Ecs.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
94% 
Page quality
77% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
63% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.64 s
File size
235.90 kB
Words
556
Media files
7
Number of links
93 internal / 4 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Education Commission of the States - Your Education Policy Team
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 594 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
We provide education leaders with evidence-based information & opportunities for collaboration, because informed policymakers create better policies.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (928 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ecs.org/
There is a valid canonical link 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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 25.25 words is high.
This page contains 556 words. That's ok.
27.9% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
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 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Governors' Top Education Priorities in 2024 State of the State Addresses
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Governors' Top Education Priorities in 2024 State of the State Addresses
H1 Who We Are
H1 state education policy tracking tool
H2 Our Latest Publications
H2 How can we help?
H3 State Policies to Advance Student-Centered Pathways
H3 Financial Aid Barriers for Students Impacted by the Justice System
H3 Key Lessons From Effective K-12 STEAM Education Organizations
H3 State Financial Incentives for Work-Based Learning
H3 Want to Attend the National Forum on Education Policy? Here’s What You Need to Know.
H3 The Statewide Longitudinal Data System Landscape
H3 Contact your state liaison
H3 Request information
H3 Attend one of our events
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 4 external links on this page.
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/state-education-policy-tracking/Subdomain State Education Policy Tracking
/state-education-policy-watch-...Subdomain State Education Policy Watchlist
/governors-state-of-the-state-...Subdomain Governors' State of the State Addresses: Education-Related Proposals
https://www.ecs.org/ecs-events/Events
https://www.ecs.org/about-us/Subdomain Who We Are
/about-us/staff-list/Subdomain Staff
/about-us/partners/Subdomain Partners
/who-we-are/the-commission/Subdomain The Commission
/2023-25-chairs-initiative-on-...Subdomain Chair’s Initiative
/stay-current/newsletters/Subdomain Newsletters
/about-us/employment/Subdomain Employment
/convene-counsel/request-infor...Subdomain Request Information
/research-reports/key-issues/Subdomain Resources by Topic
/resources-by-state/Subdomain View Resources by State
/research-reports/key-issues/t...Subdomain Trending Topics
/issue/data-systems/Subdomain Data Systems
/issue/early-care-and-education/Subdomain Early Care and Education
/issue/finance/Subdomain Funding
/issue/governance/Subdomain Governance
/issue/postsecondary-affordabi...Subdomain Postsecondary Affordability
https://www.ecs.org/issue/safety/Subdomain Safety
https://www.ecs.org/issue/choice/Subdomain School Choice
/issue/school-readiness/Subdomain School Readiness
https://www.ecs.org/issue/stem/Subdomain STEM/STEAM
/issue/student-health-wellness/Subdomain Student Health and Wellness
/issue/student-learning/Subdomain Student Learning
/issue/teaching-quality/Subdomain Teaching Profession
/issue/workforce-development/Subdomain Workforce Development
https://www.ecs.org/Subdomain IMG-ALT ECS Logo
https://www.ecs.org/Anchor Our Work
/issue/data-systems/Subdomain Text duplicate Data Systems
/issue/early-care-and-education/Subdomain Text duplicate Early Care and Education
/issue/finance/Subdomain Text duplicate Funding
/issue/governance/Subdomain Text duplicate Governance
/issue/postsecondary-affordabi...Subdomain Text duplicate Postsecondary Affordability
https://www.ecs.org/issue/safety/Subdomain Text duplicate Safety
https://www.ecs.org/issue/choice/Subdomain Text duplicate School Choice
/issue/school-readiness/Subdomain Text duplicate School Readiness
https://www.ecs.org/issue/stem/Subdomain Text duplicate STEM/STEAM
/issue/student-health-wellness/Subdomain Text duplicate Student Health and Wellness
/issue/student-learning/Subdomain Text duplicate Student Learning
/issue/teaching-quality/Subdomain Text duplicate Teaching Profession
/issue/workforce-development/Subdomain Text duplicate Workforce Development
/research-reports/key-issues/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources by Topic
/resources-by-state/Subdomain Resources by State
/research-reports/key-issues/t...Subdomain Text duplicate Trending Topics
/stay-current/blog/Subdomain Ed Note Blog
/state-education-policy-tracking/Subdomain Text duplicate State Education Policy Tracking
/state-education-policy-watch-...Subdomain Text duplicate State Education Policy Watchlist
/governors-state-of-the-state-...Subdomain Text duplicate Governors' State of the State Addresses: Education-Related Proposals
https://www.ecs.org/ecs-events/Text duplicate Events
https://www.ecs.org/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Who We Are
/about-us/staff-list/Subdomain Text duplicate Staff
/about-us/partners/Subdomain Text duplicate Partners
/who-we-are/the-commission/Subdomain Text duplicate The Commission
/2023-25-chairs-initiative-on-...Subdomain Text duplicate Chair’s Initiative
/stay-current/newsletters/Subdomain Text duplicate Newsletters
/about-us/employment/Subdomain Text duplicate Employment
/convene-counsel/request-infor...Subdomain Text duplicate Request Information
/governors-top-education-prior...Subdomain Learn More
https://www.ecs.org/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/state-education-policy-tracking/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.ecs.org/category/ecs/Subdomain View All Resources
https://www.ecs.org/blog/Visit Ed Note Blog
/state-policies-to-advance-stu...Subdomain June 29, 2024 State Policies to Advance Student-Centered Pathways Student-centered pathways are designed to meet each student’s individual needs. These pathw...
/financial-aid-barriers-for-st...Subdomain June 20, 2024 Financial Aid Barriers for Students Impacted by the Justice System Access to high quality postsecondary education offers people who are impacte...
/key-lessons-from-effective-k-...Subdomain June 5, 2024 Key Lessons From Effective K-12 STEAM Education Organizations STEAM education builds on science, technology, engineering and math instruction by...
/state-financial-incentives-fo...Subdomain May 30, 2024 State Financial Incentives for Work-Based Learning High-quality work-based learning opportunities enable students to develop necessary skills an...
/education-policy-national-for...Subdomain May 17, 2024 Want to Attend the National Forum on Education Policy? Here’s What You Need to Know. Are you curious about our annual National Forum on Educatio...
/the-statewide-longitudinal-da...Subdomain May 9, 2024 The Statewide Longitudinal Data System Landscape Updated: June 4, 2024 More states are thinking about their data systems and how to give decision...
/who-we-are/the-commission/Subdomain Contact your state liaison
IMG-ALT handshake icon
/convene-counsel/request-infor...Subdomain Request information
IMG-ALT bulb icon
https://www.ecs.org/ecs-events/Subdomain Attend one of our events
IMG-ALT calender icon
/stay-current/newsletters/Subdomain Subscribe
https://www.ecs.org/No Text
/research-reports/key-issues/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources by Topic
https://www.ecs.org/events/Subdomain Text duplicate Events
https://www.ecs.org/about-us/Subdomain About Us
/convene-counsel/request-infor...Subdomain Contact Us
/about-us/employment/Subdomain Text duplicate Employment
https://twitter.com/edcommissionNew window External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/edcom...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
/issue/accountability/Subdomain Accountability
/issue/assessment/Subdomain Assessment
/issue/governance/Subdomain Text duplicate Governance
https://www.ecs.org/issue/choice/Subdomain Text duplicate School Choice
https://www.ecs.org/issue/stem/Subdomain Text duplicate STEM/STEAM
/issue/teaching-quality/Subdomain Teachers & Leaders
https://www.ecs.org/issue/arts/Subdomain Arts
/issue/attendance/Subdomain Attendance
/issue/finance/Subdomain Finance
https://www.ecs.org/issue/safety/Subdomain Text duplicate Safety
/issue/standards-curriculum/Subdomain Standards & Curriculum
/issue/students-families/Subdomain Students & Families
/issue/transitions/Subdomain Transitions

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ecs.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.64 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (236 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 5,072 referring domains.
This page has 146,617 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,515 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Search preview

www.ecs.org
Education Commission of the States - Your Education Policy Team
We provide education leaders with evidence-based information & opportunities for collaboration, because informed policymakers create better policies.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Education77%Check
Education Policy72%Check
State Education Policy68%Check
Policy65%Check
Education Commission63%Check
State62%Check
Education Policy Team62%Check
STEAM Education60%Check
postsecondary education58%Check
State Addresses55%Check

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