Dph.illinois.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
47% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.41 s
File size
95.80 kB
Words
356
Media files
10
Number of links
72 internal / 28 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Illinois Department of Public Health
The length of the page title is perfect. (315 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
MEASLES
The meta description is too short. (67 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
The meta description contains only one word.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://dph.illinois.gov/
There is a valid canonical link 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)
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

NameValue
descriptionMEASLES
templateHome Page
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:urlhttps://dph.illinois.gov/en.html
twitter:titleIllinois Department of Public Health
twitter:descriptionMEASLES
og:urlhttps://dph.illinois.gov/en.html
og:typeagency-home-page
og:titleIllinois Department of Public Health
og:descriptionMEASLES
og:localeen
Last-Modified25-03-2024 07:18:41
X-UA-Compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 356 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
17.4% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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 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" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 7 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Illinois Department of Public Health
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Illinois Department of Public Health
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Recent News
H2 FAQs
H2 Important Topics
H2 Footer
H3 INFORMATION FOR
H3 RESOURCES
H3 QUICKLINKS
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 (28) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://dph.illinois.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.illinois.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Illinois.gov
https://www.illinois.gov/searc...New window External Subdomain Agencies
https://www.illinois.gov/searc...New window External Subdomain Services
https://dph.illinois.gov/IMG-ALT Site Logo
/about.htmlAbout IDPH
https://www.facebook.com/IDPH....New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/IDPHNew window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/illi...New window External Subdomain No Text
/audience.htmlI Am A...
/audience/citizen-portal.htmlIllinoisan
/audience/licensed-professiona...Licensed Professional
/audience/health-care-worker.htmlHealth Care Worker
/audience/health-care-provider...Health Care Provider
/audience/researcher-portal.htmlResearcher
/data-statistics.htmlData & Statistics
/data-statistics/behavioral-ri...Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
/data-statistics/hil.htmlHealthy Illinois Survey
/data-statistics/database-reso...Database & Datafile Resources Guide
/data-statistics/ems-data-repo...EMS Data Reporting System
/data-statistics/epidemiology....Epidemiology
/data-statistics/iplan.htmlIPLAN
/data-statistics/iquery.htmlCommunity Health Data (IQUERY)
/data-statistics/il-health-dat...IL Health Data Portal
/data-statistics/il-hospital-r...IL Hospital Report Card
/data-statistics/pregnancy-ris...Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
/data-statistics/vital-statist...Vital Statistics
/data-statistics/institutional...Institutional Review Board (IRB)
/data-statistics/syndromic-sur...Syndromic Surveillance
/topics-services.htmlTopics & Services
/topics-services/birth-death-o...Birth, Death, Other Records
/topics-services/nacimientos-d...Nacimientos Defunciones Otros Registros
/topics-services/diseases-and-...Diseases & Conditions
/topics-services/emergency-pre...Emergency Preparedness & Response
/topics-services/environmental...Environmental Health Protection
/topics-services/food-safety.htmlFood Safety
/topics-services/health-care-r...Health Care Regulation
/topics-services/lab-testing-s...Lab Testing & Services
/topics-services/life-stages-p...Life Stages & Populations
/topics-services/prevention-we...Prevention & Wellness
/topics-services/provider-part...Provider and Partner Resources
/topics-services/opioids.htmlOpioids
/resource-center.htmlResource Center
/resource-center/laws-rules.htmlLaws & Rules
/resource-center/forms-and-pub...Forms & Publications
/resource-center/licensing-cer...Licensing Certification
/resource-center/funding-oppor...Funding Opportunities
/recent-news.htmlNews
/events.htmlEvents
/about.htmlText duplicate About IDPH
https://www.facebook.com/IDPH....New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/illi...New window External Subdomain No Text
/topics-services/diseases-and-...CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
/topics-services/diseases-and-...Text duplicate CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
/resource-center/news/2023/nov...Learn More
https://idphportal.illinois.go...External Subdomain Sign Up Here
https://covid-19-test-to-treat...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/events.htmlView More Events
/recent-news.htmlView More News
/topics-services/diseases-and-...Tickborne Illnesses
http://www.healthcarereportcar...External Subdomain Illinois Hospital Report Card
https://idph.illinois.gov/Opio...External Subdomain IDPH Opioid Data Dashboard
/topics-services/birth-death-o...Vital Records
/resource-center/funding-oppor...GATA
/topics-services/provider-part...PHAB Accreditation
/topics-services/prevention-we...Smoke Free Illinois
https://www2.illinois.gov/site...External Subdomain Get Covered Illinois
/audience/citizen-portal.htmlResidents
/audience/licensed-professiona...Licensed Professionals
/audience/health-care-worker.htmlHealth Care Workers
/audience/health-care-provider...Health Care Providers
/audience/researcher-portal.htmlResearchers
/resource-center/advisory-boar...Advisory Boards
https://www2.illinois.gov/oeig...New window External Subdomain Office of the Inspector General
https://www.cdc.gov/New window External Subdomain Centers for Disease Control
https://www2.illinois.gov/site...New window External Subdomain Office of Governor JB Pritzker
http://work.illinois.gov/New window External Subdomain Illinois Jobs
http://www.illinois.gov/New window External Subdomain Illinois.gov home page
/about/employment-opportunitie...Employment Opportunities
/ambassador.htmlCommunity Ambassadors
/contact-us/regional-health-de...List of Local Health Departments
/contact-us.htmlContact Us
/topics-services/health-care-r...File a Health Care Complaint
/topics-services/diseases-and-...Diseases A-Z List
/about/freedom-of-information-...FOIA Requests
https://data.illinois.gov/orga...New window External Subdomain Health Data
/events.htmlIDPH Calendar
/resource-center/laws-rules.htmlText duplicate Laws & Rules
/search.html?contentType=documentText duplicate Forms & Publications
/resource-center/funding-oppor...Grant Accountability and Transparency (GATA)
/about/language-assistance-ser...Language Assistance Services
https://www.facebook.com/IDPH....New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/IDPHNew window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/illi...New window External Subdomain No Text
http://www.dhs.state.il.us/pag...New window External Subdomain Web Accessibility
http://www.missingkids.com/New window External Subdomain Missing & Exploited Children
http://www.amberillinois.org/New window External Subdomain Amber Alerts
https://www.illinois.gov/about...New window External Subdomain Illinois Privacy Info
https://gov.illinois.gov/New window External Subdomain Governor JB Pritzker
A-TITLE Governor JB Pritzker
https://www.illinois.gov/New window External Subdomain State of Illinois
A-TITLE State of Illinois

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://dph.illinois.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 (1.41 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (96 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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pragmano-cache
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External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 5,507 referring domains.
This page has 85,115 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,784 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Search preview

dph.illinois.gov
Illinois Department of Public Health
MEASLES

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Illinois75%Check
Illinois Department68%Check
Health62%Check
Public62%Check
Public Health62%Check
MEASLES51%Check
Health Data48%Check
Environmental Health48%Check
CASES39%Check
CHILDREN39%Check

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