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Meta information
100% 
Page quality
53% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.64 s
File size
128.80 kB
Words
683
Media files
23
Number of links
99 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Indigent Defense Services - The NC Public Defense System
The length of the page title is perfect. (536 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
We help defend the accused. We help fight for families. We keep North Carolina’s promise to the Constitution.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (673 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ncids.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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)
The average number of words per sentence of 40 words is high.
This page contains 683 words. That's ok.
23.7% 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
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)
20 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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 We help defend the accused. We help fight for families. We keep North Carolina’s promise to the Constitution.
H2 In the Spotlight
H2 I am a…
H2 Footer
H3 OASIS
H3 defenderData
H3 Current Rates and Other Financial Resources for Attorneys
H3 Defender
H3 Judicial Official
H3 Client
H3 Member of the Public
H3 Apply to Roster(s)
H3 NC Defender Directories
H3 Research and Reports
H3 Hoke and Scotland counties get a new chief public defender
H3 New Chief for Robeson County sworn in
H3 IDS collaborates with UNC School of Government to plan upcoming curriculum for defense attorneys
H3 IDS welcomes new Regional Defender
H3 2025 IDS Forensic Science Education Series begins Feb. 6
H3 December 2024 PAC Fund Update
H3 Contact Us
H3 Links
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
11 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 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.ncids.org/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.ncids.org/Anchor Skip to footer
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https://www.ncids.org/Subdomain Text duplicate Indigent Defense Services
https://www.ncids.org/about/Subdomain About IDS
/commission-on-indigent-defens...Subdomain Commission on IDS
https://www.ncids.org/staff/Subdomain IDS Staff
/north-carolina-defender-direc...Subdomain Defender Directories
/for-the-defense-team/Subdomain For the Defense Team
/counsel-rates/Subdomain Current Rates
/get-paid/payment-dates/Subdomain Finance Dept & Payments
/ids-trial-resources/Subdomain IDS Trial Resources
/roster-applications-2/Subdomain Apply to a Roster
/ids-policies-and-rules/Subdomain IDS Policies, Rules & Procedures
https://www.ncids.org/ids-forms/Subdomain IDS Forms
/get-paid/experts-and-investig...Subdomain Experts and Investigators
/for-mitigation-specialists/Subdomain For Mitigation Specialists
https://www.ncids.org/clients/Subdomain Clients
/clients/your-attorney/Subdomain You & Your Attorney
/clients/bill-of-rights/Subdomain A Client Bill of Rights
/clients/who-is-my-attorney/Subdomain Who Is My Attorney?
/clients/working-with-your-att...Subdomain Working With Your Attorney
https://www.ncids.org/map/Subdomain Public Defense in Your County
https://www.ncids.org/map/Subdomain Interactive Map
/clients/how-the-system-works/Subdomain How the System Works
/clients/road-map-of-a-case/Subdomain Road Map of a Case
/clients/faq/Subdomain Frequently Asked Questions
https://www.ncids.org/public/Subdomain Public Info
https://www.ncids.org/news/Subdomain Announcements
/funding-crisis/Subdomain Funding Crisis
/bail-reform/Subdomain Bail Reform
/fee-transparency/Subdomain Fee Transparency
https://www.ncids.org/events/Subdomain Calendar
/research-and-reports/Subdomain Research and Reports
/working-in-public-defense/Subdomain Careers
/pac-fund-updates/Subdomain PAC Fund Updates
/get-paid/payment-dates/Subdomain Current Fee App Payment Dates
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/ids-trial-resources/Attorney Resources
/indigency-defined/Subdomain Indigency Defined
/2024/ids-holds-onboarding-for...Subdomain IDS holds ‘onboarding’ for historic public defender expansion
/2024/ids-welcomes-senior-rese...Subdomain IDS welcomes Senior Research Associate
/2024/sonia-colon-joins-ids-to...Subdomain Sonia Colon joins IDS as Budget Manager
/2024/ids-shows-support-for-in...Subdomain IDS shows support for individuals taking the NC Bar Exam
/2024/ids-returns-to-the-annua...Subdomain IDS discusses fee apps, OASIS and more at the 2024 Clerks Conference
/2024/ids-offers-defenderdata-...Subdomain IDS offers defenderData workshop
/2024/oasis-launches-in-guilfo...Subdomain OASIS launches in Guilford County
/2024/defender-district-20-vis...Subdomain Defender District 20 visits 26 to learn about eCourts
/2024/state-parent-defender-we...Subdomain State Parent Defender weighs in with panel for a 2025 report to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
/2024/johnston-county-public-d...Subdomain Johnston County assistant public defenders are sworn in
/2024/ids-welcomes-new-assista...Subdomain IDS welcomes new APDs
/2024/ids-commission-reappoint...New window Subdomain IDS Commission reappoints two defenders
/2024/ids-ojd-attend-campbell-...Subdomain IDS, OJD attend Career Night
/2025/ids-welcomes-new-regiona...Subdomain IDS welcomes new Regional Defender
/2025/ids-collaborates-with-un...Subdomain IDS and SOG meet for curriculum planning
/2025/hoke-and-scotland-counti...Subdomain Hoke, Scotland counties get a new chief
/2025/new-chief-for-robeson-co...Subdomain New Chief for Robeson County sworn in
/commission-on-indigent-defens...New window Subdomain No Text
/commission-on-indigent-defens...Subdomain The Commission on IDS
/get-paid/payment-dates/New window Subdomain No Text
/get-paid/payment-dates/Subdomain Fee App Payment Dates
/ids-policies-and-rules/New window Subdomain No Text
/ids-policies-and-rules/Subdomain IDS Policies and Rules
https://www.ncids.org/oasis/Subdomain OASIS
/defenderdata-a-new-way-to-req...Subdomain defenderData
/counsel-rates/Subdomain Current Rates and Other Financial Resources for Attorneys
/for-the-defense-team/Subdomain No Text
/for-the-defense-team/Subdomain Defender
/for-the-courts/Subdomain No Text
/for-the-courts/Subdomain Judicial Official
/for-clients/Subdomain No Text
/for-clients/Subdomain Client
/for-the-public/Subdomain No Text
/for-the-public/Subdomain Member of the Public
/roster-applications-2/Subdomain No Text
/roster-applications-2/Subdomain Apply to Roster(s)
/north-carolina-defender-direc...Subdomain No Text
/north-carolina-defender-direc...Subdomain NC Defender Directories
/research-and-reports/Subdomain No Text
/research-and-reports/Subdomain Text duplicate Research and Reports
/2025/hoke-and-scotland-counti...Subdomain Hoke and Scotland counties get a new chief public defender
/2025/hoke-and-scotland-counti...Subdomain Read More Hoke and Scotland counties get a new chief public defender
/2025/new-chief-for-robeson-co...Subdomain Text duplicate New Chief for Robeson County sworn in
/2025/new-chief-for-robeson-co...Subdomain Read More New Chief for Robeson County sworn in
/2025/ids-collaborates-with-un...Subdomain IDS collaborates with UNC School of Government to plan upcoming curriculum for defense attorneys
/2025/ids-collaborates-with-un...Subdomain Read More IDS collaborates with UNC School of Government to plan upcoming curriculum for defense attorneys
/2025/ids-welcomes-new-regiona...Subdomain Text duplicate IDS welcomes new Regional Defender
/2025/ids-welcomes-new-regiona...Subdomain Read More IDS welcomes new Regional Defender
/2025/2025-ids-forensic-scienc...Subdomain 2025 IDS Forensic Science Education Series begins Feb. 6
/2025/2025-ids-forensic-scienc...Subdomain Read More 2025 IDS Forensic Science Education Series begins Feb. 6
/2024/december-2024-pac-fund-u...Subdomain December 2024 PAC Fund Update
/2024/december-2024-pac-fund-u...Subdomain Read More December 2024 PAC Fund Update
/website-feedback/Let us know
/commission-on-indigent-defens...Subdomain About the Commission
/counsel-rates/Subdomain Counsel Rates
/working-in-public-defense/Subdomain Text duplicate Careers
https://forensicresources.org/New window External Forensic Resources
https://www.nccourts.gov/New window External Subdomain NC Administrative Office of the Courts
https://www.ncids.org/staff/New window No Text
https://www.facebook.com/NCInd...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/NC_IDSNew window External No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.ncids.org/Office of Indigent Defense Services
http://www.tomatillodesign.com/New window External Subdomain Tomatillo Design
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ncids.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (2.64 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (129 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This page has backlinks from 369 referring domains.
This page has 10,072 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 297 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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