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Meta information
75% 
Page quality
70% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
76% 
Server
73% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.62 s
File size
17.30 kB
Words
730
Media files
18
Number of links
34 internal / 39 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Read.gov | The Library of Congress
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress invites people of all ages to discover the fascinating people, places and events that await you whenever you read. Come take a tour, visit our exhibitions, and view the gorgeous Main Reading Room!
The meta description is too long: 1532 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
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
(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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
descriptionThe Center for the Book in the Library of Congress invites people of all ages to discover the fascinating people, places and events that await you whenever you read. Come take a tour, visit our exhibitions, and view the gorgeous Main Reading Room!
dc.subjectLiteracy
dc.typewebpage
dc.languageeng
dc.identifierhttp://read.gov/
langen

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 730 words. That's ok.
35.6% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
11 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 17.06 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No viewpoint tag is provided.
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 15 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...cdn.loc.gov/images/img-head/logo-loc.pngLibrary of Congress
https://read.gov/images/readGov.gifRead.gov
/images/banner_meg-medina.jpgNational Ambassador for Young People's Literature | Meg Medina
/images/banner-american-conversations.jpgAmerican Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities
/images/banner_catalinaneon.jpgThe Technicolor Adventures of Catalina Neon
https://read.gov/images/banner_readers.jpgReaders to the Rescue
/images/banner_exquisite.jpgThe Exquisite Corpse
https://read.gov/images/banner-aesop.jpgAesop's Fables
https://read.gov/images/banner-rocket.jpgThe Rocket Book
https://read.gov/images/conversations1.jpgAmerican Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities
/images/catalina-neon-thumb.jpgThe Technicolor Adventures of Catalina Neon
https://read.gov/images/festival.jpgNational Book Festival on the mall in Washington DC
https://read.gov/images/ECVideo-wide.jpgJohn Grisham at National Book Festival
https://read.gov/images/seeMoreAuthors.gifSee More Authors
...cdn.loc.gov/images/img-foot/facebook.gifFacebook
cdn.loc.gov/images/img-foot/twitter.gifTwitter
cdn.loc.gov/images/img-foot/youtube.gifYouTube
cdn.loc.gov/images/img-foot/flickr.gifFlickr

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Read.gov Explore New Worlds. Read.
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Read.gov Explore New Worlds. Read.
H2 Library of Congress
H2 Books & Related Info for
H2 Resources
H2 Read Around the States
H2 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
H2 Library of Congress Literacy Awards
H2 Discover Great Places Through Reading
H2 American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities
H2 The Technicolor Adventures of Catalina Neon
H2 Festivals
H2 Books Online and Suggested Reading Lists
H2 Braille Literacy
H2 Books That Shaped the World
H2 Author Webcasts
H2 Connect with the Library
H3 Read.gov
H3 John Grisham at National Book Festival
H3 Find Us On
H3 Subscribe & Comment
H3 Download & Play
H3 Questions
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 2 links with a trivial anchor text.
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 (39) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://read.gov/Anchor skip navigation
https://www.loc.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/External Subdomain Ask a Librarian
https://www.loc.gov/library/li...External Subdomain Digital Collections
http://catalog.loc.gov/External Subdomain Library Catalogs
https://www.loc.gov/External Subdomain The Library of Congress
https://read.gov/IMG-ALT Read.gov
https://read.gov/cfb/The Center for the Book
https://read.gov/kids/Kids
https://read.gov/teens/Teens
https://read.gov/adults/Adults
https://read.gov/educators/Educators & Parents
https://read.gov/btsa.htmlBooks That Shaped America
https://www.loc.gov/programs/l...External Subdomain Library of Congress Literacy Awards
https://www.loc.gov/about/awar...External Subdomain Library of Congress Fiction Awards
https://read.gov/books/Classic Books
https://read.gov/webcasts/Author Webcasts
https://read.gov/greatreads/Great Reads from Great Places
https://www.loc.gov/nls/External Subdomain National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
https://www.loc.gov/events/External Subdomain Events at the Library of Congress
https://read.gov/cfb/contact/Contact Us
/cfb/ambassador/index.htmlIMG-ALT National Ambassador for Young People's Literature | Meg Medina
/americanconversations/index.htmlIMG-ALT American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities
https://read.gov/catalinaneon/IMG-ALT The Technicolor Adventures of Catalina Neon
https://read.gov/readers/IMG-ALT Readers to the Rescue
/exquisite-corpse/IMG-ALT The Exquisite Corpse
https://read.gov/aesop/index.htmIMG-ALT Aesop's Fables
/books/rocket.htmlIMG-ALT The Rocket Book
/cfb/state-affiliates.phpLibrary of Congress Center for the Book Affiliate
https://www.loc.gov/search/?fa...External Subdomain Watch the videos
https://www.loc.gov/programs/p...External Subdomain Meet the current ambassador
https://www.loc.gov/programs/l...External Subdomain Text duplicate Library of Congress Literacy Awards
https://read.gov/cfb/index.htmlCenter for the Book
https://www.loc.gov/bookfest/External Subdomain National Book Festival
/cfb/affiliates.htmlstate affiliate
/greatreads/index.htmlView interactive map
/americanconversations/index.htmlText duplicate IMG-ALT American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities
/americanconversations/index.htmlTrivial anchor text
Read more
https://read.gov/catalinaneonText duplicate IMG-ALT The Technicolor Adventures of Catalina Neon
https://www.loc.gov/poetry/lau...External Subdomain U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera
https://read.gov/catalinaneonText duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
https://www.loc.gov/bookfest/External Subdomain Text duplicate National Book Festival
https://read.gov/books/classic books
https://read.gov/booklists/suggested titles
https://www.loc.gov/nls/External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
http://www.read.gov/btsa.htmlSubdomain America
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s...New window External Subdomain Take the survey (external link)
/webcasts/grisham.htmlIMG-ALT John Grisham at National Book Festival
/webcasts/sabuda.htmlMatthew Reinhardt and Robert Sabuda at the National Book Festival
/webcasts/rampersad.htmlRalph Ellison: A Biography
https://read.gov/webcasts/IMG-ALT See More Authors
https://www.loc.gov/homepage/c...External Subdomain All ways to connect
https://www.facebook.com/libra...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://twitter.com/librarycon...External IMG-ALT Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/librar...External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
http://www.flickr.com/photos/l...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Flickr
https://www.loc.gov/rss/External Subdomain RSS & E-Mail
http://blogs.loc.gov/External Subdomain Blogs
https://www.loc.gov/podcasts/External Subdomain Podcasts
https://www.loc.gov/today/cybe...External Subdomain Webcasts
http://itunes.apple.com/us/ins...External Subdomain iTunesU (external link)
https://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/External Subdomain Text duplicate Ask a Librarian
https://www.loc.gov/help/conta...External Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://www.loc.gov/about/External Subdomain About
https://www.loc.gov/pressroom/...External Subdomain Press
https://www.loc.gov/hr/employm...External Subdomain Jobs
https://www.loc.gov/philanthro...External Subdomain Donate
https://www.loc.gov/about/oig/External Subdomain Inspector General
https://www.loc.gov/homepage/l...External Subdomain Legal
https://www.loc.gov/access/External Subdomain Accessibility
https://www.loc.gov/global/dis...External Subdomain External Link Disclaimer
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain USA.gov
https://www.loc.gov/access/web...External Subdomain Speech Enabled

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://read.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 0.62 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.
This page loads 4 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (17 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateSat, 11 May 2024 13:31:24 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
x-frame-optionsdeny
set-cookie8 Characters
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
servercloudflare
cf-ray882287711c573618-FRA
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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 3,515 referring domains.
This page has 162,802 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,381 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 88 shares and comments on Facebook.

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The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress invites people of all ages to discover the fascinating people, places and events that await you whenever you read. Come take a tour, visit our exhibitions, and view the gorgeous Main Reading Room!

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gov81%Check
Library68%Check
Congress68%Check
Library Congress68%Check
Book58%Check
Congress Center58%Check
Congress invites people56%Check
reading54%Check
State Library54%Check
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