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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
51% 
Server
84% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.74 s
File size
154.90 kB
Words
728
Media files
26
Number of links
78 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Lawn Care Products and Maintenance — Lawn Tips! | Scotts
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 meta description is empty.
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)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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, minimum-scale=1
descriptionEmpty
keywordsEmpty
langen
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
This page contains 728 words. That's ok.
33.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
10 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 13.85 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
A viewport "width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=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 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
8 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
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....jpg?crop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwvNo alt attribute provided
....jpg?crop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwvNo alt attribute provided
...xels_height_or_width_.jpeg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® SummerGuard® Lawn Food with Insect ControlScotts® Turf Builder® SummerGuard® Lawn Food with Insect Control
...ges/hi-res/22305C3_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® Lawn FoodScotts® Turf Builder® Lawn Food
...ges/hi-res/25023-1_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® Weed & Feed₅Scotts® Turf Builder® Weed & Feed₅
...-res/17508_2_2000x2000.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Sun and ShadeScotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Sun and Shade
...ges/hi-res/26005-1_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® Triple Action₁Scotts® Turf Builder® Triple Action₁
...ges/hi-res/76232-3_0_F.jpg?sw=400&sh=400Scotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® DLX Broadcast SpreaderScotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® DLX Broadcast Spreader
...rop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwv&w=420No alt attribute provided
...op=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwv&w=1080null
...op=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwv&w=1080null
...rop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwv&w=480null
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...rop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwv&w=420No alt attribute provided
....jpg?crop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwvNo alt attribute provided
....jpg?crop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwvNo alt attribute provided
....jpg?crop=false&position=c&q=30&u=vedgwvNo alt attribute provided
...y/default/dw669bd1cb/footer/facebook.svgFacebookFacebook
.../default/dw0a0e54bb/footer/instagram.svgInstagramInstagram
...-Library/default/dw0aca31a0/footer/x.svgXX
...ary/default/dw0506e456/footer/tiktok.svgTikTokTikTok
...ry/default/dw041e0ee9/footer/youtube.svgYouTubeYouTube
.../default/dw58c60329/footer/pinterest.svgPinterestPinterest

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.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Update Location
H2 Shop 4th of July Savings
H2 Go Hard On Your Yard
H2 Guesswork Free Lawn Care
H2 Lawn Care Recommendations
H2 Introducing O.M. Scott & Sons
H2 Tune Into Scott's Video Tips
H2 Go Slip-Free This Season!
H2 Lawn care 101
H2 Scotts® GrubEx®₁ Season Long Grub Killer
H2 Unlock 15% Off Your First Order
H2 Empty heading
H2 Shop
H2 Learn
H2 Support
H2 Country
H2 Language
H3 Overseed thin lawns
H3 Scotts Lawn Care Plan
H3 No Quibble Guarantee
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 4 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://scotts.com/en-us/homeAnchor Skip to main content
https://scotts.com/en-us/homeAnchor Skip to footer content
/en-us/shop/shop-all/4th of July Savings - Buy One, Get One 50% OFF Sitewide
/en-us/learn/grass-facts.htmlGrass Facts
https://scotts.com/en-us/homeA-TITLE Commerce Cloud Storefront Reference Architecture
https://scotts.com/en-us/loginNo Text
https://scotts.com/en-us/cartA-TITLE Cart 0 Items
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/Fertilizers
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/Grass Seed
/en-us/shop/mulch-soil-garden/Mulch, Soil & Garden
/en-us/shop/scotts-bundles/Scotts Bundles
/en-us/shop/o.m.-scott-sons/O.M. Scott & Sons
/en-us/shop/spreaders/Spreaders
/en-us/shop/shop-all/Shop All
/en-us/lawn-care-101/Lawn Care 101
https://scotts.com/en-us/how-to/How-To
/en-us/seasonal-tips/Seasonal Tips
/en-us/outdoor-recreation/Outdoor Recreation
/en-us/about-us/About Us
/en-us/show-all-articles/Show All Articles
/en-us/show-all-articles/scott...Build a Lawn Plan
/en-us/om-scott-and-sons.htmlText duplicate O.M. Scott & Sons
/en-us/learn/scotts-provista.htmlScotts ProVista
/en-us/about-us/think-lawns-po...Our Purpose
https://scotts.com/en-us/loginLogin
/en-us/shop/shop-all/SAVE NOW
/en-us/om-scott-and-sons.htmlCheck It Out
/en-us/learn/scotts-lawn-care-...Take The Quiz
/en-us/shop/shop-all/Text duplicate Shop All
/en-us/shop/shop-all/Text duplicate Shop All
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® SummerGuard® Lawn Food with Insect Control
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® SummerGuard® Lawn Food with Insect Control
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® Turf Builder® SummerGuard® Lawn Food with Insect Control
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® Lawn Food
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® Lawn Food
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® Turf Builder® Lawn Food
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® Weed & Feed₅
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® Weed & Feed₅
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® Turf Builder® Weed & Feed₅
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...IMG-ALT Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Sun and Shade
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/scotts-...Text duplicate Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Sun and Shade
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® EZ Seed® Patch & Repair Sun and Shade
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® Triple Action₁
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® Triple Action₁
/on/demandware.store/Sites-Sco...Text duplicate Add to Cart
A-TITLE Quick View for Scotts® Turf Builder® Triple Action₁
/en-us/shop/lawn-care-deals/sc...IMG-ALT Scotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® DLX Broadcast Spreader
/en-us/shop/lawn-care-deals/sc...Text duplicate Scotts® Turf Builder® EdgeGuard® DLX Broadcast Spreader
/en-us/om-scott-and-sons.htmlShop Now
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Subdomain Watch Now
/en-us/shop/lawn-care-deals/sc...Start Spreadin'
/en-us/show-all-articles/Learn More
/en-us/show-all-articles/Text duplicate Learn More
/en-us/lawn-care-101/easy-ways...Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en-us/how-to/how-to-reduce-la...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en-us/lawn-care-101/summertim...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en-us/lawn-care-101/which-spr...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/scotts...Text duplicate Shop Now
/en-us/seasonal-tips/spreaders...Overseed thin lawns
/en-us/show-all-articles/scott...Scotts Lawn Care Plan
/en-us/about-us/the-scotts-no-...No Quibble Guarantee
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/t...External Conditions of Use
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/p...External Privacy Policy
https://www.facebook.com/scott...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/scot...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
https://twitter.com/scottslawnNew window External IMG-ALT X
https://www.tiktok.com/@scotts...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT TikTok
https://www.youtube.com/user/S...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
https://www.pinterest.com/scotts/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Pinterest
/en-us/shop/fertilizers/Text duplicate Fertilizers
/en-us/shop/grass-seed/Text duplicate Grass Seed
/en-us/shop/spreaders/Text duplicate Spreaders
/en-us/shop/outdoor-cleaners/Outdoor Cleaners
https://provistaturf.com/External ProVista
/en-us/shop/mulch-soil-garden/Text duplicate Mulch, Soil & Garden
/en-us/shop/tools-accessories/Tools & Accessories
/en-us/shop/shop-all/Text duplicate Shop All
/en-us/lawn-care-101/Text duplicate Lawn Care 101
https://scotts.com/en-us/how-to/How To
/en-us/seasonal-tips/Text duplicate Seasonal Tips
/en-us/outdoor-recreation/Text duplicate Outdoor Recreation
/en-us/about-us/Text duplicate About Us
/en-us/show-all-articles/Text duplicate Show All Articles
/en-us/order-statusOrder Status
/en-us/contact-usContact Us
/en-us/about-us/the-scotts-no-...Text duplicate No Quibble Guarantee
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/w...External Our Brands
https://scottsmiraclegro.gcs-w...External Subdomain Investor Relations
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/c...External Careers
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/p...External Anchor About Cookies
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/p...External Anchor About Interest Based Ads
/en-us/accessibility-statement...Accessibility Statement
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/c...External CA Transparency in Supply Chains
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/t...External Text duplicate Conditions of Use
https://docs.google.com/forms/...New window External Subdomain Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Data
https://scottsmiraclegro.com/p...External Privacy Notice
/en-us/scotts.com/en-us/learn/...Promo Terms
https://scotts.com/en-ca/homeCanada

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://scotts.com/en-us/home"
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 0.74 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 (155 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 30 Jun 2025 03:42:14 GMT
content-typetext/html;charset=UTF-8
set-cookie139 Characters
x-dw-request-base-idl98uV5YHYmgBAAB_
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self'
x-frame-optionsALLOW-FROM https://app.contentstack.com
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
cache-controlno-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
expiresThu, 01 Dec 1994 16:00:00 GMT
varyaccept-encoding
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
servercloudflare
cf-ray957aa7095aec52be-CDG
content-encodinggzip
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 107 referring domains.
This page has 495 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 98 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *

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Disallow: /*prefv*
Disallow: /*pmin=*
Disallow: /*pmax=*
Disallow: /*pid=*
Disallow: /*srule=*
Disallow: /*lang=*
Disallow: /*demandware.store*
Disallow: /*start=*
Disallow: /account*
Disallow: /Account*
Disallow: /wish*
Disallow: /Wish*
Disallow: /cart
Disallow: /checkout*
Disallow: /search*
Disallow: /Search-Show*
Disallow: /s/*


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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Scotts65%Check
Scotts Lawn62%Check
lawn60%Check
Lawn 10152%Check
Scotts Turf52%Check
Lawn Plan51%Check
Lawn Food51%Check
Tips49%Check
lawn ready49%Check
Healthy Lawn49%Check
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