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Meta information
73% 
Page quality
76% 
Page structure
84% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.33 s
File size
67.80 kB
Words
2447
Media files
51
Number of links
194 internal / 5 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Mindat.org - Mines, Minerals and More
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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No canonical link is specified.
Language
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Language detected in text: en
Server location: Canada
The language is not specified in the HTML markup.
Alternate/Hreflang Links
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The specified alternate links have no errors.
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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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
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
These Typos were found:
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This page contains 2447 words. That's ok.
19% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
23 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 17.27 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=4.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
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Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
The amount of tags is very high (121). We recommend using a maximum of 49 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: lismore gemfest 2025
Image SEO
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23 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
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Additional markup
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HTTPS
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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)
Recent Articles
The H1 heading is too short (15 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 31 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 Recent Articles
H1 Market News
H1 Community Discussions
H1 Recent Locality Updates
H1 New Minerals
H1 Our Supporters
H2 Welcome
H2 Learn
H2 Rocks and Meteorites
H2 Books & Journals
H2 The Elements
H2 Popular Minerals
H2 Mohs Hardness Scale
H2 Ore Minerals
H2 Gem Minerals
H2 Support us
H2 Events
H2 Museums
H2 Photography
H2 About us
H2 Past and Future
H2 Our Science
H2 Fieldwork
H2 Spring Oxford Mineral Show
H2 Return to the Etches Collection
H2 Tucson Shows, 2025
H2 The Gem and Mineral Show UK
H2 Sussex Mineral Show 2024
H2 Mindat Fellows 2025
H2 All mindat.org Supporters 2024/2025
H3 On This Day (24th May 1906): Harry Hess born
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.
5 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 5 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.mindat.org/No Text
https://www.mindat.org/login.phpLog In
/register.phpRegister
/discuss.phpDiscussions
/a/mindatmanualThe Mindat Manual
/reference.phpThe Rock H. Currier Digital Library
/a/chinese_newsletterMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
https://www.mindat.org/Home Page
https://www.mindat.org/a/aboutAbout Mindat
/a/mindatmanualText duplicate The Mindat Manual
https://www.mindat.org/a/historyHistory of Mindat
/copyrights.phpCopyright Status
https://www.mindat.org/a/whoweareWho We Are
/contact.phpContact Us
/directory_upgrade.phpAdvertise on Mindat
https://www.mindat.org/donate.phpDonate to Mindat
/a/corporate_sponsorshipCorporate Sponsorship
/article.php/308/SponsorshipSponsor a Page
/sponsored.phpSponsored Pages
/advertisers.phpMindat Advertisers
/directory_upgrade.phpText duplicate Advertise on Mindat
https://www.mindat.org/a/learnLearning Center
/a/what_is_a_mineralWhat is a mineral?
/a/common_mineralsThe most common minerals on earth
/a/educatorsInformation for Educators
/articlelist.phpMindat Articles
/elements.phpThe Elements
/reference.phpText duplicate The Rock H. Currier Digital Library
/geotime.phpGeologic Time
/fullsearch.phpMinerals by Properties
/chemsearch.phpMinerals by Chemistry
/advlocsearch.phpAdvanced Locality Search
/randommin.phpRandom Mineral
/random_locality.phpRandom Locality
https://www.mindat.org/minid.phpSearch by minID
/nearestlocs.phpLocalities Near Me
/articlelist.phpSearch Articles
/glossary.phpSearch Glossary
/searchmenu.phpMore Search Options
/a/mindatmanualText duplicate The Mindat Manual
/photoupload.phpAdd a New Photo
/revpicssel.phpRate Photos
/lsearchrec.phpLocality Edit Report
/coordinateleague.phpCoordinate Completion Report
/glossedit.phpAdd Glossary Item
/mining_companies/Mining Companies
https://www.mindat.org/stats.phpStatistics
/listusers.phpUsers
https://www.mindat.org/museums/Mineral Museums
/club_list.phpClubs & Organizations
/eventlist.phpMineral Shows & Events
/directory.phpThe Mindat Directory
/device_settings.phpDevice Settings
/minquiz.phpThe Mineral Quiz
/photoscroll.phpPhoto Search
/gallery_list.phpPhoto Galleries
/colorwheel.phpSubdomain Search by Color
/gallery.php?d=todayNew Photos Today
/gallery.php?d=yesterdayNew Photos Yesterday
/picusers.phpMembers' Photo Galleries
/gallery.php?potd=1Past Photo of the Day Gallery
/photography.phpPhotography
/photo-1489805.htmlPhoto of the Day 24th May 2025: Olivenite, Pharmacosiderite from Chinkuashih mine, Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan - submitted by Ko-Chun Huang. Cl...
/minerals.phpMineral species6,134
/min-50468.htmlRock names3,214
/othernames.phpOther names46,235
/countrylist.phpLocalities411,294
/a/occurrencesOccurrences1,616,390
/photoscroll.phpPhotos1,428,376
/articlelist.phpArticles2,909
/glossary.phpGlossary items26,066
/listusers.phpRegistered users84,802
http://www.hudsonmineralogy.org/External Subdomain Hudson Institute of Mineralogy
https://youtu.be/k7TtcwsvkqENew window External ▸ 🎦 Learn how to use mindat.org
https://www.mindat.org/a/learn▸ Enter our learning center
/min-50468.html▸ Rock types
/glossary/meteorite▸ Meteorites
/mindat_books.php▸ Download books and magazine list
https://www.mindat.org/a/library▸ The mindat.org library
/elements.php▸ The Mineralogy of the Elements
/chemsearch.php▸ Search minerals by chemistry
/min-3337.htmlQuartz
/min-1624.htmlFeldspar
/min-859.htmlCalcite
/min-29264.htmlOlivine
/min-3314.htmlPyrite
/min-1720.htmlGold
/min-1740.htmlGraphite
/min-1282.htmlDiamond
/min-1804.htmlHalite
/min-1576.htmlFluorite
/min-3875.htmlTalc
/min-1784.htmlGypsum
/min-859.htmlText duplicate Calcite
/min-1576.htmlText duplicate Fluorite
/min-29229.htmlApatite
/min-3026.htmlOrthoclase
/min-3337.htmlText duplicate Quartz
/min-3996.htmlTopaz
/min-1136.htmlCorundum
/min-1282.htmlText duplicate Diamond
/min-1641.htmlGalena
/min-917.htmlCassiterite
/min-955.htmlChalcopyrite
/min-1856.htmlHematite
/min-2538.htmlMagnetite
/min-962.htmlChalcocite
/min-3727.htmlSphalerite
/min-3911.htmlTennantite
/min-8667.htmlColumbite
/min-3882.htmlTantalite
/min-1136.htmlText duplicate Corundum
/min-1282.htmlText duplicate Diamond
/min-3996.htmlText duplicate Topaz
/min-4003.htmlTourmaline
/min-4430.htmlZoisite
/min-819.htmlBeryl
/min-3733.htmlSpodumene
/min-4421.htmlZircon
/min-3337.htmlText duplicate Quartz
/min-10272.htmlGarnet
/campaign.php▸ Make a donation
/a/corporate_sponsorship▸ Corporate sponsorship information
/shows.php?current=1▸ Search events
/a/add_event▸ How to submit your event
https://www.mindat.org/museums/▸ The Museum Directory
/msgboard-108.html▸ Forum on Minerals & Museums
/photoscroll.php▸ Search Photos
/photography.php▸ About mineral photography
/a/aboutmindat▸ About mindat.org
https://www.mindat.org/a/whoweare▸ Who we are
https://www.mindat.org/a/history▸ History of mindat
https://www.mindat.org/a/future▸ Our future
https://www.mindat.org/a/science▸ Read about our scientific work
https://www.mindat.org/a/research▸ Mindat.org as your research partner
/a/fieldtrips'▸ Learn about our field trips
/a/responsibility▸ Learn about our responsibility policy
/directory_upgrade.phpAdvertise Here - Click for Information
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/article.php/308/SponsorshipNo Text
/article.php/5138/Spring+Oxfor...Spring Oxford Mineral Show 11th May 2025 - LIVE REPORT I'm back in Oxford for the Oxford Mineral and Fossil Show. Already very busy. Richard Tayler and Austi...
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/article.php/308/SponsorshipNo Text
/article.php/5105/Return+to+th...Return to the Etches Collection 5th April 2025 - LIVE REPORT I'm.back in Dorset to visit the Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic fossils, home of the famous...
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/article.php/308/SponsorshipNo Text
/article.php/5030/Tucson+Shows...Tucson Shows, 2025 31st January 2025 - LIVE REPORT "Its the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!" Yes it's Tucson Time! Some dealers have been open for a week or...
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/article.php/308/SponsorshipNo Text
/article.php/4990/The+Gem+and+...The Gem and Mineral Show UK 23rd November 2024 - LIVE REPORT I'm here at Sundown Racecourse just outside London for the second London Gem and Mineral show, I...
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/article.php/308/SponsorshipNo Text
/article.php/4988/Sussex+Miner...Sussex Mineral Show 2024 16th November 2024 - LIVE REPORT I'm here at the Sussex Mineral Show, I'm Haywards Heath UK, and there's a strong crowd waiting to g...
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/article.php/5144/Lismore+Gemf...Lismore Gemfest 2025Keith Compton - Today
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/article.php/5138/Spring+Oxfor...Spring Oxford Mineral ShowJolyon Ralph - 11th May 2025
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/a/agate_ex_mining_district_se...Agates from the Serenissima Mining District – Northern Vicenza, ItalyFederico Dalla Stella - 5th May 2025
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/article.php/5122/The+Star+of+...The Star of the Stars! – Type Specimens of the Geological Museum.Rui Nunes - 24th Apr 2025
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/article.php/5105/Return+to+th...Return to the Etches CollectionJolyon Ralph - 5th Apr 2025
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/articlelist.phpMore ArticlesClick here to see more recent articles
/directorynews_11646.html22nd May - mineralman.comAuctions ending TONIGHT!
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/directorynews_11649.html22nd May - D. Joyce MineralsBLOG: Amethyst Amygdules in AZ
IMG-ALT News Icon
/directorynews_11644.html20th May - BluegemsBluegems fresh update,
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/directorynews_11643.html15th May - mineralman.comAuctions ENDING NOW!
IMG-ALT News Icon
/directorynews_11642.html15th May - D. Joyce MineralsNew Nanisivik species GRIMMITE
IMG-ALT News Icon
/dealer_news_list.phpMore Dealer NewsClick here to view all recent dealer news
/mesg-723951.htmlQuartz crystal group from Austrian Alps - where?08:15 24th May 2025 - posted by Franz Bernhard
/mesg-723172.htmlNature Thread number 3210:35 20th May 2025 - posted by Hamish Sutherland
/mesg-723943.htmlCrystal shape in quartz06:27 24th May 2025 - posted by Yash Redkar
/mesg-708853.htmlIs this photograph actually of henmilite07:59 27th Mar 2025 - posted by Peter Andersen
/mesg-722771.htmlLismore Gemfest 202500:00 1st Jan 1970 - posted by Keith Compton
/message_latest.phpRecent DiscussionsClick here to view all recent discussions
/loc-20122.htmlBad Harzburg, GermanyVik Vanrusselt
/loc-456276.htmlGhattihosahalli Belt, IndiaDavid Von Bargen
/loc-456147.html, Keith Compton
/loc-277221.htmlTasraft, MoroccoKeith Compton
/loc-440161.htmlTasraft deposit, MoroccoKeith Compton
/liveupdate.phpLive UpdatesView all changes in real time
/min-471965.htmlMagselite[Mg(H2O)6](Se4+O3)
/min-471452.htmlStankeithiteMn2+Mn2+Te4+4 O10
/min-471392.htmlSlottaiteSrFe3+3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
/min-471114.htmlCabreriteNiMg2(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
/min-471058.htmlAllanite-(Sm)(CaSm)(AlAlFe2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
/min-470996.htmlGeueriteAg2Tl4Pb4As22S40
/campaign.phpPlease click here to learn how you can help us to keep mindat.org operating.
https://www.mindat.org/donate.phpTrivial anchor text
click here
/a/hudsoninstituteofmineralogyText duplicate Hudson Institute of Mineralogy
https://www.openstreetmap.org/...External Subdomain © OpenStreetMap contributors
/user-1.htmlJolyon Ralph
http://www.minfind.com/External Subdomain minerals for sale
http://www.friendsofmineralogy...External Subdomain Friends of Mineralogy
/privacy.phpPrivacy Policy
https://www.mindat.org/terms.phpTerms & Conditions
/contact.phpContact Us / DMCA issues
https://www.mindat.org/a/bugsReport a bug/vulnerability

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HTTP redirects
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This page redirects to "https://www.mindat.org/"
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No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
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The page response time is slow (1.33 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (68 kB).

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