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Meta information
53% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
10% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.16 s
File size
203.30 kB
Words
891
Media files
30
Number of links
105 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
| does
The page title is too short. (53 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
The page title is only one word.
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://does.dc.gov/node
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=2, minimum-scale=1, user-scalable=yes
generatorDrupal 7 (http://drupal.org)
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:urlhttps://does.dc.gov/node
twitter:titledoes
twitter:descriptionDOES
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 891 words. That's ok.
23.1% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 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 22.21 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, maximum-scale=2, minimum-scale=1, user-scalable=yes" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: (washington, dc)
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
11 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
.../sites/does/DOES Color Vertical logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...s/featured_content/images/does-bldg.jpegNo alt attribute provided
/sites/default/files/dc-gov-default.pngDC GovernmentDC Government
...efault/files/children-youth-services.pngNo alt attribute provided
...es/default/files/Fed FAQs Icon_web_1.pngFederal GovernmentFederal Government
...ets/topic_icon_set/education-schools.pngThis image is a stack of books with an apple on top to represent educational opportunity. This image is a stack of books with an apple on top to represent educational opportunity.
...assets/topic_icon_set/dc-gov-default.pngNo alt attribute provided
...raining-professional-certification_0.pngDC Infrastructure AcademyDC Infrastructure Academy
https://does.dc.gov/misc/feed.pngSubscribe to does RSS
.../does/page_content/images/DCnetworks.pngNo alt attribute provided
...does/featured_content/images/gradhat.pnggradhat.png
...ured_content/images/customer-support.pngcustomer-support.png
...oes/page_content/images/Hiringevents.pngarrows.png
...s/does/page_content/images/Workshops.pngarrows.png
...es/featured_content/images/paperwork.pngpaperwork.png
.../does/page_content/images/uibenefits.pngsuitcase.png
...eatured_content/images/holding-hands.pngNo alt attribute provided
...oes/featured_content/images/arrowsup.pngarrowsup.png
...s/page_content/images/Careertraining.pngsneeze.png
...s/featured_content/images/handselect.pnghandselect.png
...oes/featured_content/images/gearhead.pnggearhead.png
.../does/page_content/images/sharedwork.pngclock.png
...featured_content/images/magglasscode.pngmagglasscode.png
...sites/does/page_content/images/Uitax.pnghandselect.png
..._content/images/DCIA DOES Site image.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...es/does/featured_content/images/ouc2.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ured_content/images/CareerReadyImage.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ages/Direct Desposit website graphic.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../sites/does/DOES white Vertical logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...fault/files/dc/sites/dcra/MayorBlogo.pngMayor Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
does
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 27 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 does
H1 Welcome to the Department of Employment Services
H1 Welcome to the Department of Employment Services Duplicate text
H2 DOES Feature Content D
H2 Federal Government Shutdown Frequently Asked Questions
H2 Pages
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Featured Services
H2 Featured News
H2 DOES Feature Content A
H2 DOES Feature Content B
H2 Program Spotlights
H2 Unemployment Benefits
H2 DOES Feature Content C
H2 Career Ready DC
H2 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
H3 American Job Centers
H3 Youth Services
H3 Federal Government Shutdown Frequently Asked Questions Duplicate text
H3 Apprenticeships
H3 Unemployment Insurance Benefits Systems Modernization
H3 DC Infrastructure Academy
H3 More Services
H3 Jobseekers
H3 Claims and Disputes
H3 Employers
H6 DOES
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 23 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://does.dc.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://does.dc.gov/does
A-TITLE Home
/page/resources-impacted-feder...Subdomain fedsupport.dc.gov
A-TITLE fedsupport.dc.gov
https://does.dc.gov/No Text
https://does.dc.gov/Home
/page/unemployment-compensationUnemployment
/page/ui-tax-employersUI Tax for Employers
/page/general-ui-informationGeneral UI Information
https://does.dc.gov/page/ui-taxesUI Taxes
/page/frequently-requested-con...Frequently Requested Contact Information
https://does.dc.gov/page/appealsAppeals
/page/benefit-accuracy-measure...Benefit Accuracy Measurement
/page/what-unemployment-insura...What Is Unemployment Insurance Fraud?
/page/file-claimFile a Claim
https://does.dc.gov/servicesSubdomain Services
/page/office-talent-client-ser...Employers
https://essp.does.dc.gov/External Subdomain DOES Self Service Portal
/page/foreign-labor-certificationForeign Labor Certification
/page/job-bank-servicesJob Bank Services
/page/office-of-first-source-e...Office of First Source Compliance
/page/rapid-responseRapid Response
/page/sides-e-responseSIDES E-Response
/service/trade-adjustment-assi...Trade Adjustment Assistance
/page/work-opportunity-tax-creditWork Opportunity Tax Credit
/page/workers-compensation-doesWorkers' Compensation - DOES
/page/labor-statisticsLabor Statistics
/page/media-inquiries-2Media
https://does.dc.gov/page/articlesArticles
https://does.dc.gov/newsroomSubdomain News Room
/page/about-doesAbout DOES
/biography/dr-unique-n-morris-...Director's Bio
/page/does-executive-team-biog...DOES Executive Team Biographies
/page/office-equal-employment-...Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
/page/foia-requests-doesOpen Government and FOIA
/page/workforce-innovation-and...Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
/page/grant-opportunitiesGrant Opportunities
/page/bill-rightsBill of Rights
/page/does-organizational-chartDOES Organizational Chart
/page/performance-reportsData & Performance Reports
/page/does-data-performanceDOES Data & Information
/page/does-data-performanceText duplicate DOES Data & Information
https://www.facebook.com/DCDep...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/Does_DCNew window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
/service/federal-government-sh...Federal Government Shutdown Frequently Asked Questions
A-TITLE Federal Government Shutdown Frequently Asked Questions
/service/federal-government-sh...Read more about Federal Government Shutdown Frequently Asked Questions
A-TITLE Federal Government Shutdown Frequently Asked Questions
https://does.dc.gov/node?page=12
A-TITLE Go to page 2
https://does.dc.gov/node?page=23
A-TITLE Go to page 3
https://does.dc.gov/node?page=34
A-TITLE Go to page 4
https://does.dc.gov/node?page=45
A-TITLE Go to page 5
https://does.dc.gov/node?page=56
A-TITLE Go to page 6
https://does.dc.gov/node?page=67
A-TITLE Go to page 7
https://does.dc.gov/node?page=78
A-TITLE Go to page 8
https://does.dc.gov/node?page=89
A-TITLE Go to page 9
https://does.dc.gov/node?page=1next ›
A-TITLE Go to next page
https://does.dc.gov/node?page=63last »
A-TITLE Go to last page
/events?type=All&field_date_ti...View Past Events >
A-TITLE View Past Events
/service/american-job-centerIMG-ALT DC Government
A-TITLE American Job Centers
/service/american-job-centerAmerican Job Centers
A-TITLE American Job Centers
/service/youth-servicesA-TITLE Youth Services
/service/youth-servicesText duplicate Youth Services
A-TITLE Youth Services
/service/federal-government-sh...IMG-ALT Federal Government
A-TITLE Federal Government Shutdown Frequently Asked Questions
/service/federal-government-sh...Text duplicate Federal Government Shutdown Frequently Asked Questions
A-TITLE Federal Government Shutdown Frequently Asked Questions
/service/apprenticeshipsIMG-ALT This image is a stack of books with an apple on top to represent educational opportunity.
A-TITLE Apprenticeships
/service/apprenticeshipsApprenticeships
A-TITLE Apprenticeships
/service/unemployment-insuranc...A-TITLE Unemployment Insurance Benefits Systems Modernization
/service/unemployment-insuranc...Text duplicate Unemployment Insurance Benefits Systems Modernization
A-TITLE Unemployment Insurance Benefits Systems Modernization
/service/dc-infrastructure-aca...IMG-ALT DC Infrastructure Academy
A-TITLE DC Infrastructure Academy
/service/dc-infrastructure-aca...Text duplicate DC Infrastructure Academy
A-TITLE DC Infrastructure Academy
https://does.dc.gov/servicesMore Services
A-TITLE More Services
/node?qt-agency_featured_news_...Press Releases
/node?qt-agency_featured_news_...News
/release/modified-district-gov...Modified District Government Services for Presidents Day
A-TITLE Modified District Government Services for Presidents Day
/release/district-columbia-une...District of Columbia Unemployment Drops to 5.5% in December as More Residents Secure Jobs
A-TITLE District of Columbia Unemployment Drops to 5.5% in December as More Residents Secure Jobs
/release/mayor-bowser-launches...Mayor Bowser Launches Applications for the 2025 Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program
A-TITLE Mayor Bowser Launches Applications for the 2025 Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program
/release/modified-district-gov...Modified District Government Services for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
A-TITLE Modified District Government Services for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
/release/washington-metro’s-un...Washington Metro’s Unemployment Rate at 3.2%
A-TITLE Washington Metro’s Unemployment Rate at 3.2%
https://does.dc.gov/newsroomMore »
A-TITLE More News Items
/release/dc’s-new-12m-program-...DC’s New $1.2M Program Aims to Close the Tech Talent Gap
A-TITLE DC’s New $1.2M Program Aims to Close the Tech Talent Gap
/release/utility-workforce-tra...Utility Workforce Training Coming to D.C.
A-TITLE Utility Workforce Training Coming to D.C.
https://does.dc.gov/newsroomText duplicate More »
A-TITLE More News Items
/release/district-columbia-une...District of Columbia Unemployment Rate Improves to 6.1 Percent in February
A-TITLE District of Columbia Unemployment Rate Improves to 6.1 Percent in February
/release/american-job-center-r...American Job Center Reopens to Aid District Recovery
A-TITLE American Job Center Reopens to Aid District Recovery
https://does.dc.gov/newsroomMore News
A-TITLE More News Items
https://does.dc.gov/rss.xmlIMG-ALT Subscribe to does RSS
A-TITLE Subscribe to does RSS
https://www.dcnetworks.org/vos...New window External Subdomain DC Networks (Job Board)
A-TITLE DC Networks (Job Board)
/service/dc-infrastructure-aca...Text duplicate DC Infrastructure Academy
A-TITLE DC Infrastructure Academy
/service/apprenticeshipsText duplicate Apprenticeships
A-TITLE Apprenticeships
/service/american-job-centerWorkshops
A-TITLE American Job Center
/page/file-claimText duplicate File a Claim
A-TITLE File a Claim
https://www.dcnetworks.org/vos...New window External Subdomain UI Benefits
A-TITLE UI
/page/dc-paid-family-leavePaid Family Leave
A-TITLE DC Paid Family Leave
/service/labor-standardsworker...Labor Laws
A-TITLE Labor Standards/Worker Protection
/service/occupational-skills-t...Career Training
A-TITLE Occupational Skills Training
https://essp.does.dc.gov/External Subdomain Employer Self-Service Portal
/page/office-talent-client-ser...Talent & Client Services
A-TITLE Office of Talent & Client Services
https://unemployment.dc.gov/pa...New window External Subdomain Shared Work
A-TITLE Shared Work
/page/office-of-first-source-e...First Source
A-TITLE Office of First Source Compliance
https://does.dc.gov/page/ui-taxesUI Tax
A-TITLE UI Taxes
https://dcgov.seamlessdocs.com...New window External Subdomain Apply for the Fall 2024 and sign up to attend an orientation session
A-TITLE Apply for the Fall 2024 and sign up to attend an orientation session
/page/dcia-spotlightSubdomain Learn more
https://unemployment.dc.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
https://careerreadydc.com/land...New window External A-TITLE HBCU PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM
https://careerreadydc.com/land...External Learn More
/service/unemployment-insuranc...New window Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Unemployment Insurance Benefits Systems Modernization
/service/unemployment-insuranc...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://es.does.dc.gov/External Subdomain Spanish (Español)
A-TITLE Spanish (Español)
/page/does-french-français-1French (Français)
A-TITLE French (Français)
/page/does-vietnamese-tiếng-vi...Subdomain Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
A-TITLE Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
/page/amharic-አማርኛAmharic (አማርኛ)
A-TITLE Amharic (አማርኛ)
/page/DOES-chinese-中文-1Chinese (中文)
A-TITLE Chinese (中文)
/page/does-korean-한국어-1Korean (한국어)
A-TITLE Korean (한국어)
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection[email protected]
A-TITLE [email protected]
https://dcforms.dc.gov/webform...External Subdomain ASK THE DIRECTOR
A-TITLE ASK THE DIRECTOR
https://oca.dc.gov/node/160652New window External Subdomain AGENCY PERFORMANCE
A-TITLE Agency Performance
https://dc.gov/page/dcgov-acce...External ACCESSIBILITY
A-TITLE ACCESSIBILITY
https://dc.gov/page/google-tra...External GOOGLE TRANSLATE DISCLAIMER
A-TITLE Google Translate Disclaimer
https://dc.gov/page/privacy-an...External PRIVACY AND SECURITY
A-TITLE PRIVACY AND SECURITY
https://dc.gov/page/about-dist...External ABOUT DC.GOV
A-TITLE ABOUT DC.GOV
https://dc.gov/page/terms-and-...External TERMS AND CONDITIONS
A-TITLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
https://www.facebook.com/DCDep...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/Does_DCNew window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
/node/1516476/edit?destination.../node/1516476/edit?destination=admin/domain/content/2236
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://does.dc.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 excellent with 0.16 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (203 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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servercloudflare
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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,911 referring domains.
This page has 33,612 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,292 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# 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: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /misc/*.css$
Allow: /misc/*.css?
Allow: /misc/*.js$
Allow: /misc/*.js?
Allow: /misc/*.gif
Allow: /misc/*.jpg
Allow: /misc/*.jpeg
Allow: /misc/*.png
Allow: /modules/*.css$
Allow: /modules/*.css?
Allow: /modules/*.js$
Allow: /modules/*.js?
Allow: /modules/*.gif
Allow: /modules/*.jpg
Allow: /modules/*.jpeg
Allow: /modules/*.png
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: /themes/*.css$
Allow: /themes/*.css?
Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
Allow: /themes/*.gif
Allow: /themes/*.jpg
Allow: /themes/*.jpeg
Allow: /themes/*.png
# Directories
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/
# Files
Disallow: /CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user
Disallow: /user/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
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Disallow: /?q=admin/
Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /?q=node/add/
Disallow: /?q=search/
Disallow: /?q=user/password/
Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
Disallow: /?q=user/logout/

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