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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
82% 
Page structure
74% 
Link structure
82% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.19 s
File size
119.30 kB
Words
827
Media files
19
Number of links
58 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Where History Lives | Historic Houses
The length of the page title is perfect. (338 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Discover Britain's extraordinary independent heritage. From the most impressive castles to the most glorious historic gardens. Find out more.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (867 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.historichouses.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 827 words. That's ok.
32.3% 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.
13 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 23.62 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, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 76 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"read more of our stories, receive exclusive content, and find out what’s on."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
8 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
...emes/historic-houses/assets/img/logo.pngHistoric Houses brand
/app/uploads/2023/06/dsc5047.jpgInveraray Castle
...hoto-coyright-alison-miles-1600x900.jpegHole Park
...grey-copyright-raby-estates-1440x959.jpgRaby Castle view from the outdoors
...23/02/easton-walled-gardens-1600x900.jpgEaston-Walled-Gardens
.../uploads/2024/03/historic-houses-map.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...uploads/2025/04/hh-advert-gif-2-high.gifNo alt attribute provided
...les/xxd8gjif7ipw2zak8mcc.jpg?_a=BAAAV6DQCragend Farm, Northumberland
...les/dmslam5six5kewzaqhuk.jpg?_a=BAAAV6DQLayer Marney Tower, Essex
...les/l9heiwp7kte18wiukgye.jpg?_a=BAAAV6DQPhillips House
...les/opqpstjvkqiu4mzinexm.jpg?_a=BAAAV6DQ25 Kensington Gore, London
/app/uploads/2025/03/5563.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...uploads/2024/08/plant-fair-4-600x400.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...download-as-a-low-res-png-11-480x400.pngNo alt attribute provided
...castle-rose-gardens-sunlight-600x400.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...r-nature-together-at-penpont-600x400.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...redit-handel-hendrix-house11-600x400.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...emes/historic-houses/assets/img/logo.pngHistoric Houses brand

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Garden of the Year
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 27 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 Garden of the Year
H2 Site Search
H2 Where can I visit as a member?
H2 Why become a member?
H2 Find the perfect gift
H2 Visit a house
H2 Become a Historic Houses member
H2 Forthcoming guided tours
H2 Featured Events
H2 What’s new
H2 Sign up for our newsletter
H2 Member Login
H3 Cragend Farm, Northumberland
H3 Layer Marney Tower, Essex
H3 Phillips House
H3 25 Kensington Gore, London
H3 Hay Castle Craft Fair
H3 Annual Spring Plant Fair
H3 Glorious Gardens Weekend
H3 Talented female experts join Belvoir Castle’s Flower Show line up
H3 Historic Houses awards grants to six member places in 2025 Small Projects Grant Scheme
H3 Handel’s kitchen comes to life with costumed demonstrations at Handel Hendrix House
H3 Register to login
H3 Not yet a member?
H6 What's on
H6 Our association
H6 Contact us
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.historichouses.org/Anchor Skip to content
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/visit-a-house/Subdomain Visit
/stays/Subdomain Browse historic stays
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/short-breaks/Subdomain View short breaks
A-TITLE View short breaks
/weddings/Subdomain View wedding venues
A-TITLE View wedding venues
/corporate-hire/?house-exclusi...Subdomain View houses for hire
A-TITLE View houses for hire
/why-join/Subdomain Why join?
A-TITLE Why join?
/why-join/membership-faqs/Subdomain Membership FAQs
A-TITLE Membership FAQs
/how-it-helps/Subdomain How membership helps
A-TITLE How membership helps
/become-a-member/Subdomain Other membership types
A-TITLE Other membership types
/gift-membership/Subdomain Gift Membership
A-TITLE Gift Membership
/referafriend/Subdomain Refer a friend
A-TITLE Refer a friend
/joinSubdomain Join now
A-TITLE Join now
/about-us/Subdomain About us
A-TITLE About us
/our-places-matter/Subdomain Our places matter
A-TITLE Our places matter
/policy-hub/Subdomain Our campaigns
A-TITLE Our campaigns
/support-us/Subdomain Support us
A-TITLE Support us
/news/Subdomain News and updates
A-TITLE News and updates
/upcoming-events/Subdomain Events at our places
A-TITLE Events at our places
/subscribe-to-our-weekly-bulle...Subdomain Subscribe to our bulletins
A-TITLE Subscribe to our bulletins
/jobs-and-volunteering/Subdomain Jobs and volunteering
A-TITLE Jobs and volunteering
/editorial/Subdomain Browse all editorial
A-TITLE Browse all editorial
/lectures/Subdomain Lectures & videos
A-TITLE Lectures & videos
/our-awards/Subdomain Our awards
A-TITLE Our awards
/magazine/Subdomain Historic House magazine
A-TITLE Historic House magazine
/vote-goya/Subdomain Vote now
A-TITLE Vote now
/join/Subdomain Join
/join/Subdomain Text duplicate Join
/vote-goya/Subdomain Text duplicate Vote now
A-TITLE Vote now
/houses/?exclusive=trueSubdomain Discover where you can visit as a member
A-TITLE Discover where you can visit as a member
/why-join/Subdomain Find out more about what membership brings you
A-TITLE Find out more about what membership brings you
/gift-shops/Subdomain Explore Online Gift Shops
A-TITLE Explore Online Gift Shops
/houses/Subdomain Explore all houses
A-TITLE Explore all houses
/houses/?grid=falseSubdomain View map
/join/Subdomain Text duplicate Join now
A-TITLE Join now
https://vimeo.com/911143628New window External Watch our video
https://buytickets.at/cragendf...New window External Buy tickets
https://buytickets.at/layermar...New window External Text duplicate Buy tickets
https://buytickets.at/phillips...New window External Text duplicate Buy tickets
https://buytickets.at/25kensin...New window External Text duplicate Buy tickets
/tours/upcoming-tours/Subdomain View all upcoming tours
A-TITLE View all upcoming tours
https://www.haycastletrust.org...New window External Subdomain Free 24 26 May 2025 Hay Castle Craft Fair Hay Castle
https://scampston.co.uk/DB/eve...New window External Free 01 Jun 2025 Annual Spring Plant Fair Scampston Hall & Walled Garden
https://www.penshurstplace.com...New window External Subdomain Free 07 08 Jun 2025 Glorious Gardens Weekend Penshurst Place
/upcoming-events/Subdomain View all upcoming events
A-TITLE View all upcoming events
/news/talented-female-experts-...Subdomain Talented female experts join Belvoir Castle’s Flower Show line up
/news/historic-houses-awards-g...Subdomain Historic Houses awards grants to six member places in 2025 Small Projects Grant Scheme
/news/handels-kitchen-comes-to...Subdomain Handel’s kitchen comes to life with costumed demonstrations at Handel Hendrix House
/news/Subdomain Browse all news
A-TITLE Browse all news
/privacy-policy/Subdomain privacy policy
https://www.historichouses.org/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Historic Houses brand
A-TITLE Historic Houses
https://www.facebook.com/Histo...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow Historic Houses on Facebook
https://twitter.com/Historic_H...New window External A-TITLE Follow Historic Houses on X
https://www.instagram.com/hist...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow Historic Houses on Instagram
/upcoming-events/Subdomain Events at our houses
/jobs-and-volunteering/Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs and volunteering
/news/Subdomain Text duplicate Browse all news
/subscribe-to-our-weekly-bulle...Subdomain Text duplicate Subscribe to our bulletins
/what-we-believe/Subdomain What we believe
/become-a-member/Subdomain Other categories of membership
/sponsors/Subdomain Our sponsors
/suppliers/Subdomain Suppliers
/disclaimer/Subdomain Disclaimer
/terms-of-membership/Subdomain Terms of membership
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy policy
/user/forgotten/Subdomain Forgotten your password?
/user/register/New window Subdomain Register your online account
A-TITLE Register your online account
/join/Subdomain Join Historic Houses
A-TITLE Join Historic Houses

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.historichouses.org/"
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 slow (1.19 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (119 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 273 referring domains.
This page has 4,571 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 247 different ip addresses.

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Where History Lives | Historic Houses
Discover Britain's extraordinary independent heritage. From the most impressive castles to the most glorious historic gardens. Find out more.

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
historic81%Check
Historic Houses75%Check
houses70%Check
Garden70%Check
beautiful historic houses64%Check
Castle58%Check
2025 Garden56%Check
year55%Check
Find55%Check
gardens54%Check
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