Petfinder.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
89% 
Page quality
44% 
Page structure
66% 
Link structure
85% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.39 s
File size
282.60 kB
Words
424
Media files
13
Number of links
69 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Urgent Need for Pet Adoption - Find Dogs & Cats & More | Petfinder
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 607 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
With more adoptable pets than ever, we have an urgent need for pet adopters. Search for dogs, cats, and other available pets for adoption near you.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (908 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.petfinder.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
generatorGatsby 5.12.6
msapplication-TileColor#6504b5
theme-color#6504b5
descriptionWith more adoptable pets than ever, we have an urgent need for pet adopters. Search for dogs, cats, and other available pets for adoption near you.
imagehttps://www.petfinder.com/sites/default/files/images/content/social-media-cover.jpg
robotsindex, follow
apple-itunes-appapp-id=557228073, affiliate-data=ct=smart_app_banner&pt=616671&mt=8
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:titleUrgent Need for Pet Adoption - Find Dogs & Cats & More | Petfinder
twitter:urlhttps://www.petfinder.com
twitter:descriptionWith more adoptable pets than ever, we have an urgent need for pet adopters. Search for dogs, cats, and other available pets for adoption near you.
twitter:imagehttps://www.petfinder.com/sites/default/files/images/content/social-media-cover.jpg
twitter:creator@Petfinder
twitter:app:name:iphonePetfinder - Adopt a Pet
og:urlhttps://www.petfinder.com
og:typewebsite
og:titleUrgent Need for Pet Adoption - Find Dogs & Cats & More | Petfinder
og:descriptionWith more adoptable pets than ever, we have an urgent need for pet adopters. Search for dogs, cats, and other available pets for adoption near you.
og:imagehttps://www.petfinder.com/sites/default/files/images/content/social-media-cover.jpg
og:image:altPetfinder Logo
og:image:width630
og:image:height1200
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 424 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 9.33 words is low.
32.5% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" 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)
9 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
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
...c1fca37f7dd993c71d60f/01042/hp-small.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...353ae85ce25e539/Organization Outline.svgNo alt attribute provided
...2c6ff417297e814031ee9c5/Dog Portrait.svgNo alt attribute provided
...24467b2f4e6deb17c245e92/FAQs Outline.svgNo alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Find your new best friend
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Find your new best friend
H1 Planning to adopt a pet?
H2 Finding pets for you...
H2 Checklist for new adopters
H2 How Old Is A Dog In Human Years?
H2 Pet Adoption FAQs
H2 Finding pets for you... Duplicate text
H2 Dog Adoption Articles
H2 Cat Adoption Articles
H2 Resources
H2 Adopt or Get Involved
H2 About Dogs & Puppies
H2 About Cats & Kittens
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 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.petfinder.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.petfinder.com/No Text
/adopt-or-get-involved/Adopt or Get Involved
/adopt-or-get-involved/about-p...About Petfinder
/adopt-or-get-involved/adoptin...Adopting Pets
/adopt-or-get-involved/animal-...Animal Shelters & Rescues
https://petfinderfoundation.com/New window External Petfinder Foundation
/dogs-and-puppies/Dogs & Puppies
/dogs-and-puppies/adoption/Dog Adoption
/dogs-and-puppies/breeds/Dog Breeds
/dogs-and-puppies/feeding/Feeding Your Dog
/dogs-and-puppies/behavior/Dog Behavior
/dogs-and-puppies/health-welln...Dog Health & Wellness
/dogs-and-puppies/training/Dog Training
/dogs-and-puppies/information/Other Dog Information
/cats-and-kittens/Cats & Kittens
/cats-and-kittens/adoption/Cat Adoption
/cats-and-kittens/breeds/Cat Breeds
/cats-and-kittens/feeding/Feeding Your Cat
/cats-and-kittens/behavior/Cat Behavior
/cats-and-kittens/health-welln...Cat Health & Wellness
/cats-and-kittens/training/Cat Training
/cats-and-kittens/information/Other Cat Information
/other-pets/Other Types of Pets
/other-pets/birds/Birds
/other-pets/exotic-pets/Exotic Pets
/other-pets/guinea-pigs/Guinea Pigs
/other-pets/horses/Horses
/other-pets/rabbits/Rabbits
/other-pets/reptiles/Reptiles
/other-pets/small-and-furry-pets/Small & Furry Pets
/user/favorites/Favorites
/animal-shelters-and-rescues/s...Shelters & Rescues
/adopt-or-get-involved/adoptin...Checklist for new adopters Make the adoption transition as smooth as possible. Learn More
/dogs-and-puppies/health-welln...How Old Is A Dog In Human Years? Learn to translate dog years to human years just for fun, and vice versa. Finally answer how old your dog is! Learn More
/adopt-or-get-involved/adoptin...Pet Adoption FAQs Get answer to all the you questions you haven’t thought of for your adoption. Learn More
/dogs-and-puppies/adoption/Dog Adoption Articles Learn more about caring for your new dog Read More
/cats-and-kittens/adoption/Cat Adoption Articles Helpful insights on what to expect. Read More
https://www.petfinder.com/No Text
https://www.petfinder.com/Anchor Back To Top
/adopt-or-get-involved/adoptin...FAQs
/adopt-or-get-involved/about-p...Mobile App Download
/partnerships/Partnerships
https://newscenter.purina.com/New window External Subdomain News Center
/tools-widgets/custom-pet-list...Put Petfinder On Your Site
/developers/For Developers
/contact/Contact Us
/adopt-or-get-involved/All Adopt or Get Involved
/adopt-or-get-involved/adoptin...Text duplicate Adopting Pets
/adopt-or-get-involved/animal-...Text duplicate Animal Shelters & Rescues
/other-pets/Text duplicate Other Types of Pets
/dogs-and-puppies/All About Dogs & Puppies
/dogs-and-puppies/adoption/Text duplicate Dog Adoption
/dogs-and-puppies/breeds/Text duplicate Dog Breeds
/dogs-and-puppies/feeding/Text duplicate Feeding Your Dog
/dogs-and-puppies/behavior/Text duplicate Dog Behavior
/dogs-and-puppies/health-welln...Text duplicate Dog Health & Wellness
/dogs-and-puppies/training/Text duplicate Dog Training
/dogs-and-puppies/information/Text duplicate Other Dog Information
/cats-and-kittens/All About Cats & Kittens
/cats-and-kittens/adoption/Text duplicate Cat Adoption
/cats-and-kittens/breeds/Text duplicate Cat Breeds
/cats-and-kittens/feeding/Text duplicate Feeding Your Cat
/cats-and-kittens/behavior/Text duplicate Cat Behavior
/cats-and-kittens/health-welln...Text duplicate Cat Health & Wellness
/cats-and-kittens/training/Text duplicate Cat Training
/cats-and-kittens/information/Text duplicate Other Cat Information
https://profiles.petfinder.com...External Subdomain Sign Up
https://pro.petfinder.com/regi...New window External Subdomain Shelter & Rescue Registration
/sitemap/Sitemap
/terms-of-service/Terms of Service
/privacy-policy/en/Notice at Collection
/privacy-policy/en/Privacy Policy (updated)
https://www.purina.com/accessi...New window External Subdomain Accessibility
https://www.purina.com/cookie-...New window External Subdomain Cookie Policy
https://www.facebook.com/Petfi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/PetfinderNew window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/petf...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.pinterest.com/petf...New window External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.petfinder.com/"
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 is slow (1.39 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 (283 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 25 Jul 2025 07:48:19 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length47439
age35246
cache-controlpublic,max-age=0,must-revalidate
cache-status"Netlify Edge"; hit
content-encodingbr
etag"ac67360ac289496d6646b2bfdd9152b4-ssl-df"
referrer-policysame-origin
varyAccept-Encoding
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-nf-request-id01K108VVBXZ6DTM04KYZE6QEQE
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self';
accept-rangesbytes
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 3,706 referring domains.
This page has 119,456 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,505 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/forgotten-password/

Sitemap: https://www.petfinder.com/sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.petfinder.com/sitemaps/pets-adoptable-sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.petfinder.com/sitemaps/members-sitemap-index.xml

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Urgent Need for Pet Adoption - Find Dogs & Cats & More | Pe...
With more adoptable pets than ever, we have an urgent need for pet adopters. Search for dogs, cats, and other available pets for adoption near you.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Find77%Check
Pet Adoption72%Check
Adoption66%Check
Dog Adoption66%Check
Find Dogs Cats66%Check
Cat65%Check
Cat Adoption65%Check
pet63%Check
Dogs61%Check
Cats61%Check
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