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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
39% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
89% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.61 s
File size
59.30 kB
Words
418
Media files
3
Number of links
24 internal / 67 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - LibGuides Home at Connecticut State Library.
The length of the page title is perfect. (482 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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)
No canonical link is 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 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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
robotsnoarchive
langen
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twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@springshare
og:titleLibGuides Home
og:descriptionWelcome to the Connecticut State Library LibGuides Research assistance, subject guides, and useful resources compiled by your friendly librarians. Know what we know - find it in LibGuides!
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og:image:width1200
og:image:height627
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/
X-UA-CompatibleIE=Edge
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 418 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
19.1% 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.
3 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 21.33 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 8 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
...stomers/2269/images/CT-State-Lib-log.pngConnecticut State Library
.../customers/2269/images/CSL_front__3_.JPGFront entrance to Connecticut State Library, Hartford
.../sites/2680/icons/32568/CTDA-Favicon.pngCTDA iconCTDA icon  

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Menu
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Menu
H1 Welcome to the Connecticut State Library LibGuides
H2 .
H2 Empty heading
H2 How do I...
H2 Search
H2 Contact Us
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (67) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://portal.ct.gov/cslExternal Subdomain IMG-ALT Connecticut State Library
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/home...External Subdomain About
A-TITLE About Connecticut State Library
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/abou...External Subdomain Get a Library Card & Use or Borrow Materials
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/abou...External Subdomain Hours and Locations
A-TITLE Hours and Locations
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/abou...External Subdomain Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
https://ctstatelibrary.org/about/External Mission
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/abou...External Subdomain Policies
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/abou...External Subdomain State Librarian
A-TITLE Office of the State Librarian
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/abou...External Subdomain State Library Board
A-TITLE State Library Board
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/abou...External Subdomain State Library Board Minutes and Reports
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Departments
A-TITLE Departments
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Reference Services
A-TITLE Access Services Group
/GIRS/homeSubdomain Government Information
/hgSubdomain History & Genealogy
A-TITLE History & Genealogy
/lawSubdomain Law and Legislation
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Collection Services
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Division of Library Development
A-TITLE Division of Library Development
/dld/homeSubdomain DLD on LibGuides
/dld/contact/newssocialSubdomain DLD News
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain CT Library for Accessible Books (CT LAB)
A-TITLE Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Text duplicate CT Library for Accessible Books (CT LAB)
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain LBPH Map & Directions
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Connecticut Talking Books (CTC)
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Braille and Audio Reading Downloand (BARD)
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/home...External Subdomain Connecticut Volunteer Services for the Blind & Handicapped, Inc. (CVSBH)
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Related Programs & Services
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain CT LAB News
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Museum of Connecticut History
A-TITLE Museum of Connecticut History
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Public Records
A-TITLE Office of the Public Records Administrator
https://ctstatelibrary.org/cat...External Public Records News
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain State Archives
A-TITLE State Archives
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board
https://ctstatelibrary.org/sta...External The Public Records of the State of Connecticut
https://ctstatelibrary.org/cat...External State Archives News
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/coll...External Subdomain Collections
A-TITLE Collections
/az.phpSubdomain Databases
/DigitalCollectionsatCSLSubdomain Digital Collections
A-TITLE Digital Collections and Archives
https://collections.ctdigitala...External Subdomain CSL Digital Archive – CTDA
https://cslib.contentdm.oclc.o...External Subdomain Content DM
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/coll...External Subdomain Newspapers
A-TITLE Newspapers
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/depa...External Subdomain Text duplicate State Archives
https://cslarchives.ctstatelib...External Subdomain State Archives Finding Aids
A-TITLE State Archives Finding Aids
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/coll...External Subdomain … More
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/rese...External Subdomain Research
A-TITLE Research Topics
/hg/aerialphotosSubdomain Aerial Photos
/newspapersSubdomain Connecticut Newspapers
/hg/vitalSubdomain Connecticut Vital Records
/az.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Databases
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/rese...External Subdomain Legislative Histories
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/coll...External Subdomain State Agency Profiles
/researchguidesSubdomain … More Topics
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/news...External Subdomain News
https://cdmresolver.worldcat.o...External Subdomain CONNector Newsletter
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/news...External Subdomain Press Release
A-TITLE Press Release
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/news...External Subdomain Press Releases Archived
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/news...External Subdomain Recent News Items
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/news...External Subdomain Third Thursday Programs
A-TITLE Third Thursday Programs
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/news...External Subdomain Third Thursday Video Presentations
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/news...External Subdomain Upcoming Events
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/cont...External Subdomain Contact
A-TITLE Contact
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/cont...External Subdomain Contact State Library Departments
A-TITLE Contact State Library Departments
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/emai...External Subdomain Email Us
A-TITLE Email Us
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/sear...External Subdomain Search This Site
A-TITLE Search
https://portal.ct.gov/cslExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Connecticut State Library
/Subdomain LibGuides Home
/DLDSubdomain Text duplicate Division of Library Development
/DLDSubdomain No Text
/Reference-ServicesSubdomain Research & Reference:
/GIRS/homeSubdomain Text duplicate Government Information
/hg/homeSubdomain Text duplicate History & Genealogy
/lawSubdomain Law & Legislation
/sb.phpSubdomain Browse Research Guides by Subject
/researchguidesSubdomain Reference and Research Guides A-Z list
/az.phpSubdomain Access Electronic Resources
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/Emai...External Subdomain Ask a Reference Question
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/Abou...External Subdomain Visit the Library in Hartford
/Anchor Search
https://cscu-csl-primo.hosted....External Subdomain Search Primo (Library Catalog)
https://cslib.contentdm.oclc.o...External Subdomain Digital Collections - ContentDM
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/30...External Subdomain CSL Digital Collections - CTDA
https://cslarchives.ctstatelib...External Subdomain CT State Archives Finding Aids
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/cont...External Subdomain Contact Us
https://portal.ct.gov/csl/abou...External Subdomain Hours & Locations
https://www.ctstatelibrary.org/External Subdomain CT State Library's Main Website
https://ctstatelibrary.libapps...External Subdomain Login to LibApps
https://ctstatelibrary.org/External Text duplicate Connecticut State Library
https://ctstatelibrary.org/abo...External Disclaimers & Permissions
https://ctstatelibrary.org/abo...External Privacy Policy
http://www.ct.gov/New window External Subdomain State of Connecticut Home Page
https://ctstatelibrary.org/wp-...New window Nofollow External Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/"
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 0.61 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 (59 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateThu, 19 Sep 2024 21:32:08 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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x-backend-serverlibguides-us-4.springyaws.com
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; preload
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,009 referring domains.
This page has 6,190 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 519 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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User-agent: Twitterbot
Crawl-delay: 0
Disallow:

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    Disallow: /er.php
    Disallow: /err.php
    Disallow: /go.php
    Disallow: /friendly.php
    Disallow: /ld.php
    Disallow: /srch.php

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