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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
85% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
62% 
Server
80% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.56 s
File size
94.20 kB
Words
563
Media files
19
Number of links
86 internal / 32 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
MyPlate | U.S. Department of Agriculture
The length of the page title is perfect. (364 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)
https://www.myplate.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)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=11

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 563 words. That's ok.
26.1% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 10.67 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 8 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 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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
...tom/myplate/assets/img/us_flag_small.pngU.S. flag
...stom/myplate/assets/img/icon-dot-gov.svgDot gov
...custom/myplate/assets/img/icon-https.svgHttps
...ustom/myplate/assets/img/usda-symbol.svgHome
/themes/custom/myplate/assets/img/close.svgclose
...ate/assets/img/myplate/myplate-brand.svgMyPlate logo
...default/files/2022-09/logo-cta-label.svgNo alt attribute provided
...iles/2022-09/logo-cta-label-mobile_0.svgNo alt attribute provided
...PlateToolsInfographic2.png?itok=yNS77KK7MyPlate icon surrounded by the names of the MyPlate tools
...ges/CitrusSalad310x200.jpg?itok=blzAd5H9Citrus Salad
...2-09/MyPlate-Plan-2022.png?itok=wMdVUHRzMyPlate Plan Chart
...c/2022-09/salad-fork_0.png?itok=NPxgtHazBowl of Salad
...top-at-kitchen-table_0.jpg?itok=5iNXQDtRWoman on Laptop
...-man-cooking-with-wife.jpg?itok=swIurGcLolder couple cooking
...-Simple-Phone-Mockup-A.png?itok=14v9GqxfShop Simple home screen on a phone
...07/myplate-alexa-skill.png?itok=k9CKYSe_Alexa Speakers and Devices
...20-12/start-simple-app.png?itok=3qjblKGyStart Simple app on phone and watch
...blic/2020-11/dga-brand.png?itok=3FmeAKwTDGA logo
...ustom/myplate/assets/img/usda-symbol.svgHome

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Learn how to eat healthy with MyPlate
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Learn how to eat healthy with MyPlate
H2 Are you making every bite count?
H2 Discover budget-friendly food ideas
H2 Featured
H2 Set personal goals for healthy eating
H2 Find easy, low-cost recipes
H2 Sign Up for Email Updates
H3 Sign Up for Updates
H4 Shop Simple with MyPlate
H4 MyPlate on Alexa
H4 Start Simple with MyPlate App
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.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (32) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.myplate.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.myplate.gov/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
https://www.myplate.gov/MyPlate U.S. Department of Agriculture
A-TITLE Home
/myplate-kitchen/my-saved-recipesMy Saved Recipes
/myplate-kitchen/my-cookbooksMy Cookbooks
/my-quizzesMyPlate Quiz Results
https://www.eauth.usda.gov/homeNew window External Subdomain Manage Account
/user/loginLog in
/saml/login?destination=/homep...Log in | Register
https://www.myplate.gov/Text duplicate Home
/eat-healthyEat Healthy
/eat-healthy/what-is-myplateWhat is MyPlate?
/eat-healthy/fruitsFruits
/eat-healthy/vegetablesVegetables
/eat-healthy/grainsGrains
/eat-healthy/protein-foodsProtein Foods
/eat-healthy/dairyDairy
/eat-healthy/food-group-galleryFood Group Gallery
/eat-healthy/healthy-eating-bu...Healthy Eating on a Budget
/eat-healthy/more-key-topicsMore Key Topics
/life-stagesLife Stages
/life-stages/pregnancy-and-bre...Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
/life-stages/infantsInfants
/life-stages/toddlersToddlers
/life-stages/preschoolersPreschoolers
/life-stages/kidsKids
/life-stages/teensTeens
/life-stages/young-adultsYoung Adults
/life-stages/adultsAdults
/life-stages/older-adultsOlder Adults
/life-stages/familiesFamilies
https://www.myplate.gov/resourcesResources
/resources/toolsTools
/myplate-tip-sheetsMyPlate Tip Sheets
/resources/print-materialsPrint Materials
/resources/graphicsGraphics
/resources/videosVideos
/resources/en-espanolEn español
/myplate-multiple-languagesMultiple Languages
/partner-resourcesPartner Resources
/professionalsProfessionals
/professionals/toolkitsToolkits
/professionals/partner-usPartner with Us
/professionals/partner-us/nati...National Strategic Partners
/myplate-kitchenMyPlate Kitchen
/myplate-kitchen/recipesRecipes
/myplate-kitchen/my-saved-recipesText duplicate My Saved Recipes
/myplate-kitchen/my-cookbooksText duplicate My Cookbooks
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Recipe Videos
/myplate-kitchen/recipe-resourcesRecipe Resources
/myplate-kitchen/my-saved-recipesText duplicate My Saved Recipes
/myplate-kitchen/my-cookbooksText duplicate My Cookbooks
/my-quizzesText duplicate MyPlate Quiz Results
https://www.eauth.usda.gov/homeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Manage Account
/user/loginText duplicate Log in
/saml/login?destination=/homep...Text duplicate Log in | Register
https://www.fns.usda.gov/coron...External Subdomain COVID-19
https://www.myplate.gov/about-usAbout US
https://ask.usda.gov/s/External Subdomain Ask USDA
/contact-usContact Us
https://www.fns.usda.gov/External Subdomain FNS
https://usda.gov/External USDA.GOV
https://www.dietaryguidelines....External Learn more
/eat-healthy/what-is-myplateExplore MyPlate
/form/myplate-quizStart Quiz
/es/form/myplate-quizEmpieza la prueba
/life-stages/pregnancy-and-bre...Text duplicate Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
/life-stages/infantsText duplicate Infants
/life-stages/toddlersText duplicate Toddlers
/life-stages/preschoolersText duplicate Preschoolers
/life-stages/kidsText duplicate Kids
/life-stages/teensText duplicate Teens
/life-stages/young-adultsText duplicate Young Adults
/life-stages/adultsText duplicate Adults
/life-stages/older-adultsText duplicate Older Adults
/life-stages/familiesText duplicate Families
/shopsimpleEat Healthy on a Budget
/resources/toolsExplore the MyPlate Tools
/recipes/supplemental-nutritio...Recipe of the Month
/myplate-planGet Your MyPlate Plan
/resources/tools/startsimple-m...Get Started Today
A-TITLE Start Simple with MyPlate
/myplate-kitchenGo to MyPlate Kitchen
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Sign Up for Email Updates
/myplate-tip-sheetsFind a MyPlate Tip Sheet
/shopsimpleText duplicate Learn more
/myplateassistantText duplicate Learn more
/resources/tools/startsimple-m...Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.dietaryguidelines....External Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.myplate.gov/Text duplicate Home
/eat-healthy/what-is-myplateText duplicate Eat Healthy
/life-stagesText duplicate Life Stages
https://www.myplate.gov/resourcesText duplicate Resources
/professionalsText duplicate Professionals
/myplate-kitchenText duplicate MyPlate Kitchen
https://www.usda.gov/policies-...External Policies and Links
https://www.usda.gov/our-agenc...External Our Performance
https://www.usda.gov/our-agenc...External Careers
https://www.usda.gov/oig/forms...External Report Fraud on USDA Contracts
https://www.usda.gov/oigExternal Visit OIG
https://www.usda.gov/plain-wri...External Plain Writing
https://www.usda.gov/openExternal Open
https://www.dm.usda.gov/foia/External Subdomain FOIA
https://www.usda.gov/accessibi...External Accessibility Statement
https://www.usda.gov/privacy-p...External Privacy Policy
https://www.usda.gov/non-discr...External Non-Discrimination Statement
https://www.ascr.usda.gov/civi...External Subdomain Anti-Harassment Policy
http://www.ocio.usda.gov/polic...External Subdomain Information Quality
https://www.usa.gov/External USA.gov
https://www.whitehouse.gov/External WhiteHouse.gov
https://www.usda.gov/federal-w...External eGov
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Sign up
https://www.myplate.gov/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
https://www.myplate.gov/Text duplicate MyPlate U.S. Department of Agriculture
A-TITLE Home
https://www.instagram.com/mypl...External instagram
https://www.facebook.com/MyPlateExternal Facebook
https://twitter.com/MyPlateExternal Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External YouTube
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain GovDelivery

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
The checked page does not redirect to another URL.
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.56 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 3 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (94 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
last-modifiedThu, 11 Apr 2024 06:40:34 GMT
etag"1712817634"
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
content-security-policyreport-uri /report-csp-violation
link<//myplate-prod.azureedge.us>; rel=preconnect; crossorigin
x-drupal-cacheHIT
x-akamai-transformed9 23074 0 pmb=mRUM,2
content-encodinggzip
cache-controlpublic, max-age=300
expiresThu, 11 Apr 2024 07:03:29 GMT
dateThu, 11 Apr 2024 06:58:29 GMT
content-length24907
varyAccept-Encoding
server-timingcdn-cache; desc=REVALIDATE
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000 ; preload
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 8,212 referring domains.
This page has 202,949 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,529 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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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: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
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: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# 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
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
MyPlate83%Check
Simple MyPlate65%Check
MyPlate Quiz60%Check
Explore MyPlate60%Check
Get MyPlate60%Check
MyPlate Kitchen59%Check
Start Simple MyPlate59%Check
MyPlate Tip58%Check
Simple MyPlate app57%Check
Healthy54%Check
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