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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
0% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.10 s
File size
67.20 kB
Words
783
Media files
18
Number of links
37 internal / 78 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Delaware.gov - Official Website of the State of Delaware
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The official website of the State of Delaware. Find information about state government, programs, and services. The First State is located in the Northeast U.S.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (977 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
descriptionThe official website of the State of Delaware. Find information about state government, programs, and services. The First State is located in the Northeast U.S.
authorThe State of Delaware
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google-site-verificationFYhBJf5l-LXJwmPZxTG7qbjjsOZhxCsowTB801qgJ4g
msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
msapplication-TileImage/img/ms-icon-144x144.png
theme-color#ffffff
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:descriptionThe official website of the State of Delaware. Find information about state government, programs, and services. The First State is located in the Northeast U.S.
twitter:imagehttps://delaware.gov/img/portal-twitter-image.png
twitter:titleDelaware.gov - Official Website of the State of Delaware
og:localeen_US
og:titleDelaware.gov - Official Website of the State of Delaware
og:descriptionThe official website of the State of Delaware. Find information about state government, programs, and services. The First State is located in the Northeast U.S.
og:urlhttps://delaware.gov/
og:site_namedelaware.gov - Official Website of the State of Delaware
og:imagehttps://delaware.gov/img/portal-fb-image.png
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 783 words. That's ok.
23.4% 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.
10 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 14.68 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 16 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 16 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
/img/Register_to_Vote.pngregister to vote by october 12th
/img/2024-general-elction.pngRed tractor
...siness-data-privacy-portal-highlight.pngPrepare for the upcoming Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act
/img/video-highlight-news-screen.jpgImage of a man looking at news on an iPad.
/img/video-highlight-meetings-screen.jpgImage of reporters and other citizens attending a meeting.
/img/video-highlight-social-screen.jpgImage of teenagers looking at social media.
/img/opendata_logo_invserse-sm.pngOpen Data Logo
https://delaware.gov/img/elected-carney.jpgDelaware's Governor John Carney
https://delaware.gov/img/elected-long.jpgDelaware's Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long
/img/elected-jennings.jpgImage of Delaware's Attorney General Kathy Jennings
https://delaware.gov/img/elected-york.jpgImage of Delaware's Auditor of Accounts Lydias
/img/elected-navarro.jpgImage of Delaware's Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro
https://delaware.gov/img/elected-davis.jpgImage of Delaware's State Treasurer Colleen C. Davis
/img/clf4img/portal_footer_seal.pngState Seal of DelawareState Seal of Delaware
/img/clf4img/[email protected]Built by the Government Information Center (GIC)
Video URLWidthHeight
/video/video-news-720p.mp4
/video/video-meetings-720p.mp4
/video/video-social-media-720p.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Delaware
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (19 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 45 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 Welcome to Delaware
H1 Delaware's Government
H2 Featured Highlights
H2 Join Our Team
H2 Guides to Services
H2 Trending Topics
H2 Committed to Transparency
H2 This is Your Government
H2 Delaware.gov Feedback
H3 General Election Voter Registration Deadline October 12, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
H3 Get ready for the upcoming General Election
H3 Prepare for the upcoming Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act
H3 Work in State Government.
H3 School K-12
H3 Moving to Delaware
H3 Working & Training
H3 Driving & Transportation
H3 Voting in Delaware
H3 Safety & Emergencies
H3 Elections
H3 Department of Labor
H3 Division of Motor Vehicles
H3 Incorporation Services
H3 Professional Regulation
H3 Department of Education
H3 Branches of Delaware Government
H3 Executive
H3 Legislative
H3 Judicial
H3 Find My Legislator
H3 Statewide Elected Officials
H3 Attorney General Kathy Jennings
H3 State Auditor Lydia York
H3 Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro
H3 State Treasurer Colleen C. Davis
H4 Search or browse available State Jobs in Delaware.
H4 Popular Topics:
H4 Latest News from news.delaware.gov
H4 Public Meetings from agencies and boards
H4 Subscribe updates on various platforms
H4 Latest News from news.delaware.gov Duplicate text
H4 Public Meetings from agencies and boards Duplicate text
H4 Subscribe updates on various platforms Duplicate text
H4 Governor John Carney
H4 Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (78) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://delaware.gov/Delaware.gov Home Delaware.gov
https://delaware.gov/Anchor Skip to Content
https://delaware.gov/Anchor Skip to Footer
/state-directoryDirectory
https://news.delaware.gov/External Subdomain News
https://delaware.gov/guides/Guides
https://delaware.gov/contactContact
https://delaware.gov/Anchor Welcome
https://delaware.gov/Anchor Featured
https://delaware.gov/Anchor State Jobs
https://delaware.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Guides
https://delaware.gov/Anchor Trending
https://delaware.gov/Anchor Open Data
https://delaware.gov/Anchor Government
https://app-na.readspeaker.com...External Subdomain Listen
A-TITLE Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker
https://education.delaware.gov...External Subdomain Find your school's website
https://dhr.delaware.gov/closi...New window External Subdomain OPEN
A-TITLE State Agencies
https://www.airnow.gov/state/?...New window External Subdomain Warnings
A-TITLE Air Quality
https://news.delaware.gov/flag...New window External Subdomain FULL STAFF
A-TITLE Flag Status
https://delaware.gov/Anchor Scroll down for more information
https://de.gov/VRGE2024New window External General Election Voter Registration Deadline October 12, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
https://ivote.de.gov/External Subdomain URL anchor text
https://ivote.de.gov
https://ivote.de.gov/New window External Subdomain Find the many ways to register to vote by the deadline
https://de.gov/genNew window External Get ready for the upcoming General Election
https://de.gov/genNew window External Find General Election Info
https://privacy.delaware.gov/New window External Subdomain Prepare for the upcoming Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act
https://privacy.delaware.gov/New window External Subdomain Learn More
https://statejobs.delaware.gov/New window External Subdomain State Jobs in Delaware
https://dhr.delaware.gov/polic...New window External Subdomain Parental Leave
https://statejobs.delaware.gov...New window External Subdomain Benefits
https://statejobs.delaware.gov...New window External Subdomain Pension
/guides/school-k-12/School K-12
/guides/moving-to-delaware/Moving to Delaware
/guides/working-and-training/Working & Training
/guides/driving-and-transporta...Driving & Transportation
/guides/voting-in-delaware/Voting in Delaware
/guides/safety-and-emergencies/Safety & Emergencies
https://alpha.delaware.gov/gui...External Subdomain View All
https://news.delaware.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Image of a man looking at news on an iPad.
https://news.delaware.gov/External Subdomain Latest News
https://publicmeetings.delawar...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Image of reporters and other citizens attending a meeting.
https://publicmeetings.delawar...External Subdomain Public Meetings
https://news.delaware.gov/subs...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Image of teenagers looking at social media.
https://news.delaware.gov/subs...External Subdomain Subscribe to Delaware.gov
https://elections.delaware.gov/New window External Subdomain Elections
https://dol.delaware.gov/New window External Subdomain Department of Labor
https://www.dmv.de.gov/New window External Subdomain Division of Motor Vehicles
https://corp.delaware.gov/New window External Subdomain Incorporation Services
https://dpr.delaware.gov/New window External Subdomain Professional Regulation
https://www.doe.k12.de.us/New window External Subdomain Department of Education
https://data.delaware.gov/New window External Subdomain Discover and explore
https://data.delaware.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Open Data Logo
https://alpha.delaware.gov/gui...External Subdomain transparency resources
/topics/agencylist_alphaExecutive An alphabetical listing of all State Agencies under the Executive Branch of Delaware government. View all
http://legis.delaware.gov/External Subdomain Legislative The Delaware General Assembly is comprised of 21 members of the Senate and 41 members of the House of Representatives. Visit legis.delaware.gov
https://courts.delaware.gov/External Subdomain Judicial Find a courthouse near you, pay a ticket, and do much more with the Judicial Branch. Visit courts.delaware.gov
https://governor.delaware.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Delaware's Governor John Carney
https://governor.delaware.gov/New window External Subdomain Governor John Carney
https://www.facebook.com/JohnC...New window External Subdomain Governor John Carney's Facebook Page
https://twitter.com/johncarneydeNew window External Governor John Carney's Twitter Page
https://www.instagram.com/john...New window External Subdomain Governor John Carney's Instagram Page
https://news.delaware.gov/cate...New window External Subdomain Governor John Carney's News.delaware.gov Page
https://governor.delaware.gov/...New window External Subdomain Governor John Carney's Contact Information Page
https://ltgov.delaware.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Delaware's Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long
https://ltgov.delaware.gov/New window External Subdomain Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long
https://www.facebook.com/LtGov...New window External Subdomain Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long's Facebook Page
https://twitter.com/LtGovHall_...New window External Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long's Twitter Page
https://news.delaware.gov/cate...New window External Subdomain Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long's News.delaware.gov Page
https://ltgov.delaware.gov/con...New window External Subdomain Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long's Contact Information Page
https://attorneygeneral.delawa...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Image of Delaware's Attorney General Kathy Jennings
https://attorneygeneral.delawa...External Subdomain Visit Attorney General Kathy Jennings's Site
https://auditor.delaware.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Image of Delaware's Auditor of Accounts Lydias
https://auditor.delaware.gov/External Subdomain Visit State Auditor Lydia York's Site
https://insurance.delaware.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Image of Delaware's Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro
https://insurance.delaware.gov/External Subdomain Visit Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro's Site
https://treasurer.delaware.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Image of Delaware's State Treasurer Colleen C. Davis
https://treasurer.delaware.gov/External Subdomain Visit State Treasurer Colleen C. Davis's Site
https://delaware.gov/Anchor Give Feedback
https://governor.delaware.gov/External Subdomain Delaware's Governor
/state-directoryState Directory
/guides/your-government/Elected Officials
https://legis.delaware.gov/External Subdomain General Assembly
https://courts.delaware.gov/External Subdomain Delaware Courts
https://dhr.delaware.gov/talen...External Subdomain State Employees
/guides/municipalities/Cities & Towns
http://delcode.delaware.gov/External Subdomain Delaware State Code
http://regulations.delaware.gov/External Subdomain State Regulations
https://phonedirectory.delawar...External Subdomain Phone Directory
https://delaware.gov/contact/Contact Us
https://publicmeetings.delawar...External Subdomain Text duplicate Public Meetings
https://delaware.gov/guides/Guides to Services
/freedom-of-information-act/FOIA
/guides/transparency-resources/Transparency
https://www.choosehealthde.com...External Subdomain Choose Health DE
/guides/tax-center/Tax Center
https://revenue.delaware.gov/o...External Subdomain Personal Income Tax
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
https://news.delaware.gov/emer...External Subdomain Weather & Travel
https://corp.delaware.gov/External Subdomain Corporations
https://corp.delaware.gov/payt...External Subdomain Franchise Tax
https://tax.delaware.gov/External Subdomain Gross Receipts Tax
https://dorweb.revenue.delawar...External Subdomain Withholding Tax
/guides/subscribe/E-mail / Text Alerts
/guides/social-media/Social Media
/using-readspeaker-software/Using Readspeaker
/responsible-disclosure/Responsible Disclosure
https://accessibility.dti.dela...External Subdomain Accessibility Statement
/accessibility-form/Report an Accessibility Issue
https://www.facebook.com/delaw...New window External Subdomain Delaware.gov's Facebook page
https://twitter.com/delaware_gov/New window External Delaware.gov's Twitter feed
https://www.flickr.com/groups/...New window External Subdomain Photos from Flickr
https://www.youtube.com/user/D...New window External Subdomain Delaware.gov's Youtube Channel
https://www.instagram.com/dela...New window External Subdomain Photos from Instagram
https://gic.delaware.gov/External Subdomain GIC
https://delaware.gov/Delaware.gov

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://delaware.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 (1.10 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 9 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 16 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (67 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateTue, 08 Oct 2024 18:09:48 GMT
cache-controlmax-age=20
expiresTue, 08 Oct 2024 18:10:08 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
content-length14834
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie21 Characters
connectionclose
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 30,838 referring domains.
This page has 13,302,866 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 18,583 different ip addresses.

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Disallow: /contact
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /pages
Disallow: /sso
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The official website of the State of Delaware. Find information about state government, programs, and services. The First State is located in the Northeast U.S.

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gov84%Check
Delaware State80%Check
Delaware Government77%Check
State68%Check
Delaware voter67%Check
registered Delaware65%Check
State Government64%Check
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