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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
70% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.20 s
File size
89.80 kB
Words
523
Media files
10
Number of links
98 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | US EPA
The length of the page title is perfect. (432 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.epa.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)
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
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
msapplication-TileColor#FFFFFF
msapplication-TileImage/themes/epa_theme/images/favicon-144.png
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msapplication-config/themes/epa_theme/images/ieconfig.xml
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:image:altU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
twitter:image:height600
twitter:image:width1200
twitter:imagehttps://www.epa.gov/sites/all/themes/epa/img/epa-standard-twitter.jpg
og:site_nameUS EPA
og:urlhttps://www.epa.gov/home
og:imagehttps://www.epa.gov/sites/all/themes/epa/img/epa-standard-og.jpg
og:image:width1200
og:image:height630
og:image:altU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 523 words. That's ok.
21.8% 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.
7 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 13.33 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 29 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 10 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
/themes/epa_theme/images/us_flag_small.pngU.S. flag
/themes/epa_theme/images/icon-dot-gov.svgDot gov
/themes/epa_theme/images/icon-https.svgHTTPS
...me/images/usa-icons-bg/search--white.svgSearch
...-09/green-planet-icons.jpg?itok=Fbh1eiz9Hand holding Earth with green background
...c/2022-02/epa_hiring_2.jpg?itok=L_ld0EdsEPA is hiring
...10/cc_istock-483205433.jpg?itok=z6wddQG7Children in a field with the Earth
...ublic/2022-10/IRA card.jpg?itok=mg48uVoJmany hands holding up a globe
...9/children-globe-small.png?itok=EQ_vyOVpChildren looking at a globe
/themes/epa_theme/images/epa-seal.svgUnited States Environmental Protection Agency

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
H2 $100 Million Available in Environmental Justice Grants
H2 Accelerating Clean Transportation
H2 Investing in Community Air Pollution Monitoring
H2 Making Electric School Buses the American Standard
H2 Key Topics
H2 Climate Change Resources
H2 Your Community
H2 News from EPA
H2 Discover.
H2 Connect.
H2 Ask.
H2 Follow.
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 13 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.epa.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.epa.gov/A-TITLE Home
/environmental-topicsEnvironmental Topics
/environmental-topics/air-topicsAir
https://www.epa.gov/bedbugsBed Bugs
/environmental-topics/chemical...Chemicals and Toxics
/climate-changeClimate Change
/emergency-responseEmergency Response
/environmental-topics/environm...Environmental Information by Location
/environmentaljusticeEnvironmental Justice
/environmental-topics/greener-...Greener Living
/environmental-topics/health-t...Health
/environmental-topics/land-was...Land, Waste, and Cleanup
https://www.epa.gov/leadLead
https://www.epa.gov/moldMold
https://www.epa.gov/pesticidesPesticides
https://www.epa.gov/radonRadon
/environmental-topics/science-...Science Topics
/environmental-topics/water-to...Water Topics
/topics-epa-webA-Z Topic Index
/laws-regulationsLaws & Regulations
A-TITLE View links to regulatory information by topic and sector, and to top pages about environmental laws, regulations, policies, compliance, and enforcement
/regulatory-information-sectorBy Business Sector
/regulatory-information-topicBy Topic
https://www.epa.gov/complianceCompliance
https://www.epa.gov/enforcementEnforcement
https://www.epa.gov/guidanceGuidance
/laws-regulations/laws-and-exe...Laws and Executive Orders
/laws-regulations/regulationsRegulations
/report-violationReport a Violation
https://echo.epa.gov/report-en...External Environmental Violations
/office-inspector-general/form...Fraud, Waste or Abuse
https://www.epa.gov/aboutepaAbout EPA
/aboutepa/epa-administratorEPA Administrator
/aboutepa/epa-organization-chartOrganization Chart
https://cfpub.epa.gov/locator/...External Staff Directory
https://www.epa.gov/planandbudgetPlanning, Budget, and Results
https://www.epa.gov/careersJobs and Internships
https://www.epa.gov/aboutepaHeadquarters Offices
/aboutepa/regional-and-geograp...Regional Offices
/aboutepa/research-centers-pro...Lab and Research Centers
/home/forms/send-request-techn...Contact Us
/environmentaljustice/environm...Learn more about this opportunity
/newsreleases/final-epa-standa...Read the news release
/arp/selections-arp-enhanced-a...Review selected community monitoring projects
/cleanschoolbus/awarded-clean-...Find out if clean school buses are coming to your area
https://www.airnow.gov/External Air Quality
https://www.epa.gov/bedbugsText duplicate Bed Bugs
https://www.epa.gov/brownfieldsBrownfields
https://www.epa.gov/childrenChildren's Health
/climate-changeText duplicate Climate Change
https://www.epa.gov/coronavirusCoronavirus
/ground-water-and-drinking-wat...Drinking Water
/emergency-responseEmergencies
https://www.epa.gov/enforcementText duplicate Enforcement
/environmentaljusticeText duplicate Environmental Justice
/infrastructureInfrastructure
https://www.epa.gov/leadText duplicate Lead
https://www.epa.gov/superfundSuperfund
/environmental-topicsBrowse more environmental topics
/environmental-topics/z-indexA-Z index
https://www.epa.gov/node/32663/IMG-ALT EPA is hiring
https://www.epa.gov/node/32663/Explore EPA Careers
/climate-adaptationClimate Adaptation
/climate-changeText duplicate Climate Change
/climate-indicatorsClimate Indicators
/climate-hfcs-reductionProtecting Our Climate by Reducing Use of HFCs
/regulations-emissions-vehicle...Proposed Rule to Revise Existing National GHG Emissions Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks Through Model Year 2026
/controlling-air-pollution-oil...Proposed Rule to Reduce Climate- and Health-Harming Pollution from the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
/inflation-reduction-actIMG-ALT many hands holding up a globe
/inflation-reduction-actLearn about the Inflation Reduction Act
/newsreleases/searchRead more news releases
https://espanol.epa.gov/External Español
A-TITLE Spanish
https://www.epa.gov/lep/arabicعربى
A-TITLE Arabic
/lep/simplified-chinese中文: 简体版
A-TITLE simplified Chinese
/lep/traditional-chinese中文: 繁體版
A-TITLE traditional Chinese
/lep/sante-ak-anviwonman-enfom...Kreyòl ayisyen
A-TITLE Haitian Creole
https://www.epa.gov/lep/korean한국어
A-TITLE Korean
/lep/saude-e-informacoes-ambie...Português
A-TITLE Portuguese
https://www.epa.gov/lep/russianPусский
A-TITLE Russian
https://www.epa.gov/lep/tagalogTagalog
A-TITLE Tagalog
/lep/vietnameseTiếng Việt
A-TITLE Vietnamese
/home/forms/send-request-techn...Text duplicate Contact Us
/accessibility/epa-accessibili...Accessibility Statement
https://www.epa.gov/planandbudgetBudget & Performance
https://www.epa.gov/contractsContracting
/utilities/wwwepagov-snapshotsEPA www Web Snapshot
https://www.epa.gov/grantsGrants
/ocr/whistleblower-protections...No FEAR Act Data
/web-policies-and-procedures/p...Plain Writing
https://www.epa.gov/privacyPrivacy
/privacy/privacy-and-security-...Privacy and Security Notice
https://www.data.gov/External Data.gov
/office-inspector-general/abou...Inspector General
https://www.epa.gov/careersJobs
https://www.epa.gov/newsroomNewsroom
https://www.epa.gov/dataOpen Government
https://www.regulations.gov/External Regulations.gov
/newsroom/email-subscriptions-...Subscribe
https://www.usa.gov/External USA.gov
https://www.whitehouse.gov/External White House
/home/forms/contact-epaContact EPA
/web-policies-and-procedures/e...EPA Disclaimers
/aboutepa/epa-hotlinesHotlines
https://www.epa.gov/foiaFOIA Requests
/home/frequent-questions-speci...Frequent Questions
https://www.facebook.com/EPAExternal No Text
https://twitter.com/epaExternal No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/U...External No Text
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/epagovExternal No Text
https://www.epa.gov/Anchor A-TITLE Back to top

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.epa.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 21 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 29 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.20 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (90 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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cache-controlmax-age=300, public
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
link<https://www.epa.gov/>; rel="canonical", <https://www.epa.gov/>; rel="shortlink"
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
permissions-policyinterest-cohort=()
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedMon, 23 Jan 2023 16:58:33 GMT
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x-drupal-cacheHIT
x-xss-protection1
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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 212,347 referring domains.
This page has 39,963,975 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 108,432 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 19535 shares, comments and likes on Facebook.
Listed on Webwiki
(Nice to have)
This website is listed on Webwiki.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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# 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/
# Theme artifacts (including pattern lab):
Disallow: /themes/
Allow: /themes/*.css$
Allow: /themes/*.css?
Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
Allow: /themes/*.gif
Allow: /themes/*.jpg
Allow: /themes/*.jpeg
Allow: /themes/*.png
Allow: /themes/*.svg

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Environmental68%Check
Environmental Protection67%Check
Environmental Protection Agency66%Check
US EPA65%Check
EPA64%Check
Agency63%Check
Protection Agency63%Check
gov54%Check
Environmental Justice54%Check
Environmental Topics54%Check
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