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Meta information
95% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
54% 
Link structure
22% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.33 s
File size
393.70 kB
Words
1245
Media files
21
Number of links
121 internal / 56 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Congress.gov | Library of Congress
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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U.S. Congress legislation, Congressional Record debates, Members of Congress, legislative process educational resources presented by the Library of Congress
The length of the meta description is perfect. (995 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://www.congress.gov/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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Meta tags

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Content
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This page contains 1245 words. That's ok.
16.5% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
5 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 10.45 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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No Apple touch icon is specified.
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Bold and strong tags
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Some tags are too long. With 84 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"using congress.gov to discover reactions to the british attack on washington in 1814"
Image SEO
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16 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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HTTPS
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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.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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Congress.gov
The H1 heading is too short (12 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
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Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 38 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Congress.gov
H2 Support
H2 Most-Viewed Bills | Top 10
H2 Bill Searches and Lists
H2 Current Legislative Activities 118th Congress (2023-2024)
H2 Current Members of Congress
H2 Public Forum Feedback
H2 Contact Your Member
H2 News from the Law Library
H2 The Legislative Process
H2 The U.S. Founding Documents
H2 About Congress.gov
H2 Visiting the U.S. Capitol
H2 Site Content
H2 Help
H2 Ways to Connect
H2 Resources
H2 House Links
H2 Senate Links
H3 House of Representatives
H3 Senate
H3 Recent
H3 The Congressional Record
H3 Library of Congress Reports
H3 The Constitution Annotated
H3 House
H3 Senate Duplicate text
H4 Not in Session Video Archive
H4 Next Meeting: Oct. 1, 2024 at 11:00 AM EDT
H4 Previous Meeting: Sep. 27, 2024
H4 House Links Duplicate text
H4 Not in Session Video Archive Duplicate text
H4 Next Meeting: Oct. 1, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT
H4 Previous Meeting: Sep. 27, 2024 Duplicate text
H4 Senate Links Duplicate text
H4 Upcoming House and Senate Committee Meetings
H4 Leadership
H4 Leadership 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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (56) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.congress.gov/Anchor skip to main content
https://www.congress.gov/IMG-ALT Congress.gov
/advanced-search/legislationAdvanced Searches
https://www.congress.gov/browseBrowse
/legislation?q={"congress":118}Legislation
/congressional-recordCongressional Record
/committeesCommittees
/members?q={"congress":118}Members
/help/search-tools-overviewSearch Tools
/help/legislative-glossaryGlossary
https://www.congress.gov/helpHelp
/contact-usContact
https://www.congress.gov/helpHelp Center
/help/legislative-glossaryText duplicate Glossary
/contact-usText duplicate Contact
https://www.congress.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Legislation
https://www.congress.gov/Anchor Legislation Text
https://www.congress.gov/Anchor Committee Reports
https://www.congress.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Congressional Record
https://www.congress.gov/Anchor Nominations
https://www.congress.gov/Anchor House Communications
https://www.congress.gov/Anchor Senate Communications
https://www.congress.gov/Anchor Treaty Documents
/help/legislationNew window About Legislation
https://www.congress.gov/browseBrowse Legislation by Actions
/help/legislation-textNew window About Legislation Text
https://www.congress.gov/browseBrowse Legislation by Number
/help/committee-reportsNew window About Committee Reports
https://www.congress.gov/browseBrowse Committee Publications
/help/congressional-recordNew window About the Congressional Record
/congressional-record/browse-b...Browse By Date
/congressional-record/congress...CR Index
https://www.congress.gov/browseCR Browse
/help/nominationsNew window About Nominations
https://www.congress.gov/browseBrowse Nominations
/help/house-communicationsNew window About Communications to the House
https://www.congress.gov/browseBrowse Communications to the House
/help/senate-communicationsNew window About Communications to the Senate
https://www.congress.gov/browseBrowse Communications to the Senate
/help/treaty-documentsNew window About Treaty Documents
https://www.congress.gov/browseBrowse Treaty Documents
/most-viewed-billsNew window Top 10
/bill/118th-congress/senate-bi...Nofollow S.4445
/bill/118th-congress/house-bil...H.R.8281
/bill/118th-congress/house-bil...H.R.7909
/sponsors-cosponsors/118th-con...New window House
/sponsors-cosponsors/118th-con...New window Senate
/search?q={"congress":"118","s...New window Introduced
/public-lawsNew window Public Laws
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https://crsreports.congress.go...New window External Subdomain Status Table
/search?q={"source":"legislati...New window Search FY25
https://live.house.gov/New window External Subdomain Not in Session
https://live.house.gov/New window External Subdomain Video Archive
/on-house-floor/2024/09/27Sep. 27, 2024
https://live.house.gov/New window External Subdomain House Floor Activities
/committees/videoCommittee Hearings Video
/house-communicationsCommunications to the House
https://docs.house.gov/floor/New window External Subdomain Bills to be Considered
https://www.senate.gov/legisla...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Not in Session
https://www.senate.gov/legisla...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Video Archive
/on-senate-floor/2024/09/27Text duplicate Sep. 27, 2024
http://www.senate.gov/legislat...New window External Subdomain On the Senate Floor
/senate-communicationsCommunications to the Senate
/nominationsText duplicate Nominations
https://www.congress.gov/treatiesText duplicate Treaty Documents
/event/118th-congress/house-ev...Oct. 8, 2024 at 10:00 AM (EDT)
/event/118th-congress/senate-e...Nov. 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM (EST)
/committee-schedule/daily/2024...Daily View
/committee-scheduleWeekly View
/bills-with-chamber-action/bro...Yesterday in Congress
/bill-texts-received-todayBill Texts
/committee-scheduleCommittee Schedule
/calendars-and-schedulesFloor Calendars
/search?q={"source":"comreports"}Text duplicate Committee Reports
/roll-call-votesRoll Call Votes
/presented-to-the-presidentPresented to President
/get-alertsGet Email Alerts and Updates
/congressional-recordDaily Digest
/congressional-record/browse-b...Browse by Date
https://crsreports.congress.gov/New window External Subdomain Search CRS Reports
https://www.loc.gov/research-c...New window External Subdomain The Law Library of Congress Reports
https://constitution.congress....External comprehensive legal analysis of the U.S. Constitution
https://www.congress.gov/membersShow all members
/member/mike-johnson/J000299Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA-4]
/member/steve-scalise/S001176Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA-1]
/member/hakeem-jeffries/J000294Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem S. Jeffries [D-NY-8]
/member/tom-emmer/E000294Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN-6]
/member/katherine-clark/C001101Minority Whip Rep. Katherine M. Clark [D-MA-5]
/member/elise-stefanik/S001196Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise M. Stefanik [R-NY-21]
/member/joe-neguse/N000191Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. Joe Neguse [D-CO-2]
/member/gary-palmer/P000609Republican Policy Committee Chairman Rep. Gary J. Palmer [R-AL-6]
/member/pete-aguilar/A000371Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA-33]
https://www.whitehouse.gov/adm...External Subdomain President of the Senate Vice President Kamala Harris
/member/charles-schumer/S000148Democratic Leader Chairman of the Conference Sen. Charles E. Schumer [D-NY]
/member/mitch-mcconnell/M000355Republican Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]
/member/patty-murray/M001111President Pro Tempore Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
/member/richard-durbin/D000563Majority Whip Sen. Richard J. Durbin [D-IL]
/member/john-thune/T000250Whip Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024...New window External Subdomain Congress.gov Public Forum
https://www.research.net/r/cdg...New window External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
click here
https://www.congress.gov/helpText duplicate Help
/help/membersAbout Members
http://www.house.gov/represent...New window External Subdomain Representatives
http://www.senate.gov/general/...New window External Subdomain Senators
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024...External Subdomain ...more
https://blogs.loc.gov/lawExternal Subdomain More from the Law Library Blog
/legislative-processNine videos
/legislative-process/en-espano...Descripción General del Proceso Legislativo
/founding-documentsA gallery of study resources
https://www.congress.gov/aboutMore about Congress.gov
https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/New window External Subdomain Capitol Visitor Center
https://www.congress.gov/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Congress.gov
/legislation?q={"congress":118}Text duplicate Legislation
/congressional-reportsText duplicate Committee Reports
/search?q={"congress":118,"sou...Committee Meetings
/search?q={"congress":118,"sou...Committee Publications
/congressional-recordText duplicate Congressional Record
/congressional-record/congress...Congressional Record Index
/members?q={"congress":118}Text duplicate Members
/nominationsText duplicate Nominations
https://www.congress.gov/treatiesText duplicate Treaty Documents
/house-communicationsText duplicate House Communications
/senate-communicationsText duplicate Senate Communications
/legislative-processLegislative Process
https://www.congress.gov/aboutAbout Congress.gov
https://www.congress.gov/helpText duplicate Help
https://www.congress.gov/surveyFeedback
/contact-usContact Us
/help/legislative-glossaryText duplicate Glossary
/help/search-tools-overviewText duplicate Search Tools
https://ask.loc.gov/congressdo...New window External Subdomain Ask a Law Librarian
https://www.loc.gov/law/learni...New window External Subdomain Webinars
https://www.congress.gov/videoVideo
https://x.com/congressdotgovNew window External @congressdotgov on X (external link)
https://www.youtube.com/playli...New window External Subdomain Congress.gov on YouTube (external link)
/get-alertsText duplicate Get Email Alerts and Updates
http://blogs.loc.gov/law/New window External Subdomain Blog – In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/collection...New window External Subdomain Congressional Web Archive
https://crsreports.congress.gov/New window External Subdomain CRS Reports
http://uscode.house.gov/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate U.S. Code
https://www.govinfo.gov/New window External Subdomain GPO govinfo
http://www.loc.gov/law/New window External Subdomain Law Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/research-c...New window External Subdomain Guide to Law Online
http://www.loc.gov/law/find/ed...External Subdomain Teacher Lesson Plans
/state-legislature-websitesNew window State Legislature Websites
/help/using-data-offsiteSubdomain Bill Status Bulk Data
https://api.congress.gov/External Subdomain Congress.gov API
/roll-call-votesText duplicate Roll Call Votes
https://constitution.congress....New window External Subdomain Constitution Annotated
https://www.loc.gov/research-c...New window External Subdomain Law Library Reports
https://www.gao.gov/reports-te...External Subdomain GAO Reports
http://www.house.gov/New window External Subdomain House.gov
http://clerk.house.gov/floorsu...New window External Subdomain Floor Activities
http://www.house.gov/represent...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Representatives
http://www.house.gov/committees/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Committees
/committees/videoHearings (Video)
http://docs.house.gov/floor/New window External Subdomain Bills to Be Considered
https://www.house.gov/leadershipNew window External Subdomain Leadership
http://history.house.gov/New window External Subdomain History, Art & Archives
/help/house-of-representativesNew window More House Resources
http://www.senate.gov/New window External Subdomain Senate.gov
http://www.senate.gov/legislat...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate On the Senate Floor
http://www.senate.gov/general/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Senators
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayo...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Committees
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayo...New window External Subdomain Hearings (Schedule)
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayo...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Leadership
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayo...New window External Subdomain History, Art & Statistics
/help/senateNew window More Senate Resources
https://www.loc.gov/legalExternal Subdomain Legal
https://www.loc.gov/accessibilityExternal Subdomain Accessibility
https://www.congress.gov/helpText duplicate Help
/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
http://www.loc.gov/global/disc...New window External Subdomain External Link Disclaimer
http://www.usa.gov/New window External Subdomain USA.gov
http://www.loc.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Library of Congress
http://www.copyright.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Copyright.gov

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HTTP redirects
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This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
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The page response time is excellent with 0.33 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (394 kB).

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This page has 8,502,848 backlinks.
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