Veterans.smokefree.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
67% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
1% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.24 s
File size
37.70 kB
Words
425
Media files
15
Number of links
53 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Smokefree Veterans
The length of the page title is perfect. (255 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
SmokefreeVET’s mission is to help Veterans who get their health care through VA become tobacco-free. This website provides information, resources, and support that can help Vets quit for good.
The meta description is too long: 1201 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://veterans.smokefree.gov/
There is a valid canonical link 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)
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 425 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
31.5% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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 11.8 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 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

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
BECOME A SMOKEFREE VETERAN
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 BECOME A SMOKEFREE VETERAN
H2 Tools & Tips
H2 ARTICLES & INFORMATION
H2 Spotlight
H2 Why Do I Use Tobacco?
H3 Sign Up for SmokefreeVET
H3 How Quitting Improves Your Health
H3 Quit With NRT
H3 Get Help from Medications
H3 Your Reasons to Quit
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.
There are 22 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://veterans.smokefree.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://veterans.smokefree.gov/IMG-ALT smokefree veterans
https://smokefree.gov/External IMG-ALT smokefree
https://veterans.smokefree.gov/Subdomain (current)
IMG-ALT smokefree-veterans
https://women.smokefree.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT smokefree-women
https://teen.smokefree.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT smokefree-teen
https://espanol.smokefree.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT smokefree-espanol
https://60plus.smokefree.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT smokefree-60+
https://veterans.smokefree.gov/Home
/tools-tips-vetTools & Tips
/tools-tips-vet/quit-for-good-...Quit with NRT
/build-your-quit-planBuild Your Quit Plan
/tools-tips-vet/smokefreevetSmokefreeVET
/tools-tips-vet/quit-tobacco-q...Quit VET Quitline
/tools-tips-vet/more-resourcesMore Resources to Help You Quit
/tools-tips-vet/smokefreevet-p...SmokefreeVET Partner Toolkit
/quit-smoking-vetQuit Smoking
/quit-smoking-vet/get-help-med...Get Help from Medications
/quit-smoking-vet/manage-chall...Manage the Challenges of Quitting
/quit-smoking-vet/get-supportGet Support
/quit-smoking-vet/celebrate-su...Celebrate Successes
/quit-smoking-vet/quitting-FAQsFAQs About Quitting
/quit-dip-vapesQuit Dip and Vapes
/smokeless-tobaccoDip and Chew
/smokeless-tobacco/get-the-factsFacts About Dip and Chew
/smokeless-tobacco/how-to-quitHow to Quit Dip or Chew
/quit-dip-vapes/smokeless-toba...Health Effects of Smokeless Tobacco
/quit-dip-vapes/vapingVaping
/quit-dip-vapes/vaping/vaping-...Vaping Basics
/quit-dip-vapes/vaping/steps-t...Steps to Quit Vaping
/nicotine-addictionNicotine Addiction
/nicotine-addiction/reasons-pe...Reasons People Smoke
/nicotine-addiction/why-i-use-...Quiz: Why I Use Tobacco
/reasons-quitReasons to Quit
/reasons-quit/your-reasonsYour Reasons to Quit
/reasons-quit/smoking-affects-...How Smoking Affects Your Health
/reasons-quit/quitting-improve...How Quitting Improves Your Health
/reasons-quit/smoking-chronic-...Smoking and Chronic Health Conditions
/reasons-quit/price-of-smokingThe Price of Smoking
/recursos-en-espanolEn español
/recursos-en-espanol/preparar-...Preparar mi Plan
/node/660Deje de fumar con TRN
/tools-tips-vet/smokefreevetespSmokefreeVET en español
/recursos-en-espanol/tabaco-si...Tabaco sin humo
/recursos-en-espanol/linea-de-...línea de ayuda para dejar el tabaco
https://veterans.smokefree.gov/SMOKEFREE VETERANS HOME
/build-your-quit-planText duplicate Build Your Quit Plan
/tools-tips-vet/smokefreevetSmokefreeVET Text
/tools-tips-vet/quit-for-good-...Nicotine Replacement Therapy
https://www.facebook.com/smoke...External Subdomain Smokefree Veterans on Facebook
https://mobile.va.gov/app/stay...External Subdomain Stay Quit Coach App
/tools-tips-vet/smokefreevetGet Started
/reasons-quit/quitting-improve...How Quitting Improves Your Health It can be easy to lose sight of the benefits of quitting. Remind yourself of the rewards for staying on track.
IMG-ALT photo of man running along path on a sunny day
/nrtQuit With NRT Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can double your chances of quitting for good when used correctly. Learn more about your NRT options.
IMG-ALT Man standing in front of wooded background smiles at camera
/quit-smoking-vet/get-help-med...Get Help from Medications Medications can double your chances of quitting for good. Learn about the different options available.
IMG-ALT Photo of a doctor's hand writing on a prescription pad.
/reasons-quit/your-reasonsYour Reasons to Quit Knowing why you want to quit smoking can keep you motivated to stay smokefree. What are you reasons for being smokefree?
IMG-ALT Young man turned away from camera gazing at sunset over city
/nicotine-addiction/why-i-use-...Take the Quiz
https://www.facebook.com/Smoke...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/smok...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/SmokefreeUsExternal No Text
/build-your-quit-planQuitPlan
https://smokefree.gov/tools-ti...External SmokefreeTXT
https://veterans.smokefree.gov/Text duplicate Home
/about-vetAbout Smokefree Veterans
https://www.cancer.gov/policie...External Subdomain FOIA
https://smokefree.gov/privacy-...External Privacy
https://smokefree.gov/accessib...External Accessibility
https://www.hhs.gov/web/polici...External Subdomain Players & Viewers
https://smokefree.gov/disclaimerExternal Disclaimer
https://www.hhs.gov/vulnerabil...External Subdomain HHS Vulnerability Disclosure
https://www.hhs.gov/External Subdomain U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
https://nih.gov/External National Institutes of Health
https://cancer.gov/External National Cancer Institute
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain USA.gov
https://betobaccofree.hhs.gov/New window External Subdomain Learn More @BeTobaccoFree.gov

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://veterans.smokefree.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.24 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 10 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 (38 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 363 referring domains.
This page has 7,159 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 276 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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# robots.txt
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# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password/
Disallow: /index.php/user/register/
Disallow: /index.php/user/login/
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout/

Search preview

veterans.smokefree.gov
Home | Smokefree Veterans
SmokefreeVET’s mission is to help Veterans who get their health care through VA become tobacco-free. This website provides information, resources, and support that can help Vets quit for good.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Smokefree93%Check
VETERAN89%Check
SMOKEFREE VETERANS85%Check
VETERANS73%Check
Help Veterans62%Check
Quit56%Check
Military Veterans54%Check
Health52%Check
SmokefreeVET52%Check
Help52%Check

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