Nms.ac.uk - SEO Checker

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Meta information
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Page quality
88% 
Page structure
44% 
Link structure
53% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
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File size
147.30 kB
Words
862
Media files
16
Number of links
101 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
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Home | National Museums Scotland
The length of the page title is perfect. (319 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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At National Museums Scotland we care for collections of national and international importance.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (582 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://www.nms.ac.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
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Favicon
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  • Duplicate: Our online database contains a selection of the 12 million objects and...
This page contains 862 words. That's ok.
30.5% of the text are stop words.
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Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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Mobile optimization
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Social Networks
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H1 heading
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Site Menu.
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Headings
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Some headings occur twice on the page.
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

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H1 Site Menu.
H1 National Museums Scotland
H2 Monkeys: Our Primate Family
H2 Our museums
H2 Cold War Scotland
H2 Cold War Scotland Duplicate text
H2 What's on
H2 Discover our collections
H2 Search our collections
H2 Search our collections Duplicate text
H2 Support us
H2 Support us Duplicate text
H2 Visit
H2 Useful links
H2 Connect with us
H2 Subscribe to our newsletter
H2 Small Print
H3 National Museum of Scotland
H3 National Museum of Flight
H3 National Museum of Rural Life
H3 National War Museum
H3 Maps: Memories from the Second World War
H3 Family Day
H3 Find Out Fridays
H3 What is the Peebles Hoard?
H3 Get to know Robert Burns through 10 objects
H3 The story of Dolly the sheep
H3 Discovering dinosaur bones on a Scottish island
H3 Secondary links
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 13 external links on this page.
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/national-museum-of-flightSubdomain National Museum of Flight Apr - Oct Open daily, 10:00 - 17:00 Paid entry, Members free East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, EH39 5LF Find out more
IMG-ALT A view of the Concorde plane inside a hangar with its stairway doors open.
/national-museum-of-rural-lifeSubdomain National Museum of Rural Life Open daily, 10:00 - 17:00 Paid entry, Members free Philipshill Road, East Kilbride, G76 9HR Find out more
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/national-war-museumSubdomain National War Museum Apr - Sep Open daily, 09:45 - 17:45 Free entry with paid entry to Edinburgh Castle Castlehill, Edinburgh, EH1 2NG Find out more
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/exhibitions/cold-war-scotlandSubdomain Featured Exhibition Cold War Scotland Saturday 13 July 2024 – Sunday 4 January 2026 Cold War Scotland explores the stories of Scots at the centre of this glo...
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/exhibitions/maps-memories-fro...Subdomain Exhibition Maps: Memories from the Second World War Sat 9 Mar 2024 – Sun 4 Oct 2026 Through personal stories, photography and memorabilia, this new exhibitio...
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/events/find-out-fridaysSubdomain Event Find Out Fridays 10 Jan – 27 Jun 2025, every Friday afternoon during term time 13:30 – 16:00 Taking a different theme and activity each week, our Engag...
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/discover-catalogue/what-is-th...Subdomain Discover What is the Peebles Hoard? The Peebles Hoard is a spectacular collection of bronze, leather and wooden material. Dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.10...
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/discover-catalogue/get-to-kno...Subdomain Discover Get to know Robert Burns through 10 objects A variety of objects relating to the life of Scotland's bard can be found in National Museums Scotland's...
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/discover-catalogue/the-story-...Subdomain Discover The story of Dolly the sheep Dolly the sheep was the first cloned mammal ever to be created from an adult cell. Affectionately named after country m...
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/discover-catalogue/discoverin...Subdomain Discover Discovering dinosaur bones on a Scottish island Dr Elsa Panciroli was walking along the shore of the island of Eigg when something caught her eye. S...
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/search-our-collectionsSubdomain Search our collections Our online database contains a selection of the 12 million objects and specimens in our collections. Start searching now
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/collections/facilities/pictur...Subdomain Picture library
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https://instagram.com/national...External Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/Natio...External Subdomain Facebook
https://x.com/NtlMuseumsScotExternal Twitter
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/privacy-noticeSubdomain Privacy
/cookie-policySubdomain Cookies
/website-accessibilitySubdomain Website accessibility
/website-terms-of-useSubdomain Terms of use
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
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The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
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The page response time is excellent with 0.26 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (147 kB).

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External factors

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This page has 2,926 backlinks.
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