Cap.org - SEO Checker

Sign up for free! PDF Export
Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
69% 
Link structure
41% 
Server
77% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.89 s
File size
154.10 kB
Words
766
Media files
4
Number of links
106 internal / 62 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage | College of American Pathologists
The length of the page title is perfect. (409 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The College of American Pathologists is the world's leading organization of board-certified pathologists.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (633 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.cap.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
gatedEmpty
msapplication-TileImage//www.cap.org/assets/media/images/mstile-144x144.png?v=3.1.41
msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
generatorSEOmatic
keywordspathology,cap,pathologist,patient care,health care,advocacy,physicians
descriptionThe College of American Pathologists is the world's leading organization of board-certified pathologists.
referrerno-referrer-when-downgrade
robotsall
msvalidate.011EBB3470DF36AC12B2C94274857C71ED
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@Pathologists
twitter:creator@Pathologists
twitter:titleHomepage
twitter:descriptionThe College of American Pathologists is the world's leading organization of board-certified pathologists.
twitter:imagehttps://documents.cap.org/images/social/_800x418_fit_center-center_82_none/cap-default-social-image-facebook.jpg?mtime=1551730193
twitter:image:width796
twitter:image:height418
twitter:image:altCollege of American Pathologists
fb:profile_idcapathologists
og:localeen_US
og:site_nameCollege of American Pathologists
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.cap.org/
og:titleHomepage
og:descriptionThe College of American Pathologists is the world's leading organization of board-certified pathologists.
og:imagehttps://documents.cap.org/images/social/_1200x630_fit_center-center_82_none/cap-default-social-image-facebook.jpg?mtime=1551730193
og:image:width1200
og:image:height630
og:image:altCollege of American Pathologists
og:see_alsohttps://twitter.com/Pathologists
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

Automatically check cap.org including all subpages at once!

Try for free
Guaranteed free of charge during trial period.

Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 766 words. That's ok.
23.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
5 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 20.88 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 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 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
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to the CAP
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to the CAP
H2 Be Ready to Succeed in 2025
H2 Be a Leader in Pathology
H2 Regulatory Updates for Laboratories
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Latest News From the CAP
H3 Learn, Connect, and Make an Impact
H3 Interactive Surgical Pathology Cases
H3 Digital Pathology: ROI, Research, and Efficiency
H3 Engaged Leadership Academy
H3 Mastering Your Laboratory Information System (Focus on Compliance)
H3 Interactive Surgical Pathology Cases: Head and Neck Pathology Webinar
H3 Should You Worry About the Massachusetts Mosquito Virus in 2025?
H3 How pre-cancer mutation fuels the fire of inflammation
H3 Travelers encouraged to protect themselves from carbon monoxide following recent tragedies
H3 CAP Issues New and Updated Cancer Protocols to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy and Personalize Care
H3 Media Briefing: Pathologists Discuss the Bird Flu Outbreak
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an 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 (62) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.cap.org/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://elss.cap.org/elss/face...External Subdomain Access e-LAB Solutions Suite
https://elss.cap.org/elss/face...External Subdomain ELSS Main Page
https://apps.cap.org/caporg-or...External Subdomain Anchor Organization Profile
https://elss.cap.org/elss/face...External Subdomain Result Form Data Entry
https://elss.cap.org/elss/face...External Subdomain Evaluation Reports
https://elss.cap.org/lap-repor...External Subdomain Anchor Checklists
https://www.medialab.com/compe...New window External Subdomain Competency Assessment Hub
/member-resources/membershipSubdomain Join the CAP
https://estore.cap.org/OA_HTML...External Subdomain Shop
/sso/authenticateLogin
https://www.cap.org/Subdomain No Text
/member-resourcesSubdomain Member Resources
/member-resourcesSubdomain Member Resources Main Page
/member-resources/membershipSubdomain Join / Renew
/member-resources/membership/r...Subdomain Residents
/member-resources/membership/m...Subdomain Medical Students
/member-resources/new-in-practiceSubdomain New in Practice
/member-resources/house-of-del...Subdomain House of Delegates
/member-resources/practice-man...Subdomain Practice Management
/member-resources/pathology-ca...Subdomain Pathology Careers
/member-resources/councils-com...Subdomain Councils and Committees
https://www.cap.org/advocacySubdomain Advocacy
https://www.cap.org/advocacySubdomain Advocacy Main Page
/advocacy/payments-for-patholo...Subdomain Payments for Pathology Services
/advocacy/lobbying-and-politic...Subdomain Lobbying and Political Action
/advocacy/quality-payment-prog...Subdomain Quality Payment Program for Pathologists
/advocacy/pathologists-quality...Subdomain Pathologists Quality Registry
/advocacy/laboratory-oversight...Subdomain Laboratory Oversight and Regulation
/advocacy/latest-news-and-prac...Subdomain Latest News and Practice Data
/laboratory-improvementSubdomain Laboratory Improvement
/laboratory-improvementSubdomain Laboratory Improvement Main Page
/laboratory-improvement/accred...Subdomain Accreditation
/laboratory-improvement/profic...Subdomain Proficiency Testing
/laboratory-improvement/labora...Subdomain Laboratories Outside the USA
/laboratory-improvement/catalo...Subdomain Catalog and Ordering Information
/laboratory-improvement/regula...Subdomain Regulatory News and Updates for Laboratories
https://education.cap.org/External Subdomain Education
https://education.cap.org/External Subdomain Education Main Page
https://education.cap.org/cour...External Subdomain Search Education Catalog
https://education.cap.org/my/a...External Subdomain Activities in Progress
https://education.cap.org/my/a...External Subdomain Transcript
/protocols-and-guidelinesSubdomain Protocols / Guidelines
/protocols-and-guidelinesSubdomain Protocols and Guidelines Main Page
/protocols-and-guidelines/canc...Subdomain Cancer Reporting Tools
/protocols-and-guidelines/canc...Subdomain Cancer Protocols
/protocols-and-guidelines/upco...Subdomain Upcoming CAP Guidelines
/protocols-and-guidelines/curr...Subdomain Current CAP Guidelines
https://www.cap.org/publicationsSubdomain Publications / Podcasts
https://www.cap.org/publicationsSubdomain Publications Main Page
/publications/cap-todaySubdomain CAP Today
/publications/archives-of-path...Subdomain Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
/publications/books-from-cap-p...Subdomain Books from CAP Publications
/member-resources/podcastsSubdomain Podcasts
https://www.cap.org/calendarSubdomain Events
https://events.cap.org/event/c...New window External Subdomain CAP25
/calendar/events/pathology-on-...Subdomain Pathology on the Coast
https://www.cap.org/calendarSubdomain Calendar of Events
https://www.cap.org/Subdomain No Text
/sso/authenticateText duplicate Login
/member-resourcesSubdomain Text duplicate Member Resources
/member-resourcesSubdomain Text duplicate Member Resources Main Page
/member-resources/membershipSubdomain Text duplicate Join / Renew
/member-resources/membership/r...Subdomain Text duplicate Residents
/member-resources/membership/m...Subdomain Text duplicate Medical Students
/member-resources/new-in-practiceSubdomain Text duplicate New in Practice
/member-resources/house-of-del...Subdomain Text duplicate House of Delegates
/member-resources/practice-man...Subdomain Text duplicate Practice Management
/member-resources/pathology-ca...Subdomain Text duplicate Pathology Careers
/member-resources/councils-com...Subdomain Text duplicate Councils and Committees
https://www.cap.org/advocacySubdomain Text duplicate Advocacy
https://www.cap.org/advocacySubdomain Text duplicate Advocacy Main Page
/advocacy/payments-for-patholo...Subdomain Text duplicate Payments for Pathology Services
/advocacy/lobbying-and-politic...Subdomain Text duplicate Lobbying and Political Action
/advocacy/quality-payment-prog...Subdomain Text duplicate Quality Payment Program for Pathologists
/advocacy/pathologists-quality...Subdomain Text duplicate Pathologists Quality Registry
/advocacy/laboratory-oversight...Subdomain Text duplicate Laboratory Oversight and Regulation
/advocacy/latest-news-and-prac...Subdomain Text duplicate Latest News and Practice Data
/laboratory-improvementSubdomain Text duplicate Laboratory Improvement
/laboratory-improvementSubdomain Text duplicate Laboratory Improvement Main Page
/laboratory-improvement/accred...Subdomain Text duplicate Accreditation
/laboratory-improvement/profic...Subdomain Text duplicate Proficiency Testing
/laboratory-improvement/labora...Subdomain Text duplicate Laboratories Outside the USA
/laboratory-improvement/catalo...Subdomain Text duplicate Catalog and Ordering Information
/laboratory-improvement/regula...Subdomain Text duplicate Regulatory News and Updates for Laboratories
https://education.cap.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Education
https://education.cap.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Education Main Page
https://education.cap.org/cour...External Subdomain Text duplicate Search Education Catalog
https://education.cap.org/my/a...External Subdomain Text duplicate Activities in Progress
https://education.cap.org/my/a...External Subdomain Text duplicate Transcript
/protocols-and-guidelinesSubdomain Text duplicate Protocols / Guidelines
/protocols-and-guidelinesSubdomain Text duplicate Protocols and Guidelines Main Page
/protocols-and-guidelines/canc...Subdomain Text duplicate Cancer Reporting Tools
/protocols-and-guidelines/canc...Subdomain Text duplicate Cancer Protocols
/protocols-and-guidelines/upco...Subdomain Text duplicate Upcoming CAP Guidelines
/protocols-and-guidelines/curr...Subdomain Text duplicate Current CAP Guidelines
https://www.cap.org/publicationsSubdomain Text duplicate Publications / Podcasts
https://www.cap.org/publicationsSubdomain Text duplicate Publications Main Page
/publications/cap-todaySubdomain Text duplicate CAP Today
/publications/archives-of-path...Subdomain Text duplicate Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
/publications/books-from-cap-p...Subdomain Text duplicate Books from CAP Publications
/member-resources/podcastsSubdomain Text duplicate Podcasts
https://www.cap.org/calendarSubdomain Text duplicate Events
https://events.cap.org/event/c...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate CAP25
/calendar/events/pathology-on-...Subdomain Text duplicate Pathology on the Coast
https://www.cap.org/calendarSubdomain Text duplicate Calendar of Events
https://elss.cap.org/elss/face...External Subdomain Text duplicate Access e-LAB Solutions Suite
https://elss.cap.org/elss/face...External Subdomain Text duplicate ELSS Main Page
https://apps.cap.org/caporg-or...External Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Organization Profile
https://elss.cap.org/elss/face...External Subdomain Text duplicate Result Form Data Entry
https://elss.cap.org/elss/face...External Subdomain Text duplicate Evaluation Reports
https://elss.cap.org/lap-repor...External Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Checklists
https://www.medialab.com/compe...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Competency Assessment Hub
/member-resources/membershipSubdomain Text duplicate Join the CAP
https://estore.cap.org/OA_HTML...External Subdomain Text duplicate Shop
https://elss.cap.org/mpu-ui/External Subdomain Anchor Update My Profile
https://community.cap.org/High...New window External Subdomain Access My Committees
https://estore.cap.org/OA_HTML...External Subdomain View My Order History
https://education.cap.org/my/a...External Subdomain Access My Transcript
https://elss.cap.org/mpu-ui/External Subdomain Anchor Change Password
https://www.cap.org/sso/logoutLogout
https://elss.cap.org/elss/face...External Subdomain View, enter, or submit PT results
https://elss.cap.org/apmailing...External Subdomain Anchor Claim CME/CE credit for faxed AP results
/protocols-and-guidelines/canc...Subdomain Access the Cancer Protocols
https://education.cap.org/cour...External Subdomain Search our Learning courses
/member-resources/membershipSubdomain Renew your membership or join the CAP
https://www.medialab.com/compe...New window External Subdomain Access your Competency Assessment Hub
https://events.cap.org/event/c...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://events.cap.org/event/c...New window External Subdomain Register Now
/member-resources/membershipSubdomain No Text
/member-resources/membershipSubdomain Join the CAP today
https://education.cap.org/surg...External Subdomain No Text
https://education.cap.org/surg...External Subdomain Gain practical insights in this CME webinar series
https://education.cap.org/node...New window External Subdomain Secure Your Spot
https://education.cap.org/node...New window External Subdomain No Text
/laboratory-improvement/regula...Subdomain View Updates
https://www.cap.org/calendarSubdomain View All Events
/calendar/council-committeesSubdomain View Council and Committee Meetings
/calendar/webinars/digital-pat...Subdomain Digital Pathology: ROI, Research, and Efficiency
/member-resources/engaged-lead...Subdomain Engaged Leadership Academy
/calendar/webinars/mastering-y...Subdomain Mastering Your Laboratory Information System (Focus on Compliance)
https://education.cap.org/node...New window External Subdomain Interactive Surgical Pathology Cases: Head and Neck Pathology Webinar
https://newsroom.cap.org/lates...New window External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://newsroom.cap.org/lates...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://newsroom.cap.org/lates...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://newsroom.cap.org/lates...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://youtu.be/EhQel22h02wNew window External Watch the Briefing
https://www.cap.org/about-the-capSubdomain About the CAP
https://www.cap.org/calendarSubdomain Calendar
/careers-at-the-capSubdomain Careers at the CAP
/contact-and-supportSubdomain Contact & Support
https://www.cap.org/sitemapSubdomain Sitemap
/browser-and-operating-system-...Subdomain Browser and Operating System Requirements
/terms-and-conditionsSubdomain Terms & Conditions
/privacy-policySubdomain Privacy Policy
https://foundation.cap.org/New window External Subdomain CAP Foundation
https://events.cap.org/event/c...New window External Subdomain Annual Meeting
https://newsroom.cap.org/New window External Subdomain CAP Newsroom
https://www.yourpathologist.org/New window External Subdomain Pathology and Patient Care
https://brandmerchandise.cap.org/New window External Subdomain CAP Merchandise
https://www.captodayonline.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate CAP Today
https://www.archivesofpatholog...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
https://twitter.com/PathologistsNew window External No Text
https://bsky.app/profile/patho...New window External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/capat...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/cap_...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/c...New window External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cap.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 of 0.89 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 (154 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSun, 18 May 2025 21:02:22 GMT
serverApache 2.x
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
x-robots-tagall
link<https://www.cap.org/>; rel='canonical'
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
set-cookie73 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
x-cdnImperva
x-iinfo13-103237282-103202470 pNNy RT(1747602142487 7) q(0 0 0 1) r(3 3) U12
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 950 referring domains.
This page has 140,365 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 723 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

You can find more links using Wikipedia search

Robots.txt

# robots.txt for https://www.cap.org/

sitemap: https://www.cap.org/sitemaps-1-sitemap.xml

# live - don't allow web crawlers to index cpresources/ or vendor/

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cpresources/
Disallow: /vendor/
Disallow: /.env
Disallow: /cache/

# Prevent indexing and allow search via swiftype
User-agent: Swiftbot
Disallow:

# Allow Dead Link Checker to search
User-agent: www.deadlinkchecker.com
Disallow:

Similar sites

Search preview

www.cap.org
Homepage | College of American Pathologists
The College of American Pathologists is the world's leading organization of board-certified pathologists.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
CAP66%Check
Pathologists61%Check
American Pathologists60%Check
College58%Check
American58%Check
CAP Guidelines52%Check
CAP Today52%Check
Page46%Check
Organization46%Check
Pathology43%Check
Show more keywords and terms

Automatically check cap.org including all subpages at once!

Try for free
Guaranteed free of charge during trial period.

Cookie Policy

We use cookies to make our site work and also for analytics and advertising purposes. You can enable or disable optional cookies as desired. See the following links for more information.

Contact | Privacy

We need these so the site can function properly

So we can better understand how visitors use our website

So we can serve you tailored ads and promotions