Education.pa.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
84% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
31% 
Server
79% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
3.43 s
File size
129.50 kB
Words
560
Media files
17
Number of links
120 internal / 61 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Pennsylvania Department of Education
The length of the page title is perfect. (349 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) oversees public school districts, charter schools, cyber charter schools, CTCs/VTSs, IUs, education of youth in Correctional Institutions, Head Starts and preschools, and community colleges.
The meta description is too long: 1487 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.education.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx
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 XHTML 1.0 Strict 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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GENERATORMicrosoft SharePoint
HandheldFriendlyTrue
MobileOptimized320
format-detectiontelephone=yes
robotsindex, follow
msapplication-TileColor#0072C6
msapplication-TileImage/_layouts/15/images/SharePointMetroAppTile.png
keywordsPennsylvania Schools, Educators, Instruction, Data and Reporting, Policy and Funding, Schools That Teach, Pennsylvania Education News, Online Services
descriptionThe Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) oversees public school districts, charter schools, cyber charter schools, CTCs/VTSs, IUs, education of youth in Correctional Institutions, Head Starts and preschools, and community colleges.
google-site-verification9zR-kvcPYbXCTtCjykCrB0s5SmN_Ng0M2XfxMlDsg1o
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:descriptionWelcome to the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
twitter:titlePennsylvania Department of Education
twitter:imagehttps://www.education.pa.gov/PublishingImages/PDE%20web%20preview.png
og:urlhttps://www.education.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx
og:typewebsite
og:titlePennsylvania Department of Education
og:descriptionWelcome to the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
og:imagehttps://www.education.pa.gov/PublishingImages/PDE web preview.png
og:site_namePennsylvania Department of Education
og:localeen_US
X-UA-CompatibleIE=10
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charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 560 words. That's ok.
14.1% 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.
3 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 12.4 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0" is provided.
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)
1 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
/_layouts/15/images/spcommon.png?rev=40No alt attribute provided
...terprise.TopNav/img/pa-keystone-navy.svgPA
/PublishingImages/agency-logo.svgDepartment of Education
/PublishingImages/agency-logo.svgDepartment of Education
.../News Tile 2019.jpg?width=960&height=540News Tile
.../News Tile 2019.jpg?width=960&height=540News Tile
.../News Tile 2019.jpg?width=960&height=540News Tile
/PublishingImages/PAyback-logo.svgPAyback Logo
...le Library/Agency/img/logos/pde-blue.pngAgency Image
...le Library/Agency/img/logos/pde-blue.pngAgency Image
...n-data-pa-branding-footer-logo-white.pngGovernor's LogoGovernor's Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The H1 heading is empty
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Empty heading
H1 News
H2 Empty heading
H2 Homepage Banner Image
H2 Funding Information
H2 Enacted 2023-24 Education Budget
H2 Become a Certified Educator in PA
H2 Content Editor
H5 Shapiro Administration Announces 2025 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Finalists
H5 Shapiro Administration Launches Anti-Stigma Campaign to Support College Students’ Bas...
H5 Pennsylvania Department of Education Visits Lehigh Carbon Community College, Highligh...
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 (61) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
http://www.pa.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT PA
http://www.pa.gov/External Subdomain An Official Pennsylvania Government Website
https://www.education.pa.gov/Subdomain PDE Department of Education
IMG-ALT Department of Education
/Schools/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Schools
/Teachers - Administrators/Com...Subdomain Comprehensive Planning
/Teachers - Administrators/Sch...Subdomain Construction and Facilities
/Pages/Education-Directory-and...Subdomain Directory and Maps
/FACE/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Family & Community Engagement
/Teachers - Administrators/Foo...Subdomain Food and Nutrition
/Schools/Governance/Pages/defa...Subdomain Governance
https://www.health.pa.gov/topi...External Subdomain Health
/Schools/safeschools/Pages/def...Subdomain Safe Schools
/Teachers - Administrators/Sch...Subdomain School Services
/Schools/TypesofSchools/Pages/...Subdomain Types of Schools
/Educators/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Educators
/Educators/Certification/Pages...Subdomain Certification
/Educators/Clearances/Pages/de...Subdomain Clearances/ Background Checks
/Educators/ContinuinEd/Pages/d...Subdomain Continuing Education
/Teachers - Administrators/Edu...Subdomain Educator Effectiveness
/Educators/Workforce Strategy/...Subdomain Educator Workforce Strategy
/Educators/Misconduct/Pages/de...Subdomain Misconduct
/Educators/RecruitRecog/Pages/...Subdomain Recruitment and Recognition
/Instruction/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Instruction
/Postsecondary-Adult/Adult and...Subdomain Adult Basic Education
/K-12/Career and Technical Edu...Subdomain Career & Technical Education
/Early Learning/Pages/default....Subdomain Early Education (OCDEL)
/K-12/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Elem & Secondary Education
/Postsecondary-Adult/GED and C...Subdomain GED/High School Equivalency
https://www.statelibrary.pa.go...External Subdomain Libraries
/Postsecondary-Adult/Pages/def...Subdomain Postsecondary & Higher Ed
/K-12/Special Education/Pages/...Subdomain Special Education
/DataAndReporting/Pages/defaul...Subdomain Data and Reporting
/K-12/Assessment and Accountab...Subdomain Assessment and Accountability
/DataAndReporting/Pages/Budget...Subdomain Budget and Finance
/DataAndReporting/Pages/Enroll...Subdomain Enrollment
/DataAndReporting/Pages/HighSc...Subdomain High School Graduation
/Pages/MyPDESuite.aspxSubdomain MyPDESuite
/DataAndReporting/PIMS/Pages/d...Subdomain PIMS
/DataAndReporting/HigherEd/Pag...Subdomain Postsecondary and Higher Ed
/DataAndReporting/ResearchEval...Subdomain Research and Evaluation
/DataAndReporting/Pages/School...Subdomain School Climate
/DataAndReporting/Pages/School...Subdomain School Staff
/Policy-Funding/Pages/default....Subdomain Policy and Funding
/Policy-Funding/BECS/Pages/def...Subdomain Basic Education Circulars
/Teachers - Administrators/Sch...Subdomain Budget/State Appropriations
/Pages/Codes and Regulations/C...Subdomain Codes and Regulations
/Policy-Funding/FederalProgram...Subdomain Federal Programs
/Policy-Funding/PropertyTax/Pa...Subdomain Property Tax Relief
/Teachers - Administrators/Sch...Subdomain School Finances
/Policy-Funding/SchoolGrants/P...Subdomain School Grants
/pages/search.aspxSubdomain Search
/pages/search.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate Search
https://www.education.pa.gov/Subdomain Department of Education
IMG-ALT Department of Education
/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/15/PA.SPEnt...Text duplicate Schools
/Schools/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate Schools
/Teachers - Administrators/Com...Subdomain Text duplicate Comprehensive Planning
/Teachers - Administrators/Sch...Subdomain Text duplicate Construction and Facilities
/Pages/Education-Directory-and...Subdomain Text duplicate Directory and Maps
/FACE/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate Family & Community Engagement
/Teachers - Administrators/Foo...Subdomain Text duplicate Food and Nutrition
/Schools/Governance/Pages/defa...Subdomain Text duplicate Governance
https://www.health.pa.gov/topi...External Subdomain Text duplicate Health
/Schools/safeschools/Pages/def...Subdomain Text duplicate Safe Schools
/Teachers - Administrators/Sch...Subdomain Text duplicate School Services
/Schools/TypesofSchools/Pages/...Subdomain Text duplicate Types of Schools
/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/15/PA.SPEnt...Text duplicate Educators
/Educators/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate Educators
/Educators/Certification/Pages...Subdomain Text duplicate Certification
/Educators/Clearances/Pages/de...Subdomain Text duplicate Clearances/ Background Checks
/Educators/ContinuinEd/Pages/d...Subdomain Text duplicate Continuing Education
/Teachers - Administrators/Edu...Subdomain Text duplicate Educator Effectiveness
/Educators/Workforce Strategy/...Subdomain Text duplicate Educator Workforce Strategy
/Educators/Misconduct/Pages/de...Subdomain Text duplicate Misconduct
/Educators/RecruitRecog/Pages/...Subdomain Text duplicate Recruitment and Recognition
/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/15/PA.SPEnt...Text duplicate Instruction
/Instruction/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate Instruction
/Postsecondary-Adult/Adult and...Subdomain Text duplicate Adult Basic Education
/K-12/Career and Technical Edu...Subdomain Text duplicate Career & Technical Education
/Early Learning/Pages/default....Subdomain Text duplicate Early Education (OCDEL)
/K-12/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate Elem & Secondary Education
/Postsecondary-Adult/GED and C...Subdomain Text duplicate GED/High School Equivalency
https://www.statelibrary.pa.go...External Subdomain Text duplicate Libraries
/Postsecondary-Adult/Pages/def...Subdomain Text duplicate Postsecondary & Higher Ed
/K-12/Special Education/Pages/...Subdomain Text duplicate Special Education
/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/15/PA.SPEnt...Text duplicate Data and Reporting
/DataAndReporting/Pages/defaul...Subdomain Text duplicate Data and Reporting
/K-12/Assessment and Accountab...Subdomain Text duplicate Assessment and Accountability
/DataAndReporting/Pages/Budget...Subdomain Text duplicate Budget and Finance
/DataAndReporting/Pages/Enroll...Subdomain Text duplicate Enrollment
/DataAndReporting/Pages/HighSc...Subdomain Text duplicate High School Graduation
/Pages/MyPDESuite.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate MyPDESuite
/DataAndReporting/PIMS/Pages/d...Subdomain Text duplicate PIMS
/DataAndReporting/HigherEd/Pag...Subdomain Text duplicate Postsecondary and Higher Ed
/DataAndReporting/ResearchEval...Subdomain Text duplicate Research and Evaluation
/DataAndReporting/Pages/School...Subdomain Text duplicate School Climate
/DataAndReporting/Pages/School...Subdomain Text duplicate School Staff
/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/15/PA.SPEnt...Text duplicate Policy and Funding
/Policy-Funding/Pages/default....Subdomain Text duplicate Policy and Funding
/Policy-Funding/BECS/Pages/def...Subdomain Text duplicate Basic Education Circulars
/Teachers - Administrators/Sch...Subdomain Text duplicate Budget/State Appropriations
/Pages/Codes and Regulations/C...Subdomain Text duplicate Codes and Regulations
/Policy-Funding/FederalProgram...Subdomain Text duplicate Federal Programs
/Policy-Funding/PropertyTax/Pa...Subdomain Text duplicate Property Tax Relief
/Teachers - Administrators/Sch...Subdomain Text duplicate School Finances
/Policy-Funding/SchoolGrants/P...Subdomain Text duplicate School Grants
/aboutSubdomain About
/Pages/Accessibility.aspxSubdomain Accessibility
/Educators/Certification/Pages...Subdomain Text duplicate Certification
/Pages/MyPDESuite.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate MyPDESuite
/Postsecondary-Adult/GED and C...Subdomain Transcript/Diplomas
/about/Resources/Pages/default...Subdomain Resources
/pages/search.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate Search
https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages...External Subdomain News
https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages...External Subdomain Shapiro Administration Announces 2025 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Finalists April 11, 2024 Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PD...
IMG-ALT News Tile
https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages...External Subdomain Shapiro Administration Launches Anti-Stigma Campaign to Support College Students’ Bas... April 05, 2024 Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Department of Educa...
IMG-ALT News Tile
https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages...External Subdomain Pennsylvania Department of Education Visits Lehigh Carbon Community College, Highligh... April 03, 2024 Schencksville, PA - Today, Pennsylvania Department of...
IMG-ALT News Tile
/Schools/safeschools/emergency...Subdomain ARP ESSER Funding Information
/Teachers - Administrators/Sch...Subdomain EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS Enacted 2023-24 Education Budget
/Educators/Certification/Pages...Subdomain CERTIFICATION Become a Certified Educator in PA
https://payback.pa.gov/External Subdomain Check your eligibility for a refund of your permits, licenses, or certification application fees
https://www.education.pa.gov/Subdomain IMG-ALT Agency Image
https://www.governor.pa.gov/External Subdomain Josh Shapiro, Governor
/pages/Secretary-Biography.aspxSubdomain Dr. Khalid N. Mumin, Secretary
/Pages/contact-us.aspxSubdomain Contact Us
https://www.statelibrary.pa.go...External Subdomain Office of Commonwealth Libraries
https://www.pspc.education.pa....External Subdomain Professional Standards and Practices Commission
https://www.stateboard.educati...External Subdomain State Board of Education
https://payback.pa.gov/External Subdomain Check PAyback Now
https://www.facebook.com/PADep...External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/PADeptofEdExternal Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/c/PADe...External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.pinterest.com/PADe...External Subdomain Pinterest
/SchoolofThought/Pages/Blog.aspxSubdomain Blog
https://www.education.pa.gov/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Agency Image
https://www.governor.pa.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate Josh Shapiro, Governor
/pages/Secretary-Biography.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate Dr. Khalid N. Mumin, Secretary
/Pages/contact-us.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/15/PA.SpEnt...Affiliates
https://www.statelibrary.pa.go...External Subdomain Text duplicate Office of Commonwealth Libraries
https://www.pspc.education.pa....External Subdomain Text duplicate Professional Standards and Practices Commission
https://www.stateboard.educati...External Subdomain Text duplicate State Board of Education
/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/15/PA.SpEnt...PAyback: Eligible for a refund?
https://payback.pa.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate Check PAyback Now
/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/15/PA.SpEnt...Social Media
https://www.facebook.com/PADep...External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/PADeptofEdExternal Text duplicate Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/c/PADe...External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
https://www.pinterest.com/PADe...External Subdomain Text duplicate Pinterest
/SchoolofThought/Pages/Blog.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate Blog
http://www.pa.gov/New window External Subdomain COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
http://www.pa.gov/New window External Subdomain TOP SERVICES
https://www.pavoterservices.pa...New window External Subdomain Register to Vote
http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/loc...New window External Subdomain Find a DMV
https://www.health.pa.gov/topi...New window External Subdomain Get a Birth Certificate
https://www.dmva.pa.gov/vetera...New window External Subdomain Join the Veterans Registry
http://visitpa.com/New window External Visit Pennsylvania
http://pennwatch.pa.gov/Pages/...New window External Subdomain PennWatch
http://www.openrecords.pa.gov/...New window External Subdomain Right-to-Know Law
http://www.pa.gov/New window External Subdomain Anchor GOVERNMENT
https://www.governor.pa.gov/New window External Subdomain Governor Josh Shapiro
https://www.pa.gov/directory/New window External Subdomain Directory
http://www.house.state.pa.us/New window External Subdomain State House
http://www.pasen.gov/New window External Subdomain State Senate
http://www.pacourts.us/New window External Subdomain Courts
http://www.ltgov.pa.gov/New window External Subdomain Lt. Governor Austin Davis
https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/New window External Subdomain Attorney General
http://www.paauditor.gov/New window External Subdomain Auditor General
http://www.patreasury.gov/New window External Subdomain Treasurer
http://www.pa.gov/New window External Subdomain PA.GOV
https://wslh.dced.pa.gov/New window External Subdomain Who We Are
https://www.facebook.com/Penns...New window External Subdomain Pennsylvania Facebook
https://twitter.com/Pennsylvan...New window External Pennsylvania Twitter
https://www.pa.gov/guides/stat...New window External Subdomain State Symbols
https://www.pa.gov/news/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate News
https://www.pa.gov/directory/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Social Media
https://pa.gov/apps/New window External Apps
https://www.pa.gov/guides/comm...New window External Subdomain Careers & Internships
http://www.pa.gov/accessibilit...New window External Subdomain ACCESSIBILITY
http://www.pa.gov/privacy-policy/New window External Subdomain PRIVACY & DISCLAIMERS
https://www.pa.gov/translation...New window External Subdomain TRANSLATION DISCLAIMER
http://www.pa.gov/security-pol...New window External Subdomain SECURITY

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.education.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 (3.43 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 (130 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 500 referring domains.
This page has 2,182 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 362 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

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Disallow: /_layouts/
Disallow: /_vti_bin/
Disallow: /_catalogs/

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Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
Education75%Check
Pennsylvania70%Check
Pennsylvania Department68%Check
Department63%Check
Continuing Education56%Check
Special Education56%Check
Basic Education56%Check
2025 Pennsylvania56%Check
College54%Check
Community College54%Check
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