Pubs.usgs.gov - SEO Checker

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Meta information
98% 
Page quality
68% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
95% 
Server
45% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.36 s
File size
26.40 kB
Words
290
Media files
11
Number of links
17 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
U.S. Geological Survey Publications Warehouse
The length of the page title is perfect. (432 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Publications warehouse contains over 170,000 publications that cover the 150 year history of the USGS
The length of the meta description is perfect. (666 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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
Language defined in meta tags: 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)
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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 290 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 8 words is low.
23.8% 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.
3 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" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 6 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
USGS Publications Warehouse
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 USGS Publications Warehouse
H3 New Publications by USGS Authors
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 13 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://pubs.usgs.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.usgs.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT USGS Home
A-TITLE Home
https://pubs.usgs.gov/USGS Publications Warehouse
https://pubs.usgs.gov/newpubsExplore recent publications by USGS authors
https://pubs.usgs.gov/browse/Browse all of Pubs Warehouse by publication type and year
/documentation/aboutAbout
/documentation/faqFAQs
/documentation/web_service_doc...Web service documentation
/documentation/other_resourcesOther resources
/documentation/usgs_seriesDescriptions of US Geological Survey Report Series
https://pubs.usgs.gov/contactContact
https://www.usgs.gov/informati...External Subdomain Anchor Disclaimer
https://pubs.usgs.gov/newpubsNew Publications by USGS Authors
/publication/ofr20241064Assessment of the sensitivity of Percina caprodes (logperch) to the pesticide 4-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol
/publication/ofr20241046Lidar estimation of storage capacity for managed water resources used by Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis mexicana) at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife R...
/publication/70204905Amphibian monitoring in hardwood forests: Optimizing methods for contaminant‐based compensatory restorations
/publication/70259743Rappahannock tributary summary: A summary of trends in tidal water quality and associated factors, 1985-2022
/publication/70259702Produced water geochemistry from hydraulically stimulated Niobrara Formation petroleum wells: Origin of salinity and temporal perspectives on treatment and r...
/publication/70259688New occurrences of the rare, REE minerals daqingshanite, törnebohmite, biraite, sahamalite, and ferriperbøeite from the Sheep Creek area, Montana, USA
https://www.doi.gov/privacyExternal Subdomain DOI Privacy Policy
https://www.usgs.gov/laws/poli...External Subdomain Legal
https://www2.usgs.gov/laws/acc...External Subdomain Accessibility
https://www.usgs.gov/sitemap.htmlExternal Subdomain Site Map
https://answers.usgs.gov/External Subdomain Contact USGS
https://www.doi.gov/External Subdomain U.S. Department of the Interior
https://www.doioig.gov/External Subdomain DOI Inspector General
https://www.whitehouse.gov/External Subdomain White House
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb...External Subdomain E-gov
https://www.doi.gov/pmb/eeo/no...External Subdomain No Fear Act
https://www2.usgs.gov/foiaExternal Subdomain FOIA

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://pubs.usgs.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.36 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (26 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 20,881 referring domains.
This page has 1,135,889 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 14,163 different ip addresses.

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