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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
72% 
Page structure
89% 
Link structure
80% 
Server
98% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.44 s
File size
295.50 kB
Words
605
Media files
24
Number of links
59 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
NatureScot
The page title is too short. (100 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
The page title is only one word.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Connecting People and Nature in Scotland
The length of the meta description is perfect. (262 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.nature.scot/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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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MobileOptimizedwidth
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 605 words. That's ok.
31.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
13 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 14.4 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
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 usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 tags for this page.
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)
A nature-rich future for Scotland
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 30 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 A nature-rich future for Scotland
H2 Guga hunt statement
H2 NNR Events
H2 Make Space for Nature
H2 Decision on a new National Park
H2 Explore the sections
H2 Featured items
H2 News & Blogs
H2 Quick Links
H3 Enjoying the outdoors
H3 NNRs and Nature Reserves - Visit our nature reserves
H3 Licensing
H3 Professional advice
H3 Scotland's Biodiversity
H3 Nature-based Solutions
H3 Funding and Projects
H3 Climate change
H3 Natural Capital
H3 Placemaking and Green Infrastructure
H3 Information hub
H3 Zero Waste Scotland: how small changes create big wins
H3 Be a cool camper!
H3 £1.87m funding for nature investment
H3 Botanical Village Names in Gaelic Scotland
H3 Endangered flapper skates
H3 Ainmean Luibheach Bhailtean ann an Alba nan Gàidheal
H3 Over 50% of Scots worry about climate change
H3 Priority Marine Features
H3 View all news
H3 View all blogs
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.nature.scot/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.nature.scot/A-TITLE Home
/doc/freedom-information-reque...Freedom of Information Request - SIR180032
https://www.nature.scot/Text duplicate Home
/about-naturescotAbout NatureScot
/climate-changeClimate change
/enjoying-outdoorsEnjoying the outdoors
/funding-and-projectsFunding and Projects
https://www.nature.scot/gaelicGaelic
/information-hubInformation hub
/landforms-and-geologyLandforms and geology
/landscapes-and-habitatsLandscapes and habitats
/plants-animals-and-fungiPlants, animals and fungi
/professional-adviceProfessional advice
/scotlands-biodiversityScotland's Biodiversity
/about-naturescotAbout us
/guga-hunt-statementSubdomain Latest update Guga hunt statement
/enjoying-outdoors/eventsWhat's on this summer NNR Events
/scotlands-biodiversity/make-s...Subdomain Summer tips Make Space for Nature
/professional-advice/protected...Subdomain Latest update Decision on a new National Park
/enjoying-outdoorsEnjoying the outdoors Scotland’s great outdoors is yours to explore. Find ways to enjoy our incredible landscapes and wildlife and get closer to nature.
/enjoying-outdoors/nnrs-and-na...NNRs and Nature Reserves - Visit our nature reserves NNRs and Nature reserves. Visit and be inspired by the amazing landscapes and wildlife of our reserves a...
/professional-advice/protected...Licensing NatureScot deal with almost all species licensing in Scotland, including non-native species licensing. We can also license out-of-season muirburn f...
/professional-adviceProfessional advice Decisions made by professionals may affect Scotland’s nature and landscapes. Our advice and guidance can help to steer any actions positi...
/scotlands-biodiversityScotland's Biodiversity Discover how Scotland’s distinctive biodiversity – from its abundant species to its rich and varied landscape – is important both nat...
/climate-change/nature-based-s...Nature-based Solutions We’re working hard to help people and nature mitigate, and adapt to climate change.
/funding-and-projectsFunding and Projects Do you know we offer funding for projects that supports the natural heritage across Scotland? Discover more ...
/climate-changeClimate change Our climate is already changing. We must all take action to mitigate and help nature adapt to climate change impacts that are now unavoidable.
/professional-advice/social-an...Natural Capital Natural capital is a term for the habitats and ecosystems that provide social, environmental and economic benefits to humans.
/professional-advice/placemaki...Placemaking and Green Infrastructure Find out how nature can help create better and more resilient places.
/information-hubInformation hub Explore our information library, Scotland’s nature publications, current research projects, interesting blogs and fascinating podcasts.
/zero-waste-scotland-how-small...Subdomain podcast
/scotlands-biodiversity/make-s...podcasts
A-TITLE Podcasts
https://www.outdooraccess-scot...External Subdomain Scottish Outdoor Access Code.
/doc/camping-scotlandCamping in Scotland
A-TITLE Camping in Scotland
/ps187m-funding-drive-nature-i...Subdomain £1.87m funding for nature investment Projects across the country have been awarded a share of funding from NatureScot and The National Lottery Heritage Fund....
https://scotlandsnature.wordpr...External Subdomain Botanical Village Names in Gaelic Scotland Roddy Maclean looks at settlements that are named for trees and other plants. Blog - 31 July
/app-build-better-picture-enda...Subdomain Endangered flapper skates A new, free app is helping to build a better picture of how critically endangered flapper skates are faring around Scotland’s coast...
https://scotlandsnature.wordpr...External Subdomain Ainmean Luibheach Bhailtean ann an Alba nan Gàidheal Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ toirt sùil air bailtean air an ainmeachadh air craobhan is lusan eile. Blog - ...
/over-50-scots-worry-about-cli...Subdomain Over 50% of Scots worry about climate change NatureScot Opinion Survey shows that Scots want to do more to help nature. News - 04 July
https://scotlandsnature.wordpr...External Subdomain Priority Marine Features Improving protection for Scotland's most sensitive marine habitats. Blog - 16 July
/information-hub/news-naturescotView all news
/information-hub/blogsView all blogs
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/about-naturescot/our-work/wha...What we do
/about-naturescot/our-work/nat...FAQs
A-TITLE FAQs
/about-naturescot/contact-usContact us
A-TITLE Contact us
/about-naturescot/our-workOur work
/professional-advice/safeguard...Subdomain Licensing
A-TITLE Licensing
/about-naturescot/working-and-...Careers
A-TITLE Working with us
https://www.nature.scot/gaelicText duplicate Gaelic
/enjoying-outdoors/eventsEvents
https://www.nature.scot/sitemapSitemap
/information-hub/publications-...Publications & Documents
/about-naturescot/board-direct...Board and Committees
A-TITLE Board, Directors and Committees
/information-hub/naturescot-da...NatureScot data services
A-TITLE NatureScot data services
/about-naturescot/access-infor...Freedom of Information
https://twitter.com/NatureScotNew window External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/Natur...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/natu...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/c/Natu...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://scotlandsnature.wordpr...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...New window External Subdomain No Text
/about-snh/access-information-...Subdomain Privacy policy
/cookie-policySubdomain Cookie policy
/accessibility-statementSubdomain Accessibility
/naturescot-copyrightSubdomain Copyright
https://www.nature.scot/linksSubdomain Links policy
/about-snh/contact-us/feedbackSubdomain Feedback

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nature.scot/"
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 of 0.44 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 (296 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 4,929 referring domains.
This page has 1,538,484 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,263 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
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Allow: /profiles/*.js?
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Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
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Disallow: /media/oembed
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