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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
50% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
38% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.22 s
File size
56.90 kB
Words
471
Media files
150
Number of links
6 internal / 40 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
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Web Soil Survey - Home
The length of the page title is perfect. (221 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service is the Federal agency that works in partnership with the American people to conserve and sustain natural resources on private lands.
The meta description is too long: 1099 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
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No canonical link is specified.
Language
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Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Language defined in meta tags: english
Server location: United States of America
There are different language information within the page markup.
One or more of the specified languages are not ISO standard (en, en-us, de, etc.)
The following language is defined by HTML: english
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
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This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
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The character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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keywordsNatural Resources, Conservation, Water Quality, Soil Conservation, Agriculture, Soil Erosion, Resource Inventory, Geography of Hope, soil science, government, Science teacher, Farm, Environment, Ecology
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Page quality

Content
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There are only 471 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
28.5% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
4 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 20.7 words is good.
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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No viewpoint tag is provided.
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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115 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
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Additional markup
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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.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
...ources/HomePage/images/masthead-usda.pngClick to go to the United States Department of Agriculture home pageUnited States Department of Agriculture
...ources/HomePage/images/masthead-nrcs.pngClick to go to the Natural Resources Conservation Service home pageNatural Resources Conservation Service
...sources/HomePage/images/masthead-wss.pngClick to go to the Web Soil Survey home page.Web Soil Survey Home
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...es/HomePage/images/nav_top_home_over.gifLink to this Web Soil Survey Home PageWeb Soil Survey Home
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...urces/HomePage/images/nav_top_about2.gifClick to go to the NRCS Soils home page.About Soils
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...sources/HomePage/images/nav_top_help.gifClick to go to the main Web Soil Survey help page.Help
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...rces/HomePage/images/nav_top_contact.gifClick to go to a contact information page.Contact Us
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/app/Resources/HomePage/images/startWSS.jpgClick this button to start the Web Soil Survey application.Start the Web Soil Survey Application
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...HomePage/images/content_head_welcome.pngWelcome to Web Soil Survey or WSS.Welcome to WSS
.../Resources/HomePage/images/wsslogo16.jpgThis is an image of soil scientists at work.Soil scientists at work
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.../HomePage/images/content_head_4basic.pngThere are Four Basic Steps to Web Soil Survey.Four Basic Steps
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/app/Resources/HomePage/images/define.pngStep 1 is to Define your Area Of Interest.Step 1: Define
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/app/Help/Images/AOITab.pngYou define your Area of Interest with the Area of Interest tab. Click or Press the Enter or Spacebar key to view larger image. Press the Escape key to close.Area of Interest tab
/app/Help/Images/AOITabLarge.pngThis is the Area of Interest tab. Click or press the Escape key to close.Area of Interest tab - Click or press the Escape key to close
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/app/Resources/HomePage/images/view.pngStep 2 is to View your Area Of Interest.Step 2: View
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/app/Help/Images/SoilMapTab.pngView your Area Of Interest with the Soil Map tab. Click or Press the Enter or Spacebar key to view larger image. Press the Escape key to close.Soil Map tab
/app/Help/Images/SoilMapTabLarge.pngThis is the Soil Map tab. Click or press the Escape key to close.Soil Map tab - Click or press Escape key to close
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/app/Resources/HomePage/images/explore.pngStep 3 is to Explore your Area Of Interest.Step 3: Explore
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/app/Help/Images/SDXTab.pngYou explore your Area Of Interest with the Soil Data Explorer tab. Click or Press the Enter or Spacebar key to view larger image. Press the Escape key to close.Soil Data Explorer tab
/app/Help/Images/SDXTabLarge.pngThis is the Soil Data Explorer tab. Click or press the Escape key to close.Soil Data Explorer tab - Click or press Escape key to close
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/app/Resources/HomePage/images/checkout.pngStep 4: Check OutStep 4 is to Check Out a custom report of your AOI and soils data.
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/app/Help/Images/ShoppingCartTab.pngTo get your custom report, use the Shopping Cart tab. Click or Press the Enter or Spacebar key to view larger image. Press the Escape key to close.Shopping Cart tab
/app/Help/Images/ShoppingCartTabLarge.pngThis is the Shopping Cart tab. Click or press the Escape key to close.Shopping Cart tab - click or press Escape key to close
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/app/Resources/HomePage/images/tips.jpgClick to view Tips and Shortcuts.Tips and Shortcuts
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Page structure

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Headings
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Heading structure

No headings were found.
There are too few (6) internal links on this page.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (40) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/app/Anchor Skip to Page Content
https://www.usda.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Click to go to the United States Department of Agriculture home page
https://nrcs.usda.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Click to go to the Natural Resources Conservation Service home page
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/cons...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Click to go to the NRCS Soils home page.
/app/MainHelp.htmIMG-ALT Click to go to the main Web Soil Survey help page.
https://nrcs.usda.gov/conserva...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Click to go to a contact information page.
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/cons...External Subdomain Soils Home
A-TITLE NRCS Soils Home
https://nrcs.usda.gov/about/pa...External Subdomain National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS)
A-TITLE NCSS
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/cons...External Subdomain Archived Soil Surveys
A-TITLE Archived Soil Surveys
/DataAvailability/SoilDataAvai...Status Maps
A-TITLE Status Maps
https://nrcs.usda.gov/resource...External Subdomain Official Soil Series Descriptions (OSD)
A-TITLE Official Soil Series Descriptions
https://casoilresource.lawr.uc...External Subdomain Series Extent Explorer
A-TITLE Series Extent Explorer
https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/External Subdomain Geospatial Data Gateway
A-TITLE Geospatial Data Gateway
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/p...External Subdomain eFOTG
A-TITLE FOTG (county technical guides)
http://ncsslabdatamart.sc.egov...External Subdomain National Soil Characterization Data
A-TITLE National Soil Characterization Data
https://nrcs.usda.gov/conserva...External Subdomain Soil Health
A-TITLE Soil Health
https://nrcs.usda.gov/conserva...External Subdomain Soil Geography
A-TITLE Soil Geography
/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspxIMG-ALT Click this button to start the Web Soil Survey application.
https://nrcs.usda.gov/contact/...External Subdomain USDA Service Center
A-TITLE USDA Service Center
https://nrcs.usda.gov/contact/...External Subdomain NRCS State Soil Scientist
A-TITLE NRCS State Soil Scientist
/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspxStart Web Soil Survey (WSS)
A-TITLE Start the Web Soil Survey application
https://nrcs.usda.gov/conserva...External Subdomain Know Web Soil Survey Requirements
A-TITLE Know Web Soil Survey Requirements
https://nrcs.usda.gov/conserva...External Subdomain Know Web Soil Survey operation hours
A-TITLE Know Web Soil Survey operation hours
/DataAvailability/SoilDataAvai...Find what areas of the U.S. have soil data
A-TITLE Find what areas of the U.S. have soil data
https://nrcs.usda.gov/sites/de...External Subdomain Find information by topic
A-TITLE Find information by topic
https://nrcs.usda.gov/conserva...External Subdomain Know how to hyperlink from other documents to Web Soil Survey
A-TITLE Know how to hyperlink from other documents to Web Soil Survey
https://nrcs.usda.gov/resource...External Subdomain Know the SSURGO data structure
A-TITLE Know the SSURGO data structure
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/cons...External Subdomain Anchor Use Web Soil Survey on a mobile device
A-TITLE Use Web Soil Survey on a mobile device
https://nrcs.usda.gov/conserva...External Subdomain Web Soil Survey 3.4.0 has been released! View Web Soil Survey release history
A-TITLE Web Soil Survey 3.4.0 has been released! View Web Soil Survey release history.
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Sign up for e-mail updates via GovDelivery
A-TITLE Sign up for e-mail updates via GovDelivery
https://nrcs.usda.gov/conserva...External Subdomain Getting Started With Web Soil Survey
A-TITLE Getting Started With Web Soil Survey
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/cons...External Subdomain Anchor How to use Web Soil Survey Online Help
A-TITLE How to use Web Soil Survey Online Help
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/cons...External Subdomain Anchor Known Problems and Workarounds
A-TITLE Known Problems and Workarounds
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/cons...External Subdomain Anchor Frequently Asked Questions
A-TITLE Frequently Asked Questions
https://nrcs.usda.gov/resource...External Subdomain Anchor Citing Web Soil Survey as a source of soils data
A-TITLE Citing Web Soil Survey as a source of soils data
https://nrcs.usda.gov/conserva...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Click to view Tips and Shortcuts.
https://nrcs.usda.gov/External Subdomain NRCS Home
https://www.usda.gov/External Subdomain USDA
https://nrcs.usda.gov/conserva...External Subdomain NRCS Soils
https://www.usda.gov/ogc/offic...External Subdomain FOIA
https://www.usda.gov/accessibi...External Subdomain Accessibility Statement
https://www.usda.gov/privacy-p...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://www.usda.gov/non-discr...External Subdomain Non-Discrimination Statement
https://www.ocio.usda.gov/poli...External Subdomain Information Quality
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain USA.gov
https://www.whitehouse.gov/External Subdomain White House

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This page redirects to "https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/"
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The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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The page response time is very slow (2.22 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 4 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 (57 kB).

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