Government.nl - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
65% 
Page quality
54% 
Page structure
93% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.10 s
File size
23.20 kB
Words
462
Media files
5
Number of links
44 internal / 3 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Information from the Government of the Netherlands | Government.nl
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 618 pixels long. 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.government.nl/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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
DCTERMS.titleInformation from the Government of the Netherlands - Government.nl
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
DCTERMS.languageen-GB
DCTERMS.creatorMinisterie van Algemene Zaken
DCTERMS.identifierhttps://www.government.nl/
DCTERMS.availablestart=2013-05-14;
DCTERMS.modified2024-09-11T17:51
DCTERMS.issued2013-05-14T11:36
DCTERMS.spatialNederland
DCTERMS.publisherMinisterie van Algemene Zaken
DCTERMS.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal
DCTERMS.rightsHolderMinisterie van Algemene Zaken
DCTERMS.typewebpagina
langen-gb
og:imagehttps://www.government.nl/binaries/small/content/gallery/rijksoverheid/channel-afbeeldingen/logos/facebook.png
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 462 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
31% 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.
9 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.27 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" 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 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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
...ogos/beeldmerk-rijksoverheid-desktop.svgLogo Government of the Netherlands
...ona-nederland-inreizen-hero-1920x330.pngAirport
.../2024/immigration-to-the-netherlands.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...tgelichtjes/home/2023/rented-housing.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...home/2024/working-in-the-netherlands.jpgNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Information from the Government of the Netherlands
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 28 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Information from the Government of the Netherlands
H2 Popular
H2 Main menu
H2 Featured
H2 News
H2 Service
H2 About this site
H3 Building and housing
H3 Economy
H3 Education
H3 Family, health and care
H3 Government and democracy
H3 International cooperation
H3 Justice, security and defence
H3 Migration and travel
H3 Nature and the environment
H3 Taxes, benefits and allowances
H3 Transport
H3 Work
H3 Immigration to the Netherlands
H3 Applying for housing benefit
H3 Working in the Netherlands
H3 Presentation of government programme
H3 The Netherlands expands export control measure for advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment
H3 Cyber crisis drills boost the Netherlands’ resilience
H3 New Justice and Security laws as of July 1, 2024
H3 Schoof government sworn in
H3 Temporary Protection Directive extended up to and including 4 March 2026
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 3 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.government.nl/Anchor Go to content
https://www.government.nl/Home
https://www.government.nl/latestLatest
https://www.government.nl/topicsTopics
/ministriesMinistries
/governmentGovernment
/documentsDocuments
/topics/holidays-and-travelsTravelling to the Netherlands
/documents/forms/2016/06/17/co...Consent letter for minors travelling outside the Netherlands
/topics/identification-documen...Requirements for ID photos
/topics/working-hours/question...Subdomain Public holidays in the Netherlands
/topics/themes/building-and-ho...Building and housing Housing, Infrastructure, Population decline...
/topics/themes/economyEconomy Enterprise and innovation, Brexit, Biotechnology, Intellectual property ...
/topics/themes/educationEducation School holidays, Higher education ...
/topics/themes/family-health-a...Family, health and care Coronavirus Covid-19, Drugs, Health insurance, Abortion, Mental health care, Family law ...
/topics/themes/government-and-...Government and democracy Public administration, Personal data, Elections , Democracy ...
/topics/themes/international-c...International cooperation European Union, Human rights, Treaties ...
/topics/themes/justice-securit...Justice, security and defence War in Ukraine, Identification documents, Emergency number 112, Israel and the Palestinian Territories , Child abuse ...
/topics/themes/migration-and-t...Migration and travel Reception of refugees from Ukraine, Visas, Dutch nationality, Immigration, Embassies, consulates and other representations ...
/topics/themes/nature-and-the-...Nature and the environment Climate change, Environment, Water management ...
/topics/themes/taxes-benefits-...Taxes, benefits and allowances Taxation and businesses, Income tax, Grant programmes ...
/topics/themes/transportTransport Driving licence, Mobility, Vehicles, Drones ...
/topics/themes/workWork Minimum wage, Legalising documents, Working conditions, Migrant workers ...
/topics/immigration-to-the-net...Immigration to the Netherlands Image: ©Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid Learn more about what you need to arrange when you want to live in the Netherlan...
/topics/housing/rented-housing...Applying for housing benefit If you are renting your home, you may be eligible to receive huurtoeslag (housing benefit). This is a contribution towards the p...
/topics/foreign-citizens-worki...Working in the Netherlands Image: ©Rob Acket/ Rijksvastgoedbedrijf Learn more about work and residence permits, tax breaks and housing.
/latest/news/2024/09/13/presen...Presentation of government programme 13-09-2024 | 14:25 On Friday 13 September 2024 the Schoof government will present the government programme setting out i...
/latest/news/2024/09/06/the-ne...The Netherlands expands export control measure for advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment 06-09-2024 | 09:00 As of 7 September 2024, the national exp...
/latest/news/2024/08/23/cyber-...Cyber crisis drills boost the Netherlands’ resilience 23-08-2024 | 16:00 The Cabinet has approved Justice and Security Minister Van Weel’s proposal to send t...
/latest/news/2024/07/05/new-ju...New Justice and Security laws as of July 1, 2024 05-07-2024 | 12:00 Rape and sexual assault victims will be able to file a police report in more situations, ...
/latest/news/2024/07/02/schoof...Schoof government sworn in 02-07-2024 | 10:30 This morning, the Schoof government was sworn in at Huis ten Bosch Palace. The new government is a coalition of...
/latest/news/2024/06/25/tempor...Temporary Protection Directive extended up to and including 4 March 2026 25-06-2024 | 13:00 The war in Ukraine is not over yet. The Council of the European U...
/latest/newsMore news
https://www.government.nl/contactNo Text
https://www.government.nl/contactContact
https://www.government.nl/rssRSS
https://www.government.nl/sitemapSitemap
https://www.government.nl/helpHelp
https://www.government.nl/archiveArchive
/copyrightCopyright
https://www.government.nl/privacyPrivacy
https://www.government.nl/cookiesCookies
/accessibilityAccessibility
/reporting-a-vulnerabilityReport vulnerability
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/External Subdomain Nederlands
https://www.gobiernodireino.nl/External Subdomain Papiamento
https://www.gobiernudireino.nl/External Subdomain Papiamentu

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.government.nl/"
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 is excellent with 0.10 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (23 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
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content-typetext/html;charset=UTF-8
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x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-frame-optionsDENY
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31622400; includeSubDomains
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
content-encodinggzip
x-cache-statusHIT:HIT
x-via21:1:2
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 16,873 referring domains.
This page has 595,065 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 11,571 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: 

User-agent: *
Disallow: /error/*

Sitemap: https://www.government.nl/nieuws-sitemap.xml

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Government81%Check
Netherlands68%Check
Information62%Check
Schoof government61%Check
government programme61%Check
Schoof government sworn54%Check
housing44%Check
Work44%Check
Migration44%Check
Justice43%Check
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