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Meta information
71% 
Page quality
45% 
Page structure
41% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.08 s
File size
111.30 kB
Words
433
Media files
5
Number of links
126 internal / 17 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens - Photo Tips and Travel Guides for Photographers - Photography Locations + Photogenic Experiences
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 1571 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
Publishing creative photo tips, photography career advice and travel guides to photography locations around the world - written by a photographer for photographers.
The meta description is too long: 1011 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.thewanderinglens.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 prev meta tag on this page.
Rel next URL https://www.thewanderinglens.com/page/2/
The rel next and prev tags are set correctly.
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)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 433 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
22.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.33 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 17 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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 9 tags for this page.
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)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens
The H1 heading is too long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wa...
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 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 17 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.facebook.com/group...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/wandering_...External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/the_...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.pinterest.com.au/w...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/in/li...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.thewanderinglens.com/IMG-ALT Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens
https://www.thewanderinglens.com/Home
/the-travel-photography-club-a...Join The Club
/category/photography/photogra...Travel Guides
/category/destinations/the-wan...Asia
/the-best-hong-kong-photo-loca...Hong Kong
/japan-kyoto-photography-locat...Kyoto
/macao-photography-locations/Macao
/singapore-photography-locations/Singapore
/tokyo-photography-locations/Tokyo
/category/destinations/the-wan...Europe
/dubrovnik-croatia-your-photog...Dubrovnik
/best-iceland-photography-loca...Iceland South Coast
/photography-locations-iceland...Iceland’s Snæfellsnes Peninsula
/your-guide-to-the-best-photog...Florence
/photography-locations-lofoten...Lofoten Islands
/best-photography-locations-mo...Monaco
/best-photography-locations-be...Mykonos
/the-paris-edition-your-guide-...Paris
/best-photography-locations-pr...Prague
/beautiful-villages-provence-f...Provence, France
/santorini-photo-locations-a-g...Santorini
/venice-edition-photography-lo...Venice
/category/world/Rest of the World
/banff-national-park-photograp...Banff National Park
/guide-best-dubai-photography-...Dubai
/edinburgh-photography-locatio...Edinburgh
/glasgow-photography-locations/Glasgow
/ilulissat-greenland-photograp...Ilulissat, Greenland
/isle-skye-photography-locations/Isle of Skye
/golden-revelstoke-canada-guide/Kootenay Rockies
/london-photo-walk-the-stopove...London
/marrakech-the-best-six-places...Marrakech
/arizona-photography-locations/Northern Arizona, USA
/oahu-hawaii-a-guide-to-the-be...Oahu, Hawaii
/best-photography-locations-qu...Queenstown
/whitsunday-islands/Whitsunday Islands
/category/travel/visual_hotel_...Visual Hotel Reviews
/category/travel/visual_hotel_...Island Resorts
/category/travel/visual_hotel_...Luxury Hotels
/category/travel/visual_hotel_...Unique Places to Stay
/category/destinations/Destinations
/category/destinations/the-wan...Asia Pacific
/category/destinations/australia/Australia
/category/destinations/cook-is...Cook Islands
/category/destinations/japan/Japan
/category/destinations/maldives/Maldives
/category/destinations/new-zea...New Zealand
/category/destinations/singapore/Text duplicate Singapore
/category/destinations/the-wan...Text duplicate Europe
/category/destinations/croatia/Croatia
/category/destinations/czech-r...Czech Republic
/category/destinations/france/France
/category/destinations/germany/Germany
/category/destinations/greece/Greece
/category/destinations/iceland/Iceland
/category/destinations/italy/Italy
/category/destinations/monaco/Text duplicate Monaco
/category/destinations/norway-...Norway
/category/destinations/scandin...Scandinavia
/category/destinations/sweden-...Sweden
/category/destinations/switzer...Switzerland
/category/world/Text duplicate Rest of the World
/category/destinations/canada/Canada
/category/destinations/chile/Chile
/category/destinations/greenland/Greenland
/category/destinations/england/England
/category/destinations/morocco/Morocco
/category/destinations/namibia/Namibia
/category/destinations/scotlan...Scotland
/category/travel/visual_hotel_...Photogenic Stays
https://www.travelphotographyc...External Subdomain Online Courses + Resources
https://www.travelphotographyc...External Subdomain The Freelance Travel Photographer Course
https://www.travelphotographyc...External Subdomain Photography eBooks
https://www.travelphotographyc...External Subdomain The Print Store Launch Pad Course
https://www.travelphotographyc...External Subdomain The 3-Week Composition Reset
https://www.travelphotographyc...External Subdomain Lightroom Presets
/category/photography/Photo Tips
/category/photography/career-t...Career Tips
/category/photography/photogra...Text duplicate Photo Tips
/category/photography/setting-...Setting the Scene
/category/photography/underwat...Underwater Photography
/about-the-wandering-lens/About
https://www.store.thewandering...External Subdomain Contact Lisa
/work-with-the-wandering-lens/Work with The Wandering Lens
/about-the-wandering-lens/The Wandering Lens Story
/whats-in-my-bag-packing-essen...What’s in my bag?
/category/popular-posts/Popular Posts
/category/photography/photogra...Destination Guides
/beyond-arashiyama-bamboo-grov...Beyond the Bamboo Grove: Photographing the Quieter Side of Arashiyama
/beyond-arashiyama-bamboo-grov...Read Here...
/category/destinations/chile/Text duplicate Chile
/photographing-puma-in-torres-...Photographing Puma in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
/photographing-puma-in-torres-...Text duplicate Read Here...
/category/destinations/chile/Text duplicate Chile
/parque-futangue-a-valdivian-r...Parque Futangue: A Valdivian Rainforest Retreat
/parque-futangue-a-valdivian-r...Text duplicate Read Here...
/category/travel/adventure_tra...Adventure
/darwins-frog-chile-wildlife-p...Photographing the Darwin’s Frog: A Rare Encounter in Chile’s Valdivian Rainforest
/darwins-frog-chile-wildlife-p...Text duplicate Read Here...
/category/travel/adventure_tra...Text duplicate Adventure
/the-power-of-community-in-tra...The Power of Community in Adventure Travel
/the-power-of-community-in-tra...Text duplicate Read Here...
/category/travel/adventure_tra...Text duplicate Adventure
/churchill-manitoba-canada-pho...Why Churchill Is on My Photography Radar for 2026
/churchill-manitoba-canada-pho...Text duplicate Read Here...
https://www.travelphotographyc...External Subdomain No Text
/beyond-arashiyama-bamboo-grov...Text duplicate Beyond the Bamboo Grove: Photographing the Quieter Side of Arashiyama
/category/photography/photogra...Text duplicate Destination Guides
/what-ive-learned-one-year-aft...What I’ve Learned One Year After Building a Travel Photography Community
/category/photography/photogra...Inspiration
/travel-photography-for-beginn...Travel Photography for Beginners: Where to Start (Without Feeling Overwhelmed)
/category/photography/photogra...Text duplicate Photo Tips
/photographing-puma-in-torres-...Text duplicate Photographing Puma in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
/category/destinations/chile/Text duplicate Chile
/parque-futangue-a-valdivian-r...Text duplicate Parque Futangue: A Valdivian Rainforest Retreat
/category/destinations/chile/Text duplicate Chile
/darwins-frog-chile-wildlife-p...Text duplicate Photographing the Darwin’s Frog: A Rare Encounter in Chile’s Valdivian Rainforest
/category/travel/adventure_tra...Text duplicate Adventure
/the-power-of-community-in-tra...Text duplicate The Power of Community in Adventure Travel
/category/travel/adventure_tra...Text duplicate Adventure
/churchill-manitoba-canada-pho...Text duplicate Why Churchill Is on My Photography Radar for 2026
/category/travel/adventure_tra...Text duplicate Adventure
/5-creative-photography-tips-t...5 Creative Photography Tips to Instantly Improve Your Composition
/category/photography/photogra...Text duplicate Photo Tips
/street-photography-in-tokyo/Street Photography in Tokyo: Neighbourhoods + Creative Techniques
/category/destinations/the-wan...Text duplicate Asia
/a-photographers-guide-to-sout...A Photographer’s Guide to Southern Arizona
/category/destinations/usa/USA
/beechmont-estate-review-queen...Where Rolling Hills Meet Rainforest: A Visual Retreat at Beechmont Estate
/category/destinations/australia/Text duplicate Australia
/page/2/Older Post
https://www.facebook.com/thewa...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/the_...External Subdomain Instagram
https://twitter.com/wandering_...External Twitter
https://www.pinterest.com.au/w...External Subdomain Pinterest
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
https://www.thewanderinglens.com/No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "http://www.thewanderinglens.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 slow (1.08 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.
This page loads 10 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 17 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (111 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateThu, 19 Mar 2026 07:04:52 GMT
serverApache
link<https://www.thewanderinglens.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
cache-controlmax-age=600
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http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 64 referring domains.
This page has 485 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 57 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Publishing creative photo tips, photography career advice and travel guides to photography locations around the world - written by a photographer for photographers.

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