Elections.virginia.gov - SEO Checker

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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
53% 
Page structure
66% 
Link structure
96% 
Server
88% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.65 s
File size
89.20 kB
Words
421
Media files
11
Number of links
77 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Virginia Dept. of Elections: Home
The length of the page title is perfect. (299 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Department of Elections envisions an electoral process that is trustworthy and accountable at all levels and engages Virginia’s diverse citizenry in the most fundamental right - the right to vote.
The meta description is too long: 1203 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. 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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 421 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
23% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 19 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 8 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
/media/site-assets/img/elect-check.webpVirginia Department of Elections Logo
...mg/bullets-and-arrows/speedy-arrow-2.svgNo alt attribute provided
...ite-assets/img/voter-ed/arrow_icon-1.svgclick arrow for more info
...ite-assets/img/voter-ed/arrow_icon-1.svgclick arrow for more info
...ite-assets/img/voter-ed/arrow_icon-1.svgclick arrow for more info
...ite-assets/img/voter-ed/arrow_icon-1.svgclick arrow for more info
...background-photos/voters-guide-1124.webpNovember 2024 Voter's Guide Image
...-assets/img/photos/election_officer.webpBackground photo of two persons in circle frames
.../site-assets/img/elements/BrokenLine.svgbroken line
.../site-assets/img/elements/BrokenLine.svgbroken line
...ets/img/illustrations/vavoters-badge.svgVirginia is for Voters logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The Elections Process
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 The Elections Process
H1 November 5, 2024 General Election
H2 Virginia Voter Pocket Guide
H2 Are You Ready to Vote?
H2 Step Up and Lend Democracy a Hand!
H2 Campaign Finance
H2 Campaign Finance Duplicate text
H2 Our Mission
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 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to main content
A-TITLE skip to main content
/Subdomain Home
IMG-ALT Virginia Department of Elections Logo
A-TITLE Home
/index.htmlText duplicate Home
/registration/Registration
/registration/how-to-register/How to Register
/registration/view-your-info/View Your Info
/registration/election-voter-faq/Election and Voter FAQ
/registration/voterid/Do I need an ID to vote?
/registration/voter-forms/Voter Forms
/registration/college-student-...College Student Info
/registration/registration-dri...Registration Drive Training
/registration/designated-state...State-designated Voter Registration
/registration/same-day-voter-r...Same Day Voter Registration
/casting-a-ballot/Casting a Ballot
/casting-a-ballot/calendars-sc...Upcoming Elections
/casting-a-ballot/calendars-sc...Calendars & Schedules
/casting-a-ballot/candidate-list/Candidates & Referendums
/casting-a-ballot/in-person-vo...Voting on Election Day
/casting-a-ballot/early-absentee/Absentee and Early Voting
/casting-a-ballot/military-ove...Military & Overseas
/casting-a-ballot/accessible-v...Accessible Voting
/casting-a-ballot/early-voting...Early Voting Office Locations
/voter-ed/Voter Education & Outreach
/casting-a-ballot/voter-rights/Voter Rights
/casting-a-ballot/redistricting/Redistricting
/casting-a-ballot/ranked-choic...Ranked Choice Voting
/resultsreports/Results/Reports
/resultsreports/registration-s...Registration Statistics & Polling Places
/resultsreports/registrationtu...Registration/Turnout Reports
/resultsreports/election-results/Election Results
/resultsreports/post-election-...Post-Election Reporting
/resultsreports/maintenance-re...Voter Registration List Maintenance
/resultsreports/election-secur...Election Security
/candidatepac-info/Candidate/PAC Info
/candidatepac-info/becoming-a-...Becoming a Candidate
/candidatepac-info/candidate-b...Candidate Bulletins
/candidatepac-info/candidate-f...Candidate Forms
/candidatepac-info/campaign-fi...Campaign Finance
/candidatepac-info/reporting/Campaign Finance Reports
/candidatepac-info/campaign-fi...Campaign Finance Disclosure Forms
/candidatepac-info/regulation-...Campaign Finance Laws and Policies
/candidatepac-info/campaign-fi...Campaign Finance Filing
/candidatepac-info/candidate-c...Campaign Filing Schedule
/candidatepac-info/political-c...Political Committees
/candidatepac-info/client-serv...Client Services
/election-law/Election Law
/election-law/referenda/Referenda
/election-law/place-issue-on-b...Place Issue on Ballot
/election-law/education-materi...Election Education Materials
/about.htmlAbout Us
/contact-us/Contact Us
/contact-us/media-resources/Media Resources
/board/Board of Elections
/officer-of-elections/Officer of Elections/Poll Worker
https://vote.elections.virgini...External Subdomain Register to Vote/Update Registration
/casting-a-ballot/calendars-sc...Subdomain Upcoming Election Info
/voter-pocket-guide/Subdomain Virginia Voter Pocket Guide
/casting-a-ballot/early-absent...Subdomain Anchor Early Voting
/casting-a-ballot/early-absentee/Subdomain Absentee Voting
/casting-a-ballot/polling-plac...Subdomain Find your Polling Place
/elect-backgrounders/what-elec...Before You Vote
/elect-backgrounders/what-elec...When You Vote
/elect-backgrounders/what-elec...After You Vote
https://whosmy.virginiageneral...New window External Subdomain online tool
A-TITLE Who is my legislator
/casting-a-ballot/candidate-li...More Info
/casting-a-ballot/early-absentee/IMG-ALT click arrow for more info
/casting-a-ballot/polling-plac...Text duplicate IMG-ALT click arrow for more info
/voter-pocket-guide/Get the Guide
https://vote.elections.virgini...External Subdomain Register to Vote
/casting-a-ballot/polling-plac...Find Your Polling Place
/registration/voter-forms/canc...Cancel Registration
/officer-of-elections/LEARN MORE
/candidatepac-info/campaign-fi...Find out more
/candidatepac-info/campaign-fi...Text duplicate Find out more
/about.htmlLearn More
A-TITLE Link to info about Our Mission
/about.htmlText duplicate About Us
/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact Us
/freedom-of-information-act/Freedom of Information Act
/contact-us/media-resources/Media / Press Resources
https://www.facebook.com/Virgi...External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE Department of Elections' Facebook
https://twitter.com/vaELECTExternal Twitter
A-TITLE Department of Elections' Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/user/SB...External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE Department of Elections' YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn
A-TITLE Department of Elections' LinkedIn
https://www.instagram.com/va_e...External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE Department of Elections' Instagram
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/New window External Subdomain WCAG 2.0 Level AA
A-TITLE WCAG 2.0

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.elections.virginia.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 0.65 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (89 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 2,554 referring domains.
This page has 114,035 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,618 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: *.json
Disallow: *.csv
Disallow: *.xls
Disallow: *.xlsx
Disallow: /cfr-footer/
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Virginia Dept. of Elections: Home
The Department of Elections envisions an electoral process that is trustworthy and accountable at all levels and engages Virginia’s diverse citizenry in the most fundamental right - the right to vote.

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Virginia80%Check
General Election69%Check
Election Results67%Check
Election Law67%Check
Election Day67%Check
Virginia Department64%Check
Process62%Check
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