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Meta information
97% 
Page quality
97% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
85% 
Server
92% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.55 s
File size
35.50 kB
Words
1162
Media files
42
Number of links
134 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The National Gardening Association
The length of the page title is perfect. (320 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Learn how to garden and grow plants successfully from the National Gardening Association. Read articles about vegetables, flowers, and herb and much more.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (978 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://garden.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1162 words. That's ok.
38.9% 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.
19 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 18.92 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 23 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
8 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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https://garden.org/i/p/nga/header/nga.pngHeader
https://garden.org/i/p/btn_newsletter.pngGet our newsletter
data:[...] Base64Icon for search
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https://garden.org/i/p/leaf.pngNo alt attribute provided
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/pics/2021-01-16/gardenfish/b5075e.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/pics/2026-03-15/K_Sauer/05af58.jpgUploaded by K_SauerUploaded by K_Sauer
/pics/2020-04-06/dave/3a4a04-250.jpgFor new gardenersFor new gardeners
/pics/2020-04-06/dave/3cc07e-250.jpgDownloadsDownloads
/pics/2020-04-06/dave/38936e-250.jpgSpring Chores PDFSpring Chores PDF
/pics/2019-02-10/jon/98ea7c-250.jpgFind your zoneFind your zone
/pics/2019-02-10/jon/6d7831-250.jpgFind your last frost dateFind your last frost date
/pics/2019-02-10/jon/f1e884-250.jpgSee your planting calendarSee your planting calendar
/pics/2026-03-14/kniphofia/2539fe-175.jpgPosted by kniphofiaPosted by kniphofia
/pics/2026-03-13/kniphofia/2487d0-175.jpgPosted by kniphofiaPosted by kniphofia
/pics/2026-03-13/kniphofia/ba3966-175.jpgPosted by kniphofiaPosted by kniphofia
/pics/2026-03-13/kniphofia/505005-175.jpgPosted by kniphofiaPosted by kniphofia
/pics/2026-03-12/kniphofia/81b149-175.jpgPosted by kniphofiaPosted by kniphofia
/pics/2026-03-10/KGFerg/35204f-175.jpgPosted by KGFergPosted by KGFerg
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/pics/2026-03-01/Vals_Garden/35caf4-175.jpgPosted by Vals_GardenPosted by Vals_Garden
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/pics/2026-03-09/csandt/8ce6c7-250.jpgUploaded by csandtUploaded by csandt
/pics/2026-03-09/scvirginia/131c0d-250.jpgUploaded by scvirginiaUploaded by scvirginia
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/pics/2026-03-12/LaurieL1017/626430-250.jpgUploaded by LaurieL1017Uploaded by LaurieL1017
/pics/2026-03-14/SunriseSide/a40ed9-250.jpgUploaded by SunriseSideUploaded by SunriseSide
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The National Gardening Association
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 The National Gardening Association
H5 Empty heading
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 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://garden.org/learn/Learning Library Homepage
/learn/howto/grow/Plant Care Guides
/learn/library/foodguide/Food Gardening Guides
/learn/library/weeds/Weed Library
/learn/library/pests/Pest Control Library
https://garden.org/courseweb/Garden Curricula
https://garden.org/ideas/podcast/Podcast
https://garden.org/learn/videos/Videos
/special/downloads/Downloads
https://garden.org/nga/searchqa/Questions and Answers
/ediblelandscaping/Edible Landscaping
/urbangardening/Urban Gardening
/learn/articles/Browse all articles
https://garden.org/plants/Plants Database
/plants/search/text.phpSearch by name
/plants/search/psp/Plant Search Pro
/plants/search/advanced.phpSearch by characteristics
https://garden.org/plants/multi/Plant Combinations
/apps/plant_photos/view/See All New Database Photos
https://garden.org/apps/View All Apps
https://garden.org/apps/calendar/Vegetable Planting Calendar
/apps/frost-dates/Frost Dates Lookup
https://garden.org/apps/swap/Seed Swaps
https://garden.org/lists/Plant Lists
/nga/calculators/Gardening Calculators
https://garden.org/greenpages/Green Pages
https://garden.org/nga/zipzone/Zone Lookup
https://garden.org/newswire/Gardening News
https://garden.org/ideas/Member Ideas
https://garden.org/forums/Forums
https://garden.org/blogs/Blogs
https://garden.org/apps/events/Gardening Calendar of Events
https://garden.org/frogs/Gardening Knowledgebase
https://garden.org/frogs/ask/Ask a Question
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https://garden.org/join/Login
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https://garden.org/IMG-ALT Header
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https://garden.org/getstarted/Do you have a new garden this year? Click here for our Gardening Primer
https://gardenresearch.com/External Visit our Garden Research Website.
https://gardenresearch.com/External gardening market research
https://garden.org/courseweb/gardening courses
/learn/library/foodguide/Food Gardening Guide
/learn/library/weeds/Text duplicate Weed Library
/learn/library/pests/Text duplicate Pest Control Library
https://garden.org/frogs/list/Frequently Asked Gardening Questions
/nga/dictionary/Dictionary of Garden Terms
https://garden.org/ideas/podcast/All Things Plants Podcast
/learn/articles/thousands of articles
/greenpages/browse/nga_books/printed gardening books
https://garden.org/plants/database of plants
/learn/howto/grow/plant care guides
https://garden.org/apps/calendar/Planting Calendar
/apps/frost-dates/first and last frost dates for your area
https://garden.org/nga/zipzone/USDA Hardiness Zone
https://garden.org/apps/events/Calendar of Local Gardening Events
/nga/calculators/Text duplicate Gardening Calculators
https://garden.org/forums/100+ different gardening forums
https://garden.org/greenpages/Text duplicate Green Pages
/apps/photocontest/photo contest
https://garden.org/apps/swap/group seed swaps
/special/offers/newsletter_sig...weekly e-newsletter
/learn/articles/view/1352/Annu...Annuals 101
/learn/articles/view/1352/Annu...No Text
/plants/photo/940951/IMG-ALT Uploaded by K_Sauer
/plants/view/656260/Siberian-I...Siberian Iris (Iris 'Drink Your Tea')
/users/profile/K_Sauer/K_Sauer
https://garden.org/getstarted/IMG-ALT For new gardeners
/special/downloads/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Downloads
/download/pdf/spring_chores.pdfIMG-ALT Spring Chores PDF
https://garden.org/nga/zipzone/IMG-ALT Find your zone
/apps/frost-dates/IMG-ALT Find your last frost date
https://garden.org/apps/calendar/IMG-ALT See your planting calendar
/plants/multi/view/15310/IMG-ALT Posted by kniphofia
/plants/multi/view/15309/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Posted by kniphofia
/plants/multi/view/15308/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Posted by kniphofia
/plants/multi/view/15307/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Posted by kniphofia
/plants/multi/view/15306/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Posted by kniphofia
/plants/multi/view/15305/IMG-ALT Posted by KGFerg
/plants/multi/view/15304/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Posted by kniphofia
/plants/multi/view/15302/IMG-ALT Posted by Vals_Garden
/plants/multi/all/» See more Plant Combinations
/plants/photo/940769/IMG-ALT Uploaded by Jillz
A-TITLE Uploaded by Jillz
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A-TITLE Uploaded by scvirginia
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A-TITLE Uploaded by Floridian
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https://garden.org/Garden.org Homepage
https://garden.org/help/Help using the site
https://garden.org/about/About
https://garden.org/about/contact/Contact
https://garden.org/about/tos/Terms of Service
https://garden.org/about/privacy/Privacy
/users/memberlist/Memberlist
/special/acorns/Acorns
https://garden.org/about/links/Links
https://garden.org/apps/ask/Text duplicate Ask a Question
https://garden.org/getstarted/Getting Started Gardening
https://garden.org/newsletter/Newsletter
https://garden.org/National Gardening Association
https://www.pinterest.com/ngag...External Subdomain Pinterest
https://www.facebook.com/Garde...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/user/n...External Subdomain Youtube
https://www.instagram.com/nati...External Subdomain Instagram
https://linkedin.com/company/g...External Linkedin
/users/profile/Vals_Garden/Vals_Garden
/thread/go/191233/Spring is finally here
https://policies.google.com/pr...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://policies.google.com/termsExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Terms of Service

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://garden.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 0.55 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 (36 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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This page has 3,873 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 651 different ip addresses.

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