Sonnysbbq.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
48% 
Server
76% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.74 s
File size
143.90 kB
Words
1421
Media files
34
Number of links
93 internal / 45 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Southern BBQ since 1968 - Sonny's, The Best BBQ Restaurant
The length of the page title is perfect. (566 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Savor the taste of Sonny's, the Best BBQ Restaurant with a mission to satisfy cravings & spread kindess one meal at a time. Stop by for real slow-smoked BBQ.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (984 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
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
viewportinitial-scale=1,minimum-scale=1,width=device-width
theme-color#ffffff
msapplication-TileColor#b91d47
descriptionSavor the taste of Sonny's, the Best BBQ Restaurant with a mission to satisfy cravings & spread kindess one meal at a time. Stop by for real slow-smoked BBQ.
robotsindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1, max-image-preview:large
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twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleSouthern BBQ since 1968 - Sonny's, The Best BBQ Restaurant
twitter:descriptionSavor the taste of Sonny's, the Best BBQ Restaurant with a mission to satisfy cravings & spread kindess one meal at a time. Stop by for real slow-smoked BBQ.
twitter:site@sonnysbbq
twitter:creator@sonnysbbq
twitter:imagehttps://www.sonnysbbq.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sonnys-to-go.jpeg
twitter:label1Written by
twitter:data1Vert Digital
twitter:label2Time to read
twitter:data2Less than a minute
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleSouthern BBQ since 1968 - Sonny's, The Best BBQ Restaurant
og:descriptionSavor the taste of Sonny's, the Best BBQ Restaurant with a mission to satisfy cravings & spread kindess one meal at a time. Stop by for real slow-smoked BBQ.
og:urlhttps://www.sonnysbbq.com/
og:site_nameSonny's BBQ
og:updated_time2025-06-03T09:07:59-04:00
og:imagehttps://www.sonnysbbq.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sonnys-to-go.jpeg
og:image:secure_urlhttps://www.sonnysbbq.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sonnys-to-go.jpeg
og:image:width1708
og:image:height650
og:image:altSonny's take out
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
charsetUTF-8

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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 1421 words. That's ok.
29% 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.
10 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 14.41 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "initial-scale=1,minimum-scale=1,width=device-width" 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 28 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
17 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...ets/dist/images/sonnys-logo_knockout.pngSonny's BBQ: Local Pitmasters Since 68
...s/2025/06/2025.03-Sonnys5086-400x267.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s/2025/06/2025.03-Sonnys5086-768x512.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...5/menu-summer-seasonal-bbq-wedge_lg.jpegSummer Seasonal Menu BBQ Wedge Salad at Sonny's BBQ.
...-louis-ribs-sweet-and-smokey-ribs-lg.jpgSignature BBQ St Louis Sweet and Smokey Ribs at Sonny's BBQ
.../menu-pitmaster-picks-pork-3-ways-lg.jpgPork Three Ways Pitmaster Picks at Sonny's BBQ
...01/menu-sandwiches-sweet-carolina-sm.jpgSweet Carolina Sandwich
...ts/dist/images/68-watermark_knockout.pngSince '68 graphic
...2023/10/random-acts-of-bbq-logo_dark.pngRandom Acts of BBQ Logo
...loads/2023/10/art-of-bbq-highlight_1.jpgSonny's Random Acts of BBQ
...loads/2023/10/art-of-bbq-highlight_3.jpgSonny's Random Acts of BBQ
...loads/2023/10/art-of-bbq-highlight_2.jpgSonny's Random Acts of BBQ
...loads/2023/10/art-of-bbq-highlight_4.jpgSonny's Random Acts of BBQ
...5/05/Feature-Kindness-Caravan-scaled.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...25/04/Feature-RABBQ-Surprises-scaled.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ntent/uploads/2024/04/Feature-Nurses.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Feature-CKO.pngNo alt attribute provided
...content/uploads/2025/02/Feature-RAKW.pngNo alt attribute provided
...oads/2025/01/Feature-Law-Enforcement.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ent/uploads/2024/11/Feature-Veterans.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ads/2024/10/Feature-First-Responders.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ent/uploads/2024/08/Feature-Teachers.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ntent/uploads/2025/06/FB-Summer-Menu.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...content/uploads/2025/06/IG-Tillamook.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/X-Potato.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/FB-Sliders.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/TT-Menu.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/LI-Kindness.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...q/assets/dist/images/sonnys-logo_red.pngSonny's BBQ: Local Pitmasters Since 68
.../assets/dist/images/q-crew-logo_dark.pngSonny's BBQ 'Q Crew

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Best BBQ restaurant... anywhere
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 37 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Best BBQ restaurant... anywhere
H2 Explore Sonny’s BBQ Menu
H2 Discover Sonny's Art of BBQ
H2 Making the world better, one delicious deed at a time.
H2 @SonnysBBQ
H2 ‘Q Crew Rewards Signup Confirmation
H2 Important note!
H2 Great to see you again!
H3 Get Fired Up for Summer Flavors
H3 Summer Seasonal Menu
H3 Signature BBQ
H3 Pitmaster Picks
H3 BBQ Sandwiches
H3 Craftsmanship in Every Bite since ‘68
H3 The Latest
H3 Kindness Caravan: Sonny’s CKO Surprises Gainesville Heroes for Founder’s Day
H3 RABBQ Roundup: Team Member Since 1986 among Sonny’s Surprises for Kindness
H3 Sonny’s Offers Free Pork Big Deal for National Nurses Week
H3 Meet Our New Chief Kindness Officer: Elden S.
H3 Kindness on the Menu: How We Celebrated Random Acts of Kindness Week with BBQ
H3 Law Enforcement Appreciation at Sonny’s: Nominate a Hero for Free BBQ
H3 Sonny’s Veterans Day Offer: Free Pork Big Deals
H3 Sonny’s First Responders Offer: Free Pork Big Deal
H3 Sonny’s Teacher Offer: Free Pork Big Deal With Coupon
H3 Our Digital Dining Table
H3 The Basics
H3 Your Favorites
H3 Hear from us
H3 Thanks for the Update
H4 #ItsAlwaysSonnysHere
H4 Birthdate
H4 Your Sonny’s
H4 What’s your favorite Sonny’s sauce?
H4 What’s your favorite Sonny’s dish?
H4 Would you consider Sonny’s BBQ for Catering?
H4 What occasions would you consider Catering?
H4 Check the boxes for emails you’d like to receive.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 2 links with a trivial 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 too many external links (45) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/Anchor Skip Navigation
https://order.thanx.com/sonnysbbqNew window External Subdomain Order Takeout, opens in a new tab
https://order.thanx.com/sonnysbbqNew window External Subdomain Order Delivery, opens in a new tab
https://order.thanx.com/sonnysbbqNew window External Subdomain Order Curbside, opens in a new tab
https://catering.sonnysbbq.com/New window External Subdomain online
https://catering.sonnysbbq.com/External Subdomain Order Catering Online
/cateringEmail your Sonny's
/cateringCall your Sonny's
/cateringCatering Menu
/locationsLocation Details
/locationsMore Locations
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/menuMenu
/locationsLocations
/cateringCatering
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/rewardsRewards
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/Sonny's BBQ Homepage
IMG-ALT Sonny's BBQ: Local Pitmasters Since 68
/locationsFind a Sonny's
https://order.thanx.com/sonnysbbqNew window External Subdomain Order Now
https://order.thanx.com/sonnysbbqNew window External Subdomain Order
/specialsSee All
/specials/summer-menu/Subdomain Get Fired Up for Summer Flavors
https://order.thanx.com/sonnysbbqExternal Subdomain Order Get Fired Up for Summer Flavors online
/specials/summer-menu/Subdomain See more Get Fired Up for Summer Flavors details
/art-of-bbqTrivial anchor text
More
https://sonnysbbq.cashstar.com/New window External Subdomain Buy Gift Cards, opens in a new tab
/art-of-bbqThe Art of BBQ
/from-the-smoker/category/bbq-...Pitmaster Profiles
/from-the-smoker/BBQ Techniques & Basics
/from-the-smoker/BBQ Recipes
/specials/find-sauce-near-meFind Our Sauce Near You
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/aboutText duplicate Trivial anchor text
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https://www.sonnysbbq.com/careersCareers
/q-the-kindness‘Q the Kindness
/from-the-smoker/Random Acts of BBQ
/from-the-smoker/News & Events
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/contactContact
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/faqsFAQS
/locationsText duplicate More Locations
https://order.thanx.com/sonnysbbqExternal Subdomain Order Takeout
https://order.thanx.com/sonnysbbqExternal Subdomain Order Delivery
https://order.thanx.com/sonnysbbqExternal Subdomain Order Curbside
https://catering.sonnysbbq.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate online
https://catering.sonnysbbq.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Order Catering Online
/cateringEmail your Sonny’s
/cateringCall your Sonny’s
/cateringText duplicate Catering Menu
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/menuText duplicate Menu
/locationsText duplicate Locations
/cateringText duplicate Catering
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/rewardsText duplicate Rewards
/specialsSpecials
https://sonnysbbq.cashstar.com/New window External Subdomain Gift Cards, opens in a new tab
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/careersCareers Now Hiring!
https://apps.apple.com/app/son...New window External Subdomain Download App on the Apple App Store, opens in new window
https://play.google.com/store/...New window External Subdomain Download App on Google Play, opens in new window
/art-of-bbqArt of BBQ
/from-the-smoker/category/bbq-...Text duplicate Pitmaster Profiles
/q-the-kindnessText duplicate ‘Q the Kindness
/from-the-smokerFrom the Smoker
/specials/find-sauce-near-meText duplicate Find Our Sauce Near You
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/aboutAbout Sonny’s
https://sonnysbbqfranchise.com/New window External Franchising
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/faqsFAQs
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/contactText duplicate Contact
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/pressMedia
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/menuView Menu & Start Order
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/Anchor Jump to menu
/specials/summer-menu/Subdomain Text duplicate Get Fired Up for Summer Flavors
https://order.thanx.com/sonnysbbqExternal Subdomain Order Get Fired Up for Summer Flavors online now
/specials/summer-menu/Subdomain Text duplicate See more Get Fired Up for Summer Flavors details
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/menu/Summer Seasonal Menu
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/menu/Signature BBQ
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/menu/Pitmaster Picks
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/menu/BBQ Sandwiches
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/menuView Full Menu
/from-the-smoker/category/bbq-...Text duplicate Pitmaster Profiles
/art-of-bbqHow we do BBQ
/q-the-kindness/Nominate Someone
/from-the-smoker/category/rand...View Stories
/from-the-smoker/kindness-cara...Subdomain Kindness Caravan: Sonny’s CKO Surprises Gainesville Heroes for Founder’s Day
/from-the-smoker/rabbq-roundup...Subdomain RABBQ Roundup: Team Member Since 1986 among Sonny’s Surprises for Kindness
/from-the-smoker/sonnys-nurses...Subdomain Sonny’s Offers Free Pork Big Deal for National Nurses Week
/from-the-smoker/chief-kindnes...Subdomain Meet Our New Chief Kindness Officer: Elden S.
/from-the-smoker/random-acts-o...Subdomain Kindness on the Menu: How We Celebrated Random Acts of Kindness Week with BBQ
/from-the-smoker/law-enforceme...Subdomain Law Enforcement Appreciation at Sonny’s: Nominate a Hero for Free BBQ
/from-the-smoker/sonnys-vetera...Subdomain Sonny’s Veterans Day Offer: Free Pork Big Deals
/from-the-smoker/sonnys-first-...Subdomain Sonny’s First Responders Offer: Free Pork Big Deal
/from-the-smoker/sonnys-teache...Subdomain Sonny’s Teacher Offer: Free Pork Big Deal With Coupon
https://www.facebook.com/sonny...New window External Subdomain ☀️ New at Sonny's in June ☀️, opens in a new tab
https://www.instagram.com/sonn...New window External Subdomain This collab will have you cheesin', opens in a new tab
https://x.com/SonnysBBQ/status...New window External say hello to the $11 Loaded BBQ Potato, opens in a new tab
https://www.facebook.com/photo...New window External Subdomain Pork, Chicken and Brisket, oh my. , opens in a new tab
https://www.tiktok.com/@sonnys...New window External Subdomain A hot new menu has entered the villa 🔥, opens in a new tab
https://www.linkedin.com/posts...New window External Subdomain Trailblazing Kindness. ❤️, opens in a new tab
https://facebook.com/sonnysbbqNew window External Follow us on Facebook, opens in a new tab
https://twitter.com/sonnysbbqNew window External Follow us on X (Formerly Twitter), opens in a new tab
https://instagram.com/sonnysbbqNew window External Follow us on Instagram, opens in a new tab
https://www.tiktok.com/@sonnysbbqNew window External Subdomain Follow us on TikTok, opens in a new tab
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Follow us on LinkedIn, opens in a new tab
https://apps.apple.com/app/son...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Download App on the Apple App Store, opens in new window
https://play.google.com/store/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Download App on Google Play, opens in new window
https://apps.apple.com/app/son...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Download App on the Apple App Store, opens in new window
https://play.google.com/store/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Download App on Google Play, opens in new window
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/Text duplicate Sonny's BBQ Homepage
IMG-ALT Sonny's BBQ: Local Pitmasters Since 68
https://facebook.com/sonnysbbqNew window External Text duplicate Follow us on Facebook, opens in a new tab
https://twitter.com/sonnysbbqNew window External Follow us on Twitter X, opens in a new tab
https://instagram.com/sonnysbbqNew window External Text duplicate Follow us on Instagram, opens in a new tab
http://bit.ly/sonnysbbqyoutubeNew window External Follow us on YouTube, opens in a new tab
https://www.tiktok.com/@sonnysbbqNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow us on TikTok, opens in a new tab
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow us on LinkedIn, opens in a new tab
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/menuText duplicate Menu
/locationsText duplicate Locations
/cateringText duplicate Catering
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/rewardsText duplicate Rewards
/specialsText duplicate Specials
https://sonnysbbq.cashstar.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Gift Cards, opens in a new tab
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/careersText duplicate Careers Now Hiring!
/art-of-bbqText duplicate Art of BBQ
/from-the-smoker/category/bbq-...Text duplicate Pitmaster Profiles
/q-the-kindnessText duplicate ‘Q the Kindness
/from-the-smokerText duplicate From the Smoker
/specials/find-sauce-near-meText duplicate Find Our Sauce Near You
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/aboutText duplicate About Sonny’s
https://sonnysbbqfranchise.com/New window External Text duplicate Franchising
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/faqsText duplicate FAQs
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/contactText duplicate Contact
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/pressText duplicate Media
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/appMobile App
/manifestoManifesto
/join-the-sonnys-bbq-influence...Brand Ambassadors
/accessibility-policyAccessibility
/privacy-policyPrivacy
/terms-of-useTerms of Use
/safety-standardsSafety Standards
https://app.thanx.com/privacy/...New window External Subdomain Privacy Policy, opens in new tab
https://app.thanx.com/terms/so...New window External Subdomain Terms of Use, opens in new tab
https://signup.thanx.com/sonny...New window External Subdomain Login at Thanx, opens in new tab
/catering/Subdomain Catering has you Covered.

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.sonnysbbq.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 of 0.74 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 (144 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 09 Jun 2025 08:13:50 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
x-powered-byWP Engine
link<https://www.sonnysbbq.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
x-cacheablebot
cache-controlmax-age=10800, must-revalidate
x-cacheHIT: 64
x-cache-groupbot
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
set-cookie283 Characters
servercloudflare
cf-ray94cf2c022ad46fbe-CDG
content-encodingbr
alt-svch3=":443"; ma=86400
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 645 referring domains.
This page has 12,138 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 432 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Crawl-delay: 10

Sitemap: https://www.sonnysbbq.com/sitemap_index.xml

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Savor the taste of Sonny's, the Best BBQ Restaurant with a mission to satisfy cravings & spread kindess one meal at a time. Stop by for real slow-smoked BBQ.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

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BBQ Restaurant85%Check
Best BBQ85%Check
Best BBQ Restaurant81%Check
Sonny73%Check
best72%Check
restaurant72%Check
favorite Sonny55%Check
time50%Check
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