com/news/See all guides and articles
/privacy/Privacy Policy
https://www.creditcards.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Credit Cards
https://twitter.com/CreditCard...External IMG-ALT Twitter
A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/Credi...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/cred...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/c...External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
A-TITLE YouTube
/privacy/Text duplicate Privacy Policy
/do-not-sell-or-share-my-perso...Nofollow Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
/consumer-health-privacy/Consumer Health Information Privacy Policy
/terms/Terms of Use
/sitemap/Site Map
/about-us/Overview
/press-center/Media Center
https://careers.redventures.co...External Subdomain Careers
/customer-support-department/Customer Support
https://bankratecreditcards.com/External Partnership Opportunities
/contact/Business Development
/contact/Media Relations
/contact/Contact Us
/cardmatch/Subdomain Text duplicate CardMatch™

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.creditcards.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 0.10 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (234 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 1,338 referring domains.
This page has 2,409,990 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 961 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
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Sitemap: https://www.creditcards.com/sitemap_index.xml

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Credit cards: Find the Right Card For You at Creditcards.com
Find the best credit cards by comparing a variety of offers for balance transfers, rewards, low interest, and more. Apply online at CreditCards.com.

Most important keywords

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Credit Card87%Check
Card85%Check
Credit Cards85%Check
Rewards Credit Cards76%Check
Rewards Credit Card76%Check
Rewards Credit74%Check
Cards73%Check
Find73%Check
Best Credit Cards72%Check
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