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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
44% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
67% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.35 s
File size
934.70 kB
Words
156
Media files
1
Number of links
78 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Powell's Books | The World's Largest Independent Bookstore
The length of the page title is perfect. (543 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Legendary Independent Bookstore
The length of the meta description is perfect. (240 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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: Canada
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
authorPowell's Books
descriptionThe Legendary Independent Bookstore
robotsindex, follow
langen
og:typewebsite
og:titlePowell's Books | The World's Largest Independent Bookstore
og:descriptionThe Legendary Independent Bookstore
og:imagehttps://www.powells.com/img/Exterior_PowellsBooks.png
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 156 words on this page. Use at least 250 words to provide useful information.
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
No paragraphs were detected.
10.9% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (934.7 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 6 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
...ine.svg?branch=prod&auto=webp&format=jpgPowell's City of Books Logo

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
H4 SUPPORT
H4 EXPLORE
H4 MY POWELL'S
H5 © 2025 POWELLS.COM
H5 Terms
H5 Privacy
H5 Transparency ACT MRF
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 7 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://powells.com/Anchor Skip to main content
https://powells.com/booksFREE SHIPPING on orders $50 or more! Shop Now
https://powells.com/No Text
https://powells.com/booksBOOKS
https://powells.com/booksView All BOOKS
https://powells.com/booksFEATURED
/staff-picks/books-of-the-monthPicks of the Month
/books/new-arrivalsNew Releases
/books/best-sellersBestsellers
/books/preordersPre-Order
https://powells.com/awardsAward Winners
/list/pride-booksRead with PRIDE
/list/asian-american-and-pacif...AAPI Heritage Month
/list/jewish-american-heritage...Jewish American Heritage Month
/list/oregon-battle-of-the-booksOregon Battle of the Books
/staff-picks/bookshelf-displaysBooksellers' Bookshelf
https://powells.com/books/fictionFICTION
/books/action-and-adventureAction & Adventure
/books/classicsClassics
https://powells.com/books/fantasyFantasy
/books/graphic-novels-and-comicsGraphic Novels & Comics
/books/historical-fictionHistorical Fiction
https://powells.com/books/horrorHorror
/books/fiction-lgbtqiaLGBTQIA+
/books/literatureLiterature
https://powells.com/books/mangaManga
https://powells.com/books/mysteryMystery
https://powells.com/books/romanceRomance
/books/science-fictionSci-Fi
/books/thrillerThriller
/books/non-fictionNON-FICTION
/books/art-and-entertainmentArt & Entertainment
/books/business-economicsBusiness
https://powells.com/books/cookingCooking
/books/crafts-and-hobbiesCrafts & Hobbies
/books/diet-health-and-fitnessDiet, Health & Fitness
/books/home-and-gardenGardening
https://powells.com/books/historyHistory
/books/non-fiction-lgbtqiaText duplicate LGBTQIA+
https://powells.com/books/musicMusic
/books/self-helpSelf-Help
https://powells.com/books/sportsSports
https://powells.com/books/travelTravel
/books/true-crimeTrue Crime
https://powells.com/books/kidsKIDS
/books/kids-action-adventureText duplicate Action & Adventure
/books/kids-animalsAnimals
/books/kids-activity-booksActivity Books
/books/kids-bedtime-dreamsBedtime & Dreams
/books/kids-chapter-booksChapter Books
/books/kids-fantasy-magicFantasy & Magic
/books/kids-graphic-novelsGraphic Novels
/books/kids-mystery-detective-...Mystery & Detective Stories
/books/teen-young-adultYOUNG ADULT
/books/teen-young-adult-action...Text duplicate Action & Adventure
/books/teen-young-adult-fantasyText duplicate Fantasy
/books/teen-young-adult-graphi...Text duplicate Graphic Novels
/books/teen-young-adult-romanceText duplicate Romance
/books/teen-young-adult-scienc...Text duplicate Sci-Fi
/books/teen-young-adult-thrillerText duplicate Thriller
https://powells.com/books/usedUSED BOOKS
/books/rare-and-collectibleRARE BOOKS
/info/audiobooksAUDIOBOOKS
https://powells.com/bookstoreLOCATIONS
https://powells.com/eventsEVENTS
/info/contact-usContact Us
https://powells.com/info/faqsFAQs
https://powells.com/info/shippingShipping
/info/store-pickupStore Pickup
/info/guaranteeReturns & Guarantee
https://powells.com/info/about-usAbout Us
https://powells.com/bookstoreLocations
https://powells.com/eventsEvents
https://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg0...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Careers
/profile/accountMy Account
https://powells.com/sell-booksSell Your Books
/info/gift-cardsGift Cards
https://powells-books.myklpage...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Sign up for the Powell’s newsletter >>
https://www.facebook.com/powel...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/powe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@powell...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
/info/terms-of-useTerms
https://powells.com/info/privacyPrivacy
https://mrf.healthcarebluebook...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Transparency ACT MRF

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://powells.com/"
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 very slow (2.35 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 very large (935 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSun, 25 May 2025 00:30:21 GMT
content-typetext/html;charset=utf-8
varyAccept-Encoding
x-robots-tagindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
x-powered-byNuxt
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
server-timingcfCacheStatus;desc="DYNAMIC"
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
servercloudflare
cf-ray9450ec744bead15d-CDG
content-encodingbr
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 186 referring domains.
This page has 890 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 154 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

# START nuxt-robots (indexable)
User-agent: *
Disallow: /books/search*
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection*
Disallow: /gifts/search*
Disallow: /profile*
Disallow: /checkout*
Disallow: /basket*
Disallow: /orders*
Disallow: /feature-flags
Disallow: /confirm
Disallow: /verifyEmail
Disallow: /plp/category
Disallow: /test

Sitemap: https://www.powells.com/sitemap.xml
# END nuxt-robots

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The Legendary Independent Bookstore

Most important keywords

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BOOKS59%Check
Store56%Check
POWELLS50%Check
Rare Books47%Check
Used Books47%Check
SUPPORT38%Check
EXPLORE38%Check
Terms38%Check
Privacy38%Check
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