Era.nih.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
58% 
Page quality
69% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.14 s
File size
53.50 kB
Words
626
Media files
25
Number of links
80 internal / 27 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | eRA
The page title is too short. (111 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.era.nih.gov/node/1
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing ...
This page contains 626 words. That's ok.
23.8% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.1 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 41 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-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 13 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
16 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
/images/2022_img/us-flag.pngusa flag
/images/2022_img/chevron-down.svgNo alt attribute provided
/images/2022_img/chevron-up.svgNo alt attribute provided
/themes/era2019/images/hhsfavicon.pngNo alt attribute provided
/themes/era2019/images/nihfavicon.pngNo alt attribute provided
/themes/era2019/images/nihfavicon.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/2022_img/icon-dot-gov.svgNo alt attribute provided
/images/2022_img/icon-https.svgNo alt attribute provided
/images/2022_img/logo.pngera logo
/themes/era2019/images/lock.pnglock icon
/images/[email protected]era first image
/images/[email protected]era second image
/images/[email protected]era third image
/images/[email protected]Read more
/images/[email protected]No alt attribute provided
/images/[email protected]No alt attribute provided
/images/[email protected]No alt attribute provided
/images/[email protected]No alt attribute provided
/images/[email protected]No alt attribute provided
[email protected]No alt attribute provided
/images/[email protected]help and tutorial
/images/[email protected]faqs
/images/[email protected]No alt attribute provided
/images/[email protected]No alt attribute provided
/images/[email protected]No alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Get Started
H3 READ MORE
H4 To Apply
H4 After Submission
H4 Post-Award Actions
H4 Closeout
H4 Pre-Meeting
H4 At Meeting
H4 Post-Meeting
H4 How to
H4 Manage Accounts
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 too many external links (27) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.era.nih.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.hhs.gov/External Subdomain U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
https://www.nih.gov/External Subdomain National Institutes of Health
https://grants.nih.gov/External Subdomain NIH Grants and Funding
https://www.era.nih.gov/IMG-ALT era logo
https://public.era.nih.gov/com...New window External Subdomain Commons Login
https://public.era.nih.gov/assistNew window External Subdomain ASSIST Login
https://www.era.nih.gov/faqs.htmFAQS
/about-era/get-connected.htmSubscribe
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/...External Subdomain Glossary
https://inside.era.nih.gov/New window External Subdomain eRA Intranet
IMG-ALT lock icon
https://www.era.nih.gov/need-helpSubdomain Need Help?
https://www.era.nih.gov/searchSearch
https://www.era.nih.gov/Home
/eracommons-timeline.htmNEW TO eRA COMMONS
/applicantsApplicants
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/...External Subdomain How to Apply — Application Guide
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/...External Subdomain Preparing Your Application Using ASSIST
/applicants/systemInformation for System-to-System Developers
/applicants/sek-prior-approval...Seek Prior Approval for Withdrawal of Application
/applicants/reference-letter.htmHave a Referee Submit A Reference Letter (If Needed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/...External Subdomain Submit, Track, and View Application
/applicants/view-ss-scores.htmView Review Outcome
/applicants/submit-jit.htmSubmit Just-in-Time (If Needed)
/recipients/view-notice-of-awa...View Notice of Award
/recipientsRecipients
/recipients/view-notice-of-awa...Text duplicate View Notice of Award
/recipients/submit-reportsSubmit Reports
/recipients/manage-publication...Manage Publications
/recipients/submit-no-cost-ext...Submit No Cost Extensions
/iedison/iedison.htmSubdomain Report Inventions (If Needed)
/recipients/submit-relinq-stat...Submit Relinquishing Statement (If Needed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/...External Subdomain Submit Administrative Supplements
/recipients/seek-prior-approva...Seek Prior Approval (If Needed)
/recipients/manage-trainees-fe...Manage Trainees, and Fellows
/recipients/submit-closeout.htmSubmit Closeout
/recipients/financial-status-r...Submit Federal Financial Report (FFR)
/recipients/submit-final-rppr.htmSubmit Final RPPR
/recipients/submit-final-inven...Submit Final Invention Statement
/recipients/submitting-data-on...Submitting Data on R&D Contracts
https://www.era.nih.gov/reviewersReviewers
/reviewers/access-iar.htmAccess IAR
/reviewers/personal-profile.htmFill out Personal Profile; Reviewer Reimbursement Info
/reviewers/certify-confidentia...Certify Confidentiality Statement
/reviewers/certify-employment.htmCertify Employment
/reviewers/check-conflicts.htmCheck Conflicts (Recruitment Phase)
/reviewer/pre-meeting-coi.htmCertify Pre-Meeting COI
/reviewers/take-required-train...Take Required Review Integrity & Bias Awareness Training
/reviewers/access-meeting-mate...Access Meeting Materials
/reviewers/access-applications...Access Applications
/reviewers/access-critique-tem...Access Critique Template(s)
/reviewers/critique-scores.htmSubmit & Manage Critiques, Scores
/reviewers/view-all-critiques.htmView Other Reviewers Critiques
/reviewers/submit-final-scores...Submit Final Scores
/reviewers/post-meeting-coi.htmCertify Post-Meeting COI
/reviewers/edit-critiques.htmEdit Critiques
/register-accountsAccounts
/register-accounts/understandi...Understanding eRA Commons Accounts
/register-accounts/register-in...Register Your Institution in eRA Commons
/register-accounts/manage-inst...Manage Institutional Profile
/register-accounts/access-era-...Two-Factor Authentication: Access eRA Modules via Login.gov
/register-accounts/access-modu...Two-Factor Authentication: Access eRA Modules via an InCommon Federated Account
/register-accounts/create-and-...Create and Edit an Account
/register-accounts/account-rol...Account Roles
/register-accounts/manage-dele...Manage Delegation
/register-accounts/manage-pers...Manage Personal Profile
/register-accounts/change-pass...Change Password
/register-accounts/affiliation...Manage Affiliation
https://www.era.nih.gov/newsNews
https://www.era.nih.gov/about-eraAbout eRA | AGENCY PARTNERSHIP
https://www.era.nih.gov/faqs.htmFAQs
/about-era/get-connected.htmText duplicate Subscribe
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Glossary
https://inside.era.nih.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate eRA Intranet
https://www.era.nih.gov/need-helpSubdomain Text duplicate Need Help?
https://www.era.nih.gov/about-eraLEARN MORE
/eracommons-timeline.htmNew to eRA Commons?
/applicantsText duplicate Applicants
https://www.era.nih.gov/granteesText duplicate Recipients
https://www.era.nih.gov/reviewersText duplicate Reviewers
https://www.era.nih.gov/about-eraPartners
/help-tutorialsHelp & Tutorials Step-by-step instructions in our online help (user manuals) and video tutorials to help you find your way
IMG-ALT help and tutorial
https://www.era.nih.gov/faqs.htmFAQs Have a question? We have you covered in our Frequently Asked Questions.
IMG-ALT faqs
/news/era-information-automate...eRA Information: Automated Email Notification Asking for Just-in-Time Information to be Retired October 1, 2024
/news/era-information-improved...eRA Information: Improved Visual Appearance for eRA Commons Modules Coming Soon, Starting With ESI Eligibility Screen
/news/era-enhancement-cooperat...eRA Enhancement: Cooperative Agreement Search Now Available Through RePORTER’s Advanced Search
https://www.era.nih.gov/newsVIEW MORE
/erahelp/lrp/Content/Ext_Submi...Subdomain Reference Letter Submission topics
/erahelp/commons/Commons/ipf/i...Subdomain eRA Commons help
/erahelp/ESIE_EXT/Content/ESIE...Subdomain Early Stage Investigator online help
/latest-postings.htmText duplicate VIEW MORE
https://www.era.nih.gov/calendarDeployment Maintenance Calendar
https://www.era.nih.gov/need-helpSubdomain Contact Us
https://grants.nih.gov/news/su...External Subdomain E-mail Updates
https://grants.nih.gov/news/su...External Subdomain RSS Feed
https://grants.nih.gov/news/vi...External Subdomain Podcast
https://twitter.com/NIHgrantsExternal Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/n...External Subdomain YouTube
https://search.usa.gov/search?...External Subdomain Text duplicate Search
https://grants.nih.gov/disclai...External Subdomain Disclaimer
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/...External Subdomain Privacy Notice
https://grants.nih.gov/accessi...External Subdomain Accessibility
https://www.hhs.gov/vulnerabil...External Subdomain HHS Vulnerability Disclosure
https://www.nih.gov/institutes...External Subdomain FOIA
https://www.hhs.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
https://www.grants.gov/External Subdomain Grants.gov
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain USA.gov – Government Made Easy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.era.nih.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.14 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.
This page loads 29 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 41 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (54 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateSat, 14 Sep 2024 11:34:01 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length54740
connectionkeep-alive
set-cookie178 Characters
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
content-languageen
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
access-control-allow-origindomain
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
x-drupal-cacheHIT
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload;
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 325 referring domains.
This page has 1,313 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 264 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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# 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.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/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
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# 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
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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www.era.nih.gov
Home | eRA

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
gov48%Check
NIH48%Check
Meeting43%Check
Help38%Check
Manage38%Check
Accounts38%Check
Account38%Check
Apply38%Check
Submission38%Check
Closeout38%Check

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