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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
56% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
96% 
Server
74% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.96 s
File size
79.90 kB
Words
295
Media files
14
Number of links
44 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Rick Steves Europe: Tours, Travel, TV & Vacations
The length of the page title is perfect. (451 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Rick Steves is America's leading authority on European travel. Plan your own trip or take one of Rick's value-packed European tours and vacations. Everything you need is here.
The meta description is too long: 1085 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ricksteves.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: Canada
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)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are only 295 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
26.4% 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 21.67 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
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)
2 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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
...9341d180c07bac30bf9a0b27d3b1bde2f5f9.svgMy Account Options
...7a3b3b0983a2cbf15fddfe52decfafbb8e6b.svgRick Steves' Europe
...1f73f31391785ac62428ee79ef17719eb59f.svgMy Account Options
...ndon-bigben-westminster-thames-night.jpgBig Ben, Westminster, and the Thames at night, London
...e-france-paris-eiffel-fireworks_fade.jpgEiffel Tower with fireworks, Paris, France
...-home-explore-ireland-dingle-flowers.jpgCoastline with flowers, Dingle, Ireland
...11-england-london-tower-bridge-group.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...4c50aa0f59a38393d69/cms-rr-bk-rs-ber.jpgBerlin Guidebook by Rick Steves
.../tile-england-london-couple-with-map.jpgengland-london-couple-with-map
...0129/tile-home-forum-cappuccino-star.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...m-travel-news-11-14-video-iran-girls.jpgRick Steves poses with Iranian girls
...ile-classroom-europe-rick-blackboard.jpgRick Steves Classroom Europe blackboard
...9c38f112/tile-home-mnt-rick-and-team.jpgrick-and-monday-night-travel-team
...radio-denmark-roskilde-viking-museum.jpgThree guys in horned helmets at Viking Museum, Roskilde, Denmark

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
H2 London “Yesterday and Today”
H2 Celebrating Independence Days
H3 Explore Europe
H3 Our Tours
H3 Shop Rick's Travel Store
H3 Travel Tips
H3 Travel Forum
H3 TV: Iran
H3 Classroom Europe®
H3 Monday Night Travel
H3 Radio: Viking Sights
H3 About Us
H3 Travel Help
H3 Publications
H3 Media Partners
H3 Contact Us
H3 Follow Us
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 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://account.ricksteves.com...Nofollow External Subdomain Tour Account ›
https://account.ricksteves.com...Nofollow External Subdomain Travel Forum ›
https://www.ricksteves.com/IMG-ALT Rick Steves' Europe
A-TITLE Rick Steves' Europe
/about-rickAbout Rick
https://www.ricksteves.com/europeExplore Europe
https://www.ricksteves.com/toursOur Tours
/travel-tipsTravel Tips
/watch-read-listenWatch, Read, Listen
/travel-forumTravel Forum
https://www.ricksteves.com/shopShop Online
https://www.ricksteves.com/Anchor No Text
https://www.ricksteves.com/Text duplicate Rick Steves' Europe
A-TITLE Rick Steves' Europe
https://account.ricksteves.com...Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Tour Account ›
https://account.ricksteves.com...Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Travel Forum ›
/tours/tour-newsIn this month’s Tour News
/watch-read-listen/read/travel...In this month’s Travel News
https://www.ricksteves.com/europeExplore Europe Where do you want to go in Europe? This month we're featuring Ireland. Begin your journey here!
IMG-ALT Coastline with flowers, Dingle, Ireland
https://www.ricksteves.com/toursOur Tours Learn about Rick Steves' small-group tours with 46 finely crafted itineraries for 2025!
https://www.ricksteves.com/shopShop Rick's Travel Store Find everything you need for packing – and planning your dream trip to Europe.
IMG-ALT Berlin Guidebook by Rick Steves
/travel-tipsTravel Tips Find tips on everything from itinerary planning and packing to transportation, eating, and sleeping.
IMG-ALT england-london-couple-with-map
/travel-forumTravel Forum Share tips with other travelers — our forum makes it easy!
/watch-read-listen/video/tv-showTV: Iran Watch all of Rick's TV shows, right here. This month, we're featuring Iran.
IMG-ALT Rick Steves poses with Iranian girls
https://classroom.ricksteves.com/External Subdomain Classroom Europe® Search our free video library for teachers and students with 400+ video clips from Rick's TV shows.
IMG-ALT Rick Steves Classroom Europe blackboard
/travel-tips/travel-classes/mo...Monday Night Travel Join Rick and his team of travel-savvy teachers every Monday night on Zoom as we explore Europe (and beyond) together.
IMG-ALT rick-and-monday-night-travel-team
/watch-read-listen/audio/radioRadio: Viking Sights This week's show: Hear about the lasting impact of the Viking era in Norway, bizarre and humorous bits of Irish culture, and bicycling t...
IMG-ALT Three guys in horned helmets at Viking Museum, Roskilde, Denmark
/about-us/contact-usContact Information
/about-us/what-we-doWhat We Do
/about-us/meet-the-staffMeet the Staff
/about-us/social-responsibilitySocial Responsibility
/about-us/climate-smartClimate Smart
/about-us/jobsJobs
/travel-help/frequently-asked-...FAQ
/travel-help/tours-faqTours FAQ
/travel-helpAsk Us
/travel-tips/travel-classesTravel Classes
/travel-help/visit-our-travel-...Visit the Travel Center
/europe/guidebook-updatesGuidebook Updates
/forms/guidebook-feedback-formSubmit Book Feedback
/publications/travel-news-emailTravel News Email
/publications/tour-news-emailTour News Email
/publications/manage-email-sub...Subscription Center
/tv-programmersTV Programmers
/radio/station-supportRadio Programmers
/syndicated-contentSyndicated Content
/press-roomPress Room
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionemail
/about-us/contact-usphone
https://maps.google.com/maps?q...New window External Subdomain map
https://www.facebook.com/ricks...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://instagram.com/rickstev...New window External Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/rickst...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.tiktok.com/@rickst...New window External Subdomain TikTok
https://www.pinterest.com/rick...New window External Subdomain Pinterest
https://twitter.com/RickStevesEurNew window External Twitter
/about-us/terms-of-serviceTerms of Service
/about-us/privacy-policyPrivacy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ricksteves.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 of 0.96 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (80 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,132 referring domains.
This page has 6,974 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 900 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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User-Agent: *
Disallow: /watch-read-listen/audio/radio/interviews
Disallow: /watch-read-listen/audio/radio/interviews/
Disallow: /radio/station-support/programs
Disallow: /watch-read-listen/read/travel-news/
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /europe-awaits-party/
Disallow: /tv-programmers/europe-awaits-party


User-agent: rogerbot
Crawl-delay: 5

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Rick Steves Europe: Tours, Travel, TV & Vacations
Rick Steves is America's leading authority on European travel. Plan your own trip or take one of Rick's value-packed European tours and vacations. Everything you need is here.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Rick77%Check
Rick Steves75%Check
Rick Steves Europe75%Check
Travel70%Check
Europe70%Check
Tour Travel68%Check
Tours Travel68%Check
Tours63%Check
Explore Europe56%Check
Travel Tips55%Check
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