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Meta information
73% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
62% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.40 s
File size
79.90 kB
Words
712
Media files
35
Number of links
83 internal / 50 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

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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
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MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@NSF
twitter:titleNSF - National Science Foundation
twitter:urlhttps://new.nsf.gov/
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og:site_nameNSF - National Science Foundation
og:urlhttps://new.nsf.gov/
og:titleNSF - National Science Foundation
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charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 9.08 words is low.
This page contains 712 words. That's ok.
25% 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.
5 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)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 5 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)
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)
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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...e/components/images/logo/logo-mobile.svgNSF - National Science Foundation - Home
...ents/images/icons/close-base-darkest.svgClose navigation
...LJoD9SiMS6yUVFdYU4WXmwQ_RE&itok=lXb_S5DUResearchers collecting data in a wetland.
...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
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...IbKTmI7t4Yktq_Td8ePRgf&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
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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 Invention to impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery
H2 Our priorities
H2 NSF by the numbers
H2 Footer
H2 Required Policy Links
H3 NSF expands the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions nationwide
H3 New funding opportunity seeks to invest in additional NSF Regional Innovation Engines
H3 NSF Director Panchanathan headlines Arctic Encounter Symposium 2024 as VIP speaker, meets Alaska senator and announces a $20M award to three Alaskan research institutions
H3 About Us
H3 What's New
H3 Information For
H3 Resources
Baselink: https://new.nsf.gov
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 (50) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://new.nsf.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.nsf.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT NSF - National Science Foundation - Home
A-TITLE NSF - National Science Foundation - Home
/funding/getting-startedFor All Researchers & Educators
/funding/early-career-researchersFor Early-Career Researchers
/funding/postdocsFor Postdoctoral Fellows
/funding/graduate-studentsFor Graduate Students
/funding/undergraduatesFor Undergraduates
/funding/entrepreneursFor Entrepreneurs
/funding/industryFor Industry
/funding/opportunitiesSearch All Opportunities
/funding/find-by-directorateBy Directorate
/funding/opportunities?sort=ns...By Upcoming Due Date
/funding/initiativesNSF-wide Initiatives
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/External Subdomain Search Funded Projects (Awards)
/funding/preparing-proposalPreparing Your Proposal
/funding/submitting-proposalSubmitting Your Proposal
/funding/merit-reviewHow We Make Funding Decisions
/policies/pappgProposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
https://www.research.gov/External Subdomain Research.gov
https://www.grants.gov/External Subdomain Grants.gov
https://baam.nsf.gov/s/External Subdomain Baam.nsf.gov
/about/directorates-officesOur Directorates & Offices
https://new.nsf.gov/awards/manageGetting Started
/awards/request-a-changeRequest a Change to Your Award
/awards/report-your-outcomesReport Your Outcomes
/policies/pappgText duplicate Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
https://www.research.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate Research.gov
https://par.nsf.gov/External Subdomain NSF Public Access Repository (PAR)
/about/directorates-officesText duplicate Our Directorates & Offices
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/External Subdomain Text duplicate Search Funded Projects (Awards)
/focus-areas/arctic-antarcticArctic & Antarctic
/focus-areas/astronomy-spaceAstronomy & Space
/focus-areas/biologyBiology
/focus-areas/chemistry-materialsChemistry & Materials
/focus-areas/computingComputing
/funding/initiatives/broadenin...Diversity in STEM
/focus-areas/earth-environmentEarth & Environment
/focus-areas/educationEducation & Training
/focus-areas/engineeringEngineering
/focus-areas/infrastructureFacilities & Infrastructure
/focus-areas/mathematicsMathematics
/focus-areas/people-societyPeople & Society
/focus-areas/physicsPhysics
/focus-areas/research-partners...Research Partnerships
/focus-areas/technologyTechnology
https://new.nsf.gov/focus-areasExplore all Focus Areas
https://www.nsf.gov/about/cong...External Subdomain Explore Our Impacts
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/External Subdomain Text duplicate Search Funded Projects (Awards)
/about/about-nsf-by-the-numbersNSF by the Numbers
/about/directorates-officesText duplicate Our Directorates & Offices
https://new.nsf.gov/newsNews & Announcements
/science-mattersScience Matters Blog
https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/i...External Subdomain Multimedia Gallery
https://www.nsf.gov/news/newsr...External Subdomain For the Press
https://new.nsf.gov/eventsUpcoming Events
https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/p...External Subdomain Anchor NSF Grants Conference
https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/p...External Subdomain Electronic Research Administration Forum
https://new.nsf.gov/aboutOverview
/about/directorates-officesText duplicate Our Directorates & Offices
/about/congressNSF & Congress
/od/honorary-awardsHonorary Awards
https://new.nsf.gov/about/visitVisit NSF
/about/contact-usContact Us
https://new.nsf.gov/careersCareers at NSF
/about/contractingContracting With NSF
/about/partner-with-NSFPartnering With NSF
https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/External Subdomain National Science Board
https://ncses.nsf.gov/External Subdomain National Center for Science & Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
https://www.nsf.gov/publications/External Subdomain Documents & Reports
https://new.nsf.gov/about/budgetBudget, Performance & Financial Reporting
https://www.nsf.gov/staff/External Subdomain Staff Directory
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/invention-imp...Invention to impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery
/news/nsf-expands-nsf-converge...NSF expands the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions nationwide
/news/new-funding-opportunity-...New funding opportunity seeks to invest in additional NSF Regional Innovation Engines
/news/nsf-director-panchanatha...NSF Director Panchanathan headlines Arctic Encounter Symposium 2024 as VIP speaker, meets Alaska senator and announces a $20M award to three Alaskan research...
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://www.nsf.gov/about/cong...External Subdomain Learn more about our impacts
A-TITLE Learn more about our impacts
https://new.nsf.gov/Subdomain Top
https://www.nsf.gov/External Subdomain 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-officesText duplicate Our Directorates & Offices
https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/External Subdomain Text duplicate National Science Board
/about/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
https://new.nsf.gov/newsText duplicate News & Announcements
https://new.nsf.gov/eventsEvents
/science-mattersText duplicate Science Matters Blog
https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/i...External Subdomain Text duplicate Multimedia Gallery
https://new.nsf.gov/fundingFunding Seekers
https://new.nsf.gov/awardsNSF Awardees
/about/congressCongress
https://www.nsf.gov/news/newsr...External Subdomain Media
https://www.nsf.gov/news/class...External Subdomain Educators
/about/participantPanelists
https://www.nsf.gov/publications/External Subdomain Text duplicate Documents & Reports
https://new.nsf.gov/about/budgetText duplicate Budget, 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 Text duplicate 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)
This page loads 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.40 seconds.
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (80 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 4,944 referring domains.
This page has 137,377 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,039 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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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: *
# Directories
# Facets
Disallow: /funding/opportunities?*
Disallow: /careers/openings?*
Disallow: /events?*
Disallow: /events/past?*
Disallow: /news/releases?*
Disallow: /news/releases/*
Sitemap: https://new.nsf.gov/sitemap.xml
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/

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