cdss.ca.gov | Website SEO Review

Response time

1.76 s

File size

51.20 kB

Words

1684

Media files

21

Number of links

73 internal / 39 external

Meta specifications 75% achieved

Title

(Critically important)

Home | California Dept. of Social Services

The length of the page title is perfect. (376 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)

There are no duplicate words in the title

Meta Title

Meta description

(Critically important)

The meta description is missing.

Meta Description

Crawlability

(Critically important)

There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

(Important)

http://www.cdss.ca.gov/

The specified canonical link points to a different page.

Canonical Tag

Language

(Somewhat important)

Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en-us

Server location: United States of America

The following language is defined by HTML: en-us

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

(Somewhat important)

There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

Other meta tags

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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.

There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.

Meta Tags

Domain

(Somewhat important)

The domain is no subdomain.

The domain length is good.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

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.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

(Somewhat important)

The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

The favicon is linked correctly.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
KEYWORDS	,DotNetNuke,DNN
GENERATOR	DotNetNuke
ROBOTS	INDEX, FOLLOW
viewport	width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0
HandheldFriendly	True
MobileOptimized	320
apple-mobile-web-app-capable	yes
lang	en-us
X-UA-Compatible	IE=edge,chrome=1

Page quality 67% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content

This page contains 1684 words. That's ok.

32.4% of the text are stop words.

The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.

21 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 24.11 words is good.

Content is King

Frames

(Critically important)

This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

(Somewhat important)

No Apple touch icon is specified.

This page loads 18 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.

A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0" is provided.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

(Somewhat important)

Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.

Some tags are too long. With 81 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"cdss teams up with ucd, ucla to fortify the future of the child welfare workforce"

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

(Somewhat important)

Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.

Image SEO

There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.

Social Sharing

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.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
...a/images/template2014/header-ca.gov.png?	CA.gov
.../cdss-logo.png?ver=2016-05-25-084027-000	CDSS Public Site
/portals/13/Images/county.png	Find County Office
/portals/13/Images/calworks.png	Apply for CalWORKS
/portals/13/Images/calfresh.png	Apply for CalFresh
/portals/13/Images/ihss.png	In-Home Support Services
/portals/13/Images/care.png	Find Licensed Care
/portals/13/Images/abuse.png	Report Abuse
/portals/13/Images/hearing.png	Request Hearing
/portals/13/Images/fraud.png	Report Fraud
...13/Images/Facebook-Social-Media-Icon.png	Facebook icon	Facebook
/portals/13/Images/X-Social-Media-Icon.jpg	Twitter icon	Twitter
...13/Images/LinkedIn-Social-Media-Icon.png	LinkedIn icon	LinkedIn
.../13/Images/YouTube-Social-Media-Icon.png	YouTube icon	YouTube
/portals/13/Images/COVID19-banner-sm.png	Text banner with blue and orange lettering that reads 'California for All: covid19.ca.gov, your actions save lives.'
...13/Images/CalEITC_Online_Button_2024.png	Button with text 'It's Your Money, Get It! Earned Income Tax Credit' and a 'Estimate My Credit' call-to-action
...th-Mental-Health-Resources-banner-sm.png	Green and yellow text banner that reads 'Children's Mental Health Resources: Learn More'
...size147x65.jpg?ver=2016-10-18-170231-000	IT'S YOUR MONEY. GET IT!	IT'S YOUR MONEY. GET IT!
...size160x59.jpg?ver=2016-09-16-133930-000	Donate to the SCTF	Donate to the SCTF
...Images/rov.jpg?ver=2016-09-16-133102-000	Register to VOTE	Register to VOTE

Page structure 79% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

There is no H1 heading specified.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

(Important)

The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H2	Headlines and Hot Topics
H2	Highlights
H2	How Do I?
H2	About CDSS
H2	Work With a Purpose
H3	Disaster Help Center
H3	SUN Bucks Summer Food Program for Kids
H3	Community Care Expansion Grants Expand Housing
H3	Taking Steps to Better Serve Foster Youth
H3	CDSS Teams up With UCD, UCLA to Fortify the Future of the Child Welfare Workforce
H3	Training and Stipends Offered for Social Work Education
H3	Report Highlights Success of Project Roomkey
H3	Beware of EBT Theft and Scams
H3	Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI)
H3	Alert: Important Change to Public Charge Rule
H3	Free Access to State Parks and Beaches for CalWORKs Recipients
H3	IHSS Program Celebrates Over 50 Years of Supporting Californians
H3	Adult Protective Services Hotline
H3	Foster Care Ombudsperson Hotline

Link structure 73% achieved

Internal links

(Important)

Some anchor texts are used more than once.

The number of internal links is ok.

None of the anchor texts is too long.

All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are too many external links (39) on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://cdss.ca.gov/accessibility		Accessibility help
https://cdss.ca.gov/	Anchor	Skip to Content
http://www.ca.gov/	External Subdomain	IMG-ALT CA.gov
http://cdss.ca.gov/	Subdomain	IMG-ALT CDSS Public Site A-TITLE CDSS Public Site
/Translation-Disclaimer		Disclaimer A-TITLE Google Translate Disclaimer
http://cdss.ca.gov/	Subdomain	Home
/benefits-services	Subdomain	Benefits & Services
/inforesources/guides	Subdomain	Information & Resources
http://cdss.ca.gov/complaints	Subdomain	Reporting
http://cdss.ca.gov/data-portal1	Subdomain	Data Portal
http://cdss.ca.gov/careers	Subdomain	Careers With CDSS
http://cdss.ca.gov/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Home
/benefits-services	Subdomain Text duplicate	Benefits & Services
/inforesources/guides	Subdomain Text duplicate	Information & Resources
http://cdss.ca.gov/complaints	Subdomain Text duplicate	Reporting
http://cdss.ca.gov/data-portal1	Subdomain Text duplicate	Data Portal
http://cdss.ca.gov/careers	Subdomain Text duplicate	Careers With CDSS
http://cdss.ca.gov/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Home
/County-Offices		Find a County Office IMG-ALT Find County Office
/benefits-services/cash-assist...		Apply for Cash Aid IMG-ALT Apply for CalWORKS
/food-nutrition/calfresh		Apply for Food & Nutrition IMG-ALT Apply for CalFresh
/Benefits-Services/Adult-Servi...		In-Home Support Services IMG-ALT In-Home Support Services
/inforesources/Community-Care-...		Find Licensed Care IMG-ALT Find Licensed Care
/Reporting/Report-Abuse/		Report Abuse IMG-ALT Report Abuse
/Benefits-Services/Hearings-an...		Request Hearing IMG-ALT Request Hearing
/Reporting/Report-Fraud		Report Fraud IMG-ALT Report Fraud
https://news.caloes.ca.gov/she...	External Subdomain	Shelters Available for Communities Impacted by Wildfires
https://news.caloes.ca.gov/coo...	External Subdomain	County Cooling Centers and Resources
/Portals/13/DisasterAssistance...		Guide to Disaster Assistance Services for Californians
/Portals/13/DisasterAssistance...		Guide to Disaster Assistance Services for Immigrant Californians
/Portals/13/DisasterAssistance...		Guía de Servicios de Asistencia por Desastres para Californianos Inmigrantes
https://www.chhs.ca.gov/blog/2...	External Subdomain	CalHHS Emergency Resource Guide
/Portals/13/Press Releases/202...		English
/Portals/13/Press Releases/202...		Spanish
https://youtu.be/zS-Pl8liwnk	External Text duplicate	English
https://youtu.be/KbgiIK6b15Q	External Text duplicate	Spanish
https://cdss.ca.gov/sun-bucks		Learn more about SUN Bucks
/inforesources/cdss-programs/c...		Community Care Expansion (CCE) program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...	External Subdomain	many of which are already underway
https://www.ccegrant.com/data-...	External Subdomain	CCE data dashboard
https://youtu.be/5XSFKBa8L2k?f...	External	video
/inforesources/continuum-of-ca...		Continuum of Care Reform (CCR)
/Portals/9/CCR/CDSS_CCR_Issue_...		loving family, and not to grow up in a congregate setting
/Portals/13/Press Releases/202...		unveiled a new, permanent rate structure
/inforesources/cdss-programs/f...		additional information
/Portals/9/FosterCare/FCRR/cds...		detailed summary
https://humanservices.ucdavis....	External Subdomain	UCD website
https://www.sjsu.edu/socialwor...	External Subdomain	SJSU website
https://www.abtglobal.com/proj...	External Subdomain	report
/inforesources/cdss-programs/h...		Project Roomkey
/Portals/9/Housing/CDSS-Projec...	Text duplicate	English
/Portals/9/Housing/CDSS-Projec...	Text duplicate	Spanish
/Portals/13/Press Releases/202...	Text duplicate	English
/Portals/13/Press Releases/202...	Text duplicate	Spanish
https://youtu.be/opg52FxKoSo?f...	External Text duplicate	English
https://youtu.be/O7j7ut0_FKI?f...	External Text duplicate	Spanish
https://www.apple.com/app-store/	External Subdomain	Apple App
https://play.google.com/store/...	External Subdomain	Google Play store
https://www.ebt.ca.gov/cardhol...	External Subdomain	Web-based access
https://youtu.be/nmsRaYeV98Q?f...	External Text duplicate	English
https://youtu.be/7G8xcrStK-w?f...	External Text duplicate	Spanish
https://cdss.ca.gov/capi		CAPI program website
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/...	External Subdomain	public charge rule
https://www.chhs.ca.gov/blog/2...	External Subdomain	Joint statement
https://www.chhs.ca.gov/wp-con...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	English
https://www.chhs.ca.gov/wp-con...	External Subdomain	Español
/benefits-services/more-servic...		list of immigration services providers
/goldenbearpass		Sign up for a 2024 pass
/in-home-supportive-services		visit the IHSS webpage
/inforesources/county-ihss-off...		your local county IHSS office
https://youtu.be/k4Pqs7vMbP8?f...	External	Access a video
https://response.ca.gov/	External Subdomain	Disaster Assistance
/inforesources/Plans		CDSS State Plans
/inforesources/Information-Res...		Program and Legislative Reports
/inforesources/Fiscal-Financial		Budget Information
https://cdss.ca.gov/food-banks		Find a Food Bank
/CalWORKs-Child-Care		Get Help Paying for Child Care
https://www.ccld.dss.ca.gov/hc...	External Subdomain	Check the Home Care Aide Registry
https://www.ebtproject.ca.gov/	External Subdomain	Using my EBT card
/inforesources/community-care/...		Information about Background Checks
/inforesources/resource-family...		Become a Resource Family
http://www.gov.ca.gov/	External Subdomain	Gavin Newsom
https://www.chhs.ca.gov/about/	External Subdomain Anchor	Kim Johnson
/home/about-cdss/meet-the-dire...		Jennifer Troia
/Home/About-CDSS		About CDSS
/inforesources/statewide-outreach		Statewide Outreach page
/Portals/13/Homepage/osi-count...		list
https://cdss.ca.gov/careers		Work with Us: Work with a Purpose
https://cdss.ca.gov/Media-Center		Media Center
/About-CDSS/Frequently-Asked-Q...		Frequently Asked Questions
/Public-Record-Requests		Submit a Public Records Request
/stakeholder-resources		Stakeholder Meetings
/service-of-process		Service of Process
https://www.facebook.com/peopl...	New window External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Facebook icon
https://twitter.com/CaliforniaDSS	New window External	IMG-ALT Twitter icon
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...	New window External Subdomain	IMG-ALT LinkedIn icon
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...	New window External Subdomain	IMG-ALT YouTube icon
https://cdss.ca.gov/Careers		'Work With a Purpose'
https://covid19.ca.gov/	External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Text banner with blue and orange lettering that reads 'California for All: covid19.ca.gov, your actions save lives.'
https://www.ftb.ca.gov/about-f...	External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Button with text 'It's Your Money, Get It! Earned Income Tax Credit' and a 'Estimate My Credit' call-to-action
https://www.chhs.ca.gov/youth-...	External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Green and yellow text banner that reads 'Children's Mental Health Resources: Learn More'
https://cdss.ca.gov/	Anchor	Back to Top
https://cdss.ca.gov/Accessibility		Accessibility
/accessibility-certification		Accessibility Certification
/Conditions-of-Use		Conditions of Use
https://cdss.ca.gov/Contact-Us		Contact Us
/Tips-for-Using-Adobe-PDF-Files		Get Free Reader
/Notice-on-Collection		Notice on Collection
/Privacy-Policy		Privacy Policy
http://caleitc4me.org/	New window External	IMG-ALT IT'S YOUR MONEY. GET IT!
https://secure.dss.ca.gov/CFS/...	New window External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Donate to the SCTF
http://www.sos.ca.gov/election...	New window External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Register to VOTE

Server configuration 0% achieved

HTTP redirects

(Critically important)

This page redirects to "https://cdss.ca.gov/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

(Important)

The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.

No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

HTTP headers

Performance

(Somewhat important)

The page response time is very slow (1.76 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.

This page loads 12 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.

This page loads 18 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.

The file size of the HTML document is fine (51 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
cache-control	no-cache
pragma	no-cache
content-type	text/html; charset=utf-8
expires	-1
set-cookie	36 Characters
x-ua-compatible	IE=edge
x-xss-protection	1; mode=block
x-frame-options	SAMEORIGIN
date	Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:38:50 GMT
connection	close
content-length	52438
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/1.1

External factors 100% achieved

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 1,116 referring domains.

This page has 33,901 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 882 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Disallow: /Resources/SkinWidgets/
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Disallow: /Resources/Widgets/
Disallow: /Activity-Feed/userId/	# Do not index user profiles
Disallow: /404.htm
Disallow: /Default.htm

User-agent: msnbot
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User-agent: Slurp
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cdss.ca.gov

Home | California Dept. of Social Services

Most important keywords

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

Keyword	Result	Recheck
CDSS	63%	Check
California	56%	Check
Social	56%	Check
Social Services	56%	Check
Services	55%	Check
Social Work	55%	Check
Work	51%	Check
Social Work Education	51%	Check
Support Services	50%	Check
California Department	48%	Check
Assistance Services	48%	Check
or Medi-Cal	48%	Check
or contact	48%	Check
Program	47%	Check
Foster	47%	Check
Hotline	47%	Check
CalWORKs	47%	Check
Grants	47%	Check
Assistance Program	47%	Check
Foster Youth	47%	Check
Highlights Success	47%	Check
CAPI program	47%	Check
IHSS Program	47%	Check
Adult Protective Services Hotline	47%	Check
Ombudsperson Hotline	47%	Check

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Cdss.ca.gov - SEO Checker

Task list of SEO Improvements 10 Tasks

Meta specifications 75% achieved

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Page quality 67% achieved

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Page structure 79% achieved

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Heading structure

Link structure 73% achieved

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Found links on this page

Server configuration 0% achieved

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External factors 100% achieved

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