Cancer.ca - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
95% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
85% 
Server
22% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.20 s
File size
142.30 kB
Words
569
Media files
10
Number of links
93 internal / 15 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Canadian Cancer Society | Canadian Cancer Society
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (474 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
As Canada’s largest national cancer charity, the Canadian Cancer Society funds cancer research, offers cancer support services and shares trusted information.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (984 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://cancer.ca/en/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
authorCanadian Cancer Society / Société canadienne du cancer
descriptionAs Canada’s largest national cancer charity, the Canadian Cancer Society funds cancer research, offers cancer support services and shares trusted information.
subjectCanadian Cancer Society
msapplication-TileColor#000000
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theme-color#ffffff
VIcurrentDateTime638890698127304393
VirtualFolder/
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:site@cancersociety
twitter:urlhttps://cancer.ca/en/
twitter:titleCanadian Cancer Society
twitter:descriptionAs Canada’s largest national cancer charity, the Canadian Cancer Society funds cancer research, offers cancer support services and shares trusted information.
twitter:imagehttps://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/ways-to-give/campaigns/daffodil-month/daffodil-month-split-daffodil.jpg?rev=9fd8a232676c41189bc1588b9ca04cfe&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=1200&ch=630&hash=F7BA879DC10C107C63969F5C9300905C
fb:app_id188243403135
og:urlhttps://cancer.ca/en/
og:typewebsite
og:titleCanadian Cancer Society
og:descriptionAs Canada’s largest national cancer charity, the Canadian Cancer Society funds cancer research, offers cancer support services and shares trusted information.
og:imagehttps://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/images/ways-to-give/campaigns/daffodil-month/daffodil-month-split-daffodil.jpg?rev=9fd8a232676c41189bc1588b9ca04cfe&cx=0.5&cy=0.5&cw=1200&ch=630&hash=F7BA879DC10C107C63969F5C9300905C
og:site_nameCanadian Cancer Society
og:localeen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 569 words. That's ok.
30.4% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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 20.88 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=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 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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
...ea&hash=09020EA0BFCB4FD19946A1E2665F46E3Canadian Cancer Society Logo
...06&hash=CC3C7E3A9920CA7582319136CFF4D393A nurse comforting an elderly person.
...86&hash=CAE51E4CECFD185229545B901E291F29A caregiver holding hand of a sad person and showing kindness.
...86&hash=84F2613E04F0CB4311E7536CF0388A01Parent with two babies on a beach
...52&hash=3F7362D1BA7C6A553C1F96931DB96DA9A family stands together smiling
...f9&hash=2BC1F7018DE30AEA77D8C1DD7BD1FB17CIBC logo
...3c&hash=E6BEC3BCC623349DD013635AA7257730KitchenAid logo
...6e&hash=FB2CACEB6F3A175C3DB214360E993F05Logo of Kruger
...aa&hash=67687BF9D382F8A12C06C610BBC6AFF2Logo of WestJet
...C09&rev=b2009f1e124f4456984dcc139105a34fNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Donate monthly for the greatest impact
H2 Cancer types
H2 Our stories
H2 Your impact
H2 Visionary Partner
H2 Featured Corporate Partners
H3 How we can help
H3 Enjoy the sun safely
H4 Proudly supporting people affected by cancer in Canada for more than 80 years.
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 15 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://cancer.ca/en/Anchor Skip to main content
https://cancer.ca/en/IMG-ALT Canadian Cancer Society Logo
/en/cancer-information/cancer-...Cancer types
/en/cancer-information/what-is...What is cancer?
/en/cancer-information/resourcesResources
/en/cancer-information/reduce-...Reduce your risk
/en/cancer-information/find-ca...Find cancer early
/en/cancer-information/resourc...Glossary
/en/cancer-informationSee all cancer information
/en/treatments/treatment-typesTreatment types
/en/treatments/tests-and-proce...Tests and procedures
/en/treatments/clinical-trialsClinical trials
/en/treatments/complementary-t...Complementary therapies
/en/treatments/side-effectsSide effects
https://cancer.ca/en/treatmentsSee all treatments
/en/living-with-cancer/coping-...Coping with changes
/en/living-with-cancer/life-af...Life after treatment
/en/living-with-cancer/advance...Advanced cancer
/en/living-with-cancer/your-ch...Your child has cancer
/en/living-with-cancer/helping...Helping someone
/en/living-with-cancer/how-we-...How we can help
/en/living-with-cancerSee more on living with cancer
/en/research/our-impactOur impact
/en/research/our-research-stra...Our research strategy
/en/research/cancer-statisticsCancer statistics
/en/research/understanding-can...Understanding cancer research
/en/research/for-researchersFor researchers
/en/research/centre-for-cancer...Centre for cancer prevention and support
https://cancer.ca/en/researchSee all our research
/en/get-involved/volunteerVolunteer
/en/get-involved/our-eventsEvents
/en/get-involved/fundraiseFundraise
/en/get-involved/advocacyAdvocacy
/en/get-involved/partnershipsPartnerships
https://cancer.ca/en/get-involvedSee how to get involved
/en/ways-to-give/personal-dona...Personal donation
/en/ways-to-give/corporate-givingCorporate giving
/en/ways-to-give/how-your-dona...How your donation helps
/en/ways-to-give/planned-and-l...Planned and leadership giving
/en/ways-to-give/shopShop
/en/ways-to-give/dedicate-your...Dedicate your donation
https://cancer.ca/en/ways-to-giveSee all ways to give
https://cancer.ca/fr/Français
https://donate.cancer.ca/-/XCS...External Subdomain Dedicate a donation
https://cancer.ca/fr/Fr
https://donate.cancer.ca/-/XCN...External Subdomain Donate
/en/ways-to-give/monthly-donat...Donate now
/en/ways-to-give/it-takes-a-so...Get involved
/en/cancer-information/cancer-...New window View all cancer types
/en/living-with-cancer/how-we-...IMG-ALT A caregiver holding hand of a sad person and showing kindness.
/en/living-with-cancer/how-we-...View all services
A-TITLE View all services
/en/cancer-information/reduce-...IMG-ALT Parent with two babies on a beach
/en/cancer-information/reduce-...Be sun safe
/en/about-us/stories/2025/cana...One year later: Canadian singer, Shawn Hook, shares his cancer recovery story
/en/about-us/stories/2025/incr...Increasing colon cancer survival through exercise
/en/about-us/stories/2024/6-fa...6 facts about bone cancer
/en/about-us/stories/2025/mome...Moments of joy at Camp Goodtimes
/en/about-us/storiesView all stories
/en/ways-to-give/how-your-dona...How your donations help
/en/get-involved/partnerships/...IMG-ALT CIBC logo
https://www.kitchenaid.ca/External Subdomain IMG-ALT KitchenAid logo
https://www.kruger.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Logo of Kruger
https://www.westjet.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Logo of WestJet
https://cancer.ca/en/enewsletterSubscribe to our newsletter
https://cancer.ca/en/about-usAbout us
/en/about-us/what-we-doWhat we do
/en/about-us/our-historyOur history
/en/about-us/storiesOur stories
/en/about-us/our-peopleOur people
/en/get-involved/partnershipsText duplicate Partnerships
/en/about-us/cancer-and-covid1...COVID-19 resources
/en/about-us/financial-statementsAnnual reports
/en/about-us/newsNews
/en/about-us/media-releasesMedia releases
/en/about-us/faqsFAQ
/en/living-with-cancer/how-we-...Text duplicate How we can help
/en/living-with-cancer/how-we-...Talk to someone
/en/living-with-cancer/how-we-...Our programs and services
/en/cancer-information/resourcesOur resources
/en/cancer-information/reduce-...Text duplicate Reduce your risk
/en/cancer-information/find-ca...Text duplicate Find cancer early
https://itsmylife.cancer.ca/New window External Subdomain It's My Life!
/en/cancer-information/reduce-...Explore prevention programs
/en/get-involved/our-eventsText duplicate Events
/en/get-involved/our-eventsFind an event near you
/en/get-involved/partnershipsBecome a sponsor
https://fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/New window External Subdomain Host your own fundraiser
/en/about-us/our-health-equity...Underserved communities
/en/research/for-researchers/m...Inclusive Excellence Action Plan
https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/...New window External Subdomain Read our report
/en/contact-us/cancer-informat...info@cancer.ca
/en/contact-us/donations-tax-r...connect@cancer.ca
https://cancer.ca/en/contact-usAll contact options
https://cancer.ca/en/careersCareers
/en/editorial-policyEditorial policy
/en/medical-disclaimerMedical disclaimer
/en/linking-policyLinking policy
/en/accessibilityAccessibility
https://bsky.app/profile/cance...New window External Follow us on Bluesky
https://www.instagram.com/canc...New window External Subdomain Follow us on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...New window External Subdomain Follow us on Youtube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Follow us on LinkedIn
https://www.facebook.com/Canad...New window External Subdomain Follow us on Facebook
https://www.tiktok.com/@cancer...New window External Subdomain TikTok
https://donate.cancer.ca/-/XTB...External Subdomain Text duplicate Donate
https://cancer.ca/en/Anchor Cookie preference center
https://cancer.ca/en/legalLegal
/en/privacy-policyPrivacy policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://cancer.ca/en/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.20 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.
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 3 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (142 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 25 Jul 2025 19:50:12 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-length145691
connectionkeep-alive
set-cookie107 Characters
cache-controlno-cache, no-store
pragmano-cache
expires-1
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
content-security-policyscript-src 'strict-dynamic' 'nonce-f4e4d7f3592245ffa1d8baa840d61699' 'unsafe-eval'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none'; upgrade-insecure-requests;
accept-chSec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List,Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version,Sec-CH-UA-Arch,Sec-CH-UA-Model,Sec-CH-UA-Bitness
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
strict-transport-securitymax-age=86400; includeSubDomains
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
permissions-policygeolocation=(), camera=(), microphone=()
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 668 referring domains.
This page has 5,698 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 511 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow:

Sitemap: https://cancer.ca/en/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://cancer.ca/fr/sitemap.xml

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Canadian Cancer69%Check
Canadian Cancer Society66%Check
Cancer Support64%Check
Cancer Information63%Check
Cancer Research62%Check
Canadian59%Check
Cancer Charity59%Check
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