Leading website SEO issues worldwide 2016

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 10, 2016
This statistic presents a ranking of the most common critical website SEO issues worldwide as of July 2016. As of that period, 50 percent of sampled websites featured double content and 45 percent were missing alt attributes.

Most common critical website SEO issues worldwide as of July 2016

CharacteristicShare of surveyed websites
Duplicate content 50%
Missing alt attributes 45%
Duplicate title tags 35%
Broken internal links 35%
Duplicate meta descriptions 30%
Low text to HTML ratio 28%
Missing meta description 25%
Broken external links 25%
Multiple H1 tags 20%
Missing H1 20%
Low word count 18%
Duplicate content in H1 and title 15%
Too much text within title tag 15%
Showing entries 1 to 13 (19 entries in total)
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of surveyed websites50%50%45%45%35%35%35%35%30%30%28%28%25%25%25%25%20%20%20%20%18%18%15%15%15%15%15%15%12%12%10%10%10%10%8%8%4%4%Duplicate contentMissing alt attributesDuplicate title tagsBroken internal linksDuplicate meta descriptionsLow text to HTML ratioMissing meta descriptionBroken external linksMultiple H1 tagsMissing H1Low word countDuplicate content in H1 and titleToo much text within title tagToo many on-page linksCorrect language declaration is missingTemporary redirectsBroken internal imagesMissing title tagsNot enough text within title tag
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Release date

August 2016

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

July 2016

Number of respondents

100,000 websites and 450 million pages

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