Plants.ces.ncsu.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
35% 
Server
77% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.49 s
File size
27.50 kB
Words
691
Media files
14
Number of links
26 internal / 42 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
The length of the page title is perfect. (510 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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=1.0
google-site-verificationUzRsUPNUyEfN2F8Sk50Hv0hjwKo3Q4o6cFTRpT6Sfs4
langen
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 691 words. That's ok.
27.6% 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.
9 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 18.64 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 96 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"use the power of the extension gardener plant toolbox to select the right plant for your garden."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 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
.../logos/ncce-red-wide-ext-transparent.svgNo alt attribute provided
...in_img_trans_correction.a37e195853b5.pngNo alt attribute provided
...GwU6GpnwxwnRSuPd1O14=&Expires=1749968786White flowers of the species
...HGTn1DKFUXiSUVo28Iic=&Expires=1749968786Hemerocallis hybrida
...iNNW0hdmNKIT8juIMnWE=&Expires=1749968786Itea virginica
...oh8CSzOG0BaMngDjk+po=&Expires=1749968786Magnolia grandiflora
...KA9H+3NltmYJueSB4/Lg=&Expires=1749968786Flowers
...EBo39z+mG3GjY3kswQkw=&Expires=1749968786Silene virginica
...-raleigh-north-carolina.00bf7621ccff.jpgWoodland azalea and flower garden in Raleigh, North Carolina
...nts/img/show_nav_search.d7e5aa0fd228.pngImage of 'expand search' menu button.
...ch_text/2019/06/28/monarch-echinacea.jpgMonarch butterfly on echinacea flowers
.../images/rich_text/2022/04/20/frame-1.pngNo alt attribute provided
...7/logo-nc-cooperative-extension-2017.svgN.C. Cooperative Extension Logo
/static/plants/img/loading.be5a561a53b5.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Our Partners
The H1 heading is too short (12 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Our Partners
H2 HomeShow Menu
H2 Quick Plant Lists
H2 Here are some tips to get you started
H2 Looking for help?
H2 Find the Right Plant for the Right Place Monarch butterfly on echinacea flowers
H2 NC State Partners
H2 Additional Partners
H2 Funding Provided By
H2 NC State Extension Gardener Sites
H2 Where Next?
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (42) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain No Text
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/No Text
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/Home
/find_a_plant/Find a Plant
/gallery/Design Gallery
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/help/Help
https://securelb.imodules.com/...New window External Subdomain Give Now
/contact_us/Contact
/plants/achillea-millefolium/Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Devil's Nettle Dog Daisy
IMG-ALT White flowers of the species
/plants/hemerocallis-hybrida/Hemerocallis hybrida Daylily
IMG-ALT Hemerocallis hybrida
/plants/itea-virginica/Itea virginica Itea Virginia Sweetspire Virginia Sweet Spire
IMG-ALT Itea virginica
/plants/magnolia-grandiflora/Magnolia grandiflora Bull Bay Large Tree Magnolia Southern Magnolia
IMG-ALT Magnolia grandiflora
/plants/penstemon-digitalis/Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue Tall White Beardtongue White Beardtongue
IMG-ALT Flowers
/plants/silene-virginica/Silene virginica Cliff Pink Fire Pink Scarlet Catchfly
IMG-ALT Silene virginica
/find_a_plant/?tag=nc-native-p...New window NC Native Pollinator Plants
/find_a_plant/?q=audubonNew window Subdomain Audubon's Bird-Friendly NC Native Plants
/find_a_plant/?tag=showstopperNew window Subdomain Show Stopper Plants
/find_a_plant/?q=nciNew window NC State Introductions
/find_a_plant/?tag=nc-wildflow...New window Subdomain NC Native Wildflower of the Year
/find_a_plant/?plant_type__id=...New window Subdomain NC Native Trees
/find_a_plant/?tag=low-flammab...New window Lower Fire Risk
/find_a_plant/?tag=highly-bene...New window Highly Beneficial Coastal Plants
/find_a_plant/?tag=cppNew window NC Certified Plant Professional Plants
/find_a_plant/?tag=wet-soils-t...New window Plants for Wet Sites
/find_a_plant/?tag=invasiveNew window Invasive Plant Species
https://twitter.com/intent/twe...New window External Tweet this Page
https://www.facebook.com/share...New window External Subdomain Share on Facebook
/find_a_plant/Text duplicate Find a Plant
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/help/Text duplicate Help
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/help/Glossary
https://youtu.be/59ioz7GTxoE?f...New window External VIDEO INTRODUCTION TO THE PLANT TOOLBOX
https://cnr.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain College of Natural Resources
https://cnr.ncsu.edu/fer/New window External Subdomain Forestry & Environmental Resources
https://herbarium.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain Herbarium
https://cals.ncsu.edu/horticul...New window External Subdomain Horticultural Science
https://jcra.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain JC Raulston Arboretum
https://emgv.ces.ncsu.edu/mast...New window External Subdomain Extension Master Gardener℠ Volunteers
https://naturalearning.org/New window External The Natural Learning Initiative
https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/pr...New window External Subdomain NC Sea Grant
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain NC State Extension
https://pdic.ces.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
https://mcilab.ces.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain Mountain Crop Improvement Lab
https://cnr.ncsu.edu/about/for...New window External Subdomain NC State Recreational Forests
https://www.ncforestservice.go...New window External Subdomain NC's Champion Big Tree Database
https://www.ncforestservice.gov/New window External Subdomain NC Forest Service
https://nc.audubon.org/New window External Subdomain North Carolina Audubon Society
https://southernipm.org/New window External Southern Region IPM Center
https://hgic.clemson.edu/New window External Subdomain Clemson Cooperative Extension Home & Garden Information Center
https://www.hort.iastate.edu/r...New window External Subdomain Grant Thompson
https://horticulture.oregonsta...New window External Subdomain Ryan Contreras
https://faculty.utk.edu/Andrew...New window External Subdomain Andy Pulte
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate NC State Extension
https://cipm.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain Center for Integrated Pest Management
https://extensiongardener.ces....New window External Subdomain Portal
https://extensiongardener.ces....New window External Subdomain Handbook
http://go.ncsu.edu/eg-online-c...New window External Subdomain Online Classes
https://www.facebook.com/NCExt...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT N.C. Cooperative Extension Logo
https://www.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain NC State University
http://www.ncat.edu/External Subdomain N.C. A&T State University
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nondi...External Subdomain Commitment to Nondiscrimination
https://www.ncsu.edu/privacyExternal Subdomain Privacy Statement
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/how-e...External Subdomain About Extension
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/xvaca...External Subdomain Jobs
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depar...External Subdomain Departments & Partners
https://cals.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
https://www.ncat.edu/caes/coop...External Subdomain Extension at N.C. A&T
https://cals.ncsu.edu/alumni-g...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give Now

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/"
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 0.49 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.
This page loads 7 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (28 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSun, 15 Jun 2025 05:28:27 GMT
serverApache
retry-after3600
expiresSun, 15 Jun 2025 05:36:26 GMT
cache-controlmax-age=600
x-frame-optionsDENY
varyorigin,Cookie,Accept-Encoding
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
referrer-policysame-origin
content-encodinggzip
transfer-encodingchunked
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 193 referring domains.
This page has 1,204 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 182 different ip addresses.

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Plant71%Check
Plant Toolbox64%Check
Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox61%Check
Carolina Extension Gardener Plant60%Check
Extension58%Check
right plant58%Check
Extension Gardener56%Check
State Extension Gardener Plant56%Check
Gardener54%Check
Partners54%Check
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