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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
86% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
96% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.47 s
File size
37.80 kB
Words
574
Media files
13
Number of links
77 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network
The length of the page title is perfect. (480 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) - information on the marine species and habitats of the British Isles to support conservation, management and planning
The length of the meta description is perfect. (991 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is specified.
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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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
keywordsmarine life, biodiversity, species, habitats, science, evidence, sensitivity, traits, conservation, management, planning, ,
descriptionMarine Life Information Network (MarLIN) - information on the marine species and habitats of the British Isles to support conservation, management and planning
generatorFear of Mice Website Management via Fuel CMS
langen-gb
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 574 words. That's ok.
26.5% 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.
7 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 18.5 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)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
Some tags are too long. With 83 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"marlin provides information to support marine conservation, management and planning"
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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)
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
/assets/images/public/marlin-logo.pngMarLIN logo
/assets/images/public/marlin-logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
/assets/images/public/sponsors/defra.jpgDepartment for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
.../images/public/sponsors/johnellerman.pngJohn Ellerman Foundation
...mages/public/sponsors/jncclogo-large.pngJoint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
/assets/images/public/sponsors/NE-logo.pngNatural England
/assets/images/public/sponsors/snh.pngScottish Natural Heritage
/assets/images/public/sponsors/nrw_logo.pngNatural Resources Wales
/assets/images/public/sponsors/daera.pngDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
.../images/public/sponsors/scottish-gov.jpgScottish Government
/assets/images/public/mba-logo-white.pngMarine Biological Association
/assets/images/public/fr-logo-white.pngFundraising Regulator logo
...tivecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.pngCreative Commons License

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The Marine Life Information Network
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 The Marine Life Information Network
H2 Navigation
H2 Marine biodiversity and conservation
H2 Marine evidence and sensitivity assessment
H2 Supported by
H3 Species
H3 Listed species
H3 Habitats
H3 Listed habitats
H3 Sensitivity assessments
H3 Sensitivity assessment method
H3 Sensitivity evidence
H3 Evidence based resources and tools
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 23 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/No Text
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesSpecies list
/species/az/scientificBrowse (A-Z)
/species/taxonomyTaxonomic tree
/gallery/speciesSpecies gallery
/species/habitatsregulationsConservation of Species and Habitats Regulations
/species/nerc/niNorthern Ireland Priority Species
/species/osparOSPAR Annex V
/species/pmfPriority Marine Features (Scotland)
/species/sblScottish Biodiversity List
/species/fociSpecies of Conservation Interest (SOCI)
/species/nerc/englandSpecies of Principal Importance (England)
/species/nerc/walesSpecies of Principal Importance (Wales)
/species/ukbapUK Biodiversity Action Plan species
/species/wandcWildlife & Countryside Act (1981)
/species/wandcniWildlife Northern Ireland Order (1985)
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatsHabitat list
/habitats/azText duplicate Browse (A-Z)
/habitats/eunisEUNIS list
/habitats/biotopesUK Marine Habitat Classification list
/gallery/habitatsHabitats gallery
/habitats/annex1Habitats Directive
/habitats/hociHabitats of Conservation Interest (HOCI)
/habitats/hpiHabitats of Principal Importance
/habitats/osparText duplicate OSPAR Annex V
/habitats/pmfText duplicate Priority Marine Features (Scotland)
/habitats/ukbapUK Biodiversity Action Plan habitats
/habitats/azBrowse A-Z by habitat
/species/az/scientificBrowse A-Z by species
/habitats/biotopesText duplicate UK Marine Habitat Classification list
/activity/habitats_reportSensitivity of selected habitats
/activity/pressures_reportSensitivity to selected pressures
/sensitivity/sensitivity_ratio...Marine Evidence based Sensitivity Assessment (MarESA) (Summary)
/sensitivity/SNCB-benchmarksMarESA pressures and benchmarks
/publicationsMarESA Guide (or manual)
/sensitivity/contaminantsSensitivity of contaminant pressures
/data-extractMarESA data products
/fisheriesmanagement/public_html/New window Effects of fishing
https://www.mba.ac.uk/indicato...New window External Subdomain Seabed indicator species
/publicationsMarLIN publications
http://ukmpa.marinebiodiversit...New window External Subdomain UK Marine SACs Project
/gallery/impactsActivity gallery
http://www.marlin.ac.uk/biotic/New window BIOTIC (Biological Traits Information Catalogue)
https://www.researchgate.net/p...New window External Subdomain Marine Macrofaua Genus Traits Handbook (MMGTH)
/biotic/resources.phpNew window Traits resources
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/asmEcosystem services and the universal Asset Service Matrix (uASM)
/asm/searchSearch habitats, species, and ecosystem services
/asm/contributeContribute data
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/asm/mapVisualise habitats and ecosystem services
/biodiversity_conservationLearn more
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/evidenceText duplicate Learn more
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/newsWhat's New?
A-TITLE What's New
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/donateDonate
A-TITLE Donate
/galleryhomeGallery
A-TITLE Gallery of images
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/glossaryGlossary
A-TITLE Glossary of scientific terms
/bibliographyBibliography
A-TITLE Bibliography
/publicationsNew window Publications
A-TITLE MarLIN Publications
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/biotic/New window BIOTIC
A-TITLE BIOTIC (Biological Traits Information Catalogue)
https://www.dassh.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain DASSH
A-TITLE Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH)
https://www.mba.ac.uk/learn-wi...New window External Subdomain Learning Zone
A-TITLE Learning Zone
https://www.mba.ac.uk/recording/New window External Subdomain Sealife survey
A-TITLE Sealife survey
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/contactNew window A-TITLE Contact us...
https://www.facebook.com/group...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Find us on Facebook...
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/rssNew window A-TITLE MarLIN News RSS Feed
https://www.gov.uk/government/...New window External IMG-ALT Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
http://ellerman.org.uk/New window External IMG-ALT John Ellerman Foundation
https://jncc.gov.uk/New window External IMG-ALT Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
https://www.gov.uk/government/...New window External IMG-ALT Natural England
http://www.snh.gov.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Scottish Natural Heritage
http://naturalresourceswales.g...New window External IMG-ALT Natural Resources Wales
https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
http://www.gov.scot/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Scottish Government
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/Anchor Skip to footer
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/newsText duplicate What's New?
A-TITLE What's New
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/donateText duplicate Donate
A-TITLE Donate
/galleryhomeText duplicate Gallery
A-TITLE Gallery of images
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/glossaryText duplicate Glossary
A-TITLE Glossary of scientific terms
/bibliographyText duplicate Bibliography
A-TITLE Bibliography
/publicationsNew window Text duplicate Publications
A-TITLE MarLIN Publications
https://biotic.marlin.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate BIOTIC
A-TITLE BIOTIC (Biological Traits Information Catalogue)
https://www.dassh.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate DASSH
A-TITLE Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH)
https://www.mba.ac.uk/learn-wi...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learning Zone
A-TITLE Learning Zone
https://www.mba.ac.uk/recording/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Sealife survey
A-TITLE Sealife survey
https://www.mba.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Marine Biological Association
A-TITLE MBA Website
/termsandconditionsTerms and Conditions
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/aboutAbout MarLIN
/accessibilityAccessibility
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/contactContact us
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/fundingFunding
/galleryhomeText duplicate Gallery
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/glossaryText duplicate Glossary
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/privacyPrivacy
/sponsorshipSponsorship
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/contactcontact us
https://www.fundraisingregulat...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Fundraising Regulator logo
http://creativecommons.org/lic...External IMG-ALT Creative Commons License
https://creativecommons.org/li...New window External Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
/termsandconditionsterms and conditions
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/www.marlin.ac.uk

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.marlin.ac.uk/"
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 0.47 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 (38 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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servernginx
dateFri, 19 Dec 2025 15:40:08 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length7848
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
set-cookie129 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
age0
x-cacheMISS
accept-rangesbytes
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 53 referring domains.
This page has 91 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 49 different ip addresses.

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Home - MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network
Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) - information on the marine species and habitats of the British Isles to support conservation, management and planning

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KeywordResultRecheck
Marine84%Check
Marine Life80%Check
Marine Life Information80%Check
MarLIN78%Check
Marine Life Information Network78%Check
Information77%Check
Information Network76%Check
Life73%Check
Marine Conservation72%Check
marine species69%Check
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