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Meta information
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Page quality
83% 
Page structure
93% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
100% 
External factors
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SEO Score
Response time
0.12 s
File size
59.10 kB
Words
695
Media files
21
Number of links
43 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Expert Hiking Guides, Hiking Gear Reviews & Tips - HikingGuy
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (562 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
Easy detailed trail directions and videos, honest hiking gear reviews, and tips to help you hike smarter and safer.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (689 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://hikingguy.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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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descriptionEasy detailed trail directions and videos, honest hiking gear reviews, and tips to help you hike smarter and safer.
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Page quality

Content
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Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 695 words. That's ok.
37.6% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
16 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 16.67 words is good.
Frames
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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 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
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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
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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
...ds/cris-hazzard-hiking-guy-1-480x270.jpgCris Hazzard Hiking Guy
...nt/uploads/june-2025-patreon-480x270.jpgLatest Supporter Update
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...ntent/uploads/patreon_logo_2-480x270.jpgJoin Me on Patreon for Free
...ds/youtube-garmin-trails-new-480x270.jpgNew Garmin Trails
...zon-satellite-text-messaging-480x270.jpgVerizon Satellite Texts
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...each-messenger-plus-featured-480x270.jpgGarmin inReach Messenger Plus Review
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Page structure

H1 heading
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Hiking Guides For Everyone
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 26 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 Hiking Guides For Everyone
H2 Latest Hiking News
H2 Latest YouTube Videos
H2 Latest Gear Guides
H2 Garmin inReach Messenger Plus Review
H2 Garmin inReach Messenger Review
H2 HMD OffGrid Review
H2 iPhone vs Garmin inReach
H2 Latest Trail Guides
H2 Valley of the Moon Trail
H2 Hike White Butte - North Dakota's Highpoint
H2 Lookout Point Trail: Wind Cave Bison Hike
H2 Hike Teutonia Peak Trail
H2 Latest Hiking Skills
H2 Garmin inReach SOS: Costs & How to Use It
H2 Hiking Permits Booking Hack
H2 How to Find Public and Park Land Boundaries for Free
H2 How to Check If There Is Snow On the Trail
H3 Latest Supporter Update
H3 Latest Hiking News Duplicate text
H3 SoCal Burn Area Closure Updates
H3 Join Me on Patreon for Free
H3 New Garmin Trails
H3 Verizon Satellite Texts
H3 Grand Canyon R2R Closures
H3 Starlink Good For Hiking?
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/guides/best-garmin-inreach/inReach
/guides/garmin-fenix/Hiking Watches
/best-hiking-gear/Gear Picks
/support-hiking-guy/Support
https://www.patreon.com/c/hiki...External Subdomain Patreon
https://www.youtube.com/c/Hiki...External Subdomain YouTube
https://hikingguy.com/newsletter/Newsletter
/about-hiking-guy-cris-hazzard/About
/hike/hiking-trails/great hikes
/best-hiking-gear/best hiking gear
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https://www.patreon.com/c/hiki...External Subdomain signing up for free on Patreon
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/...New window External Subdomain SoCal Burn Area Closure Updates
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https://www.patreon.com/hikingguyNew window External Subdomain Join Me on Patreon for Free
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?...New window External Subdomain Verizon Satellite Texts
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/hiking-gear/garmin-inreach-me...Garmin inReach Messenger Plus Review The inReach Messenger Plus is the most powerful and groundbreaking inReach device since they first came out many years a...
IMG-ALT Garmin inReach Messenger Plus Review
/hiking-gear/garmin-inreach-me...Garmin inReach Messenger Review When the Garmin inReach Messenger first came out, I didn’t know who it was for. It doesn’t have real navigation,...
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/hiking-gear/hmd-offgrid-review/HMD OffGrid Review I’ve been using the HMD OffGrid communicator since it came out and while it’s not a Garmin inReach, it does...
IMG-ALT HMD OffGrid Review
/hiking-gear/iphone-vs-garmin-...iPhone vs Garmin inReach Satellite messaging on the iPhone has come a long way, but can it really replace a dedicated device like the...
IMG-ALT iPhone vs Garmin inReach
/hike/hiking-gear/→ All Hiking-gear Guides
/hiking-trails/hiking-san-dieg...Valley of the Moon Trail The Valley of the Moon Trail offers a unique desert hike through some spectacular granite formations near the U.S.–Mexico border.......
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/hiking-trails/hike-white-butt...Hike White Butte - North Dakota's Highpoint White Butte, the high point of North Dakota, isn’t a tough hike—but getting there is half the fun. It’s a... 1.7 ...
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/hiking-trails/lookout-point-t...Lookout Point Trail: Wind Cave Bison Hike Most people visit Wind Cave for the cave, but the hike to Lookout Point is a great way to explore... 2.8 miles - Easy
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/hiking-trails/las-vegas-hikes...Hike Teutonia Peak Trail ​Teutonia Peak, at 5,755 feet, offers a rewarding short hike within Mojave National Preserve, conveniently accessible from Interstat...
IMG-ALT Hike Teutonia Peak Trail
/hike/hiking-trails/→ All Hiking-trails Guides
/how-to-hike/garmin-inreach-so...Garmin inReach SOS: Costs & How to Use It Garmin inReach SOS is a feature you hope you'll never need, but if you do press that button, what really...
IMG-ALT Garmin inReach SOS: Costs & How to Use It
/how-to-hike/hiking-permits-bo...Hiking Permits Booking Hack Are you tired of missing out on those bucket list hikes due to a competitive permit system? Well, I've got...
IMG-ALT Hiking Permits Booking Hack
/how-to-hike/how-to-find-publi...How to Find Public and Park Land Boundaries for Free There are a lot of data sources for public land and park boundaries, but not many easy ways to access...
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/how-to-hike/how-to-tell-if-th...How to Check If There Is Snow On the Trail Even if you know it's snowed, it's often hard to pinpoint whether snow will be on the specific areas of...
IMG-ALT How to Check If There Is Snow On the Trail
/hike/how-to-hike/→ All How-to-hike Guides
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
/terms-of-use/Terms of Use
/contact-hikingguy/Contact
/guided-hiking-tours/Guided Hikes
/website-sitemap/Sitemap
https://hikingguy.com/newsletter/Text duplicate Newsletter
/hiking-expert-media-contributor/Media Expert

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
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HTTP header
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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 0.12 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (59 kB).

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