Jlconline.com - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
51% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
83% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.57 s
File size
114.90 kB
Words
470
Media files
29
Number of links
106 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Journal of Light Construction - journal of light construction residential remodeling custom homebuilding
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 915 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
journal of light construction residential remodeling custom homebuilding
The length of the meta description is perfect. (439 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.jlconline.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Rel next URL https://www.jlconline.com/page/2/
The rel next and prev tags are set correctly.
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
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 470 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
22.3% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.33 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" 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 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
13 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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.../2025/adobestock-39617323-copy.jpg?w=176Large, McMansion-type house under construction in framing phase
...sites/4/2025/06/barn-project-4.jpg?w=175Once the roofing and step flashings are installed, a second counterflashing will cover the step flashing and connect to this through-flashing.
...ads/sites/4/2025/finish-look-b.jpg?w=232Installed and ready for paint, crown always makes an impression.
...2024/vapor-inward-movement-06s.jpg?w=146Illustration of the movement of vapor in a typical wall assembly
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 36 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Building Resources
H2 Instruction
H2 Trending
H2 From our sponsors
H2 Special Series: Attainable Zero
H2 Empty heading
H2 on the job
H3 Back to Basics: Wood Clapboard Siding
H3 Working With Porcelain Pavers
H3 2025 Product Guide Highlights 34 New-Home Innovations
H3 Retrofitting Air-to-Water Heat Pumps
H3 Lessons Learned Building a Net-Zero Home
H3 How Much Can You Do Without an Engineer?
H3 Simplified On-Site Stair Building
H3 Air-Sealing Wood-Frame Buildings
H3 Preventing Early Deck Framing Failures
H3 Trim Details Can Affect Performance
H3 On Site With TimberHP
H3 Headers in Gable-End Walls
H3 Flashing Framed Chimneys
H3 Crown Molding, Step by Step
H3 Vapor Control in Shower Walls
H3 Back to Basics: Wood Clapboard Siding Duplicate text
H3 Preventing Early Deck Framing Failures Duplicate text
H3 The Reluctant Saleperson’s Approach to Selling
H3 Help Clients Say Yes to Better Decks
H3 Dual-Fuel HVAC: Air-Source Heat Pump Plus Propane Back-Up Equals Year-Round Comfort
H3 Choosing the Right Window for the Climate and Customer
H3 Railings for Waterproof Patios
H3 Flashing Framed Chimneys Duplicate text
H3 Framing Floors With Open-Web Trusses
H3 Adding a Fire Escape
H3 On Site with Diamond Kote
H3 Resurrecting a Sagging Roof
H3 Digital Edition 2025
H3 Explore Our Sites
H4 Jeremy Kassel walks us through the steps of an impeccable siding install.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
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 21 external links on this page.
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/business/sales-marketingSubdomain Sales & Marketing
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/business/schedulingSubdomain Scheduling
/deck-builderSubdomain Decks
/cost-vs-value/2024Subdomain Cost vs. Value
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/projectsSubdomain Text duplicate Projects
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/how-to/exteriorsSubdomain Text duplicate Exteriors
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/business/schedulingSubdomain Text duplicate Scheduling
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/how-to/exteriors/contemporary...Subdomain Working With Porcelain Pavers
/products/2025-product-guide-h...Subdomain 2025 Product Guide Highlights 34 New-Home Innovations
/how-to/hvac/retrofitting-air-...Subdomain Retrofitting Air-to-Water Heat Pumps
/projects/queen-of-zero-lesson...Subdomain Lessons Learned Building a Net-Zero Home
/how-to/framing/opening-up-spa...Subdomain How Much Can You Do Without an Engineer?
/how-to/interiors/simplified-o...Subdomain Simplified On-Site Stair Building
/how-to/insulation/air-sealing...Subdomain Air-Sealing Wood-Frame Buildings
/deck-builder/preventing-early...Subdomain Preventing Early Deck Framing Failures
/how-to/exteriors/trim-details...Subdomain Trim Details Can Affect Performance
/how-to/insulation/on-site-wit...Subdomain On Site With TimberHP
/how-to/framing/headers-in-gab...Subdomain Headers in Gable-End Walls
/how-to/exteriors/flashing-fra...Subdomain Flashing Framed Chimneys
/how-to/interiors/crown-moldin...Subdomain Crown Molding, Step by Step
/how-to/insulation/vapor-contr...Subdomain Vapor Control in Shower Walls
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Read More
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/how-to/framing/framing-floors...Subdomain Framing Floors With Open-Web Trusses
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.jlconline.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.57 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 (115 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 97 referring domains.
This page has 3,515 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 79 different ip addresses.

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Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Building65%Check
Light63%Check
Light Construction61%Check
Journal59%Check
Construction56%Check
Remodeling56%Check
JLC50%Check
light construction residential remodeling47%Check
Framing44%Check
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