Auditor.nc.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
77% 
Page quality
52% 
Page structure
46% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.36 s
File size
168.20 kB
Words
370
Media files
3
Number of links
41 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
home-page | NC Auditor
The length of the page title is perfect. (218 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.auditor.nc.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)
The alternate link to the page itself is invalid.
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

NameValue
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
langen
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 370 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
24.1% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 12.86 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 71 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 7 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
...rsionId=li9gNYSOQwNNxyubR8jAjhBWLHL8S_LYHome
...PLkUM7A.LeqMnrWAgCT1UTNBG8&itok=lv36N9MWNo alt attribute provided
...gDFaSbngx.DAqm3LblfGeOSB_d&itok=rmduOwY_No alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
home-page
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (9 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 home-page
H1 Be in the Know
H2 Utility Menu
H2 The Office of the State Auditor
H2 Find Reports for Your County
H2 Contact Information
H2 Follow Us
H2 Network Menu
H3 State Auditor Tipline
H3 Get Reports Instantly
H3 View The Latest Issue of The Monitor
H3 Request State Auditor Holmes to speak
H3 Search All Reports
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 23 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.auditor.nc.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.auditor.nc.gov/Anchor How you know
https://www.nc.gov/privacyExternal Subdomain view our full privacy policy
https://www.nc.gov/External Subdomain NC.GOV
https://www.nc.gov/agenciesExternal Subdomain AGENCIES
/about-us/frequently-asked-que...FAQ
https://www.nc.gov/jobsExternal Subdomain JOBS
https://www.nc.gov/servicesExternal Subdomain SERVICES
https://www.auditor.nc.gov/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
/about-usAbout Us
/about-usText duplicate About Us
/about-us/state-auditors-tiplineState Auditor's Tipline
/about-us/about-office-state-a...About the Office
/about-us/history-office-state...History of the Office
/about-us/staff-directoryStaff Directory
/about-us/audit-and-reviewsAudit and Reviews
/about-us/main-and-regional-of...Office Locations
/news/press-releasesPress Releases
/about-us/monitorMonitor Newsletter
/about-us/frequently-asked-que...Text duplicate FAQ
https://www.governmentjobs.com...New window External Subdomain Career Opportunities
https://www.governmentjobs.com...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Career Opportunities
https://www.governmentjobs.com...External Subdomain Current Openings
A-TITLE Current OSA Openings
/financial-audit-internship-ap...Subdomain Financial Audit Internships
/auditsreviewsAudits/Reviews
/auditsreviewsText duplicate Audits/Reviews
/auditsreviews/types-auditsTypes of Audits
/order-reportsOrder Reports
/audits-reviews/search-reportsSearch For Reports
/receive-reportsReceive Reports
https://www.auditor.nc.gov/FormsForms
/jessica-n-holmes-0Subdomain Jessica N. Holmes, J.D., State Auditor
/contact-usContact Us
/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
/comments-or-feedbackComments or Feedback
/contact-us/contracting-and-bidsContracting and Bids
https://www.nc.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate NC.GOV
https://www.nc.gov/agenciesExternal Subdomain Text duplicate AGENCIES
/about-us/frequently-asked-que...Text duplicate FAQ
https://www.nc.gov/jobsExternal Subdomain Text duplicate JOBS
https://www.nc.gov/servicesExternal Subdomain Text duplicate SERVICES
/about-us/about-office-state-a...Subdomain Click to learn more about our Office
/about-us/state-auditors-hotlineState Auditor Tipline Call 1-800-730-TIPS (8477) or report online anonymously
/receive-reportsGet Reports Instantly Subscribe to receive an email when a report is published
/documents/reports/financial/f...Statewide Single Audit Report
/documents/reports/investigati...Town of Robbinsville – Investigative Audit Report
/audits-reviews/search-reportsView all Reports
/about-us/monitorSVG View The Latest Issue of The Monitor Discover Past and Present Issues of The Monitor
/audits-reviews/search-reportsSubdomain SVG Search All Reports Find any or all reports
/tablefield/export/paragraph/3...Export Map Data
https://www.auditor.nc.gov/Anchor A-TITLE Back to top
https://www.facebook.com/ncsta...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/NCStateAud...External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/nc.osa/External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
/social-media-comments-terms-useNew window Subdomain Social Media Comments Terms of Use
A-TITLE Social Media Comments Terms of Use
https://nc.gov/External nc.gov
A-TITLE The State of North Carolina
/webform/user_feedback?source_...Website Feedback
A-TITLE Website User Feedback Form
https://www.nc.gov/accessibilityExternal Subdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility of State of North Carolina Websites
https://www.nc.gov/disclaimer-...External Subdomain Disclaimer & Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://www.nc.gov/privacyExternal Subdomain Privacy Policy
A-TITLE State of North Carolina Privacy Policy
https://www.nc.gov/government/...External Subdomain Open Budget
A-TITLE State of North Carolina Open Budget
https://it.nc.gov/services/dig...External Subdomain Hosted on Digital Commons

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.auditor.nc.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 90 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 71 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.36 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (168 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateFri, 03 May 2024 01:18:50 GMT
serverApache
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x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
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x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedWed, 01 May 2024 15:51:21 GMT
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests
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varyCookie
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http_versionHTTP/2

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 324 referring domains.
This page has 266,564 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 248 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

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