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Your general SEO Checkup Score
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75/100
SEO Score
Average SEO score of top 100 sites: 75%
This website received an SEO score of 75 out of 100, which is the same as the average score of 75. Our analysis has identified 13 important issues that can be addressed to further enhance your website's performance and improve its search engine visibility.
13 Failed
5 Warnings
55 Passed
Issues to fix
HIGH
To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should aim for a Largest Contentful Paint duration of 2.5 seconds or less.
HIGH
To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should aim for a Cumulative Layout Shift score of 0.1 or less.
HIGH
To improve the website experience for your visitors, it is recommended to eliminate any render-blocking resources on this webpage.
HIGH
Using images in a modern format can significantly reduce the file size and improve the loading speed of a webpage, providing a better user experience and potentially increasing engagement.
HIGH
Users may abandon pages that take longer than 5 seconds to load, resulting in a potential loss of up to 50% of visitors. Faster loading pages can lead to increased traffic, better conversions, and higher sales.
HIGH
Consider reducing the HTML size to improve loading times and retain visitors.
HIGH
By creating a custom 404 error page with helpful links and information, users are more likely to stay on the site and continue to explore.
MEDIUM
Serve properly sized images to reduce page loading times and to improve user's experience.
LOW
To protect against spam harvesters, consider hiding or obfuscating email addresses in your page code.
LOW
Using more than 20 HTTP requests on a webpage can negatively impact the loading time.
LOW
Consider moving inline CSS styles to an external stylesheet to improve site performance and maintain separation of content and design.
LOW
Strip out any unnecessary metadata to improve loading time, security, and privacy. Metadata should not exceed 16% of the image size.
Common SEO issues
Score: 82
Failed: 2
Warnings: 3
Passed: 20
Meta Title Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a title tag with a length of 131 characters. While there's no target number of characters, titles should be descriptive and concise. We recommend using a title with a length between 20 - 60 characters in order to fit Google Search results that have a 600-pixel limit.
Text: Understanding the difference between web design and web development - Web Development Toronto | Digital Marketing & SEO Advertising
Length: 131 characters
Meta Description Test92% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a meta description tag with a length of 331 characters. We recommend using well-written and inviting meta descriptions with a length between 150 and 220 characters (spaces included).
Text: Web design? Web development? What’s the difference? And, you might wonder, “who cares as long as I get my website?” For non-designers and developers, the lines between the two can be blurry. However, these are two very different disciplines that work on different aspects of a website and solve problems that are not connected. The
Length: 331 characters
Google Search Results Preview Test
Desktop version
https://blackdot.ca/understanding-the-difference-between-web-design-and-web-development/Understanding the difference between web design and web development - Web Development Toronto | Digital Marketing & SEO AdvertisingWeb design? Web development? What’s the difference? And, you might wonder, “who cares as long as I get my website?” For non-designers and developers, the lines between the two can be blurry. However, these are two very different disciplines that work on different aspects of a website and solve problems that are not connected. The
Mobile version
https://blackdot.ca/understanding-the-difference-between-web-design-and-web-development/Understanding the difference between web design and web development - Web Development Toronto | Digital Marketing & SEO AdvertisingWeb design? Web development? What’s the difference? And, you might wonder, “who cares as long as I get my website?” For non-designers and developers, the lines between the two can be blurry. However, these are two very different disciplines that work on different aspects of a website and solve problems that are not connected. The
Social Media Meta Tags Test89% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using social media meta tags.
Open Graph Meta Tags
og:locale
en_US
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Web Development Toronto | Digital Marketing & SEO Advertising - Specializing in web development, web design, database development and e-commerce development, located in Toronto
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article
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Understanding the difference between web design and web development - Web Development Toronto | Digital Marketing & SEO Advertising
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Web design? Web development? What’s the difference? And, you might wonder, “who cares as long as I get my website?” For non-designers and developers, the lines between the two can be blurry. However, these are two very different disciplines that work on different aspects of a website and solve problems that are not connected. The
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https://blackdot.ca/understanding-the-difference-between-web-design-and-web-development/
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160
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160
Most Common Keywords Test
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Keywords Usage Test48% of top 100 sites passed
  • The most common keywords of this webpage are distributed well across the important HTML tags. This helps search engines to properly identify the topic of this webpage.
Keyword
Title tag
Meta description
Headings
website
development
design
designers
user
Keywords Cloud Test
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Heading Tags Test62% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage contains too many H2 tags! H2 tags should re-inforce the related content of your page to search engines - too many tags may make the topic less clear, or look like spam tactics. Consider using less than 10 H2 tags.
H1 tags
Understanding the difference between web design and web development
H2 tags
What is web design?
What is web development?
So, what does this mean for you?
Conclusion
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Robots.txt Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is using a robots.txt file.
SEO Friendly URL Test29% of top 100 sites passed
  • All links from this webpage are SEO friendly.
Image Alt Test78% of top 100 sites passed
  • All "img" tags from this webpage have the required "alt" attribute.
Responsive Image Test29% of top 100 sites passed
  • Not all images in this webpage are properly sized! This webpage is serving images that are larger than needed for the size of the user's viewport.
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Image Aspect Ratio Test75% of top 100 sites passed
  • All image display dimensions match the natural aspect ratio.
Inline CSS Test10% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using inline CSS styles!
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Deprecated HTML Tags Test94% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not use HTML deprecated tags.
Google Analytics Test72% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using Google Analytics.
Favicon Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • favicon
    This website appears to have a favicon.
JS Error Test83% of top 100 sites passed
  • There are no severe JavaScript errors on this webpage.
Console Errors Test27% of top 100 sites passed
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Charset Declaration Test96% of top 100 sites passed
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Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Social Media Test75% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is connected successfully with social media using:
Facebook 
Speed optimizations
Score: 58
Failed: 8
Warnings: 2
Passed: 15
HTML Page Size Test23% of top 100 sites passed
DOM Size Test56% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Document Object Model (DOM) of this webpage has 412 nodes which is less than the recommended value of 1,500 nodes.
HTML Compression/GZIP Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is successfully compressed using br compression on your code. The HTML code is compressed from 320.75 Kb to 54.74 Kb (83% size savings). This helps ensure a faster loading webpage and improved user experience.
Site Loading Speed Test71% of top 100 sites passed
  • The loading time of this webpage (measured from N. Virginia, US) is around 6.02 seconds and is greater than the average loading speed which is 5 seconds!
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JS Execution Time Test53% of top 100 sites passed
  • The JavaScript code used by this webpage is executed in less than 2 seconds.
Page Objects Test
  • This webpage is using more than 20 http requests, which can slow down page loading and negatively impact user experience!
Content size by content type
Content type
Percent
Size
javascript
62.2 %
1.02 Mb
font
21.2 %
355.95 Kb
image
8.1 %
136.38 Kb
css
5.0 %
83.96 Kb
html
3.3 %
54.99 Kb
other
0.2 %
3.28 Kb
TOTAL
100%
1.64 Mb
Requests by content type
Content type
Percent
Requests
javascript
41.7 %
35
css
16.7 %
14
image
11.9 %
10
font
11.9 %
10
other
10.7 %
9
html
7.1 %
6
TOTAL
100%
84
Content size by domain
Domain
Percent
Size
blackdot.ca
33.8 %
567.88 Kb
googletagmanager.com
32.0 %
537.09 Kb
acsbapp.com
11.3 %
189.75 Kb
use.typekit.net
10.7 %
180.39 Kb
fonts.gstatic.com
5.2 %
86.71 Kb
js.hscollectedforms.net
1.5 %
25.85 Kb
js.hs-banner.com
1.5 %
25.02 Kb
js.hs-analytics.net
1.5 %
24.80 Kb
google-analytics.com
1.3 %
21.28 Kb
fonts.googleapis.com
0.3 %
5.49 Kb
Other
1.0 %
16.49 Kb
TOTAL
100%
1.64 Mb
Requests by domain
Domain
Percent
Requests
blackdot.ca
48.8 %
41
use.typekit.net
9.5 %
8
googletagmanager.com
6.0 %
5
td.doubleclick.net
3.6 %
3
fonts.googleapis.com
2.4 %
2
js.hs-scripts.com
2.4 %
2
fonts.gstatic.com
2.4 %
2
stats.g.doubleclick.net
2.4 %
2
google-analytics.com
2.4 %
2
google.com
2.4 %
2
Other
17.9 %
15
TOTAL
100%
84
Page Cache Test (Server Side Caching)100% of top 100 sites passed
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Flash Test100% of top 100 sites passed
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CDN Usage Test95% of top 100 sites passed
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Modern Image Format Test43% of top 100 sites passed
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Image Metadata Test72% of top 100 sites passed
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Image Caching Test95% of top 100 sites passed
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JavaScript Caching Test96% of top 100 sites passed
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CSS Caching Test98% of top 100 sites passed
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JavaScript Minification Test98% of top 100 sites passed
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URL Redirects Test97% of top 100 sites passed
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Time To First Byte Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Time To First Byte value of this webpage is 0.138 seconds. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have a TTFB of 0.8 seconds or less.

0.138 s

0.8 s

1.8 s

First Contentful Paint Test90% of top 100 sites passed
  • The First Contentful Paint value of this webpage is 2.192 seconds. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have a First Contentful Paint value of 1.8 seconds or less.

2.192 s

1.8 s

3 s

Largest Contentful Paint Test77% of top 100 sites passed
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4.86 s

2.5 s

4 s

Largest Contentful Paint element within the viewport:
Text: Understanding the difference between web design and web development
Html: <div id="blog" class="et_pb_section et_pb_section_0_tb_body et_pb_with_b...">
Cumulative Layout Shift Test91% of top 100 sites passed
  • The CLS score of this webpage is 0.3369. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have a CLS score of 0.1 or less.

0.3369

0.1

0.25

DOM element which contributes the most to CLS score:
Text: Understanding the difference between web design and web development Web design?...
Html: <div class="et_builder_inner_content et_pb_gutters3">
Score: 0.2703
Server and security
Score: 97
Failed: 1
Warnings: 0
Passed: 9
SSL Checker and HTTPS Test100% of top 100 sites passed
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The certificate was not revoked.

The certificate was signed with a secure hash.

Certificate Chain:
Server certificate
Common name
blackdot.ca
Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
blackdot.ca
Not valid before
Sun, March 16o 2025, 12:14:48 pm (z)
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Signature algorithm
ecdsaWithSha384
Issuer
E5
Intermediate certificate
Common name
E5
Organization
Let's Encrypt
Location
US
Not valid before
Wed, March 13o 2024, 12:00:00 am (z)
Not valid after
Fri, March 12o 2027, 11:59:59 pm (z)
Signature algorithm
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
ISRG Root X1
Root certificate
Common name
ISRG Root X1
Organization
Internet Security Research Group
Location
US
Not valid before
Thu, June 4o 2015, 11:04:38 am (z)
Not valid after
Mon, June 4o 2035, 11:04:38 am (z)
Signature algorithm
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
ISRG Root X1
Mixed Content Test (HTTP over HTTPS)100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not use mixed content - both the initial HTML and all other resources are loaded over HTTPS.
HTTP2 Test99% of top 100 sites passed
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HSTS Test84% of top 100 sites passed
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Safe Browsing Test100% of top 100 sites passed
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Server Signature Test95% of top 100 sites passed
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Directory Browsing Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • Directory browsing is disabled for this website.
Plaintext Emails Test97% of top 100 sites passed
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Mobile usability
Score: 100
Failed: 0
Warnings: 0
Passed: 3
Meta Viewport Test92% of top 100 sites passed
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Media Query Responsive Test98% of top 100 sites passed
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Mobile Snapshot Test
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Advanced SEO
Score: 65
Failed: 2
Warnings: 0
Passed: 8
Structured Data Test66% of top 100 sites passed
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Custom 404 Error Page Test80% of top 100 sites passed
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Noindex Tag Test99% of top 100 sites passed
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Canonical Tag Test93% of top 100 sites passed
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Meta Refresh Test98% of top 100 sites passed
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SPF Records Test94% of top 100 sites passed
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Ads.txt Validation Test67% of top 100 sites passed
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