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Meta information
74% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
98% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.43 s
File size
62.50 kB
Words
785
Media files
4
Number of links
40 internal / 95 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Diseases & Conditions - Medscape Reference
The length of the page title is perfect. (411 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The eMedicine point-of-care clinical reference features up-to-date, searchable, peer-reviewed medical articles organized in specialty-focused textbooks, and is continuously updated with practice-changing evidence culled daily from the medical literature.
The meta description is too long: 1553 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://emedicine.medscape.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Server location: Canada
The language is not specified in the HTML markup.
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)
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.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
descriptionThe eMedicine point-of-care clinical reference features up-to-date, searchable, peer-reviewed medical articles organized in specialty-focused textbooks, and is continuously updated with practice-changing evidence culled daily from the medical literature.
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Sourceemedicine.medscape.com
keywordsemedicine clinical reference, medical reference, medical dictionary, symptoms, treatment, drug information, physician reference, medical journal, health information, medical conditions, clinical procedures, medical search engine, health encyclopedia, medical journal articles, health resource
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 785 words. That's ok.
27.9% 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.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 15.89 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 16 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Slideshow Collections
H2 Browse by Specialty
H3 Medicine
H3 Surgery
H3 Pediatrics
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 too many external links (95) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
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https://reference.medscape.com/External Subdomain Drugs & Diseases
https://www.medscape.org/External Subdomain CME & Education
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https://www.medscape.com/External Subdomain English
https://deutsch.medscape.com/External Subdomain Deutsch
https://espanol.medscape.com/External Subdomain Español
https://francais.medscape.com/External Subdomain Français
https://portugues.medscape.com/External Subdomain Português
https://www.medscape.co.uk/External Subdomain UKNew
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https://www.medscape.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate English
https://deutsch.medscape.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Deutsch
https://espanol.medscape.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Español
https://francais.medscape.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Français
https://portugues.medscape.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Português
https://www.medscape.co.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate UKNew
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https://www.medscape.com/videoExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Video
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https://login.medscape.com/log...External Subdomain Log out
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
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https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Congenital Anomalies of the Genitourinary System
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https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Poisoning on the Skin
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain The Persistence of Trauma: PTSD
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Migraine vs Sinus Headache
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain 10 Cases of Food Poisoning: Find the Pathogen Responsible
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Medically Significant Spider Bites: Which to Watch Out For
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Environmental Contaminants
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Measles: More Than Just a Rash
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain 9 Medical Oncologic Emergencies You Need to Know
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Hard Hits: Blunt Force Trauma
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain All About Allergies: Be Ready for Spring
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Clues in the Oral Cavity: Are You Missing the Diagnosis?
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Alzheimer Disease: Diagnostic Challenges
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Psoriasis: Presentation, Imitators, and Treatment
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain No Text
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Contact Dermatitis: From Triggers to Treatment
/allergy_immunologyAllergy and Immunology
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Anatomy
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Anesthesiology
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Cancer Treatment, Staging, & Guideline Syntheses
/cardiologyCardiology
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Cardiology Guidelines
/clinical_proceduresClinical Procedures
/critical_careCritical Care
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Dental & Oral Health
/dermatologyDermatology
/emergency_medicineEmergency Medicine
/endocrinologyEndocrinology
/gastroenterologyGastroenterology
/genomicsGenomic Medicine
/hematologyHematology
/infectious_diseasesInfectious Diseases
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Laboratory Medicine
/nephrologyNephrology
/neurologyNeurology
/obstetrics_gynecologyObstetrics/Gynecology
/oncologyOncology
/pathologyPathology
/perioperative_carePerioperative Care
/rehabilitationPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation
/psychiatryPsychiatry
/pulmonologyPulmonology
/radiologyRadiology
https://reference.medscape.com...External Subdomain Rare Diseases
/rheumatologyRheumatology
/sports_medicineSports Medicine
/clinical_proceduresText duplicate Clinical Procedures
/general_surgeryGeneral Surgery
/neurosurgeryNeurosurgery
/ophthalmologyOphthalmology
/orthopedic_surgeryOrthopedic Surgery
/otolaryngologyOtolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery
/plastic_surgeryPlastic Surgery
/thoracic_surgeryThoracic Surgery
/transplantationTransplantation
/traumaTrauma
/urologyUrology
/vascular_surgeryVascular Surgery
/pediatrics_cardiacCardiac Disease & Critical Care Medicine
/pediatrics_developmentDevelopmental & Behavioral
/pediatrics_generalGeneral Medicine
/pediatrics_geneticsGenetics & Metabolic Disease
/pediatrics_surgerySurgery
https://profreg.medscape.com/p...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://authoring.medscape.com/New window External Subdomain Contributor Login
https://facebook.com/medscapeExternal No Text
https://twitter.com/medscapeExternal No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/m...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/meds...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.medscape.com/publi...External Subdomain About Medscape
https://www.medscape.com/publi...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://www.medscape.com/publi...External Subdomain Editorial Policy
https://www.medscape.com/publi...External Subdomain Cookies
https://www.medscape.com/publi...External Subdomain Terms of Use
https://www.medscape.com/publi...External Subdomain Advertising Policy
https://help.medscape.com/External Subdomain Help Center
https://profreg.medscape.com/p...External Subdomain Become a Member
https://www.medscape.com/profileExternal Subdomain About You
https://www.medscape.com/profi...External Subdomain Professional Information
https://www.medscape.com/newsl...External Subdomain Newsletters & Alerts
https://www.medscape.com/adver...External Subdomain Advertise
https://www.medscape.com/marke...External Subdomain Market Research
https://www.medscape.com/publi...External Subdomain App
https://medscape.onelink.me/U6...External Subdomain Medscape
https://www.medscape.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate English
https://deutsch.medscape.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Deutsch
https://espanol.medscape.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Español
https://francais.medscape.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Français
https://portugues.medscape.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Português

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://emedicine.medscape.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 of 0.43 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 (63 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 736 referring domains.
This page has 9,685 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 511 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /noscan/
Disallow: /*/noscan/
Disallow: /register?*
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /px/*

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User-agent: GPTBot
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