Cde.state.co.us - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
74% 
Page quality
43% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
91% 
Server
29% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.27 s
File size
33.90 kB
Words
593
Media files
26
Number of links
110 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Colorado Department of Education Home Page | CDE
The length of the page title is perfect. (483 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)
http://cde.state.co.us/index
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
GeneratorDrupal 7 (http://drupal.org)
google-translate-customization5b00720eba7f4f4b-7d10897425c7c23a-gb2acd41b72bf8d3a-13
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 38.8 words is high.
This page contains 593 words. That's ok.
21.6% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 paragraphs were found on this page.
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)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 144 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"news release -- state board of education hears details of 1241 task force recommendations for changes ..."
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)
The HTTPS protocol for secure data transmission is not used.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
...es/cdestatelayoutnew/images/cdelogo2.pngColorado Department of Education Logo - Homepage Link
...alcontent/SchoolVIewLogo2019black-v4.pngSchoolView
...tions/24-FamilyCommScholMonth-NEWT_1.pngLearn more about Celebrating Family and School Partnership in Education Month, Colorado Department of Education
...alcontent/HomePage-CardImage01-small.pngClassroom full of teachers talking with each other
...alcontent/HomePage-CardImage02-small.pngTwo young girls smiling and holding up their homework with an A grade on it
...alcontent/HomePage-CardImage04-small.pngTeacher helping two young girls
...alcontent/HomePage-CardImage03-small.pngBoy smiling while outside of school building, other students talking in background
...alcontent/HomePage-CardImage06-small.pngYoung boy smiling in front of shelves of books
...alcontent/HomePage-CardImage05-small.pngYoung man smiling in front of lockers at school
...alcontent/HomePage-CardImage07-small.pngColorado State Capitol building
...alcontent/HomePage-CardImage08-small.pngYoung girl smiling while holding a book in front of books stacks in library
...alcontent/HomePage-CardImage09-small.pngGrass and horizon at sunset
...fault/files/54092755342_6cf325db4c_c.jpgStudents read at Kenton Elementary School.
...fault/files/54093395711_4cf635a758_c.jpgStudent stands in front of a bulletin board during a Lights On Afterschool event in Thronton.
...les/Sherri Wright headshot_0-cropped.pngSherri Wright
...globalcontent/WebIcon-News-v6-border.pngCDE News Archive
...lobalcontent/Webicon-Comms-v6-border.pngCDE Communications Division
...alcontent/Webicon-Calender-v6-border.pngCDE Calendar
...ntion/[email protected]Every School Day Matters! Colorado Department of Education
...con_3542aa93f4433c41db742fa0e321a959.pngCDE Twitter page
...con_cd8a88ede45bbcb2e97138b30b64135b.pngCDE Facebook page
...con_b3d7111093f958052a7d11be91094732.pngCDE LinkedIn page
...con_d30bf513834d718d4aca8382f566b0d2.pngEmail CDE
...con_a03e77c1c9896dc528190dfc5b593ef3.pngCDE Jobs
...lt/files/pics/globalcontent/fin-logo.pngFinancial transparency
...s/cdestatelayoutnew/images/MaintIcon.pngWCC Access

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Colorado Department of Education Home Page
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Colorado Department of Education Home Page
H2 Educator Licensing, Preparation & Effectiveness
H2 Quality Schools
H2 Early Learning
H2 Student Supports
H2 Standards & Assessment
H2 Postsecondary Readiness
H2 School Funding
H2 Libraries
H2 CDE Leadership
H2 News & Events
H2 Attendance Campaign
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 12 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
http://cde.state.co.us/Anchor Skip to Main Content
/contact_cdeContact Us
http://cde.state.co.us/IMG-ALT Colorado Department of Education Logo - Homepage Link
http://cde.state.co.us/cdeprofLicensing
/cdecomm/aboutcdeAbout CDE
http://cde.state.co.us/cdeboardState Board
http://cde.state.co.us/officesOffices
/cdestaffdirectoryStaff Directory
/communications/newsbureauNews
/humanresourcesCareers
http://cde.state.co.us/siteindexSite Index
http://cde.state.co.us/familiesFamilies
http://cde.state.co.us/educatorsEducators
http://cde.state.co.us/districtsDistricts
/communitiesCommunities
/schoolview/explore/welcome/Subdomain IMG-ALT SchoolView
/familyengagementIMG-ALT Learn more about Celebrating Family and School Partnership in Education Month, Colorado Department of Education
http://cde.state.co.us/cdeprofEducator Licensing
/educatoreffectiveness/copmsColorado Performance Management System (RANDA)
/educatortalent/preparationEducator Preparation
/fedprograms/tii/indexESSA Requirements for High Quality Educators
https://cool.randasolutions.co...External Subdomain Log into Colorado Online Licensing (COOL)
/educatortalent/coloradoteachi...Jobs for Teachers
/educatortalent/principalresou...Principal Resources
/educatortalent/educatorpdrequ...Professional Educator License Renewal Requirements
/cdeawards/awardsAward-Winning Districts, Schools and Teachers
/accountability/performanceDistrict and School Support
/fedprograms/essaEvery Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in Colorado
/familyengagementFamily, School, and Community Partnerships (FSCP)
/fourdomainsFour Domains for Rapid School Improvement
http://cde.state.co.us/uipImprovement Planning
/preventing-harassment-discrim...Prevention of Harassment, Discrimination, & Bullying in Colorado Schools
http://cde.state.co.us/choiceSchool Choice (Charter, Online, Home
/schoolclimateSchool Culture and Climate
/accountability/performancefra...School and District Ratings
/thelandscapeThe Landscape of Wellbeing and Belonging
/cdesped/childfindChild Find for Children Ages 3 through 5
https://cdec.colorado.gov/External Subdomain Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC)
/cdesped/upkfaqsSpecial Education and Universal Preschool (UPK) in Colorado
/educatortalent/eccareernaviga...Early Childhood Career Navigation
/coloradoliteracy/readact/asse...Early Literacy Assessment Tool Project
/coloradoliteracy/readact/grantEarly Literacy Grant
http://cde.state.co.us/earlyElementary Literacy and School Readiness (ELSR)
/coloradoliteracyREAD Act
https://readwithme.today/External Read With Me Campaign: ReadWithMe.today
http://cde.state.co.us/cdeadultAdult Education
/mtss/bullyingBullying Prevention
/dropoutpreventionDropout Prevention
/cde_englishEnglish Language Learners
http://cde.state.co.us/gtGifted Education
/healthandwellnessHealth and Wellness
http://cde.state.co.us/migrantMigrant Education
http://cde.state.co.us/mtssMulti-Tiered System of Supports
http://cde.state.co.us/nutritionSchool Nutrition
http://cde.state.co.us/cdespedSpecial Education
/standardsandinstructionAcademic Standards
http://cde.state.co.us/assessmentCMAS, PSAT/SAT and other Student Tests
/standardsandinstruction/2020i...Support for Implementation of New Academic Standards
/postsecondary/apexam_feeAdvanced Placement/International Baccalaureate
/postsecondary/hb18-1266Career Development Incentive Program
/postsecondary/concurrentenrol...Concurrent Enrollment
/postsecondary/graduationguide...Graduation Guidelines
/postsecondary/hseSubdomain High School Equivalency
/postsecondary/icapIndividual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP)
/capitalconstructionCapital Construction
http://cde.state.co.us/cdeawardsCompetitive Grants and Awards
/fedprogramsFederal Programs
/schoolview/financialtranspare...Subdomain Financial Transparency
/cdefinance/auditunitSchool Auditing
http://cde.state.co.us/cdefinanceSchool Finance
/transportationSchool Transportation
http://cde.state.co.us/cdelibColorado State Library
https://www.coloradovirtuallib...External Subdomain Colorado Virtual Library
https://www.coloradolibraries....External Subdomain Find a Public Library
/cdelib/librarydevelopment/pub...Public Library Resources
/cdelib/librarydevelopment/sch...School Libraries
/cdelib/prisonlibraries/instit...State Institutional Libraries
http://cde.state.co.us/stateinfoState Publications Library
https://myctbl.cde.state.co.us/External Subdomain Talking Book Library
/cdecomm/aboutcdeText duplicate About CDE
http://cde.state.co.us/cdecommCommissioner of Education
http://cde.state.co.us/cdeboardState Board of Education
/communications/nov-2024-sbe-m...Subdomain News Release -- State Board of Education hears details of 1241 Task Force recommendations for changes to accountability and accreditation system
/communications/11-8-24-news-r...Subdomain News Release - Colorado Accountability Task Force recommends overhaul of state education accountability system
/communications/newsrelease102...Subdomain News Release: Sherri Wright sworn in as CD3 State Board of Education member through January 2025
/communications/news_and_eventsView More News
IMG-ALT CDE News Archive
/communicationsCommunications
IMG-ALT CDE Communications Division
/cde_calendarCalendar
IMG-ALT CDE Calendar
/dropoutprevention/attendancec...Explore the Attendance Campaign
https://docs.google.com/forms/...External Subdomain Join the Challenge
https://twitter.com/codepted/New window External IMG-ALT CDE Twitter page
A-TITLE CDE Twitter Account
https://www.facebook.com/codep...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT CDE Facebook page
A-TITLE CDE Facebook Account
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT CDE LinkedIn page
A-TITLE CDE LinkedIn Account
/contact_cdeIMG-ALT Email CDE
A-TITLE Contact CDE
/humanresourcesIMG-ALT CDE Jobs
A-TITLE CDE Jobs
/schoolview/financialtranspare...Subdomain Learn more about financial transparency.
https://www.colorado.gov/New window External Subdomain Colorado.gov
http://cde.state.co.us/officesText duplicate Offices
/cdestaffdirectoryOur Staff
/communications/newsreleasesNews Releases
http://cde.state.co.us/siteindexText duplicate Site Index
http://cde.state.co.us/faqFAQs
/cdeprof/newcoolsystemupdatesCOOL: Online Licensing
/humanresourcesHuman Resources
/humanresources/jobsJobs at CDE
/educatortalent/coloradoteachi...Text duplicate Jobs for Teachers
https://sitesed.cde.state.co.us/External Subdomain Moodle LMS
/cdeprofessionaldevelopmentProfessional Development
/schoolview/explore/welcome/Subdomain Text duplicate SchoolView
http://cde.state.co.us/cdeboardText duplicate State Board
http://cde.state.co.us/cdecommCommissioner
/communications/newsbureauText duplicate Communications
/cde_calendarText duplicate Calendar
/cdecomm/aboutcdeText duplicate About CDE
/accessibilityAccessibility Statement
/contact_cdeContact CDE
/cdeprof/contactusLicensing Hours
http://cde.state.co.us/titleixTitle IX
/accessibilityAccessibility
http://cde.state.co.us/disclaimerDisclaimer
http://cde.state.co.us/privacyPrivacy
http://cde.state.co.us/user/IMG-ALT WCC Access

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
The checked page does not redirect to another URL.
HTTP header
(Important)
The used PHP version is outdated and may be a security risk.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 6 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.27 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (34 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
serverApache/2.2.15 (Red Hat)
x-powered-byPHP/5.3.3
x-drupal-cacheMISS
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
cache-controlpublic, max-age=86400
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
link</node/8338>; rel="shortlink",</index>; rel="canonical"
x-generatorDrupal 7 (http://drupal.org)
etag"1732002011-1"
last-modifiedTue, 19 Nov 2024 07:40:11 GMT
varyCookie,Accept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-length9289
accept-rangesbytes
dateTue, 19 Nov 2024 08:04:51 GMT
x-varnish652401957 652400965
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via1.1 varnish
connectionkeep-alive
x-varnish-cacheHIT
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 290 referring domains.
This page has 2,659 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 201 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# 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/

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
CDE69%Check
Education68%Check
Colorado68%Check
Colorado Department66%Check
Page64%Check
Colorado State61%Check
State54%Check
School51%Check
Special Education51%Check
state education accountability system50%Check

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