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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
90% 
Page quality
77% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.33 s
File size
237.10 kB
Words
1078
Media files
24
Number of links
95 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Observing Leslie
The page title is too short. (150 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Adventures, mishaps, and musings from an American from the United States living in Switzerland. Join me.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (658 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
crawlable_no_youbot
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://observingleslie.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 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)
There are 6 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: As always, the bolded titles on the list of books I finished in Q3 202...
  • Duplicate 2: I’m surprised at how often people ask me what language I dream in, now...
  • Duplicate 3: The reactions you get when you have an accent and people know or can a...
This page contains 1078 words. That's ok.
36.7% 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.
22 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 18.53 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 "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 22 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
WHat’s Observing Leslie?
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 WHat’s Observing Leslie?
H1 subscribe
H1 support
H2 thinking
H2 WAndering
H2 Migrating
H2 journal
H2 Most popular
H2 Editor's Picks
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/magazine?category=WanderingWandering
/magazine?category=MigratingMigrating
/magazine?category=JournalJournal
/subscribeSubscribe
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https://bsky.app/profile/lesli...New window External No Text
http://vimeo.com/lesliefarnsworthNew window External No Text
http://pinterest.com/observing...New window External No Text
http://instagram.com/Observing...New window External No Text
/magazine?category=ThinkingText duplicate Thinking
/magazine?category=WanderingText duplicate Wandering
/magazine?category=MigratingText duplicate Migrating
/magazine?category=JournalText duplicate Journal
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/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
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/magazine/books-ive-read-q3-2026IMG-ALT Books I've Read: Q3 2026
/magazine/books-ive-read-q3-2026Text duplicate Books I've Read: Q3 2026
/magazine/books-ive-read-q3-2026Read more →
/magazine/multilingual-people-...IMG-ALT Multilingual People and Dreams: What Language Do You Dream In?
/magazine/multilingual-people-...Text duplicate Multilingual People and Dreams: What Language Do You Dream In?
/magazine/multilingual-people-...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/when-seasons-change-...IMG-ALT When Seasons Change, Humans Change: A Reframing
/magazine/when-seasons-change-...Text duplicate When Seasons Change, Humans Change: A Reframing
/magazine/when-seasons-change-...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/la-brisole-in-switze...IMG-ALT La Brisolée in Switzerland: The Story of the Swiss Chestnut Feast
/magazine/la-brisole-in-switze...Text duplicate La Brisolée in Switzerland: The Story of the Swiss Chestnut Feast
/magazine/la-brisole-in-switze...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/what-is-observing-le...Trivial anchor text
Read More
/magazine?category=ThinkingSee All in Thinking
/magazine/the-galop-infernal-s...IMG-ALT The “Galop Infernal” Starts a Stampede: The History of the French Cancan
/magazine/the-galop-infernal-s...Text duplicate The “Galop Infernal” Starts a Stampede: The History of the French Cancan
/magazine/the-galop-infernal-s...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/how-to-improve-your-...IMG-ALT How to Improve Your Patience: Advice Gleaned from Accidentally Improving Mine
/magazine/how-to-improve-your-...Text duplicate How to Improve Your Patience: Advice Gleaned from Accidentally Improving Mine
/magazine/how-to-improve-your-...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/that-date-works-the-...IMG-ALT That Date Works: The Story behind Switzerland's National Day
/magazine/that-date-works-the-...Text duplicate That Date Works: The Story behind Switzerland's National Day
/magazine/that-date-works-the-...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/category/WanderingSee All in Wandering
/magazine/what-to-do-on-a-rain...IMG-ALT What to Do on a Rainy Day in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
/magazine/what-to-do-on-a-rain...Text duplicate What to Do on a Rainy Day in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
/magazine/what-to-do-on-a-rain...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/how-id-spend-a-week-...IMG-ALT How I’d Spend a Week of Vacation in Switzerland
/magazine/how-id-spend-a-week-...Text duplicate How I’d Spend a Week of Vacation in Switzerland
/magazine/how-id-spend-a-week-...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/my-favorite-road-tri...IMG-ALT My Favorite Road Trips in France (So Far!)
/magazine/my-favorite-road-tri...Text duplicate My Favorite Road Trips in France (So Far!)
/magazine/my-favorite-road-tri...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/category/MigratingSee All in Migrating
/magazine/multilingual-people-...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Multilingual People and Dreams: What Language Do You Dream In?
/magazine/multilingual-people-...Text duplicate Multilingual People and Dreams: What Language Do You Dream In?
/magazine/multilingual-people-...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/three-ideas-for-buil...IMG-ALT Three Ideas for Building Social Connection and Community
/magazine/three-ideas-for-buil...Text duplicate Three Ideas for Building Social Connection and Community
/magazine/three-ideas-for-buil...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/how-people-react-to-...IMG-ALT How People React to Accents in Everyday Life: My Observations
/magazine/how-people-react-to-...Text duplicate How People React to Accents in Everyday Life: My Observations
/magazine/how-people-react-to-...Text duplicate Read more →
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/magazine/books-ive-read-q3-2026Text duplicate Books I've Read: Q3 2026
/magazine/books-ive-read-q3-2026Text duplicate Read more →
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/magazine/month-in-review-high...Text duplicate Month-in-Review Highlights: September 2026
/magazine/month-in-review-high...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/month-in-review-high...IMG-ALT Month-in-Review Highlights: August 2026
/magazine/month-in-review-high...Text duplicate Month-in-Review Highlights: August 2026
/magazine/month-in-review-high...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/good-people-make-mis...IMG-ALT Good People Make Mistakes
/magazine/good-people-make-mis...Text duplicate Good People Make Mistakes
/magazine/good-people-make-mis...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/trip-planning-tips-a...IMG-ALT Trip Planning Tips and Tricks: How I Plan My Travel
/magazine/trip-planning-tips-a...Text duplicate Trip Planning Tips and Tricks: How I Plan My Travel
/magazine/trip-planning-tips-a...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/best-novels-for-fren...IMG-ALT Best Novels for French Language Learners by CEFRL Level
/magazine/best-novels-for-fren...Text duplicate Best Novels for French Language Learners by CEFRL Level
/magazine/best-novels-for-fren...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/how-people-react-to-...Text duplicate IMG-ALT How People React to Accents in Everyday Life: My Observations
/magazine/how-people-react-to-...Text duplicate How People React to Accents in Everyday Life: My Observations
/magazine/how-people-react-to-...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/why-people-dont-lear...IMG-ALT Why People Don’t Learn the Local Language
/magazine/why-people-dont-lear...Text duplicate Why People Don’t Learn the Local Language
/magazine/why-people-dont-lear...Text duplicate Read more →
/magazine/how-to-prioritize-th...IMG-ALT How to Prioritize the Loire Valley Châteaux
/magazine/how-to-prioritize-th...Text duplicate How to Prioritize the Loire Valley Châteaux
/magazine/how-to-prioritize-th...Text duplicate Read more →
/subscribeNew window Learn More
/supportText duplicate Learn More
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https://observingleslie.com/Anchor Spotlight Post
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https://observingleslie.com/Anchor Exclusives
https://observingleslie.com/aboutAbout
/contactContact
https://observingleslie.com/faqFAQ
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http://vimeo.com/lesliefarnsworthNew window External No Text
http://pinterest.com/observing...New window External No Text
http://instagram.com/Observing...New window External No Text
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://observingleslie.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 0.33 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (237 kB).

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,090 referring domains.
This page has 2,137 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,284 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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Observing Leslie
Adventures, mishaps, and musings from an American from the United States living in Switzerland. Join me.

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Leslie82%Check
Observing Leslie82%Check
Switzerland54%Check
Language43%Check
Thinking43%Check
Wandering43%Check
Journal43%Check
Swiss43%Check
French43%Check
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