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Meta information
0% 
Page quality
63% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
65% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
3.12 s
File size
90.60 kB
Words
434
Media files
14
Number of links
97 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - IHS Online
The page title is too short. (168 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
International Horn Society
The meta description is too short. (159 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
The rules specified in the robots.txt file do not allow the access for the bingbot respectively the MSN-Bot.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.hornsociety.org/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 434 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
These Typos were found:
  • harrassment => harassment
21.7% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 25 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 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
/images/brand-v4.pngIHS Online
...a/com_acym/images/front-green-banner.pngnewsletter subscription form header
...acym/images/front-green-black-footer.pngnewsletter subscription form header
/images/Symposia/main_square2.jpgmain square2
/images/fb-mono-36.pngfb mono 36
/images/insta-mono-36.pnginsta mono 36
/images/yt-mono-36.pngyt mono 36
...pp/assets/images/ios_prompt/add2home.svgProgressive Web App | Add to Homescreen
...ebapp/assets/images/ios_prompt/share.svgProgressive Web App | Share Button
...webapp/assets/images/smartphone_icon.pngMobile Phone

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Newsletter Archive
H2 Join Us in Kraków, Poland for the 58th International Horn Symposium
H3 Upcoming Events
H4 Subscribe to Horn and More, the IHS Newsletter
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.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 7 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/the-horn-callThe Horn CallThe IHS Journal
/the-horn-call-podcastThe Horn Call PodcastListen or Subscribe Here
/horn-and-more/archive/listingHorn and MoreThe IHS Newsletter
/horn-excerptsHorn Excerpts
https://hornsociety.org/jdonateDonate
/join-the-ihsJoin
https://hornsociety.org/cb-loginLogin
https://facebook.com/Internati...New window External No Text
https://instagram.com/internat...New window External No Text
https://youtube.com/channel/UC...New window External No Text
https://hornsociety.org/IMG-ALT IHS Online
https://hornsociety.org/Home
https://hornsociety.org/about-usAbout Us
/about-us/mission-vision-value...Mission, Vision, Values and Goals
/about-us/people/administrativ...Administrative Staff
/about-us/people/officersOfficers
/about-us/people/advisory-councilAdvisory Council
/about-us/people/student-advis...Student Advisory Council
/about-us/people/editorial-staffEditorial Staff
/about-us/people/program-coord...Program Coordinators
/about-us/people/u-s-area-repr...U.S. Area Representatives
/about-us/people/country-and-r...Country and Regional Representatives
/about-us/people/punto-award-r...Punto Award Recipients
/about-us/people/honorary-membersHonorary Members
/about-us/people/service-medal...Service Medal Honorees
/about-us/the-ihs-archiveThe IHS Archive
/programs/regional-workshops-a...Regional Workshops and Assistance Grants
/programs/worldwide-workshopsWorldwide Workshops
/programs/awards-and-competitionsAwards and Competitions
/programs/awards-and-competiti...Composition Contest
/programs/composition-sheet-mu...Meir Rimon Commissions
/programs/composition-sheet-mu...Extended Techniques Examples
/symposium/event/1IHS 58
/symposiums/past-international...Past International Symposia
/symposiums/hosting-a-symposiumHosting a Symposium
/symposiums/symposium-highlightsSymposium Highlights
/news-and-events/advertising/t...The Horn Call Ads
/news-and-events/advertising/o...Online Ads
/news-and-events/advertising/p...Podcast Advertising
/news-and-events/events-calendarEvents Calendar
/news-and-events/horn-and-more...Horn and More Newsletter
/news-and-events/socials?view=...Socials
/news-and-events/press-releasesPress Releases
/shop/online-music-salesIHS: The First 50 Years
/shop/online-music-salesOnline Music Sales
https://www.cafepress.com/prof...External Subdomain IHS Logo Merchandise
/shop/the-horn-call-back-issuesThe Horn Call Back Issues
https://hornsociety.org/contactContact
/publications/e-newsletterIMG-ALT newsletter subscription form header
/publications/e-newsletterNewsletter Archive
/news-and-events/events-calend...X Encontro Brasileiro de Trompistas
/news-and-events/events-calend...III Festival de Cornos Panamá 2025
/news-and-events/events-calend...IHS Horn Day - Belgium/Luxembourg
/news-and-events/events-calend...2026 Southwest Horn Workshop
/news-and-events/events-calend...Mid-South Horn Workshop in the Pineywoods
/news-and-events/events-calend...58th International Horn Symposium
/network/eventsMore...
/symposium/event/1Text duplicate 58th International Horn Symposium
/about-us/mission-vision-value...Text duplicate Mission, Vision, Values and Goals
/organizational-resources/lega...Legal Information
https://hornsociety.org/contactText duplicate Contact
https://facebook.com/HornSocietyNew window External IMG-ALT fb mono 36
https://www.instagram.com/inte...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT insta mono 36
https://www.youtube.com/@inter...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT yt mono 36
/networking/section-listingsSection Listings
/networking/teachers-databaseTeachers Database
/networking/horn-clubs-and-choirsHorn Clubs and Choirs
/networking/repair-techiniciansRepair Technicians
/networking/instrument-dealersInstrument Dealers
/networking/instrument-makersInstrument Makers
/networking/sheet-music-dealersSheet Music Dealers
/networking/publishersPublishers
/networking/recordingsRecordings
/join-b/why-join-the-ihsWhy Join the IHS?
/join-the-ihsJoin the IHS
/join-b/friendship-projectFriendship Project
/join-b/gift-membershipsGift Memberships
/members-only-access/horn-call...The Horn Call Archive
/members-only-access/horn-call...Extras from The Horn Call
/members-only-access/members-o...Members Only Discounts
/members-only-access/philip-fa...Philip Farkas - The Horn
/members-only-access/hill-on-hornHill on Horn
/members-only-access/european-...European Style Surveys
/members-only-access/horn-tunesHorn Tunes
/members-only-access/honorary-...Honorary Member Audio
/members-only-access/thesis-le...Thesis Lending Library
/members-only-access/annual-re...Annual Reports
/members-only-access/bylawsBylaws
/members-only-access/policies-...Policies and Procedures
/members-only-access/address-p...Address/Profile Updates
/members-only-access/renewRenew/Upgrade
/the-horn-callThe Horn Call Journal
/the-horn-call-podcastThe Horn Call Podcast
/horn-and-more/archive/listingText duplicate Horn and More Newsletter
/index.php?option=com_content&...Subdomain contact
/index.php?option=com_content&...Subdomain privacy policy
/index.php?option=com_docman&v...Subdomain legal Information
/index.php?option=com_docman&v...Subdomain harrassment policy
/index.php?option=com_content&...Subdomain distancing disclaimer
https://hornsociety.org/Anchor No Text
/cb-forgot-loginSubdomain Forgot Login?
/cb-registrationSubdomain Sign up
/cb-forgot-loginSubdomain Text duplicate Forgot Login?
/cb-registrationSubdomain Text duplicate Sign up

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://hornsociety.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 very slow (3.12 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 (91 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding,User-Agent
expiresWed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
pragmano-cache
set-cookie110 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
access-control-allow-origin*
timing-allow-origin*
last-modifiedSun, 10 Aug 2025 18:02:27 GMT
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
dateSun, 10 Aug 2025 18:02:25 GMT
serverApache
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 159 referring domains.
This page has 279 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 53 different ip addresses.

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