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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
74% 
Page quality
61% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
97% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.33 s
File size
51.20 kB
Words
415
Media files
11
Number of links
44 internal / 26 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
OUSD Policy Home
The page title is too short. (177 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
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-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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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
REVISIT-AFTER1 DAYS
RATINGGENERAL
RESOURCE-TYPEDOCUMENT
ROBOTSINDEX, FOLLOW
hostDMA Public Web
contact[email protected]
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
langen-us
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Script-Typetext/javascript
Content-Style-Typetext/css

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 415 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
26.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 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 14.86 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width,initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 8 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)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
...Dseal80.png?ver=5bIRURP3ocTHEIfNziXttQ==Home Logo: Under Secretary of Defense for PolicyUnder Secretary of Defense for Policy
...sitory/Alexander Velez-Green 552x690.jpgNo alt attribute providedAlexander Velez-Green
...Repository/Amanda Dory with SES flag.jpgNo alt attribute providedAmanda Dory
...Team Repository/Chidi Blyden 300x375.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../-1/-1/0/170621-Z-ZZ999-006.JPG" /> alt=No alt attribute provided
/portals/11/Images/USDPSealLarge.pngNo alt attribute providedUSD(Policy) Seal
...haredLibrary/Images/VCL 988_Hoz_CMYK.jpgVeterans Crisis Line number. Dial 988 then Press 1

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 Leadership
H2 Meet the Team
H2 Our Mission
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 (26) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://policy.defense.gov/Anchor Skip to main content (Press Enter).
https://policy.defense.gov/Subdomain IMG-ALT Home Logo: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
https://policy.defense.gov/Subdomain OUSD Policy Home
/OUSDP-Offices/Under-Secretary...Subdomain OUSDP Offices
/OUSDP-Offices/Meet-the-Team/Subdomain Meet the Team
/OUSDP-Offices/Under-Secretary...Subdomain Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
http://www.dpaa.mil/External Subdomain DPAA
http://www.dtsa.mil/External Subdomain DTSA
http://www.dsca.mil/External Subdomain DSCA
/OUSDP-Offices/Deputy-Under-Se...Subdomain Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Cyber-P...Subdomain ASD for Cyber Policy
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Cyber-P...Subdomain Cyber
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Cyber-P...Subdomain Principal Cyber Advisor
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Homelan...Subdomain ASD for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Homelan...Subdomain Arctic and Global Resilience
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Homelan...Subdomain Defense Continuity and Mission Assurance
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Homelan...Subdomain Homeland Defense Integration and DSCA
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Homelan...Subdomain Western Hemisphere
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Homelan...Subdomain Domestic Preparedness Support Initiative
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Homelan...Subdomain Protected Critical Infrastructure Program
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Interna...Subdomain ASD for International Security Affairs
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Interna...Subdomain African-Affairs
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Interna...Subdomain Europe and NATO
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Interna...Subdomain Middle East
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Interna...Subdomain Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Indo-Pa...Subdomain ASD for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Indo-Pa...Subdomain China, Taiwan and Mongolia
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Indo-Pa...Subdomain East Asia
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Indo-Pa...Subdomain Office of the Special Coordinator for Afghanistan
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Indo-Pa...Subdomain South and Southeast Asia
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Space-P...Subdomain ASD for Space Policy
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Space-P...Subdomain Nuclear and CWMD Policy
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Space-P...Subdomain Space and Missile Defense
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Special...Subdomain ASD for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Special...Subdomain Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Special...Subdomain Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Special...Subdomain Special Operations Policy and Programs
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Special...Subdomain Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Strateg...Subdomain ASD for Strategy Plans and Capabilities
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Strateg...Subdomain Force Development and Emerging Capabilities
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Strateg...Subdomain Global Partnerships
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Strateg...Subdomain Plans and Posture
/OUSDP-Offices/ASD-for-Strateg...Subdomain Strategy
/OUSDP-Offices/Defense-Policy-...Subdomain Defense Policy Board
/OUSDP-Offices/Civilian-Harm-M...Subdomain Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response
/OUSDP-Offices/FON/Subdomain FON
http://www.defense.gov/home/fe...External Subdomain MODA
https://www.defense.gov/About/...New window External Subdomain Alexander Velez-Green
https://www.defense.gov/About/...New window External Subdomain Amanda Dory
/OUSDP-Offices/Meet-the-Team/Text duplicate Meet the Team
http://www.defense.gov/about/New window External Subdomain About DoD
https://www.defense.gov/Newsro...New window External Subdomain Today in DoD
http://www.defense.gov/news/New window External Subdomain DoD News
http://www.defense.gov/multime...New window External Subdomain Defense Media
https://open.defense.gov/New window External Subdomain Open Government
https://www.dodig.mil/Portals/...New window External Subdomain Recovery Act
https://www.esd.whs.mil/FOID/New window External Subdomain Freedom of Information Act
https://dod.defense.gov/Resour...New window External Subdomain Information Quality
http://www.usa.gov/New window External Subdomain USA.gov
http://prhome.defense.gov/nofearNew window External Subdomain No FEAR Act Data
https://www.dodciviliancareers...New window External Subdomain DoD Careers
http://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/plai...New window External Subdomain Plain Writing
https://dpcld.defense.gov/Priv...New window External Subdomain Privacy Program
https://dodcio.defense.gov/DoD...New window External Subdomain Web Policy
http://dodcio.defense.gov/DoDS...New window External Subdomain Accessibility/Section 508
https://www.defense.gov/Contact/New window External Subdomain Contact Us
https://www.defense.gov/Legal-...New window External Subdomain Link Disclaimer
http://www.defense.gov/landing...New window External Subdomain Privacy & Security
https://www.web.dma.mil/New window External Subdomain Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil
https://www.veteranscrisisline...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Veterans Crisis Line number. Dial 988 then Press 1

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://policy.defense.gov/"
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 excellent with 0.33 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (51 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
pragmano-cache
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
x-aspnet-version
pw_value3ce3af822980b849665e8c5400e1b45b
x-powered-by
access-control-allow-origin*
server
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-aspnetmvc-version
content-encodinggzip
content-length12221
cache-controlprivate, no-cache
expiresSat, 15 Feb 2025 16:12:13 GMT
dateSat, 15 Feb 2025 16:12:13 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
set-cookie36 Characters
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
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 2,468 referring domains.
This page has 8,990 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 723 different ip addresses.

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