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Meta information
72% 
Page quality
43% 
Page structure
37% 
Link structure
86% 
Server
73% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.80 s
File size
56.60 kB
Words
444
Media files
8
Number of links
44 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
JewishGen - The Home of Jewish Genealogy
The length of the page title is perfect. (404 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)
No canonical link is specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Server location: United States of America
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)
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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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google-site-verificationluW_xPH5yp1kC_9GEAbK018Me1TEW1QHPUqTHK0qOco
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og:urlhttps://www.jewishgen.org/
og:typewebsite
og:titleJewishGen - The Global Home for Jewish Genealogy
og:descriptionExplore millions of records from around the world, identify relatives, discover the towns of your ancestors, experience how they lived, connect with our global JewishGen community, and more!
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 444 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
32.4% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
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
(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
/JG/Images/JGlogo.svgJewishGen Home PageJewishGen Home Page
/images/MJH-Circle-Logo.svgNo alt attribute provided
/images/JewishGen-Weiner-sm.jpgJewishGen-Weiner-smJewishGen-Weiner-sm
/images/JeffMalka.pngJeffMalka CollectionJeffMalka Collection
...wishGen-Holocaust-Collection-336x280.jpgJewishGen Holocaust Collection 336x280JewishGen Holocaust Collection 336Г—280
/passover2025/passover2025.pngNo alt attribute provided
https://jewishgen.org/JG/Images/JGlogo.svgJewishGen Home PageJewishGen Home Page
/images/MJH-Circle-Logo.svgNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to JewishGen - The Global Home for Jewish Genealogy
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to JewishGen - The Global Home for Jewish Genealogy
H1 Click the links below to get started.
H1 FEATURED RESOURCES
H1 Read the latest news/announcements/articles from our blog
H1 Be Inspired! Read The JewishGen Passover Companion
H2 Explore millions of records from around the world, identify relatives, discover the towns of your ancestors, experience how they lived, connect with our global JewishGen community, and more! Begin ...
H2 Empty heading
H2 Read more ...
H3 Learn more about our organizational leadership, mission, and values. There are numerous opportunities to get involved yourself!
H3 Search millions of records from around the globe, including more than 4 million records related to the Holocaust, and more than 4.2 million burial records. Records are continually added each month ...
H3 Discover your ancestral town, explore geographic/regional based sections of the JewishGen site (Research Divisions), and explore what daily life was like for your ancestors - and what we can learn ...
H3 Enhance your research with online classes and dozens of helpful articles. University students can apply for the Bennett & Robin Greenspan L'dor V'dor Legacy Program, and those "out of school" can h...
H3 Connect with tens of thousands of other JewishGen members via the Family Finder, Discussion Group, Facebook Group, and ViewMate. It's a great way to share success, ask questions, and stay informed ...
H3 The JewishGen site is offered as a free public resource. However, it costs a lot of money to maintain and expand our services. If you are in a position to do so, please consider a contribution toda...
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.
4 links don't have an anchor text.
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

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.jewishgen.org/Subdomain IMG-ALT JewishGen Home Page
https://mjhnyc.org/New window External No Text
/JewishGen/Mission.htmlSubdomain Mission
A-TITLE JewishGen's Mission and Vision
https://www.jewishgen.org/bios/Subdomain Our Team
A-TITLE JewishGen's Staff and Volunteers
/JewishGen/GetInvolved.htmlSubdomain Get Involved
A-TITLE Volunteer Opportunities
/databases/all/Subdomain Search All Records
A-TITLE JewishGen's Unified Search
/databases/Subdomain Country & Topical Databases
A-TITLE Country & Topical Databases
/databases/Holocaust/Subdomain Holocaust Database
A-TITLE Holocaust Database
/databases/Cemetery/Subdomain Burial Registry (JOWBR)
A-TITLE Burial Registry (JOWBR)
https://cdp.jewishgen.org/External Subdomain Cemetery Discovery Project
A-TITLE Cemetery Discovery Project
/databases/Memorial/Subdomain Memorial & Plaques Database
A-TITLE Memorial & Plaques Database
https://www.jewishgen.org/sra/Subdomain Shul Records America
A-TITLE Shul Records America
https://www.jewishgen.org/gedcom/Subdomain Family Trees (FTJP)
A-TITLE Family Trees (FTJP)
/databases/JeffMalka/Subdomain Sephardic
A-TITLE Sephardic
/jewishgen/search.aspSubdomain Text Search
A-TITLE Search all of the text on JewishGen's web pages
/Communities/Search.aspSubdomain Town Finder (Communities Database)
A-TITLE JewishGen's Town Finder (Communities Database)
/Yizkor/translations/Subdomain Yizkor Books
A-TITLE JewishGen's Yizkor Books
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen....External Subdomain KehilaLinks
A-TITLE KehilaLinks
/JewishGen/researchdivisions.htmSubdomain Regional/Topical Research Divisions
A-TITLE Regional/Topical Research Divisions
https://www.jewishgen.org/Press/Subdomain JewishGen Press Publications
A-TITLE JewishGen Press Publications
/Education/Subdomain Online Classes
A-TITLE JewishGen's Online Classes
/InfoFiles/Subdomain Search Methodologies & Research Advice
A-TITLE Search Methodologies & Research Advice
/ldorvdor/Subdomain Student Program in Poland
A-TITLE Student Program in Poland
https://jhtravel.org/poland-se...External Study & Service Tour of Poland
A-TITLE Study & Service Tour of Poland
/kalikow/Subdomain Peter and Mary Kalikow Center
A-TITLE Study & Service Tour of Poland
https://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/Subdomain Family Finder
A-TITLE Family Finder
https://groups.jewishgen.org/g...External Subdomain Discussion Group
A-TITLE Discussion Group
https://www.facebook.com/group...External Subdomain Jewish Genealogy Portal
A-TITLE Jewish Genealogy Portal
https://www.jewishgen.org/Blog/Subdomain Blog
A-TITLE Blog
/ViewMate/Subdomain ViewMate
A-TITLE ViewMate
/jewishgen/testimonials/Subdomain Success Stories
A-TITLE Success Stories
/Yahrzeit/Subdomain Yahrzeit reminders
A-TITLE Yahrzeit Reminders
/jewishgen-erosity/Subdomain General Support
A-TITLE General Support
/jewishgen-erosity/Subdomain Specific Projects
A-TITLE Specific Projects
/jewishgen-erosity/PlannedGivi...Subdomain Planned Giving
A-TITLE Planned Giving
/jewishgen-erosity/Honors/Subdomain Wall of Honor
A-TITLE Wall of Honor
https://jewishgen.net/donation...New window External Trivial anchor text
here
/databases/all/SEARCH Tens of Millions of Jewish Records
/Communities/Search.aspDISCOVER Your Ancestral Town
/JewishGen/Research.htmlEXPLORE What Life Was Like For Your Ancestors
https://groups.io/g/jewishgen/External CONNECT On the JewishGen Discussion Group
https://forms.gle/1wVtEUmvLfS8...External GET INVOLVED Join the Volunteer Team
/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectsl...DONATE Support Our Important Work
/education/Subdomain No Text
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen....External Subdomain No Text
https://www.jewishgen.org/jgffSubdomain No Text
/viewmate/Subdomain No Text
/JewishGen/pr/RTR/Subdomain IMG-ALT JewishGen-Weiner-sm
/databases/JeffMalka/Subdomain IMG-ALT JeffMalka Collection
/databases/Holocaust/Subdomain IMG-ALT JewishGen Holocaust Collection 336x280
https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/New window Subdomain Read the latest news/announcements/articles from our blog
https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/New window Subdomain Read more ...
/passover2025/New window No Text
https://www.jewishgen.org/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT JewishGen Home Page
https://mjhnyc.org/New window External No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://jewishgen.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 0.80 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 (57 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateFri, 08 Aug 2025 23:53:09 GMT
content-typetext/html
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pragmano-cache
content-encodinggzip
expiresFri, 08 Aug 2025 23:53:09 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
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serverWWW Server/1.1
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 263 referring domains.
This page has 887 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 131 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

# /robots.txt file for http://www.jewishgen.org
# Created 17 December 2001, Modified 16 May 2002, 4 Dec 2003
# See "http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/norobots.html" for format details.

User-agent: *
Disallow: /family/g19*
Disallow: /family/g20*
Disallow: /ViewMate/
Disallow: /viewmate/

# modified 21-May-2012 GSandler prevent 80legs.com from crawling
User-agent: 008
Disallow: /

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