Thelunchbox.org - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
52% 
Page structure
0% 
Link structure
17% 
Server
95% 
External factors
75% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.31 s
File size
156.70 kB
Words
1674
Media files
13
Number of links
197 internal / 31 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Lunch Box | Homepage
The length of the page title is perfect. (251 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://www.thelunchbox.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are 24 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: School food has become increasingly more processed and less healthy. W...
  • Duplicate 2: Recipes and menus are the heart of school food change. These recipes h...
  • Duplicate 3: Management is a general term for: fiscal management, human resources, ...
  • Duplicate 4: Procurement is one of the most complex processes within food service d...
  • Duplicate 5: Marketing in food service ranges from finding local sponsors, to creat...
  • Duplicate 6: Lunchroom education activities engage students with food-focused learn...
  • Duplicate 7: This section is dedicated to the “Big Ideas” - areas we think make a h...
  • Duplicate 8: Through our grant programs, we award special funding to schools that a...
  • Duplicate 9: We’ve built the first free-access digital platform that offers the fir...
  • Duplicate 10: With this latest redesign of The Lunch Box, we’ve added a ton of new c...
  • Duplicate 11: This recipe was developed by CAF’s Director of School Food Operations,...
  • Duplicate 12: The Lunch Box provides many digital resources and tools for school foo...
This page contains 1674 words. That's ok.
26.8% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
36 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 15.79 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 usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 33 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to The Lunch Box!
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 43 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to The Lunch Box!
H1 Welcome to The Lunch Box! Duplicate text
H1 Empty heading
H1 Finalize Your Menu for Next Year
H1 Finalize Your Menu for Next Year Duplicate text
H1 Empty heading
H1 A Quest for Better Quesadillas
H1 A Quest for Better Quesadillas Duplicate text
H1 Empty heading
H1 Apply for California Pre-Apprenticeship
H1 Apply for California Pre-Apprenticeship Duplicate text
H1 Empty heading
H1 Expanding Virginia Food for Virginia Kids
H1 Expanding Virginia Food for Virginia Kids Duplicate text
H1 Empty heading
H1 The Lunch Box
H2 New Content Areas
H2 New Content Areas Duplicate text
H2 Featured New Recipe
H2 Featured New Recipe Duplicate text
H2 Help The Lunch Box!
H3 Search The Lunchbox
H3 Why Scratch Cooking?
H3 Recipes & Menus
H3 Management
H3 Procurement
H3 Marketing
H3 Lunchroom Education
H3 Fresh Food Initiatives
H3 Apply For A Grant
H3 Apple Cinnamon Sheet Pan Pancakes
H3 Apple Cinnamon Sheet Pan Pancakes Duplicate text
H3 Program Impact
H3 Program Impact Duplicate text
H3 SCALE Assessment
H3 Management Tools & Resources
H3 Supporting Research
H3 Please help us keep our tools & resources free for all users by registering here!
H3 The Lunch box Lead Supporters
H3 About
H3 Connect
H4 SCALE platform for self assessment
H4 site users registered
H4 downloaded resources
H4 school districts registered
H4 site users registered Duplicate text
H4 downloaded resources Duplicate text
H4 school districts registered Duplicate text
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
5 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 2 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.
There are too many external links (31) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.thelunchbox.org/Subdomain No Text
/searchNo Text
/why-scratch-cookingVisit Overview
/why-scratch-cooking/about-che...About Chef Ann Foundation
/why-scratch-cooking/scaleSCALE
/why-scratch-cooking/faqFAQ
/why-scratch-cooking/supportin...Supporting Research
/our-advisory-boardOur Advisory Board
/recipes-menusText duplicate Visit Overview
/recipes-menus/what-is-scratch...What is Scratch Cooking?
/recipes-menus/recipesRecipes
/recipes-menus/fresh-animal-pr...Subdomain Fresh Animal Proteins
/recipes-menus/menu-developmentMenu Development
/recipes-menus/menu-cyclesMenu Cycles
/recipes-menus/menu-templatesMenu Templates
/managementText duplicate Visit Overview
/management/roadmap-school-yearRoadmap for the School Year
/management/fiscal-managementFiscal Management
/management/emergency-resourcesEmergency Resources
/management/human-resourcesHuman Resources
/management/human-resources/st...Staff Appreciation
/management/professional-devel...Professional Development
/management/professional-devel...Training Videos
/management/professional-devel...School Food Institute
https://www.chefannfoundation....External Subdomain Healthy School Food Pathway
/management/central-kitchensCentral Kitchens
/management/facilitiesFacilities
/management/facilities/haccp/Subdomain HACCP
/management/assessment-next-stepsAssessment & Next Steps
/management/wellness-policy-sm...Wellness Policy & Smart Snacks
/management/wellness-policy-sm...Local Wellness Policy
/management/wellness-policy-sm...Smart Snacks in Schools
/management/tools-resourcesTools & Resources
/management/sopsSOPs
/procurement/Subdomain Text duplicate Visit Overview
/procurement/getting-started/Subdomain Getting Started
/procurement/the-k12-food-system/Subdomain The K-12 Food System
/procurement/values-aligned-pr...Subdomain Values-Aligned Procurement
/procurement/examples-of-value...Subdomain Examples of Values-Aligned Procurement
/procurement/tools-resourcesText duplicate Tools & Resources
/marketingText duplicate Visit Overview
/marketing/branding-your-programBranding Your Program
/marketing/district-communicat...District Communications
/marketing/social-media-toolkitSocial Media Toolkit
/marketing/partnershipsPartnerships
/marketing/posters-signsPosters & Signs
/lunchroom-educationText duplicate Visit Overview
/lunchroom-education/tastingsTastings
/lunchroom-education/rainbow-daysRainbow Days
/lunchroom-education/art-contestsArt Contests
/lunchroom-education/chef-demo...Chef Demonstrations
/lunchroom-education/junior-ch...Junior Chef Competitions
/lunchroom-education/farm-to-s...Farm to School
/lunchroom-education/volunteer...Volunteers & Interns
/fresh-food-initiativesText duplicate Visit Overview
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Salad Bars
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Assessment & Planning
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Procurement
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Operations
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Training
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Marketing Your Salad Bar
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Text duplicate Recipes
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Text duplicate Tools & Resources
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...School Breakfast
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Text duplicate Getting Started
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Text duplicate Operations
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Text duplicate Menu Development
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Marketing
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Text duplicate Tools & Resources
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Sustainable Lunchrooms
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Plant Forward
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Plant Forward Recipes
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Case Study
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Waste Reduction
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Text duplicate Tools & Resources
/apply-for-a-grantText duplicate Visit Overview
/apply-for-a-grant/grant-writi...Grant Writing & Management
/apply-for-a-grant/get-schools...Get Schools Cooking
/apply-for-a-grant/bulk-milkBulk Milk
/apply-for-a-grant/salad-bars-...Salad Bars to Schools
/donateDonate
http://www.chefannfoundation.org/External Subdomain Chef Ann Foundation
https://www.schoolfoodinstitut...External Subdomain Text duplicate School Food Institute
https://www.saladbars2schools....External Subdomain Salad Bars To Schools
/why-scratch-cooking/scaleSubdomain Text duplicate SCALE
https://chefannfoundation.my.s...External Subdomain Apply for a grant
https://www.chefannfoundation....External Subdomain Blog
http://www.chefannfoundation.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Chef Ann Foundation
https://www.schoolfoodinstitut...External Subdomain Text duplicate School Food Institute
https://www.saladbars2schools....External Subdomain Text duplicate Salad Bars To Schools
/why-scratch-cooking/scaleSubdomain Text duplicate SCALE
https://chefannfoundation.my.s...External Subdomain Text duplicate Apply for a grant
https://www.chefannfoundation....External Subdomain Text duplicate Blog
https://www.thelunchbox.org/Subdomain No Text
https://give.chefannfoundation...External Subdomain Text duplicate Donate
/why-scratch-cookingWhy Scratch Cooking?
/why-scratch-cookingText duplicate Visit Overview
/why-scratch-cooking/about-che...Text duplicate About Chef Ann Foundation
/why-scratch-cooking/scaleText duplicate SCALE
/why-scratch-cooking/faqText duplicate FAQ
/why-scratch-cooking/supportin...Text duplicate Supporting Research
/our-advisory-boardText duplicate Our Advisory Board
/recipes-menusRecipes & Menus
/recipes-menusText duplicate Visit Overview
/recipes-menus/what-is-scratch...Text duplicate What is Scratch Cooking?
/recipes-menus/recipesText duplicate Recipes
/recipes-menus/fresh-animal-pr...Subdomain Text duplicate Fresh Animal Proteins
/recipes-menus/menu-developmentText duplicate Menu Development
/recipes-menus/menu-cyclesText duplicate Menu Cycles
/recipes-menus/menu-templatesText duplicate Menu Templates
/managementManagement
/managementText duplicate Visit Overview
/management/roadmap-school-yearText duplicate Roadmap for the School Year
/management/fiscal-managementText duplicate Fiscal Management
/management/emergency-resourcesText duplicate Emergency Resources
/management/human-resourcesText duplicate Human Resources
/management/human-resources/st...Text duplicate Staff Appreciation
/management/professional-devel...Text duplicate Professional Development
/management/professional-devel...Text duplicate Training Videos
/management/professional-devel...Text duplicate School Food Institute
https://www.chefannfoundation....External Subdomain Text duplicate Healthy School Food Pathway
/management/central-kitchensText duplicate Central Kitchens
/management/facilitiesText duplicate Facilities
/management/facilities/haccp/Subdomain Text duplicate HACCP
/management/assessment-next-stepsText duplicate Assessment & Next Steps
/management/wellness-policy-sm...Text duplicate Wellness Policy & Smart Snacks
/management/wellness-policy-sm...Text duplicate Local Wellness Policy
/management/wellness-policy-sm...Text duplicate Smart Snacks in Schools
/management/tools-resourcesText duplicate Tools & Resources
/management/sopsText duplicate SOPs
/procurement/Subdomain Text duplicate Procurement
/procurement/Subdomain Text duplicate Visit Overview
/procurement/getting-started/Subdomain Text duplicate Getting Started
/procurement/the-k12-food-system/Subdomain Text duplicate The K-12 Food System
/procurement/values-aligned-pr...Subdomain Text duplicate Values-Aligned Procurement
/procurement/examples-of-value...Subdomain Text duplicate Examples of Values-Aligned Procurement
/procurement/tools-resourcesText duplicate Tools & Resources
/marketingText duplicate Marketing
/marketingText duplicate Visit Overview
/marketing/branding-your-programText duplicate Branding Your Program
/marketing/district-communicat...Text duplicate District Communications
/marketing/social-media-toolkitText duplicate Social Media Toolkit
/marketing/partnershipsText duplicate Partnerships
/marketing/posters-signsText duplicate Posters & Signs
/lunchroom-educationLunchroom Education
/lunchroom-educationText duplicate Visit Overview
/lunchroom-education/tastingsText duplicate Tastings
/lunchroom-education/rainbow-daysText duplicate Rainbow Days
/lunchroom-education/art-contestsText duplicate Art Contests
/lunchroom-education/chef-demo...Text duplicate Chef Demonstrations
/lunchroom-education/junior-ch...Text duplicate Junior Chef Competitions
/lunchroom-education/farm-to-s...Text duplicate Farm to School
/lunchroom-education/volunteer...Text duplicate Volunteers & Interns
/fresh-food-initiativesFresh Food Initiatives
/fresh-food-initiativesText duplicate Visit Overview
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Text duplicate Salad Bars
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Text duplicate Assessment & Planning
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Text duplicate Procurement
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Text duplicate Operations
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Text duplicate Training
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Text duplicate Marketing Your Salad Bar
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Text duplicate Recipes
/fresh-food-initiatives/salad-...Text duplicate Tools & Resources
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Text duplicate School Breakfast
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Text duplicate Getting Started
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Text duplicate Operations
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Text duplicate Menu Development
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Text duplicate Marketing
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Text duplicate Tools & Resources
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Text duplicate Sustainable Lunchrooms
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Text duplicate Plant Forward
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Text duplicate Plant Forward Recipes
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Text duplicate Case Study
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Text duplicate Waste Reduction
/fresh-food-initiatives/sustai...Text duplicate Tools & Resources
/apply-for-a-grantApply For A Grant
/apply-for-a-grantText duplicate Visit Overview
/apply-for-a-grant/grant-writi...Text duplicate Grant Writing & Management
/apply-for-a-grant/get-schools...Text duplicate Get Schools Cooking
/apply-for-a-grant/bulk-milkText duplicate Bulk Milk
/apply-for-a-grant/salad-bars-...Text duplicate Salad Bars to Schools
https://bit.ly/43AoZ4lExternal Learn more
https://bit.ly/3FZMnyWExternal Explore resources
https://bit.ly/3ZAzEJLExternal Text duplicate Learn more
https://bit.ly/4d94XklExternal Discover
https://www.linkedin.com/posts...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
http://www.chefannfoundation.org/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Chef Ann Foundation
/recipes-menus/what-is-scratch...Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.thelunchbox.org/scaleText duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/why-scratch-cookingWhy Scratch Cooking
/recipes-menus/what-is-scratch...Benefits of Scratch Cooking
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Subdomain School Breakfast Resources
/management/central-kitchens/c...Central Kitchen case study
/recipes-menus/recipesNew recipes
/procurement/Subdomain Text duplicate Values-Aligned Procurement
/why-scratch-cookingText duplicate Why Scratch Cooking
/recipes-menus/what-is-scratch...Text duplicate Benefits of Scratch Cooking
/fresh-food-initiatives/school...Subdomain Text duplicate School Breakfast Resources
/management/central-kitchens/c...Text duplicate Central Kitchen case study
/recipes-menus/recipesText duplicate New recipes
/procurement/Subdomain Text duplicate Values-Aligned Procurement
https://youtu.be/xTrq-WvmzSMExternal Meet Brandy
/recipes-menus/recipes/OU522/Subdomain Recipe
https://youtu.be/xTrq-WvmzSMExternal Text duplicate Meet Brandy
/recipes-menus/recipes/OU522/Subdomain Text duplicate Recipe
https://www.thelunchbox.org/scaleNo Text
https://www.thelunchbox.org/scaleLearn More
/management/tools-resourcesNo Text
/management/tools-resourcesText duplicate Learn More
/why-scratch-cooking/supportin...No Text
/why-scratch-cooking/supportin...Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.yum-o.org/External Subdomain No Text
https://www.coloradohealth.org/External Subdomain No Text
https://www.biglots.com/corpor...External Subdomain No Text
http://www.danonenorthamerica....External Subdomain No Text
/our-supportersText duplicate Learn More
https://www.thelunchbox.org/Anchor Newsletters
/our-advisory-boardNo Text
/contactContact Us
/our-historyOur History
/our-advisory-boardText duplicate Our Advisory Board
https://www.facebook.com/chefa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://instagram.com/chefannf...New window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/c/Chef...New window External Subdomain No Text
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://policies.google.com/pr...External Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
https://policies.google.com/termsExternal Subdomain Terms of Service

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.thelunchbox.org/"
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 is very slow (2.31 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (157 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This page only has backlinks from 25 referring domains.
This page only has 1,498 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 24 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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