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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
97% 
Page quality
46% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
43% 
Server
100% 
External factors
54% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.39 s
File size
219.10 kB
Words
333
Media files
14
Number of links
91 internal / 32 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
History Through Fiction | Discover Historical Fiction Today
The length of the page title is perfect. (515 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Explore authentic historical fiction grounded in thorough research. Discover engaging stories, author insights, and literary events that bring history to life.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (934 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.historythroughfiction.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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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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twitter:cardsummary
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 333 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
22.2% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 23 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" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 7 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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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
History Through Fiction
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 History Through Fiction
H2 About
H2 Subscribe to our mailing list!
H2 Media Contact
H2 Contact Us!
H3 Titles
H3 Submission Guidelines
H3 Authors
H3 Store
H3 Member Organizations
H4 Colin Mustful Founder & Editor [email protected]
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
4 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 (32) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to Content
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https://www.instagram.com/hist...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@histor...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.pinterest.com/hist...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.threads.net/@histo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://colinmustful.substack....New window External Subdomain No Text
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/about-usAbout us
/publish-with-usPublish with Us
/meet-the-teamMeet the Team
/authorsAuthors
/titlesTitles
/submissionguidelinesSubmission Guidelines
/blogBlog
/podcastPodcast
/storeStore
/eventsEvents
/htf-conference-welcomeConference Attendee Area
/htf-conferenceAbout the Conference
/htf-conference/sponsorsSponsors
/lodgingLodging
/conference-accessibilityAccessibility
/conference-book-signingConference Book Signing
/servicesEditing Services
/short-story-contestShort Story Contest
/advertiseAdvertise With Us
/virtual-workshopsVirtual Workshops
/guest-blog-post-requestGuest Blog Post Request
/beta-reader-matching-programBeta Reader Matching Program
/subscribeSubscribe
/cartNo Text
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/member-area-homepageHistorical Readers Club
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https://www.instagram.com/hist...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@histor...New window External Subdomain No Text
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/publish-with-usText duplicate Publish with Us
/meet-the-teamText duplicate Meet the Team
/authorsText duplicate Authors
/titlesText duplicate Titles
/submissionguidelinesText duplicate Submission Guidelines
/blogText duplicate Blog
/podcastText duplicate Podcast
/storeText duplicate Store
/eventsText duplicate Events
/htf-conference-welcomeText duplicate Conference Attendee Area
/htf-conferenceText duplicate About the Conference
/htf-conference/sponsorsText duplicate Sponsors
/lodgingText duplicate Lodging
/conference-accessibilityText duplicate Accessibility
/conference-book-signingText duplicate Conference Book Signing
/servicesText duplicate Editing Services
/short-story-contestText duplicate Short Story Contest
/advertiseText duplicate Advertise With Us
/virtual-workshopsText duplicate Virtual Workshops
/guest-blog-post-requestText duplicate Guest Blog Post Request
/beta-reader-matching-programText duplicate Beta Reader Matching Program
/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
/cartNo Text
/cartNo Text
/member-area-homepageText duplicate Historical Readers Club
/aboutFolder: About
/Back
/about-usText duplicate About us
/publish-with-usText duplicate Publish with Us
/meet-the-teamText duplicate Meet the Team
/authorsText duplicate Authors
/titlesText duplicate Titles
/submissionguidelinesText duplicate Submission Guidelines
/blogText duplicate Blog
/podcastText duplicate Podcast
/storeText duplicate Store
/eventsText duplicate Events
/conferenceFolder: Conference
/Text duplicate Back
/htf-conference-welcomeText duplicate Conference Attendee Area
/htf-conferenceText duplicate About the Conference
/htf-conference/sponsorsText duplicate Sponsors
/lodgingText duplicate Lodging
/conference-accessibilityText duplicate Accessibility
/conference-book-signingText duplicate Conference Book Signing
/resources-and-servicesFolder: Resources & Services
/Text duplicate Back
/servicesText duplicate Editing Services
/short-story-contestText duplicate Short Story Contest
/advertiseText duplicate Advertise With Us
/virtual-workshopsText duplicate Virtual Workshops
/guest-blog-post-requestText duplicate Guest Blog Post Request
/beta-reader-matching-programText duplicate Beta Reader Matching Program
/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
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https://www.instagram.com/hist...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@histor...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.pinterest.com/hist...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.threads.net/@histo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://colinmustful.substack....New window External Subdomain No Text
/member-area-homepageText duplicate Historical Readers Club
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/authorsIMG-ALT typewriter-2095754_1920.jpg
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https://www.facebook.com/Histo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/hist...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@histor...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.pinterest.com/hist...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.threads.net/@histo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://colinmustful.substack....New window External Subdomain No Text
/blogVisit our Blog
/subscribeNew window Subscribe to our Newsletter!
https://www.ibpa-online.org/de...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.clmp.org/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://mipa.org/New window External No Text
https://www.midwestbooksellers...New window External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.historythroughfiction.com/"
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 excellent with 0.39 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (219 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 18 referring domains.
This page only has 31 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 18 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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History Through Fiction | Discover Historical Fiction Today
Explore authentic historical fiction grounded in thorough research. Discover engaging stories, author insights, and literary events that bring history to life.

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Fiction87%Check
Historical Fiction72%Check
bring history67%Check
Historical Fiction Today63%Check
Short Story59%Check
Historical56%Check
Discover Historical Fiction55%Check
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Historical Research51%Check
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