Dps.ny.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.52 s
File size
58.90 kB
Words
494
Media files
8
Number of links
89 internal / 37 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Department of Public Service | Department of Public Service
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (540 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://dps.ny.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
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:site_nameDepartment of Public Service
og:titleDepartment of Public Service
og:imagehttps://dps.ny.gov/sites/g/files/oee1316/files/media/2022/11/solar-panels-and-male-with-clipboard-adobestock_374900755.jpeg
og:image:urlhttps://dps.ny.gov/profiles/custom/webny/themes/custom/webny_theme/images/nys-default.png
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 494 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
17.2% 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.
4 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 14 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.
This page only loads 3 JavaScript files. That's good!
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 10 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)
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
...custom/webny_theme/images/nygov-logo.pngnygov-logo
..._374900755.jpeg?h=1731b01e&itok=YyoOXEAsUtility technician standing in front of solar panels looking down at clipboard in handsUtility technician and solar panels
...-paperwork.jpeg?h=6037d768&itok=oswL6YC8Two people working on paperwork from elbows down with pens in their hands.
...orker-hero.jpeg?h=4a34a0d6&itok=MHK9ng8BFemale worker checking steam readings.
...ted-blue-sm.jpg?h=687d098b&itok=xZmMERGZWater valve blue cover plate in grass.
...th-gavel-sm.jpg?h=4cb26e2e&itok=UFyOEeffTwo people working on paperwork with gavel on desk.
...phone-hero.jpeg?h=060bf726&itok=LsJ8JJ5UBlack landline phone with hand holding up receiver.
...puter_1280.jpeg?h=b5f6a62e&itok=AkAiCtFzPerson from wrists down writing in notebook and typing on laptop.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Department of Public Service
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Department of Public Service
H1 Ensuring Safe and Reliable Utility Service for New Yorkers
H1 Advanced Technology Working Group Webinar
H1 EV Infrastructure Interconnection Working Group August Meeting
H1 Natural Gas: Meeting of the Avoided Cost of Gas Working Group
H1 Clean Energy Initiatives
H1 Energy Broker and Energy Consultant Registration
H1 Energy Affordability Program
H2 Join Us Upcoming Meetings
H2 Explore Topics of Interest
H2 CONNECT WITH US
H3 Translation Services
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
3 links don't have an anchor text.
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 (37) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://dps.ny.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
/department-public-serviceSubdomain English
https://es.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Español
https://zh.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain 中文
https://zh-traditional.dps.ny....External Subdomain 繁體中文
https://ru.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Русский
https://yi.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain יידיש
https://bn.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain বাংলা
https://ko.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain 한국어
https://ht.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Kreyòl Ayisyen
https://it.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Italiano
https://ar.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain العربية
https://pl.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Polski
https://fr.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Français
https://ur.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain اردو
https://dps.ny.gov/Department of Public Service
https://dps.ny.gov/electricElectric
https://dps.ny.gov/natural-gasNatural Gas
https://dps.ny.gov/steamSteam
/telecommunicationsTelecommunications
https://dps.ny.gov/waterWater
https://dps.ny.gov/ask-pscAsk PSC
/consumer-publicationsConsumer Publications
/energy-competitionEnergy Competition
https://dps.ny.gov/file-complaintFile a Complaint
https://documents.dps.ny.gov/p...External Subdomain File Search
/dmm-login-document-and-matter...DMM Login (Document and Matter Management System)
https://dps.ny.gov/dmm-helpDMM Help Topics
https://dps.ny.gov/press-releasesPress Releases
https://dps.ny.gov/calendarCalendar
https://dps.ny.gov/about-usAbout Us
/helpful-information-about-pub...Subdomain First Time Here?
/public-service-commission-ses...Subdomain PSC Sessions
https://dps.ny.gov/contact-usContact Us
/how-post-comments-and-receive...Post Comments and Receive Case Updates
https://dps.ny.gov/calendarView Calendar for Comment Opportunities
/event/advanced-technology-wor...No Text
/event/advanced-technology-wor...Advanced Technology Working Group Webinar
/event/advanced-technology-wor...Learn more about Webinar
A-TITLE Learn more about Webinar
/event/electric-vehicle-infras...No Text
/event/electric-vehicle-infras...EV Infrastructure Interconnection Working Group August Meeting
/event/electric-vehicle-infras...EVIIWG Meeting Details
A-TITLE EVIIWG Meeting Details
/event/natural-gas-meeting-avo...No Text
/event/natural-gas-meeting-avo...Natural Gas: Meeting of the Avoided Cost of Gas Working Group
/event/natural-gas-meeting-avo...Details about the Working Group Meeting
A-TITLE Details about the Working Group Meeting
/clean-energy-initiativescard image
/clean-energy-initiativesClean Energy Initiatives
/clean-energy-initiativesOverview
/clean-energy-initiativesClean Energy Standard
/clean-energy-initiativesClean Energy Fund
/clean-energy-initiativesLearn about DPS Clean Energy Initiatives
A-TITLE Learn about DPS Clean Energy Initiatives
/energy-broker-and-energy-cons...Text duplicate card image
/energy-broker-and-energy-cons...Energy Broker and Energy Consultant Registration
/energy-broker-and-energy-cons...IMPORTANT INFORMATION UPDATE
/energy-broker-and-energy-cons...About the Order
/energy-broker-and-energy-cons...How to File your Registration Package
/energy-broker-and-energy-cons...Learn About Registration
A-TITLE Learn About Registration
/energy-affordability-programText duplicate card image
/energy-affordability-programEnergy Affordability Program
/energy-affordability-programAbout the Program
/energy-affordability-programWhat are the goals of the EAP
/energy-affordability-programWho is Eligible for Monthly Utility Bill Discounts?
/energy-affordability-programLearn About EAP
A-TITLE Learn About EAP
/pending-and-recent-electric-r...IMG-ALT Two people working on paperwork from elbows down with pens in their hands.
/pending-and-recent-electric-r...Pending and Recent Electric Rate Cases
A-TITLE Pending and Recent Electric Rate Cases
/pending-and-recent-steam-casesIMG-ALT Female worker checking steam readings.
/pending-and-recent-steam-casesPending and Recent Steam Cases
A-TITLE Pending and Recent Steam Cases
/pending-and-recent-water-rate...IMG-ALT Water valve blue cover plate in grass.
/pending-and-recent-water-rate...Pending and Recent Water Rate Cases
A-TITLE Pending and Recent Water Rate Cases
/pending-and-recent-gas-rate-c...IMG-ALT Two people working on paperwork with gavel on desk.
/pending-and-recent-gas-rate-c...Pending and Recent Gas Rate Cases
A-TITLE Pending and Recent Gas Rate Cases
/pending-and-recent-telecommun...IMG-ALT Black landline phone with hand holding up receiver.
/pending-and-recent-telecommun...Pending and Recent Telecommunications Cases
A-TITLE Pending and Recent Telecommunications Cases
/notable-cases-and-mattersIMG-ALT Person from wrists down writing in notebook and typing on laptop.
/notable-cases-and-mattersNotable Cases and Matters
A-TITLE Notable Cases and Matters
https://dps.ny.gov/Text duplicate Department of Public Service
A-TITLE Home
https://dps.ny.gov/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
/employment-opportunitiesEmployment Opportunities
/diversity-equity-and-inclusionDiversity, Equity and Inclusion at DPS
https://dps.ny.gov/procurementsProcurements
/department-public-service-ann...DPS Annual Reports
/rules-and-regulations-psc-16-...PSC Regulations
/dps-long-islandDPS Long Island
/indian-point-decommissioning-...Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board
/clean-energy-initiativesClean Energy Initiative
/community-choice-aggregationCommunity Choice Aggregation
/distributed-generation-inform...Distributed Generation Information
https://dps.ny.gov/siting-boardSiting Board/Generation Siting
/article-vii-major-electric-an...Transmission Siting/Article VII
/public-service-commission-ses...PSC Sessions and Materials
/indian-point-whistleblower-pr...Indian Point Whistleblower Complaint Process
/utility-wrongdoing-complaint-...Utility Whistleblower Complaint Process
/request-department-public-ser...Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)
/filing-documents-secretaryFiling Documents with the Secretary
https://documents.dps.ny.gov/P...External Subdomain Power to Choose - Energy Competition
https://documents.dps.ny.gov/p...External Subdomain Prevailing Wage Guidance for Business Service Workers
https://dps.ny.gov/accessibilityAccessibility
https://dps.ny.gov/disclaimerDisclaimer
/language-accessLanguage Access
https://dps.ny.gov/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy
/department-public-service-tra...Transparency Plan
https://www.nysenate.gov/legis...External Subdomain Public Service Law
/nys-dps-testimony-templateNYS DPS Testimony Template
https://www.energystar.gov/cam...External Subdomain Energy Star
https://dps.ny.gov/publicationsPublications
https://dps.ny.gov/sitemapSite Map
https://www.facebook.com/peopl...External Subdomain FACEBOOK
https://www.instagram.com/nysdps/External Subdomain INSTAGRAM
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LINKEDIN
https://twitter.com/NYSDPSExternal TWITTER
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain YOUTUBE
https://www.ny.gov/web-transla...External Subdomain Translation Services
/department-public-serviceSubdomain Text duplicate English
https://es.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate Español
https://zh.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate 中文
https://zh-traditional.dps.ny....External Subdomain Text duplicate 繁體中文
https://ru.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate Русский
https://yi.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate יידיש
https://bn.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate বাংলা
https://ko.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate 한국어
https://ht.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate Kreyòl Ayisyen
https://it.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate Italiano
https://ar.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate العربية
https://pl.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate Polski
https://fr.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate Français
https://ur.dps.ny.gov/departme...External Subdomain Text duplicate اردو

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://dps.ny.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 of 0.52 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 4 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page only loads 3 JavaScript files. That's good!
The file size of the HTML document is fine (59 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 23 Aug 2024 06:44:02 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
transfer-encodingchunked
connectionkeep-alive
cache-controlmax-age=31536000, public
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedThu, 22 Aug 2024 17:54:40 GMT
varyCookie,Accept-Encoding
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-drupal-cacheMISS
x-request-idv-9abb215a-60af-11ef-8e10-abc32becf37a
x-ah-environment01live
viavarnish
x-cacheMISS
cf-cache-statusREVALIDATED
set-cookie251 Characters
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self'; upgrade-insecure-requests
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
servercloudflare
cf-ray8b7921bc0b3e9757-FRA
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 607 referring domains.
This page has 2,443 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 447 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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.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
# 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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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Service66%Check
Public Service66%Check
Department Public Service65%Check
Public63%Check
Department62%Check
Public Service Commission56%Check
Public Service Law56%Check
DPS46%Check
Working46%Check
Working Group44%Check
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