vitalrecords.nc.gov | Website SEO Review

Response time

0.79 s

File size

36.70 kB

Words

667

Media files

5

Number of links

108 internal / 28 external

Meta specifications 88% achieved

Title

(Critically important)

NCDHHS: DPH: NC Vital Records Home

The length of the page title is perfect. (367 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)

There are no duplicate words in the title

Meta Title

Meta description

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North Carolina Vital Records

The meta description is too short. (178 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description

Meta Description

Crawlability

(Critically important)

There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

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https://vitalrecords.nc.gov/

There is a valid canonical link specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

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Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en

Server location: United States of America

The following language is defined by HTML: en

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

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There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

Other meta tags

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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.

There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.

Meta Tags

Domain

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The domain is no subdomain.

The domain length is good.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

Page URL

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No parameters were found in the URL.

No session ID was found in the URL.

The URL does not have too many subdirectories.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

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The character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.

The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
viewport	width=device-width, initial-scale=1
description	North Carolina Vital Records
author	Empty
lang	en
X-UA-Compatible	IE=edge
charset	utf-8

Page quality 79% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

This page contains 667 words. That's ok.

19.3% 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 20.18 words is good.

Content is King

Frames

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This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

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No Apple touch icon is specified.

A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

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The amount of tags is very high (57). We recommend using a maximum of 13 tags for this page.

The following tag is repeated too often: b

Some tags are too long. With 75 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"hurricane helene resources for deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind (ncdhhs)"

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

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Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.

Image SEO

There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.

Social Sharing

Additional markup

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No additional page markup was found.

HTTPS

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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
...Records_White-01-Cropped-144-482x120.png	NCDHHS, Division of Public Health, NC Office of Vital Records
...ithIcons-Getty-1143733631-72-360x264.png	How Do I
...lectronic-Getty-992106344-72-360x264.png	Find Info On
...ningGroup-Getty-955988522-72-360x264.png	Partners at Table
...brary/images/NCDHHS-FOOTER-72-250x80.png	NC Department of Health and Human Services

Page structure 100% achieved

H1 heading

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North Carolina Vital Records

The H1 heading is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

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The heading structure is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	North Carolina Vital Records
H2	Certificate Services and Resources
H2	What We Do
H2	Contact
H3	How Do I?
H3	Find Info
H3	For Our Partners
H3	Mailing Address
H3	Physical Address
H3	Hours, Phone and Fax
H3	CONTACT INFORMATION
H3	FOLLOW US
H4	Hurricane Helene Response Resources

Link structure 66% achieved

Internal links

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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.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are too many external links (28) on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://vitalrecords.nc.gov/	Anchor	Skip To Main Content
https://vitalrecords.nc.gov/		IMG-ALT NCDHHS, Division of Public Health, NC Office of Vital Records
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/	External Subdomain	NC DHHS
https://www.nc.gov/	External Subdomain	NC.GOV
https://www.nc.gov/your-govern...	External Subdomain	AGENCIES
https://www.nc.gov/working/fin...	External Subdomain	JOBS
https://www.nc.gov/your-govern...	External Subdomain	SERVICES
/index.htm		VR Home
/aboutus.htm		About
/order.htm		Certificates
/order.htm		Purchase a Certificate
/adoptions.htm		Adoptions
/order.htm		Birth
/order.htm		Death
/order.htm		Fetal Death
/marriage.htm		Marriage
/divorce.htm		Divorce
/change.htm		Amend or Correct a Certificate
/adoptions.htm		Process an Adoption
/marriage.htm		Marriage Certificates
/divorce.htm		Divorce Certificates
/paternity.htm		Paternity Establishment - Affidavit of Parentage (AOP), Court Orders, Disestablishment
/delayed.htm		Process a Delayed Registration of Birth
/processing-dates.htm		Check Status of Certificate Request
/status-request.asp		General Issuance Certificate Status Inquiry Request Form
/faqs.htm		FAQs
/fees.htm		Fees
/forms.htm		Forms
/faqs.htm	Text duplicate	FAQs
/forms.htm	Text duplicate	Forms
/research.htm		Research
/research.htm		Birth Records Outside NC
/research.htm		Finding Old Records
/research.htm		Genealogical Research
/research.htm		Medical Research
/research.htm		Vital Statistics
/rules.htm		Rules
/partners.htm		For Our Partners
/ebrs.htm		NCDAVE EBRS Resources
/ncdave_ebrs_bc/index.cfm		Birthing Centers
/ncdave_ebrs_bc/training.cfm		Training
/ncdave_ebrs_hosp/index.cfm		Hospitals
/ncdave_ebrs_hosp/training.cfm	Text duplicate	Training
/ncdave_ebrs_lhd/index.cfm		Local Health Departments
/ncdave_ebrs_lhd/training.cfm	Text duplicate	Training
/ncdave_ebrs_mc/index.cfm		Medical Certifiers
/ncdave_ebrs_mc/training.cfm	Text duplicate	Training
/ncdave_ebrs_rod/index.cfm		Registers of Deeds
/ncdave_ebrs_rod/training.cfm	Text duplicate	Training
/edrs_dave.htm		NCDAVE EDRS Resources
/ncdave_fd/index.cfm		Funeral Directors
/ncdave_fd/training.cfm	Text duplicate	Training
/ncdave_lhd/index.cfm	Text duplicate	Local Health Departments
/ncdave_lhd/training.cfm	Text duplicate	Training
/ncdave_mc/index.cfm	Text duplicate	Medical Certifiers
/ncdave_mc/training.cfm	Text duplicate	Training
/ncdave_me/index.cfm		Medical Examiners
/ncdave_me/training.cfm	Text duplicate	Training
/ncdave_rod/index.cfm	Text duplicate	Registers of Deeds
/ncdave_rod/training.cfm	Text duplicate	Training
/rods/rod.cfm		Registers of Deeds (Forms, etc.)
/training/index.cfm		Death Certificate Training (Paper)
/contacts.htm		Contact
/county.htm		County Offices That Have Vital Records
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/	External Subdomain	DHHS
https://www.dph.ncdhhs.gov/	External Subdomain	DPH
https://vitalrecords.nc.gov/		No Text
https://vitalrecords.nc.gov/		NC Vital Records
https://www.ncdps.gov/our-orga...	New window External Subdomain	Information and Resources on Hurricane Helene (NC DPS)
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/assista...	New window External Subdomain	Hurricane Helene Recovery Resources (NCDHHS)
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisio...	New window External Subdomain	Hurricane Helene Resources for Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind (NCDHHS)
https://www.nc.gov/donate	New window External Subdomain	Donate to Hurricane Recovery
/rules.htm		NC laws and rules
/order.htm		Order a Certificate
/order.htm	Text duplicate	Purchase a Certificate
/change.htm	Text duplicate	Amend or Correct a Certificate
/processing-dates.htm		Estimated Processing Times
/status-request.asp		Check Order Status
/adoptions.htm	Text duplicate	Adoptions
/marriage.htm	Text duplicate	Marriage
/divorce.htm	Text duplicate	Divorce
/paternity.htm		Paternity
/forms.htm	Text duplicate	Forms
/faqs.htm	Text duplicate	FAQs
/research.htm	Text duplicate	Research
/partners.htm		For Partners
/order.htm		Birth, Death, Fetal Death Report
/marriage.htm	Text duplicate	Marriage Certificates
/divorce.htm	Text duplicate	Divorce Certificates
/adoptions.htm		Adoption (Certificate after Adoption)
/change.htm		Amend, Change, or Correct a Certificate
/adoptions.htm	Text duplicate	Process an Adoption
/delayed.htm	Text duplicate	Process a Delayed Registration of Birth
/processing-dates.htm	Text duplicate	Check Status of Certificate Request
/fees.htm		Determine Certificate Fees, Make a Payment
/research.htm		Find Old Records
/adoptions.htm	Text duplicate	Adoption (Certificate after Adoption)
/change.htm		Amend, Change or Correct a Certificate
/divorce.htm	Text duplicate	Divorce Certificates
/faqs.htm	Text duplicate	FAQs
/fees.htm		Fees / Payment
/forms.htm	Text duplicate	Forms
/marriage.htm	Text duplicate	Marriage Certificates
/paternity.htm		Paternity Establishment
/paternity.htm		Affidavit of Parentage (AOP), Court Orders, Disestablishment
/research.htm	Text duplicate	Birth Records Outside NC
/research.htm	Text duplicate	Finding Old Records
/research.htm	Text duplicate	Genealogical Research
/research.htm	Text duplicate	Medical Research
/research.htm	Text duplicate	Vital Statistics
/ebrs.htm	Text duplicate	NCDAVE EBRS Resources
/edrs_dave.htm		NCDAVE EDRS Resources:
/rods/rod.cfm		Registers of Deeds (Forms)
/training/index.cfm	Text duplicate	Death Certificate Training (Paper)
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/	New window External Subdomain	NCDHHS
https://www.dph.ncdhhs.gov/	New window External Subdomain	Division of Public Health
https://www.ncard.us/	New window External Subdomain	county registers of deeds offices
/aboutus.htm		Learn More
/order.htm		preliminary ordering questions
https://oshr.nc.gov/state-empl...	New window External Subdomain	State Holidays
/order.htm		appointments
/contacts.htm		Additional Contact Details
/contacts.htm		Vital Records Contact Us
https://relaync.com/tty/	New window External	RelayNC
https://www.facebook.com/ncdhhs/	External Subdomain	A-TITLE Follow NC Department of Health and Human Services on Facebook
https://twitter.com/ncdhhs	External	A-TITLE Follow NC Department of Health and Human Services on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/ncdhhs/	External Subdomain	A-TITLE Follow NC Department of Health and Human Services on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/n...	External Subdomain	A-TITLE Follow NC Department of Health and Human Services on YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...	External Subdomain	A-TITLE Follow NC Department of Health and Human Services on LinkedIn
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/employe...	External Subdomain	Employee Directory
https://nc.gov/	External	nc.gov
https://www.nc.gov/accessibility	External Subdomain	Accessibility
https://www.nc.gov/disclaimer-...	External Subdomain	Disclaimer and Terms of Use
https://www.nc.gov/privacy	External Subdomain	Privacy Policy
https://www.nc.gov/government/...	External Subdomain	Open Budget
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/	External Subdomain	IMG-ALT NC Department of Health and Human Services

Server configuration 73% achieved

HTTP redirects

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This page redirects to "https://vitalrecords.nc.gov/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

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The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)

This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.

HTTP headers

Performance

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The page response time of 0.79 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.

The file size of the HTML document is fine (37 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
date	Sat, 21 Dec 2024 10:14:39 GMT
content-type	text/html
x-powered-by	ASP.NET
strict-transport-security	max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
x-robots-tag	noai
x-frame-options	SAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-options	nosniff
cf-cache-status	DYNAMIC
server	cloudflare
cf-ray	8f571b40ebb8065b-IAD
content-encoding	gzip
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 100% achieved

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 879 referring domains.

This page has 6,414 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 733 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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North Carolina Vital Records

Most important keywords

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

Keyword	Result	Recheck
Records	93%	Check
Vital	93%	Check
Vital Records	93%	Check
NC Vital Records	84%	Check
Carolina Vital Records	82%	Check
North Carolina Vital Records	77%	Check
North Carolina Vital	72%	Check
or Correct	70%	Check
Public Records	67%	Check
Old Records	66%	Check
vital events	64%	Check
North	62%	Check
Carolina	62%	Check
North Carolina	62%	Check
NCDHHS	54%	Check
DPH	48%	Check
Resources	47%	Check
GOV	46%	Check
SERVICES	45%	Check
service	45%	Check
Partners	45%	Check
Find	45%	Check
Contact Information	44%	Check
Certificate	43%	Check
Hurricane	43%	Check

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Page quality 79% achieved

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Page structure 100% achieved

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Link structure 66% achieved

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Server configuration 73% achieved

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External factors 100% achieved

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