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Meta information
75% 
Page quality
54% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
100% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.53 s
File size
45.90 kB
Words
735
Media files
17
Number of links
67 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
The length of the page title is perfect. (477 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
NCATS, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), speeds the translation of scientific discoveries into new treatments for public health. Explore research projects, impact, funding opportunities and resources.
The meta description is too long: 1293 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
http://ncats.nih.gov/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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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descriptionNCATS, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), speeds the translation of scientific discoveries into new treatments for public health. Explore research projects, impact, funding opportunities and resources.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 735 words. That's ok.
26% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
13 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 12.04 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 29 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 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
/sites/default/files/2023-10/hhs-white.pngHHS Logo
/sites/default/files/2023-10/nih-logo.pngNIH Logo
/themes/custom/d9_subtheme/logo.pngHome
.../dist/img/usa-icons-bg/search--white.svgSearch
...uswds/uswds/dist/img/usa-icons/close.svgclose
...in Organoid Image-600w.png?itok=YFwkxSpPPhoto of 3-D midbrain organoid.
...isory Groups 2_746x370.png?itok=5JUmafDFAdvisory Board meeting.
...hutterstock_2427400679.jpg?itok=nksVPTxkVision direction with other strategic icons
...s/2024-01/Final updated impact image.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../2023-11/Research Activities_746x370.pngNo alt attribute provided
...2023-11/Training & Education_746x370.pngNo alt attribute provided
...9/for-researchers-icon.png?itok=amqk3FUgIcon of two beakers
...ectors_messages-icon_0.png?itok=7Wyf8PD-Icon of two people sitting at a table with a cog wheel floating above
...s_and_advocates-iconv2.png?itok=6h7OwIqgIcon of two people with chat bubbles over their heads
/sites/default/files/2023-09/director.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ault/files/2023-10/ncats-logo-footer.pngNCATS
/sites/default/files/2023-10/flickr.pngView our photos on Flickr

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
More Treatments for All People More Quickly
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 More Treatments for All People More Quickly
H2 Latest News
H2 Featured Events
H2 Advancing Translational Science
H2 Resources for You
H2 Director's Corner
H3 Brain Organoids Help Reveal Antiviral Drug’s Promise in Parkinson’s Disease
H3 New AI-Driven Tool Could Revolutionize Brain Pressure Monitoring in Intensive Care Patients
H3 (MABT) and (Accelero) Are Pleased to Announce a Research Collaboration to Identify Novel USP30 Inhibitors
H3 EU Roadmap : Key Recommendations, First Roadmap on OoC Devices, Awards to Non-Animal Methods, Artificial Organs Closer to Reality and More
H3 Our Impact
H3 Research Activities
H3 Training & Education
H3 Clinical Trials, Today and Tomorrow
H3 About the NCATS Director
H3 Previous Director's Messages
H3 Join Our Public Roundtable on Sept. 30
H5 Connect with us
H5 Subscribe to Our Newsletter
H6 Advisory Council Meeting: September 2024
H6 NCATS Director’s Roundtable: Translating the Strategic Plan into Action
H6 For Researchers
H6 For Trainees
H6 For Patients and Advocates
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 16 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://ncats.nih.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
http://www.hhs.gov/New window External Subdomain U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
IMG-ALT HHS Logo
A-TITLE Go to the hhs.gov
http://www.nih.gov/New window External Subdomain National Institutes of Health
IMG-ALT NIH Logo
A-TITLE National Institutes of Health | Homepage
https://ncats.nih.gov/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
https://ncats.nih.gov/researchResearch
/research/overviewResearch Overview
/research/our-impactOur Impact
/research/research-activitiesResearch Activities
/research/research-resourcesResearch Resources
/research/training-educationTraining & Education
/research/alliancesAlliances
/research/collaborate-with-ncatsCollaborate With NCATS
https://ncats.nih.gov/fundingFunding
/funding/overviewFunding Overview
/funding/funding-opportunitiesOpen Funding Opportunities
/funding/small-business-programsSmall Business Programs
/funding/funding-policy-operat...Funding Policy & Operating Guidelines
/funding/grant-informationGrant Information
/funding/challengesChallenges and Prize Competitions
/funding/scientific-reviewScientific Review
/funding/conference-grant-info...Conference Grant Information
https://ncats.nih.gov/resourcesResources For You
/resources/overviewResources for You
A-TITLE Resources for You
/resources/for-researchersResources for Researchers
A-TITLE Resources for Researchers
/resources/for-traineesResources for Trainees
A-TITLE Resources for Trainees
/resources/for-rare-disease-pa...Resources for Rare Disease Patients and Advocates
A-TITLE Resources for Rare Disease Patients and Advocates
https://ncats.nih.gov/news-eventsNews & Events
/news-events/overviewNews & Events Overview
/news-events/newsNews
/news-events/newsletterNewsletters
/news-events/eventsEvents
/news-events/science-publicationsScientific Publications
/news-events/multimediaMultimedia
https://ncats.nih.gov/aboutAbout NCATS
/about/ncats-overviewNCATS Overview
/about/about-translational-sci...About Translational Science
/about/advisory-committeesAdvisory Committees
/about/budgetBudget
https://ncats.nih.gov/about/jobsCareers at NCATS
/about/directorDirector's Corner
/about/divisions-and-officesDivisions & Offices
/about/our-staffOur Staff
/about/ncats-overviewLearn More About NCATS
/news-events/news/brain-organo...Subdomain Read Article
https://www.mountsinai.org/abo...External Subdomain Text duplicate Read Article
https://mabt.us/uncategorized/...External Text duplicate Read Article
https://www.proanima.fr/en/blo...External Subdomain Text duplicate Read Article
/news-events/overviewSee All News
https://videocast.nih.gov/watc...External Subdomain Videocast
https://www.federalregister.go...External Subdomain Federal Register Notice
/about/advisory-committees/adv...Subdomain NCATS Advisory Council Information
https://nih.zoomgov.com/webina...External Subdomain Registration
/news-events/eventsSee All Events
/research/our-impact/our-impac...big data
/research/our-impact/our-impac...clinical trials
/research/our-impact/our-impac...rare diseases
/research/our-impactRead More About Our Impact
/research/research-activities/...Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program
/research/research-activitiesBrowse Activities
/research/training-education/t...partner institutions
/research/training-educationView Trainings
/resources/for-researchersFor Researchers
/resources/for-traineesFor Trainees
/resources/for-rare-disease-pa...For Patients and Advocates
/resources/overviewExplore All Resources
/about/director/june-2024Subdomain Read the Message
/director/bioRead About the Director
/about/director/messagesRead Previous Messages
/about/ncats-overview/strategi...Learn More
http://www.facebook.com/ncats....New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Visit us on Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Visit us on LinkedIn
http://www.twitter.com/ncats_n...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Visit us on X
http://www.youtube.com/user/nc...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE View our videos on YouTube
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT View our photos on Flickr
A-TITLE View our photos on Flickr
http://edi.nih.gov/consulting/...New window External Subdomain language access assistance
https://ncats.nih.gov/Subdomain NCATS Home
https://ncats.nih.gov/sitemapSite Map
https://ncats.nih.gov/privacyPrivacy Notice
https://ncats.nih.gov/commentsComment Policy
/accessibilityAccessibility
https://ncats.nih.gov/foiaFOIA
http://oig.hhs.gov/New window External Subdomain OIG
https://www.hhs.gov/vulnerabil...New window External Subdomain HHS Vulnerability Disclosure

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://ncats.nih.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 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.
This page loads 30 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 29 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (46 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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last-modifiedMon, 09 Sep 2024 07:13:14 GMT
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accept-rangesbytes
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x-xss-protection1; mode=block
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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 2,261 referring domains.
This page has 1,725,988 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,733 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
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Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
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