Houseplans.southernliving.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
93% 
Page quality
70% 
Page structure
62% 
Link structure
50% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.40 s
File size
54.70 kB
Words
527
Media files
10
Number of links
81 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Floor Plans & Home Designs | Southern Living House Plans
The length of the page title is perfect. (534 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Find blueprints for your dream home, from country house plans to lowcountry cottages, luxury designs and more, all tailored to fit your lifestyle!
The length of the meta description is perfect. (876 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://houseplans.southernliving.com/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 527 words. That's ok.
23.5% 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.
8 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 15.4 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.
This page only loads 2 JavaScript files. That's good!
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: (888) 846-5131
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
6 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
The HTTPS protocol for secure data transmission is not used.

Media list

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...chitect_RickBlack-MamaCrovattsHouse.webpNo alt attribute provided
...2d851015/CoastalCollection_Bohicket.webpNo alt attribute provided
...179-fa54959a/PlanPortfolios_Gilliam.webpNo alt attribute provided
...mage/166653-ba7ea19c/Tout_Magazines.webpHouse Plan Magazines
...9180-7de13acd/ProjectPlan_PondHouse.webpNo alt attribute provided
...798-f8bef1e5/ao-customize-infoblock.webpNo alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Architectural Overflow, LLC

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
WELCOME TO SOUTHERN LIVING HOUSE PLANS
The H1 heading contains the words WELCOME TO! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 WELCOME TO SOUTHERN LIVING HOUSE PLANS
H2 Meet Keswick Springs - the 2025 Idea House!
H2 Top Sellers and
H2 Fan Favorites
H2 Serenity Cove Cottage
H2 Featured Architect
H2 Coastal Living Collection
H3 Plan Portfolios
H3 Plan Magazines
H3 Project Plans
H3 Customize Any Plan
H4 House Plans Newsletter
H4 Customize Your House Plan
H5 Follow us
H5 Follow us Duplicate text
H5 Get in Touch
H5 Follow us Duplicate text
H5 House Plans
H5 Information
H5 Customization
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
14 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 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/website/social/facebookNew window No Text
/website/social/twitterNew window No Text
/website/social/instagramNew window No Text
https://www.pinterest.com/sout...New window External Subdomain No Text
/website/social/youtubeNew window No Text
/IMG-ALT Southern Living House Plans
/shop/cart0 My Cart
/shop/wishlist0 Wishlist
/web/loginSign in
/Home
/shop/category/house-plans-26Plan Search
/shop/category/coastal-living-...Coastal Living Plans
/shop/category/favorite-house-...Our Favorites
/shop/category/house-plan-coll...Plans by Designer
/shop/category/house-plans-by-...Plans by Feature
/shop/category/house-plan-coll...Plans by Garage Size
/shop/category/house-plan-coll...Plans by Style
/shop/category/see-house-plans...See Them Built!
/shop/category/materialsMaterial Lists
/shop/category/project-plans-24Project Plans
/customizeCustomization Info
/request-a-quoteRequest a Quote
https://www.southernlivingcust...New window External Subdomain Custom Home Builders
https://southernlivinginspired...New window External Inspired Communities
/shop/category/ebooksHomebuilding eBooks
/shop/category/magazinesHouse Plan Magazines
/shop/category/resource-guideIdea House Resource Guides
/shop/category/portfolioPortfolio Collections
/contactusContact Us
/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Southern Living House Plans
/shop/cartNo Text
/shop/wishlistNo Text
/Text duplicate Home
/shop/category/house-plans-26Text duplicate Plan Search
/shop/category/coastal-living-...Text duplicate Coastal Living Plans
/shop/category/favorite-house-...Text duplicate Our Favorites
/shop/category/house-plan-coll...Text duplicate Plans by Designer
/shop/category/house-plans-by-...Text duplicate Plans by Feature
/shop/category/house-plan-coll...Text duplicate Plans by Garage Size
/shop/category/house-plan-coll...Text duplicate Plans by Style
/shop/category/see-house-plans...Text duplicate See Them Built!
/shop/category/materialsText duplicate Material Lists
/shop/category/project-plans-24Text duplicate Project Plans
/customizeText duplicate Customization Info
/request-a-quoteText duplicate Request a Quote
https://www.southernlivingcust...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Custom Home Builders
https://southernlivinginspired...New window External Text duplicate Inspired Communities
/shop/category/ebooksText duplicate Homebuilding eBooks
/shop/category/magazinesText duplicate House Plan Magazines
/shop/category/resource-guideText duplicate Idea House Resource Guides
/shop/category/portfolioText duplicate Portfolio Collections
/website/social/facebookNew window No Text
/website/social/twitterNew window No Text
/website/social/instagramNew window No Text
https://www.pinterest.com/sout...New window External Subdomain No Text
/website/social/youtubeNew window No Text
/web/loginText duplicate Sign in
/contactusText duplicate Contact Us
/shop/keswick-springsTake a Closer Look!
/shop/category/top-selling-hou...View the Collection
/Anchor Previous
A-TITLE Previous
/Anchor Next
A-TITLE Next
/shop/serenity-cove-cottageView Featured House Plan
/shop/category/richard-black-h...View the Plan Inventory
/shop/category/coastal-living-...View this Collection
/shop/category/portfolioNew window See All Portfolios
/shop/category/magazinesView Magazines
/shop/category/project-plansView Project Plans
http://architecturaloverflow.com/New window External Architectural Overflow
/customizeLearn More
/customizeLearn M​​ore​​
/contactusContact us
/website/social/facebookNew window No Text
/website/social/instagramNew window No Text
https://www.pinterest.com/sout...New window External Subdomain No Text
/website/social/twitterNew window No Text
/website/social/youtubeNew window No Text
/Text duplicate Home
/shop/category/house-plans-26Text duplicate Plan Search
/plan-collectionsPlan Collections
/shop/category/project-plans-24Text duplicate Project Plans
/shop/category/products-magazi...Books and Magazines
/about-usAbout Us
/about-our-house-plansAbout Our House Plans
/frequently-asked-questionsFAQs
/terms-and-conditionsTerms and Conditions
https://www.dotdashmeredith.co...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
/customizeCustomize Any Plan
/request-a-quoteText duplicate Request a Quote
/Anchor A-TITLE Scroll To Top
http://http/www.architecturalo...New window External IMG-ALT Architectural Overflow, LLC
https://www.aollc.net/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Architectural Overflow, LLC

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
The checked page does not redirect to another URL.
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 0.40 seconds.
This page only loads 1 CSS files. That's ok.
This page only loads 2 JavaScript files. That's good!
The file size of the HTML document is fine (55 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 12 Aug 2025 09:54:56 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
transfer-encodingchunked
connectionkeep-alive
set-cookie66 Characters
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
serverOdoo.sh
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 89 referring domains.
This page has 676 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 58 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Disallow: /*?sort=
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Floor Plans & Home Designs | Southern Living House Plans
Find blueprints for your dream home, from country house plans to lowcountry cottages, luxury designs and more, all tailored to fit your lifestyle!

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
Plans97%Check
House Plans97%Check
House96%Check
Living House Plans92%Check
Living House89%Check
Southern Living House Plans89%Check
Southern Living House86%Check
Southern Living81%Check
Living80%Check
Southern77%Check
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