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Meta information
77% 
Page quality
77% 
Page structure
63% 
Link structure
76% 
Server
83% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.75 s
File size
34.60 kB
Words
631
Media files
31
Number of links
38 internal / 42 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health
The length of the page title is perfect. (517 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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)
No canonical link is 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
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The character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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DC.TitleNational Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health
DC.PublisherU.S. National Library of Medicine
DC.Date.Issued1993-10-10
DC.Date.Modified2024-04-09
NLMDC.Date.LastReviewed2024-04-09
NLM.Contact.Email[email protected]
DC.TypeOther
DC.RightsPublic Domain
DC.Languageeng
langen
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Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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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 631 words. That's ok.
31.1% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
10 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 17 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)
Some tags are too long. With 92 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"read research highlights | meet our principal investigators | explore training opportunities"
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
....nlm.nih.gov/uswds/img/us_flag_small.pngU.S. flag
...s.nlm.nih.gov/uswds/img/icon-dot-gov.svgNo alt attribute provided
...ets.nlm.nih.gov/uswds/img/icon-https.svgNo alt attribute provided
...sets.nlm.nih.gov/uswds/img/NLM_White.pngNLM logo
assets.nlm.nih.gov/uswds/img/close.svgclose
/images/icon_pubmed.svgPubMed
/images/icon_medline.svgMedLine Plus
/images/icon_openi.svgOpen-i
/images/icon_mesh.svgMESH
/images/icons_clinical.svgClinical Trials
/images/icon_blast.svgBLAST
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/announce.jpgNLM Announcements
...es/Musings_thumbnail_300x270pixels_2.jpgMusings from the Mezzanine
/news/images/insights.pngNCBI Insights
/images/circulating.pngCirculating Now
...MedPlusMag_thumbnail_300x270pixels_2.jpgNIH MedlinePlus Magazine
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/images/tb.jpgTechnical Bulletin
/images/lib_virtual_tour.jpegNIH Virtual Tour: National Library of Medicine
/images/Maia-Hightower.jpgMaia Hightower headshot
/about/image/IRP_home.jpgIRP home no text.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/IT.jpgDoctors with tablet
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/it3.jpgDoctor with tablet
/images/training3.jpgWoman at the conference
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/history3.jpgOld photo of NLM
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/history.jpgCurrent photo of NLM
/images/StrategicPlan2.jpgStrategic Plan cover
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/facebook.svgFacebook
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/linkedin.svgLinkedIn
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/twitter.svgTwitter
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/youtube.svgYou Tube
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/mail.svgGovernment Delivery

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
News and Highlights
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (19 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 28 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 News and Highlights
H1 News Spotlight
H1 Research at NLM
H1 Historical Collections at NLM
H1 Biomedical and Clinical Informatics at NLM
H1 About NLM
H2 2024 NLM/MLA Joseph Leiter Lecture
H3 Responsible AI in Healthcare: A Practical Approach
H4 NLM Intramural Research Program
H4 Health IT and Health Data Standards
H4 Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Terminology Services
H4 Biomedical Informatics Training Program
H4 History
H4 Organization
H4 Strategic Plan
H5 PubMed
H5 MedlinePlus
H5 Open-i
H5 MeSH
H5 ClinicalTrials.gov
H5 BLAST
H5 NLM Announcements
H5 Musings from the Mezzanine
H5 NCBI Insights
H5 Circulating Now
H5 NIH MedlinePlus Magazine
H5 Technical Bulletin
H5 NIH Virtual Tour: National Library of Medicine
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 (42) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/Subdomain IMG-ALT NLM logo
https://eresources.nlm.nih.gov...External Subdomain All Products and Services
https://clinicaltrials.gov/External ClinicalTrials.gov
https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/External Subdomain Digital Collections
https://catalog.nlm.nih.gov/External Subdomain LocatorPlus Catalog
https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/searchExternal Subdomain Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
https://medlineplus.gov/External MedlinePlus
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/External Subdomain PubMed/MEDLINE
https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/uts/External Subdomain Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
/portals/researchers.htmlFor Researchers
/portals/publishers.htmlFor Publishers
/portals/librarians.htmlFor Librarians
/training.htmlFor Educators/Trainers
/portals/healthcare.htmlFor Health care Professionals
/portals/public.htmlFor the Public
/about/index.htmlAbout the Library
/about/visitor.htmlVisit the Library
/hmd/index.htmlHistory of Medicine
/about/org.htmlNLM by Organization
/news/newsandevents.htmlNews, Events, and Updates
/ep/index.htmlNLM Extramural Programs
/research/index.htmlNLM Intramural Research Program
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/External Subdomain National Center for Biotechnology Information
https://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/External Subdomain Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p...External Subdomain PubMed Citations for biomedical literature
IMG-ALT PubMed
https://medlineplus.gov/?_gl=1...External MedlinePlus Reliable, up-to-date health information for you
IMG-ALT MedLine Plus
https://openi.nlm.nih.gov/External Subdomain Open-i An experimental multimedia search engine
IMG-ALT Open-i
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/meshExternal Subdomain MeSH Medical Subject Headings
IMG-ALT MESH
https://clinicaltrials.gov/External ClinicalTrials.gov A database of clinical studies, worldwide
IMG-ALT Clinical Trials
https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...External Subdomain BLAST Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
IMG-ALT BLAST
/news/newsevents.htmlIMG-ALT NLM Announcements
/news/newsevents.htmlText duplicate NLM Announcements
https://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Musings from the Mezzanine
https://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate Musings from the Mezzanine
https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm....External Subdomain IMG-ALT NCBI Insights
https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm....External Subdomain Text duplicate NCBI Insights
https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Circulating Now
https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih...External Subdomain Text duplicate Circulating Now
https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT NIH MedlinePlus Magazine
https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate NIH MedlinePlus Magazine
/pubs/techbull/tb.htmlIMG-ALT Technical Bulletin
/pubs/techbull/tb.htmlText duplicate Technical Bulletin
https://www.nih.gov/virtual-tour/External Subdomain Anchor IMG-ALT NIH Virtual Tour: National Library of Medicine
https://www.nih.gov/virtual-tour/External Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate NIH Virtual Tour: National Library of Medicine
https://www.nih.gov/virtual-tour/External Subdomain Anchor The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world's largest biomedical library and a national resource for health professionals, scientists, and the public.
https://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld...External Subdomain URL anchor text
https://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=250
/research/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate NLM Intramural Research Program
/research/highlights.htmlSubdomain READ RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
/research/researchstaff/staff-...Subdomain MEET OUR PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
/research/training.htmlSubdomain EXPLORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
/healthit/index.htmlHealth IT and Health Data Standards
/healthit/index.htmlLearn about NLM’s contributions to Health IT
https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/uts/External Subdomain Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Terminology Services
https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/uts/External Subdomain Explore UMLS
/research/training.htmlSubdomain Biomedical Informatics Training Program
/research/training.htmlSubdomain Investigate training opportunities
/about/briefhistory.htmlHistory
/about/briefhistory.htmlExplore our past
/about/org.htmlOrganization
/about/org.htmlExplore the Library
/pubs/plan/lrp17/NLM_Strategic...Strategic Plan
/pubs/plan/lrp17/NLM_Strategic...VIEW OUR STRATEGIC PLAN
/socialmedia/index.htmlSubdomain Connect with NLM
https://www.facebook.com/natio...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn
A-TITLE External link: please review our privacy policy.
https://twitter.com/NLM_NIHExternal IMG-ALT Twitter
A-TITLE External link: please review our privacy policy.
https://www.youtube.com/user/N...External Subdomain IMG-ALT You Tube
A-TITLE External link: please review our privacy policy.
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Government Delivery
A-TITLE External link: please review our privacy policy.
https://www.google.com/maps/pl...External Subdomain 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20894
/web_policies.htmlWeb Policies
https://www.nih.gov/institutes...External Subdomain FOIA
https://www.hhs.gov/vulnerabil...External Subdomain HHS Vulnerability Disclosure
https://support.nlm.nih.gov/?fromExternal Subdomain NLM Support Center
/accessibility.htmlAccessibility
/careers/careers.htmlCareers
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/Subdomain NLM
https://www.nih.gov/External Subdomain NIH
https://www.hhs.gov/External Subdomain HHS
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain USA.gov

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nlm.nih.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 of 0.75 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 (35 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 52,537 referring domains.
This page has 6,061,133 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 31,978 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 5594 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /cgi/
Disallow: /sitemessages/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /homedev/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /web/documentation/accessibility-checklists/
# Archived pages
Disallow: /archive/
# MEDLINEplus specfic
Disallow: /medlineplus2/
Disallow: /medlineplus/medplapp/
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Disallow: /medlineplus/usp/
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# Framed versions of vhp presentations.  Non-framed versions are allowed - TSL 05JAN1999
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# GoLocal extranet
Disallow: /golocal/extranet/

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