thedotcanada.ca | Website SEO Review

Response time

0.31 s

File size

176.40 kB

Words

1087

Media files

20

Number of links

86 internal / 3 external

Meta specifications 80% achieved

Title

(Critically important)

Online Therapy Canada | Covered by Insurance | Registered Psychotherapists - The Dot Canada

The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 868 pixels long. Optimize title

There are no duplicate words in the title

Meta Title

Meta description

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Skip the travel, not the quality. Validated, secure video therapy for anxiety, trauma, stress and more. Matches most Canadian insurance plans. See our therapists.

The length of the meta description is perfect. (991 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)

Meta Description

Crawlability

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There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

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https://www.thedotcanada.ca/

There is a valid canonical link specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

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Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en-ca

Server location: United States of America

The following language is defined by HTML: en-ca

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

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There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

Other meta tags

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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.

There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.

Meta Tags

Domain

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The domain is no subdomain.

The domain length is good.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

Page URL

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No parameters were found in the URL.

No session ID was found in the URL.

The URL does not have too many subdirectories.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

The favicon is linked correctly.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
description	Skip the travel, not the quality. Validated, secure video therapy for anxiety, trauma, stress and more. Matches most Canadian insurance plans. See our therapists.
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twitter:title	Online Therapy Canada \| Covered by Insurance \| Registered Psychotherapists - The Dot Canada
twitter:description	Skip the travel, not the quality. Validated, secure video therapy for anxiety, trauma, stress and more. Matches most Canadian insurance plans. See our therapists.
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twitter:label1	Written by
twitter:data1	Rory Nicol, RP
twitter:label2	Time to read
twitter:data2	20 minutes
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og:type	website
og:title	Online Therapy Canada \| Covered by Insurance \| Registered Psychotherapists - The Dot Canada
og:description	Skip the travel, not the quality. Validated, secure video therapy for anxiety, trauma, stress and more. Matches most Canadian insurance plans. See our therapists.
og:url	https://www.thedotcanada.ca/
og:site_name	The Dot Canada
og:updated_time	2026-03-09T15:31:20-04:00
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og:image:height	512
og:image:alt	The Dot Canada logo - Providing accessible online therapy services
og:image:type	image/png
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charset	UTF-8

Page quality 88% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content

This page contains 1087 words. That's ok.

38.9% of the text are stop words.

Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.

The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.

22 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 13.63 words is good.

Content is King

Frames

(Critically important)

This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

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A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" is provided.

At least one Apple touch icon is specified.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 22 tags for this page.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

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1 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.

Image SEO

This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.

Social Sharing

Additional markup

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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.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
...content/uploads/2024/11/logo_the_dot.png	The Dot Canada
...s/2025/10/Hands-Main-Page-Image-1080.jpg	Online therapy support at The Dot Canada	Hands-Main-Page-Image-1080
.../The-Dot-Canada-Online-Therapy-Icons.png	Multi coloured dots for The Dot Canada representing our therapy approaches and philosophy	The-Dot-Canada-Online-Therapy-Icons
...ine-ptsd-and-trauma-therapy-ontario.webp	Trauma Therapy	Online-PTSD-and-Trauma-Therapy
...25/12/Candice-Beach-Headshot-632x632.png	Professional Headshot of Candice Beach, RP	Candice Beach 1
...oads/2024/11/Frank-Marchese-Colour-1.png	Headshot of Frank Marchese in a circular crop with a colored background	Frank Marchese 2
...5/03/Jess-Vining-Colour-1080-632x632.png	Professional photo of Jessica Vining, Registered Psychotherapist smiling warmly in a softly lit environment.	Jess Vining 3
...ndividual-Counselling-Page-purple-1.webp	Individual therapy online for people struggling with trauma	Home 4
...Couples-Hand-Holding-Rings-Showin-1.webp	Two hands reaching for each other	Home 5
...ds/2025/10/Man-resting-on-grass-1920.jpg	EMDR therapy online with experienced mental health professionals	Home 6
...itive-Assessment-and-Intervention-1.webp	Illustration of blue bubbles	Home 7
...s/2025/10/Sun-Rising-Behind-Earth-1.webp	Earth from space	Sun-Rising-Behind-Earth-1
...tent/uploads/2024/07/Image-Section-1.png	Somatic Therapy – Therapy Guide	Home 8
...1/WebsiteThumbnail_Blog_ACT-1080x675.jpg	ACT Therapy Guide	Home 9
...WebsiteThumbnail_Blog_EDMR1-1080x675.jpg	EMDR Therapy Guide	Home 10
...026_203729_www.canva_.com_-1080x675.jpeg	Why Your Healthy Relationship Feels Boring After Signs of a Toxic Relationship	Home 11
...2026_20179_www.canva_.com_-1080x675.jpeg	First Responder Trauma: A Guide for Partners and Spouses Who Want to Help	Home 12
...2026_84230_www.canva_.com_-1080x675.jpeg	Burnout and EMDR Therapy: How Trauma Might Be Keeping You Exhausted	Home 13
...content/uploads/2024/11/logo_the_dot.png	The Dot logo
/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/LGBTQ-Flag.jpg	No alt attribute provided	LGBTQ Flag

Page structure 100% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

Online therapy that meets you where you are.

The H1 heading is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

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The heading structure is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	Online therapy that meets you where you are.
H2	You might recognize this:
H2	You don't need therapy that just checks the boxes
H2	We're Here To Help
H2	What We Offer
H2	Our Approach
H2	Success stories
H2	Therapy Resources
H2	Somatic Therapy – Therapy Guide
H2	ACT Therapy Guide
H2	EMDR Therapy Guide
H2	Why Your Healthy Relationship Feels Boring After Signs of a Toxic Relationship
H2	First Responder Trauma: A Guide for Partners and Spouses Who Want to Help
H2	Burnout and EMDR Therapy: How Trauma Might Be Keeping You Exhausted
H2	Questions?
H3	Therapy Guides
H3	From the Blog
H4	Individual Therapy
H4	Couples Counselling
H4	EMDR Therapy
H4	Digital ADHD Screener

Link structure 67% achieved

Internal links

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Some anchor texts are used more than once.

There are 6 links with a trivial anchor text.

The number of internal links is ok.

None of the anchor texts is too long.

All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are 3 external links on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://www.thedotcanada.ca/		IMG-ALT The Dot Canada
https://www.thedotcanada.ca/team/		Meet the Team
/fees-insurance/		Fees
/services/		Services
/services/individual-counselli...		Individuals
/services/couples-counselling-...		Couples
/services/emdr-therapy-online/		By Need
/services/emdr-therapy-online/		EMDR Therapy
/services/somatic-therapy/		Somatic Therapy
/services/digital-cognitive-sc...		Digital Cognitive Screener
/services/online-therapy-for-t...		Trauma Therapy
/services/adhd-therapy-online/		ADHD Therapy
/services/online-cbt-therapy/		CBT
/services/online-anxiety-therapy/		Anxiety
/services/online-depression-th...		Depression
/services/maternal-mental-health/		Maternal Mental Health
/services/parental-mental-health/		Parenting
/services/grief-counselling-on...		Grief
/services/sleep-issues-with-cb...		Sleep Issues with CBT-I
/resources/		Resources
/our-approach-online-therapy/		Our Approach
/blog-mental-health-ontario-ca...		Blog
/therapy-guides/		Therapy Guides
/faqs-online-counselling-thera...		FAQs
/newsletter-sign-up/		Newsletter Sign-Up
/contact/		Contact
/contact/		Contact Us
/careers/		Careers
https://thedot.janeapp.com/	New window External Subdomain	Book Online
/therapist-match/		Book my free consultation
/team/candice-beach-she-her/		IMG-ALT Professional Headshot of Candice Beach, RP
/team/candice-beach-she-her/		Learn More
/team/frank-marchese/		IMG-ALT Headshot of Frank Marchese in a circular crop with a colored background
/team/frank-marchese/	Text duplicate	Learn More
/team/jessica-vining/		IMG-ALT Professional photo of Jessica Vining, Registered Psychotherapist smiling warmly in a softly lit environment.
/team/jessica-vining/	Text duplicate	Learn More
https://www.thedotcanada.ca/team/		Meet The Entire Team
/services/individual-counselli...	Text duplicate	Learn More
/services/couples-counselling-...	Text duplicate	Learn More
/services/emdr-therapy-online/	Text duplicate	Learn More
/services/digital-adhd-screener/	Text duplicate	Learn More
/our-approach-online-therapy/		About The Dot
/therapy-guides/somatic-therap...		IMG-ALT Somatic Therapy – Therapy Guide
/therapy-guides/somatic-therap...	Text duplicate	Somatic Therapy – Therapy Guide
/clinical-therapy-guide/		Clinical Therapy Guide
/mental-health/		Mental Health
/trauma/		Trauma
/therapy-guides/somatic-therap...		Trivial anchor text read more
/therapy-guides/acceptance-com...		IMG-ALT ACT Therapy Guide
/therapy-guides/acceptance-com...	Text duplicate	ACT Therapy Guide
/clinical-therapy-guide/	Text duplicate	Clinical Therapy Guide
/mental-health/	Text duplicate	Mental Health
/therapy-guides/acceptance-com...	Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text read more
/therapy-guides/emdr-eye-movem...		IMG-ALT EMDR Therapy Guide
/therapy-guides/emdr-eye-movem...	Text duplicate	EMDR Therapy Guide
/clinical-therapy-guide/	Text duplicate	Clinical Therapy Guide
/trauma/	Text duplicate	Trauma
/therapy-guides/emdr-eye-movem...	Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text read more
/therapy-guides/		See all the guides
/why-your-healthy-relationship...		IMG-ALT Why Your Healthy Relationship Feels Boring After Signs of a Toxic Relationship
/why-your-healthy-relationship...	Text duplicate	Why Your Healthy Relationship Feels Boring After Signs of a Toxic Relationship
/mental-health/	Text duplicate	Mental Health
/why-your-healthy-relationship...	Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text read more
/first-responder-trauma-a-guid...		IMG-ALT First Responder Trauma: A Guide for Partners and Spouses Who Want to Help
/first-responder-trauma-a-guid...	Text duplicate	First Responder Trauma: A Guide for Partners and Spouses Who Want to Help
/mental-health/	Text duplicate	Mental Health
/online-therapy/		Online Therapy
/relationships/		Relationships
/trauma/	Text duplicate	Trauma
/first-responder-trauma-a-guid...	Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text read more
/burnout-and-emdr-therapy/		IMG-ALT Burnout and EMDR Therapy: How Trauma Might Be Keeping You Exhausted
/burnout-and-emdr-therapy/	Text duplicate	Burnout and EMDR Therapy: How Trauma Might Be Keeping You Exhausted
/mental-health/	Text duplicate	Mental Health
/burnout-and-emdr-therapy/	Text duplicate	Trivial anchor text read more
/blog-mental-health-ontario-ca...		View more blog posts
/contact/		Get Started
https://www.instagram.com/thed...	New window External Subdomain	Follow A-TITLE Follow on Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/thedo...	New window External Subdomain Text duplicate	Follow A-TITLE Follow on Facebook
/our-approach-online-therapy/	Text duplicate	Our Approach
https://thedotcanada.ca/services/	Text duplicate	Services
https://thedotcanada.ca/team/		Team
https://thedotcanada.ca/contact/	Text duplicate	Contact
https://thedotcanada.ca/events/		Events
/therapy-guides/	Text duplicate	Therapy Guides
/newsletter-sign-up/		The Dot Newsletter
/faqs-online-counselling-thera...		FAQ
/blog-mental-health-ontario-ca...	Text duplicate	Blog
/privacy-policy		Privacy Policy
https://thedotcanada.ca/careers/	Text duplicate	Careers

Server configuration 100% achieved

HTTP redirects

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This page redirects to "https://www.thedotcanada.ca/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

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No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.

HTTP headers

Performance

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The page response time is excellent with 0.31 seconds.

The file size of the HTML document is fine (176 kB).

Page Speed

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External factors 100% achieved

Backlinks

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This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 43 referring domains.

This page has 95 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 26 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
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Online Therapy Canada | Covered by Insurance | Registered Psychothe...

Skip the travel, not the quality. Validated, secure video therapy for anxiety, trauma, stress and more. Matches most Canadian insurance plans. See our therapists.

Most important keywords

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

Keyword	Result	Recheck
Therapy	82%	Check
Online Therapy	74%	Check
Online	72%	Check
Trauma Therapy	72%	Check
Online Therapy Canada	72%	Check
Canada	68%	Check
Dot	67%	Check
Trauma	65%	Check
therapy meets	65%	Check
Dot Canada	65%	Check
EMDR Therapy	64%	Check
Therapy Guide	64%	Check
therapist	63%	Check
therapists	61%	Check
somatic therapy	60%	Check
Couples Therapy	60%	Check
need therapy	59%	Check
meets	55%	Check
processing trauma	53%	Check
thedotcanada	52%	Check
Anxiety	51%	Check
registered	51%	Check
Meet	51%	Check
relationship	49%	Check
EMDR	49%	Check

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