Selectagents.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
95% 
Page quality
79% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
96% 
Server
18% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.32 s
File size
73.20 kB
Words
564
Media files
8
Number of links
52 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Federal Select Agent Program
The length of the page title is perfect. (269 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Federal Select Agent Program oversees the possession, use and transfer of select agents and toxins, which pose a threat to public, animal or plant health.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (974 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.selectagents.gov/index.htm
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
mobile-web-app-capableyes
apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
theme-color#075290
descriptionThe Federal Select Agent Program oversees the possession, use and transfer of select agents and toxins, which pose a threat to public, animal or plant health.
robotsindex, archive
DC.date2024-12-16T08:54:00Z
cdc:last_published2024-12-17T13:24:27Z
cdc:template_version4.0
cdc:first_publishedSeptember 9, 2020
cdc:last_updatedNovember 8, 2024
cdc:last_reviewedNovember 8, 2024
cdc:content_sourceEmpty
cdc:maintained_byEmpty
cdc:content_id389
cdc:build4570
cdc:version4.24.12
cdc:page_typecdc_page
cdc:page_originwcms
cdc:wcms_build4.24.12 - b.4570
langen-us
X-UA-CompatibleIE=Edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 564 words. That's ok.
22.5% 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.
9 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 21.46 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (23). We recommend using a maximum of 11 tags for this page.
Some tags are too long. With 97 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"if you have any questions or comments about the program, website or forms, contact [email protected]."
The following tag is repeated too often: voice:
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
/images/slider/federal-register-slider.jpgFederal Register Notice
.../slider/2023-Annual-Summary-Slider_1.jpg2023 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program
/images/slider/slide2.jpgpetri dishes
/images/slider/slide3.jpgbacteria strand
/images/slider/slide4.jpglaboratory inspector
/images/slider/slide5.jpgpathogen molecule
/images/laptop.jpg?_=73446laptop
...ges/annual-report-2023-thumb.jpg?_=901292023 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Federal Select Agent Program
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 Federal Select Agent Program
H5 OIG Hotline contact information
H5 USDA OIG Hotline contact information
H5 Report the identification of a select agent or toxin
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 10 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://selectagents.gov/Anchor Skip directly to site content
https://selectagents.gov/Anchor Skip directly to search
https://selectagents.gov/spanish/Español
https://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/othe...External Subdomain Other Languages
https://selectagents.gov/FEDERAL SELECT AGENT PROGRAM
/index.htmHome
/overview/index.htmAbout Us
/overview/history.htmHistory
/overview/whatsnew/index.htmWhat's New
/overview/leadership.htmLeadership
/sat/index.htmSelect Agents & Toxins
/sat/list.htmList
/sat/exclusions/index.htmExclusions
/sat/exemptions/index.htmExemptions
/sat/permissible.htmPermissible Toxin Amounts
/compliance/faq/index.htmFAQs
/compliance/guidance/index.htmGuidance Documents
/compliance/preparing.htmPreparing for an Inspection
/compliance/risk.htmSecurity Risk Assessments
/compliance/enforcement.htmSeverity Spectrum and Enforcement Options
/compliance/infographics/index...Compliance Infographics
/regulations/index.htmSelect Agents Regulations
/regulations/policy/index.htmPolicy Statements
/regulations/interpretations/i...Regulatory Interpretations
/regulations/dot.htmDepartment of Transportation Clarification
/forms/index.htmForms
/forms/index.htmOverview
/forms/form1.htmAPHIS/CDC Form 1
/forms/form2.htmAPHIS/CDC Form 2
/forms/form3.htmAPHIS/CDC Form 3
/forms/form4.htmAPHIS/CDC Form 4
/forms/form5.htmAPHIS/CDC Form 5
/resources/sagrams/index.htmSelect Agent (SA) Grams
/resources/legislation.htmLegislation
/resources/publications/index.htmPublications
/resources/reviews-reports.htmProgram Reviews & Reports
https://www.cdc.gov/labs/BMBL....External Subdomain Biosafety in Microbiological & Biomedical Laboratories
https://osp.od.nih.gov/policie...External Subdomain Anchor NIH Guidelines
/resources/links.htmHelpful Links
/resources/training.htmTraining
/resources/checklistapp.htmInspection Checklist App
/resources/non-fsap-registered...Information for Clinical/Diagnostic Laboratories, Healthcare Facilities, and Other Entities Not Registered with the Federal Select Agent Program
https://efsap.selectagents.gov/External Subdomain Log On
/efsap/index.htmeFSAP Resource Center
/regulations/sat-list-changes-...Federal Register Notice: Biennial Review of the List of Select Agents and Toxins
IMG-ALT Federal Register Notice
/resources/publications/annual...2023 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program
IMG-ALT 2023 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program
/regulations/index.htmRegulating Select Agents
IMG-ALT petri dishes
/compliance/preparing.htmInspecting Select Agents
IMG-ALT bacteria strand
/compliance/risk.htmEnsuring Security Risk Assessment
IMG-ALT laboratory inspector
/compliance/guidance/index.htmProviding Guidance on Compliance
IMG-ALT pathogen molecule
https://selectagents.gov/Anchor Print
https://selectagents.gov/Anchor No Text
/efsap/index.htmeFSAP Resource Center Visit
IMG-ALT laptop
/resources/publications/annual...Annual Report View
IMG-ALT 2023 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program
/resources/non-fsap-registered...Information for Clinical/Diagnostic Laboratories, Healthcare Facilities, and Other Entities Not Registered with the Federal Select Agent Program View
https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/repo...External Subdomain URL anchor text
https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/index.asp
https://usdaoig.oversight.gov/...External Subdomain URL anchor text
https://usdaoig.oversight.gov/hotline
/efsap/using/form4/index.htmReport
https://www.cdc.gov/orr/dsat/i...External Subdomain Division of Regulatory Science and Compliance
https://www.hhs.gov/vulnerabil...External Subdomain HHS Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
https://hhs.responsibledisclos...External Subdomain HHS Responsible Disclosure
https://www.cdc.gov/emailupdates/External Subdomain What's this?

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://selectagents.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 slow (1.32 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (73 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
srv2
access-control-allow-origin*
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
dateWed, 12 Mar 2025 04:38:47 GMT
connectionclose
content-length74956
set-cookie145 Characters
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 3,395 referring domains.
This page has 10,639 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 869 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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selectagents.gov
Federal Select Agent Program
The Federal Select Agent Program oversees the possession, use and transfer of select agents and toxins, which pose a threat to public, animal or plant health.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
SELECT95%Check
AGENT95%Check
SELECT AGENT95%Check
FEDERAL SELECT AGENT92%Check
SELECT AGENT PROGRAM91%Check
FEDERAL SELECT AGENT PROGRAM90%Check
FEDERAL82%Check
Select Agent Program oversees82%Check
PROGRAM80%Check
Select Agents78%Check

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