Dwr.virginia.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
95% 
Page quality
68% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
86% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.51 s
File size
58.80 kB
Words
525
Media files
17
Number of links
54 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR)
The length of the page title is perfect. (442 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Virginia DWR is responsible for the management of inland fisheries, wildlife, and recreational boating for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (835 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://dwr.virginia.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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
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theme-color#2a5235
msapplication-navbutton-color#2a5235
apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style#2a5235
Last-Modified2023-07-25T14:53:28-04:00
descriptionVirginia DWR is responsible for the management of inland fisheries, wildlife, and recreational boating for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
robotsmax-image-preview:large
generatorWordPress 5.9.10
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleHome
twitter:descriptionVirginia DWR is responsible for the management of inland fisheries, wildlife, and recreational boating for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
twitter:imagehttps://dwr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/media/Generic-Blog-Tile.png
twitter:domaindwr.virginia.gov
twitter:urlhttps://dwr.virginia.gov/
og:urlhttps://dwr.virginia.gov/
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome
og:descriptionVirginia DWR is responsible for the management of inland fisheries, wildlife, and recreational boating for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
og:imagehttps://dwr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/media/Generic-Blog-Tile.png
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 525 words. That's ok.
36.8% 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.
8 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 23.27 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 22 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 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
15 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
...mes/dgif-2020/images/assets/dwr-logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...dgif-2020/images/assets/search-light.pngNo alt attribute provided
...dia/Explore-The-Wild-Nameplate-White.pngExplore the Wild
...mes/dgif-2020/images/assets/dwr-logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...Better-Together-Horizontal-Nameplate.pngThe Outdoors Are Better Together
...oads/media/Notes091224PanfishFlyBlog.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...tent/uploads/media/Elk-Cam-Tile-2023.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ent/uploads/media/DeerForecast22Blog.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...Cover-September-October-2024-462x600.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...-Cover-July-August-2024-High-462x600.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...Wildlife-Cover-May-June-2024-462x600.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...dlife-Cover-March-April-2024-462x600.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...-Cover-January-February-2024-461x600.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...Cover-November-December-2023-462x600.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ginia-Wildlife-Calendar-Product-2025.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ploads/media/Shop-DWR-Orange-Dry-Bag.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...content/uploads/media/coaster-01-all.jpgNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Virginia DWR
The H1 heading is too short (12 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Virginia DWR
H2 Explore the Wild
H2 Conserve. Connect. Protect.
H2 How Do We Fund What We Do?
H2 Notes from the Field
H2 Virginia Wildlife Magazine
H2 Shop DWR
H2 Need Help?
H2 Work With Us
H2 What’s Going On
H2 Stay Informed
H3 Contribute to a Cause
H3 Volunteer & Mentorship
H3 Let a Panfish Teach You to Fly Fish
H3 Elk Cam is Streaming Live!
H3 2024 Deer Season Forecast
H3 In the September–October 2024 issue…
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.
4 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://dwr.virginia.gov/Anchor Skip to Main Content
/storm-damage/Subdomain Numerous DWR Facilities Closed Due to Storm Damage
https://dwr.virginia.gov/Anchor ≡
A-TITLE Menu
https://dwr.virginia.gov/Anchor A-TITLE Search
/wildlife/Subdomain Wildlife & Habitat
https://dwr.virginia.gov/hunting/Subdomain Hunting
https://dwr.virginia.gov/fishing/Subdomain Fishing
https://dwr.virginia.gov/boating/Subdomain Boating
/wildlife-watching/Subdomain Viewing
/conservation-police/Subdomain Conservation Police
https://dwr.virginia.gov/about/Subdomain About
/licenses/Buy Licenses
https://dwr.virginia.gov/explore/Explore the Wild
https://dwr.virginia.gov/explore/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Explore the Wild
A-TITLE Explore the Wild
https://dwr.virginia.gov/explore/Learn More
https://dwr.virginia.gov/Anchor How You Can Help
/restore-the-wild/Restore the Wild
/shopdgif/virginia-wildlife-gr...Virginia Wildlife Grant Program
/volunteer/volunteer with us
/hunting/mentor-program/mentor a new hunter
/refer-a-friend/refer a friend
https://dwr.virginia.gov/blog/Notes from the Field
/blog/let-a-panfish-teach-you-...Subdomain No Text
/blog/let-a-panfish-teach-you-...Subdomain Let a Panfish Teach You to Fly Fish
https://dwr.virginia.gov/elk-cam/Subdomain No Text
https://dwr.virginia.gov/elk-cam/Subdomain Elk Cam is Streaming Live!
/blog/2024-deer-season-forecast/Subdomain No Text
/blog/2024-deer-season-forecast/Subdomain 2024 Deer Season Forecast
https://dwr.virginia.gov/blog/Read More Articles…
/notes-from-the-field/Subscribe to Notes from the Field Emails
/virginia-wildlife/No Text
/virginia-wildlife/Virginia Wildlife Magazine
/virginia-wildlife/See What’s Inside…
/virginia-wildlife/Subscribe
https://license.gooutdoorsvirg...External Subdomain Shop DWR
/calendar/?utm_source=dwr_home...Subdomain A-TITLE 2025 Virginia Wildlife Calendar
https://license.gooutdoorsvirg...External Subdomain A-TITLE Adventure Dry Sack – Orange
https://license.gooutdoorsvirg...External Subdomain A-TITLE Virginia Wildlife Coaster Set
/virginia-wildlife-grant-program/Learn More About the Grant Program…
https://license.gooutdoorsvirg...External Subdomain Shop Now!
/conservation-police/wildlife-...Report a Wildlife Violation
/wildlife/injuredHelp with Injured & Orphaned Wildlife
/wildlife/nuisanceHelp with Human-Wildlife Conflicts
https://dwr.virginia.gov/forms/Forms & Permits
https://dwr.virginia.gov/contact/Contact Us
https://dwr.virginia.gov/jobs/Jobs
/volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities
/internships/Internships
/about/public-comment-opportun...Public Comment Opportunities
https://dwr.virginia.gov/alerts/Facility Closures & Alerts
https://dwr.virginia.gov/events/Upcoming Skills Workshops & Events
/meetings/Board & Other Public Meetings
/legislation/2024 Virginia General Assembly Legislation
/permits/passage-peregrine-fal...2024 Take of Passage Peregrine Falcons for Falconry
https://facebook.com/VirginiaDWRExternal No Text
https://twitter.com/VirginiaDWRExternal No Text
https://instagram.com/Virginia...External No Text
https://youtube.com/VirginiaDWRExternal No Text
/about/web-policy/Web Policy
/about/foia/Freedom of Information (FOIA)
http://datapoint.apa.virginia....External Subdomain View DWR Expenditures
/wp-content/uploads/media/DWR-...DWR Organizational Chart
https://logi.cgieva.com/Public...External Subdomain eVA: Transparency in Procurement
/about/ada/ADA Compliance

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://dwr.virginia.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (2.51 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 15 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 22 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (59 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
serverApache/2.4
varyAccept-Encoding,Cookie
cache-controlmax-age=3, must-revalidate, max-age=864000
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
strict-transport-securitymax-age=15552000
dateSat, 05 Oct 2024 16:37:41 GMT
expiresTue, 15 Oct 2024 16:37:41 GMT
transfer-encodingchunked
connectionKeep-Alive
set-cookie59 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

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 4,115 referring domains.
This page has 32,087 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,567 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /trout_waters/
Disallow: /regulations/
Disallow: /media/press-release/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /reports/
Disallow: /file_drawer/
Disallow: /boat_access/
Disallow: /place/
Sitemap: https://dwr.virginia.gov/sitemap.xml

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dwr.virginia.gov
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR)
Virginia DWR is responsible for the management of inland fisheries, wildlife, and recreational boating for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Virginia91%Check
DWR90%Check
Virginia DWR90%Check
Virginia wildlife79%Check
Virginia Department70%Check
2024 Virginia68%Check
Northern Virginia64%Check
Virginia general64%Check
Wildlife63%Check
Virginia Wildlife Grant Program57%Check
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