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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
91% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
64% 
Link structure
21% 
Server
80% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.81 s
File size
130.40 kB
Words
827
Media files
11
Number of links
131 internal / 28 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Climate.gov Home
The page title is too short. (166 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)
Science & information for a climate-smart nation
The length of the meta description is perfect. (297 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.climate.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
descriptionScience & information for a climate-smart nation
geo.regionUS
robotsmax-image-preview:standard, max-image-preview:large
ratinggeneral
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
fb:app_id719743652466758
og:site_nameNOAA Climate.gov
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.climate.gov/
og:titleClimate.gov Home
og:descriptionScience & information for a climate-smart nation
og:imagehttps://www.climate.gov/modules/weblyzard/wl_search_cgov/img/logo.png
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 827 words. That's ok.
25.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
13 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 21.13 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 usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 17 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)
The HTML has geoname information: US
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
/themes/custom/climategov/img/close.svgclose
...ategov/images/noaa_logo_circle_72x72.svgClimate.govClimate.gov Home
...ents-relative-traditional-2025-03-13.pngrotator image for ENSO Blog
.../2021-04/promo_datasnapshots_420x280.pngImage for Data Snapshots
...s/2021-04/promo_eventtracker_420x280.pngImage for Event Tracker
...1-05/climate_explorer_screenshot_420.jpgImage for Climate Explorer
...perature--Pacific--2024-12-00--small.pngImage for ENSO
...5/SurfaceTempTrail_700.jpg?itok=lPfyGf6Zsome graphic image
...4/explore-4x3-mapsdata.png?itok=INWvw0hnsome graphic image
...re-4x3-teachingclimate.jpg?itok=RP3pDO3bsome graphic image
...021-04/explore-4x3-crt.jpg?itok=YnW8TcH1some graphic image

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
March 2025 ENSO update: neutral conditions expected soon
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 40 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 March 2025 ENSO update: neutral conditions expected soon
H2 Main Menu
H2 Global Climate Dashboard
H2 Popular Sections
H2 Explore Climate.gov
H2 Browse News & Features
H2 Explore Maps & Data
H2 Teach Climate
H2 Build Resilience
H2 Stay Connected
H3 Featured
H3 Tracking climate change and natural variability over time
H3 Arctic Sea Ice
H3 Carbon Dioxide
H3 Mountain Glaciers
H3 Greenhouse Gases
H3 Ocean Heat
H3 Sea Level
H3 Spring Snow
H3 Incoming Sunlight
H3 Surface Temperature
H3 Data Snapshots
H3 Event Tracker
H3 Climate Explorer
H3 ENSO
H4 Main menu
H4 View News & Features section
H4 View Maps & Data section
H4 View Teaching Climate section
H4 Global climate summary for February 2025
H4 U.S. climate summary for February 2025
H4 The polar vortex is hitting the brakes
H4 U.S. climate outlook for March 2025
H4 What’s the hottest Earth’s ever been?
H4 'Grinnell Mt. Gould Quadtych' from the Art x Climate Gallery
H4 Follow Climate.gov
H4 Main Menu Duplicate text
H4 News & Features
H4 Maps & Data
H4 Teaching Climate
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 (28) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.climate.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.climate.gov/Climate.gov Science & information for a climate-smart nation
IMG-ALT Climate.gov
A-TITLE Home
/news-featuresHome
/news-features/allAll News & Features
/news-features/blogsBlogs
/news-features/blogs/ensoENSO Blog
/news-features/blogs/polar-vortexPolar Vortex Blog
/news-features/blogs/beyond-dataBeyond the Data Blog
/news-features/climate-andClimate And ...
/news-features/climate-case-st...Climate Case Studies
/climatedashboardClimate Dashboard
/news-features/climate-qaClimate Q&A
/news-features/event-trackerEvent Tracker
/news-features/climate-techClimate Tech
/news-features/featured-imagesFeatured Images
/news-features/decision-makers...Decision Makers Take 5
/news-features/videosVideos
/news-features/decision-makers...Decision Makers Toolbox
https://www.climate.gov/ensoEl Niño & La Niña Page
https://www.climate.gov/ghgNOAA Greenhouse Gas
/news-features/featuresFeatures
/news-features/news-research-h...News & Research Highlights
/news-features/understanding-c...Understanding Climate
/news-featuresView News & Features section
https://www.climate.gov/maps-dataText duplicate Home
/maps-data/allAll Maps & Data
/climatedashboardText duplicate Climate Dashboard
/maps-data/climate-data-primerClimate Data Primer
/maps-data/all?listingMain=dat...Dataset Gallery
/maps-data/tools-interactivesTools & Interactives
/maps-data/data-snapshotsData Snapshots
https://www.climate.gov/maps-dataView Maps & Data section
https://www.climate.gov/teachingText duplicate Home
/climatedashboardText duplicate Climate Dashboard
/teaching/allAll Teaching Climate
/teaching/activityActivity
/teaching/curriculaCurricula
/teaching/demos-experimentsDemos & Experiments
/teaching/videoVideo
/teaching/visualizationVisualization
/teaching/energyTeaching Energy
/teaching/toolboxToolbox for Climate & Energy
/teaching/partnership-with-cle...Partnership with CLEAN collection
https://www.climate.gov/teachingView Teaching Climate section
https://toolkit.climate.gov/External Subdomain Resilience Toolkit
https://www.climate.gov/aboutAbout Us
https://www.climate.gov/contactContact
https://www.climate.gov/whats-newWhat's New
https://www.climate.gov/faqsFAQs
https://www.climate.gov/sitemapSitemap
https://www.facebook.com/NOAAC...New window External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE Climate.gov on Facebook
https://www.twitter.com/NOAACl...New window External Subdomain Twitter
A-TITLE Climate.gov on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/NOAA...New window External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE Climate.gov on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/N...New window External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE Climate.gov on YouTube
https://www.facebook.com/NOAAC...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
A-TITLE Climate.gov on Facebook
https://www.twitter.com/NOAACl...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Twitter
A-TITLE Climate.gov on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/NOAA...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Instagram
A-TITLE Climate.gov on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/N...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
A-TITLE Climate.gov on YouTube
https://www.weblyzard.com/External Subdomain webLyzard
/news-features/blogs/enso/marc...IMG-ALT rotator image for ENSO Blog
/news-features/blogs/enso/marc...March 2025 ENSO update: neutral conditions expected soon
/news-featuresNews and Features
/news-features/featured-images...Global climate summary for February 2025
/news-featuresText duplicate News and Features
/news-features/featured-images...U.S. climate summary for February 2025
/news-featuresText duplicate News and Features
/news-features/blogs/polar-vor...The polar vortex is hitting the brakes
/news-featuresText duplicate News and Features
/news-features/understanding-c...U.S. climate outlook for March 2025
/news-featuresText duplicate News and Features
/news-features/climate-qa/what...What’s the hottest Earth’s ever been?
/news-featuresText duplicate News and Features
/news-features/featured-images...'Grinnell Mt. Gould Quadtych' from the Art x Climate Gallery
/news-featuresText duplicate News and Features
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Arctic Sea Ice
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Learn more
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Carbon Dioxide
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Text duplicate Learn more
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Mountain Glaciers
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Text duplicate Learn more
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Greenhouse Gases
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Text duplicate Learn more
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Ocean Heat
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Text duplicate Learn more
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Sea Level
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Text duplicate Learn more
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Spring Snow
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Text duplicate Learn more
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Incoming Sunlight
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Text duplicate Learn more
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Surface Temperature
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...Text duplicate Learn more
/maps-data/global-climate-dash...View all indicators
/maps-data/data-snapshotsIMG-ALT Image for Data Snapshots
A-TITLE Read more about Data Snapshots
/maps-data/data-snapshotsText duplicate Data Snapshots
A-TITLE Read more about Data Snapshots
/maps-data/data-snapshotsBrowse Data Snapshots
A-TITLE Read more about Data Snapshots
/news-features/event-trackerIMG-ALT Image for Event Tracker
A-TITLE Read more about Event Tracker
/news-features/event-trackerText duplicate Event Tracker
A-TITLE Read more about Event Tracker
/news-features/event-trackerExplore Event Tracker
A-TITLE Read more about Event Tracker
https://toolkit.climate.gov/External Subdomain Anchor IMG-ALT Image for Climate Explorer
A-TITLE Read more about Climate Explorer
https://toolkit.climate.gov/External Subdomain Anchor Climate Explorer
A-TITLE Read more about Climate Explorer
https://toolkit.climate.gov/External Subdomain Anchor Launch Climate Explorer
A-TITLE Read more about Climate Explorer
https://www.climate.gov/ensoSubdomain IMG-ALT Image for ENSO
A-TITLE Read more about ENSO
https://www.climate.gov/ensoSubdomain ENSO
A-TITLE Read more about ENSO
https://www.climate.gov/ensoSubdomain Learn More About ENSO
A-TITLE Read more about ENSO
/news-featuresIMG-ALT some graphic image
/news-featuresBrowse News & Features
https://www.climate.gov/maps-dataText duplicate IMG-ALT some graphic image
https://www.climate.gov/maps-dataExplore Maps and Data
https://www.climate.gov/teachingText duplicate IMG-ALT some graphic image
https://www.climate.gov/teachingFind Resources
https://toolkit.climate.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT some graphic image
https://toolkit.climate.gov/External Subdomain Learn about resilience
https://www.facebook.com/NOAAC...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
A-TITLE Climate.gov on Facebook
https://www.twitter.com/NOAACl...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Twitter
A-TITLE Climate.gov on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/NOAA...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Instagram
A-TITLE Climate.gov on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/N...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
A-TITLE Climate.gov on YouTube
https://www.climate.gov/Text duplicate Home
/news-featuresNews & Features
https://www.climate.gov/teachingTeaching Climate
https://www.climate.gov/maps-dataMaps & Data
https://www.climate.gov/faqsText duplicate FAQs
https://www.climate.gov/contactText duplicate Contact
https://www.climate.gov/feedsFeeds
https://www.climate.gov/sitemapText duplicate Sitemap
/news-featuresNews & Features Home
/news-features/blogs/beyond-dataText duplicate Beyond the Data Blog
/news-features/all?listingMain...Text duplicate Climate Case Studies
/news-features/all?listingMain...Text duplicate Climate Q&A
/news-features/all?listingMain...Text duplicate Climate Tech
/news-features/all?listingMain...Climate and ...
/news-features/all?listingMain...Text duplicate Decision Makers Take 5
/news-features/all?listingMain...Text duplicate Decision Makers Toolbox
/news-features/blogs/ensoText duplicate ENSO Blog
/news-features/event-trackerText duplicate Event Tracker
/news-features/featured-imagesText duplicate Featured Images
/news-features/videosFeatured Videos
/news-features/all?listingMain...Text duplicate Features
/news-features/all?listingMain...News and Research Highlights
/news-features/all?listingMain...Text duplicate Understanding Climate
https://www.climate.gov/maps-dataMaps and Data Home
/climatedashboardText duplicate Climate Dashboard
/maps-data/climate-data-primerText duplicate Climate Data Primer
/maps-data/data-snapshotsText duplicate Data Snapshots
/maps-data/all?listingMain=dat...Text duplicate Dataset Gallery
https://www.climate.gov/teachingTeaching Climate Home
/teaching/demos-experimentsText duplicate Demos & Experiments
/teaching/interactive-toolsInteractive Tools
/teaching/multimediaMultimedia
/teaching/resourcesResources
https://www.commerce.gov/External Subdomain Department of Commerce
https://www.noaa.gov/External Subdomain NOAA
https://www.noaa.gov/protectin...External Subdomain Privacy
https://www.noaa.gov/accessibi...External Subdomain Accessibility
https://www.noaa.gov/informati...External Subdomain FOIA
https://www.noaa.gov/organizat...External Subdomain Information Quality
https://www.noaa.gov/organizat...External Subdomain No-FEAR Act
https://www.ready.gov/External Subdomain Ready.gov
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain USA.gov

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.climate.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.81 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (130 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateWed, 19 Mar 2025 13:18:07 GMT
serverApache
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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 21,113 referring domains.
This page has 1,302,601 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 11,731 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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# you save bandwidth and server resources.
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# 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
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# 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: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/


# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config

# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /search/*
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout

# 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

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