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Meta information
73% 
Page quality
67% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
91% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.03 s
File size
88.30 kB
Words
483
Media files
35
Number of links
35 internal / 31 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
NSF - National Science Foundation
The length of the page title is perfect. (316 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, and educators from across the country.
The meta description is too long: 1215 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.nsf.gov/
The canonical link points to a different domain.
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
descriptionNSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, and educators from across the country.
keywordsNational Science Foundation, NSF, Science, Engineering, Education, National Science Foundation jobs, NSF jobs, NSF careers, Military Veteran jobs, Minorities in science, Programs for Veterans, Programs for people with disabilities, Programs for graduates
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@NSF
twitter:titleNSF - National Science Foundation
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og:site_nameNSF - National Science Foundation
og:urlhttps://new.nsf.gov/
og:titleNSF - National Science Foundation
og:imagehttps://new.nsf.gov/themes/custom/nsf_theme/logo-200x200.png
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 483 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 7.75 words is low.
27.3% 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.
4 paragraphs were found on this page.
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)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
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 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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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...ts/plugins/uswds/dist/img/icon-https.svgNo alt attribute provided
...mponents/molecules/logo/logo-desktop.svgNSF - National Science Foundation - Home
...omponents/molecules/logo/logo-mobile.svgNSF - National Science Foundation - Home
...ents/images/icons/close-base-darkest.svgClose navigation
...MVtmQUcmSJ1K8rIPDA_3dqFnAb&itok=nURj_3N8Researchers gathered on rocks on the edge of a creek.
...rsionId=HylRMtQUwYTocn.ynz_bb1JwVcb_zMS6Find & apply for funding
...rsionId=q4NtPRyc73_9J3MfkWUtFk_iMPv1.28pExplore NSF discoveries
...rsionId=F0KF45BlLkZPFElgJ9JMCcJYc0SWMJE7Our focus areas
...rsionId=cXdN23Fa8255PdAWeJDTOw9UsjJdIQ5tWhat we've funded
...f_iconset/facebook-icon_square_32x32.pngFacebook
...sf_iconset/twitter-icon_square_32x32.pngTwitter
..._iconset/instagram-icon_square_32x32.pngInstagram
...sf_iconset/youtube-icon_square_32x32.pngYouTube
...f_iconset/linkedin-icon_square_32x32.pngLinkedIn
...nsf_iconset/nsfrss-icon_square_32x32.pngRSS
...zsmHjmobzVm8WC6cQIKiYHZL4j&itok=nFelWZfcTurbulent mixing of a magnetized plasma
...W.u7kDHFEIjLisE5RvAjH9UOMj&itok=dH5icKGqNSF Game Maker Awards for K-12
...sFqAycUCCB3HXoMMRZvxFCL.dt&itok=kOYYmgyVbanner housing multiple images of different women
...p9EeY76Dl.b16ZPutF03tU8B66&itok=MWdpFyBiNSF Arecibo C3 Opening Postponement Announcement
...PP0Ts4Z8_KHW7cDgcKM2KkLyIY&itok=I8T4XgSswhite truck by the EBS and adjacent strata on Kangaroo Island
...LGttBfw9nMHI2t6aV9vNWR&itok=Pu6Nqd8oPromote discovery in science & engineering
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...f_iconset/facebook-icon_square_32x32.pngFacebook
...sf_iconset/twitter-icon_square_32x32.pngTwitter
..._iconset/instagram-icon_square_32x32.pngInstagram
...sf_iconset/youtube-icon_square_32x32.pngYouTube
...f_iconset/linkedin-icon_square_32x32.pngLinkedIn
...nsf_iconset/nsfrss-icon_square_32x32.pngRSS
Video URLWidthHeight
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Innovation Anywhere, Opportunity Everywhere
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Innovation Anywhere, Opportunity Everywhere
H2 Get the latest news on topics you choose, right in your inbox.
H2 What's new
H2 Bring your video game vision of life in 2100 to reality
H2 Our priorities
H2 NSF by the numbers
H2 Footer
H2 Required Policy Links
H3 Harnessing AI to bridge gaps in women’s health care
H3  NSF Arecibo C3 opening moved to 2025, aligning with NSF's 75th anniversary commemorations
H3 A remarkable fossil assemblage gets a new interpretation
H3 About Us
H3 What's New
H3 Information For
H3 Resources
Baselink: https://new.nsf.gov
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 too many external links (31) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://new.nsf.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/...External Subdomain Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 25-011
https://www.nsf.gov/publicatio...External Subdomain )
https://new.nsf.gov/IMG-ALT NSF - National Science Foundation - Home
A-TITLE NSF - National Science Foundation - Home
https://new.nsf.gov/aboutLearn more
https://new.nsf.gov/Subdomain Anchor View image credit & caption
https://new.nsf.gov/fundingFind & apply for funding
https://new.nsf.gov/newsExplore NSF discoveries
https://new.nsf.gov/focus-areasOur focus areas
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/External Subdomain What we've funded
https://service.govdelivery.co...External Subdomain Sign up
A-TITLE Sign up
https://www.facebook.com/US.NSFExternal Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://www.twitter.com/NSFExternal Subdomain IMG-ALT Twitter
A-TITLE X (formerly known as Twitter)
https://www.instagram.com/nsfgovExternal Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/V...External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn
https://nsf.gov/rssExternal IMG-ALT RSS
/science-matters/bring-your-vi...Bring your video game vision of life in 2100 to reality
/science-matters/harnessing-ai...Harnessing AI to bridge gaps in women’s health care
/news/nsf-arecibo-c3-opening-m... NSF Arecibo C3 opening moved to 2025, aligning with NSF's 75th anniversary commemorations
/news/remarkable-fossil-assemb...A remarkable fossil assemblage gets a new interpretation
https://new.nsf.gov/newsExplore all news
A-TITLE Explore all news
https://new.nsf.gov/focus-areasPromote discovery in science & engineering
https://new.nsf.gov/tipAccelerate technology & innovation
/funding/initiatives/broadenin...Advance diversity in science & engineering
https://new.nsf.gov/focus-areasExplore what we support
A-TITLE Explore what we support
https://new.nsf.gov/impactsLearn more about our impacts
A-TITLE Learn more about our impacts
https://new.nsf.gov/Subdomain Top
https://new.nsf.gov/Text duplicate IMG-ALT NSF - National Science Foundation - Home
A-TITLE NSF - National Science Foundation - Home
https://service.govdelivery.co...External Subdomain Sign up for email updates
https://www.facebook.com/US.NSFExternal Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Facebook
https://www.twitter.com/NSFExternal Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Twitter
A-TITLE X (formerly known as Twitter)
https://www.instagram.com/nsfgovExternal Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/V...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT LinkedIn
https://nsf.gov/rssExternal Text duplicate IMG-ALT RSS
https://www.nsf.gov/aboutExternal Subdomain About NSF
https://new.nsf.gov/careersCareers
/about/directorates-officesOur Directorates & Offices
https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/External Subdomain National Science Board
/about/contact-usContact Us
https://new.nsf.gov/newsNews & Announcements
https://new.nsf.gov/eventsEvents
/science-mattersScience Matters Blog
https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/i...External Subdomain Multimedia Gallery
https://new.nsf.gov/fundingFunding Seekers
https://new.nsf.gov/awardsNSF Awardees
/about/congressCongress
https://new.nsf.gov/newsMedia
https://www.nsf.gov/news/class...External Subdomain Educators
/about/meetingsPanelists
https://www.nsf.gov/publications/External Subdomain Documents & Reports
https://new.nsf.gov/about/budgetBudget, Performance & Financial Reporting
https://new.nsf.gov/public-accessPublic Access
/stopping-harassmentStopping Harassment
/research-securityResearch Security
/policies/scientific-integrityScientific Integrity
https://www.research.gov/resea...External Subdomain Research.gov
https://www.nsf.gov/policies/v...External Subdomain Vulnerability disclosure
https://www.nsf.gov/oig/External Subdomain Inspector General
https://www.nsf.gov/policies/p...External Subdomain Privacy
https://www.nsf.gov/policies/foiaExternal Subdomain FOIA
https://www.nsf.gov/od/oecr/no...External Subdomain No FEAR Act
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain USA.gov
https://www.nsf.gov/policies/a...External Subdomain Accessibility
https://www.nsf.gov/policies/n...External Subdomain Plain language

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://new.nsf.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.03 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (88 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 5,576 referring domains.
This page has 388,590 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,686 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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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.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: /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/
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed
# NSF
Disallow: /funding/opportunities?*
Disallow: /careers/openings?*
Disallow: /events?*
Disallow: /events/past?*
Disallow: /news/releases?*
Disallow: /news/releases/*
Disallow: /staff?*
Disallow: /staff/org/*
Disallow: /honorary-awards/national-medal-science/recipients?*
Disallow: /honorary-awards/pecase/recipients?*
Disallow: /funding/initiatives/reu/search?*
# From legacy
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /awardsearch/*
Disallow: /awards/award_visualization.jsp*
Disallow: /awards/award_visualization_noscript.jsp*
Disallow: /events/event_calendar.jsp*
Disallow: /news/mmg*
Disallow: /nsb/*
Disallow: /por/*
Disallow: /pubs/*
Disallow: /statistics/*
# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://new.nsf.gov/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://new.nsf.gov/sitemap-s3.xml
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/

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