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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
68% 
Page quality
68% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
45% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.04 s
File size
31.10 kB
Words
453
Media files
8
Number of links
66 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Maine.gov
The page title is too short. (92 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Maine.gov - Official site includes links to services available online, Governor, state agencies, Legislature, US Congressional delegation, state parks, and tax information.
The meta description is too long: 1032 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
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-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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
descriptionMaine.gov - Official site includes links to services available online, Governor, state agencies, Legislature, US Congressional delegation, state parks, and tax information.
authormaine.gov
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ratingSafe for kids
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langen-us
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 453 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
19.2% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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 24.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-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 (19). We recommend using a maximum of 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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
/portal/img/maine-gov-logo.svgMaine.gov logo
/portal/img/camera-icon.pngcamera icon<strong>Photographer:</strong> <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/grsmithimages/29671361466/in/pool-mainegov/'>Gary Smith</a> <br> <strong>Location:</strong> Augusta, Maine
https://www.maine.gov/portal/img/flags.jpgUS and Maine flags
/portal/img/getnotified.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/portal/img/yourgovernment.jpgPhoto of the Maine Constitution
/portal/img/gov-mills19.jpgPhoto of Governor Janet T. Mills
/portal/img/camera-icon.pngcamera icon<strong>Photographer:</strong> <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/grsmithimages/29671359386/in/pool-mainegov/'>Gary Smith</a> <br> <strong>Location:</strong> Casco Bay, Maine
/portal/img/InforME_logo2.gifInforME logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Flag Etiquette
H2 Get Notified
H2 Your Government
H2 Meet the Governor
H2 Maine is Open for Business
H2 Enjoy the Maine Outdoors
H2 Latest News
H2 State Highlights
H2 Map It!
H2 Top Online Services
H3 Government
H3 Support
H3 Connect
H3 Alerts
H3 Tools
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/portal/index.htmlAnchor Skip All Navigation
A-TITLE Skip All Navigation: Accesskey+2
/portal/index.htmlAnchor Skip To Footer
A-TITLE Skip to Footer: Accesskey+3
/portal/index.htmlIMG-ALT Maine.gov logo
/portal/government/Government
/portal/business/Business
/portal/employment/Employment
/portal/education/Education
/portal/residents/Residents
/portal/visitors/Visitors
/portal/about_me/About ME
/portal/government/state-agenc...Agencies
/portal/online_services/index....Services
/portal/help/index.htmlHelp
/portal/government/Text duplicate Government
/portal/business/Text duplicate Business
/portal/employment/Text duplicate Employment
/portal/education/Text duplicate Education
/portal/residents/Text duplicate Residents
/portal/visitors/Text duplicate Visitors
/portal/about_me/About Maine
https://www.maine.gov/covid19Subdomain COVID-19
/portal/employment/jobs.htmlJobs
http://visitmaine.com/External Visit Maine
/portal/government/edemocracy/...Voting
/portal/residents/hunting_fish...Hunting & Fishing
/portal/education/Text duplicate Education
/portal/subscriptions/email.htmlSubdomain Sign up for free email and SMS text notifications.
http://www.courts.maine.gov/External Subdomain Judicial Branch
https://legislature.maine.gov/External Subdomain Legislature
/portal/government/state-agenc...Subdomain State Agencies
https://www.maine.gov/local/Subdomain Local Government
https://www.maine.gov/governor/Subdomain Visit the website of the Governor's Office
/portal/business/starting.htmlResources to Start a Business
/portal/business/licensing.htmlGet Licensing & Permit Advice
/portal/business/corporate.htmlHow to form a Corporation
/portal/business/econ_dev.htmlSmall Business Development Centers
https://www10.informe.org/ifw/...External Subdomain Register your ATV
https://moses.informe.org/cgi-...External Subdomain Get Hunting & Fishing Licenses
/cgi-bin/online/doc/parksearch...Subdomain Search State Parks
/portal/about_me/invasives.htmlLearn about Invasive Species
http://visitmaine.com/External Plan Your Trip
http://www.campwithme.com/External Subdomain Camping Reservations
http://www.yourpassnow.com/External Subdomain Get Your Acadia Park Pass Now
/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topi...Subdomain Governor Mills Welcomes Plan to Rebuild and Protect Maine's Communities and Infrastructure from Severe Storm Damage
/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topi...Subdomain Governor Mills Joins Northeastern Governors to Invite Canadian Premiers for Cross-Border Summit
/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topi...Subdomain Governor Mills Directs Flags Lowered This Sunday in Honor of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service
/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topi...Subdomain Governor Mills Statement on Maine's Settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture
/portal/government/state-news....View all news
/portal/subscriptions/email.htmlSign up for Email and Text Alerts
https://www.maine.gov/portal/CAS/Subdomain Citizen Alert System
https://www.maine.gov/sos/kids/Subdomain Maine Kids' Page
/portal/social/Connect using Twitter, Facebook, and more
https://opencheckbook.maine.go...External Subdomain Maine Open Checkbook
https://apps.web.maine.gov/cgi...External Subdomain Absentee Ballot Request
/cgi-bin/minmap/mainegov/tableSubdomain View all resources in table format
http://mapicons.mapsmarker.com/External Subdomain Maps Icons Collection
https://apps1.web.maine.gov/on...External Subdomain Vehicle Registration Renewal Renew your motor vehicle registration and pay your local excise tax in one simple transaction (for participating towns).
https://www.maine.gov/pcrSubdomain Public Criminal History Records Request public criminal history record and juvenile crime information maintained by the Maine State Police.
/mymaineconnectionSubdomain My Maine Connection My Maine Connection is a one-stop connection to the Food Supplement Program, Medical Assistance, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (...
/portal/online_services/View all services
https://www.maine.gov/governor/Subdomain Executive
https://legislature.maine.gov/External Subdomain Legislative
https://www.courts.maine.gov/External Subdomain Judicial
https://www.maine.gov/local/Subdomain Cities, Towns & Counties
/portal/awards/index.htmlAwards
/portal/help/index.htmlText duplicate Help
/msl/services/ask.htmSubdomain Ask a Librarian
/portal/policies/index.htmlPolicies
/portal/policies/privacy.htmlPrivacy Policy
/portal/policies/accessibility...Accessibility
/portal/contact/contactus.htmlContact Maine.gov
/portal/survey/survey.htmlUser Survey
/portal/sitemap.htmlSitemap
https://www.facebook.com/Maine...External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/mainegov_newsExternal Twitter
/portal/subscriptions/rss.htmlRSS Feeds
/portal/mobile/Mobile
/portal/social/Connect with Agencies
https://www.maine.gov/portal/CAS/Text duplicate Citizen Alert System
/portal/subscriptions/email.htmlEmail/Text Alerts
https://211maine.org/External 211 Maine
https://www.newengland511.org/External Subdomain 511 Maine
https://www.maine.gov/maine911/Subdomain 911 Maine
https://www.informe.org/External Subdomain IMG-ALT InforME logo

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.maine.gov/portal/index.html"
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 excellent with 0.04 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (31 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 920 referring domains.
This page has 7,380 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 693 different ip addresses.

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