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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
85% 
Page structure
64% 
Link structure
87% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.33 s
File size
59.90 kB
Words
1136
Media files
26
Number of links
57 internal / 26 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Digital.gov — Guidance on building better digital services in government
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 645 pixels long. Optimize title
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Guidance on building better digital services in government
The length of the meta description is perfect. (357 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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 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
descriptionGuidance on building better digital services in government
keywordsdigital, government, technology, civic-tech
robotsindex, follow
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msvalidate.01A662823C2F59EB4F55F752CC752AC299
msapplication-TileColor#0076d6
viewportwidth=device-width,initial-scale=1
article:publisherhttps://www.facebook.com/digitalgov
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@Digital_Gov
twitter:creator@Digital_Gov
twitter:image:srchttps://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/digitalgov-2022-card-v3.png
twitter:descriptionGuidance on building better digital services in government
twitter:titleDigital.gov
fb:admins100000569454928
og:titleDigital.gov
og:descriptionGuidance on building better digital services in government
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://digital.gov/
og:site_nameDigital.gov
og:localeen_US
og:imagehttps://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/digitalgov-2022-card-v3.png
og:image:altEmpty
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1136 words. That's ok.
28.9% 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.
19 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 17.36 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" 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 23 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
17 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)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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
/uswds/img/us_flag_small.pngNo alt attribute provided
/uswds/img/icon-dot-gov.svgNo alt attribute provided
/uswds/img/icon-https.svgNo alt attribute provided
https://digital.gov/img/digitalgov-logo.svgDigital.gov Logo
https://digital.gov/uswds/img/close.svgclose
/uswds/img/usa-icons-bg/search--white.svgSearch
https://digital.gov/img/digit-50.pngNo alt attribute provided
https://digital.gov/img/digit-50.pngNo alt attribute provided
https://digital.gov/img/digit-50.pngNo alt attribute provided
https://digital.gov/img/digit-50.pngNo alt attribute provided
https://digital.gov/img/digit-50.pngNo alt attribute provided
https://github.com/AshleyO85.png?size=50No alt attribute provided
github.com/Frances-Carden.png?size=50No alt attribute provided
...ty-images-2149784445-2160477593_w800.pngNo alt attribute provided
/logos/whitehouse-logo.pngwhitehouse logo
https://digital.gov/logos/gsa-logo.pnggsa logo
/logos/doi-revenuedata-logo.pngdoi-revenuedata logo
github.com/Frances-Carden.png?size=50No alt attribute provided
...-istock-getty-images-1717953227_w800.pngNo alt attribute provided
https://digital.gov/logos/nara-logo.pngnara logo
https://digital.gov/logos/18f-logo.png18f logo
github.com/Frances-Carden.png?size=50No alt attribute provided
...ck-getty-images-1217036838-crop_w800.pngNo alt attribute provided
github.com/Frances-Carden.png?size=50No alt attribute provided
...-istock-getty-images-1332085780_w800.pngNo alt attribute provided
https://digital.gov/img/gsa-logo-w100.pngGSA logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Better websites. Better government.
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
There are 28 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 Better websites. Better government.
H1 Digital.gov Communities of Practice
H2 How to implement 21st Century IDEA
H2 Communicators
H2 Contact Center
H2 Multilingual
H2 Plain Language
H2 Social Media
H2 User Experience
H2 Web Analytics
H2 Web Managers
H2 News and Events
H2 USWDS Monthly Call - November 2024
H2 USWDS Monthly Call - December 2024
H3 Hurricane guidance for U.S. government websites and social media
H3 Navigating digital acquisitions
H3 Ensuring Effective and Timely Usability Research
H3 TTS made a lasting impact with civic tech in FY24
H3 Publishing federal sales data: how we used design studios and user testing to develop a user-centered dataset
H3 Crafting quality content throughout its lifecycle
H3 Transition Post 3: Managing Electronic Messages and Social Media Accounts
H3 Three ways to write fearless spreadsheet formulas
H3 You’ve launched, now what? Planning for the future of your content
H3 Tips for building a small, scrappy digital team
H4 Learn
H4 Contribute
H4 About
H4 Social
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 too many external links (26) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://digital.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
/hurricane-helenedigital.gov/hurricane-helene
/hurricane-miltondigital.gov/hurricane-milton
https://digital.gov/IMG-ALT Digital.gov Logo
A-TITLE Digital.gov Home
https://digital.gov/news/Blogs
https://digital.gov/events/Events
https://digital.gov/resources/Resources
https://digital.gov/communities/Communities
https://digital.gov/guides/Guides
https://digital.gov/job-board/Job board
https://digital.gov/subscribeSubscribe to our newsletter
https://digital.gov/eventsView Events
A-TITLE View events page
https://digital.gov/communitiesJoin Communities
A-TITLE View communities page
/resources/delivering-digital-...Requirements for delivering a digital-first public experience
A-TITLE Requirements for delivering a digital-first public experience
https://digital.gov/guides/dap/Understanding the Digital Analytics Program
A-TITLE Understanding the Digital Analytics Program
/resources/an-introduction-to-...An introduction to domain management
A-TITLE An introduction to domain management
/resources/an-introduction-to-...An introduction to search
A-TITLE An introduction to search
/resources/an-introduction-to-...An introduction to digital governance
A-TITLE An introduction to digital governance
/topics/digital-service-delivery/Deliver better digital services
/communities/communicators/Connect with Communicators
/communities/contact-center/Connect with Contact Center
/communities/multilingual/Connect with Multilingual
/communities/plain-language/Connect with Plain Language
/communities/social-media/Connect with Social Media
/communities/user-experience/Connect with User Experience
/communities/web-analytics-and...Connect with Web Analytics
/communities/web-content-manag...Connect with Web Managers
https://digital.gov/joinWrite for us
/2024/11/26/navigating-digital...Navigating digital acquisitions
/authors/ashley-owens/Ashley Owens
A-TITLE Posts by Ashley Owens
/authors/frances-carden/Frances Carden
A-TITLE Posts by Frances Carden
/2024/11/26/navigating-digital...Text duplicate A-TITLE Navigating digital acquisitions
/event/2024/11/21/uswds-monthl...USWDS Monthly Call - November 2024
A-TITLE USWDS Monthly Call - November 2024
/event/2024/12/19/uswds-monthl...USWDS Monthly Call - December 2024
A-TITLE USWDS Monthly Call - December 2024
https://gsa.zoomgov.com/meetin...External Subdomain Register for Dec 19
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb...External Subdomain Ensuring Effective and Timely Usability Research
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb...External Subdomain The White House
A-TITLE Read at The White House
https://www.gsa.gov/blog/2024/...External Subdomain TTS made a lasting impact with civic tech in FY24
https://www.gsa.gov/blog/2024/...External Subdomain General Services Administration
A-TITLE Read at General Services Administration
https://blog-nrrd.doi.gov/Publ...External Subdomain Publishing federal sales data: how we used design studios and user testing to develop a user-centered dataset
https://blog-nrrd.doi.gov/Publ...External Subdomain Office of Natural Resources Revenue
A-TITLE Read at Office of Natural Resources Revenue
/2024/11/12/crafting-quality-c...Crafting quality content throughout its lifecycle
/authors/frances-carden/Text duplicate Frances Carden
A-TITLE Posts by Frances Carden
/2024/11/12/crafting-quality-c...Text duplicate A-TITLE Crafting quality content throughout its lifecycle
https://records-express.blogs....External Subdomain Transition Post 3: Managing Electronic Messages and Social Media Accounts
https://records-express.blogs....External Subdomain National Archives and Records Administration
A-TITLE Read at National Archives and Records Administration
https://18f.gsa.gov/2024/11/05...External Subdomain Three ways to write fearless spreadsheet formulas
https://18f.gsa.gov/2024/11/05...External Subdomain 18F
A-TITLE Read at 18F
/2024/11/04/youve-launched-now...You’ve launched, now what? Planning for the future of your content
/authors/frances-carden/Text duplicate Frances Carden
A-TITLE Posts by Frances Carden
/2024/11/04/youve-launched-now...Text duplicate A-TITLE You’ve launched, now what? Planning for the future of your content
/2024/11/01/tips-for-building-...Tips for building a small, scrappy digital team
/authors/frances-carden/Text duplicate Frances Carden
A-TITLE Posts by Frances Carden
/2024/11/01/tips-for-building-...Text duplicate A-TITLE Tips for building a small, scrappy digital team
https://digital.gov/newsSee all News
https://digital.gov/news/Text duplicate Blogs
https://digital.gov/events/Text duplicate Events
https://digital.gov/resources/Text duplicate Resources
https://digital.gov/communities/Text duplicate Communities
https://digital.gov/guides/Text duplicate Guides
https://digital.gov/job-board/Text duplicate Job board
https://digital.gov/contribute/Text duplicate Write for us
/digitalgov-university/Host an event
https://github.com/GSA/digital...External Submit GitHub issue
https://digital.gov/about/About Us
https://digital.gov/policies/Site Policies
/about/contact/Contact Us
/about/manage-content/Content schedule
https://twitter.com/digital_govExternal X (Formerly Twitter)
https://www.facebook.com/digit...External Subdomain Facebook
https://youtube.com/@DigitalGovExternal YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://digital.gov/index.xmlRSS
https://www.gsa.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT GSA logo
https://www.gsa.gov/External Subdomain U.S. General Services Administration
https://www.gsa.gov/about-usExternal Subdomain About GSA
https://www.gsa.gov/website-in...External Subdomain Accessibility statement
https://www.gsa.gov/reference/...External Subdomain FOIA requests
https://www.gsa.gov/reference/...External Subdomain No FEAR Act data
https://www.gsaig.gov/External Subdomain Office of the Inspector General
https://www.gsa.gov/reference/...External Subdomain Performance reports
https://www.gsa.gov/website-in...External Subdomain Privacy policy
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain Visit USA.gov

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://digital.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 excellent with 0.33 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (60 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-length11502
dateThu, 12 Dec 2024 07:58:31 GMT
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access-control-allow-methodsGET, HEAD
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content-encodinggzip
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strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; preload
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x-robots-tagall
x-serverCloud.gov Pages
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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 10,449 referring domains.
This page has 1,049,527 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 6,715 different ip addresses.

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