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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
52% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.27 s
File size
88.00 kB
Words
464
Media files
20
Number of links
140 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives |
The length of the page title is perfect. (488 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.atf.gov/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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MobileOptimizedwidth
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 464 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 45 words is high.
23.3% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
...ll/themes/custom/atf/images/atf-logo.pngATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives sealClick the seal to navigate to the homepage.
...s/custom/atf/images/atf-head-logo-sm.pngATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives logoClick the logo to navigate to the homepage.
...ll/themes/custom/atf/images/atf-logo.pngATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives sealClick the seal to navigate to the homepage.
...s/custom/atf/images/atf-head-logo-sm.pngATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives logoClick the logo to navigate to the homepage.
...s-1327809016_nfcta_1_0.jpg?itok=olkBEnUHAutomatic pistol with bullets and handcuffsNational Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment: Firearms - Volume Three
...portland_evidence_home.jpg?itok=tiehD_BySpecial agent/certified fire investigator cindy chang searching for evidenceSpecial agent/certified fire investigator cindy chang searching for evidence
...2024/03/videocard_home.jpg?itok=T4yCiLOq30 x 30: ATF's Pledge to Advance Women in Law Enforcement30 x 30: ATF's Pledge to Advance Women in Law Enforcement
...omepage_banner_854x254.png?itok=HNw35nSuGolden retriever in front of a government buildingOrder the 2024 ATF National Canine Division Planner!
..._flood-1226269268_home.jpg?itok=yRtaK1d0River torrent and floodingRiver torrent and flooding
...tablet-654100004.news_.jpg?itok=UIxlE8U4Image of a man with a tabletWhat's New on ATF.gov
...es/media/2021/02/teardrop_new_12_002.jpgFirearms resting against a wallFirearms resting against a wall
...les/media/2018/04/teardrop_new_7_002.jpgImage of a grenadeImage of a grenade
...les/media/2018/04/teardrop_new_8_002.jpgImage of firefighter's outfitImage of firefighter's outfit
...t/files/media/2018/04/teardrop_new_9.jpgImage of Alcohol and TobaccoAlcohol and Tobacco
.../files/media/2021/02/teardrop_new_13.jpgLady Justice used to represent RegulationsLady Justice used to represent Regulations
...lt/files/media/2016/09/teardrop_tips.pngImage of the ATF Tips logoImage of the ATF Tips logo
.../files/media/2021/02/teardrop_new_16.jpgPeople representing careersPeople representing careers
...t/files/media/2021/02/teardrop_new_1.jpgA digital reader to represent the Resource CenterA digital reader is grabbed from a book shelf
...red-ef6e0abfe1c903c5ed5cba6ab7c2c38b.gifRequired
...om/atf/images/atf-logo-horizontal-v2.pngATF: Protecting the public. Serving our nation.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
H2 Search form
H2 Main menu
H2 About the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
H2 Firearms
H2 Explosives
H2 Arson
H2 Alcohol & Tobacco
H2 Regulations
H2 Submit a Tip
H2 Careers
H2 Resource Center
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.atf.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.atf.gov/IMG-ALT ATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives seal
A-TITLE Home
https://www.atf.gov/Text duplicate IMG-ALT ATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives seal
A-TITLE Home
https://www.atf.gov/Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
A-TITLE Home
/about/who-we-areWho We Are
https://www.atf.gov/aboutAbout
/about-atf/executive-staffExecutive Staff
/about-atf/organization-structureOrganization Structure
/our-history/our-historyOur History
A-TITLE Our History Menu
/about/diversityDiversity & Inclusion
https://www.atf.gov/contactContact
/contact/hotlinesHotlines
/contact/licensing-and-other-s...Licensing Services
/news/media-and-congressional-...For Media & Congress
/contact/victim-witness-assist...For Victims & Witnesses
https://www.atf.gov/careersCareers
A-TITLE Careers section of the ATF website. Job opportunities are listed here.
/careers/becoming-special-agentSpecial Agent
/careers/becoming-industry-ope...IO Investigator
/careers/attorneysAttorneys
/careers/professional-and-tech...Professional/Technical
/contact/atf-field-divisionsLocations
/contact/contact-atf-headquartersHQ Offices
/contact/atf-field-divisionsField Divisions
/contact/local-atf-officesLocal Offices
/contact/international-officesInternational
/about/what-we-doWhat We Do
/about/mission-areasMission Areas
https://www.atf.gov/firearmsFirearms
https://www.atf.gov/explosivesExplosives
A-TITLE Explosives industry members play an integral role in maintaining and improving our quality of life in the United States and work to bring countless benefits ...
https://www.atf.gov/arsonArson
/alcohol-tobaccoAlcohol & Tobacco
/rules-and-regulationsRegulations
A-TITLE ATF regulations are published as Title 27, Chapter II, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) by the Government Printing Office. Consult the official legal versio...
/rules-and-regulations/laws-al...Laws
/rules-and-regulations/regulat...Text duplicate Regulations
/rules-and-regulations/federal...Federal Register
/rules-and-regulations/rulingsRulings
https://www.atf.gov/newsNews
/news/advisoriesAdvisories
/news/press-releasesPress Releases
/news/social-mediaSocial Media
/news/media-and-congressional-...Media Contacts
https://www.atf.gov/laboratoriesLaboratories
/laboratories/fire-research-la...Fire Research
/laboratories/forensics/public...Forensics
/laboratories/national-firearm...Firearms Examiner Academy
https://www.atf.gov/most-wantedMost Wanted
/news/reward-noticesReward Notices
/resource-centerResources
/resource-center/forms-libraryDownload Forms
/distribution-center-order-formOrder Paper Forms
/resource-center/atf-photo-gal...Photo Galleries
/firearms/firearms-photo-galleryFirearms Gallery
/explosives/canine-galleryK-9 Gallery
/resource-center/publications-...Publications
/resource-center/fact-sheetsFact Sheets
/rules-and-regulations/rules-a...Regulations Library
/resource-center/freedom-infor...FOIA
/questions-and-answersQ&A
/questions-and-answers/firearm...Text duplicate Firearms
A-TITLE Firearms Questions and Answers
/questions-and-answers/explosi...Text duplicate Explosives
/questions-and-answers/careers...Text duplicate Careers
/resource-center/data-statisticsData & Statistics
/resource-center/firearms-trac...U.S. Firearms Trace Data
/firearms/docs/report/2021-fir...U.S. Firearms Commerce Report
/resource-center/annual-firear...AFMER
https://www.atf.gov/esEspañol
https://www.atf.gov/esText duplicate Español
/firearms/national-firearms-co...Subdomain IMG-ALT Automatic pistol with bullets and handcuffs
/firearms/national-firearms-co...Subdomain Caption: National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment: Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume Three
/our-history/defying-odds-cind...Subdomain IMG-ALT Special agent/certified fire investigator cindy chang searching for evidence
/our-history/defying-odds-cind...Subdomain Caption: Careers in Action: Special Agent - Certified Fire Investigator Cindy Chang
/about-atf/30-x-30-atfs-pledge...Subdomain IMG-ALT 30 x 30: ATF's Pledge to Advance Women in Law Enforcement
/about-atf/30-x-30-atfs-pledge...Subdomain Caption: 30 x 30: ATF's Pledge to Advance Women in Law Enforcement
/explosives/national-canine-di...Subdomain IMG-ALT Golden retriever in front of a government building
/explosives/national-canine-di...Subdomain Caption: Order the 2024 ATF National Canine Division Planner!
/resource-center/prepare-natur...Subdomain IMG-ALT River torrent and flooding
/resource-center/prepare-natur...Subdomain Caption: Guidance on how to prepare for natural disasters
/home/whats-newSubdomain IMG-ALT Image of a man with a tablet
/home/whats-newSubdomain Caption: What's New on ATF.gov
https://www.atf.gov/firearmsText duplicate Firearms
https://www.atf.gov/firearmsSubdomain IMG-ALT Firearms resting against a wall
/firearms/firearms-formsSubdomain Firearms Forms
A-TITLE Firearms Forms
/resource-center/publications-...Subdomain Text duplicate Publications
A-TITLE Publications
/questions-and-answers/firearm...Subdomain Q&As
A-TITLE Firearms questions and answers
https://www.atf.gov/explosivesText duplicate Explosives
https://www.atf.gov/explosivesSubdomain IMG-ALT Image of a grenade
https://www.atf.gov/explosivesSubdomain Explosives News
A-TITLE Explosives
/careers/arson-explosives-trai...Subdomain Trainings
A-TITLE Explosive Trainings
/explosives/tools-services-exp...Subdomain Tools
A-TITLE Explosive Tools
https://www.atf.gov/arsonText duplicate Arson
https://www.atf.gov/arsonSubdomain IMG-ALT Image of firefighter's outfit
https://www.atf.gov/arsonSubdomain Arson News
/careers/arson-explosives-trai...Subdomain Trainings,
/arson/atf-certified-fire-inve...Subdomain Videos
/alcohol-tobaccoText duplicate Alcohol & Tobacco
/alcohol-tobaccoSubdomain IMG-ALT Image of Alcohol and Tobacco
/alcohol-tobacco/alcohol-tobac...Subdomain Alcohol and Tobacco Publications
A-TITLE Alcohol and Tobacco
/questions-and-answers/alcohol...Subdomain Text duplicate Q&As
A-TITLE Alcohol and Tobacco questions and answers
/rules-and-regulationsText duplicate Regulations
/rules-and-regulationsSubdomain IMG-ALT Lady Justice used to represent Regulations
/rules-and-regulations/rulingsSubdomain Text duplicate Rulings
A-TITLE Regulations
/rules-and-regulations/rulemakingSubdomain Rulemakings
A-TITLE Rulemakings
/rules-and-regulations/general...Subdomain General Notices
A-TITLE General Notices
/rules-and-regulations/final-r...Subdomain 41F
https://www.atf.gov/atf-tipsSubmit a Tip
/contact/submit-tipSubdomain IMG-ALT Image of the ATF Tips logo
A-TITLE Submit a stip
https://www.atf.gov/atf-tipsNew window Subdomain Submit an anonymous tip on illegal activity or other acts of violence.
https://www.atf.gov/careersText duplicate Careers
https://www.atf.gov/careersSubdomain People representing various backgrounds talk to one another
IMG-ALT People representing careers
https://www.atf.gov/careersNew window Subdomain Find Information on How to Join the ATF Workforce
/resource-centerResource Center
/resource-centerSubdomain IMG-ALT A digital reader to represent the Resource Center
/resource-centerNew window Subdomain Find Publications, Forms, Videos and More
https://www.facebook.com/HQATFExternal Subdomain facebook
https://www.twitter.com/atfhqExternal Subdomain twitter
https://instagram.com/atfhq/External instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/A...External Subdomain youtube
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain email
/about/who-we-areText duplicate Who We Are
https://www.atf.gov/aboutText duplicate About
/about-atf/executive-staffText duplicate Executive Staff
/about-atf/organization-structureText duplicate Organization Structure
A-TITLE Displays the Organizational Structure of the ATF Agency
/our-history/our-historyText duplicate Our History
A-TITLE Our History Pages
/about/what-we-doText duplicate What We Do
https://www.atf.gov/firearmsText duplicate Firearms
A-TITLE ATF recognizes the role that firearms play in violent crimes and pursues an integrated regulatory and enforcement strategy. Investigative priorities focus on...
https://www.atf.gov/explosivesText duplicate Explosives
A-TITLE Explosives industry members play an integral role in maintaining and improving our quality of life in the United States and work to bring countless benefits ...
https://www.atf.gov/arsonText duplicate Arson
A-TITLE The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is the Federal agency primarily responsible for administering and enforcing the criminal and re...
/alcohol-tobaccoText duplicate Alcohol & Tobacco
https://www.atf.gov/newsText duplicate News
A-TITLE ATF Press Releases
/news/press-releasesSubdomain Text duplicate Press Releases
/news/advisoriesSubdomain Text duplicate Advisories
/news/reward-noticesSubdomain Text duplicate Reward Notices
/news/media-and-congressional-...Media/Congressional Contacts
https://www.atf.gov/careersText duplicate Careers
A-TITLE At the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), we conduct criminal investigations, regulate the firearms and explosives industries and ass...
/careers/becoming-special-agentText duplicate Special Agent
/careers/becoming-industry-ope...Industry Operations Investigator
https://www.atf.gov/eeoEEO and Disability Information
/resource-centerText duplicate Resource Center
/resource-center/data-statisticsStatistics
/resource-center/freedom-infor...Text duplicate FOIA
https://www.atf.gov/most-wantedText duplicate Most Wanted
/resource-center/forms-libraryText duplicate Download Forms
https://www.justice.gov/openExternal Subdomain Open Government
https://www.justice.gov/doj/pr...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://www.justice.gov/legalp...External Subdomain Legal Policies & Disclaimers
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain USA.gov
https://www.justice.gov/jmd/ee...External Subdomain No Fear Act
https://oig.justice.gov/hotlin...External Subdomain Whistleblower Rights & Protections
https://www.atf.gov/home/site-mapSubdomain Site Map
/resource-center/accessibility...Subdomain Accessibility & Plug-Ins
https://www.atf.gov/<front>Subdomain ATF.gov
https://www.justice.gov/External Subdomain U.S. Department of Justice

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.atf.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.27 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (88 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 14,684 referring domains.
This page has 2,493,016 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 8,486 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

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# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /misc/*.css$
Allow: /misc/*.css?
Allow: /misc/*.js$
Allow: /misc/*.js?
Allow: /misc/*.gif
Allow: /misc/*.jpg
Allow: /misc/*.jpeg
Allow: /misc/*.png
Allow: /modules/*.css$
Allow: /modules/*.css?
Allow: /modules/*.js$
Allow: /modules/*.js?
Allow: /modules/*.gif
Allow: /modules/*.jpg
Allow: /modules/*.jpeg
Allow: /modules/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /themes/*.css$
Allow: /themes/*.css?
Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
Allow: /themes/*.gif
Allow: /themes/*.jpg
Allow: /themes/*.jpeg
Allow: /themes/*.png
# Directories
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/
# Files
Disallow: /CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /?q=admin/
Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /?q=node/add/
Disallow: /?q=search/
Disallow: /?q=user/password/
Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
Disallow: /?q=user/logout/
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