Visitcostarica.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
86% 
Page structure
66% 
Link structure
41% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.51 s
File size
334.30 kB
Words
990
Media files
28
Number of links
104 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Official Travel & Tourism Site - Visit Costa Rica - Vacation Guide
The length of the page title is perfect. (572 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Explore the natural beauty, vibrant culture, and exciting adventures waiting for you in Costa Rica.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (593 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.visitcostarica.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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

NameValue
descriptionExplore the natural beauty, vibrant culture, and exciting adventures waiting for you in Costa Rica.
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
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langen-gb
og:site_nameVisit Costa Rica
og:titleWelcome to Costa Rica
og:image:urlhttps://www.visitcostarica.com/sites/default/files/2024-06/bc4846d36390bdb8e7a0a27ff2e6f984.jpg
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 990 words. That's ok.
33.8% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
17 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 18.83 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
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 20 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
19 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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Pura Vida
The H1 heading is too short (9 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 38 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Pura Vida
H2 Main Menu
H2 Submenu - Experiences
H2 Submenu - Explore
H2 Submenu - Where to go
H2 Submenu - Plan your trip
H2 Submenu - Unveiled
H2 bienvenido a Costa Rica
H2 about Costa Rica
H2 Caribbean
H2 Central Pacific
H2 Central Valley
H2 Guanacaste
H2 Puntarenas
H2 South Pacific
H2 experiences and activities
H2 what kind of Costa Rica traveler are you?
H2 plan your trip
H2 Costa Rica unveiled
H2 Visit the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve
H2 11 facts about Costa Rica that will surprise you
H2 sustainability is a way of life in Costa Rica
H2 Travel Resources
H2 Community & Support
H2 More
H2 Get events, news and updates straight to your inbox
H3 an adventure, a retreat, an experience
H3 biodiversity
H3 culture
H3 sustainability
H3 luxury
H3 adventure-seeker
H3 slower pace
H3 wellness
H3 romance
H3 solo traveler
H3 2slgbtqi+
H3 sustainable travel
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
22 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 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.visitcostarica.com/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.visitcostarica.com/A-TITLE Home
/things-to-do/adventureadventure & sports
/things-to-do/beaches-and-rela...beaches & relaxation
/things-to-do/cultureculture & community
/things-to-do/events-and-festi...events & festivals
/things-to-do/ecoturism/nation...national parks
/things-to-do/greatest-wildlif...nature & wildlife
/things-to-dosee all things to do
/about-costa-ricaabout costa rica
/things-to-do/cultureculture & heritage
/things-to-do/ecotourismecotourism
/sustainabilitysustainability initiatives
/traveler-type-quiztake the traveler type quiz
/where-to-go/regionsall regions
/where-to-go/caribbeancaribbean
/where-to-go/central-pacificcentral pacific
/where-to-go/central-valleycentral valley
/where-to-go/guanacasteguanacaste
/where-to-go/northern-plainsnorthern plains
/where-to-go/puntarenaspuntarenas
/where-to-go/south-pacificsouth pacific
/where-to-goexplore all regions
/planning-your-trip/accommodat...accommodations
/planning-your-trip/airlinesairlines
/planning-your-trip/entry-requ...getting here & entry
/planning-your-trip/restaurant...local cuisine & dining
/planning-your-trip/other-acti...other activities
/planning-your-trip/car-rentalsrental cars
/things-to-do/rural-tourismrural tourism
/planning-your-trip/tour-guide...tour guides
/planning-your-trip/tour-opera...tour operators
/planning-your-tripstart trip planning
/publicationsbrochures
/bus-itinerarybus itinerary
/faqsfaqs
/planning-your-tripfirst timer's guide
/planning-your-trip/itinerariesitineraries
/blogstories
/planning-your-trip/tipstravel & safety tips
/planning-your-trip/climatewhen to visit
/planning-your-trip/tour-guide...find a tour guide
/things-to-do/greatest-wildlif...No Text
/things-to-do/greatest-wildlif...biodiversity
/things-to-do/greatest-wildlif...No Text
/things-to-do/cultureNo Text
/things-to-do/cultureculture
/things-to-do/cultureNo Text
/sustainabilityNo Text
/sustainabilitysustainability
/sustainabilityNo Text
/where-to-go/caribbeanexplore the region
/where-to-go/central-pacificText duplicate explore the region
/where-to-go/central-valleyText duplicate explore the region
/where-to-go/guanacasteText duplicate explore the region
/where-to-go/puntarenasText duplicate explore the region
/where-to-go/south-pacificText duplicate explore the region
/lifestyle/luxuryluxury
/lifestyle/luxuryNo Text
/lifestyle/luxuryNo Text
/lifestyle/adventure-seekeradventure-seeker
/lifestyle/adventure-seekerNo Text
/lifestyle/adventure-seekerNo Text
/lifestyle/slower-paceslower pace
/lifestyle/slower-paceNo Text
/lifestyle/slower-paceNo Text
/lifestyle/wellnesswellness
/lifestyle/wellnessNo Text
/lifestyle/wellnessNo Text
/lifestyle/romanticromance
/lifestyle/romanticNo Text
/lifestyle/romanticNo Text
/lifestyle/solo-travelersolo traveler
/lifestyle/solo-travelerNo Text
/lifestyle/solo-travelerNo Text
/lifestyle/2slgbtqi2slgbtqi+
/lifestyle/2slgbtqiNo Text
/lifestyle/2slgbtqiNo Text
/lifestyle/sustainable-travelersustainable travel
/lifestyle/sustainable-travelerNo Text
/lifestyle/sustainable-travelerNo Text
/things-to-dodiscover more activities
/traveler-type-quiztake the quiz
/planning-your-trip/itinerariesItineraries
/planning-your-trip/accommodat...Text duplicate accommodations
/planning-your-trip/tipsTravel tips
/planning-your-trip/airlinesGetting here
/blogexplore more stories
/blog/visit-monteverde-cloud-f...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
read more
/blog/11-facts-about-costa-ric...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/sustainabilitylearn more
/planning-your-trip/tipsHealth & Safety Information
/planning-your-trip/entry-requ...Visa Entry & Requirements
/more/important-numbersImportant Phone Numbers
/bus-itineraryBus Itinerary
/faqsFAQs
/contact-usNew window Contact Us
/things-to-do/ecotourismEcotourism
/things-to-do/ecoturism/nation...National Parks
https://wheeltheworld.com/acce...New window External Accessible Travel
/pressNew window Press
/meetingsNew window Meetings and Incentive Travel
/press/press-releasesNew window News & Updates
/press/image-galleryNew window Media Gallery
https://www.facebook.com/visit...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/visi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@visitc...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.pinterest.com/cost...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/V...New window External Subdomain No Text
/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.visitcostarica.com/"
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 (1.51 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 (334 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-languageen-gb
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expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
servernginx
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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
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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 534 referring domains.
This page has 8,827 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 408 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

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
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# 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
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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Explore the natural beauty, vibrant culture, and exciting adventures waiting for you in Costa Rica.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
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costa78%Check
rica78%Check
Visit Costa Rica75%Check
Costa Rica regions64%Check
visit62%Check
Costa Rican57%Check
adventure56%Check
travel54%Check
Official Travel52%Check
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