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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
70% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.03 s
File size
291.50 kB
Words
807
Media files
22
Number of links
134 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Manhattan Institute | Creative. Bold. Independent.
The length of the page title is perfect. (443 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)
https://manhattan.institute/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
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
(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)
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 807 words. That's ok.
24.8% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
12 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 22.27 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" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (20). We recommend using a maximum of 16 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: 2 mins
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
22 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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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 29 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 Spotlight
H2 Our Policy Areas
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Latest Podcasts
H2 Join our team
H2 Projects
H3 The Manhattan Institute works to keep America and its great cities prosperous, safe, and free.
H3 The Manhattan Institute works to keep America and its great cities prosperous, safe, and free. Duplicate text
H3 Eliminate the Hidden Inflation Tax Why New York State Should Index Taxes to Inflation
H3 Cities
H3 Culture
H3 Economics
H3 Education
H3 Governance
H3 Health
H3 Public Safety
H3 Tech
H3 Adam Smith Society
H3 Metropolitan Majority
H3 New York City: Renewed
H3 Proxy Monitor
H3 Trial Lawyers, Inc.
H3 Logos Initiative
H3 American Public Higher Education Reform
H3 -
H3 - Duplicate text
H3 - -
H3 - - Duplicate text
H3 - Duplicate text
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.
3 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 15 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 16 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/policy/educationEducation
/policy/governanceGovernance
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/policy/public-safetyPublic Safety
/policy/techTech
/articlesPublications
https://manhattan.institute/pollsPolls
https://manhattan.institute/booksBooks
/multimediaMultimedia
/podcastsPodcasts
/projectsProjects
/eventsEvents
/careersCareers
/subscribeSubscribe
https://manhattan.institute/aboutAbout MI
/research-integrityResearch Integrity
/press-mediaPress & Media
https://manhattan.institute/staffStaff
/board-of-trusteesTrustees
/scholarsScholars
https://www.city-journal.org/New window External Subdomain City Journal
/donateDonate
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/policy/educationText duplicate Education
/policy/governanceText duplicate Governance
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/articlesText duplicate Publications
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https://manhattan.institute/booksText duplicate Books
/multimediaText duplicate Multimedia
/podcastsText duplicate Podcasts
/projectsText duplicate Projects
/eventsText duplicate Events
/careersText duplicate Careers
/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
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/press-mediaText duplicate Press & Media
https://manhattan.institute/staffText duplicate Staff
/board-of-trusteesText duplicate Trustees
/scholarsText duplicate Scholars
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https://twitter.com/ManhattanInstNew window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/Manhat...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://instagram.com/manhatta...New window External No Text
/rss.xmlNew window No Text
/subscribeStay informed about our work
/?form=donateText duplicate Donate
/subscribeText duplicate Stay informed about our work
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/?form=donateText duplicate Donate
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A-TITLE Read More
/article/eliminate-the-hidden-...Eliminate the Hidden Inflation Tax
/person/paul-dreyerPaul Dreyer
/person/victoria-freemanVictoria Freeman
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/article/eliminate-the-hidden-...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/article/bureaucratizing-faithText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/article/bureaucratizing-faithBureaucratizing Faith
/person/stephen-eideStephen Eide
/article/bureaucratizing-faithText duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/article/this-is-the-pacific-n...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/article/this-is-the-pacific-n...This Is the Pacific Northwest on Drugs
/person/charles-fain-lehmanCharles Fain Lehman
/article/this-is-the-pacific-n...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/article/they-let-their-childr...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/article/they-let-their-childr...They Let Their Children Cross the Street and Now They’re Felons
/person/nicole-gelinasNicole Gelinas
/article/they-let-their-childr...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/event/governing-in-nyc-eric-a...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/event/governing-in-nyc-eric-a...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/event/governing-in-nyc-eric-a...Governing in NYC Eric Adams in Conversation with Reihan Salam
/person/reihan-salamReihan Salam
/policy/citiesView Policy Area
/policy/cultureText duplicate View Policy Area
/policy/economicsText duplicate View Policy Area
/policy/educationText duplicate View Policy Area
/policy/governanceText duplicate View Policy Area
/policy/healthText duplicate View Policy Area
/policy/public-safetyText duplicate View Policy Area
/policy/techText duplicate View Policy Area
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A-TITLE Read More
https://adamsmithsociety.com/New window External View this project
/project/metropolitan-majorityText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/project/metropolitan-majorityText duplicate View this project
/project/new-york-city-renewedText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/project/new-york-city-renewedText duplicate View this project
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A-TITLE Read More
https://proxymonitor.org/New window External Text duplicate View this project
/project/trial-lawyers-incText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/project/trial-lawyers-incText duplicate View this project
/project/logos-initiativeText duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/project/logos-initiativeText duplicate View this project
/project/american-public-highe...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
A-TITLE Read More
/project/american-public-highe...Text duplicate View this project
https://www.city-journal.org/External Subdomain More from City Journal
https://manhattan.institute/No Text
/terms-of-useTerms of Use
/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy
/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
/bug-bounty-programBug Bounty Program
https://manhattan.institute/No Text
https://www.facebook.com/Manha...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/ManhattanInstNew window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/Manhat...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://instagram.com/manhatta...New window External No Text
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/policy/cultureText duplicate Culture
/policy/economicsText duplicate Economics
/policy/educationText duplicate Education
/policy/governanceText duplicate Governance
/policy/healthText duplicate Health
/policy/public-safetyText duplicate Public Safety
/policy/techText duplicate Tech
/articlesText duplicate Publications
https://manhattan.institute/booksText duplicate Books
/multimediaText duplicate Multimedia
/podcastsText duplicate Podcasts
/projectsText duplicate Projects
/eventsText duplicate Events
/careersText duplicate Careers
/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
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/scholarsText duplicate Scholars
/research-integrityText duplicate Research Integrity
/contactContact us
/press-mediaText duplicate Press & Media
/terms-of-useText duplicate Terms of Use
/privacy-policyText duplicate Privacy Policy
/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://manhattan.institute/"
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 excellent with 0.03 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (292 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 1,518 referring domains.
This page has 53,207 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 999 different ip addresses.

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