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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
99% 
Page structure
41% 
Link structure
21% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.38 s
File size
170.60 kB
Words
953
Media files
22
Number of links
165 internal / 28 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Country Dance & Song Society
The length of the page title is perfect. (348 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://cdss.org/
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 953 words. That's ok.
29.8% 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.
8 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 16.05 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" 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 19 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
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...tent/uploads/sitewide/cdss-opengraph.jpgCDSS: Country Dance & Song Society
...tent/uploads/home/walking-musicians.webpStrolling musicians at camp
...ent/uploads/sitewide/calendar-white.webpCalendar
...025-ContraQuebec-Spring-Buds-scaled.webpWhirling contra dancers at ContraQuebec in spring 2024
.../uploads/whats-new/the-old-songs-tn.webpEngraving of singers in a pub to illustrate the poem "The Holy Fair" by Robert Burns. Artist: J.M. Wright; engraver: J. Rogers, 1842.
...s/whats-new/flying-shoes-radio-hour.webpFlying Shoes Radio Hour
...oads/whats-new/board-2025-tn-scaled.webpMap showing CDSS board members around the U.S.
...ds/whats-new/media-scholarship-2025.webpA cartoon hand takes a picture of campers playing music
.../uploads/whats-new/ftm-ang-decarlis.webpFrom the Mic with Ang DeCarlis
.../song-of-the-month/Clayton-Boone-tn.webpA cowboy sits on the ground with his horse, gazing into the distance
...ds/home/infographic-icons/microphone.pngOld-fashioned microphone with sound waves
...uploads/home/infographic-icons/bells.pngmorris bells
...ploads/home/infographic-icons/trophy.pngTrophy with musical notes
...ds/home/infographic-icons/sword-lock.pngA hand holding a sword lock
...ds/home/infographic-icons/cabin-tree.pngCabin and pine tree
...ploads/home/infographic-icons/caller.pngA smiling caller with a microphone
...oads/home/infographic-icons/calendar.pngCalendar
...ds/home/infographic-icons/hands-coin.pngHands receiving a coin
...content/uploads/about/cdss-rectangle.pngCDSS: Country Dance & Song Society
.../uploads/about/individuals-nourished.pngIndividuals nourished and communities strengthened by dancing, singing, and making music together.
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
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
H1 Country Dance & Song Society
H2 Thank you for making our Spring Appeal a success!
H2 What’s New
H2 Navigation
H2 Upcoming Community Events
H3 Individuals nourished and communities strengthened by dancing, singing, and making music together
H3 It’s not too late to donate—just note “spring appeal” on your online or mail donation, send by June 14, and we will count it towards this effort!
H3 Number of donors toward our goal of 100:
H3 Total raised so far toward our goal of $40,000:
H3 In our history, CDSS has…
H3 In the past year, CDSS has…
H3 Asheville Wednesday Evening English Country Dance
H3 Bloomington Contra Dance
H3 Richmond, VA English Country Dance
H3 Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW) English Country Dance
H3 Baltimore Folk Music Society Wednesday Contra Dance
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are too many external links (28) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://cdss.org/Anchor Skip to content
https://cdss.org/IMG-ALT CDSS
https://cdss.org/Country Dance & Song Society
https://cdss.org/Home
https://cdss.org/eventsCalendar of Events
https://commons.cdss.org/s/storeNew window External Subdomain Store 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/login/New window External Subdomain Log In 
/support-our-work/ways-to-give/New window Donate
https://cdss.org/search/Search
https://cdss.org/Text duplicate Country Dance & Song Society
https://cdss.org/Text duplicate Home
https://cdss.org/eventsEvents Calendar
https://commons.cdss.org/s/storeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Store 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/login/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Log In 
/support-our-work/ways-to-give/New window Text duplicate Donate
https://cdss.org/search/Text duplicate Search
https://camp.cdss.org/New window External Subdomain Camps 
/programs/online-workshops/Online Workshops
/programs/web-chats/Web Chats for Organizers
https://cdss.org/eventsFind a Calendar Event
/resources/community-grants/Community Grants
/resources/callers-insurance/Caller’s Insurance
/resources/resource-portal/Resource Portal
/resources/resource-portal/All Resources
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Organizers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Dancers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Callers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Musicians
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Singers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Educators
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...For Families
/resources/disaster-relief-for...Disaster Relief for the Dance and Music Community
/resources/disaster-relief-add...Disaster Relief—Add an Entry
https://cdss.org/publications/All Publications
/publications/read/Read
/publications/read/cdss-news-m...CDSS News Magazine
/publications/read/cds-online/CD+S Online
/publications/read/online-libr...Online Library
/publications/read/archive-col...Archive & Collections at UNH
/publications/read/surveys-and...Surveys & Community Studies
/publications/read/lesson-plans/Lesson Plans
/publications/listen/Listen
/podcasts/contra-pulse/New window Contra Pulse Podcast 
/podcasts/from-the-mic/New window From the Mic Podcast 
/publications/listen/song-of-t...Song of the Month
/publications/watch/Watch
/publications/watch/dance-it-y...Dance It Yourself
/publications/watch/songs-that...Songs That Speak
/publications/watch/5-things-i...5 Things: Inside the Dancing Mind of...
https://camp.cdss.org/online-p...External Subdomain Common Time 
/publications/advertise/Advertise
https://commons.cdss.org/s/gro...New window External Subdomain Affiliate Directory 
/affiliates/for-affiliates/For Affiliates
/affiliates/for-affiliates/aff...Affiliates at Camp
/affiliates/become-an-affiliate/Become an Affiliate
https://commons.cdss.org/s/aff...New window External Subdomain Renew Your Membership 
/affiliates/group-insurance/Group Insurance
/affiliates/nonprofit-exemption/Nonprofit Exemption
/support-our-work/ways-to-give/Ways to Give
/support-our-work/become-a-mem...Become a Member/Renew
/support-our-work/planned-giving/Planned Giving
/support-our-work/special-funds/Special Funds
/about/about-cdss/About CDSS
/about/contact-the-staff/Contact the Staff
/about/strategic-plan-2024-2029/Strategic Plan 2024-2029
/about/governing-board/Board & Bylaws
/about/cultural-equity/Cultural Equity
https://cdss.org/about/history/History
/about/finances-annual-report/Finances & Annual Report
/about/lifetime-contribution-a...Lifetime Contribution Award
https://cdss.org/about/jobs/Jobs
https://cdss.org/about/whats-new/What’s New
https://cdss.org/about/Learn more
https://commons.cdss.org/s/mem...New window External Subdomain Join/Renew
/support-our-work/ways-to-give/Donate
https://cdss.org/events/Find an Event
IMG-ALT Calendar
https://commons.cdss.org/s/don...New window External Subdomain Donate now
/about/whats-new/june-2025-son...IMG-ALT Engraving of singers in a pub to illustrate the poem "The Holy Fair" by Robert Burns. Artist: J.M. Wright; engraver: J. Rogers, 1842.
/about/whats-new/june-2025-son...June 2025 Song of the Month
/publications/listen/song-of-t...“The Old Songs,”
/about/whats-new/the-flying-sh...IMG-ALT Flying Shoes Radio Hour
/about/whats-new/the-flying-sh...The Flying Shoes Radio Hour Episode 2: Wild Asparagus
https://flyingshoes.cdss.org/New window External Subdomain Listen and subscribe!
/about/whats-new/welcome-new-b...IMG-ALT Map showing CDSS board members around the U.S.
/about/whats-new/welcome-new-b...Welcome, New Board Members!
/about/governing-board/Learn more about the board and our bylaws.
/about/whats-new/media-scholar...IMG-ALT A cartoon hand takes a picture of campers playing music
/about/whats-new/media-scholar...Media Scholarship for Camp This Summer
https://docs.google.com/forms/...New window External Subdomain Find more info and apply here!
/about/whats-new/from-the-mic-...IMG-ALT From the Mic with Ang DeCarlis
/about/whats-new/from-the-mic-...From the Mic Episode 31: Ang DeCarlis
/podcasts/from-the-mic/New window From the Mic
/about/whats-new/may-2025-song...IMG-ALT A cowboy sits on the ground with his horse, gazing into the distance
/about/whats-new/may-2025-song...May 2025 Song of the Month
/publications/listen/song-of-t...“Clayton Boone,”
https://cdss.org/?dps_paged=22
https://cdss.org/?dps_paged=33
https://cdss.org/?dps_paged=2323
https://cdss.org/?dps_paged=2Next
https://podcasts.cdss.org/New window External Subdomain podcasts
https://commons.cdss.org/s/storeNew window External Subdomain morris bells
/about/lifetime-contribution-a...Lifetime Contribution Awards
https://cdss.org/about/history/years of tradition
https://camp.cdss.org/New window External Subdomain campers
/resources/resource-portal/resources
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...callers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...organizers
https://cdss.org/eventscalendar events
/resources/community-grants/grants
/event/english-country-dance-a...Asheville Wednesday Evening English Country Dance
A-TITLE Asheville Wednesday Evening English Country Dance
/event/bloomington-contra-danc...Bloomington Contra Dance
A-TITLE Bloomington Contra Dance
/series/richmond-va-wednesday-...A-TITLE Event Series
/event/richmond-va-english-cou...Richmond, VA English Country Dance
A-TITLE Richmond, VA English Country Dance
/event/fsgw-english-country-da...Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW) English Country Dance
A-TITLE Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW) English Country Dance
/series/baltimore-folk-music-s...Text duplicate A-TITLE Event Series
/event/monday-night-english-co...Baltimore Folk Music Society Wednesday Contra Dance
A-TITLE Baltimore Folk Music Society Wednesday Contra Dance
https://cdss.org/events/View Calendar
A-TITLE View more events.
/events/community/add/Submit an Event
https://cdss.org/Text duplicate Country Dance & Song Society
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/cdss....New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/CDSS...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://cdss.org/Text duplicate Home
https://cdss.org/eventsText duplicate Calendar of Events
https://commons.cdss.org/s/storeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Store 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/login/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Log In 
/support-our-work/ways-to-give/New window Text duplicate Donate
https://cdss.org/search/Text duplicate Search
https://cdss.org/Text duplicate Home
https://cdss.org/eventsText duplicate Events Calendar
https://commons.cdss.org/s/storeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Store 
https://commons.cdss.org/s/login/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Log In 
/support-our-work/ways-to-give/New window Text duplicate Donate
https://cdss.org/search/Text duplicate Search
https://camp.cdss.org/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Camps 
/programs/online-workshops/Text duplicate Online Workshops
/programs/web-chats/Text duplicate Web Chats for Organizers
https://cdss.org/eventsText duplicate Find a Calendar Event
/resources/community-grants/Text duplicate Community Grants
/resources/callers-insurance/Text duplicate Caller’s Insurance
/resources/resource-portal/Text duplicate Resource Portal
/resources/resource-portal/Text duplicate All Resources
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Organizers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Dancers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Callers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Musicians
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Singers
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Educators
/resources/resource-portal/?_s...Text duplicate For Families
/resources/disaster-relief-for...Text duplicate Disaster Relief for the Dance and Music Community
/resources/disaster-relief-add...Text duplicate Disaster Relief—Add an Entry
https://cdss.org/publications/Text duplicate All Publications
/publications/read/Text duplicate Read
/publications/read/cdss-news-m...Text duplicate CDSS News Magazine
/publications/read/cds-online/Text duplicate CD+S Online
/publications/read/online-libr...Text duplicate Online Library
/publications/read/archive-col...Text duplicate Archive & Collections at UNH
/publications/read/surveys-and...Text duplicate Surveys & Community Studies
/publications/read/lesson-plans/Text duplicate Lesson Plans
/publications/listen/Text duplicate Listen
/podcasts/contra-pulse/New window Text duplicate Contra Pulse Podcast 
/podcasts/from-the-mic/New window Text duplicate From the Mic Podcast 
/publications/listen/song-of-t...Text duplicate Song of the Month
/publications/watch/Text duplicate Watch
/publications/watch/dance-it-y...Text duplicate Dance It Yourself
/publications/watch/songs-that...Text duplicate Songs That Speak
/publications/watch/5-things-i...Text duplicate 5 Things: Inside the Dancing Mind of...
https://camp.cdss.org/online-p...External Subdomain Text duplicate Common Time 
/publications/advertise/Text duplicate Advertise
https://commons.cdss.org/s/gro...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Affiliate Directory 
/affiliates/for-affiliates/Text duplicate For Affiliates
/affiliates/for-affiliates/aff...Text duplicate Affiliates at Camp
/affiliates/become-an-affiliate/Text duplicate Become an Affiliate
https://commons.cdss.org/s/aff...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Renew Your Membership 
/affiliates/group-insurance/Text duplicate Group Insurance
/affiliates/nonprofit-exemption/Text duplicate Nonprofit Exemption
/support-our-work/ways-to-give/Text duplicate Ways to Give
/support-our-work/become-a-mem...Text duplicate Become a Member/Renew
/support-our-work/planned-giving/Text duplicate Planned Giving
/support-our-work/special-funds/Text duplicate Special Funds
/about/about-cdss/Text duplicate About CDSS
/about/contact-the-staff/Text duplicate Contact the Staff
/about/strategic-plan-2024-2029/Text duplicate Strategic Plan 2024-2029
/about/governing-board/Text duplicate Board & Bylaws
/about/cultural-equity/Text duplicate Cultural Equity
https://cdss.org/about/history/Text duplicate History
/about/finances-annual-report/Text duplicate Finances & Annual Report
/about/lifetime-contribution-a...Text duplicate Lifetime Contribution Award
https://cdss.org/about/jobs/Text duplicate Jobs
https://cdss.org/about/whats-new/Text duplicate What’s New
https://policies.google.com/pr...New window External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://policies.google.com/termsNew window External Subdomain Terms of Service

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://cdss.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 slow (1.38 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 (171 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This page has 19,111 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 114 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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