Vfw.org - SEO Checker

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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
76% 
Page structure
65% 
Link structure
57% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.94 s
File size
97.10 kB
Words
767
Media files
41
Number of links
117 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. - VFW
The length of the page title is perfect. (434 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
As the largest and oldest war veterans service organization, we have a long and proven history of providing vital assistance and support to America's service members, veterans and their families. From fighting for veterans benefits on Capitol Hill, to financial grants, transition support and educational scholarships, we're there to ensure current and former service members receive the benefits they've earned and deserve.
The meta description is too long: 2591 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://vfw.org/
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)
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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
keywordsVeterans Assistance, Military Support, Combat Veterans Membership Organization, Iraq and Afghanistan Support Group, Veterans Service Organization
descriptionAs the largest and oldest war veterans service organization, we have a long and proven history of providing vital assistance and support to America's service members, veterans and their families. From fighting for veterans benefits on Capitol Hill, to financial grants, transition support and educational scholarships, we're there to ensure current and former service members receive the benefits they've earned and deserve.
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langen
og:titleThe Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.
og:urlhttps://vfw.org/
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og:desriptionAs the largest and oldest war veterans service organization, we have a long and proven history of providing vital assistance and support to America's service members, veterans and their families. From fighting for veterans benefits on Capitol Hill, to financial grants, transition support and educational scholarships, we're there to ensure current and former service members receive the benefits they've earned and deserve.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 767 words. That's ok.
31.8% 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.
13 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 21.2 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 13 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "user-scalable=no, width=device-width" is provided.
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)
5 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
...h=180&la=en&w=450&v=1&d=20181017T124150Zlogo
...?h=87&la=en&w=275&v=1&d=20181017T124135ZVFW-logo
...?h=55&la=en&w=110&v=1&d=20181017T124203ZVFW-logo
/Assets/VFWSite/Images/nav-notch.pngnav indicator
/Assets/VFWSite/Images/nav-notch.pngnav indicator
/Assets/VFWSite/Images/nav-notch.pngnav indicator
/Assets/VFWSite/Images/nav-notch.pngnav indicator
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...=600&la=en&w=1920&v=1&d=20231107T153326ZVFW reminds veterans Don't Feed the Claim Sharks
...=600&la=en&w=1920&v=1&d=20240506T164854ZSoldier saluting May Military Appreciation Campaign
...=600&la=en&w=1920&v=1&d=20191119T164629ZVFW Dust Storm
...=600&la=en&w=1920&v=1&d=20240409T152419ZVFW Return the Favor John Rich
...=600&la=en&w=1920&v=1&d=20221103T184624ZFemale veterans and male veteran at the VFW National Convention
...ne-Two-Stripe.png?v=1&d=20181116T161215ZNo alt attribute provided
...are/VA-Podium.jpg?v=1&d=20170802T144335ZNo alt attribute provided
...gton-Cemetery.jpg?v=1&d=20170802T144845ZNo alt attribute provided
...-Change-Lives.jpg?v=1&d=20240509T171427ZNo alt attribute provided
...ation---thumb.jpg?v=1&d=20240509T150631ZNo alt attribute provided
...72A8DC6CDFF778F07F01832C2F51C7ACDE13B7F8Truths and Myths About Vietnam
...985802CEEAB174CC316F91E73F3E7757D011778BReturn the Favor John Rich
...860BC0A6AF356C01805F0F97F4046B49C9D3EF44VFW Don't Feed the Sharks Button
...D8A3890B793E55CAFC90E9D589B9FDE675095140Comcast Military Pin and military hat
...07227F3D2BFE293101021AA958986B0DDFD3975EPlanned Giving Grandpa Child
...B9AA8861F4BBBCBAE232698EF071ACDA0DB3D991Claim Sharks means criminal activity
...9D5260F4D7BBC8EA9560107C07BB112C01BA0FF0New VFW Initiative to Safeguard Toxic-Exposed Veterans
...h=720&la=en&w=720&v=1&d=20160404T195124Zcreate account
...h=720&la=en&w=720&v=1&d=20160404T195125Zfind officer
...h=720&la=en&w=720&v=1&d=20160404T195125Zvolunteer
...h=720&la=en&w=720&v=1&d=20160404T195124Zstore
...h=720&la=en&w=720&v=1&d=20160404T195124Zq n a
...h=256&la=en&w=256&v=1&d=20160404T195146Zdonate
...h=360&la=en&w=952&v=1&d=20230913T201508ZUSAA Insurance for VFW members
...h=360&la=en&w=952&v=1&d=20170713T173233ZVFW App
...h=180&la=en&w=450&v=1&d=20190111T155737ZThe official seal of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.
...g?h=35&la=en&w=35&v=1&d=20181106T153130Zfacebook
...g?h=35&la=en&w=35&v=1&d=20230919T210626Ztwitter
...g?h=35&la=en&w=35&v=1&d=20181106T153142Zinstagram
...g?h=35&la=en&w=35&v=1&d=20181106T153155Zlinkedin
...g?h=35&la=en&w=35&v=1&d=20181106T153228Zyoutube
...g?h=35&la=en&w=35&v=1&d=20181106T153206Zrss

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Don't Fall Victim.
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Don't Fall Victim.
H1 Double Your Gift.
H1 Don't Go it Alone.
H1 Return the Favor.
H1 Together We're Stronger.
H2 VFW Expresses Concern Over Erroneous VA Bonuses
H2 Truths and Myths about the Vietnam War
H2 Return the Favor
H2 Order Your Button Today
H2 Because Service Matters
H2 What Will Your Legacy Be?
H2 Protect Yourself
H2 PACT Act Questions?
H2 Find Out What's Happening
H3 Member Login
H3 VA Expands Burial Benefits for Veterans
H3 ‘These Scholarships Change Lives’
H3 Cornerstone Caregiving Donates More than $100,000 to the VFW
H3 Read more articles...
H4 Empty heading
H4 Forgot username or password?
H4 Are you a new user?
H4 What is ID.me? • Video Tutorials for ID.me
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 16 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://oms.vfw.org/AccountHel...External Subdomain Forgot username or password?
https://wallet.id.me/aboutNew window External Subdomain What is ID.me?
https://www.youtube.com/playli...New window External Subdomain Video Tutorials for ID.me
https://vfw.org/IMG-ALT VFW-logo
https://vfw.org/find-a-postFind a Post
https://vfw.org/about-usAbout Us
/about-us/our-alliesOur Allies
https://vfw.org/contact-usContact Us
https://vfw.org/about-us/faqFAQ
https://www.vfwstore.org/External Subdomain VFW Store
https://oms.vfw.org/QuickRenew...New window External Subdomain Renew
https://vfw.org/joinJoin
https://vfw.org/join/eligibilityEligibility
/join/member-benefitsMember Benefits
https://vfw.org/join/renewText duplicate Renew
/join/vfw-auxiliaryVFW Auxiliary
https://vfw.org/assistanceAssistance
/assistance/va-claims-separati...VA Claims & Separation Benefits
/assistance/financial-grantsFinancial Grants
/assistance/student-veterans-s...Student Veteran Support
/assistance/mental-wellnessMental Wellness
https://vfw.org/advocacyAdvocacy
/advocacy/national-legislative...Legislative Priorities
/advocacy/national-security-fo...National Security & Foreign Affairs
/advocacy/women-veteransWomen Veterans
/advocacy/grassroots-effortsGrassroots Efforts
/advocacy/va-health-care-watchVA Health Care Watch
https://vfw.org/media-and-eventsMedia & Events
/media-and-events/latest-releasesLatest Releases
/media-and-events/media-roomMedia Room
/media-and-events/125th-vfw-na...125th VFW National Convention
/media-and-events/vfw-podcastThe VFW Podcast
/media-and-events/vfw-magazineVFW Magazine
/media-and-events/commemorationsCommemorations
https://vfw.org/communityCommunity
/community/youth-and-educationYouth & Education
/community/troop-supportTroop Support
/community/stillserving#StillServing
https://vfw.org/community/gamingVFW Combat Tested Gaming
/community/community-initiativesLocal Initiatives
/community/flag-etiquetteFlag Etiquette
https://vfw.org/donateDonate
/donate/your-support-mattersYour Support Matters
https://vfw.org/donate/give-nowGive Now
/donate/give-monthlyGive Monthly
/donate/planned-givingPlanned Giving
https://vfw.org/follow-usFollow Us
/layouts/VFWSite/General/Login
https://vfw.org/find-a-postText duplicate Find a Post
https://pactactinfo.org/New window External Help Stop Them
https://heroes.vfw.org/page/14...New window External Subdomain DONATE NOW
https://vfw.org/assistanceHow We Help
http://www.vfwreturnthefavor.org/New window External Subdomain Show Your Support
https://vfw.org/joinJoin Us
https://vfw.org/.hero-carouselPrevious
https://vfw.org/.hero-carouselNext
https://vfw.org/No Text
/media-and-events/latest-relea...No Text
/media-and-events/latest-relea...VFW Expresses Concern Over Erroneous VA Bonuses WASHINGTON — In light of the recent Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General report of ...
/media-and-events/latest-relea...VA Expands Burial Benefits for Veterans
/media-and-events/latest-relea...‘These Scholarships Change Lives’
/media-and-events/latest-relea...Cornerstone Caregiving Donates More than $100,000 to the VFW
/media-and-events/latest-releasesRead more articles...
/home-bottom-rotator/communica...IMG-ALT Truths and Myths About Vietnam
/home-bottom-rotator/communica...Truths and Myths about the Vietnam War To honor those who served in the Vietnam War by providing factual information to combat decades of misinformation, wat...
/home-bottom-rotator/communica...IMG-ALT Return the Favor John Rich
/home-bottom-rotator/communica...Return the Favor Country music superstar John Rich has teamed up with the VFW in asking America to 'Return the Favor' by supporting our National Veterans Ser...
/home-bottom-rotator/vfw-storeIMG-ALT VFW Don't Feed the Sharks Button
/home-bottom-rotator/vfw-storeOrder Your Button Today Help us put an end to predatory "Claim Sharks" - companies that charge veterans illegal fees for sub-par VA benefit claims assistance...
/home-bottom-rotator/foundatio...IMG-ALT Comcast Military Pin and military hat
/home-bottom-rotator/foundatio...Because Service Matters A proud supporter of Day of Service, Comcast NBCUniversal honors the military community year-round by creating an inclusive workplace...
/home-bottom-rotator/developme...IMG-ALT Planned Giving Grandpa Child
/home-bottom-rotator/developme...What Will Your Legacy Be? You can create a legacy of service by including the VFW in your estate plan. Learn more about how you can achieve your financial an...
/home-bottom-rotator/dc/claim-...IMG-ALT Claim Sharks means criminal activity
/home-bottom-rotator/dc/claim-...Protect Yourself Claim Sharks charge hefty fees to assist veterans with filing their VA benefit claims - this practice is illegal! Click here to learn the ta...
/home-bottom-rotator/dc/pact-a...IMG-ALT New VFW Initiative to Safeguard Toxic-Exposed Veterans
/home-bottom-rotator/dc/pact-a...PACT Act Questions? With the passing of the PACT Act comes lots of questions, especially if you've had toxic exposure or contact with contaminated water. Con...
https://vfw.org/Anchor Text duplicate Previous
https://vfw.org/Anchor Text duplicate Next
http://www.vfw.org/Subdomain Anchor Create an Account Manage your membership and more.
IMG-ALT create account
/assistance/va-claims-separati...Find a VFW Service Officer Let us help you file your VA claim.
IMG-ALT find officer
/community/community-initiativ...Volunteer Join our legacy of selfless service.
IMG-ALT volunteer
http://vfwstore.org/New window External VFW Store Shop and support veterans.
IMG-ALT store
https://vfw.org/about-us/faqFAQs Let us answer your question.
IMG-ALT q n a
https://heroes.vfw.org/page/30...New window External Subdomain Ways to Give Giving back is simple.
IMG-ALT donate
https://www.usaalife.com/?txid...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT USAA Insurance for VFW members
/media-and-events/latest-relea...IMG-ALT VFW App
https://vfw.org/joinText duplicate Join
https://vfw.org/join/eligibilityText duplicate Eligibility
/join/member-benefitsText duplicate Member Benefits
https://vfw.org/join/renewText duplicate Renew
/join/vfw-auxiliaryText duplicate VFW Auxiliary
https://vfw.org/assistanceText duplicate Assistance
/assistance/va-claims-separati...Text duplicate VA Claims & Separation Benefits
/assistance/financial-grantsText duplicate Financial Grants
/assistance/student-veterans-s...Text duplicate Student Veteran Support
/assistance/mental-wellnessText duplicate Mental Wellness
https://vfw.org/advocacyText duplicate Advocacy
/advocacy/national-legislative...Text duplicate Legislative Priorities
/advocacy/national-security-fo...Text duplicate National Security & Foreign Affairs
/advocacy/women-veteransText duplicate Women Veterans
/advocacy/grassroots-effortsText duplicate Grassroots Efforts
/advocacy/va-health-care-watchText duplicate VA Health Care Watch
https://vfw.org/media-and-eventsText duplicate Media & Events
/media-and-events/latest-releasesText duplicate Latest Releases
/media-and-events/media-roomText duplicate Media Room
/media-and-events/125th-vfw-na...Text duplicate 125th VFW National Convention
/media-and-events/vfw-podcastText duplicate The VFW Podcast
/media-and-events/vfw-magazineText duplicate VFW Magazine
/media-and-events/commemorationsText duplicate Commemorations
https://vfw.org/communityText duplicate Community
/community/youth-and-educationText duplicate Youth & Education
/community/troop-supportText duplicate Troop Support
/community/stillservingText duplicate #StillServing
https://vfw.org/community/gamingText duplicate VFW Combat Tested Gaming
/community/community-initiativesText duplicate Local Initiatives
/community/flag-etiquetteText duplicate Flag Etiquette
https://vfw.org/IMG-ALT The official seal of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.
http://www.facebook.com/VFWFansNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT facebook
http://www.twitter.com/vfwhqNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT twitter
https://www.instagram.com/vfwhq/External Subdomain IMG-ALT instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain IMG-ALT linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/c/vfwhqExternal Subdomain IMG-ALT youtube
https://vfw.org/rssIMG-ALT rss
https://vfw.org/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy
https://vfw.org/terms-of-useTerms of Use
https://vfw.org/sitemapSitemap
https://vfw.org/careersCareers
https://vfw.org/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
/about-us/our-alliesText duplicate Our Allies
https://vfw.org/about-us/faqText duplicate FAQ
https://vfw.org/about-usText duplicate About Us
https://vfw.org/Anchor t o p

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://vfw.org/"
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 0.94 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 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 13 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (97 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-length35296
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
dateSun, 12 May 2024 09:18:38 GMT
cache-controlno-cache, no-store
content-encodinggzip
expires-1
pragmano-cache
set-cookie30 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

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 10,647 referring domains.
This page has 1,460,483 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,690 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /sitecore
Disallow: /Sitecore
Disallow: /sitecore_files/
Disallow: /sitecore modules/
Disallow: /App_Browsers/
Disallow: /App_config/
Disallow: /App_Data/
Disallow: /temp/
Disallow: /upload/
Disallow: /xsl/
Sitemap: https://www.vfw.org/sitemap.xml

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The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. - VFW
As the largest and oldest war veterans service organization, we have a long and proven history of providing vital assistance and support to America's service members, veterans and their families. From fighting for veterans benefits on Capitol Hill, to financial grants, transition support and educational scholarships, we're there to ensure current and former service members receive the benefits they've earned and deserve.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
VFW68%Check
Veterans63%Check
Veterans Service58%Check
Veterans Benefits57%Check
VFW National53%Check
Service52%Check
Member52%Check
Scholarships52%Check
VFW Auxiliary52%Check
Member Benefits51%Check
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