Osc.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
61% 
Page quality
59% 
Page structure
22% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
64% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.81 s
File size
92.30 kB
Words
472
Media files
17
Number of links
54 internal / 2 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home
The title contains the word Home! More content should be covered in the title.
The page title is too short. (55 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
The page title is only one word.
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://osc.gov/
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 XHTML 1.0 Strict 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
GENERATORMicrosoft SharePoint
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
msapplication-TileImage/_layouts/15/images/SharePointMetroAppTile.png
msapplication-TileColor#0072C6
langen-us
X-UA-CompatibleIE=10
Content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
ExpiresEmpty

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 472 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 8.48 words is low.
14.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
5 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 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
9 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
/_layouts/15/images/spcommon.png?rev=43No alt attribute provided
...erpage/OSC/assets/img/favicon.ico?rev=43No alt attribute provided
...rpage/OSC/assets/img/osc-logo.png?rev=43No alt attribute provided
...s/masterpage/OSC/assets/img/gov-flag.pngU.S. flag
...s/masterpage/OSC/assets/img/osc-logo.pngU.S. Office of Special Counsel LogoNavigate to OSC Home Page
...outs/15/images/searchresultui.png?rev=43Search
/_layouts/15/images/blank.gif?rev=43No alt attribute provided
/_layouts/15/images/blank.gif?rev=43No alt attribute provided
/_layouts/15/images/blank.gif?rev=43No alt attribute provided
/_layouts/15/images/blank.gif?rev=43No alt attribute provided
/_layouts/15/images/blank.gif?rev=43No alt attribute provided
/_layouts/15/images/blank.gif?rev=43No alt attribute provided
...terpage/OSC/assets/img/osc-logo-mini.pngU.S. Office of Special Counsel Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H3 U.S. Office of Special Counsel
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.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 2 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/_layouts/15/Authenticate.aspx...Sign In
https://osc.gov/IMG-ALT U.S. Office of Special Counsel Logo
https://osc.gov/U.S. Office of Special Counsel
https://osc.gov/Anchor Skip top navigation, go to main content
https://osc.gov/OSC HomeCurrently selected
https://osc.gov/AboutAbout OSC
https://osc.gov/AgencyOur Agency & Mission
/Pages/Leadership.aspxOSC Leadership
/Pages/Engagement.aspxEmployee Engagement at OSC
https://osc.gov/CareersOpportunities
https://osc.gov/ContactContact OSC
https://osc.gov/Services/OSC Services Overview
/Services/Pages/PPP.aspxProhibited Personnel Practices
/Services/Pages/DU.aspxDisclosure of Wrongdoing
/Services/Pages/HatchAct.aspxHatch Act
/Services/Pages/USERRA.aspxUSERRA
/Services/Pages/ADR.aspxAlternative Dispute Resolution
/Services/Pages/Outreach.aspxOutreach, Training, & 2302(c) Certification
https://osc.gov/FAQAll FAQs
https://osc.gov/PublicFilesPublic Files
https://osc.gov/ResourcesResources Search
https://osc.gov/PressReleasesPress Releases
https://osc.gov/NewsOSC in the News
https://osc.gov/Anchor Skip side navigation, go to main content
https://osc.gov/Pages/Home.aspxOSC Home
https://osc.gov/Pages/About.aspxText duplicate Our Agency & Mission
/Pages/Leadership.aspxText duplicate OSC Leadership
/Pages/Engagement.aspxText duplicate Employee Engagement at OSC
/Pages/Opportunities.aspxText duplicate Opportunities
/Pages/Contact.aspxText duplicate Contact OSC
/Pages/Accessibility.aspxAccessibility for Individuals with Disabilities
/Pages/FederalRegister.aspxOSC Federal Register Notices
/Pages/Espanol.aspxPara Información En Español
/Pages/Privacy.aspxPrivacy Overview
/Pages/Privacy-Act.aspxThe Privacy Act of 1974
/Pages/Privacy-Records.aspxSystem of Records Notices
/Pages/Privacy-Records.aspxPrivacy Impact Assessments
/Pages/Privacy-Policy.aspxPrivacy Policies & Reports
/Pages/Privacy-Resources.aspxPrivacy Resources
/Pages/Privacy-Contact.aspxContact Us About Privacy
https://osc.gov/Pages/FOIA.aspxFOIA Overview
/Pages/FOIA-Handbook.aspxFOIA Handbook
/Pages/FOIA-ReadingRoom.aspxFOIA Reading Room
/Pages/FOIA-Reports.aspxFOIA Reports
/Pages/FOIA-Resources.aspxFOIA Resources
/Pages/FOIA-Contact.aspxContact Us About FOIA
/Pages/SiteMap.aspxSite Map
https://osc.gov/RecentCurrently selected
/_layouts/15/listform.aspx?Pag...Button Text
/_layouts/15/listform.aspx?Pag...Title
/_layouts/15/listform.aspx?Pag...URL
https://www.youtube.com/embed/...External Subdomain URL anchor text
https://www.youtube.com/embed/-zibQh-A4KY
/_layouts/15/listform.aspx?Pag...Button URL
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain URL anchor text
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx5trnGvaEc-tuytqNwafpA
https://osc.gov/Text duplicate IMG-ALT U.S. Office of Special Counsel Logo
A-TITLE Navigate to OSC Home Page
https://osc.gov/Text duplicate U.S. Office of Special Counsel

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://osc.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.81 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 (92 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate, max-age=0
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-encodinggzip
expiresSun, 27 Oct 2024 09:29:23 GMT
last-modifiedMon, 11 Nov 2024 09:29:23 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
x-sharepointhealthscore0
x-aspnet-version4.0.30319
sprequestguidb4cb62a1-c6c5-b040-3980-cb9a7c415078
request-idb4cb62a1-c6c5-b040-3980-cb9a7c415078
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self' teams.microsoft.com *.teams.microsoft.com *.skype.com *.teams.microsoft.us local.teams.office.com *.powerapps.com *.yammer.com *.officeapps.live.com *.office.com *.stream.azure-test.net *.microsoftstream.com *.dynamics.com *.microsoft.com onedrive.live.com *.onedrive.live.com;
sprequestduration104
spiislatency0
x-powered-byASP.NET
microsoftsharepointteamservices16.0.0.10406
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-ms-invokeapp1; RequireReadOnly
strict-transport-securitymax-age=0
dateMon, 11 Nov 2024 09:29:23 GMT
content-length26942
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 3,445 referring domains.
This page has 501,958 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,331 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

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Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
gov52%Check
OSC50%Check
Office40%Check
Special40%Check
Counsel40%Check
official39%Check
site39%Check
https39%Check
secure39%Check
Search38%Check
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