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Meta information
100% 
Page quality
86% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
47% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.23 s
File size
128.10 kB
Words
594
Media files
13
Number of links
82 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Marine Biological Association | Marine Biology UK
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)
Marine Biological Association. We’re on a voyage to discover more about our ocean and all aspects of sea life. Find out more.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (771 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.mba.ac.uk/
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)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 594 words. That's ok.
35.2% 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.
5 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 20.83 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 12 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)
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
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...hoalstone-Torbay-190625_lpr-1024x680.jpgCommon Octopus in amongst seaweed in the UK
...07/Dr-Keith-Hiscock_Bangor-769x1024.jpegDr Keith Hiscock, smiling, with white hair and beard, in a black and red ceremonial academic gown, white shirt and yellow striped tie, sits at a large wooden desk holding a red ceremonial scroll with gold lettering, with a large bookcase full of books in the background.
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Latest News
The H1 heading is too short (11 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 32 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 Latest News
H2 An ocean of knowledge since 1884
H2 An ocean of knowledge since 1884 Duplicate text
H2 An ocean of knowledge since 1884 Duplicate text
H2 Who we are
H2 Our Science
H2 Become a member
H2 discover our online shop
H2 Can we help?
H3 MBA Data Manager appointed Co-chair of key UK marine data working group
H3 ‘No Data, No Action’: MBA key to shaping global ocean policy
H3 The Marine Biological Association publishes ‘South-West Marine Ecosystems – The State of South-West Seas in 2024’ report
H3 Dr Keith Hiscock MBE awarded Honorary Degree by Bangor University
H3 Professor David Sims marks 50 years since Jaws with reflections on shark conservation
H3 Insights and approaches from the long-term Continuous Plankton Recorder survey contribute to better understanding of ecological synchrony
H3 Extraordinary sea fan reef discovered off England’s Southwest coast during filming of ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’
H3 UN-backed global research movement shows benefits of tracking ocean giants for marine conservation
H3 Coastal
H3 Ecology
H3 Marine Microbiome
H3 OCean Biology
H4 Our Magazine
H4 Our library
H4 Our Science Duplicate text
H4 CAREER PROGRESSION
H4 Learn with Us
H4 Our Journal
H4 Be the voice of marine biology
H4 Links
H4 Resources
H4 GET INVOLVED
H4 Follow us
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
18 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.mba.ac.uk/Anchor Skip to content
A-TITLE Skip to content
https://www.mba.ac.uk/IMG-ALT Marine Biological Association
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https://www.mba.ac.uk/about-us/About Us
/about-us/our-strategy/Our Strategy
/about-us/royal-charter/Royal Charter
/about-us/our-people/Our People
/about-us/our-history/Our History
https://www.mba.ac.uk/140-years/140 Years
/about-us/working-with-us/Working with Us
https://www.mba.ac.uk/contact-us/Contact Us
https://www.mba.ac.uk/what-we-do/What We Do
/what-we-do/our-science/Our Science
/what-we-do/our-science/marine...Marine Microbiome
/what-we-do/our-science/coasta...Coastal Ecology
/what-we-do/our-science/ocean-...Ocean Biology
/what-we-do/data-and-information/Data and Information
/what-we-do/policy/Policy
/what-we-do/applied-science/Applied Science
/our-membership/Our Membership
/our-membership/mba-grants-and...MBA Grants and Awards
/our-membership/our-magazine/Our Magazine
/learn-with-us/Learn with Us
/learn-with-us/Events
/learn-with-us/student-opportu...Student Opportunities
/our-facilities/Our Facilities
/our-facilities/library/Library
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/our-facilities/research-aquar...Research Aquarium
/our-facilities/research-vessels/Research Vessels
/our-facilities/microbiome-cen...Microbiome Centre
/our-facilities/room-hire-cate...Room Hire & Catering
https://www.mba.ac.uk/shop/Shop
https://www.mba.ac.uk/newsroom/Newsroom
http://www.mba.ac.uk/donateSupport Us
http://mymba.mba.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain My MBA
https://www.mba.ac.uk/140-years/Find out more about our incredible 140-year journey.
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/the-marine-biological-associa...No Text
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/dr-keith-hiscock-mbe-awarded-...Dr Keith Hiscock MBE awarded Honorary Degree by Bangor University
/professor-david-sims-marks-50...IMG-ALT Blue Shark swimming in ocean with sun rays coming down through the surface.
/professor-david-sims-marks-50...No Text
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/insights-and-approaches-from-...IMG-ALT examining the influence of nutrient colimitation on phytoplankton ecophysiology Katherine Helliwell microscope
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/insights-and-approaches-from-...Insights and approaches from the long-term Continuous Plankton Recorder survey contribute to better understanding of ecological synchrony
/extraordinary-sea-fan-reef-di...IMG-ALT Sea fans on the seafloor with fish swimming amongst them
/extraordinary-sea-fan-reef-di...No Text
/extraordinary-sea-fan-reef-di...Extraordinary sea fan reef discovered off England’s Southwest coast during filming of ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’
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/un-backed-global-research-mov...No Text
/un-backed-global-research-mov...UN-backed global research movement shows benefits of tracking ocean giants for marine conservation
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/what-we-do/our-science/coasta...New window No Text
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/what-we-do/our-science/ocean-...No Text
/our-membership/Learn more
/our-membership/our-magazine/No Text
/our-membership/our-magazine/More info
/our-facilities/library/No Text
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/what-we-do/our-science/No Text
/what-we-do/our-science/Text duplicate More info
/about-us/working-with-us/No Text
/about-us/working-with-us/Text duplicate More info
/learn-with-us/No Text
/learn-with-us/Text duplicate More info
/our-facilities/library/our-jo...No Text
/our-facilities/library/our-jo...Text duplicate More info
/what-we-do/policy/No Text
/what-we-do/policy/Text duplicate More info
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https://www.fundraisingregulat...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Fundraising Regulator badge with validation link
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/We...New window Terms and Conditions
https://login.microsoftonline....External Subdomain Webmail
http://192.171.163.3/camera/in...External Subdomain Anchor MBA Webcam
/our-membership/Join us
https://mymba.mba.ac.uk/donate...New window External Subdomain Donate
https://www.instagram.com/them...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/thembaukExternal Subdomain No Text
https://bsky.app/profile/themb...New window External No Text
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheM...External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.mba.ac.uk/"
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 is excellent with 0.23 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (128 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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