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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
96% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
30% 
Link structure
86% 
Server
93% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.53 s
File size
184.20 kB
Words
559
Media files
16
Number of links
42 internal / 32 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome | Iowa.gov
The page title is too short. (183 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to Iowa.gov, the hub for information on government, education, business regulations, health, transparency, and more.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (781 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.iowa.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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 559 words. That's ok.
26.8% of the text are stop words.
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 11.83 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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Iowa
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading is too short (15 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 43 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 Welcome to Iowa
H2 Main navigation
H2 Sign Up for Emergency Alerts
H2 Get Started
H2 Most Used Tasks
H2 Explore State of Iowa Agencies
H2 Travel Iowa, A Secret Worth Sharing
H2 Browse By Services
H2 Popular Topics
H2 Your State Leaders
H2 About the State
H2 Iowa.gov
H2 Footer
H3 File for unemployment
H3 Check Eligibility for Assistance Programs
H3 Learn about and apply to serve on a State Board.
H3 Iowa 511 Road Conditions
H3 Iowa Department of Public Defense
H3 Department of Insurance and Financial Services
H3 State bids
H3 Apply for rent reimbursement
H3 Business licenses
H3 Business tax payments
H3 Find a job
H3 Marriage, birth, and death records
H3 Pay court fines online
H3 Professional licenses
H3 Starting a business
H3 State approved child care
H3 Transportation
H3 Visit the State Historical Museum
H3 Where's my refund
H3 Find a State Park
H3 Cybersecurity
H3 Individual Tax Payments
H3 State Bird of Iowa
H3 State Tree
H3 Iowa State Quarter at the US Mint
H3 State Flag
H3 Footer Social Media Menu
H3 How can we help?
H3 Footer Menu
H3 Contact Menu
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (32) on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.iowa.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
/official-websiteNew window Subdomain Here is how you know
https://directory.iowa.gov/org...New window External Subdomain Agencies A-Z
https://directory.iowa.gov/ser...New window External Subdomain Programs & Services
https://www.iowa.gov/topicsBrowse Topics
/how-to-guidesHow-to Guides
/how-to-guidesText duplicate How-to Guides
/assistance-programs-guidesAssistance Programs Guides
/business-guidesBusiness Guides
/education-guidesEducation Guides
/elections-government-guidesElections & Government Guides
/how-to-guides/employment-unem...Employment & Unemployment Guides
/family-health-guidesFamily & Health Guides
/how-to-guides/iowa-tax-financ...Iowa Tax & Finance Guides
/laws-safety-guidesLaws & Safety Guides
/personal-records-guidesPersonal Records Guides
/recreation-guidesRecreation Guides
/transportation-guidesTransportation Guides
/who-represents-youWho Represents You
https://www.iowa.gov/contact-usContact Us
https://directory.iowa.gov/org...External Subdomain Text duplicate Agencies A-Z
https://directory.iowa.gov/ser...External Subdomain Online Services
https://homelandsecurity.iowa....External Subdomain Learn if your county is participating
https://homelandsecurity.iowa....External Subdomain Alert sign up
https://www.iowa.gov/welcome-iowaWelcome to Iowa
https://calendar.google.com/ca...External Subdomain Public meetings
/how-do-i-apply-state-jobState jobs
https://data.iowa.gov/External Subdomain Open data
https://www.legis.iowa.gov/leg...External Subdomain Track legislation
https://www.iowa.gov/alignmentAgency Alignment
/how-do-i-file-unemploymentFile for unemployment Learn how to file for benefits and begin the process for reemployment in just a few steps.
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https://dhsservices.iowa.gov/a...External Subdomain Check Eligibility for Assistance Programs We'll collect some information from you to find out what programs you are eligible for.
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https://talentbank.iowa.gov/bo...External Subdomain Learn about and apply to serve on a State Board. State policies and services are guided by the input of Iowans serving on State boards and commissions.
IMG-ALT team mates collaborating
https://www.511ia.org/External Subdomain Iowa 511 Road Conditions Check for construction, winter road conditions, plow locations, and plow cameras.
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https://directory.iowa.gov/Org...External Subdomain View All State of Iowa Agencies
/public-defenseIowa Department of Public Defense
https://www.iowa.gov/difsDepartment of Insurance and Financial Services
https://www.traveliowa.com/External Subdomain Use our build a trip tool
https://directory.iowa.gov/ser...External Subdomain Browse more services
https://bidopportunities.iowa....External Subdomain State bids
/how-do-i-apply-rent-reimburse...Apply for rent reimbursement
https://www.iasourcelink.com/i...External Subdomain Business licenses
https://govconnect.iowa.gov/ta...External Subdomain Business tax payments
/how-do-i-find-jobFind a job
/how-do-i-get-marriage-birth-a...Marriage, birth, and death records
https://www.iowacourts.gov/for...External Subdomain Pay court fines online
/licenses-permitsProfessional licenses
https://www.iasourcelink.com/g...External Subdomain Starting a business
https://ccmis.dhs.state.ia.us/...External Subdomain State approved child care
/topics/transportationTransportation
https://history.iowa.gov/histo...External Subdomain Visit the State Historical Museum
https://tax.iowa.gov/wheres-my...External Subdomain Where's my refund
https://www.iowadnr.gov/Places...External Subdomain Find a State Park Find a state park or book a campsite, lodge, or shelter.
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/cybersecurity-iowaCybersecurity Learn about cybersecurity and get information on what to do to report a cybersecurity incident.
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https://tax.iowa.gov/easypayiowaExternal Subdomain URL anchor text
Individual Tax Payments Individual taxpayers can pay with https://easypay.iowa.gov.
IMG-ALT ""
/who-represents-youAbout your elected officials
https://publications.iowa.gov/...External Subdomain Anchor State Bird of Iowa In 1933 the legislature named the eastern goldfinch, also called American goldfinch or wild canary as the state bird.
IMG-ALT Goldfinch
https://publications.iowa.gov/...External Subdomain State Tree The oak was named as the official state tree in 1961.
IMG-ALT ""
https://www.usmint.gov/coins/c...External Subdomain Iowa State Quarter at the US Mint Iowa's Quarter minted in 2004 is based on the Arbor Day painting by Grant Wood and features a tree planting at school.
IMG-ALT Iowa State Quarter: Iowa 1846, Foundation in Education
https://publications.iowa.gov/...External Subdomain State Flag Mrs. Dixie Cornell Gebhardt of Knoxville designed the flag. This became the official flag In 1921.
IMG-ALT ""
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE State of Iowa on LinkedIn
https://www.iowa.gov/feedbackShare feedback with us
/alert-systems-iowansAlerts
/iowa-disaster-recoveryDisaster Recovery
/local-governmentLocal Government
A-TITLE City and County website links
/maps-informationMaps
A-TITLE Iowa Maps and How to Order a Travel Map
/mobile-applicationsMobile Applications
A-TITLE Iowa Government Mobile Applications
https://dom.iowa.gov/sites/def...External Subdomain Red Tape Review Schedule
A-TITLE Red Tape Review Schedule
/media/133/download?inlineDIFS Red Tape Review Rule Report
https://www.iowa.gov/subscribeSubscribe to News and Information
A-TITLE Sign up for emails on news, rules, and popular topics
https://iowa.gov/IMG-ALT Back to home page
https://directory.iowa.gov/New window External Subdomain Staff Directory
https://www.iowa.gov/feedbackSend Feedback
https://iowa.gov/policiesNew window accessibility, data, and privacy policies

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.iowa.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 0.53 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 (184 kB).

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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 3,775 referring domains.
This page has 1,360,565 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,891 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 2837 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
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www.iowa.gov
Welcome | Iowa.gov
Welcome to Iowa.gov, the hub for information on government, education, business regulations, health, transparency, and more.

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KeywordResultRecheck
Iowa93%Check
gov75%Check
Welcome73%Check
Iowa State70%Check
Iowa Department68%Check
Iowa Agencies67%Check
Welcome Iowa.gov56%Check
Business54%Check
business regulations52%Check
Education48%Check
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