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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
91% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
82% 
Server
89% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.62 s
File size
47.20 kB
Words
737
Media files
22
Number of links
64 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Creative Writing Classes - Gotham Writers Workshop
The length of the page title is perfect. (475 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.writingclasses.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: Canada
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)
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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csrf-param_csrf
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msapplication-TileColor#da532c
theme-color#ffffff
google-site-verificationvK8-yFgYR27uQL_j2ysQogD5OZSZhqulFbbcsrrGSss
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:site@gothamwriters
twitter:imagehttps://www.writingclasses.com/img/facebook-logo-200x200.png
og:urlhttps://www.writingclasses.com
og:typewebsite
og:titleGotham Writers Workshop
og:descriptionGotham Writers Workshop is a creative home in New York City and Online where writers develop their craft and come together in the spirit of discovery and fellowship. We’ve been teaching creative writing and business writing since 1993.
og:imagehttps://www.writingclasses.com/img/facebook-logo-200x200.png
og:image:width200
og:image:height200
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 737 words. That's ok.
33.6% 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.
11 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 15.44 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, 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)
13 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
/img/banner-cursive-home-mod.svgNo alt attribute provided
/img/gww-logo-with-text.svgNo alt attribute provided
/img/est_1993_185x185.svgNo alt attribute provided
/img/gww-logo.svgGotham Writers Workshop
/img/gwc/gwc_logo.pngThe Gotham Writers Conference
/img/gwc/on_zoom_highlight.svgon Zoom
/files/images/BulletinCards/therazor.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/files/images/BulletinCards/WOC_card.pngNo alt attribute provided
/files/images/BulletinCards/obsessed.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s/images/BulletinCards/leaveyourmark.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...mages/BulletinCards/howtogetpub_card.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...images/BulletinCards/kupferberg_2026.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s/BulletinCards/summer_schedule_card.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/img/caldwell-home-page-401x184.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/img/home-gotham-books.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/img/gww-footer-logo.svgGotham Writers Workshop
/img/bluesky-icon.pngFollow us on Bluesky
/img/fb-icon.pngLike us on Facebook
/img/instagram-icon.pngFollow us on Instagram
/img/linkedin-icon.pngFollow us on Linked In
/site/captcha?v=688805b5145723.02985011No alt attribute provided
Video URLWidthHeight
...tube.com/embed/XbWSGP2GcRo?start=5&rel=0401226

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Gotham Writers Workshop
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Gotham Writers Workshop
H2 July 23
H2 August 4
H2 The Art of Craft
H2 Expert Teachers, Working Writers
H2 A Wealth of Resources
H2 The Gotham Experience
H3 The Razor
H3 Scholarships for Writers of Color
H3 I’m Obsessed Contest
H3 Leave Your Mark: Teen Contest
H3 How to Get Published
H3 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
H3 Summer Classes
H3 Subscribe to our email list
H4 Classes Starting Now
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 21 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.writingclasses.com/IMG-ALT Gotham Writers Workshop
/classes/indexSubdomain Classes
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Course Catalogue
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Upcoming Classes
/classes/nycSubdomain NYC Classes
/classes/onlineSubdomain Online Class/Tour
/classes/zoomSubdomain Zoom Class/Tour
/classes/one-on-oneSubdomain One-on-One
/classes/class-formatsSubdomain Class Formats
/community/indexSubdomain Community
/community/indexSubdomain About our Community
/classes/description/write-inSubdomain Write-In
/community/free-eventsSubdomain Free Events
/writers-conference/indexSubdomain Writers Conferences
/community/student-successSubdomain Student Success
/community/news/studentSubdomain Student News
/contestsSubdomain Contests
https://v2.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Scholarships for Writers of Color
/faculty/indexSubdomain Faculty
/faculty/indexSubdomain About our Faculty
/faculty/biosSubdomain Bios
/faculty/profilesSubdomain Profiles
/toolbox/articlesSubdomain Articles
/community/news/facultySubdomain News
/faculty/excerptsSubdomain Excerpts
/faculty/faculty-jobsSubdomain Join Faculty
/resources/indexSubdomain Resources
/resources/indexSubdomain Resources for Writers
/classes/description/inside-wr...Subdomain Inside Writing
/resources/gotham-booksSubdomain Gotham Books
/resources/gotham-shopSubdomain Gotham Shop
/toolbox/reading-listsSubdomain Reading/Resource Lists
/toolbox/indexSubdomain Writer’s Toolbox
https://blogs.gothamwriters.com/External Subdomain Gotham Blog
/about/indexSubdomain About
/about/indexSubdomain About Gotham
/about/our-storySubdomain Our Story
/about/our-philosophySubdomain Our Philosophy
/about/meet-the-staffSubdomain Gotham Staff
/about/gotham-in-the-mediaSubdomain Gotham in the Media
/about/internshipsSubdomain Internships
/about/connectSubdomain Connect
/about/contactSubdomain Contact
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Wish List
/cart/indexSubdomain No Text
/site/request-password-reset?r...Subdomain forgot password?
/site/registerSubdomain Register
https://www.writingclasses.com/Anchor Classes Starting Now
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Hit Send: Publishing Short Nonfiction (Online)
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Unbound: Teen Creative Writing (Zoom)
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Fiction
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Nonfiction
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Scriptwriting
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Comedy, Poetry & Song
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Professional Development
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Essentials
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Course Catalogue
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Upcoming Classes
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Intensives
https://wp.writingclasses.com/...External Subdomain Teen
/classes/one-on-oneSubdomain Text duplicate One-on-One
/fiction/writers-conference/indexThe Gotham Writers Fiction Conference Oct 4-5
IMG-ALT The Gotham Writers Conference
/therazormagTrivial anchor text
Read More
/community/scholarships-for-wr...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/obsessedEnter
/teen-contestText duplicate Enter
/classes/description/how-to-ge...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/kupferbergText duplicate Enter
/classes/catalogueSubdomain available for enrollment
/classes/indexText duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/community/indexSubdomain Join Our Community
/faculty/indexSubdomain Meet Our Faculty
/resources/indexSubdomain View Our Resources
/about/indexSubdomain Learn About Gotham
/classes/indexSubdomain Text duplicate Course Catalogue
/resources/gotham-shopSubdomain Text duplicate Gotham Shop
/classes/faqSubdomain FAQ
/classes/credits-refundsSubdomain Credit & Refund Policy
/classes/ways-to-saveSubdomain Ways to Save
/site/privacy-policySubdomain Privacy Policy
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection[email protected]
https://bsky.app/profile/gotha...New window External IMG-ALT Follow us on Bluesky
https://www.facebook.com/Gotha...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Like us on Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/goth...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Follow us on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Follow us on Linked In

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.writingclasses.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 of 0.62 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 (47 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
content-encodingbr
set-cookie103 Characters
cf-ray96681b49ba6d9ae1-CDG
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 380 referring domains.
This page has 988 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 279 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /Connections/
Disallow: DropMenuIE.js
Disallow: DropMenuIENewClass.js
Disallow: /fckeditor/
Disallow: /GothamTeacher/
Disallow: /GuestCenter/
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /jquery/
Disallow: NewGothamStylesTest.css
Disallow: NewGothamStylesTestPrint.css
Disallow: /Portfolios/
Disallow: /StudentCenter/
Disallow: /uploads/
Disallow: /site/reset-password
Disallow: /site/request-password-reset
Disallow: /classes/onsite
Disallow: /site/reset-password
Disallow: /site/subscribe-confirm
Disallow: /files/nanowrimo-novel-advice.pdf
Disallow: /classes/zoom-support

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