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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
68% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
63% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.39 s
File size
108.40 kB
Words
1060
Media files
76
Number of links
57 internal / 64 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Steel,Aluminum,Nickel,Rare earth,new energy,Copper Prices Charts and news-Shanghai Metals Market
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 927 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Metal prices,SMM copper,aluminum,lead,zinc,nickel,tin historical prices and chart,steel and iron ore export and import prices all in Shanghai Metals Market(SMM)
The length of the meta description is perfect. (994 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
Server location: Hong Kong
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1
descriptionMetal prices,SMM copper,aluminum,lead,zinc,nickel,tin historical prices and chart,steel and iron ore export and import prices all in Shanghai Metals Market(SMM)
keywordsMetal prices,Copper,Aluminum Prices Chart,Historical Lead,Nickel,Zinc, Iron Ore Prices
next-head-count10
langen
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charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
The average number of words per sentence of 31 words is high.
This page contains 1060 words. That's ok.
20.2% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
10 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
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,minimum-scale=1,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 21 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
23 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)
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 SMM Spot Metal Prices
H2 Metal Spot Trading Intensity Ratio?
H2 SMM metal import arbitrage
H2 SMM Analytics & Forecast
H2 Metals Industry Database
H2 Events
H2 Metal Futures Prices
H2 Inventory
H2 SPECIAL ISSUES
H2 Publication
H2 Webinar
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 too many external links (64) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.metal.com/New window IMG-ALT The Leading Metals Information Provider
https://play.google.com/store/...New window External Subdomain Android
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/...New window External Subdomain iOS
/holiday-pricing-scheduleHoliday Pricing Schedule
/free-trial?source=metal.wwwFREE TRIAL
https://www.metal.com/compCompliance Centre
https://news.metal.com/announc...External Subdomain Announcements
https://www.metal.com/th/homeNew window IMG-ALT language-icon
https://www.metal.com/id/homeNew window Text duplicate IMG-ALT language-icon
https://www.metal.com/vn/homeNew window Text duplicate IMG-ALT language-icon
https://www.metal.com/fr/homeNew window Text duplicate IMG-ALT language-icon
https://www.metal.com/ru/homeNew window Text duplicate IMG-ALT language-icon
https://www.metal.com/es/homeNew window Text duplicate IMG-ALT language-icon
https://www.metal.com/pt/homeNew window Text duplicate IMG-ALT language-icon
https://www.metal.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT The Leading Metals Information Provider
https://user.metal.com/membershipExternal Subdomain Membership
https://www.metal.com/priceMarkets
https://news.metal.com/External Subdomain News
/Iron-Ore-IndexIron Ore Index
/Iron-Ore-PriceIron Ore Price
https://www.metal.com/CokeCoke
https://www.metal.com/CoalCoal
https://www.metal.com/Pig-IronPig Iron
/Steel-BilletSteel Billet
/Finished-SteelFinished Steel
https://www.metal.com/SolarSolar
https://www.metal.com/LithiumLithium
https://www.metal.com/CobaltCobalt
/Cathode-MaterialCathode Material
https://www.metal.com/PhosphorusPhosphorus
/Carbon-AnodeCarbon Anode
https://www.metal.com/SeparatorSeparator
https://www.metal.com/ElectrolyteElectrolyte
/Battery-Cell-And-ModuleBattery Cell And Module
/Battery-RecyclingBattery Recycling
/Nickel-And-ManganeseNickel And Manganese
/Other-MaterialsOther Materials
/Sodium-ion-BatterySodium-ion Battery
/Hydrogen-EnergyHydrogen Energy
https://www.metal.com/dashboardPrice Center
https://data-pro.metal.com/External Subdomain DatabasePro
https://publications.metal.com/External Subdomain Reports
/events/conferencesEvents
https://car.metal.com/External Subdomain Car Insight
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ad_top
/Lithium/201905160001New window Industrial-Grade Lithium Carbonate(USD/mt)
/Lithium/201102250059New window Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate(USD/mt)
/Copper/201102250376New window SMM 1# Copper Cathode(USD/mt)
/Aluminum/201102250311New window SMM A00 Aluminum Ingot(USD/mt)
/Lead/201102250211New window SMM #1 Lead(USD/mt)
/Zinc/201102250173New window SMM 0# Zinc(USD/mt)
/Tin/201102250140New window SMM #1 Tin Ingot(USD/mt)
/Nickel/201102250239New window SMM #1 Nickel(USD/mt)
/Cobalt/201102250375New window Refined Cobalt(USD/mt)
/Nickel/201908270001New window Battery-Grade Nickel Sulphate(USD/mt)
/Cobalt/201102250381New window Cobalt Sulphate(USD/mt)
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain Profit Margin Supports Production Pace, Impact from Construction Steel Maintenance Changes from Increase to Decrease According to the SMM survey, the impact ...
https://news.metal.com/list/an...New window External Subdomain Analysis
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain The "Illusion of Slight Increase" in China's Blister Copper RCs: A Brief Analysis of Supply-Demand Imbalance in the August Market [SMM Analysis] SMM Analysis...
https://news.metal.com/list/an...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Analysis
https://news.metal.com/list/ex...New window External Subdomain Exclusive
https://news.metal.com/list/in...New window External Subdomain Industry
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain MMi Daily Iron Ore Report (August 4) After opening, DCE iron ore futures first fell and then rose. The most-traded contract I2509 eventually closed at 790.5,...
https://news.metal.com/list/an...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Analysis
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain SMM Exclusive: Overview of China Metal Production in July 2025 and Forecast for August SMM's monthly production data for base metals is released at the end o...
https://news.metal.com/list/an...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Analysis
https://news.metal.com/list/ex...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Exclusive
https://news.metal.com/list/in...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Industry
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain Data: SHFE, DCE market movement (Aug 04) The following table shows the ferrous and nonferrous metals movement on the SHFE and DCE on 04 Aug, 2025
https://news.metal.com/list/an...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Analysis
https://news.metal.com/External Subdomain View More
https://data-pro.metal.com/?fr...New window External Subdomain Get it Now
/events/conferences/SMM-LME-Me...New window SMM LME Metals Seminar 2025 Oct 14,2025 - Oct 14,2025
IMG-ALT time
https://li-ion_battery_china.m...New window External Li-ION BATTERY China Oct 20,2025 - Oct 21,2025
IMG-ALT time
https://ni-cr-mn-stainlessstee...New window External Subdomain APAC (10th) Ni-Cr-Mn Stainless Steel & New Energy Conference 2025 Oct 20,2025 - Oct 21,2025
IMG-ALT time
/events/conferencesText duplicate View More
https://platform.metal.com/cb/...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT ad_event
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain Lithium Carbonate Futures Collapse Below 70,000 yuan/mt, Reflecting Shift from Market Sentiment to Fundamentals, Medium-to-Long Term Outlook Remains Pessimis...
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain Vedanta sees Aluminium costs falling below $1,700/t in H2FY26 as Sijimali bauxite mine nears approval
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain China TOP 15 Power Battery Installations in H1 2025, with CATL and BYD Dominating
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain Critical Minerals Race Intensifies Amid Price Floors, Espionage and New Alliances
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain After Guinea’s Licence Crackdown, a Suspended Bauxite Operator Eyes a Comeback
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain 【SMM Announcement】New Price Point Announcement for ‘SMM Indonesia Cobalt in MHP, outright price, FOB Indonesia, $/cobalt tonne’
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain 【SMM Announcement】 Announcement on Adjusting the Naming of "SMM Indonesia MHP FOB Price"
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain [SMM Announcement] New Price Index "SMM Cobalt Metal (In warehouse Rotterdam)"
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain [SMM Announcement] Consultation on New Price Index "SMM Refined Cobalt (In warehouse Rotterdam)"
https://news.metal.com/newscon...New window External Subdomain SMM Official Announcement: Launch of EXW Dar es Salaam and EXW Durban EQ Copper Cathode Premium Assessments
https://publications.metal.com/New window External Subdomain Free Trial
https://www.metal.com/events/liveNew window Text duplicate View More
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/...New window Nofollow External Subdomain App Store
IMG-ALT icon
https://play.google.com/store/...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Google Play
IMG-ALT icon
/privacy-policyNew window Privacy Policy
https://www.metal.com/compNew window Text duplicate Compliance Centre
https://static-metal.smm.cn/pr...New window External Subdomain SMM Credit Service
https://www.metal.com/contact-usNew window Contact Us
https://www.metal.com/about-usNew window About Us
/terms-conditionsNew window Terms & Conditions
https://www.metal.com/sitemapNew window Sitemap
/holiday-pricing-scheduleNew window Text duplicate Holiday Pricing Schedule
https://rss.metal.com/New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/smm_...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/CnMetalsNew window Nofollow External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/smm.c...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/@Shang...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://play.google.com/store/...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.metal.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 is very slow (2.39 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 (108 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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This page has backlinks from 101 referring domains.
This page has 4,308 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 97 different ip addresses.

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Nickel58%Check
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