Labor.maryland.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
93% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
97% 
Server
21% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.66 s
File size
26.60 kB
Words
448
Media files
4
Number of links
52 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Maryland Department of Labor
The length of the page title is perfect. (275 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Official website of the Maryland Department of Labor
The length of the meta description is perfect. (324 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://labor.maryland.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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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 character encoding is not specified.
The character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
descriptionOfficial website of the Maryland Department of Labor
robotnoarchive
langen
og:urlhttps://labor.maryland.gov/
og:typewebsite
og:titleMaryland Department of Labor
og:descriptionOfficial website of the Maryland Department of Labor
og:image/egov/dist/img/logo.png
og:image:altMaryland Department of Labor Logo
og:site_nameMaryland.gov Maryland Department of Labor
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 448 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
27% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 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 14.75 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" 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)
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

URLAlt attributeTitle
/egov/dist/img/logo.pngGo To Home Page
/images/esssb38sb525slide.png2024 Pay Statement and Pay Transparency Laws
/images/jetfwpfslide.pngJoint Enforcement Task Force on Workplace Fraud
...land.gov/Style Library/egov/img/logo.pngMaryland Logo

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 Main Navigation
H2 Section Menu
H2 Latest News
H2 Hot Topics
H3 Effective October 1, 2024: Pay Stub/Pay Statement and Pay Transparency Laws
H3 Joint Enforcement Task Force on Workplace Fraud
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 16 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://labor.maryland.gov/Anchor Skip to Content
http://www.maryland.gov/pages/...New window External Subdomain Accessibility Information
/employment/unemployment.shtmlUnemployment
/license/Licensing
/employment/Jobs
https://labor.maryland.gov/labor/Labor
/finance/Financial
/racing/Racing
https://paidleave.maryland.gov/External Subdomain FAMLI Family and Medical Leave Insurance
A-TITLE Family and Medical Leave Insurance
/contactinfo/Contact Us
https://labor.maryland.gov/Maryland Department of Labor
IMG-ALT Go To Home Page
https://www.facebook.com/Maryl...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://twitter.com/@MD_Labor/New window External A-TITLE Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/playlis...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE youtube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE linkedin
https://labor.maryland.gov/Anchor Section Menu
/whatsnews/News
https://labor.maryland.gov/regs/New, Proposed and Emergency Regulations
/aboutdllr/mpia.shtmlPublic Information Act Requests
https://labor.maryland.gov/earn/EARN Maryland
https://labor.maryland.gov/osbra/Small Business Regulatory Assistance
http://www.gwdb.maryland.gov/External Subdomain Governor's Workforce Development Board
/workplacefraudtaskforce/Joint Enforcement Task Force on Workplace Fraud
https://mwejobs.maryland.gov/External Subdomain Maryland Workforce Exchange (MWE)
https://labor.maryland.gov/pq/License Search
/employment/wioasuccess.shtmlBenchmarks of Success for the Workforce System
/labor/wages/empm.shtmlMinor Work Permits
https://labor.maryland.gov/gedmd/Adult Education
/gedmd/ged.shtmlGED® Testing
/aboutdllr/workgroups.shtmlWorkgroups
/spanish/Ayuda en español
/employment/uibenefits.shtmlApply for Maryland Unemployment Insurance
https://labor.maryland.gov/lmi/Labor Market Information
/employment/busservices.shtmlEmployment Information for Employers
/employment/reentry.shtmlMaryland Re-entry Initiative
/employment/busservices.shtmlBusiness Services
/labor/wages/Wage and Hour Information
/employment/warn.shtmlWARN Log
/forms/oandpcomplaint.shtmlConsumer Complaints
/finance/Financial Regulation
/employment/veteranservices.shtmlVeterans Services
/employment/train/Eligible Training Provider List - WIOA
/license/boardvol.shtmlServing on a Maryland Department of Labor Board, Commission or Advisory Group
/personnel/dllremp.shtmlMD Labor Employment Opportunities
https://intranet.labor.md.gov/External Subdomain Inside MD Labor
/labor/wages/Subdomain Anchor Effective October 1, 2024: Pay Stub/Pay Statement and Pay Transparency Laws Compliance Assistance Materials
IMG-ALT 2024 Pay Statement and Pay Transparency Laws
/workplacefraudtaskforce/Joint Enforcement Task Force on Workplace Fraud Access resources and submit complaints
IMG-ALT Joint Enforcement Task Force on Workplace Fraud
/contactinfo/Agency Contacts page
https://twitter.com/MD_LaborExternal Twitter (@MD_Labor)
http://www.facebook.com/Maryla...External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
/whatsnews/laborannounces1.8mf...Maryland Department of Labor Announces $1.8 million in Funding for Cyber Ranges to Address Cybersecurity Workforce Gap
/whatsnews/governormooreannoun...Governor Moore Announces $23 Million in Federal Funding to Expand Registered Apprenticeships and Workforce Development in Maryland
/whatsnews/mlr.shtmlMaryland Adds 6,100 Jobs in July 2024
/whatsnews/Read More News
/labor/wages/wagehrfacts.shtmlMinimum Wage Update
/employment/uicounty.shtmlUnemployment Insurance Weekly Claims by County
/employment/appr/Apprenticeship & Training
/aboutdllr/Our Customer Service Promise and Overview
/aboutdllr/About Us
/aboutdllr/privacystatement.shtmlPrivacy
/oeope/posters.shtmlPosters
/aboutdllr/mpia.shtmlMPIA
https://elections.maryland.gov...New window External Subdomain Register to Vote
/spanish/Text duplicate Ayuda en español
https://www.facebook.com/Maryl...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Facebook
https://twitter.com/@MD_Labor/New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/playlis...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE youtube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE linkedin

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://labor.maryland.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 of 0.66 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.
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 3 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (27 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html
last-modifiedFri, 13 Sep 2024 12:32:40 GMT
accept-rangesbytes
etag"ac7fd6d95db1:0"
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
dateSat, 14 Sep 2024 10:12:04 GMT
connectionclose
content-length27203
set-cookie141 Characters
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 2,154 referring domains.
This page has 640,186 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,606 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /DLLR/cfdocs/
Disallow: /DLLR/downfiles/
Disallow: /DLLR/secdocs/
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Disallow: /ELS_applications_Docs/
Disallow: /GWIB/javascript/
Disallow: /WiaWeb/
Disallow: /employment/unemploymenttest.shtml
Disallow: /employment/assets/
Disallow: /employment/unemployment.shtml/uim/

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Maryland Department of Labor
Official website of the Maryland Department of Labor

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Labor74%Check
Maryland Department70%Check
Department62%Check
Labor Employment54%Check
labor market54%Check
MD Labor54%Check
website46%Check
Pay40%Check
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