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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
30% 
Page structure
71% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
24% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.15 s
File size
49.50 kB
Words
350
Media files
5
Number of links
47 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | U.S. Department of Commerce
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 655 pixels long. Optimize title
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.noaa.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)
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 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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
generatorDrupal 7 (http://drupal.org)
langen
twitter:urlhttps://www.noaa.gov/
twitter:titleNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
twitter:descriptionU.S. Department of Commerce
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.noaa.gov/
og:titleNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
og:descriptionU.S. Department of Commerce
Content-Typetext/html; charset=utf-8
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 350 words on this page. Good pages should have about 1,000 words of useful content.
20.9% 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This website does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This website loads 9 javascript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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)
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)
At least one javascript file was found, which is not integrated via HTTPS.
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
...oaa/images/noaa_logo_circle_bw_72x72.svgNOAA Home
...mage/classroom_image_0.jpg?itok=UZCq0AdoA screenshot of the introduction page of the Investigating Coral Bleaching activity, part of Data in the ClassroomA screenshot of the introduction page of the Investigating Coral Bleaching activity, part of Data in the Classroom (NOAA Data in the Classroom)
...age/White Belugas-NMFS.jpg?itok=-aVb0zyYBeluga whales seen swimming in Cook Inlet, Alaska.Beluga whales seen swimming in Cook Inlet, Alaska. (NOAA Fisheries)
...lie-ed-resources-large.png?itok=SwFJ6oiDImage - illustration - Owlie - NWS education resources - NWS - LandscapeImage - illustration - Owlie - NWS education resources - NWS - Landscape (NOAA NWS)
...oaa/images/noaa_logo_circle_bw_72x72.svgNOAA Home

Page structure

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

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Frequently accessed tools & resources
H2 60 years ago, the world's 1st weather satellite 'changed our perspective'
H2 Frequently accessed tools & resources Duplicate text
H2 Stay connected
H2 How are we doing?
H5 AROUND NOAA //
H5 AROUND NOAA // Duplicate text
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The amount of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links don't have dynamic parameters.
There are 23 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.noaa.gov/Anchor Jump to Content
https://www.noaa.gov/weatherWeather
https://www.noaa.gov/climateClimate
/oceans-coastsOceans & Coasts
https://www.noaa.gov/fisheriesFisheries
https://www.noaa.gov/satellitesSatellites
https://www.noaa.gov/researchResearch
/marine-aviationMarine & Aviation
https://www.noaa.gov/chartingCharting
https://www.noaa.gov/sanctuariesSanctuaries
https://www.noaa.gov/educationEducation
/about-our-agencyAbout our agency
/news-featuresNews and features
/noaa-50th-homeNOAA 50th
https://www.noaa.gov/IMG-ALT NOAA Home
https://www.noaa.gov/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
https://www.commerce.gov/External U.S. Department of Commerce
/education/stories/staying-in-...Staying in? Keep learning with science activities that kids and families can do at home
IMG-ALT A screenshot of the introduction page of the Investigating Coral Bleaching activity, part of Data in the Classroom
https://www.weather.gov/learningExternal Kids at home? We've got resources for 'weather school'
IMG-ALT Image - illustration - Owlie - NWS education resources - NWS - Landscape
/noaa-50th-homeText duplicate IMG-ALT NOAA Home
https://www.noaa.gov/Text duplicate National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://www.commerce.gov/External Text duplicate U.S. Department of Commerce
/weather-forecast-tools-and-re...Weather forecast tools and resources
/climate-data-and-reportsClimate data and reports
/satellite-imagery-reports-lau...Satellite imagery, reports, launch information
/fisheries-regulations-permits...Fisheries regulations, permits, data reporting and restoration projects
/ocean-and-coastal-tools-sanct...Oceans and coastal tools, sanctuary permits, charts and images
/budget-grants-and-corporate-s...Budgets, grants and Corporate Services
/educational-resourcesEducational resources
https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/co...External Subdomain 60 years ago, the world's 1st weather satellite 'changed our perspective'
/media-release/us-spring-outlo...U.S. Spring Outlook forecasts another year of widespread river flooding
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov...External Subdomain New species of algae named after NOAA scientist
https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/vr/External Subdomain Take a virtual dive into the blue with NOAA Sanctuaries. No scuba required.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronaviru...External Coronovirus/COVID-19 information from the CDC
https://sites.google.com/noaa....External Subdomain For NOAA employees and contractors: Latest COVID-19 information and guidanceoffsite link
/weather-forecast-tools-and-re...Text duplicate Weather forecast tools and resources
/climate-data-and-reportsText duplicate Climate data and reports
/satellite-imagery-reports-lau...Text duplicate Satellite imagery, reports, launch information
/fisheries-regulations-permits...Text duplicate Fisheries regulations, permits, data reporting and restoration projects
/ocean-and-coastal-tools-sanct...Text duplicate Oceans and coastal tools, sanctuary permits, charts and images
/budget-grants-and-corporate-s...Text duplicate Budgets, grants and Corporate Services
/educational-resourcesText duplicate Educational resources
/media-release/us-spring-outlo...Text duplicate U.S. Spring Outlook forecasts another year of widespread river flooding
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov...External Subdomain Text duplicate New species of algae named after NOAA scientist
https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/vr/External Subdomain Text duplicate Take a virtual dive into the blue with NOAA Sanctuaries. No scuba required.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronaviru...External Text duplicate Coronovirus/COVID-19 information from the CDC
https://sites.google.com/noaa....External Subdomain Text duplicate For NOAA employees and contractors: Latest COVID-19 information and guidanceoffsite link
/about-our-agencyText duplicate About our agency
/news-featuresText duplicate News and features
/noaa-50th-homeText duplicate NOAA 50th
/stay-connectedStay connected
https://twitter.com/NOAAExternal Share to Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/NOAANew window External Share to Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook - opens in new window
http://www.instagram.com/noaaExternal NOAA on Instagram
http://www.youtube.com/usnoaagovExternal NOAA on YouTube
https://www.noaa.gov/Text duplicate NOAA Home
https://docs.google.com/forms/...New window External Subdomain Feedbackopens in new window
A-TITLE opens in new window
/protecting-your-privacyProtecting Your Privacy
/foia-freedom-of-information-actFOIA
http://www.cio.noaa.gov/servic...External Subdomain Information Quality
/accessibilityAccessibility
https://www.noaa.gov/guidanceGuidance
https://www.noaa.gov/disclaimerDisclaimer
https://www.usa.gov/External USA.gov
http://www.ready.gov/External Ready.gov
http://www.eeo.noaa.gov/External Subdomain EEO
http://www.homelandsecurity.no...External Subdomain Employee Check-In
https://www.noaa.gov/contact-usContact us
https://nsd.rdc.noaa.gov/nsdExternal Staff Directory
https://www.noaa.gov/need-helpNeed help?

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This website redirects to "https://www.noaa.gov/"
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 website uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This website loads 6 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This website loads 9 javascript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.15 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (50 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
transfer-encodingchunked
connectionkeep-alive
dateWed, 01 Apr 2020 17:41:40 GMT
serverApache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
x-powered-byPHP/5.5.9-1ubuntu4.26
x-drupal-cacheHIT
etag"1585762822-1"
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-generatorDrupal 7 (http://drupal.org)
link<https://www.noaa.gov/>; rel="canonical",<https://www.noaa.gov/>; rel="shortlink"
cache-controlpublic, max-age=900
last-modifiedWed, 01 Apr 2020 17:40:22 GMT
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
content-encodinggzip
via1.1 c4.w3.woc (squid), 1.1 03d509e8374e9f42668961b5e0201349.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
varyCookie,Accept-Encoding
x-cacheHit from cloudfront
x-amz-cf-popFRA2-C2
x-amz-cf-idVqWNgqCP33Ugeej9RUszeXyS_eB3su7Cmq84ee-D5eaFZt2cF_7lxg==
age179
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

Blacklists
(Critically important)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
Shallalist classifies this website as Government. This classification is fine.
This website is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This website has backlinks from 162,537 referring domains.
This website has 157,441,544 backlinks.
This website has backlinks from 98,213 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
This website has social activity like shares, comments or likes on facebook.
Listed on Webwiki
(Nice to have)
This website is listed on Webwiki.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

Facebook popularity

Shares / Likes / Comments
6,543

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Most important keywords

Seobility found the following keywords. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
NOAA52%Check
NOAA weather40%Check
Tools and Resources39%Check
resources38%Check
gov37%Check
Oceanic and Atmospheric36%Check
National35%Check
National Oceanic35%Check
Atmospheric Administration35%Check
tools resources34%Check
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