Kentuckyderby.com - SEO Checker

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Meta information
50% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
56% 
Server
83% 
External factors
53% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.11 s
File size
281.70 kB
Words
1340
Media files
39
Number of links
115 internal / 39 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
2026 Kentucky Derby & Oaks | May 1 and May 2, 2026 | KentuckyDerby.com
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 688 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
2026 Kentucky Derby is the 152nd renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports and will run on May 2nd, 2026. Find live odds, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates.
The meta description is too long: 1103 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.kentuckyderby.com/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Germany
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
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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There should not be dynamic parameters 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
(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)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: Saturday’s $1 million Stephen Foster (G1) at Churchill Downs is shapin...
This page contains 1340 words. That's ok.
27.5% 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.
21 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 23.07 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, minimum-scale=0.5, maximum-scale=3.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 27 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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34 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.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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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 44 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 152nd Kentucky Derby
H2 Derby Week 2026
H2 Kentucky Derby & Kentucky Oaks Horses
H2 2025 Kentucky Derby Style Guide
H2 New Kentucky Derby Experiences
H2 Derby Tickets & Hospitality
H2 Live Trending Content
H2 151st KENTUCKY OAKS
H2 151st KENTUCKY DERBY
H2 Churchill Downs App
H2 FOLLOW FOR UPDATES AND EXCLUSIVES
H2 Book Your Premium Experience
H2 Calling All Derby Enthusiasts to Post
H2 Kentucky Derby Seating Experiences
H2 You’re almost at the finish line!
H3 The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports®
H3 Celebrating the spirit of the Kentucky Derby!
H3 Explore the Contenders on the Leaderboard
H3 Evoke the magical spirit of the Derby
H3 Big Changes, Bigger Thrills
H3 Reserved seating
H3 Luxury Dining
H3 Premium Dining
H3 Private suites
H3 General admission
H3 Derby experiences
H3 New Kentucky Derby Experiences - Coming Soon!
H3 Here’s where the excitement is right now
H3 Study Guide: 2025 Stephen Foster Stakes
H3 Kentucky Oaks alumni take on Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies champion
H3 Study Guide: 2025 Stephen Foster Stakes Duplicate text
H3 Expert Pick of the Week: 2025 Stephen Foster Stakes
H3 PLAN YOUR DERBY
H3 The Official Kentucky Derby Collection
H3 Inside the Kentucky Derby
H3 Bet the Derby with TwinSpires
H3 CONTACT US
H3 LEGAL
H4 Congratulations Good Cheer on winning the 151st Kentucky Oaks!
H4 Congratulations Sovereignty on winning the 151st Kentucky Derby!
H4 DERBY WEEK EVENTS
H4 SPECIAL EVENTS
H4 VISIT US
H4 PARTY PLANNING
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 4 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 too many external links (39) on this page.

Found links on this page

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/oaks-horses/Oaks Leaderboard
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/prep-races/Derby & Oaks Preps
/prep-races/how-it-works/How It Works
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/sign-up/2026 Kentucky Derby and Oaks Sign Up
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/ticket-information/Ticket information
/contact/Connect with Ticketing
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/ticketing-policy/Ticket admission policies
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/faq/Ticket FAQs
http://churchilldowns.io-media...New window External Subdomain Churchill Downs Virtual Venue
/contact/Contact Ticketing
/guided-experience/First Time Visitor?
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https://twitter.com/KentuckyDerbyNew window Nofollow External No Text
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https://www.pinterest.com/kent...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@kentuc...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
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/sign-up/Subdomain Sign Up
/seating-experiences/Subdomain View All Seating
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/derby-horses/Subdomain View Kentucky Derby Leaderboard
/oaks-horses/Subdomain View Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard
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/seating-experiences/featured-...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/seating-experiences/Subdomain Explore all ticketing options
/sign-up/Subdomain Text duplicate Sign Up
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/sign-up/Subdomain Reserved Seating Request
/seating-experiences/luxury-di...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/sign-up/Subdomain Luxury Dining Request
/seating-experiences/premium-d...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/sign-up/Subdomain Premium Dining Request
/seating-experiences/private-s...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/sign-up/Subdomain Private Suites Request
/seating-experiences/standing-...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/sign-up/Subdomain General Admission Request
https://derbyexperiences.com/a...New window Nofollow External Text duplicate Learn more
https://derbyexperiences.com/k...New window Nofollow External Buy tickets
/seating-experiences/featured-...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/horses/good-cheer/Subdomain Good Cheer Horse Profile
/horses/news/good-cheer-makes-...Subdomain 151st Kentucky Oaks Race Recap
/horses/news/live-kentucky-oak...Subdomain Live Kentucky Oaks Coverage from TwinSpires.com
/oaks-horses/Subdomain Kentucky Oaks Horses
/horses/news/cat/kentucky-oaks...Subdomain News for the Kentucky Oaks
/horses/sovereignty/Subdomain Sovereignty Horse Profile
/horses/news/godolphins-sovere...Subdomain Kentucky Derby Race Recap
/derby-horses/Subdomain Kentucky Derby Horses
/horses/news/Subdomain News for the Kentucky Derby
/horses/news/live-kentucky-der...Subdomain LIVE: Live Odds, Expert Handicapping Picks, and Derby Horse News
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/horses/news/kentucky-oaks-alu...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/horses/news/expert-pick-of-th...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/visit/derby-week-events/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/visit/special-events/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
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/derby-at-home/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
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https://www.instagram.com/kent...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.pinterest.com/kent...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@kentuc...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/k...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.woodfordreserve.com/New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.longines.com/New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://corporate.ford.com/New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
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https://www.whiteclaw.com/New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.twinspires.com/New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.nbcsports.com/New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.kentuckyderby.com/Subdomain No Text
https://www.kentuckyderby.com/New window Subdomain KENTUCKYDERBY.COM
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/guest-services/Send us your feedback
/contact/Text duplicate Contact Ticketing
/advertising-sponsorship-oppor...Advertising & Sponsorship Opportunities
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https://www.coadymedia.com/New window External Subdomain Coady Media
https://derbyexperiences.com/k...New window External Derby Experiences
/media/Media Center
https://www.churchilldownsinco...New window External Subdomain Privacy Policy
/ticketing-policy/Ticketing Policy
/data-privacy/Data Privacy
http://www.churchilldownsincor...New window External Subdomain Responsible Gaming
/accessibility/Accessibility
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
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This page redirects to "https://www.kentuckyderby.com/?os=fuzzscan3WOtr&ref=app"
HTTP header
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The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 is excellent with 0.11 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (282 kB).

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This page only has 1 backlinks.
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2026 Kentucky Derby is the 152nd renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports and will run on May 2nd, 2026. Find live odds, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates.

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