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Overview of the SEO Check

Meta information

77%

Page quality

57%

Page structure

79%

Link structure

96%

Server

92%

External factors

100%

SEO Score

SEO Score Widget

Response time

0.55 s

File size

40.70 kB

Words

413

Media files

Number of links

42 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements 7 Tasks

Add a H1 heading to this page.Very important!
Add a meta description.Important!
The page title should be better suited to the content of the page.Important!
Use good alternative descriptions (alt attributes) for your images.Tip!
Review and improve the heading structure.Tip!
Improve the page response time.Tip!
Add a favicon markup to the HTML code.Tip!

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Meta specifications 77% achieved

Title

(Critically important)

CT.GOV-Connecticut's Official State Website

The length of the page title is perfect. (400 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)

There are no duplicate words in the title

Meta Title

Meta description

(Critically important)

The meta description is empty.

Meta Description

Crawlability

(Critically important)

There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

(Important)

No canonical link is specified.

Canonical Tag

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

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

(Somewhat important)

There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

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.

Meta Tags

Domain

(Somewhat important)

The domain is no subdomain.

The domain length is good.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

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.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

(Somewhat important)

The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
viewport	width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
description	Empty
keywords	Empty
pagetype	webpages
lang	en
twitter:card	summary
twitter:url	https://portal.ct.gov/
twitter:title	CT.GOV-Connecticut's Official State Website
twitter:description	Empty
og:description	Empty
og:title	CT.GOV-Connecticut's Official State Website
og:url	https://portal.ct.gov/
og:type	article
og:site_name	CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website
og:locale	en_US
og:image	https://portal.ct.gov/Assets/Images/facebook-default_01.png
x-ua-compatible	ie=edge
charset	utf-8

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Page quality 57% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content

There are only 413 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.

25.2% of the text are stop words.

The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.

7 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 20.5 words is good.

Content is King

Frames

(Critically important)

This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

(Somewhat important)

No Apple touch icon is specified.

A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.

Mobile Optimization

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.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

(Somewhat important)

1 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.

Image SEO

There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.

Social Sharing

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.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
/Assets/Images/CT%20Gov%20Logo.svg	CT.gov Logo	CT.gov Logo
/assets/img/homepage-background-small.jpg	No alt attribute provided
...en&hash=6A8B0569A1BF32BA369DAACAAE23C5A8	Voter Information Center
...en&hash=DB8D3806285F71683802114062B3C1E1	CTPrepares - Emergency Preparedness
...en&hash=72290DC33DB6F23F7CB43C97498E08B3	LeadFreeCT
...en&hash=F38FC179F6D2EC48B49F75425E31E86C	Sunset with Hot air baloons
...en&hash=66AF4FDD8C46DDAF2BE1611E603C28A1	Governor Ned Lamont
...en&hash=0558183084A8C116306BB5819E7D4AB3	Lt. Governor Bysiewicz
...en&hash=AB8A38398400241A1F140268C98C2D8A	United States Flag
...en&hash=7F03CD9B86E60C7B9F55AB9944C91FC3	Connecticut Flag
/assets/images/Connecticut%20logo.svg	Connecticut Logo

Page structure 79% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

There is no H1 heading specified.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

(Important)

The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H2	Services and Information
H2	Most Popular
H2	Recent News
H4	CT Government
H5	Governor Ned Lamont
H5	Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz

Link structure 96% achieved

Internal links

(Important)

Some internal link anchor texts are too long.

Some anchor texts are used more than once.

The number of internal links is ok.

All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are 13 external links on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://portal.ct.gov/	Anchor	Skip to Content
https://portal.ct.gov/	Anchor	Skip to Chat
/portal/policies/disclaimer/		Disclaimer A-TITLE See Translation Disclaimer
https://portal.ct.gov/		Connecticut's Official State Website IMG-ALT CT.gov Logo A-TITLE CT.gov Home
https://portal.ct.gov/	Anchor	Top
https://business.ct.gov/?langu...	New window External Subdomain	Business A-TITLE Start, Grow, and Manage Your Business, Tax Credits, Find Employees, Professional Business Licenses
/services/driving-and-transpor...	Subdomain	Driving and Transportation A-TITLE Driver's Licenses, Vehicle Registration, License Plates, Roads, Buses, and Trains
/services/education	Subdomain	Education A-TITLE K-12 Education, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Adult Education, Teachers, Special Education
https://portal.ct.gov/government	Subdomain	Government A-TITLE Governor and Lt. Governor, Departments and Agencies, Cities and Towns, For State Employees, Judicial,and Legistature
https://health.ct.gov/	External Subdomain	Health and Human Services A-TITLE Healthcare, Health and Wellness, Child Support, Vital Records, Health Licenses
https://jobs.ct.gov/?language=...	External Subdomain	Jobs and Employment A-TITLE Find a Job, Hiring a Veteran, Employee Rights, Unemployment, Retirement, Employment Discrimination
/services/land-and-environment	Subdomain	Land and Environment A-TITLE Housing Information and Discrimination, Energy, Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, Utilities, Agriculture
/services/public-safety	Subdomain	Public Safety A-TITLE Connecticut Prison System, Sex Offender Registry, State Police, Firearms
/services/recreation	Subdomain	Recreation A-TITLE Tourism, Outdoor Activities, State Parks, Arts, Historic Preservation, Museums
/services/revenue	Subdomain	Revenue A-TITLE Property Tax, State Business Taxes, State Individual Taxes
/services/jobs-and-employment/...	Subdomain	Apply for State Job Openings A-TITLE Apply for State Job Openings
http://www.jud.ct.gov/	New window External Subdomain	Connecticut Judicial Branch A-TITLE Connecticut Judicial Branch
/government/departments-and-ag...	Subdomain	Departments and Agencies A-TITLE Departments and Agencies
/drs/myconnect/myconnect	New window Subdomain	myconneCT - File, Pay & Register Taxes Online A-TITLE myconneCT - File, Pay & Register Taxes Online
http://www.jud.ct.gov/jud2.htm	New window External Subdomain	Judicial Case Lookup A-TITLE Judicial Case Lookup
/most-popular-services	Subdomain	More Services
http://myvote.ct.gov/	External Subdomain	Election Information Center Learn how to register to vote, how to request an absentee ballot, how to vote early, where to vote, and more. IMG-ALT Voter Information Center A-TITLE Election Information Center
https://portal.ct.gov/ctprepares	Subdomain	CTPrepares: Emergency Management News and Resources Preparedness information and updates on severe weather events. IMG-ALT CTPrepares - Emergency Preparedness A-TITLE CT Prepares
https://leadfreect.org/	New window External	Lead Free CT Lead poisoning can happen to any child, but it is 100% preventable. Right now, Connecticut has an opportunity to make older homes safe from lead... IMG-ALT LeadFreeCT A-TITLE Lead Free CT website
https://www.ctvisit.com/	New window External Subdomain	CTVisit From family day trips to romantic getaways and fun events. Find great ways to explore dining, lodging, and attractions in Connecticut. IMG-ALT Sunset with Hot air baloons
https://portal.ct.gov/governor	Subdomain	A-TITLE Landing Page for the Governor
https://portal.ct.gov/governor	Subdomain	IMG-ALT Governor Ned Lamont
https://portal.ct.gov/lt-governor	Subdomain	A-TITLE Landing Page for the Lt. Governor
https://portal.ct.gov/lt-governor	Subdomain	IMG-ALT Lt. Governor Bysiewicz
/government/departments-and-ag...	Subdomain	Executive: Departments and Agencies
http://jud.ct.gov/	New window External Subdomain	Judicial Opens in a new window Opens in a new window A-TITLE State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
http://cga.ct.gov/	New window External Subdomain	Legislative Opens in a new window Opens in a new window A-TITLE Connecticut Legislative Branch - General Assembly
/government/cities-and-towns	Subdomain	Cities and Towns A-TITLE Cities and Towns
/government/for-state-employees	Subdomain	For State Employees A-TITLE for state employees
/dva/dva-archive	New window Subdomain	Veterans
/sots/common-elements/v5-templ...	New window Subdomain	Elections and Voting
https://data.ct.gov/	New window External Subdomain	Connecticut Open Data Opens in a new window Opens in a new window A-TITLE Connecticut Open Data
https://egov.ct.gov/PMC/	New window External Subdomain	State Agency Public Meeting Calendar Opens in a new window Opens in a new window A-TITLE Connecticut Open Data
/governor/flag-status	Subdomain	Flag Status
https://portal.ct.gov/lt-governor	Subdomain	LtGov
/governor/news/press-releases/...	Subdomain	12/12/2024 Governor Lamont Appoints Mariana Monteiro as Connecticut’s Chief Equity and Opportunity Officer A-TITLE Governor Lamont Appoints Mariana Monteiro as Connecticut’s Chief Equity and Opportunity Officer
/governor/news/press-releases/...	Subdomain	12/11/2024 Governor Lamont Announces Establishment of the Connecticut Office of the Student Loan Ombudsperson A-TITLE Governor Lamont Announces Establishment of the Connecticut Office of the Student Loan Ombudsperson
/governor/news/press-releases/...	Subdomain	12/10/2024 Governor Lamont Announces Continuation of Head Start On Housing: A State Program Increasing Access To Permanent Housing for Families With Young Ch... A-TITLE Governor Lamont Announces Continuation of Head Start On Housing: A State Program Increasing Access To Permanent Housing for Families With Young Children
/governor/news/press-releases/...	Subdomain	12/02/2024 Governor Lamont, Comptroller Scanlon, Treasurer Russell Announce Connecticut Pension Funds Achieve Highest Funded Ratios in Nearly 20 Years A-TITLE Governor Lamont, Comptroller Scanlon, Treasurer Russell Announce Connecticut Pension Funds Achieve Highest Funded Ratios in Nearly 20 Years
/governor/news/press-releases/...	Subdomain	12/02/2024 Governor Lamont Announces Reopening of Fairfield Avenue Bridge in Norwalk A-TITLE Governor Lamont Announces Reopening of Fairfield Avenue Bridge in Norwalk
/Policies/State-Privacy-Policy	Subdomain	Policies
/opm/fin-general/policies/univ...	Subdomain	Accessibility A-TITLE Ct.gov Accessibility Standards
https://portal.ct.gov/About	Subdomain	About CT
https://portal.ct.gov/Directories	Subdomain	Directories
/social_media	Subdomain	Social Media
/for_state_employees_footer	Subdomain Text duplicate	For State Employees
/governor/flag-status		United States FULL A-TITLE United States flag status - FULL
/governor/flag-status		Connecticut FULL A-TITLE Connecticut state flag status - FULL
https://portal.ct.gov/		2016 CT.gov \| Connecticut's Official State Website A-TITLE Connecticut's Official State Website
http://www.ctvisit.com/	New window External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Connecticut Logo A-TITLE Connecticut Still Revolutionary

Server configuration 92% achieved

HTTP redirects

(Critically important)

This page redirects to "https://portal.ct.gov/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

(Important)

No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.

HTTP headers

Performance

(Somewhat important)

The page response time of 0.55 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 (41 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
content-type	text/html; charset=utf-8
content-length	13679
cache-control	no-cache, no-store
pragma	no-cache
expires	-1
vary	Accept-Encoding
set-cookie	29 Characters
x-frame-options	SAMEORIGIN
referrer-policy	same-origin
strict-transport-security	max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
x-xss-protection	1; mode=block
x-content-type-options	nosniff
expect-ct	max-age=86400, enforce
date	Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:41:56 GMT
content-encoding	gzip
x-cache	Miss from cloudfront
via	1.1 65f647a85e0d39dc9a468588d0d66886.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-amz-cf-pop	FRA60-P8
x-amz-cf-id	qWnhsK1oXtPEwRJIJl83BXY1OHDACYtCDdeogDlhAnig984y0skY7A==
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 100% achieved

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This page is referenced by wikipedia.

This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 32,679 referring domains.

This page has 2,716,947 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 18,595 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Links from Wikipedia

You can find more links using Wikipedia search

Robots.txt

#  First allow all user agenents to crawl site

User-agent: *
Allow: /

# now block specific directories

User-agent: *
Disallow: /sitecore/
Disallow: /oec-beta/
Disallow: /Training/
Disallow: /Training/ChooseCT/
Disallow: /DMHAS-Beta/
Disallow: /DMHAS-beta/
Disallow: /dmhas-Beta/
Disallow: /dmhas-beta/
Disallow: /JRC-Beta
Disallow: /JRC-beta 
Disallow: /jrc-Beta 
Disallow: /jrc-beta 
Disallow: /JSC-Beta 
Disallow: /JSC-beta 
Disallow: /jsc-Beta 
Disallow: /jsc-beta 
Disallow: /OCA-Beta 
Disallow: /OCA-beta  
Disallow: /oca-Beta 
Disallow: /oca-beta 
Disallow: /SCSB-Beta 
Disallow: /SCSB-beta 
Disallow: /scsb-Beta 
Disallow: /scsb-beta 
Disallow: /-/media/business/ct-reopen-poster/
Disallow: /WCC-Beta
Disallow: /WCC-beta
Disallow: /wcc-Beta
Disallow: /wcc-beta


# help google find the sitemap
Sitemap: https://portal.ct.gov/ctpl_content_sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://portal.ct.gov/ctpl_media_sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://portal.ct.gov/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://portal.ct.gov/dmv-sitemap.xml
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CT.GOV-Connecticut's Official State Website

Most important keywords

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

Keyword	Result	Recheck
gov	72%	Check
Connecticut	50%	Check
Connecticut State	49%	Check
State	48%	Check
State Website	48%	Check
Official State	47%	Check
Official State Website	47%	Check
Governor	46%	Check
Governor Lamont	46%	Check
Lamont	42%	Check
Governor Lamont Announces	42%	Check
Information	40%	Check
Size	39%	Check
Language	39%	Check
High	39%	Check
Contrast	39%	Check
Information Center	39%	Check
High Contrast	39%	Check
new	38%	Check
Lead	38%	Check
Services	38%	Check
vote	38%	Check
Government	38%	Check
News	38%	Check
Free	38%	Check

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Portal.ct.gov - SEO Checker

Task list of SEO Improvements 7 Tasks

Meta specifications 77% achieved

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Page quality 57% achieved

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Media list

Page structure 79% achieved

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Heading structure

Link structure 96% achieved

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Found links on this page

Server configuration 92% achieved

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HTTP Response Header

External factors 100% achieved

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