Skimag.com - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
92% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
32% 
Server
87% 
External factors
25% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.68 s
File size
163.10 kB
Words
1138
Media files
15
Number of links
103 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
SKI Magazine Home Page
The length of the page title is perfect. (238 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Discover the ultimate guide to the world's best ski resorts, top-rated ski gear, and expert tips for skiers of all levels at SKI Magazine.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (807 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.skimag.com/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
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)
There should not be dynamic parameters 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
This page contains 1138 words. That's ok.
34.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
12 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 22.47 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (31). We recommend using a maximum of 23 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: samantha berman
Some tags are too long. With 71 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"score our testers’ favorite ski and snowboard helmets for up to 60% off"
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)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 43 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

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H2 Ski Area Challenge: Name The Resorts in These Images
H2 The Continent’s Sole Summer-Only Ski Area Opens for the Season Tomorrow
H2 Epic Pass Adds Two Huge Alps Resorts as Price Increase Looms
H2 The 2026 Reader Resort Survey is Now Open!
H2 The 6 Best Colorado Ski Resorts to Visit This Summer
H2 Skiing Essentials
H2 Skiing Essentials Duplicate text
H2 Latest
H2 Skis
H2 Resort Life
H2 Gear
H2 Backcountry
H2 Outside Apps
H2 5 Best Alps Ski Resorts for Families of All Ages
H2 Latest Issue
H2 Outside+
H3 The 2025 Winter Gear Guide
H3 The Top 30 Ski Resorts in the West (2025)
H3 SKI’s Complete Season Pass Buyer’s Guide
H3 Warren Miller’s “75” Trailer is Now Live. Watch Here.
H3 7 Best Memorial Day Sales To Restock Your Ski Gear
H3 Arapahoe Basin Looks to Lure Beginners With Master Plan Upgrades
H3 8 Crafty Ways to Recycle Your Old Skis
H3 This Big Sky Steeps Camp Trains Your Brain, Not Just Your Skills
H3 This Unlikely Resort Will Break a Record For Its Longest Season Ever
H3 Updated With More Deals! What We’re Eyeing And Buying During The REI Sale
H3 These Two Regions Set Records for Skier Visits This Winter
H3 Japan’s Next Big Powder Mecca Has All the Snow and Few Crowds
H3 The Gear SKI Editors Used Most This Winter
H3 Everything I Wish I Knew Before Skiing Sun Valley For The First Time
H3 These Carving Skis Have Me Questioning My Identity as a Powder Skier
H3 New Indy Pass Resorts Include a B.C. Sleeper and a Montana Gem
H3 Save Up to $100 on Our Top-Rated Ski Goggles of the Year
H3 How a Freeride World Champion Packs for the Backcountry
H3 Gaia GPS
H3 Trailforks
H3 Outside TV
H3 Outside
H3 SKI Magazine
H4 Editors’ Picks
H4 Editors’ Picks Duplicate text
H4 Editors’ Picks Duplicate text
H4 Editors’ Picks Duplicate text
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.
17 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 12 external links on this page.
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https://www.skimag.com/gear/Subdomain Text duplicate Gear
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/ski-resort-life/resort-guide-...Subdomain The Best Ski Resorts in Vermont (2025)
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/gear/helmets-goggles/best-ski...Subdomain Save Up to $100 on Our Top-Rated Ski Goggles of the Year
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/gear/gloves/best-ski-gloves-a...Subdomain The Best Ski Gloves of 2025
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HTTP redirects
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Performance
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The page response time of 0.68 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 (163 kB).

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External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 5 referring domains.
This page only has 9 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 4 different ip addresses.
This page is referenced by wikipedia.

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www.skimag.com › featured
SKI Magazine Home Page
Discover the ultimate guide to the world's best ski resorts, top-rated ski gear, and expert tips for skiers of all levels at SKI Magazine.

Most important keywords

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

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SKI72%Check
SKI Magazine67%Check
Magazine62%Check
Ski Guide62%Check
guide61%Check
Ski Resorts61%Check
Best Ski61%Check
Resort Ski61%Check
Guide Best60%Check
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