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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
79% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
66% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.97 s
File size
91.50 kB
Words
792
Media files
12
Number of links
145 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The North Carolina Judicial Branch
The length of the page title is perfect. (314 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Providing access to court services and information. Simpler — today and tomorrow.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (514 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.nccourts.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 792 words. That's ok.
20.3% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
8 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 15.1 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 38 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)
Some tags are too long. With 107 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"ecourts now available in 27 counties*. find info, training, and resources, and upcoming counties launc..."
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
...pIaB3aYXvagu9.JOIL2VDvGQPW&itok=1x9v-ypkeCourts expanding access to justice logo
...w0pZtK5XSV3XjlM8Cyco.1Wgdx&itok=SjJkO8MFeCourts expanding access to justice logo
...zxp1.qYhvg8.S5.Ylfor52SPu5&itok=2UvY4y3BDo Your Career Justice, career opportunities available, courthouse columns in background
...k0TG6r0iIJkUaSN_JbCRZbAwRF&itok=pXdR1i4UAll Things Judicial Podcast
...MrsF6QOx.MuwNmK72oBMw7Busb&itok=U2989aZKDon't be a victim of the jury duty scam
...KbT1poQ1Nyl24jW89YHdkIfpnz&itok=70nAt84iRequest a speaker - Speakers Bureau - microphone
...rts-expanding-access-to-justice-logo.jpgeCourts Expanding Access to Justice logo
...1CgbGD2Jv58nzKHZKYEU33hg1F&itok=w2OeeMqmMargaret Adams Harris
...G3T5ujWcETDZetzGI8eBOVk61O&itok=Fy1fPb6ZChief Justice Paul Newby, and his wife Macon Newby (right), greet Judicial Branch employees during eCourts roll-out.Chief Justice Paul Newby, and his wife Macon Newby (right), greet Judicial Branch employees during eCourts roll-out.
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...LqhdoPodi9w8E0XNsM4OGdrghG&itok=N8ynSA9lTreatment Court Month Proclamation
...vkq6VFfeQ7GiZx.hlFpa5rvkjL&itok=nLCbIdaWGavel

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
North Carolina Judicial Branch
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 46 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 North Carolina Judicial Branch
H1 Main Content
H2 Menu
H2 General Public
H2 Judicial Community
H2 Legal Community
H2 Media
H2 Find my court date
H2 Find my local courthouse
H2 Forms
H2 Services
H2 Going to court?
H2 Latest news
H3 Find common answers in Help Topics
H3 Court Records
H3 Criminal Law
H3 Disability and Language Access
H3 Divorce and Marriage
H3 Domestic Violence
H3 Family and Children
H3 Fees and Payments
H3 Find an Attorney
H3 Going to Court
H3 Guardianship
H3 Housing
H3 Jury Service
H3 Lawsuits and Small Claims
H3 Traffic and Vehicles
H3 Wills and Estates
H3 All Things Judicial Features an Interview with Greensboro Attorney Margaret Adams Harris
H3 Chief Justice Paul Newby Proclaims May 5 – 11 as Employee Appreciation Week for the Judicial Branch
H3 Governor Appoints Judges in Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, and Wake Counties
H3 Chief Justice Paul Newby Proclaims May 2024 as Treatment Court Month for the North Carolina Judicial Branch
H3 Governor Cooper Appoints District Court Judges for Alamance and Cabarrus Counties
H4 eCourts Expands to Nearly Half of State’s Population
H4 We're Hiring!
H4 All Things Judicial Podcast
H4 Jury Service Scams
H4 Speakers Bureau & Civics Education
H4 Connect with us
H4 Additional Information
H4 Community Support
H4 Help and Support
H4 Site Information
H4 Connect with us Duplicate text
H5 eCourts
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 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.nccourts.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.nccourts.gov/North Carolina Judicial Branch
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/locationsSubdomain Find a courthouse
/court-datesSubdomain Find my court date
https://www.nccourts.gov/servicesSubdomain Pay my citation online
/help-topics/jury-service/jury...Subdomain Prepare for jury service
/documents/formsSubdomain Find a form
/search-results?search_api_ful...View all search results
https://www.nccourts.gov/courtsOverview of the Courts
/locationsCourt Hours and Locations
/courts/supreme-courtSupreme Court
/courts/court-of-appealsCourt of Appeals
/courts/superior-courtSuperior Court
/courts/district-courtDistrict Court
/courts/business-courtBusiness Court
/courts/recovery-courtsRecovery Courts
/documents/appellate-court-opi...Appellate Court Opinions
/documents/business-court-opin...Business Court Opinions
https://www.nccourts.gov/closingsClosings
/holiday-scheduleHoliday Schedule
/commissionsCommissions
https://www.nccourts.gov/programsPrograms
/about/about-judicial-branch/c...Careers
/about/nc-administrative-offic...Educational Programs
/help-topics/court-recordsCourt Records
/help-topics/criminal-lawCriminal Law
/help-topics/disability-and-la...Disability and Language Access
/help-topics/divorce-and-marriageDivorce and Marriage
/help-topics/domestic-violenceDomestic Violence
/help-topics/family-and-childrenFamily and Children
/help-topics/fees-and-paymentsFees and Payments
/help-topics/find-an-attorneyFind an Attorney
/help-topics/guardianshipGuardianship
/help-topics/housingHousing
/help-topics/jury-serviceJury Service
/help-topics/lawsuits-and-smal...Lawsuits and Small Claims
/help-topics/traffic-and-vehiclesTraffic and Vehicles
/help-topics/wills-and-estatesWills and Estates
/help-topicsSee All Help Topics
https://www.nccourts.gov/servicesCitation Tickets
https://www.nccourts.gov/servicesCourt Collections
https://www.nccourts.gov/servicesGuide & File
/services/ecourts-servicesPortal (Court Records / Payments)
/services/ecourts-serviceseCourts eFiling (File & Serve)
https://www.ncappellatecourts....External Subdomain Appellate Courts
https://ncbc.nccourts.org/filer/External Subdomain Text duplicate Business Court
/services/legacy-servicesLegacy Civil eFiling
https://www.nccourts.gov/servicesCourt Date Notifications
/help-topics/court-records/cri...Criminal Background Check
/programs/disability-accessDisability Accommodation
/services/request-a-public-recordPublic Record
/services/remote-public-access...Remote Public Access
/programs/office-of-language-a...Spoken Language Interpreter
https://www.nccourts.gov/servicesSee All Services
/documents/formsForms
/court-datesCourt Dates
https://www.nccourts.gov/contactContact
/going-to-courtGoing to Court
https://www.nccourts.gov/ecourtsLearn more
https://www.nccourts.gov/Anchor Link Text Placeholder
/locationsSubdomain Text duplicate Find a courthouse
/court-datesSubdomain Text duplicate Find my court date
https://www.nccourts.gov/servicesSubdomain Text duplicate Pay my citation online
/help-topics/jury-service/jury...Subdomain Text duplicate Prepare for jury service
/documents/formsSubdomain Text duplicate Find a form
/search-results?search_api_ful...Text duplicate View all search results
https://www.nccourts.gov/servicesGot a Ticket?
/languagesLanguages
/general-publicGeneral Public
/judicial-communityJudicial Community
/legal-communityLegal Community
https://www.nccourts.gov/mediaMedia
/court-datesBrowse court calendars
/locationsBrowse county directory
/news/tag/press-release/ecourt...Read news story
/documents/formsText duplicate Find a form
https://www.nccourts.gov/servicesExplore services
/going-to-courtGet started
/help-topics/court-recordsText duplicate Court Records
/help-topics/criminal-lawText duplicate Criminal Law
/help-topics/disability-and-la...Text duplicate Disability and Language Access
/help-topics/divorce-and-marriageText duplicate Divorce and Marriage
/help-topics/domestic-violenceText duplicate Domestic Violence
/help-topics/family-and-childrenText duplicate Family and Children
/help-topics/fees-and-paymentsText duplicate Fees and Payments
/help-topics/find-an-attorneyText duplicate Find an Attorney
/help-topics/going-to-courtText duplicate Going to Court
/help-topics/guardianshipText duplicate Guardianship
/help-topics/housingText duplicate Housing
/help-topics/jury-serviceText duplicate Jury Service
/help-topics/lawsuits-and-smal...Text duplicate Lawsuits and Small Claims
/help-topics/traffic-and-vehiclesText duplicate Traffic and Vehicles
/help-topics/wills-and-estatesText duplicate Wills and Estates
/about/about-judicial-branch/c...We're Hiring!
/learn/all-things-judicial-pod...All Things Judicial Podcast
/help-topics/jury-service/jury...Jury Service Scams
/learn/speakers-bureauSpeakers Bureau & Civics Education
https://www.nccourts.gov/ecourtsIMG-ALT eCourts Expanding Access to Justice logo
https://www.nccourts.gov/ecourtseCourts
/services/ecourts-serviceseCourts Services
/services/ecourts-servicesSubdomain Anchor eFiling (File & Serve)
/services/ecourts-servicesSubdomain Anchor Text duplicate Guide & File
/services/ecourts-servicesSubdomain Anchor Portal
/news/tag/press-release/all-th...Subdomain All Things Judicial Features an Interview with Greensboro Attorney Margaret Adams Harris
/news/tag/press-release/chief-...Subdomain Chief Justice Paul Newby Proclaims May 5 – 11 as Employee Appreciation Week for the Judicial Branch
/news/tag/general-news/governo...Subdomain Governor Appoints Judges in Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, and Wake Counties
/news/tag/press-release/chief-...Subdomain Chief Justice Paul Newby Proclaims May 2024 as Treatment Court Month for the North Carolina Judicial Branch
/news/tag/general-news/governo...Subdomain Governor Cooper Appoints District Court Judges for Alamance and Cabarrus Counties
https://www.nccourts.gov/newsSee all news stories
https://www.facebook.com/NCcourtsNew window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Linkedin
https://twitter.com/NCCourtsNew window External Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/N...New window External Subdomain Youtube
/learn/all-things-judicial-pod...New window Subdomain Podcast
/holiday-scheduleView holiday schedule
https://www.nccourts.gov/Subdomain Text duplicate North Carolina Judicial Branch
A-TITLE Back to home page
https://www.nccourts.gov/Anchor Additional Information
https://www.nccourts.gov/newsNews
https://www.nccourts.gov/programsText duplicate Programs
/commissionsText duplicate Commissions
/documentsDocuments
https://www.nccourts.gov/aboutAbout
/about/about-judicial-branch/c...Text duplicate Careers
/judicial-directoryJudicial Directory
/about/data-and-statisticsData and Statistics
https://www.nccourts.gov/Anchor Community Support
/general-publicText duplicate General Public
/legal-communityText duplicate Legal Community
/judicial-communityText duplicate Judicial Community
https://www.nccourts.gov/mediaText duplicate Media
https://www.nccourts.gov/Anchor Help and Support
/locationsHours and Locations
https://www.nccourts.gov/servicesOnline Services
/help-topicsHelp Topics
https://www.nccourts.gov/contactText duplicate Contact
https://www.nccourts.gov/Anchor Site Information
https://www.nccourts.gov/closingsText duplicate Closings
/help-topicsHelp
/legal-notices-disclaimers-and...Accessibility
/legal-notices-disclaimers-and...Legal Notices, Disclaimers and Terms of Use
https://www.nccourts.gov/sitemapSitemap
https://www.facebook.com/NCcourtsNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Linkedin
https://twitter.com/NCCourtsNew window External Text duplicate Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/N...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Youtube
/learn/all-things-judicial-pod...New window Subdomain Text duplicate Podcast
/languagesLanguages:
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/languages/informations-en-fra...Français
/languages/informaciya-na-russ...Pусский
/languages/thong-tin-bang-tien...Tiếng Việt
/languages/jiantizhongwenxinxi简体中文信息
/languages/zhongguochuantongxinxi中國傳統信息
/languages/almlwmat-ballght-al...عربى
https://www.nccourts.gov/Anchor Back to top

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nccourts.gov/"
HTTP header
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The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.97 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 26 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 38 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (92 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 5,360 referring domains.
This page has 137,116 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,437 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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Disallow: /index.php/user/register/
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# Custom robot rules
# add new rules here.

Disallow: /judicial-directory
Disallow: /index.php/judicial-directory

Disallow: /search-results
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The North Carolina Judicial Branch
Providing access to court services and information. Simpler — today and tomorrow.

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Judicial76%Check
Judicial Branch75%Check
North Carolina Judicial Branch73%Check
North70%Check
Carolina70%Check
North Carolina70%Check
North Carolina Courts68%Check
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