Coloradosos.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
72% 
Page quality
69% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
26% 
Server
80% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.84 s
File size
41.70 kB
Words
598
Media files
14
Number of links
176 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Colorado Secretary of State
The length of the page title is perfect. (251 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The basic mission of the Department of State is to collect, secure, and make accessible a wide variety of public records, ensure the integrity of elections, and enhance commerce.
The meta description is too long: 1096 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
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 character encoding is not specified.
The character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
descriptionThe basic mission of the Department of State is to collect, secure, and make accessible a wide variety of public records, ensure the integrity of elections, and enhance commerce.
keywordsColorado,Elections,Business,Charities,Lobbyist,Campaign finance,Notary,Bingo,UCC
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 598 words. That's ok.
11.7% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
6 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
/pubs/images/general/logo.pngColorado Secretary of State logo - go to home page
/pubs/images/Banner/behind.pngNo alt attribute provided
/pubs/images/general/logo.pngColorado Secretary of State logo - go to home page
/pubs/images/Banner/mountainResp.pngNo alt attribute provided
/pubs/images/Banner/mountainResp2.pngNo alt attribute provided
/pubs/images/Banner/headResp.pngNo alt attribute provided
/pubs/images/general/logo.pngColorado Secretary of State logo - go to home page
/pubs/images/general/whtHamMenu.pngNo alt attribute provided
/pubs/images/general/questionMarkBb.pngNo alt attribute provided
/pubs/images/home/twitter.pngFollow us on Twitter
/pubs/images/home/facebook.pngLike us on Facebook
/pubs/images/home/InstagramGlyph.pngFollow us on Instagram
/apps/voter/html/CampaignCallout.jpgOpinions are fun. Facts are better. Learn more about fighting foreign disinformation
/pubs/images/general/govDelivery.pngSign up for email updates

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 Business
H2 Elections
H2 Programs & services
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://coloradosos.gov/Anchor Skip to content
/pubs/info_center/biography.htmlSubdomain Secretary Griswold
https://www.coloradosos.gov/Subdomain IMG-ALT Colorado Secretary of State logo - go to home page
https://www.coloradosos.gov/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Colorado Secretary of State logo - go to home page
https://coloradosos.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Skip to content
https://www.coloradosos.gov/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Colorado Secretary of State logo - go to home page
https://www.coloradosos.gov/Subdomain Home
/pubs/bingo_raffles/bingoHome....Subdomain Bingo
/pubs/business/businessHome.htmlSubdomain Business
/pubs/charities/charitableHome...Subdomain Charities
/pubs/elections/main.htmlSubdomain Elections
/pubs/notary/home.htmlSubdomain Notary
/pubs/CCR/CCRHome.htmlSubdomain Administrative rules of state agencies
/pubs/apostilles/home.htmlSubdomain Apostille & authentications
/pubs/bingo_raffles/bingoHome....Subdomain Bingo & raffles
/pubs/bingo_raffles/bingoForms...Subdomain Bingo & Raffles Forms
/bingo/auth/login.xhtmlSubdomain Bingo & Raffles Log in
/pubs/bingo_raffles/bingoFAQ.htmlSubdomain Bingo & Raffles FAQs
/pubs/bingo_raffles/apply.htmlSubdomain Bingo & Raffles Apply for license
/bingo/auth/login.xhtmlSubdomain Bingo & Raffles Renew a license
/pubs/business/businessHome.htmlSubdomain Business organizations
/biz/BusinessEntityCriteriaExt.doSubdomain Business organizations Search
/pubs/business/fileAForm.htmlSubdomain Business organizations File a document
/biz/BusinessEntityCriteria.doSubdomain Certificate of Good Standing
/pubs/business/FAQ.htmlSubdomain Business organizations FAQs
/biz/businessFunctionsEmailNot...Subdomain Business organizations Email notifications
/pubs/charities/charitableHome...Subdomain Charities & fundraisers
/ccsa/pages/search/basic.xhtmlSubdomain Charities & fundraisers Search
/ccsa/auth/login.xhtmlSubdomain Charities & fundraisers Log in to eFile
/pubs/charities/filings.htmlSubdomain Charities & fundraisers File a form
/pubs/charities/FAQs.htmlSubdomain Charities & fundraisers FAQs
/ccsa/auth/forgotPassword.xhtmlSubdomain Charities & fundraisers Reset your password
/pubs/DME/home.htmlSubdomain DME suppliers
/dme/pages/search/criteria.xhtmlSubdomain DME suppliers Search
/dme/pages/share/intro.xhtmlSubdomain DME suppliers Apply
/dme/pages/secure/home.xhtml?f...Subdomain DME suppliers Log in
/pubs/DME/FAQs/general.htmlSubdomain DME suppliers FAQs
/pubs/elections/main.htmlSubdomain Elections & voting
/voter/pages/pub/home.xhtmlSubdomain Voters
/pubs/elections/CampaignFinanc...Subdomain Campaign finance
/pubs/elections/Candidates/Can...Subdomain Candidates
/ccorner/Subdomain Clerk's corner
/voter/pages/secured/voterSear...Subdomain Election administrator login
/pubs/elections/Initiatives/In...Subdomain Initiatives
/pubs/elections/UOCAVA.htmlSubdomain Military & overseas
/pubs/elections/NVRA/NVRAHome....Subdomain NVRA agency resources
/pubs/elections/Initiatives/ti...Subdomain Title board
https://tracer.sos.colorado.go...External Subdomain TRACER
/pubs/elections/VoterRegDrive/...Subdomain Voter registration drives
/pubs/elections/VotingSystems/...Subdomain Voting systems
/pubs/spanish/spanishHome.htmlSubdomain Español
/pubs/info_center/audioBroadca...Events & audio broadcasts
/pubs/info_center/feeSchedule....Subdomain Fee schedules
/pubs/lobby/lobby_home.htmlSubdomain Lobbyist
/lobby/Home.doSubdomain Lobbyist Search
/lobby/RequestUserId.doSubdomain New lobbyist registration / request login
/lobby/login/Home.doSubdomain Lobbyist Log in to eFile
/pubs/lobby/FAQ.htmlSubdomain Lobbyist FAQs
/pubs/newsRoom/index.htmlSubdomain Newsroom
/pubs/notary/home.htmlSubdomain Notary public
/notary/pages/public/verifyNot...Subdomain Verify a notary
/notary/pages/secure/secureHom...Subdomain Renew notary commission
/notary/pages/common/intro.xhtmlSubdomain Become a notary
/notary/login.xhtmlSubdomain Notary Log in
/pubs/notary/FAQs.htmlSubdomain Notary FAQs
/pubs/performingRights/index.htmlSubdomain Performing rights societies
/pubs/rule_making/rules.htmlSubdomain Rules & notices of rulemaking
/pubs/UCC/uccHome.htmlSubdomain Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
https://www.coloradosos.gov/ucc/Subdomain UCC Search
https://www.coloradosos.gov/ucc/Subdomain UCC eFile
/pubs/UCC/FAQ.htmlSubdomain UCC FAQs
/pubs/info_center/contact.htmlSubdomain Contact us
/pubs/CCR/CCRHome.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Administrative rules of state agencies
/pubs/apostilles/home.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Apostille & authentications
/pubs/bingo_raffles/bingoHome....Subdomain Text duplicate Bingo & raffles
/pubs/bingo_raffles/bingoForms...Subdomain Text duplicate Bingo & Raffles Forms
/bingo/auth/login.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate Bingo & Raffles Log in
/pubs/bingo_raffles/bingoFAQ.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Bingo & Raffles FAQs
/pubs/bingo_raffles/apply.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Bingo & Raffles Apply for license
/bingo/auth/login.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate Bingo & Raffles Renew a license
/pubs/business/businessHome.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Business organizations
/biz/BusinessEntityCriteriaExt.doSubdomain Text duplicate Business organizations Search
/pubs/business/fileAForm.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Business organizations File a document
/biz/BusinessEntityCriteria.doSubdomain Text duplicate Certificate of Good Standing
/pubs/business/FAQ.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Business organizations FAQs
/biz/businessFunctionsEmailNot...Subdomain Text duplicate Business organizations Email notifications
/pubs/charities/charitableHome...Subdomain Text duplicate Charities & fundraisers
/ccsa/pages/search/basic.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate Charities & fundraisers Search
/ccsa/auth/login.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate Charities & fundraisers Log in to eFile
/pubs/charities/filings.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Charities & fundraisers File a form
/pubs/charities/FAQs.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Charities & fundraisers FAQs
/ccsa/auth/forgotPassword.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate Charities & fundraisers Reset your password
/pubs/elections/main.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Elections & voting
/voter/pages/pub/home.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate Voters
/pubs/elections/CampaignFinanc...Subdomain Text duplicate Campaign finance
/pubs/elections/Candidates/Can...Subdomain Text duplicate Candidates
/ccorner/Subdomain Text duplicate Clerk's corner
/voter/pages/secured/voterSear...Subdomain Text duplicate Election administrator login
/pubs/elections/Initiatives/In...Subdomain Text duplicate Initiatives
/pubs/elections/UOCAVA.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Military & overseas
/pubs/elections/NVRA/NVRAHome....Subdomain Text duplicate NVRA agency resources
/pubs/elections/Initiatives/ti...Subdomain Text duplicate Title board
https://tracer.sos.colorado.go...External Subdomain Text duplicate TRACER
/pubs/elections/VoterRegDrive/...Subdomain Text duplicate Voter registration drives
/pubs/elections/VotingSystems/...Subdomain Text duplicate Voting systems
/pubs/DME/home.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate DME suppliers
/dme/pages/search/criteria.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate DME suppliers Search
/dme/pages/share/intro.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate DME suppliers Apply
/dme/pages/secure/home.xhtml?f...Subdomain Text duplicate DME suppliers Log in
/pubs/DME/FAQs/general.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate DME suppliers FAQs
/pubs/info_center/accessibilit...Text duplicate Events & audio broadcasts
/pubs/info_center/feeSchedule....Subdomain Text duplicate Fee schedules
/pubs/lobby/lobby_home.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Lobbyist
/lobby/Home.doSubdomain Text duplicate Lobbyist Search
/lobby/RequestUserId.doSubdomain Text duplicate New lobbyist registration / request login
/lobby/login/Home.doSubdomain Text duplicate Lobbyist Log in to eFile
/pubs/lobby/FAQ.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Lobbyist FAQs
/pubs/newsRoom/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Newsroom
/pubs/notary/home.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Notary public
/notary/pages/public/verifyNot...Subdomain Text duplicate Verify a notary
/notary/pages/secure/secureHom...Subdomain Text duplicate Renew notary commission
/notary/pages/common/intro.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate Become a notary
/notary/login.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate Notary Log in
/pubs/notary/FAQs.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Notary FAQs
/pubs/performingRights/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Performing rights societies
/pubs/rule_making/rules.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Rules & notices of rulemaking
/pubs/UCC/uccHome.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
https://www.coloradosos.gov/ucc/Subdomain Text duplicate UCC Search
https://www.coloradosos.gov/ucc/Subdomain Text duplicate UCC eFile
/pubs/UCC/FAQ.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate UCC FAQs
/pubs/info_center/contact.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Contact us
/pubs/business/businessHome.htmlBusinesses, trademarks, trade names
/biz/FileDoc.doSubdomain Start a new business
/biz/FileDocSearchCriteria.do?...Renew a business
/pubs/BIC/home.htmlIntelligence Center - Business data
/pubs/elections/main.htmlText duplicate Elections & voting
/pubs/elections/CampaignFinanc...Text duplicate Campaign finance
https://govotecolorado.gov/External Go Vote Colorado
/voter/pages/pub/home.xhtmlSubdomain Register to vote
/pubs/CCR/CCRHome.htmlText duplicate Administrative rules of state agencies
/pubs/bingo_raffles/bingoHome....Bingo and raffles licensing
/pubs/charities/charitableHome...Charities and fundraisers
/pubs/DME/home.htmlDurable medical equipment suppliers
/pubs/lobby/lobby_home.htmlLobbyists
/pubs/notary/home.htmlText duplicate Notary public
/pubs/performingRights/index.htmlText duplicate Performing rights societies
/pubs/rule_making/rules.htmlText duplicate Rules & notices of rulemaking
/pubs/UCC/uccHome.htmlText duplicate Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
/pubs/info_center/alphaIndex.htmlCan't find what you're looking for?
/pubs/newsRoom/pressReleases/i...archived news
https://twitter.com/COSecofStateExternal IMG-ALT Follow us on Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/Color...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Like us on Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/cose...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Follow us on Instagram
/pubs/newsRoom/pressReleases/2...September 9 - Secretary of State Jena Griswold Certifies 2024 Colorado General Election Ballot
/pubs/newsRoom/pressReleases/2...September 9 - Colorado Secretary of State’s Office Permanently Adopts Amended Election Rules; Files Notice of Temporary Adoption of Further Revisions
/pubs/newsRoom/pressReleases/2...September 4 - Proposed Initiatives #50, #108 Withdraw from General Election Ballot
/pubs/elections/ElectionIntegr...IMG-ALT Opinions are fun. Facts are better. Learn more about fighting foreign disinformation
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Sign up for email updates
/ccorner/Subdomain Clerk's Corner
/notary/pages/common/intro.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate Become a notary
/pubs/newsRoom/publicMeets.htmlPublic meetings and committees
/biz/FileDocSearchCriteria.do?...Renew my business
/voter/pages/pub/home.xhtmlSubdomain Text duplicate Register to vote
/ccsa/pages/search/basic.xhtmlSubdomain Search for a charity
/pubs/info_center/contact.htmlText duplicate Contact us
/pubs/info_center/training.htmlTutorials
/pubs/info_center/FAQs.htmlFAQs
/pubs/info_center/feeSchedule....Fees
/pubs/info_center/forms.htmlForms
/pubs/info_center/cora.htmlOpen records requests
/pubs/info_center/accessibilit...Accessibility progress report
/pubs/info_center/audioBroadca...Audio broadcasts
/pubs/info_center/employment.htmlEmployment opportunities
/pubs/fellowship/programHome.htmlFellowship program
/pubs/newsRoom/index.htmlText duplicate Newsroom
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...External Subdomain Videos
/pubs/info_center/CLEseminars....Continuing Legal Education
https://mybiz.colorado.gov/External Subdomain MyBizColorado
http://www.colorado.gov/revenueExternal Subdomain Colorado Department of Revenue
/pubs/newsRoom/SMART-Act/index...SMART Act
https://data.colorado.gov/stor...External Subdomain Transparency Online Project
/pubs/info_center/terms.htmlSubdomain Terms & conditions
/pubs/info_center/accessibilit...Accessibility statement
/pubs/info_center/compatibilit...Subdomain Browser compatibility
/pubs/info_center/terms.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Terms & conditions
/pubs/info_center/accessibilit...Text duplicate Accessibility statement
/pubs/info_center/compatibilit...Subdomain Text duplicate Browser compatibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://coloradosos.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 of 0.84 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 (42 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,754 referring domains.
This page has 682,425 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,087 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Sitemap: https://www.coloradosos.gov/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.coloradosos.gov/sitemapWWW.xml
Disallow: /apps/
Disallow: /ccorner/
Disallow: /clerk/
Disallow: /common/
Disallow: /pubs/_mockups/
Disallow: /pubs/business/PDFHidden/
Disallow: /CCR/KeywordSearch.do
Disallow: /CCR/Rule.do
Disallow: /CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do
Disallow: /biz/BusinessEntityCriteriaExt.do
Disallow: /biz/FileDocSearchCriteria.do
Disallow: /biz/BusinessEntityCriteriaExt.do
Disallow: /biz/CertificateSearchCriteria.do
Disallow: /biz/BusinessEntityCriteria.do
Disallow: /biz/BusinessEntityDetail.do
Disallow: /biz/ViewImage.do
Disallow: /ccsa/pages/search/
Disallow: /dme/pages/search/
Disallow: /NotaryPublic/verifyNotarySearch.do
Disallow: /biz/FileDocSearchCriteria.do
Disallow: /biz/SecureIDSearches/
Disallow: /voter/
Disallow: /biz/NameCriteria.do

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User-agent: SemrushBot-SWA
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The basic mission of the Department of State is to collect, secure, and make accessible a wide variety of public records, ensure the integrity of elections, and enhance commerce.

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State59%Check
Colorado Secretary55%Check
Colorado Department54%Check
Election50%Check
Elections50%Check
Secretary48%Check
public46%Check
records43%Check
Department43%Check
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