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Meta information
75% 
Page quality
46% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
40% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.06 s
File size
21.30 kB
Words
274
Media files
18
Number of links
49 internal / 4 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home Page | South African History Online
The length of the page title is perfect. (373 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)
https://sahistory.org.za/node/144647
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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

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MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 274 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
23.4% of the text are stop words.
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 20 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 4 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)
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)
1 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
/themes/custom/saho/logo.svgSouth African History Online logo
...iles/inline-images/Africa Day 2025_0.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...age/1946_african_mine_workers_strike.jpg1946 African Mineworkers Strike
...ault/files/event_pics/sisulu-a-120px.jpgWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
/sites/default/files/Boer%20War.pngAfrikaans community, 1883-1899
...onal Elections - 2024 - South Africa.pngNational and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
...tes/default/files/Ellis park Stadium.jpgThe following is a list of 43 names of those killed in the stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium
...d Indian workers cutting sugar cane .pngSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
...ewart and Sar Fairbairn of Australia.jpg Indentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
...Pahad - Screenshot 2023-09-28 185913.jpgAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
/sites/default/files/2023-09-11%20.jpgMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
...ief Mangosuthu Buthelezi-2023-09-11 .jpgMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
...ult/files/41795768361_048ccb8b17_o_0.jpgOmar Badsha - Awards, Publications and Exhibitions Timeline
/themes/custom/saho/logo.svgSAHO Logo
...omponents/page-footer/icons/Facebook.svgFacebook
...mponents/page-footer/icons/Instagram.svgInstagram
...components/page-footer/icons/Youtube.svgYouTube
.../components/page-footer/icons/Github.svgGitHub

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 Featured topics
H2 This day in history
H2 Latest in Politics & Society
H2 #FeesMustFall - Student Protests
H3 1946 African Mineworkers Strike
H3 Walter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
H3 Afrikaans community, 1883-1899
H3 National and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
H3 The following is a list of 43 names of those killed in the stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium
H3 South Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
H3 Indentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
H3 Aziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
H3 Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
H3 Mangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
H3 Omar Badsha - Awards, Publications and Exhibitions Timeline
H4 Student protests in democratic South Africa
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 4 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://sahistory.org.za/Anchor Skip to main content
https://sahistory.org.za/IMG-ALT South African History Online logo
/politics-societyPolitics & Society
/art-cultureArt & Culture
/biographiesBiographies
/taxonomy/africa-categories/af...Africa
/taxonomy/african-country/cent...Central Africa
/taxonomy/african-country/east...East Africa
/taxonomy/african-country/nort...North Africa
/taxonomy/african-country/sout...Southern Africa
/taxonomy/african-country/west...West Africa
/classroomClassroom
https://sahistory.org.za/placesPlaces
/timelinesTimelines
https://sahistory.org.za/archivesArchives
https://sahistory.org.za/about-usAbout Us
/form/contributeNew window Help Shape our Shared History...
/article/1946-african-minework...1946 African Mineworkers Strike
https://sahistory.org.za/featuredMore features
/dated-event/walter-sisulu-cel...Walter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
/this-day-in-historyMore events
/article/afrikaans-community-1...IMG-ALT Afrikaans community, 1883-1899
/article/afrikaans-community-1...Text duplicate Afrikaans community, 1883-1899
/article/national-and-provinci...IMG-ALT National and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
/article/national-and-provinci...Text duplicate National and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
/article/following-list-43-nam...IMG-ALT The following is a list of 43 names of those killed in the stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium
/article/following-list-43-nam...Text duplicate The following is a list of 43 names of those killed in the stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium
/article/south-africa-needs-na...IMG-ALT South Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
/article/south-africa-needs-na...Text duplicate South Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
/article/indentured-indian-lab...IMG-ALT Indentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
/article/indentured-indian-lab...Text duplicate Indentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
/article/aziz-pahad-rest-peace...IMG-ALT Aziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
/article/aziz-pahad-rest-peace...Text duplicate Aziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
/article/mangosuthu-buthelezi-...IMG-ALT Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
/article/mangosuthu-buthelezi-...Text duplicate Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
/article/mangosuthu-buthelezi-...IMG-ALT Mangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
/article/mangosuthu-buthelezi-...Text duplicate Mangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
/article/omar-badsha-awards-pu...IMG-ALT Omar Badsha - Awards, Publications and Exhibitions Timeline
/article/omar-badsha-awards-pu...Text duplicate Omar Badsha - Awards, Publications and Exhibitions Timeline
/article/student-protests-demo...Student protests in democratic South Africa
/support-sahoDonate to SAHO
https://sahistory.org.za/about-usAbout us
/saho-timelineSAHO Timeline
/board-membersSAHO Board Members
https://sahistory.org.za/fundersFunders
/contact-usContact us
/form/contributeContribute
https://sahistory.org.za/partnersPartners
https://sahistory.org.za/policyCopyright & Disclaimer
https://facebook.com/sahistory...New window External IMG-ALT Facebook
https://instagram.com/sa_histo...New window External IMG-ALT Instagram
https://youtube.com/@sahistory...New window External IMG-ALT YouTube
https://github.com/South-Afric...New window External IMG-ALT GitHub

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://sahistory.org.za/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 4 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.06 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (21 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
varyCookie
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x-drupal-cacheHIT
last-modifiedSun, 18 May 2025 20:03:54 GMT
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transfer-encodingchunked
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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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 136 referring domains.
This page has 209 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 109 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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# robots.txt - Updated for Better SEO
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User-agent: *

# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg

# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/

# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt

# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/
Disallow: /user/*
# REMOVED: /media/oembed blocks to allow embedded content indexing

# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
# REMOVED: /index.php/media/oembed blocks

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South African History62%Check
History Online60%Check
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