Careers.state.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
68% 
Page quality
79% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.03 s
File size
2,409.50 kB
Words
1303
Media files
19
Number of links
167 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Careers
The page title is too short. (145 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Discover opportunities that allow you to contribute your experiences, knowledge, and expertise to work on U.S. foreign policy, global health, environment, technology, security, building operations, and more, around the world. Join the diplomatic workforce that reflects and represents America, one where diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility make us stronger, smarter, more creative, and more innovative.
There are more than one meta descriptions on the page. Only one is allowed.
The meta description is too long: 2521 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://careers.state.gov/
There is a valid canonical link 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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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

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descriptionREPRESENT AMERICA TO THE WORLD Discover opportunities that allow you to contribute your experiences, knowledge, and expertise to work on foreign policies, technology, security systems, buildings, and more, around the world.  Join the diplomatic workforce that reflects and represents America, one where diversity and inclusion make us stronger, smarter, more creative, and more innovative.  Help
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1303 words. That's ok.
28% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
13 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 13.27 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 105 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (2409.5 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 151 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"explore opportunities that are currently open for application and learn about several on-demand regist..."
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)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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
...ent/uploads/2022/01/headerlogo1x-1-1.pngCareers Logo
...ent/uploads/2022/01/mobilelogo1x-1-1.pngCareers Logo
...t/uploads/2022/01/mobilelogo1x-1-1-1.pngCareers Logo
/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/home2-new.jpgWorldwide Foreign Service
/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/home3.jpgDomestic Civil Service
/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/home1.jpgInternship Fellowships
...tent/uploads/2024/04/30x30Initiative.jpg30×30 Initiative
...2022/02/Home_opportunity_2022-hiring.pngDiplomatic Technology Officer (DTO)
...content/uploads/2022/09/RMOP-500x500.pngRegional Medical Officer Psychiatrist (RMOP)
/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SEO_promo.pngForeign Service Security Engineering Officer
/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/STS_promo.pngForeign Service Security Technical Specialist
...t/uploads/2022/08/DS-Courier-promo-1.jpgLaw Enforcement Opportunities
/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/obo-promo.pngEngineers, Architects, Project Managers
...content/uploads/2022/01/mobilelogo-1.pngUnited States Department of State Seal , Careers Representing America
...ent/uploads/2022/01/newcareerslogo-1.pngUnited States Department of State Seal , Careers Representing America
Video URLWidthHeight
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
REPRESENT AMERICA TO THE WORLD
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 REPRESENT AMERICA TO THE WORLD
H2 Opportunities and Announcements
H2 Opportunities and Announcements Duplicate text
H2 30×30 Initiative
H2 Diplomatic Technology Officer (DTO)
H2 Regional Medical Officer Psychiatrist (RMOP)
H2 Foreign Service Security Engineering Officer
H2 Foreign Service Security Technical Specialist
H2 Law Enforcement Opportunities
H2 Engineers, Architects, Project Managers
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER
H2 Foreign Service Specialist
H2 Civil Service Professionals
H4 Secretary of State Message
H4 Foreign Service Officer
H4 Foreign Service Specialist Duplicate text
H4 Civil Service Professionals Duplicate text
H4 Watch Recorded Events
H4 Secretary of State Message Duplicate text
H4 Foreign Service Officer Duplicate text
H4 Foreign Service Specialist Duplicate text
H4 Civil Service Professionals Duplicate text
H4 Watch Recorded Events Duplicate text
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 7 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 19 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://careers.state.gov/Anchor Skip to content
/downloads/Downloads
https://careers.state.gov/faqs/FAQs
https://doscareers.yellogov.co...External Subdomain Join Our Talent Network
https://careers.state.gov/Subdomain IMG-ALT Careers Logo
/career-paths/Subdomain Career Paths
/career-paths/foreign-service/Subdomain Foreign Service
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Dimensions
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Foreign Service Officer
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain FSO Career Tracks
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain FSO Selection Process
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Lateral Entry Pilot Program
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain About Foreign Service Assignments
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Who We Look For
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Foreign Service Specialist
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain FSS Career Tracks
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain FSS Selection Process
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Administration
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Overseas Buildings Operations
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Information Technology
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Educational and Cultural Affairs
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Law Enforcement and Security
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Medical and Health
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Consular Fellows Program
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain What We Do
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Consular Fellows Program Test Information and Selection Process
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Language Tests
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Limited Non-Career Appointments (LNAs)
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain PEPFAR
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Local Employment in U.S. Embassies and Consulates
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Foreign Service Reappointments
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Family Life
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Suggested Reading
/career-paths/domestic-civil-s...Subdomain Domestic / Civil Service
/career-paths/domestic-civil-s...Subdomain CS Selection Process
/career-paths/domestic-civil-s...Subdomain CS Job Categories
/career-paths/recruitment-events/Subdomain Recruitment Events
/career-paths/recruitment-even...Subdomain Recorded Events
/interns-fellows/Subdomain Internships / Fellowships
/interns-fellows/pathways-prog...Subdomain Student Programs Overview
/interns-fellows/pathways-prog...Subdomain Pathways Programs
/interns-fellows/pathways-prog...Subdomain Pathways Programs Overview
/interns-fellows/pathways-prog...Subdomain Pathways Internship Programs
/interns-fellows/pathways-prog...Subdomain Recent Graduates Program
/interns-fellows/pathways-prog...Subdomain Presidential Management Fellows Program (PMF)
/interns-fellows/student-inter...Subdomain Student Internship Program
/interns-fellows/us-foreign-se...Subdomain U.S. Foreign Service Internship Program
/interns-fellows/student-inter...Subdomain Student Internship Selection Process
/interns-fellows/student-inter...Subdomain Which Office is Right for You?
/interns-fellows/foreign-servi...Subdomain Foreign Service Fellowships
/interns-fellows/foreign-servi...Subdomain Foreign Service Fellowships Overview
/interns-fellows/foreign-servi...Subdomain Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program
/interns-fellows/foreign-servi...Subdomain Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program
/interns-fellows/foreign-servi...Subdomain Foreign Affairs Information Technology Fellowship
/interns-fellows/foreign-servi...Subdomain William D. Clarke, Sr. Diplomatic Security Fellowship
/interns-fellows/virtual-stude...Subdomain Virtual Student Federal Service Internships
/interns-fellows/virtual-stude...Subdomain Meet VSFS Interns
/interns-fellows/civil-service...Subdomain Civil Service Fellowships
/interns-fellows/civil-service...Subdomain Colin Powell Leadership Program
/interns-fellows/civil-service...Subdomain Civil Service Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Fellowship
/interns-fellows/civil-service...Subdomain Civil Service Foreign Affairs Fellowship
/interns-fellows/professional-...Subdomain Professional Fellowships
/interns-fellows/professional-...Subdomain AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship Program
/interns-fellows/professional-...Subdomain Franklin Talent Exchange Program (FTEP)
/interns-fellows/professional-...Subdomain Jefferson Science Fellowship Program
/interns-fellows/professional-...Subdomain MBA Special Advisor Fellowship
/interns-fellows/professional-...Subdomain Professional Science & Engineering Society Fellows Programs
/interns-fellows/professional-...Subdomain Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program
/interns-fellows/additional-in...Subdomain Additional Internships and Fellowships
/interns-fellows/additional-in...Subdomain Legal Internships and Externships
/interns-fellows/additional-in...Subdomain The Council of American Ambassadors Fellowship
/interns-fellows/additional-in...Subdomain The Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellowship
/interns-fellows/additional-in...Subdomain Workforce Recruitment Program
/benefits/Subdomain Benefits
/benefits/benefits/Subdomain Benefits Overview
/benefits/civil-service-benefits/Subdomain Civil Service Benefits
/benefits/foreign-service-offi...Subdomain Foreign Service Officer Benefits
/benefits/foreign-service-spec...Subdomain Foreign Service Specialist Benefits
/benefits/fs-entry-salaries/Subdomain Foreign Service Salaries
https://careers.state.gov/about/Subdomain About
/about/what-we-do/Subdomain Text duplicate What We Do
/about/what-we-do/our-mission/Subdomain Mission
/about/what-we-do/organization/Subdomain Organization
/about/what-we-do/where-we-work/Subdomain Where We Work
/about/what-we-do/opportunitie...Subdomain Opportunities
/about/who-we-are/Subdomain Who We Are
/about/who-we-are/state-magazine/Subdomain STATE Magazine
/about/who-we-are/culture-of-l...Subdomain Culture of Leadership
/about/who-we-are/employee-vid...Subdomain Employee Videos
/about/who-we-are/community-in...Subdomain Community Involvement
/about/who-we-are/history-auth...Subdomain History, Authorities and the Interagency Process
/about/diversity-inclusion/Subdomain Diversity & Inclusion
/about/diversity-inclusion/sec...Subdomain Secretary’s Message
/about/diversity-inclusion/emp...Subdomain Employee Organizations
/about/diversity-inclusion/vet...Subdomain Military, Veteran and Family Member Programs
/about/diversity-inclusion/acc...Subdomain Accessibility and Accommodations
/about/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/about/contact-us/contact-webm...Subdomain Contact Webmaster
/connect-with-a-diplomat/Subdomain Connect with a Diplomat
/connect-with-a-diplomat/alleg...Subdomain Allegheny
/connect-with-a-diplomat/central/Subdomain Central
/connect-with-a-diplomat/centr...Subdomain Central South
/connect-with-a-diplomat/dc-me...Subdomain DC Metro
/connect-with-a-diplomat/florida/Subdomain Florida
/connect-with-a-diplomat/mid-a...Subdomain Mid-Atlantic
/connect-with-a-diplomat/midwest/Subdomain Midwest
/connect-with-a-diplomat/new-e...Subdomain New England
/connect-with-a-diplomat/north...Subdomain North Central
/connect-with-a-diplomat/north...Subdomain Northern California
/connect-with-a-diplomat/north...Subdomain Northwest
/connect-with-a-diplomat/ny-me...Subdomain NY Metro
/connect-with-a-diplomat/rocky...Subdomain Rocky Mountains
/connect-with-a-diplomat/south/Subdomain South
/connect-with-a-diplomat/south...Subdomain Southern California
/connect-with-a-diplomat/south...Subdomain Southwest
/connect-with-a-diplomat/texas/Subdomain Texas
/apply-now/Subdomain APPLY NOW
/author/cpalamara/Subdomain cpalamara
A-TITLE Posts by cpalamara
/about/who-we-are/employee-vid...Subdomain careers at the U.S. Department of State
/career-paths/foreign-service/Subdomain IMG-ALT Worldwide Foreign Service
/career-paths/domestic-civil-s...Subdomain IMG-ALT Domestic Civil Service
/interns-fellows/Subdomain IMG-ALT Internship Fellowships
/career-paths/foreign-service/...IMG-ALT 30×30 Initiative
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Text duplicate 30×30 Initiative
https://30x30initiative.org/External 30x30initiative.org
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain DS Security and Law Enforcement
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Trivial anchor text
Read More
/career-paths/foreign-service/...IMG-ALT Diplomatic Technology Officer (DTO)
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Text duplicate Diplomatic Technology Officer (DTO)
/career-paths/foreign-service/...position details
https://home.pearsonvue.com/dt...External Subdomain register here
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/77...External Subdomain Vacancy Announcement on USAJOBS
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/career-paths/foreign-service/...IMG-ALT Regional Medical Officer Psychiatrist (RMOP)
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Text duplicate Regional Medical Officer Psychiatrist (RMOP)
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist Job Announcement page
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/78...External Subdomain Text duplicate Vacancy Announcement on USAJOBS
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/career-paths/foreign-service/...IMG-ALT Foreign Service Security Engineering Officer
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Text duplicate Foreign Service Security Engineering Officer
https://careers.state.gov/dsDiplomatic Security Service (DSS)
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Security Engineering Officers
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/78...External Subdomain vacancy announcement
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/career-paths/foreign-service/...IMG-ALT Foreign Service Security Technical Specialist
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Text duplicate Foreign Service Security Technical Specialist
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Subdomain Foreign Service Security Technical Specialists Job Announcement page
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob...External Subdomain Text duplicate Vacancy Announcement on USAJOBS
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/career-paths/foreign-service/...IMG-ALT Law Enforcement Opportunities
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Text duplicate Law Enforcement Opportunities
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Read More about Law Enforcement Opportunities
/career-paths/foreign-service/...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://bit.ly/3FepWU3External IMG-ALT Engineers, Architects, Project Managers
https://bit.ly/3FepWU3External Text duplicate Engineers, Architects, Project Managers
https://bit.ly/3FepWU3External OBO's opportunities
https://bit.ly/3FepWU3External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://careers.state.gov/x/Subdomain No Text
https://careers.state.gov/x/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://careers.state.gov/Anchor Secretary of State Message
https://careers.state.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Foreign Service Officer
https://careers.state.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Foreign Service Specialist
https://careers.state.gov/Anchor Civil Service Professionals
https://careers.state.gov/Anchor Watch Recorded Events
https://careers.state.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Secretary of State Message
https://careers.state.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Foreign Service Officer
https://careers.state.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Foreign Service Specialist
https://careers.state.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Civil Service Professionals
https://careers.state.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Watch Recorded Events
/about/who-we-are/employee-vid...Subdomain Anchor Explore more Foreign Service Officer experiences.
/about/who-we-are/employee-vid...Subdomain Anchor Explore more Foreign Service Specialist experiences.
/about/who-we-are/employee-vid...Subdomain Anchor Explore more Civil Service experiences.
https://careers.state.gov/IMG-ALT United States Department of State Seal , Careers Representing America
https://careers.state.gov/Text duplicate IMG-ALT United States Department of State Seal , Careers Representing America
https://careers.state.gov/Home
A-TITLE Home
https://www.state.gov/privacy-...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
A-TITLE Privacy Policy
https://doscareers.usajobs.gov/External Subdomain USAJOBS
A-TITLE USAJobs
https://www.state.gov/section-...External Subdomain Accessibility Statement
A-TITLE Accessibility Statement
https://careers.state.gov/sitemapSite Map
A-TITLE Site Map
/career-paths/recruitment-events/Text duplicate Recruitment Events
A-TITLE Downloads
/connect/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact Us
A-TITLE Careers Webmaster
https://www.facebook.com/dosca...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/doscareersNew window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/dosc...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/s...New window External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://careers.state.gov/"
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 is slow (1.03 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 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 105 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (2,410 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 3,605 referring domains.
This page has 111,231 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,944 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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careers.state.gov
Home - Careers
Discover opportunities that allow you to contribute your experiences, knowledge, and expertise to work on U.S. foreign policy, global health, environment, technology, security, building operations, and more, around the world. Join the diplomatic workforce that reflects and represents America, one where diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility make us stronger, smarter, more creative, and more innovative.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
WORLD63%Check
AMERICA63%Check
Opportunities61%Check
CAREER61%Check
STATE58%Check
careers58%Check
Security56%Check
Diplomatic Security55%Check
Discover opportunities55%Check
represents America55%Check

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