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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
60% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.66 s
File size
57.20 kB
Words
697
Media files
12
Number of links
118 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Home Page
The length of the page title is perfect. (483 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages California's diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment by the public.
The meta description is too long: 1319 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-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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
descriptionThe Department of Fish and Wildlife manages California's diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment by the public.
robotsINDEX, FOLLOW
google-site-verificationcP8kkv3F1FZwHyr0uBQCwfkzjiYA6BSNkjn-z4VGmOQ
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0, minimal-ui
langen-us
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 697 words. That's ok.
19.9% 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.
6 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 21.43 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 22 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0, minimal-ui" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (17). We recommend using a maximum of 14 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...s/CAgov_CDFW/images/Ca-Gov-Logo-Gold.svgCA.gov
...ization.png?ver=E4t0WhK-Ogetxsvm7fGHQA==CDFW
...Images/Home/hero/HomePage-Tax-Fund-2.jpghelp native species at tax-time - link opens tax donation page
...0/Images/Home/cdfw-regions-polygonal.pngsmall map of California- link opens regional contacts page
...canal-4.jpg?ver=8xgknJ268yrGxPxDUa-GCQ==Aerial view of canal with boats
...NR-1086.jpg?ver=yku1jj4pxb9ka6JpLZXOdg==Yellow and purple flowers on a cliff
...rm site.jpg?ver=RGgBKT1mzv3uM4nButVVSA==gravel beach berm site at Eden Landing property in Alameda County
...onMount.jpg?ver=yLZO8mex_hNBRrqcvo1jbg==A taxidermized mountain lion illegally possessed and on display within a Napa County residence.
...Holeman.jpg?ver=tkpQw0QlANGLA6c3_dTwqQ==Two doves sitting on cactus with pink flowers
...statetemplate/global/images/gov-seal.pngCalifornia for all
...Website/Images/Wade-Crowfoot-200-200.jpgSecretary Crowfoot
...als/0/Images/Home/CDFW-favicon-80x80.pngCDFW

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 LA Fire Notices
H2 Purchase a License, Report Harvests
H2 Living with Wildlife
H2 Drought
H2 Report Poachers and Polluters
H2 Report What You've Seen
H2 Contact your regional CDFW office
H2 Recent News Releases
H2 Dig Deeper
H2 State Campaigns
H2 Mission Statement
H2 Leadership
H2 About CDFW
H2 Opportunities
H2 Get in Touch
H2 Related Agencies
H3 Most Recent
H3 Gavin Newsom
H3 Wade Crowfoot
H3 Charlton H. Bonham
H4 Suspect Facing Felony Charges in Stockton Illegal Dumping Case
H4 March 2025 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar
H4 Wildlife Conservation Board Awards $37 Million in Grants to 14 Habitat Conservation and Restoration Projects
H4 Unsuspecting Airline Passengers Reveal Smuggled Sea Turtle Skull, Other Wildlife Crimes to Plainclothes CDFW Wildlife Officers Leading to Prosecution, Fines and Forfeiture
H4 Oregon Artist Wins California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 5 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://wildlife.ca.gov/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://wildlife.ca.gov/ClosuresEmergency Closures
https://www.ca.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT CA.gov
https://wildlife.ca.gov/SystemsLogin
https://wildlife.ca.gov/Anchor About CDFW
https://wildlife.ca.gov/ContactContact
https://wildlife.ca.gov/Anchor Search
A-TITLE Search
https://wildlife.ca.gov/Anchor Google Translate
A-TITLE Google Translate
https://wildlife.ca.gov/Subdomain IMG-ALT CDFW
A-TITLE CDFW
https://wildlife.ca.gov/Home
https://wildlife.ca.gov/Subdomain Text duplicate Home
https://wildlife.ca.gov/FishingSubdomain Fishing
https://wildlife.ca.gov/HuntingSubdomain Hunting
https://wildlife.ca.gov/LicensingSubdomain Licensing
/ConservationSubdomain Conservation
https://wildlife.ca.gov/LearningSubdomain Learning
/Conservation/Environmental-Re...Emergency Streambed Work
/Living-with-Wildlife/Wildlife...Wildlife Guidance
/Tax-DonationIMG-ALT help native species at tax-time - link opens tax donation page
https://www.ca.wildlifelicense...New window External Subdomain Online Sales/Services(opens in new tab)
https://www.ca.wildlifelicense...New window External Subdomain Find a Store(opens in new tab)
/RegulationsRegulations
/Living-with-WildlifeGuidance
https://apps.wildlife.ca.gov/wirNew window External Subdomain Report Online (WIR)(opens in new tab)
/Living-with-Wildlife/Wildlife...Wildlife and Fire Events
https://wildlife.ca.gov/DroughtCDFW Actions
/Enforcement/CalTIPCALTIP
https://wildlife.ca.gov/SightingsReport Sighting
https://wildlife.ca.gov/RegionsContact your regional CDFW office
IMG-ALT small map of California- link opens regional contacts page
https://wildlife.ca.gov/NewsNews Room
/News/Archive/suspect-facing-f...Subdomain Suspect Facing Felony Charges in Stockton Illegal Dumping Case
/News/Archive/aid/8825?Author=...Subdomain [email protected]
/News/Archive/suspect-facing-f...Subdomain Comment
/News/Archive/suspect-facing-f...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/News/Archive/march-2025-calif...Subdomain March 2025 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar
/News/Archive/aid/8825?Author=...Subdomain Text duplicate [email protected]
/News/Archive/march-2025-calif...Subdomain Text duplicate Comment
/News/Archive/march-2025-calif...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/News/Archive/wildlife-conserv...Subdomain Wildlife Conservation Board Awards $37 Million in Grants to 14 Habitat Conservation and Restoration Projects
/News/Archive/aid/12084?Author...Subdomain [email protected]
/News/Archive/wildlife-conserv...Subdomain Text duplicate Comment
/News/Archive/wildlife-conserv...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/News/Archive/unsuspecting-air...Subdomain Unsuspecting Airline Passengers Reveal Smuggled Sea Turtle Skull, Other Wildlife Crimes to Plainclothes CDFW Wildlife Officers Leading to Prosecution, Fines ...
/News/Archive/aid/10643?Author...Subdomain [email protected]
/News/Archive/unsuspecting-air...Subdomain Text duplicate Comment
/News/Archive/unsuspecting-air...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/News/Archive/oregon-artist-wi...Subdomain Oregon Artist Wins California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest
/News/Archive/aid/8825?Author=...Subdomain Text duplicate [email protected]
/News/Archive/oregon-artist-wi...Subdomain Text duplicate Comment
/News/Archive/oregon-artist-wi...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/Science-Institute/NewsScience Spotlight
https://cdfwmarine.wordpress.com/New window External Subdomain Marine Management News(opens in new tab)
/Science-Institute/Featured-Sc...Featured Scientists
/Data/CNDDB/NewsCalifornia Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) News
https://journal.wildlife.ca.gov/New window External Subdomain California Fish and Wildlife Scientific Journal(opens in new tab)
/Conservation/Mammals/Black-Be...Bear Naked Truth
https://aquaculturematters.ca....New window External Subdomain Aquaculture Matters(opens in new tab)
https://wildlife.ca.gov/FishingFishing Directory
/Fishing/OceanOcean Sport Fishing
/Fishing/InlandInland Sport Fishing
/Fishing/CommercialCommercial Fishing
/Licensing/FishingLicenses and Report Cards
/RegulationsText duplicate Regulations
/Fishing/RecordsFishing & Diving Records
/Fishing/PassportFishing Passport
/Fishing/HatcheriesFish Hatcheries, Stocking
https://wildlife.ca.gov/HuntingHunting Directory
/Hunting/DeerDeer
/Hunting/BearBear
/Hunting/Upland-Game-BirdsUpland Game Birds
/Hunting/WaterfowlWaterfowl
/Hunting/ElkElk
/Hunting/PronghornPronghorn
/Hunting//Wild-PigWild Pig
/Hunting/Small-GameSmall Mammals
/Hunter-EducationHunter Education
/Licensing/HuntingLicenses & Tags
/RegulationsText duplicate Regulations
https://wildlife.ca.gov/LicensingLicensing Information
/Licensing/FishingFishing Licenses
/Licensing/HuntingHunting Licenses
https://www.ca.wildlifelicense...External Subdomain Purchase a License / Register for GO ID
/Licensing/AgentsLicense Agent Support
/Licensing/DirectoryLicense & Permit Directory
/ConservationConservation Directory
/ConservationSpecies Management / Data
/Conservation/CESAThreatened & Endangered Species
/Conservation/Environmental-Re...Environmental Review
https://wildlife.ca.gov/LandsCDFW Lands
https://wildlife.ca.gov/GrantsGrant Opportunities
/Conservation/PlanningLandscape Conservation & Advance Mitigation Planning
/Regions/MarineMarine Resources
https://wildlife.ca.gov/OSPRSpill Response
/Conservation/WatershedsWater & Watersheds
https://wildlife.ca.gov/LearningLearning Directory
https://wildlife.ca.gov/CAEPClassroom Aquarium
/Fishing-in-the-CityFishing in the City
/Hunter-EducationText duplicate Hunter Education
/Living-with-WildlifeLiving with Wildlife
/PublicationsPublications
https://covid19.ca.gov/New window External Subdomain Covid-19 Updates(opens in new tab)
https://registertovote.ca.gov/New window External Subdomain Register to Vote(opens in new tab)
https://saveourwater.com/New window External Save Our Water(opens in new tab)
https://www.flexalert.org/New window External Subdomain Flex Alert(opens in new tab)
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHan...New window External Subdomain 2023 CDFW SLAA Report(opens in new tab)
https://www.gov.ca.gov/New window External Subdomain Governor's Website(opens in new tab)
https://resources.ca.gov/About...New window External Subdomain Secretary's Website(opens in new tab)
https://wildlife.ca.gov/DirectorDirector's Page
https://wildlife.ca.gov/BudgetBudget
https://wildlife.ca.gov/JEDIJustice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
/EnforcementLaw Enforcement
/OrganizationOrganizational Structure
/Strategic-VisionStrategic Vision
/Tribal-AffairsTribal Affairs
/EmploymentEmployment
https://wildlife.ca.gov/GrantsGrants
https://wildlife.ca.gov/NoticesPublic Meetings and Notices
/ContractorsVendors/Contractors
/VolunteeringVolunteer
https://wildlife.ca.gov/ContactContact CDFW
https://wildlife.ca.gov/NewsText duplicate News Room
/General-Counsel/Public-Record...Public Records Act Requests
https://wildlife.ca.gov/RegionsRegions
https://fgc.ca.gov/New window External Subdomain Fish and Game Commission(opens in new tab)
https://wcb.ca.gov/New window External Subdomain Wildlife Conservation Board(opens in new tab)
/AccessibilityAccessibility
/Civil-RightsCivil Rights
/Conditions-of-UseConditions of Use
/Privacy-PolicyPrivacy Policy
/Site-ContentSite Map
https://wildlife.ca.gov/ContactContact Us
https://wildlife.ca.gov/ConnectFacebook
A-TITLE Facebook
https://wildlife.ca.gov/ConnectInstagram
A-TITLE Instagram
https://wildlife.ca.gov/ConnectTwitter
A-TITLE Twitter Feeds
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE YouTube
https://wildlife.ca.gov/ConnectBlogs
A-TITLE Blog Sites

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://wildlife.ca.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 very slow (1.66 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 6 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 22 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (57 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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cache-controlno-cache
pragmano-cache
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
expires-1
set-cookie36 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
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x-powered-byASP.NET
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubDomains
dateSun, 09 Mar 2025 12:22:19 GMT
content-length58613
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

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This page has 248,227 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 4,462 different ip addresses.

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California Department of Fish and Wildlife Home Page
The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages California's diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment by the public.

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fish wildlife75%Check
Fish and Wildlife75%Check
California74%Check
California Department69%Check
fish66%Check
Wildlife Conservation63%Check
Department62%Check
diverse fish56%Check
Wildlife Conservation Board55%Check
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