Ncbroadband.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
85% 
Server
24% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.85 s
File size
76.40 kB
Words
567
Media files
9
Number of links
67 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
N.C. Division of Broadband & Digital Equity
The length of the page title is perfect. (387 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)
https://www.ncbroadband.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

NameValue
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
langen
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 567 words. That's ok.
26.8% 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.
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 16.42 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, shrink-to-fit=no" 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)
6 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
...rsionId=XwLnuBEHozB9TfGLbGGqBknAVVxyQw7.Home
...HPqYvQtToAtMPLATXHn4YVW25z&itok=-4DCyXXnNo alt attribute provided
...aEdyqO5LWP2CIBe3mLfaovW6qc&itok=L7HoIHvMBEAD Challenge Process is Open
...wPMaRHShiDhcbl3.zth5Z3Pfnp&itok=7F16kwjRNo alt attribute provided
...4u.oVZKiiTcoQf5LyKrJF5Emrx&itok=6KuEC3ADNo alt attribute provided
...v3t8fQ8l9s4Es8frAImVe_QJD7&itok=AzF7iy96No alt attribute provided
....lXsydgqcVrcMJdanlDjoFKCmC&itok=I2ATmR1uNo alt attribute provided
...CKYHqtIHUhIVYpVE770qhxnDlY&itok=ldWgUY0UNo alt attribute provided
...v/nc-broadband/images/2022-11/nc-map.pngNorth Carolina Map

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
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)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Utility Menu
H2 It's Time to Close the Digital Divide in North Carolina
H2 BEAD Challenge Process Open Now
H2 Tech Resource Finder
H2 Individual & Family Resources
H2 High-Speed Internet in North Carolina
H2 Community & Provider Resources
H2 Get in Touch
H2 @NCBroadband
H2 Follow Us
H2 Network Menu
H3 Are You Up to Speed?
H3 View the Dashboards
H3 Use the Tech Resource Finder
H3 Find More Ways to Connect
H3 Technical Assistance
H3 Community Broadband Playbook
H3 N.C. Broadband Indices
H3 Funding Programs
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ncbroadband.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.nc.gov/donateNew window External Subdomain Donate Now
https://www.ncdps.gov/our-orga...New window External Subdomain Go Now
https://www.ncbroadband.gov/Anchor How you know
https://www.nc.gov/privacyExternal Subdomain view our full privacy policy
/resource-finderTech Resource Finder
A-TITLE Tech Resource Finder
/about-usAbout
/news/press-releasesNews
/contactContact
https://it.nc.gov/External Subdomain NCDIT
https://www.ncbroadband.gov/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
/digital-divideDigital Divide
/digital-divideText duplicate Digital Divide
/digital-divide/what-digital-d...What Is the Digital Divide?
/digital-divide/who-affected-d...Who Is Affected by the Digital Divide?
/digital-divide/closing-digita...Closing the Digital Divide
/digital-divide/digital-equity...Digital Equity Collaborative
/what-is-broadbandWhat is Broadband?
/digital-divide/why-broadband-...Why Broadband Is Important
/digital-divide/how-access-bro...How to Access Broadband
/funding-programsFunding Programs
/funding-programsText duplicate Funding Programs
/funding-programs/cab-programCompleting Access to Broadband (CAB) Program
https://www.ncbroadband.gov/BEADBEAD and Digital Equity Planning
/funding-programs/great-grant-...GREAT Grant (Federally Funded)
/digital-equity-grantDigital Equity Grant
/polereplacementPole Replacement Program
/grants/capital-project-state-...Capital Project & State Fiscal Recovery Funds
/stop-gapStop-Gap Solutions
/grants/other-resourcesOther Resources
/dashboardsDashboards
/dashboardsText duplicate Dashboards
/dashboards/awards-countyAwards by County
/dashboards/awards-programAwards by Program
/dashboards/awards-trackerAwards Tracker
/data-reportsData & Reports
/data-reportsText duplicate Data & Reports
/data-reports/broadband-telehe...ARC Study for Telehealth
/data-reports/homework-gap-nor...Homework Gap in North Carolina
/data-reports/internet-connect...Internet Connectivity & Farms
/data-reports/nc-broadband-ind...N.C. Broadband Indices
/surveysSurveys
/surveysText duplicate Surveys
/surveys/digital-equity-surveyDigital Equity Survey
/surveys/broadbandBroadband Survey
/technical-assistanceAssistance
/technical-assistanceText duplicate Assistance
/assistance/digital-inclusion-...Digital Inclusion Template & Guide
/assistance/permitting-dig-oncePermitting & Dig-Once
/assistance/remote-learning-wo...Remote Learning & Working Resources
/technical-assistance/playbookCommunity Broadband Planning Playbook
/assistance/lease-state-proper...Lease of State Property for Broadband Communications
/resource-finderText duplicate Tech Resource Finder
A-TITLE Tech Resource Finder
/about-usText duplicate About
/news/press-releasesText duplicate News
/contactText duplicate Contact
https://it.nc.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate NCDIT
/digital-divideRead Gov. Cooper's Plan
/BEADchallengeLearn More
/resource-finderSubdomain Find Local Resources Now
/surveys/broadbandAre You Up to Speed? Take our speed test to let us know how your internet connectivity measures up.
/dashboardsView the Dashboards See our progress in programs funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
/resource-finderSubdomain Use the Tech Resource Finder Find local resources for help using the internet, finding public computers and Wi-Fi, and taking digital classes.
/assistance/remote-learning-wo...Find More Ways to Connect Whatever your situation, there are ways to get connected for online work and learning.
/data-reportsView Data & Reports
A-TITLE Data & Reports
/technical-assistanceTechnical Assistance
/technical-assistance/playbookCommunity Broadband Playbook
/data-reports/nc-broadband-ind...Text duplicate N.C. Broadband Indices
/funding-programsText duplicate Funding Programs
https://www.ncbroadband.gov/Anchor A-TITLE Back to top
/contactSend a Message
A-TITLE Send a Message
https://x.com/NCBroadbandExternal Tweets by NCBroadband
A-TITLE X NCBroadedband
https://x.com/NCBroadbandExternal A-TITLE X NCBroadedband
https://x.com/NCBroadbandExternal No Text
https://nc.gov/External nc.gov
A-TITLE The State of North Carolina
/webform/user_feedback?source_...Website Feedback
A-TITLE Website User Feedback Form
https://www.nc.gov/accessibilityExternal Subdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility of State of North Carolina Websites
https://www.nc.gov/disclaimer-...External Subdomain Disclaimer & Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://www.nc.gov/privacyExternal Subdomain Privacy Policy
A-TITLE State of North Carolina Privacy Policy
https://www.nc.gov/government/...External Subdomain Open Budget
A-TITLE State of North Carolina Open Budget
https://it.nc.gov/services/dig...External Subdomain Hosted on Digital Commons

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ncbroadband.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 0.85 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 (76 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
serverApache
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
last-modifiedFri, 27 Dec 2024 16:09:24 GMT
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests; frame-ancestors 'self'
dateSat, 28 Dec 2024 17:47:17 GMT
cache-controlmax-age=300, public
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
etag"1735315764"
varyCookie
x-cacheHit from cloudfront
via1.1 5d59ec457bae9e2b9df45a357eeeffd2.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-amz-cf-popFRA56-P10
x-amz-cf-idJ6DG5iuJ6d_L1XxZE52-ao7_OaW3xdITrLyU4m6vxy5_orYkqiJLag==
age240
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 617 referring domains.
This page has 65,171 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 406 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# 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.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/
# 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/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password/
Disallow: /index.php/user/register/
Disallow: /index.php/user/login/
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout/
# DS Additions
Disallow: /user
Disallow: /user/login
Sitemap: https://www.ncbroadband.gov/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
Broadband68%Check
Broadband Digital Equity56%Check
Community Broadband55%Check
Division Broadband Digital53%Check
Digital52%Check
Broadband Service52%Check
Access Broadband52%Check
Digital Equity50%Check
Division Broadband Digital Equity50%Check
Resource49%Check
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