Hihostels.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
77% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
71% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.70 s
File size
218.10 kB
Words
678
Media files
8
Number of links
80 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Hostelling International – Discover the real hostel experience
The length of the page title is perfect. (542 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://hihostels.com/
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover
robotsmax-image-preview:large
generatorElementor 3.20.0; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, block_editor_assets_optimize, e_image_loading_optimization; settings: css_print_method-internal, google_font-enabled, font_display-swap
langen-us
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 678 words. That's ok.
31.1% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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 13.67 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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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data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
HOSTELS & INSPIRATION
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 HOSTELS & INSPIRATION
H2 Say HI to the world
H2 Say HI to the world Duplicate text
H2 Say HI to the world Duplicate text
H2 OUR MISSION
H2 Our partners
H2 Discover the World
H4 Austria Is Calling, Iconic Cities, Alpine Thrills & Lakeside Bliss
H4 Stayokay Amsterdam Stadsdoelen, The Netherlands
H4 Make 2026 A Year Of Responsible Travel With HI
H4 HI Lake Louise Alpine Centre, Canada
H4 Uncover The Heart & Soul Of Portugal
H4 YHA Sydney Central, Australia
H4 Global Partnership With Airalo
H4 YHA London Central, England
H4 Global Partnership With Bounce
H4 Crans-Montana, Switzerland
H4 Say HI To Belgium, One Hostel At A Time
H4 Hamburg Auf dem Stintfang, Germany
H4 Join our community of travellers with more than 2,63 million members from around the world.
H4 Sustainable Hostelling
H4 Top Tips For Sustainable Travel
H4 Why Travel With HI?
H4 Subscribe To The HI Newsletter
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://hihostels.com/No Text
/our-network-of-hostels/Our Network
/join-hostelling-international/Join HI
/search-hostels/Search Hostels
/experiences/Experiences
https://blog.hihostels.com/New window External Subdomain HI Blog
/why-travel-with-hi/Why travel with HI?
/hostel-faqs/What is a Hostel?
/mission-and-values/Mission and Values
https://hihostels.com/our-story/Our Story
/sustainable-hostelling/Sustainable Hostelling
/global-initiatives/Global Initiatives
/local-initiatives/Local Initiatives
/how-to-be-a-sustainable-trave...How to be a sustainable traveller
/youth-panel/Our Youth Panel
https://membership.hihostels.com/New window External Subdomain Buy Membership
/about-membership/About Membership
/travel-discounts/Benefits & Discounts
/membership-faqs/Membership FAQs
/membership-terms-conditions/Membership Terms & Conditions
/advertise-and-partner-with-hi/Become a Membership Partner
https://hihostels.com/groups/Groups
/our-network-of-hostels/Text duplicate Our Network
/join-hostelling-international/Text duplicate Join HI
/search-hostels/Text duplicate Search Hostels
/experiences/Text duplicate Experiences
https://blog.hihostels.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate HI Blog
/why-travel-with-hi/Text duplicate Why travel with HI?
/hostel-faqs/Text duplicate What is a Hostel?
/mission-and-values/Text duplicate Mission and Values
https://hihostels.com/our-story/Text duplicate Our Story
/sustainable-hostelling/Text duplicate Sustainable Hostelling
/global-initiatives/Text duplicate Global Initiatives
/local-initiatives/Text duplicate Local Initiatives
/how-to-be-a-sustainable-trave...Text duplicate How to be a sustainable traveller
/youth-panel/Text duplicate Our Youth Panel
https://membership.hihostels.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Buy Membership
/about-membership/Text duplicate About Membership
/travel-discounts/Text duplicate Benefits & Discounts
/membership-faqs/Text duplicate Membership FAQs
/membership-terms-conditions/Text duplicate Membership Terms & Conditions
/advertise-and-partner-with-hi/Text duplicate Become a Membership Partner
https://hihostels.com/groups/Text duplicate Groups
https://hihostels.com/Anchor Explore
/experiences/Discover
/about-membership/BECOME A MEMBER
https://blog.hihostels.com/202...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
READ MORE
/hostels/stayokay-amsterdam-st...New window Nofollow Visit
https://blog.hihostels.com/202...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/hostels/hi-lake-louise/New window Nofollow Text duplicate Visit
https://blog.hihostels.com/202...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/hostels/sydney-sydney-central...New window Nofollow Text duplicate Visit
https://blog.hihostels.com/202...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read more
/hostels/yha-london-central/Nofollow Text duplicate Visit
https://blog.hihostels.com/202...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/hostels/crans-montana/New window Nofollow Text duplicate Visit
https://blog.hihostels.com/202...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/hostels/hamburg-auf-dem-stint...New window Nofollow VISIT
/about-membership/Become a member
/sustainable-hostelling/New window Nofollow LEARN MORE
/how-to-be-a-sustainable-trave...New window Nofollow Text duplicate LEARN MORE
/why-travel-with-hi/New window Nofollow Text duplicate LEARN MORE
/advertise-and-partner-with-hi/Learn more
/privacy-policy/New window You can learn more about our privacy practices here.
https://hihostels.com/No Text
https://hihostels.com/about-hi/About HI
/find-hostels/Discover Great Hostels
/youth-hostel-association/YHA – Youth Hostel Association
/join-hostelling-international/Text duplicate Join HI
/travel-discounts/Text duplicate Benefits & Discounts
/hostels-membership-faqs/Hostels & Membership FAQs
https://hihostels.com/about-hi/Text duplicate About HI
/find-hostels/Text duplicate Discover Great Hostels
/youth-hostel-association/Text duplicate YHA – Youth Hostel Association
/join-hostelling-international/Text duplicate Join HI
/travel-discounts/Text duplicate Benefits & Discounts
/hostels-membership-faqs/Text duplicate Hostels & Membership FAQs
/jobs-and-volunteering/Jobs & Volunteering
/advertise-and-partner-with-hi/Advertise & Partner with HI
/travel-insurance/Travel Insurance
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
/website-terms-of-use/Terms of use
https://hihostels.com/contact/Contact Us
/jobs-and-volunteering/Text duplicate Jobs & Volunteering
/advertise-and-partner-with-hi/Text duplicate Advertise & Partner with HI
/travel-insurance/Text duplicate Travel Insurance
/privacy-policy/Text duplicate Privacy Policy
/website-terms-of-use/Text duplicate Terms of use
https://hihostels.com/contact/Text duplicate Contact Us
https://www.facebook.com/Hoste...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/hiho...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/h...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Youtube
https://www.tiktok.com/@hihostelsNew window External Subdomain Tiktok
https://hihostels.com/Anchor A-TITLE Back to top

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://hihostels.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.70 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 (218 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 12 Feb 2026 23:08:41 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-encodingbr
varyAccept-Encoding
link<https://hihostels.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
permissions-policygeolocation=(), microphone=(), camera=(), fullscreen=(self)
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-powered-byWP Engine
x-cacheableSHORT
cache-controlmax-age=600, must-revalidate
x-cacheHIT: 6
x-cache-groupnormal
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
set-cookie279 Characters
servercloudflare
cf-ray9ccfbfd41e2b038e-FRA
alt-svch3=":443"; ma=86400
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 501 referring domains.
This page has 11,883 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 280 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Crawl-delay: 10

Sitemap: https://hihostels.com/wp-sitemap.xml

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Hostels63%Check
INSPIRATION55%Check
Hostelling54%Check
Travel Inspiration53%Check
Hostelling International51%Check
Discover50%Check
Hostelling International Discover50%Check
Say HI49%Check
travel47%Check
Sustainable Travel47%Check
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