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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
62% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
97% 
Server
31% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.17 s
File size
54.20 kB
Words
438
Media files
11
Number of links
42 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
CDTFA - CA Department of Tax and Fee Administration
The length of the page title is perfect. (492 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration Homepage
The length of the meta description is perfect. (393 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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
AuthorCalifornia Department of Tax and Fee Administration
DescriptionCalifornia Department of Tax and Fee Administration Homepage
KeywordsCalifornia Department of Tax and Fee Administration, California, Tax, Fee, Tax and Fee Administration, Homepage
HandheldFriendlyTrue
MobileOptimized320
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 438 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 25.6 words is high.
21.9% 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)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (18). We recommend using a maximum of 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)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
/images/Ca-Gov-Logo-Gold.svgca.gov logo
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/images/CDTFA-logo.pngState of California Website Template logo
/images/TaxInfoBanner.pngTax information bulletin banner depicting covered battery waste topic
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/images/ChatWidget.pngbackground image with various empty conversation bubbles advertising CDTFA's live chat feature
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/images/news-cdtfa.pngA Female CDTFA Employee Using a Mobile Device
/images/taxpayer-education-cdtfa.pngMale CDTFA Employee Presenting to a Group of Male and Female Taxpayers
/images/events-cdtfa.pngTwo Male CDTFA Employees Communicating with a Taxpayer
/images/video-resources-cdtfa.pngFemale CDTFA Employee Typing on Computer
/images/nm-signature.pngNicolas Maduro Signature
/images/sc-signature.pngScott Capulong Signature

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration homepage
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 California Department of Tax and Fee Administration homepage
H2 File a Return & Pay Taxes
H2 Register for a Permit
H2 Tax & Fee Rates
H2 Received a Letter or Notice?
H2 Your Tax Dollars at Work
H3 March Taxpayer Information Bulletin
H3 News & Notices
H3 Tax Education
H3 Upcoming Events
H3 Video Resources
H3 Leadership
H3 Quick Links
H3 Social Media
H3 State Campaigns
H3 Contact Us
H3 Website Accessibility Certification
H4 Agency
H4 Certification date
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.
There are 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://ca.gov/External CA.gov
IMG-ALT ca.gov logo
https://onlineservices.cdtfa.c...External Subdomain Login
https://onlineservices.cdtfa.c...External Subdomain Register
/languages.htmTranslate
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/IMG-ALT State of California Website Template logo
/services/file-a-return.htmFile a Return
/taxes-and-fees/rates.htmFind Your Tax Rate
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/notices.htmIdentify a Letter or Notice
/services/make-a-payment.htmMake a Payment
/services/registration.htmRegister for a Permit, License, or Account
/report-violation.htmReport a Violation
/services/request-relief.htmRequest an Extension or Relief
https://onlineservices.cdtfa.c...External Subdomain Verify a Permit, License, or Account
/taxes-and-fees/sutprograms.htmSales & Use Tax
/taxes-and-fees/stfprograms.htmSpecial Taxes & Fees
/taxes-and-fees/calculate.htmCalculators
/tax-education/Tax Education
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/formspubs/Forms & Publications
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/industry/Industry Guides
/industry/local-jurisdictions-...Tax Guide for Local Jurisdictions and Districts
/legal/research-and-statistics...Research & Data Tools
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/tra/Taxpayers' Rights Advocate
/doing-business-with-cdtfa.htmDoing Business with CDTFA
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/jobs/Jobs with CDTFA
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/subscribe/Sign Up for Updates
https://onlineservices.cdtfa.c...External Subdomain File & Make a Payment
https://onlineservices.cdtfa.c...External Subdomain Register Online
/taxes-and-fees/rates.htmSee Tax Rates
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/notices.htmLetters and Notices
/formspubs/mar25tib.pdfRead the Bulletin
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/news/News & Notices
/tax-education/Text duplicate Tax Education
/tax-education/attend-class.aspxUpcoming Events
/video-resources.htmVideo Resources
https://www.gov.ca.gov/External Subdomain Governor
https://www.govops.ca.gov/abou...External Subdomain Secretary, Government Operations Agency
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/about.htmAbout CDTFA
/external-tax-resources.htmExternal Tax Resources
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/jobs/Job Opportunities
/industry/local-jurisdictions-...Text duplicate Tax Guide for Local Jurisdictions and Districts
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/SocialMedia/Social Media
https://www.facebook.com/CDTFAExternal Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/cdtfaExternal Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.instagram.com/CDTFA/External Subdomain Instagram
https://covid19.ca.gov/External Subdomain COVID-19 Updates
https://flexalert.org/External Flex Alert
https://registertovote.ca.gov/External Subdomain Register to Vote
https://saveourwater.com/External Save Our Water
https://caconnect.org/contact/External California Connect (TTY)
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/email/Email CDTFA
/office-locations.htmOffice Locations
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/directory/CDTFA Directory
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/contact.htmAdditional Contacts
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/use.htmConditions of Use
https://cdtfa.ca.gov/privacy.htmPrivacy Policy
/accessibility.htmAccessibility
/languages.htmLanguages

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://cdtfa.ca.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.17 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 (54 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 26 Apr 2025 23:53:40 GMT
content-typetext/html
content-length55550
set-cookie178 Characters
cache-controlprivate,no-cache
pragmano-cache
expires-1
last-modifiedWed, 23 Oct 2024 18:37:42 GMT
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
x-xss-protection0
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 711 referring domains.
This page has 1,544 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 392 different ip addresses.

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
CA Department87%Check
Tax86%Check
Tax Fee81%Check
Fee77%Check
Fee Administration77%Check
Department73%Check
Administration72%Check
Fee Administration homepage71%Check
California Department68%Check
Tax Resources67%Check
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