Gov.ca.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
75% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
65% 
Link structure
78% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.27 s
File size
218.20 kB
Words
655
Media files
13
Number of links
46 internal / 15 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
California Governor
The page title is too short. (176 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
State of California
The meta description is too short. (113 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.gov.ca.gov/
There is a valid canonical link 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)
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
AuthorState of California
DescriptionState of California
KeywordsCalifornia, government
HandheldFriendlyTrue
MobileOptimized320
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
robotsmax-snippet:-1,max-image-preview:standard,max-video-preview:-1
generatorCAWeb v.1.10.7
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleCalifornia Governor
twitter:imagehttps://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CaliforniaForAll.png
twitter:image:altCalifornia for All.
og:typewebsite
og:localeen_US
og:site_nameCalifornia Governor
og:titleCalifornia Governor
og:urlhttps://www.gov.ca.gov/
og:imagehttps://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CaliforniaForAll.png
og:image:width900
og:image:height600
og:image:altCalifornia for All.
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 655 words. That's ok.
35.9% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 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 24.82 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.
This page loads 27 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-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 13 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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
.../themes/CAWeb/src/images/system/logo.svgCA.gov website
...ntent/uploads/2019/01/gov-logo-final.pngOffice of Governor Gavin Newsom
...3/03/SOW_PrimaryStackedwURL_Logo-300.pngSave Our Water
...uploads/2022/06/GGN-Headshot_Website.jpgSeal of the Governor of the State of California
...6/California-For-All_Logo_Full-Color.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../03/Jobs-First-Press-Banner-1080x675.jpgCalifornia’s Investment Boom: New Round of State Funding to Generate $15.5 Billion in New Investments, 2,100 New Jobs
...nt/uploads/2023/08/ca-climate-action.jpgCalifornia Achieves Major Clean Energy Victory: 10,000 Megawatts of Battery Storage
...content/uploads/2024/04/ab4-1080x675.jpgGovernor Newsom & Women’s Caucus Announce Bill to Allow Arizona Doctors the Ability to Provide Abortion Care to Arizona Patients in California
...nt/uploads/2023/08/ca-climate-action.jpgCalifornia Achieves Major Clean Energy Victory: 10,000 Megawatts of Battery Storage
...nt/uploads/2023/08/ca-climate-action.jpgCalifornia Achieves Major Clean Energy Victory: 10,000 Megawatts of Battery Storage
/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jennifer.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...tent/uploads/2019/01/[email protected]Seal of the Governor of the state of California 40.
Video URLWidthHeight
...late/global/videos/California-B-Roll.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Gavin Newsom
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (12 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Gavin Newsom
H1 Jennifer Siebel Newsom
H2 Governor
H2 California for All
H2 Featured News & Updates
H2 California’s Investment Boom: New Round of State Funding to Generate $15.5 Billion in New Investments, 2,100 New Jobs
H2 California Achieves Major Clean Energy Victory: 10,000 Megawatts of Battery Storage
H2 Governor Newsom & Women’s Caucus Announce Bill to Allow Arizona Doctors the Ability to Provide Abortion Care to Arizona Patients in California
H2 On Earth Day, Governor Newsom and First Partner Siebel Newsom Dedicate First New State Park in a Decade
H2 With Historic Targets, California Will Use Millions of Acres of Land to Fight the Climate Crisis
H2 First Partner
H2 Application for Appointment
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 5 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 15 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.gov.ca.gov/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://www.ca.gov/External Subdomain CA.gov
IMG-ALT CA.gov website
A-TITLE CA.gov website
https://www.gov.ca.gov/Home
A-TITLE Home
https://www.facebook.com/CAgov...New window External Subdomain Share via Facebook
A-TITLE Share via Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/cago...New window External Subdomain Share via Instagram
A-TITLE Share via Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@cagove...New window External Subdomain TikTok
A-TITLE TikTok
https://twitter.com/cagovernorNew window External Share via Twitter
A-TITLE Share via Twitter
http://youtube.com/cagovernorExternal Share via YouTube
A-TITLE Share via YouTube
https://www.gov.ca.gov/translateNo Text
https://www.gov.ca.gov/IMG-ALT Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
https://www.gov.ca.gov/about/Subdomain About
https://www.gov.ca.gov/about/Subdomain Governor Newsom
/first-partner/Subdomain First Partner
https://www.gov.ca.gov/newsroom/Subdomain Newsroom
/appointments/Subdomain Appointments
/appointments/Subdomain Text duplicate Appointments
/instructions-for-completing-j...Subdomain Judicial
/first-partner/Subdomain Text duplicate First Partner
/first-partner/Subdomain First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom
/ca-for-all-women/Subdomain California For All Women
/ca-for-all-kids/Subdomain California For All Kids
https://www.gov.ca.gov/me-to-we/Subdomain #MetoWe
https://www.gov.ca.gov/contact/Subdomain Contact
https://www.gov.ca.gov/contact/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact
https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/sch...External Subdomain Scheduling Request
https://saveourwater.com/New window External IMG-ALT Save Our Water
http://www.gov.ca.gov/about/Subdomain Learn more about the Governor
https://www.gov.ca.gov/newsroom/Subdomain Featured News & Updates
/2024/04/26/californias-invest...Subdomain IMG-ALT California’s Investment Boom: New Round of State Funding to Generate $15.5 Billion in New Investments, 2,100 New Jobs
/2024/04/26/californias-invest...Subdomain Text duplicate California’s Investment Boom: New Round of State Funding to Generate $15.5 Billion in New Investments, 2,100 New Jobs
/2024/04/26/californias-invest...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
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/2024/04/25/california-achieve...Subdomain IMG-ALT California Achieves Major Clean Energy Victory: 10,000 Megawatts of Battery Storage
/2024/04/25/california-achieve...Subdomain Text duplicate California Achieves Major Clean Energy Victory: 10,000 Megawatts of Battery Storage
/2024/04/25/california-achieve...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/2024/04/24/ca-announces-az-pr...Subdomain IMG-ALT Governor Newsom & Women’s Caucus Announce Bill to Allow Arizona Doctors the Ability to Provide Abortion Care to Arizona Patients in California
/2024/04/24/ca-announces-az-pr...Subdomain Text duplicate Governor Newsom & Women’s Caucus Announce Bill to Allow Arizona Doctors the Ability to Provide Abortion Care to Arizona Patients in California
/2024/04/24/ca-announces-az-pr...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/2024/04/22/on-earth-day-gover...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT California Achieves Major Clean Energy Victory: 10,000 Megawatts of Battery Storage
/2024/04/22/on-earth-day-gover...Subdomain On Earth Day, Governor Newsom and First Partner Siebel Newsom Dedicate First New State Park in a Decade
/2024/04/22/on-earth-day-gover...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/2024/04/22/with-historic-targ...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT California Achieves Major Clean Energy Victory: 10,000 Megawatts of Battery Storage
/2024/04/22/with-historic-targ...Subdomain With Historic Targets, California Will Use Millions of Acres of Land to Fight the Climate Crisis
/2024/04/22/with-historic-targ...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
https://www.gov.ca.gov/newsroom/Visit Newsroom
/first-partner/Meet the First Partner
/appointments/Apply Online
/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SI...New window Subdomain Website Accessibility Certification
https://www.gov.ca.gov/Anchor Back to Top
https://www.gov.ca.gov/contact/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact
/conditions-of-use/Subdomain Conditions of Use
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy Policy
/accessibility/Subdomain Accessibility
https://www.chp.ca.gov/News-Al...External Subdomain Amber Alert
http://registertovote.ca.gov/External Subdomain Register to Vote
https://www.gov.ca.gov/orgchart/Subdomain Organizational Chart
https://www.gov.ca.gov/clemency/Subdomain Clemency – Commutations and Pardons
https://www.ca.gov/archive/gov39/External Subdomain Archive
https://www.facebook.com/CAgov...New window External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE Share via Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/cago...New window External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE Share via Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@cagove...New window External Subdomain RSS
A-TITLE TikTok
https://twitter.com/cagovernorNew window External X
A-TITLE Share via Twitter

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.gov.ca.gov/"
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 slow (1.27 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 13 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 27 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (218 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 27 Apr 2024 04:57:31 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
x-powered-byWP Engine
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self' *.ca.gov
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
link<https://www.gov.ca.gov/>; rel=shortlink
x-cacheablebot
cache-controlmax-age=10800, must-revalidate
x-cacheHIT: 62
x-cache-groupbot
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
set-cookie259 Characters
servercloudflare
cf-ray87ac3b6d38e9366b-FRA
content-encodinggzip
alt-svch3=":443"; ma=86400
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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 19,376 referring domains.
This page has 481,707 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 11,604 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 8677 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

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Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
gov70%Check
California67%Check
California State61%Check
California Governor61%Check
Newsom56%Check
state56%Check
Governor56%Check
Governor Newsom56%Check
Gavin Newsom55%Check
Siebel Newsom49%Check
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