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https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html
Your general SEO Checkup Score
Archived
70/100
SEO Score
Average SEO score of top 100 sites: 75%
This website received an SEO score of 70 out of 100, which is below the average score of 75. However, there are 16 important issues that need to be fixed to improve your website's ranking on search engines and enhance its overall performance.
16 Failed
5 Warnings
52 Passed
Issues to fix
HIGH
It is recommended to avoid URL parameters and to use hyphens to separate words in the URL structure, rather than underscores.
HIGH
To address URL canonicalization issues, it is recommended to select a primary URL for your webpage and set up redirects from all other variations to the preferred one.
HIGH
To ensure that Search Engines can accurately identify the topic of this webpage, it is important to include the most common keywords in the title tag, meta description, and heading tags.
HIGH
Connect your webpage with social media networks using APIs or AddThis, as social signals are becoming increasingly important for search engines to validate a site's trustworthiness and authority.
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
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
Add a sitemap file to help search engine crawlers index content more thoroughly and quickly.
MEDIUM
Serve properly sized images to reduce page loading times and to improve user's experience.
MEDIUM
Reducing the Document Object Model (DOM) size can lead to faster page loading times, improved site performance, and better user experience by decreasing the amount of time it takes for the browser to process and render the page.
MEDIUM
Avoid performance and security issues by adding "rel=noopener" or "rel=noreferrer" to your "target=_blank" links.
LOW
For security reasons, it is recommended to turn off the server signature.
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.
LOW
This website either lacks a favicon or it has not been referenced properly.
Common SEO issues
Score: 52
Failed: 7
Warnings: 3
Passed: 15
Meta Title Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a title tag with a length of 12 characters. While there's no target number of characters, titles should be descriptive and concise. Using a title tag with less than 20 characters is a missed opportunity since it can be difficult to fit all your targeted keywords in such a short text.
    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: The Holy See
Length: 12 characters
Meta Description Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a meta description tag with a length of 400 characters. We recommend using well-written and inviting meta descriptions with a length between 150 and 220 characters (spaces included).
Text: Visiting the official website of the Holy See one can browse: the Magisterium of the Supreme Pontiffs (from Pope Leo XIII to Pope Francis); the fundamental texts of Catholicism in various languages (the Sacred Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Code of Canon Law); the documents of Dicasteries, Bodies and Institutions of the Roman Curia
Length: 400 characters
Google Search Results Preview Test
Desktop version
https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.htmlThe Holy See Visiting the official website of the Holy See one can browse: the Magisterium of the Supreme Pontiffs (from Pope Leo XIII to Pope Francis); the fundamental texts of Catholicism in various languages (the Sacred Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Code of Canon Law); the documents of Dicasteries, Bodies and Institutions of the Roman Curia
Mobile version
https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.htmlThe Holy See Visiting the official website of the Holy See one can browse: the Magisterium of the Supreme Pontiffs (from Pope Leo XIII to Pope Francis); the fundamental texts of Catholicism in various languages (the Sacred Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Code of Canon Law); the documents of Dicasteries, Bodies and Institutions of the Roman Curia
Social Media Meta Tags Test89% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using social media meta tags.
Open Graph Meta Tags
og:site_name
Vatican.va
og:title
The Holy See
og:description
Visiting the official website of the Holy See one can browse: the Magisterium of the Supreme Pontiffs (from Pope Leo XIII to Pope Francis); the fundamental texts of Catholicism in various languages (the Sacred Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Code of Canon Law); the documents of Dicasteries, Bodies and Institutions of the Roman Curia
og:image
https://www.vatican.va/etc/designs/vatican/library/clientlibs/themes/homepage_popes/images/icona.png
og:url
https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html
Most Common Keywords Test
  • There is likely no optimal keyword density (search engine algorithms have evolved beyond keyword density metrics as a significant ranking factor). It can be useful, however, to note which keywords appear most often on your page and if they reflect the intended topic of your page. More importantly, the keywords on your page should appear within natural sounding and grammatically correct copy.
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Keywords Usage Test45% of top 100 sites passed
  • The most common keywords of this webpage are not distributed across the important HTML tags! Primary keywords should appear in title tag, meta description and heading tags to help Search Engines to properly identify the topic of this webpage.
Keyword
Title tag
Meta description
Headings
viii
century
john
benedict
gregory
Keywords Cloud Test
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Competitor Domains Test
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Heading Tags Test59% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage contains too many H1 tags! H1 tags should re-inforce the intended topic of your page to search engines - too many tags may make the topic less clear, or look like spam tactics. Consider using less than 5 H1 tags.
H1 tags
The Holy See
Information services
Il Santo Padre
FRANCIS
Biografia e foto del Santo Padre
Navigazione principale del Santo Padre
Focus
Basilicas and Papal Chapels
Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network
ABUSE OF MINORS THE CHURCH'S RESPONSE
Peter's Pence
Aggiornamenti
Navigazione
News
Calendar
2024
Photos
Video
Last Videos
Supreme Pontiffs
Browsing Supreme Pontiffs
Francis
Benedict XVI
John Paul II
John Paul I
Paul VI
John XXIII
Pius XII
Pius XI
Benedict XV
Pius X
Leo XIII
Pius IX
Gregory XVI
Pius VIII
Leo XII
Pius VII
Pius VI
Clement XIV
Clement XIII
Benedict XIV
Clement XII
Benedict XIII
Innocent XIII
Clement XI
Innocent XII
Alexander VIII
Innocent XI
Clement X
Clement IX
Alexander VII
Innocent X
Urban VIII
Gregory XV
Paul V
Leo XI
Clement VIII
Innocent IX
Gregory XIV
Urban VII
Sixtus V
Gregory XIII
Pius V
Pius IV
Paul IV
Marcellus II
Julius III
Paul III
Clement VII
Adrian VI
Leo X
Julius II
Pius III
Alexander VI
Innocent VIII
Sixtus IV
Paul II
Pius II
Callixtus III
Nicholas V
Eugene IV
Martin V
Gregory XII
Innocent VII
Boniface IX
Urban VI
Gregory XI
Urban V
Innocent VI
Clement VI
Benedict XII
John XXII
Clement V
Benedict XI
Boniface VIII
Celestine V
Nicholas IV
Honorius IV
Martin IV
Nicholas III
John XXI
Adrian V
Innocent V
Gregory X
Clement IV
Urban IV
Alexander IV
Innocent IV
Celestine IV
Gregory IX
Honorius III
Innocent III
Celestine III
Clement III
Gregory VIII
Urban III
Lucius III
Alexander III
Adrian IV
Anastasius IV
Eugene III
Lucius II
Celestine II
Innocent II
Honorius II
Callixtus II
Gelasius II
Paschal II
Urban II
Victor III
Gregory VII
Alexander II
Nicholas II
Stephen IX
Victor II
Leo IX
Damasus II
Benedict IX
Clement II
Gregory VI
Sylvester III
John XIX
Benedict VIII
Sergius IV
John XVIII
John XVII
Sylvester II
Gregory V
John XV
John XIV
Benedict VII
Benedict VI
John XIII
Benedict V
Leo VIII
John XII
Agapetus II
Marinus II
Stephen VIII
Leo VII
John XI
Stephen VII
Leo VI
John X
Lando
Anastasius III
Sergius III
Leo V
Benedict IV
John IX
Theodore II
Romanus
Stephen VI
Boniface VI
Formosus
Stephen V
Adrian III
Marinus I
John VIII
Adrian II
Nicholas I
Benedict III
Leo IV
Sergius II
Gregory IV
Valentine
Eugene II
Paschal I
Stephen IV
Leo III
Adrian I
Stephen III
Paul I
Stephen II
Zachary
Gregory III
Gregory II
Constantine
Sisinnius
John VII
John VI
Sergius I
Conon
John V
Benedict II
Leo II
Agatho
Donus
Adeodatus II
Vitalian
Eugene I
Martin I
Theodore I
John IV
Severinus
Honorius I
Boniface V
Deusdedit or Adeodatus I
Boniface IV
Boniface III
Sabinian
Gregory I
Pelagius II
Benedict I
John III
Pelagius I
Vigilius
Silverius
Agapetus I
John II
Boniface II
Felix IV
John I
Hormisdas
Symmachus
Anastasius II
Gelasius I
Felix III
Simplicius
Hilarius
Leo I
Sixtus III
Celestine I
Boniface I
Zosimus
Innocent I
Anastasius I
Siricius
Damasus I
Liberius
Julius I
Mark
Sylvester I
Miltiades or Melchiades
Eusebius
Marcellus I
Marcellinus
Caius
Eutichianus
Felix I
Dionysius
Sixtus II
Stephen I
Lucius I
Cornelius
Fabian
Anterus
Pontianus
Urban I
Callistus I
Zephyrinus
Victor I
Eleutherius
Soterus
Anicetus
Pius I
Hyginus
Telesphorus
Sixtus I
Alexander I
Evaristus
Clement
Anacletus or Cletus
Linus
Peter
Links
Navigazione secondaria
Stato della Città del Vaticano
Navigazione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano
Utility Links
H2 tags
07 - 8 - 2024
General Audience
06 - 8 - 2024
Daily Bulletin - Press Office
05 - 8 - 2024
Celebration of Vespers to mark the anniversary of the Dedication of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major and the Solemnity of Mary of the Snows
04 - 8 - 2024
Letter of the Holy Father on the Role of Literature in Formation
Angelus
03 - 8 - 2024
To the Seminarians of the Major Seminary of Getafe, Spain
01 - 8 - 2024
31 - 7 - 2024
30 - 7 - 2024
To Participants in the XIII International Pilgrimage of Altar Servers to Rome
29 - 7 - 2024
28 - 7 - 2024
Robots.txt Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is using a robots.txt file.
Sitemap Test74% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website lacks a sitemap file! Sitemaps can help robots index your content more thoroughly and quickly. Read more on Google's guidelines for implementing the sitemap protocol.
SEO Friendly URL Test25% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage contains URLs that are not SEO friendly!
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Image Alt Test71% of top 100 sites passed
  • All "img" tags from this webpage have the required "alt" attribute.
Responsive Image Test28% 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 Test8% 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 Test65% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using Google Analytics.
Favicon Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website either doesn't have a favicon or this has not been referenced correctly!
JS Error Test79% of top 100 sites passed
  • There are no severe JavaScript errors on this webpage.
Console Errors Test41% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage doesn't have any warnings or errors caught by the Chrome DevTools Console.
Charset Declaration Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage has a character encoding declaration.
meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
Social Media Test57% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not connected with social media using the API's provided by Facebook, Google +, Twitter, Pinterest, or using addthis.com
Speed optimizations
Score: 80
Failed: 5
Warnings: 1
Passed: 19
HTML Page Size Test21% of top 100 sites passed
  • The size of this webpage's HTML is 17.42 Kb and is under the average webpage's HTML size of 33 Kb. Faster loading websites result in a better user experience, higher conversion rates, and generally better search engine rankings.
DOM Size Test54% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Document Object Model (DOM) of this webpage has 2,316 nodes which is greater than the recommended value of 1,500 nodes! A large DOM size negatively affects site performance and increases the page load time.
HTML Compression/GZIP Test97% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is successfully compressed using gzip compression on your code. The HTML code is compressed from 220.38 Kb to 17.42 Kb (92% size savings). This helps ensure a faster loading webpage and improved user experience.
Site Loading Speed Test66% of top 100 sites passed
  • The loading time of this webpage (measured from N. Virginia, US) is around 3.6 seconds and this is under the average loading speed which is 5 seconds.
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JS Execution Time Test71% 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
image
65.2 %
1.37 Mb
javascript
16.7 %
359.78 Kb
font
16.4 %
352.38 Kb
html
0.8 %
16.17 Kb
css
0.7 %
14.21 Kb
other
0.3 %
6.37 Kb
TOTAL
100%
2.10 Mb
Requests by content type
Content type
Percent
Requests
image
53.2 %
25
javascript
21.3 %
10
font
12.8 %
6
css
6.4 %
3
other
4.3 %
2
html
2.1 %
1
TOTAL
100%
47
Content size by domain
Domain
Percent
Size
vatican.va
92.4 %
1.94 Mb
googletagmanager.com
7.6 %
163.42 Kb
TOTAL
100%
2.10 Mb
Requests by domain
Domain
Percent
Requests
vatican.va
95.7 %
45
googletagmanager.com
4.3 %
2
TOTAL
100%
47
Page Cache Test (Server Side Caching)100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a caching mechanism. Caching helps speed page loading times as well as reduces server load.
Flash Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not include flash objects (an outdated technology that was sometimes used to deliver rich multimedia content). Flash content does not work well on mobile devices, and is difficult for crawlers to interpret.
CDN Usage Test97% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not serving all resources (images, javascript and css) from CDNs!
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Modern Image Format Test38% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not serving images in a modern format! Image formats like JPEG 2000, JPEG XR, and WebP often provide better compression than PNG or JPEG, which means faster downloads and less data consumption.
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Image Metadata Test72% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using images with large metadata (more than 16% of the image size)! Stripping out unnecessary metadata tags can improve not only the loading time but also the security and privacy of a webpage.
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Image Caching Test97% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is using cache headers for images and the browsers will display these images from the cache.
JavaScript Caching Test95% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using cache headers for all JavaScript resources.
CSS Caching Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using cache headers for all CSS resources.
JavaScript Minification Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • All JavaScript files used by this webpage are minified.
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CSS Minification Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • All CSS resources used by this webpage are minified.
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Render Blocking Resources Test10% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using render blocking resources! Eliminating render-blocking resources can help this webpage to load significantly faster and will improve the website experience for your visitors.
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Nested Tables Test99% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using nested tables. This speeds up page loading time and optimizes the user experience.
Frameset Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not use frames.
Doctype Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage has a doctype declaration.
<!DOCTYPE html>
URL Redirects Test98% of top 100 sites passed
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Time To First Byte Test98% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Time To First Byte value of this webpage is 0.007 seconds. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have a TTFB of 0.8 seconds or less.

0.007 s

0.8 s

1.8 s

First Contentful Paint Test94% of top 100 sites passed
  • The First Contentful Paint value of this webpage is 1.055 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.

1.055 s

1.8 s

3 s

Largest Contentful Paint Test90% of top 100 sites passed
  • The Largest Contentful Paint duration of this webpage is 2.2 seconds. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have Largest Contentful Paint of 2.5 seconds or less.

2.2 s

2.5 s

4 s

Largest Contentful Paint element within the viewport:
Text: Stato della Città del Vaticano Navigazione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano...
Html: <section class="vatican-city-state">
Cumulative Layout Shift Test94% of top 100 sites passed
  • The CLS score of this webpage is 0.0073. To provide a good user experience, Google recommends that sites should strive to have a CLS score of 0.1 or less.

0.0073

0.1

0.25

DOM element which contributes the most to CLS score:
Text: VATICAN NEWS NEWS SERVICES DAILY BULLETIN OF THE HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE
Html: <ul>
Score: 0.0068
Server and security
Score: 72
Failed: 3
Warnings: 0
Passed: 7
URL Canonicalization Test97% of top 100 sites passed
SSL Checker and HTTPS Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is successfully using HTTPS, a secure communication protocol over the Internet.

The certificate is not used before the activation date.

The certificate has not expired.

The hostname "www.vatican.va" is correctly listed in the certificate.

The certificate should be trusted by all major web browsers.

The certificate was not revoked.

The certificate was signed with a secure hash.

Certificate Chain:
Server certificate
Common name
www.vatican.va
Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
www.vatican.va
Not valid before
Thu, December 14o 2023, 1:35:02 pm (z)
Not valid after
Tue, January 14o 2025, 1:35:01 pm (z)
Signature algorithm
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
GlobalSign GCC R3 DV TLS CA 2020
Intermediate certificate
Common name
GlobalSign GCC R3 DV TLS CA 2020
Organization
GlobalSign nv-sa
Location
BE
Not valid before
Tue, July 28o 2020, 12:00:00 am (z)
Not valid after
Sun, March 18o 2029, 12:00:00 am (z)
Signature algorithm
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
GlobalSign
Root certificate
Common name
GlobalSign
Organization
GlobalSign
Not valid before
Wed, March 18o 2009, 10:00:00 am (z)
Not valid after
Sun, March 18o 2029, 10:00:00 am (z)
Signature algorithm
sha256WithRsaEncryption
Issuer
GlobalSign
Mixed Content Test (HTTP over HTTPS)98% 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 Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using the HTTP/2 protocol.
HSTS Test82% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using the Strict-Transport-Security header.
strict-transport-security: max-age=15768000; includesubdomains; preload
Safe Browsing Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is not currently listed as suspicious (no malware or phishing activity found).
Server Signature Test98% of top 100 sites passed
Server: ECAcc (dce/26B5)
Directory Browsing Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • Directory browsing is disabled for this website.
Plaintext Emails Test100% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not include email addresses in plaintext.
Mobile usability
Score: 100
Failed: 0
Warnings: 0
Passed: 3
Meta Viewport Test88% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using a viewport meta tag.
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
Media Query Responsive Test98% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using CSS media queries, which is the base for responsive design functionalities.
Mobile Snapshot Test
Mobile view
Advanced SEO
Score: 67
Failed: 1
Warnings: 1
Passed: 8
Structured Data Test53% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using structured data.
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Custom 404 Error Page Test67% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website is not using a custom 404 error page! Default 404 error pages result in a poor experience - it can mislead users into thinking an entire site is down or broken, greatly increases the chance they leave the website entirely, and looks unprofessional. We recommend to have a custom 404 error page in order to improve the website's user experience by letting users know that only a specific page is missing/broken (and not the entire site), providing them helpful links, the opportunity to report bugs, and potentially track the source of broken links.
Noindex Tag Test98% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage does not use the noindex meta tag. This means that it can be indexed by search engines.
Canonical Tag Test93% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is using the canonical link tag. This tag specifies that the URL: https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html is preferred to be used in search results. Please ensure that this specification is correct, as canonical tags are often hard-coded and may not always reflect the latest changes in a site's URL structure.
<link href="https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html" rel="canonical"/>
Nofollow Tag Test
  • This webpage does not use the nofollow meta tag. This means that search engines will crawl all links from this webpage.
Disallow Directive Test
  • The robots.txt file does not use the disallow directive. This means that the whole website can be crawled by search engines.
Meta Refresh Test96% of top 100 sites passed
  • This webpage is not using a meta refresh tag.
SPF Records Test95% of top 100 sites passed
  • This DNS server is using an SPF record.
v=spf1 ip4:212.77.4.23 ip4:212.77.4.24 ip4:212.77.4.25 ip4:212.77.4.26 ~all
Ads.txt Validation Test68% of top 100 sites passed
  • This website doesn't use an ads.txt file! Ads.txt is a text file that contains a list of Authorized Digital Sellers. The purpose of ads.txt files is to give advertisers and advertising networks the ability to verify who is allowed to sell advertising on your website.
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