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Meta information
100% 
Page quality
92% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
71% 
Server
59% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.85 s
File size
119.20 kB
Words
1021
Media files
41
Number of links
90 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
U.S. Government Accountability Office (U.S. GAO)
The length of the page title is perfect. (453 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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GAO provides fact-based, nonpartisan information to Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO investigates federal spending and performance.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (992 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://www.gao.gov/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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This page contains 1021 words. That's ok.
23.2% 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.
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 9.53 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 20 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
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No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 37 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

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H2 #1 Best Place to Work in the Federal Government
H2 Uncovering Billions of Dollars in Potential Savings
H2 Updating the Standards for Government Auditing
H2 Financial Benefits for Congress and the American People
H2 Our List of “High Risk” Federal Programs
H2 Recent Reports & Testimonies
H2 Legal Decisions
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H2 Office of Personnel Management: Postal Service Reform Act; Establishment of the Postal Service Health Benefits Program
H2 Loyal Source Government Services, LLC
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H2 Featured Topics
H2 Recent News
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H2 Podcast Session Image Duplicate text
H2 Date
H2 Video Date
H2 Date Duplicate text
H2 Meet The U.S. Comptroller General
H2 Quick Links
H2 Receive GAO Updates
H3 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Improved Oversight Processes Needed to Help Agencies Address Program Deficiencies
H3 Senate Preservation Fund: Audit of FY 2021, 2022, and 2023 Transactions
H3 Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Agriculture
H3 Capitol Preservation Fund: Audit of FY 2021, 2022, and 2023 Transactions
H3 U.S. Territories: Coordinated Federal Approach Needed to Better Address Data Gaps
H3 High-Risk Series: Urgent Action Needed to Address Critical Cybersecurity Challenges Facing the Nation
H3 What are the Biggest Challenges to Federal Cybersecurity? (High Risk Update)
H3 How Does VA Ensure Veterans' Access to Timely Mental Health Care?
H3 Artificial Intelligence May Help IRS Close the Tax Gap
H3 50 Years After Title IX--Equality in College Athletics Is Still A Hurdle
H3 Robberies and Other Crimes Against Postal Service Workers Are Up—What’s Being Done About It?
H3 Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
H5 GAO Makes MedPAC Appointments
H5 GAO Named Best Place to Work for 4th Year in a Row
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Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 4 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 7 external links on this page.

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The page response time of 0.85 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.
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The file size of the HTML document is fine (119 kB).

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This page has 2,695,625 backlinks.
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