Copyright.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
89% 
Page quality
91% 
Page structure
10% 
Link structure
85% 
Server
81% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.02 s
File size
52.10 kB
Words
799
Media files
22
Number of links
133 internal / 15 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
U.S. Copyright Office | U.S. Copyright Office
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (397 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
Copyright Office Homepage
The meta description is too short. (173 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) 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
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

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
descriptionCopyright Office Homepage
keywordscopyright, office
authorU.S. Copyright Office
msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
msapplication-TileImage/about/images/ms-icon-144x144.png
theme-color#ffffff
langen
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
These Typos were found:
  • autor => author
This page contains 799 words. That's ok.
21.7% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 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 10.52 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 16 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
https://copyright.gov/img/cp-logo2.pngCopyright logo
https://copyright.gov/img/carousel-1.jpgCopyright seal and ribbon on certificate
/img/slider-economic-research.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...tials-Copyright-Myths-HomePageSlider.jpgColorful cyber background
/img/slider-ai-event.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/img/spanish-engage-slider-image.jpgman looking at laptop while holding a guitar
https://copyright.gov/img/slider-ccb.jpgCase Act
/img/slider-strategic-plan-2022.jpgColorful silhouette of headphones, a computer, and a camera
https://copyright.gov/img/Brushes.pngpaint brushes
/img/Search%20Our%20Records.jpgOld copyright registration certificate; books
/img/Register%20Your%20Works.jpgPerson typing on laptop, registering
https://copyright.gov/img/Recordation.jpgPerson signing document
/img/Copyright%20Law.jpgGlasses on top of book; books on shelves
/img/Who%20We%20Are.jpgStaff giving tour
https://copyright.gov/img/Fees.jpgPerson using calculator
/img/copyright-exhibit-tag.pngFind Yourself in Copyright. Explore how copyright serves all of us, incentivizing creation and enriching our culture.
https://copyright.gov/img/music-note.pngMusic Note
https://copyright.gov/img/cp-logo2.pngCopyright
https://copyright.gov/img/RSS.pngRSS Feed Icon
https://copyright.gov/img/x-logo.pngX Icon
https://copyright.gov/img/YouTube.pngYouTube Icon
https://copyright.gov/img/LI-In-Bug.pngLinkedIn icon

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to the U.S. Copyright Office
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 26 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 Welcome to the U.S. Copyright Office
H1 Welcome to the U.S. Copyright Office Duplicate text
H1 Economic Research on Copyright
H1 Economic Research on Copyright Duplicate text
H1 Copyright Essentials: Myths Explained
H1 Copyright Essentials: Myths Explained Duplicate text
H1 Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
H1 Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Duplicate text
H1 El derecho de autor en español
H1 El derecho de autor en español Duplicate text
H1 The Copyright Claims Board (CCB)
H1 The Copyright Claims Board (CCB) Duplicate text
H1 United States Copyright Office Strategic Plan 2022–2026
H1 United States Copyright Office Strategic Plan 2022–2026 Duplicate text
H2 What is Copyright?
H2 Onsite Service
H2 Features
H2 Search Copyright Records
H2 Register Your Works
H2 Recordation
H2 Copyright Law
H2 Who We Are
H2 Fees
H2 News
H2 The Music Modernization Act
H3 Quick Links
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 15 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://copyright.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://copyright.gov/IMG-ALT Copyright logo
https://copyright.gov/| U.S. Copyright Office
https://copyright.gov/about/About
https://copyright.gov/newsnet/News
/about/careers/Opportunities
https://copyright.gov/help/faq/Help
https://copyright.gov/help/Contact
https://copyright.gov/title17/Copyright Law
https://copyright.gov/title37/Regulations
https://copyright.gov/rulemaking/Rulemakings
https://copyright.gov/comp3/Compendium
/rulings-filings/review-board/Review Board Opinions
/rulings-filings/Archive of Briefs and Legal Opinions
https://copyright.gov/fair-use/Fair Use Index
/legislation/Legislative Developments
https://copyright.gov/circs/Circulars
https://copyright.gov/policy/Policy Studies
/economic-research/Economic Research
/laws/hearings/Congressional Hearings
https://copyright.gov/mandatory/Mandatory Deposits
/international-issues/International Issues
/music-modernization/Music Modernization Act
https://copyright.gov/dmca/Learn About the DMCA
/about/small-claims/Copyright Small Claims
/registration/Register Your Work: Registration Portal
/registration/docs/processing-...Registration Processing Times and FAQs
/eco/faq.htmlOnline Registration Help
/eco/tutorials.htmlRegistration Tutorials
/registration/types-of-works/Types of Works
/registration/literary-works/Literary Works
/registration/performing-arts/Performing Arts
/registration/visual-arts/Visual Arts
/registration/other-digital-co...Other Digital Content
/registration/motion-pictures/Motion Pictures
/registration/photographs/Photographs
/recordation/Recordation Overview
/recordation/documents/Recordation of Transfers and Other Documents
/recordation/termination.htmlNotices of Termination
/recordation/pilot/Recordation System
/recordation/pilot/rules.pdfSpecial Pilot Program Rules
/recordation/pilot/faq.pdfRecordation System FAQ
/recordation/pilot/tutorial/Recordation System Tutorial Videos
https://copyright.gov/licensing/Licensing Overview
https://copyright.gov/licensing/EFT Information
/licensing/ldocs.htmlLicensing Documents
https://licensing.copyright.go...External Subdomain Search Licensing Documents
/licensing/fees.htmlLicensing Fees
/licensing/faq.htmlFrequently Asked Questions
/licensing/contact.htmlContact the Licensing Division
https://copyright.gov/licensing/The Licensing Connection Newsletter
/public-records/New window Search Copyright Records: Copyright Public Records Portal
https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-...New window External Subdomain Search the Public Catalog
https://publicrecords.copyrigh...New window External Subdomain New: Copyright Public Records System Pilot
https://copyright.gov/vcc/Virtual Card Catalog
/dmca-directory/DMCA Designated Agent Directory
/learning-engine/Learning Engine Video Series
/about/fees.htmlFees
/historic-records/Historical Public Records Program
https://www.loc.gov/collection...New window External Subdomain Copyright Historical Records Books (Preview)
https://copyright.gov/rrc/Research Services Overview
/rrc/litigation.htmlLitigation Services
/forms/search_estimate.htmlRequest a Search Estimate
/forms/copy_estimate.htmlRequest a Copy Estimate
/rrc/crrr.htmlCopyright Public Records Reading Room
/rrc/bulk-purchase.htmlBulk Purchase of Copyright Office Records
https://copyright.gov/foia/FOIA Requests
https://copyright.gov/about/Welcome to the U.S. Copyright Office
https://copyright.gov/about/Text duplicate Welcome to the U.S. Copyright Office
/economic-research/Economic Research on Copyright
/economic-research/Text duplicate Economic Research on Copyright
/events/copyright-myths-explai...Copyright Essentials: Myths Explained
/events/copyright-myths-explai...Text duplicate Copyright Essentials: Myths Explained
https://copyright.gov/ai/Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
https://copyright.gov/ai/Text duplicate Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
https://copyright.gov/espanol/El derecho de autor en español
https://copyright.gov/espanol/Text duplicate El derecho de autor en español
https://copyright.gov/espanol/aquí
https://ccb.gov/External The Copyright Claims Board (CCB)
https://ccb.gov/External Text duplicate The Copyright Claims Board (CCB)
/reports/strategic-plan/United States Copyright Office Strategic Plan 2022–2026
/reports/strategic-plan/Text duplicate United States Copyright Office Strategic Plan 2022–2026
https://copyright.gov/Anchor Previous
https://copyright.gov/Anchor Next
/what-is-copyright/Learn More
https://www.signupgenius.com/g...External Subdomain Anchor Trivial anchor text
here
/public-records/Text duplicate Learn More
/registration/Text duplicate Learn More
/recordation/Text duplicate Learn More
https://copyright.gov/title17/Text duplicate Learn More
https://copyright.gov/about/Text duplicate Learn More
/about/fees.htmlText duplicate Learn More
https://copyright.gov/ai/Text duplicate Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
/about/small-claims/Text duplicate Copyright Small Claims
/economic-research/Text duplicate Economic Research
https://copyright.gov/title17/U.S. Copyright Law
https://copyright.gov/title37/Code of Federal Regulations
https://copyright.gov/comp3/Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices
/copyright-modernization/Copyright Modernization
/music-modernization/Text duplicate Music Modernization Act
https://copyright.gov/engage/Engage Your Creativity
https://copyright.gov/events/Events
/newsnet/2024/1040.htmlU.S. Copyright Office and USPTO Conclude Joint Study on Non-Fungible Tokens
/newsnet/2024/1039.htmlU.S. Copyright Office Joins Message on International Women’s Day 2024
/newsnet/2024/1038.htmlThe Copyright Office announces Webinar on Copyright Essentials: Myths Explained
/newsnet/2024/1037.htmlU.S. Copyright Office Proposes New Group Registration Procedure for Two-Dimensional Artwork
/newsnet/2024/1036.htmlCopyright Office Invites Requests to Testify in Section 1201 Rulemaking Hearings
/newsnet/archive/News archive
/history/copyright-exhibit/IMG-ALT Find Yourself in Copyright. Explore how copyright serves all of us, incentivizing creation and enriching our culture.
/music-modernization/Learn more
https://copyright.gov/about/Overview
/about/leadership/Leadership
https://copyright.gov/history/History and Education
/copyright-modernization/Modernization
/about/small-claims/Small Claims
/history/annual_reports.htmlAnnual Reports
/reports/strategic-plan/Strategic Plans
/technology-reports/IT Reports
https://copyright.gov/fedreg/Federal Register Notices
https://copyright.gov/newsnet/NewsNet
https://copyright.gov/events/Text duplicate Events
/press-media-info/Press/Media Information
/about/special-programs/partne...Academic Partnerships
/about/special-programs/intern...Internships
/about/careers/Careers
/about/special-programs/kamins...Kaminstein Program
/about/special-programs/ringer...Ringer Fellowship
https://copyright.gov/help/faq/Text duplicate Frequently Asked Questions
/eco/faq.htmlText duplicate Online Registration Help
/help/tutorials.htmlTutorials
/eco/help-password-userid.htmlNew window Password Help
/help/spanish_faq/Preguntas Frecuentes
https://copyright.gov/help/Contact Form
/help/visitorsinformation.htmlVisitor Information
/about/addresses.htmlAddresses
https://copyright.gov/sitemap/Sitemap
https://copyright.gov/subscribe/IMG-ALT RSS Feed Icon
https://twitter.com/CopyrightO...New window External IMG-ALT X Icon
https://www.youtube.com/uscopy...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube Icon
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn icon
https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/New window External Subdomain Blog
https://www.research.net/r/Cop...New window External Subdomain Take Our Survey
https://www.loc.gov/External Subdomain Library of Congress
https://congress.gov/External Congress.gov
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain USA.gov
https://copyright.gov/foia/FOIA
/about/legal.htmlLegal
/about/privacy-policy.htmlPrivacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://copyright.gov/"
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 is slow (1.02 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.
This page loads 5 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 (52 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 52,292 referring domains.
This page has 6,779,833 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 28,501 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Search preview

copyright.gov
U.S. Copyright Office | U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright Office Homepage

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Copyright89%Check
Copyright Office83%Check
Office80%Check
Copyright Essentials64%Check
Copyright Law63%Check
Copyright Public62%Check
information Office58%Check
Copyright Claims Board55%Check
Copyright Public Records53%Check
page48%Check

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