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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
95% 
Page structure
83% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
64% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.98 s
File size
29.10 kB
Words
1170
Media files
19
Number of links
100 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Department of Taxation and Finance
The length of the page title is perfect. (322 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to the official website of the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance. Visit us to learn about your tax responsibilities, check your refund status, and use our online services—anywhere, any time!
The meta description is too long: 1253 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 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
descriptionWelcome to the official website of the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance. Visit us to learn about your tax responsibilities, check your refund status, and use our online services—anywhere, any time!
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: Looking for your due date? View our calendar of filing due dates for c...
This page contains 1170 words. That's ok.
34.4% 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.
21 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 19.39 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 23 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
/images/hero-card/directfile400x400.jpgman and woman preparing taxes in front of laptop
/images/direct-file/direct-file-card.jpgwoman viewing direct file on laptop
/images/hero-card/freefile800x400.jpgwoman reviewing free file options on laptop
/images/video-card.jpgwoman watching demo while filing return
/images/icons/monitor.svgComputer monitor
/images/icons/make-pmt.svgCredit Cards
/images/icons/find.svgMagnifying glass icon
/images/icons/st-reg.svgSales paper
https://www.tax.ny.gov/images/card-ols.jpgperson on phone and computer
/images/card-generic-star.jpgHouse
/images/hero-card/stwebfile-hero800x400.jpgOnline Services user on smartphone and laptop
/images/card-respond.jpgman and woman reviewing letter together
https://www.tax.ny.gov/images/calendar.jpgcalendar
/images/hero-card/recordkeeping800x400.jpgdog standing on top of ripped up paper
/images/icons/subscribe-icon-25.svgMail icon
/images/icons/fb-icon-25.svgFacebook icon
/images/icons/instagram-icon-25.svgInstagram icon
/images/icons/x-icon-25.svgX icon
/images/icons/youtube-icon-25.svgYouTube icon

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Department of Taxation and Finance
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 29 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Department of Taxation and Finance
H2 It's tax time! Filing your taxes has never been easier.
H2 File for free anytime, anywhere with Direct File!
H2 See if you qualify for Free File
H2 Not eligible for Direct File or Free File?
H2 What are you looking for?
H2 Popular Services
H2 Featured Resources
H2 What's New
H2 Featured in March
H2 Department of Taxation and Finance Duplicate text
H3 Choose an online service
H3 Learn about STAR benefits for homeowners
H3 Use Sales Tax Web File
H3 Respond to a department notice
H3 View our due dates calendar
H3 Benefit from good recordkeeping
H3 Sales of short-term rental unit occupancy
H3 Reminder to check your highway use tax filing frequency
H3 Tax preparer and facilitator registration
H3 Did you receive mail from us?
H3 Missed a due date?
H3 View our due dates calendar Duplicate text
H3 Do you make estimated tax payments?
H3 Get help
H3 Website
H3 About us
H3 Language assistance
H3 Connect with us
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 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.tax.ny.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.tax.ny.gov/Department of Taxation and Finance
https://www.tax.ny.gov/online/Online Services home
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pay/Make a payment
/pay/pay-bill.htmQuick Pay (now for businesses and individuals)
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pay/ipa/Request installment payment agreement
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/Individuals home
/pit/empire-child-credit-payme...Additional Empire State child credit payments
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/efile/E-file options
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/Income tax filing resource center
/pit/file/refund.htmCheck your refund
/pit/letters/Respond to a letter
/pit/file/self-employment.htmSelf-employment resource center
https://www.tax.ny.gov/bus/Businesses home
/bus/st/stidx.htmSales and use tax
/bus/wt/wtidx.htmWithholding tax
/bus/ct/ctidx.htmCorporation tax
/pit/file/self-employment.htmText duplicate Self-employment resource center
/bus/multi/other.htmOther taxes
https://www.tax.ny.gov/tp/Tax professionals home
/tp/reg/tpreg.htmRegistration and education
/tp/posting-reqs.htmPosting requirements
/tp/reg/opr.htmProfessional responsibility
/pit/property/Real property home
https://www.tax.ny.gov/star/STAR
/pit/property/new-homebuyers/New homebuyers
/pit/property/homeowner-benefi...Homeowner Benefit Portal
http://orps1.orpts.ny.gov/cfap...External Subdomain Municipal Profiles
/research/property/Assessment community
/forms/forms-guidance.htmForms and guidance home
/pit/property/new-homebuyers/f...Form RP-5217-PDF
/pit/file/tax-tables/2024.htm2024 tax tables
/pit/file/school_district/School district codes
/forms/income_cur_forms.htmCurrent-year income tax forms
https://www.tax.ny.gov/data/Tax data home
/data/stats/Statistics and reports
/research/stats/statistics/ope...Data set list
http://orps1.orpts.ny.gov/cfap...External Subdomain Text duplicate Municipal Profiles
https://www.tax.ny.gov/about/About us
https://www.tax.ny.gov/careers/Employment opportunities
/about/leadership-team.htmLeadership
https://login.ny.gov/home/nys_...External Subdomain Log in
/online/createaccount.htmCreate account
/pit/efile/direct-file/direct-...See if you're eligible for Direct File
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/efilefree e-file options
/pit/efile/direct-file/New York State Direct File
/pit/efile/freefile.htmFree File
/pit/efile/filing-checklist.htmgather your information
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/See resource center
/pit/efile/direct-file/Learn more about Direct File
/pit/efile/freefile.htmFree File your income tax return
/pit/efile/other-efile-options...See all e-file options
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/File your return
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pay/Text duplicate Make a payment
/pit/file/refund.htmText duplicate Check your refund
/bus/st/register.htmRegister for sales tax
https://www.tax.ny.gov/online/Log in or create an account
https://www.tax.ny.gov/star/Visit the STAR resource center
/bus/st/stmp.htmWeb file your return
/e-services/rtdn/rtdn-walkthro...walk you through the process
/e-services/pris/understanding...refund status
/pit/letters/Text duplicate Respond to a letter
/e-services/rtdn/rtdn.htmRespond online
/help/calendar/Find your due date
/pit/letters/recordkeeping.htmReview our checklists
/bus/st/stidx.htmSee sales and use tax
/bus/hut/webfile.htmReview filing frequency
/tp/reg/tpreg.htmRegister
/help/letters/See mail resource center
https://www8.tax.ny.gov/PAIC/p...External Subdomain Calculate penalty
/help/calendar/Text duplicate Find your due date
/pit/file/self-employment.htmText duplicate Self-employment resource center
/pit/estimated_tax/resource-ce...Visit resource center
/help/contact/Contact us
https://www.tax.ny.gov/help/Help resources
/help/contact/foil.htmFreedom of Information Law (FOIL)
https://www.tax.ny.gov/tra/Taxpayer Rights Advocate
/help/contact/fraud/Report fraud
/about/feedback.htmFeedback
/help/siteindex.htmSite map
/help/tech/privacy-policy.htmPrivacy
/help/tech/securesite.htmSecurity
/help/tech/disclaimer.htmDisclaimer
https://www.tax.ny.gov/about/Text duplicate About us
https://www.tax.ny.gov/careers/Text duplicate Employment opportunities
https://www.tax.ny.gov/press/Press
/help/tech/email-policy.htmEmail policy
/help/tech/accessibility.htmAccessibility
https://www.tax.ny.gov/rulemaker/Regulations and regulatory actions
https://www.tax.ny.gov/language/Language access
/language/espanol/Español
/language/chinese/繁體中文
/language/russian/Русский
/language/yiddish/יידיש
/language/bengali/বাংলা
/language/korean/한국어
https://www.tax.ny.gov/language/Free interpretation
/language/hcreole/Kreyòl ayisyen
/language/italian/Italiano
/language/arabic/العربية
/language/polish/Polski
/language/french/Français
/language/urdu/اردو
/help/subscribe.htmSubscribe to NYS Department of Tax and Finance
IMG-ALT Mail icon
A-TITLE Subscribe to NYS Department of Tax and Finance
https://www.facebook.com/NYSTa...External Subdomain NYS Department of Tax and Finance on Facebook
IMG-ALT Facebook icon
A-TITLE NYS Department of Tax and Finance on Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/nyst...External Subdomain NYS Department of Tax and Finance on Instagram
IMG-ALT Instagram icon
A-TITLE Department of Tax and Finance on Instagram
https://x.com/NYSTaxDeptExternal NYS Department of Tax and Finance on X
IMG-ALT X icon
A-TITLE Department of Tax and Finance on X
http://www.youtube.com/user/NY...External Subdomain NYS Department of Tax and Finance on YouTube
IMG-ALT YouTube icon
A-TITLE Department of Tax and Finance on YouTube
https://www.ny.gov/services/re...New window External Subdomain Register To Vote
https://www.ny.gov/vaccineNew window External Subdomain Vaccinate NY
https://donatelife.ny.gov/regi...New window External Subdomain Donate Life

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.tax.ny.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 0.98 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 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 3 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (29 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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accept-rangesbytes
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
content-length7591
connectionclose
content-typetext/html
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 10,325 referring domains.
This page has 733,894 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,207 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /config/
Disallow: /demos/
Disallow: /draftforms/
Disallow: /e-services/
Disallow: /r/
Disallow: /volunteer/
Disallow: /training/
Disallow: /pdf/publications/multi/pub300.pdf
Disallow: /about/dtf_org.pdf
Sitemap: https://www.tax.ny.gov/sitemap.xml

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Department of Taxation and Finance
Welcome to the official website of the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance. Visit us to learn about your tax responsibilities, check your refund status, and use our online services—anywhere, any time!

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
tax91%Check
Tax Department84%Check
Department77%Check
Finance77%Check
Taxation77%Check
Sales tax68%Check
Tax Filing68%Check
Department Online66%Check
Tax preparer66%Check
estimated tax66%Check
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