www.cruisedeals.com — SEO report 2026-10-06

I requested https://www.cruisedeals.com/royal-caribbean/ and got HTTP 200 back in 1.38s (129.7 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 Royal Caribbean Cruise Deals | CruiseDeals.com” with the description “Find the best Royal Caribbean cruise deals at CruiseDeals.com. Compare prices, dates, and itineraries to book your next cruise.”
The main content has 1,796 words. Judging by word frequency, it's mostly about royal caribbean, view details, view bonus, night view, cruise onboard.
Headings: 0 H1s, 10 H2s, 12 deeper headings. Images: 31 total, 0 missing alt text, 10 with empty alt. Links: 116 internal, 3 external, 0 broken out of 16 tested.
Structured data tells Google this page includes: Product, Brand, Offer, ItemList, ListItem.
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 › royal-caribbean

Best Royal Caribbean Cruise Deals | CruiseDeals.com

Find the best Royal Caribbean cruise deals at CruiseDeals.com. Compare prices, dates, and itineraries to book your next cruise.

Top things to fix first

Problem No H1 heading (Headings)
Add one <h1> near the top of the page that includes your keyword.
Improve No canonical tag (Crawling & Indexing)
Add <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.cruisedeals.com/royal-caribbean/"> in the <head>.
Improve Server response (TTFB): 1253 ms (Technical & Speed)
Use page caching, a CDN, or better hosting.
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 HTTP → HTTPS uses a temporary 302 redirect (Technical & Speed)
Change the HTTP→HTTPS redirect to a 301.
Improve cruisedeals.com uses a temporary redirect (Technical & Speed)
Make cruisedeals.com → www.cruisedeals.com a permanent 301.
Improve Heading levels skip (Headings)
Nest headings in order (H2 under H1, H3 under H2…).
Improve Text-to-HTML ratio: 9.2% (Content)
Reduce unused markup / page-builder bloat or add more real content.
Improve Readability: 12.1 (Flesch reading ease — difficult) (Content)
Use shorter sentences and simpler words.
Improve 31 images lack width/height attributes (Images)
Set width and height attributes on <img> tags.

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/royal-caribbean/"> 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 100/100

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Title tag (51 characters)

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

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Meta description (127 characters)

“Find the best Royal Caribbean cruise deals at CruiseDeals.com. Compare prices, dates, and itineraries to book your next cruise.” — Good length.

Keyword Targeting info

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No keyword entered

Enter a target keyword to see how well this page is optimized for it.

Headings 31/100

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No H1 heading

The H1 is the on-page headline that tells Google (and readers) what the page is about.

Add one <h1> near the top of the page that includes your keyword.

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10 H2 subheadings

Good structure for readers and crawlers.

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Heading levels skip

H2 → H4 — minor, but a tidy outline helps accessibility and structure.

Nest headings in order (H2 under H1, H3 under H2…).

Heading outline (22)

H2 Get a Free Quote
H4 Your Selected Cruise
H2 Request a Custom Quote
H2 Incredible Ships
H2 Dining & Food Options
H2 Entertainment Onboard
H2 Family-Friendly Cruising
H2 Pools, Slides & Activities
H2 Oasis Class Ships
H2 Icon Class Ships
H3 13-Night Transatlantic Cruise
H3 14-Night Transatlantic Cruise
H3 13-Night Transatlantic Cruise
H3 7-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise
H3 7-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise
H2 Perfect Day CocoCay
H3 7-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise
H3 8-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise
H3 7-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise
H3 5-Night Caribbean - Eastern Cruise
H3 6-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise
H3 Shop Royal Caribbean by Ship

Content 83/100

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1,796 words of content

In-depth content — great for competitive terms.

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Text-to-HTML ratio: 9.2%

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: 11 paragraphs, 5 lists, 0 tables

Lists and tables are often pulled into Google featured snippets.

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Readability: 12.1 (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

caribbean ×42
royal ×32
cruises ×29
cruise ×26
view ×21
onboard ×16
night ×13
spain ×12
day ×12
mexico ×12
international ×11
inside ×11

2-word phrases

royal caribbean ×31
view details ×10
view bonus ×10
night view ×10
cruise onboard ×10
bonus royal ×10
caribbean international ×10
details talk ×10
pp oceanview ×9
caribbean cruises ×8

3-word phrases

bonus royal caribbean ×10
night view details ×10
royal caribbean international ×10
view details talk ×10
view bonus royal ×10
specialist view bonus ×8
royal caribbean cruises ×8
perfect day cococay ×8

Images 79/100

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All 31 images have an alt attribute

Alt text describes images to Google and screen readers.

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10 images have empty alt=""

Empty alt is correct for purely decorative images, but not for product photos, diagrams, etc.

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31 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)

31 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 (31)

Image	Alt text	Issues
https://www.cruisedeals.com/cruisedeals_logo_2026_powered.png	Cruise Deals powered by The Vacation Group	no size
https://www.vacation.com/uc/rccl-home-banner-2026_20260612-145123.png	—	empty alt no size
https://www.vacation.com/uc/rccl-incred-ships_20260612-150650.png	—	empty alt no size
https://www.vacation.com/uc/rccl-home-food-2026_20260612-145117.png	—	empty alt no size
https://www.vacation.com/uc/rccl-entertainment_20260612-151421.jpg	—	empty alt no size
https://www.vacation.com/uc/rccl-family-friendly_20260612-150903.jpg	—	empty alt no size
https://www.vacation.com/uc/rccl-pools_20260612-152431.png	—	empty alt no size
https://www.vacation.com/uc/rccl-oasis_20260612-152459.jpg	—	empty alt no size
https://www.vacation.com/uc/rccl-iconclass_20260612-152606.png	—	empty alt no size
https://www.vacation.com/uc/rccl-iconclass_20260713-185707.png	—	empty alt no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390164/1.jpg	Legend Of The Seas	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_8.png	Royal Caribbean International	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390164/1.jpg	Legend Of The Seas	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_8.png	Royal Caribbean International	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390164/1.jpg	Legend Of The Seas	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_8.png	Royal Caribbean International	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390106/1.jpg	Icon of the Seas	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_8.png	Royal Caribbean International	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390106/1.jpg	Icon of the Seas	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_8.png	Royal Caribbean International	no size
https://www.vacation.com/uc/rccl-coco_20260612-152638.png	—	empty alt no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/37/1.jpg	Enchantment of the Seas	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_8.png	Royal Caribbean International	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/37/1.jpg	Enchantment of the Seas	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_8.png	Royal Caribbean International	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/37/1.jpg	Enchantment of the Seas	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_8.png	Royal Caribbean International	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/248/1.jpg	Freedom of the Seas	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_8.png	Royal Caribbean International	no size
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/2/1.jpg	Adventure of the Seas	no size
https://www.vacation.com/hires_logo_8.png	Royal Caribbean International	no size

Links 100/100

✓

116 unique internal links

145 internal links in total.

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3 unique external links

Linking to reputable sources can support credibility.

✓

No broken links (tested 16)

A sample of internal and external links all responded.

Link test results

URL	Status
https://www.cruisedeals.com/	200
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.vacation.com/search/?click-source=newsearch&testcontent=&final_page=multi_sea…	200
https://www.vacation.com/search/?click-source=newsearch&testcontent=&final_page=multi_sea…	200
https://www.vacation.com	200
https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/dest/45.jpg	200

Structured Data (Schema) 94/100

✓

JSON-LD structured data found

Types: Product ×13, Brand ×13, Offer ×13, ItemList ×2, ListItem ×10

✓

Product schema has the key fields

✓

Offer schema has the key fields

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No BreadcrumbList schema

Breadcrumb schema replaces the ugly URL in results with a clean path.

Add BreadcrumbList JSON-LD (most SEO plugins can switch this on).

View JSON-LD (5 blocks)

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Bermuda",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/mark-harpur-gyte4bubm5m-unsplash_20260616-124317.jpg",
    "sku": "308225",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Norwegian Cruise Line"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "549.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=7&found_lead=308225"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Europe",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/jack-ward-rknrvcrfs1k-unsplash_20260616-125252.jpg",
    "sku": "386644",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Norwegian Cruise Line"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "279.00",
        "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=386644"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Asia",
    "image": "https://www.vacation.com/uc/svetlana-gumerova-yz76ky4-eys-unsplash_20260616-124622.jpg",
    "sku": "383459",
    "brand": {
        "@type": "Brand",
        "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "306.00",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
        "url": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/results.php?compose=1&cmp_de=17,640,3&found_lead=383459"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "ItemList",
    "itemListElement": [
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 1,
            "item": {
                "@type": "Product",
                "name": "Royal Caribbean International Legend Of The Seas — 13-Night Transatlantic Cruise",
                "image": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390164/1.jpg",
                "sku": "329863",
                "brand": {
                    "@type": "Brand",
                    "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
                },
                "offers": {
                    "@type": "Offer",
                    "priceCurrency": "USD",
                    "price": "1529.00",
                    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
                    "url": "https://www.vacation.com/h5.php?sailing=329863"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 2,
            "item": {
                "@type": "Product",
                "name": "Royal Caribbean International Legend Of The Seas — 14-Night Transatlantic Cruise",
                "image": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390164/1.jpg",
                "sku": "356044",
                "brand": {
                    "@type": "Brand",
                    "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
                },
                "offers": {
                    "@type": "Offer",
                    "priceCurrency": "USD",
                    "price": "1699.00",
                    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
                    "url": "https://www.vacation.com/h5.php?sailing=356044"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 3,
            "item": {
                "@type": "Product",
                "name": "Royal Caribbean International Legend Of The Seas — 13-Night Transatlantic Cruise",
                "image": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390164/1.jpg",
                "sku": "359959",
                "brand": {
                    "@type": "Brand",
                    "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
                },
                "offers": {
                    "@type": "Offer",
                    "priceCurrency": "USD",
                    "price": "1661.00",
                    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
                    "url": "https://www.vacation.com/h5.php?sailing=359959"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 4,
            "item": {
                "@type": "Product",
                "name": "Royal Caribbean International Icon of the Seas — 7-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise",
                "image": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390106/1.jpg",
                "sku": "357807",
                "brand": {
                    "@type": "Brand",
                    "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
                },
                "offers": {
                    "@type": "Offer",
                    "priceCurrency": "USD",
                    "price": "958.00",
                    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
                    "url": "https://www.vacation.com/h5.php?sailing=357807"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 5,
            "item": {
                "@type": "Product",
                "name": "Royal Caribbean International Icon of the Seas — 7-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise",
                "image": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/1390106/1.jpg",
                "sku": "357716",
                "brand": {
                    "@type": "Brand",
                    "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
                },
                "offers": {
                    "@type": "Offer",
                    "priceCurrency": "USD",
                    "price": "1034.00",
                    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
                    "url": "https://www.vacation.com/h5.php?sailing=357716"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "ItemList",
    "itemListElement": [
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 1,
            "item": {
                "@type": "Product",
                "name": "Royal Caribbean International Enchantment of the Seas — 7-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise",
                "image": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/37/1.jpg",
                "sku": "363401",
                "brand": {
                    "@type": "Brand",
                    "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
                },
                "offers": {
                    "@type": "Offer",
                    "priceCurrency": "USD",
                    "price": "410.00",
                    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
                    "url": "https://www.vacation.com/h5.php?sailing=363401"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 2,
            "item": {
                "@type": "Product",
                "name": "Royal Caribbean International Enchantment of the Seas — 8-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise",
                "image": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/37/1.jpg",
                "sku": "321740",
                "brand": {
                    "@type": "Brand",
                    "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
                },
                "offers": {
                    "@type": "Offer",
                    "priceCurrency": "USD",
                    "price": "527.00",
                    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
                    "url": "https://www.vacation.com/h5.php?sailing=321740"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 3,
            "item": {
                "@type": "Product",
                "name": "Royal Caribbean International Enchantment of the Seas — 7-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise",
                "image": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/37/1.jpg",
                "sku": "363399",
                "brand": {
                    "@type": "Brand",
                    "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
                },
                "offers": {
                    "@type": "Offer",
                    "priceCurrency": "USD",
                    "price": "484.00",
                    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
                    "url": "https://www.vacation.com/h5.php?sailing=363399"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 4,
            "item": {
                "@type": "Product",
                "name": "Royal Caribbean International Freedom of the Seas — 5-Night Caribbean - Eastern Cruise",
                "image": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/248/1.jpg",
                "sku": "329225",
                "brand": {
                    "@type": "Brand",
                    "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
                },
                "offers": {
                    "@type": "Offer",
                    "priceCurrency": "USD",
                    "price": "358.00",
                    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
                    "url": "https://www.vacation.com/h5.php?sailing=329225"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 5,
            "item": {
                "@type": "Product",
                "name": "Royal Caribbean International Adventure of the Seas — 6-Night Caribbean - Western Cruise",
                "image": "https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/ships/2/1.jpg",
                "sku": "321711",
                "brand": {
                    "@type": "Brand",
                    "name": "Royal Caribbean International"
                },
                "offers": {
                    "@type": "Offer",
                    "priceCurrency": "USD",
                    "price": "448.00",
                    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
                    "url": "https://www.vacation.com/h5.php?sailing=321711"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

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

Social Sharing 100/100

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og:title set

Best Royal Caribbean Cruise Deals | CruiseDeals.com

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og:description set

Find the best Royal Caribbean cruise deals at CruiseDeals.com. Compare prices, dates, and itineraries to book your next…

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og:image set

https://www.cruisedeals.com/data/images/dest/45.jpg

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og:url set

http://www.cruisedeals.com/royal-caribbean/

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og:type set

website

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Twitter/X card set (summary_large_image)

Best Royal Caribbean Cruise Deals | CruiseDeals.com

Find the best Royal Caribbean cruise deals at CruiseDeals.com. Compare prices, dates, and itineraries to book your next cruise.

www.cruisedeals.com

Technical & Speed 83/100

✓

Served over HTTPS

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

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No redirects on the URL you entered

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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.

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Server response (TTFB): 1253 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: 129.7 KB

Under ~150 KB of HTML is healthy.

✓

Compression enabled (gzip)

Transferred 23.2 KB.

✓

0 render-blocking scripts in <head>

4 external scripts and 5 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 94/100

✓

Mobile viewport tag set

width=device-width, initial-scale=1

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Language declared (lang="en")

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