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Meta information
78% 
Page quality
79% 
Page structure
71% 
Link structure
80% 
Server
28% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.78 s
File size
69.60 kB
Words
699
Media files
7
Number of links
74 internal / 29 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage | NC DPS
The page title is too short. (191 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
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.ncdps.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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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
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x-ua-compatibleie=edge
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 699 words. That's ok.
23.5% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 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 11.96 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 14 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
...rsionId=jSwEtkdBxiJLwrBBDIQU_A9dYye_8mHsHome
...rsionId=OWtGJaD0nsmzlBqnP9KilXkGlYKe7vpXSix men standing in front of a blue sign that has the NC S.A.F.E. logo all across is.
...UBJpVhAiUlkpDvK8.RcJ9oxuU1&itok=OyqSwASUMale instructor standing next to a table where a youth sits.
...HH7bAbDPyP77uhPi4OcuwdB2sX&itok=eyqq9kWUFour women stand side by side under a sign with the DPS logo.
...djZrmN9FO.hD_C32JVWAXpWEp5&itok=jzuGs2lsBlue graphic with title, "Safe Firearm Storage in NC." Photo of two men holding up signage for NC SAFE program.
...mJBMS7b4ytODsxWGmCAzKfY7LR&itok=jKRhhDyBNC Department of Public Safety white logo featuring the letters 'DPS' with a stylized highway and shield.
Video URLWidthHeight
...utoplay=0&start=0&rel=0&cc_load_policy=1854480

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Utility Menu
H2 Latest News from DPS
H2 Latest News from DPS Duplicate text
H2 Top DPS Stories
H2 Our Mission:
H2 Vision Statement:
H2 DPS Services
H2 Contact
H2 Follow Us
H2 Network Menu
H3 Governor Stein and North Carolina Department of Public Safety Promote Safe Gun Storage During NC S.A.F.E. Week of Action
H3 Youth Development Centers Celebrate Second Chance Month
H3 NCDPS Partnered with NCDOT for National Work Zone Awareness Week
H3 Listen to the Latest Safety Scoop Podcast
H3 Empty heading
H3 Resources
H3 Programs
H3 Connect
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 too many external links (29) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ncdps.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.ncdot.gov/news/pre...External Subdomain Learn More
https://www.ncdps.gov/Anchor How you know
https://www.nc.gov/privacyExternal Subdomain view our full privacy policy
https://www.nc.gov/External Subdomain NC.GOV
https://www.nc.gov/your-govern...External Subdomain AGENCIES
https://www.nc.gov/working/fin...External Subdomain JOBS
https://www.nc.gov/your-govern...External Subdomain SERVICES
https://www.ncdps.gov/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
/our-organizationOur Organization
/our-organizationText duplicate Our Organization
/our-organization/law-enforcementLaw Enforcement
/our-organization/juvenile-jus...Juvenile Justice
/our-organization/emergency-ma...Emergency Management
/our-organization/homeland-sec...Homeland Security
/our-organization/north-caroli...North Carolina National Guard
https://www.rebuild.nc.gov/External Subdomain Office of Recovery & Resiliency
/dps-servicesDPS Services
/dps-servicesText duplicate DPS Services
/juvenile-justice/service-dire...Subdomain Juvenile Justice Service Directory
/dps-services/office-victim-co...Office of Victim Compensation Services
/dps-services/permits-licensesPermits & Licenses
/dps-services/safety-tip-indexSafety Tips
/dps-services/samarcand-traini...Samarcand Training Academy
/dps-services/responder-assist...Responder Assistance Initiative
/dps-services/recursos-en-espanolRecursos en español
/careers-matterCareers
/careers-matterText duplicate Careers
/careers/alcohol-law-enforceme...Alcohol Law Enforcement
/careers/emergency-management-...Text duplicate Emergency Management
/careers/juvenile-justice-careersJuvenile Justice Careers
/careers-matter/state-capitol-...State Capitol Police
/careers-matter/state-highway-...State Highway Patrol
/careers/ncdps-internshipsNCDPS Internships
/careers/ncdps-career-interest...NCDPS Career Interest Form
https://www.ncdps.gov/about-dpsAbout DPS
https://www.ncdps.gov/about-dpsText duplicate About DPS
/about-dps/office-secretaryOffice of the Secretary
/about-dps/boards-and-commissionsBoards and Commissions
/about-dps/administrative-rulesAdministrative Rules
/about-dps/current-initiativesCurrent Initiatives
A-TITLE DPS Current Initiatives
https://www.ncdps.gov/newsNews
https://www.ncdps.gov/newsText duplicate News
/news/news-conference-live-str...News Conferences
/news/press-releasePress Releases
/about-dps/office-secretary/co...Media Contacts
/news/blog-dps-dispatchSubdomain Blog: DPS Dispatch
/news/case-you-missed-itIn Case You Missed It
https://www.ncdps.gov/news/eventsCalendar of Events
https://www.ncdps.gov/contact-usContact
A-TITLE Contact
https://www.ncdps.gov/contact-usText duplicate Contact
A-TITLE Contact
/contact/frequently-called-pho...Frequently Called Phone Numbers
/contact/public-records-requestsPublic Records Request
/employee-directoryDirectory
/contact/report-fraud-waste-or...Report Fraud, Waste or Abuse
/contact/send-emailSend Email
https://www.nc.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate NC.GOV
https://www.nc.gov/your-govern...External Subdomain Text duplicate AGENCIES
https://www.nc.gov/working/fin...External Subdomain Text duplicate JOBS
https://www.nc.gov/your-govern...External Subdomain Text duplicate SERVICES
/news/press-releases/2025/06/0...Read Full Press Release
/news/press-releases/2025/05/2...State Highway Patrol Promotes Safe Driving During Busy Summer Months
/news/press-releases/2025/05/0...State Capitol Police Seeks Public Feedback
/news/press-releaseSubdomain View all press releases
/blog/2025/04/16/youth-develop...Youth Development Centers Celebrate Second Chance Month Throughout April, the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s celebrated Second Cha...
IMG-ALT Male instructor standing next to a table where a youth sits.
/blog/2025/04/28/ncdps-partner...NCDPS Partnered with NCDOT for National Work Zone Awareness Week Throughout National Work Zone Awareness Week, which ran from April 21 through the 25, NC Dep...
IMG-ALT Four women stand side by side under a sign with the DPS logo.
https://spotifycreators-web.ap...External Subdomain Listen to the Latest Safety Scoop Podcast A 2022 report by the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force showed that from 2019 to 2021, the rate of firearm de...
IMG-ALT Blue graphic with title, "Safe Firearm Storage in NC." Photo of two men holding up signage for NC SAFE program.
https://www.ncdps.gov/about-dpsLearn More About the Department
https://nccmp.ncdps.gov/External Subdomain Missing Persons
https://vehicle-search.ncshp.o...External Subdomain Collision Information
https://vehicle-search.ncshp.o...External Subdomain Towed Vehicle Search
/our-organization/law-enforcem...Background Check
/juvenile-justice/service-dire...Subdomain Text duplicate Juvenile Justice Service Directory
https://www.readync.gov/External Subdomain ReadyNC.gov
/our-organization/law-enforcem...Text duplicate Safety Tips
https://www.ncsafe.org/External Subdomain NC S.A.F.E. (Secure All Firearms Effectively)
https://www.ncdps.gov/node/6836Victim Compensation Services
/our-organization/juvenile-jus...Raise The Age
/dps-services/grantsGrants
/dps-services/permits-licensesText duplicate Permits & Licenses
/about-dps/current-initiatives...Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice (TREC)
/about-dps/current-initiatives...Office of Violence Prevention
/contact/frequently-called-pho...Frequently Called Numbers
/careers-matterWork for DPS
/news/events/recruitmentSubdomain Job Fairs
https://www.ncdps.gov/news/eventsSubdomain Upcoming Events
/contact/public-records-requestsText duplicate Public Records Request
https://www.ncdps.gov/Anchor A-TITLE Back to top
/contact/send-emailSend an email
A-TITLE Send Email
https://www.facebook.com/NCPub...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/NCPublicSa...External No Text
https://instagram.com/ncpublic...External No Text
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/N...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
/employee-directoryEmployee Directory
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.ncdps.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 0.78 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 (70 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateSat, 21 Jun 2025 03:15:42 GMT
serverApache
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x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedFri, 20 Jun 2025 20:48:06 GMT
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests; frame-ancestors 'self'
etag"1750452486"
varyCookie
x-cacheMiss from cloudfront
via1.1 eb8dd67e239abea324e36244f60eec4c.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 418 referring domains.
This page has 3,875 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 361 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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# 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.ncdps.gov/sitemap.xml

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DPS70%Check
NC DPS70%Check
NC Department56%Check
GOV52%Check
NCDPS52%Check
Safety46%Check
Public Safety46%Check
Department Public Safety44%Check
work43%Check
Week43%Check
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