www.cruisedeals.com — SEO report 2026-09-25

I requested https://cruisedeals.com, followed 1 redirect to https://www.cruisedeals.com/, and got HTTP 200 back in 2.89s (314.6 KB of HTML, server IP 104.18.28.208).
It looks like it's built with Divi. Tracking detected: Google Analytics 4.
Google will most likely show the title “Best Cruise Deals | CruiseDeals.com” with the description “Find the best cruise deals sorted by price per night. Compare thousands of sailings on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Princess and more. Book at CruiseD…”
The main content has 1,824 words. Judging by word frequency, it's mostly about cruise line, sailings view, view sailings, seven seas, holland america.
Headings: 3 H1s, 5 H2s, 0 deeper headings. Images: 29 total, 0 missing alt text, 0 with empty alt. Links: 155 internal, 1 external, 0 broken out of 14 tested.
For “cruise deals”: it appears 4× in the content (0.44%). Found in: title tag, meta description, H1, subheadings (H2–H6) (partial), image alt text, Open Graph title. Missing from: first 100 words.
Structured data tells Google this page includes: Product, Brand, Offer.
Robots.txt exists, an XML sitemap was found but this page wasn't in the part I checked. Nothing is blocking Google from indexing this page.

Google result preview

www.cruisedeals.com

Best Cruise Deals | CruiseDeals.com

Find the best cruise deals sorted by price per night. Compare thousands of sailings on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Princess and more. Book at Cruis…

Top things to fix first

Problem Server response (TTFB): 2481 ms (Technical & Speed)
Use page caching, a CDN, or better hosting.
Problem Keyword not in first 100 words (Keyword Targeting)
Mention the keyword early in the opening paragraph.
Improve Meta description (168 characters) (Title & Meta Description)
Rewrite the description to about 120–160 characters.
Improve 3 H1 headings found (Headings)
Keep one H1 for the main topic; change the others to H2 (often the logo or sidebar titles are wrapped in H1).
Improve No canonical tag (Crawling & Indexing)
Add <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.cruisedeals.com/"> in the <head>.
Improve This page was not found in the sitemap (Crawling & Indexing)
Add this URL to your XML sitemap (most SEO plugins do this automatically for published pages).
Improve Homepage has no Organization / LocalBusiness schema (Structured Data (Schema))
Add Organization (or LocalBusiness if you serve a local area) JSON-LD with name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), and contact info.
Improve cruisedeals.com uses a temporary redirect (Technical & Speed)
Make cruisedeals.com → www.cruisedeals.com a permanent 301.
Improve HTTP → HTTPS uses a temporary 302 redirect (Technical & Speed)
Change the HTTP→HTTPS redirect to a 301.
Improve HTML size: 314.6 KB (Technical & Speed)
Reduce inline CSS/JS and page-builder markup.

Crawling & Indexing 94/100

✓

Page returns HTTP 200 OK

Search engines can index a page that loads successfully.

✓

Page is indexable (no noindex)

No robots meta tag, which defaults to index, follow.

✓

robots.txt found

10 user-agent groups, 1 sitemap declared.

✓

robots.txt lets Googlebot crawl this page

Matching rule: allow: /

✓

XML sitemap found

https://www.cruisedeals.com/sitemap.php — Sitemap index with 4 child sitemaps (opened 4, 0 URLs seen). Uses <lastmod> dates (good).

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This page was not found in the sitemap

Pages in the sitemap get discovered and recrawled more reliably.

Add this URL to your XML sitemap (most SEO plugins do this automatically for published pages).

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No canonical tag

A canonical tag tells Google which URL is the "real" one when duplicates exist (tracking params, www vs non-www, etc.).

Add <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.cruisedeals.com/"> in the <head>.

View robots.txt

# robots.txt — cruisedeals.com
# Generated by the SEO/GEO Crawler project. Keep this in sync with the
# exclusion list in gather_urls_run.php (GU_SKIP_PREFIXES) — both exist to
# keep crawlers off admin tools and session/account pages.

User-agent: *
Disallow: /seo_manage.php
Disallow: /seo_crawl.php
Disallow: /gather_urls.php
Disallow: /gather_urls_run.php
Disallow: /dynamic_seo.php
Disallow: /cruisedeals_capture.php
Disallow: /seo_data/
Disallow: /EDEAL_BUILDER/
Disallow: /QUOTE_SYSTEM/
Disallow: /my-trips.php
Disallow: /my-groups.php
Disallow: /group.php
Disallow: /create-group.php
Disallow: /login.php
Disallow: /logout.php
Disallow: /ajax/
Disallow: /offers_data/
Disallow: /portal_files/
Disallow: /book.php
Disallow: /site_report.php
Disallow: /booking_data/
Disallow: /ship_value.php
Disallow: /ship_stars.php
Disallow: /port_stars.php
Allow: /

# ── AI / GEO crawlers — explicitly allowed, not just left unblocked ──────
# (seo_crawl.php's "AI crawler access" check looks for exactly these
# user-agents being Disallow: / — this section is what keeps that check
# passing.)
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

Sitemap: https://www.cruisedeals.com/sitemap.php

Title & Meta Description 78/100

✓

Title tag (35 characters)

“Best Cruise Deals | CruiseDeals.com” — Good length.

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Meta description (168 characters)

“Find the best cruise deals sorted by price per night. Compare thousands of sailings on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Princess and more. Book at CruiseDeals.com.” — Will probably be truncated in results.

Rewrite the description to about 120–160 characters.

Keyword Targeting 85/100

✓

Keyword in title tag

✓

Keyword appears early in the title

Front-loaded keywords tend to perform better.

✓

Keyword in meta description

✓

Keyword in H1

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Keyword words in subheadings (H2–H6), but not as a phrase

All the words appear, just not together.

Use the keyword or variations in at least one H2.

✕

Keyword not in first 100 words

Mention the keyword early in the opening paragraph.

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URL: homepage (keyword in URL not applicable)

✓

Keyword in image alt text

✓

Keyword in Open Graph title

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Keyword used in internal link text on this page

Make sure those links point to the page you want to rank — not away from it.

✓

Keyword used 4 times (0.44% density)

A natural range. There's no magic number — relevance and coverage matter more.

✓

Keyword is among the page's most-used terms

The page's vocabulary lines up with the target.

Headings 67/100

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3 H1 headings found

Last Minute Cruise Deals | Cruise Deals to Private Islands | Best Cruise Deals — one clear H1 is best practice.

Keep one H1 for the main topic; change the others to H2 (often the logo or sidebar titles are wrapped in H1).

✓

5 H2 subheadings

Good structure for readers and crawlers.

Heading outline (8)

H2 Get a Free Quote
H1 Last Minute Cruise Deals
H1 Cruise Deals to Private Islands
H2 Popular Destinations
H2 Popular Departure Ports
H2 Best Ships & Deals
H2 Find Your Best Deals By Cruise Line
H1 Best Cruise Deals

Content 83/100

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1,824 words of content

In-depth content — great for competitive terms.

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Text-to-HTML ratio: 3.9%

Lots of code, little visible text. Often a sign of bloated page builders.

Reduce unused markup / page-builder bloat or add more real content.

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Structure: 4 paragraphs, 8 lists, 0 tables

Lists and tables are often pulled into Google featured snippets.

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Readability: -41.8 (Flesch reading ease — difficult)

60+ is plain English most people read comfortably.

Use shorter sentences and simpler words.

What the page text is about (most-used terms)

Words

sailings ×63
seas ×40
carnival ×38
cruises ×31
princess ×28
cruise ×28
norwegian ×27
line ×25
viking ×22
celebrity ×21
caribbean ×19
deals ×15

2-word phrases

cruise line ×19
sailings view ×12
view sailings ×12
seven seas ×9
holland america ×7
princess cruises ×6
royal caribbean ×6
america line ×6
clear done ×5
ocean cruises ×5

3-word phrases

sailings view sailings ×12
holland america line ×6
carnival cruise line ×5
norwegian cruise line ×4
viking ocean cruises ×4
sailings princess cruises ×3
sailings holland america ×3
cruise line starting ×3

Images 79/100

✓

All 29 images have an alt attribute

Alt text describes images to Google and screen readers.

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29 images lack width/height attributes

Missing dimensions cause layout shift (CLS), a Core Web Vitals metric.

Set width and height attributes on <img> tags.

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No images are lazy-loaded

Lazy-loading below-the-fold images speeds up the initial load.

Add loading="lazy" to images below the fold (not the main hero image).

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No modern image formats (WebP/AVIF)

29 JPG/PNG/GIF images found. Modern formats are 25–50% smaller.

Serve WebP or AVIF versions (most image/cache plugins or CDNs do this automatically).

Image list (29)

Image	Alt text	Issues
https://www.cruisedeals.com/cruisedeals_logo_2026_powered.png	Cruise Deals powered by The Vacation Group	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390145/1.jpg	Celestyal Discovery	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1368942/1.jpg	Seabourn Ovation	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/405911/1.jpg	Queen Elizabeth	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390114/1.jpg	Sun Princess	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/25/1.jpg	Wind Star	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/130/1.jpg	Queen Mary 2	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1383244/1.jpg	Carnival Radiance	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1372501/1.jpg	Nieuw Statendam	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1389158/1.jpg	Rotterdam	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390134/1.jpg	Viking Vela	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390158/1.jpg	Viking Mira	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/80/1.jpg	Regal Princess	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_1591.png	Azamara	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_1.png	Carnival Cruise Line	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_2.png	Celebrity Cruises	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_3.png	Crystal	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_17.png	Cunard	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_20.png	Disney Cruise Line	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_4.png	Holland America Line	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_5.png	Norwegian Cruise Line	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_61.png	Oceania Cruises	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_6.png	Princess Cruises	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_7.png	Regent Seven Seas	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_8.png	Royal Caribbean	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_18.png	Seabourn	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_19.png	Silversea Cruises	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_1616.png	Viking Ocean Cruises	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_1650.png	Virgin Voyages	no size

Links 100/100

✓

155 unique internal links

183 internal links in total.

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1 unique external links

Linking to reputable sources can support credibility.

✓

No broken links (tested 14)

A sample of internal and external links all responded.

Link test results

URL	Status
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=1	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=2	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=84	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=74	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=75	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=55	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=79	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=81	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=4	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=611	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=5	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=70	200
https://www.vacation.com	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/oceanwaves.jpg	200

Structured Data (Schema) 86/100

✓

JSON-LD structured data found

Types: Product ×14, Brand ×14, Offer ×14

✓

Product schema has the key fields

✓

Offer schema has the key fields

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Homepage has no Organization / LocalBusiness schema

This is how Google connects your site to your brand and knowledge panel.

Add Organization (or LocalBusiness if you serve a local area) JSON-LD with name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), and contact info.

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No WebSite schema

Helps Google show your site name correctly in results.

Add WebSite JSON-LD with name and url.

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Keyword in schema: no

Not a ranking factor on its own, but consistent naming helps entity understanding.

View JSON-LD (14 blocks)

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Caribbean & Bahamas",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/lastminute_20260918-214109.jpg",
    "sku": "315844",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Carnival Cruise Line"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "246.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=5,45,12,11,13&found_lead=315844"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Europe",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/europe_20260918-214305.jpg",
    "sku": "335380",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Holland America Line"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "799.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=47,605,15,51,16,22,66,83&found_lead=335380"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Canada / New England",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/canada_20260918-215143.jpg",
    "sku": "357811",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "889.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=10,78&found_lead=357811"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Great Stirrup Cay",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/nclgsc_20260918-203730.jpg",
    "sku": "356920",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Norwegian Cruise Line"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "249.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_ps=566&found_lead=356920"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Celebration Key",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/celebration_20260918-203811.jpg",
    "sku": "315844",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Carnival Cruise Line"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "246.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_ps=7000&found_lead=315844"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Perfect Day CocoCay",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/perfectday_20260918-203859.jpg",
    "sku": "363401",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "429.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_v=8&cmp_ps=486&found_lead=363401"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Celebrity Cruises",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/cel-lead-image_20260717-115349.png",
    "sku": "357475",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Celebrity Cruises"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "320.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "/celebrity-cruises/?found_lead=357475"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Royal Caribbean",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/rccl-lead-image_20260717-115817.jpg",
    "sku": "329038",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "229.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "/royal-caribbean/?found_lead=329038"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Carnival Cruise Line",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/carnivallead_20260717-115956.png",
    "sku": "333642",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Carnival Cruise Line"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "183.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "/carnival-cruise-line/?found_lead=333642"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Princess Cruises",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/prc-lead-image_20260717-120155.png",
    "sku": "357008",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Princess Cruises"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "264.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "/princess-cruises/?found_lead=357008"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Norwegian Cruise Line",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/ncl-sliderimage_20260717-122215.jpg",
    "sku": "322571",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Norwegian Cruise Line"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "209.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "/norwegian-cruise-line/?found_lead=322571"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Holland America Line",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/hal-leadimage_20260717-122616.jpg",
    "sku": "329740",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Holland America Line"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "299.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "/holland-america-line/?found_lead=329740"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Virgin Voyages",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/virgin-voyages-the-athletic-club-woman_20260717-133152.jpg",
    "sku": "368939",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Virgin Voyages"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "357.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "/virgin-voyages/?found_lead=368939"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Seabourn Cruise Line",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/seab-leadimage_20260717-122631.png",
    "sku": "333766",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Seabourn Cruise Line"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "3199.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "/seabourn-cruise-line/?found_lead=333766"
    }
}

Tip: paste the URL into Google's Rich Results Test for the official verdict.

Social Sharing 100/100

✓

og:title set

Best Cruise Deals | CruiseDeals.com

✓

og:description set

Find the best cruise deals sorted by price per night. Compare thousands of sailings on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwe…

✓

og:image set

https://www.cruisedeals.com/oceanwaves.jpg

✓

og:url set

https://www.cruisedeals.com/

✓

og:type set

website

✓

Twitter/X card set (summary_large_image)

Best Cruise Deals | CruiseDeals.com

Find the best cruise deals sorted by price per night. Compare thousands of sailings on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Princess and more. Book at CruiseD…

www.cruisedeals.com

Technical & Speed 68/100

✓

Served over HTTPS

HTTPS is a confirmed (light) ranking signal and required for trust.

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1 redirect before the page loaded

302 → https://www.cruisedeals.com/ | 200

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HTTP → HTTPS uses a temporary 302 redirect

A permanent 301 passes ranking signals more reliably.

Change the HTTP→HTTPS redirect to a 301.

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cruisedeals.com uses a temporary redirect

Make cruisedeals.com → www.cruisedeals.com a permanent 301.

✕

Server response (TTFB): 2481 ms

Measured from this server. Under 800 ms is good; slow TTFB drags down every Core Web Vital.

Use page caching, a CDN, or better hosting.

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HTML size: 314.6 KB

Under ~150 KB of HTML is healthy.

Reduce inline CSS/JS and page-builder markup.

✓

Compression enabled (gzip)

Transferred 42.6 KB.

✓

0 render-blocking scripts in <head>

3 external scripts and 2 stylesheets in total.

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No HSTS header

Optional security hardening; forces browsers to always use HTTPS.

✓

Missing pages return a real 404

✓

Clean, readable URL

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Core Web Vitals not measured

Tick "Run Google PageSpeed" to pull Google's speed score and real-user data (adds ~30s).

Mobile, Language & Extras 100/100

✓

Mobile viewport tag set

width=device-width, initial-scale=1

✓

Language declared (lang="en")

✓

Character encoding declared

✓

Favicon found

Google shows it next to your result on mobile.

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No hreflang tags

Only needed if you have versions of the page in other languages/regions.

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No llms.txt

An emerging (unofficial) file that summarizes your site for AI assistants. Nice-to-have, not a Google factor.

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