Perio.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.23 s
File size
189.70 kB
Words
375
Media files
18
Number of links
80 internal / 35 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
American Academy of Periodontology American Academy of Periodontology
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 677 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) is a 7,500-member professional organization for periodontists. Learn more about gum health.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (875 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.perio.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 375 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
17.3% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 17.33 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 8 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
8 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)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H3 Periodontists: How healthy smiles happen.
H3 Gum Disease Information
H3 Periodontal Treatments & Procedures
H3 AAP News
H3 Spring Cleaning for Your Health: Start with Your Gums
H3 American Academy of Periodontology: Flossing May Reduce the Risk of Stroke
H3 New Study Reveals Link Between Gum Disease and Brain Function Impairment in Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals, Highlighting Potential Early Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease
H3 Corporate Sponsors
H4 Signature Diamond
H4 Diamond Sponsor
H4 Platinum Sponsors
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 too many external links (35) on this page.
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https://www.perio.org/Anchor Skip to content
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/for-members/Subdomain For Members
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https://members.perio.org/netw...External Subdomain Member Directory
/member-benefits-and-resources/Subdomain Member Benefits and Resources
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/for-members/aap-recruitment-r...Subdomain AAP Recruitment & Rewards Program
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/for-members/insurance-reimbur...Subdomain Insurance and Third-Party Issues
/for-members/leadership-engage...Subdomain LEAD Program
/members/perio-storeNew window Perio Store
https://periospectives.perio.org/External Subdomain Periospectives Magazine
/for-members/advocacy/Subdomain Advocacy Resources
/for-members/aap-memberflix/Subdomain AAP MemberFlix
/for-members/partner-content/Subdomain Partner Content
/aap-connect/Subdomain AAP Connect
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https://members.perio.org/netw...External Subdomain AAP Member Directory
https://members.perio.org/libr...External Subdomain Glossary of Periodontal Terms
https://members.perio.org/brow...External Subdomain AAP Blog
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Subdomain Tutorial Videos
/ce-meetings/Subdomain CE & Meetings
https://e-learning.perio.org/p...New window External Subdomain e-Learning Center
/ce-meetings/past-meetings-con...Subdomain Past Meetings & Conferences
/ce-meetings/future-aap-annual...Subdomain Future AAP Annual Meetings
/ce-meetings/aap-webinar-series/Subdomain Webinars
https://am2025.perio.org/External Subdomain 2025 Annual Meeting
/ce-meetings/read-and-learns/Subdomain Read and Learns
/ce-meetings/future-aap-annual...Subdomain Call for Speakers
/ce-meetings/saving-teeth-webi...Subdomain Saving Teeth Webinar Series
/research-science/podcasts/Subdomain Podcasts
https://dentalhygiene.perio.org/External Subdomain AAP Dental Hygiene Engagement Initiative
/research-science/Subdomain Research & Science
/research-science/academy-of-o...Subdomain AO/AAP 2024 Consensus on Peri-Implant Diseases
/research-science/podcasts/Subdomain Text duplicate Podcasts
https://home.perio.org/Personi...External Subdomain AAP Journals – Member Access
/research-science/aap-journals...Subdomain AAP Journals – Non-Member Access
/research-science/aap-clinical...Subdomain AAP Clinical and Scientific Papers
/ce-meetings/abstract-submissi...Subdomain Abstract Submissions
/research-science/2017-classif...Subdomain 2017 Disease Classification
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/periodontal-education/Subdomain Periodontal Education
/periodontal-education/educators/Subdomain Educators
/periodontal-education/predoct...Subdomain Predoctoral Students
/periodontal-education/postdoc...Subdomain Postdoctoral Residents
/periodontal-education/periodo...Subdomain Periodontal Programs
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/periodontal-education/the-mat...Subdomain The Match Program
/periodontal-education/periodo...Subdomain Periodontal Literature Reference List
/for-patients/Subdomain For Patients
/for-patients/what-is-a-period...Subdomain What is a Periodontist?
/for-patients/faqs/Subdomain FAQs
/for-patients/gum-disease-info...Subdomain Gum Disease Information
/for-patients/gum-disease-info...Subdomain Gum Disease Risk Factors
/for-patients/gum-disease-info...Subdomain Gum Disease Prevention
/for-patients/gum-disease-info...Subdomain Gum Disease and Other Diseases
/for-patients/gum-disease-info...Subdomain Gum Disease and Women
/for-patients/gum-disease-info...Subdomain Gum Disease and Men
/for-patients/gum-disease-info...Subdomain Comprehensive Periodontal Evaluation (CPE)
/for-patients/periodontal-trea...Subdomain Periodontal Treatments and Procedures
/for-patients/periodontal-trea...Subdomain Surgical Procedures
/for-patients/periodontal-trea...Subdomain Non-Surgical Treatments
/for-patients/periodontal-trea...Subdomain Dental Implant Procedures
/for-patients/periodontal-trea...Subdomain Cosmetic Procedures
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https://www.perio.org/Anchor No Text
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https://www.perio.org/Anchor No Text
https://www.perio.org/Anchor No Text
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https://www.perio.org/Anchor No Text
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https://abperio.org/External IMG-ALT ABP
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.perio.org/"
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 slow (1.23 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 (190 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,013 referring domains.
This page has 55,525 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 726 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
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Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

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American Academy of Periodontology American Academy of Periodontology
The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) is a 7,500-member professional organization for periodontists. Learn more about gum health.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

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