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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
72% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.83 s
File size
102.90 kB
Words
581
Media files
21
Number of links
59 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | U.S. Department of Education
The length of the page title is perfect. (339 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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)
http://www.ed.gov/
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)
The alternate link to the page itself is missing.
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
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:descriptionED is America’s education agency. We help students pay for school and give educators tools to do their jobs. We protect students' rights and make sure every American has equal access to an education.
twitter:titleHome
og:site_nameU.S. Department of Education
og:urlhttp://www.ed.gov/home
og:titleHome
og:descriptionED is America’s education agency. We help students pay for school and give educators tools to do their jobs. We protect students' rights and make sure every American has equal access to an education.
og:imagehttp://www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/ed-og.png
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 581 words. That's ok.
27.9% 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.
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 10.74 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=1.0" is provided.
This page only loads 3 JavaScript files. That's good!
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 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
...ov/assets/uswds/images/us_flag_small.pngNo alt attribute provided
/themes/custom/edgov/logo.svgHome
/themes/custom/edgov/logo.svgHome
.../assets/uswds/images/usa-icons/close.svgclose
...Bus Tour Clasroom.png.webp?itok=mcoEYG5lNo alt attribute provided
...2227_7ebb1200f0_c.jpg.webp?itok=SNmNb4i5No alt attribute provided
...t Page Cropped v2.png.webp?itok=rLEKjIt7No alt attribute provided
...Press Release 09.30.24.png?itok=wc-ay_gYA group of students sitting in front of a projection screen that reads "Let's Get Started" and "FAFSA."
...-07/carousel_card.png.webp?itok=imIpPok_Girl with Graduation Cap
...eStock_235645931.jpeg.webp?itok=SGOeZIJBTwo African American students working on a computer and giving each other high fives.
...pimage-faplanning.jpg.webp?itok=U3Z9mDNfFPO
...eStock_197501924.jpeg.webp?itok=YZMnoznZA person holding a document while using a calculator.
...c/2023-07/img_4x3.png.webp?itok=GoG2V9FbStudents looking at a laptop
...s/custom/edgov/images/icons/facebook.svgFacebook
...ustom/edgov/images/icons/facebook-es.svgFacebook Es
.../custom/edgov/images/icons/instagram.svgInstagram
...s/custom/edgov/images/icons/LinkedIn.svgLinkedIn
...es/custom/edgov/images/icons/twitter.svgTwitter
...es/custom/edgov/images/icons/youtube.svgYoutube
...mes/custom/edgov/images/icons/flickr.svgFlickr
/themes/custom/edgov/logo-footer2.svgAgency logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
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)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Site Search block
H2 News that Impacts Education
H2 Protecting Student Privacy
H2 Secondary Footer Menu
H3 Latest News
H3 U.S. Department of Education
H4 About the Department of Education
H4 File a Civil Rights Complaint
H4 Raise the Bar: Lead the World
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 21 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ed.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.ed.gov/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
https://www.ed.gov/U.S. Department of Education
A-TITLE Home
https://www.ed.gov/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
https://www.ed.gov/Text duplicate U.S. Department of Education
A-TITLE Home
https://www.ed.gov/espanolEspañol
https://www.ed.gov/dataData
https://www.ed.gov/researchResearch
/about/contact-usContact Us
/about/ed-initiatives/raise-barAbout Raise the Bar
/about/ed-initiatives/raise-ba...Learn More
/about/ed-organization/meet-se...Meet Secretary Cardona
/about/news/media-advisory/us-...Secretary Fireside Chat at the U.S. Department of Education
/about/news/media-advisory/us-...Secretary Cardona Visits Orlando, Florida to talk STEM, CTE
/about/news/press-release/us-d...OCR Resolves Racial Harassment Probe in Pennsylvania
https://www.ed.gov/news-roomView More News
/about/news/press-release/us-d...U.S. Department of Education Announces Additional Participants in 2025–26 FAFSA Beta Testing and New Resources to Support Students, Families, and Institutions
/higher-education/find-college...Start your search
/higher-education/paying-colle...Fill out the FAFSA
https://studentaid.gov/h/under...External Get financial aid
/higher-education/manage-your-...Complete your taxes
/laws-and-policy/ferpaAbout Student Privacy Laws
https://www.ed.gov/aboutLearn More About ED
/about/ed-officesED Offices
/about/ed-overview/ed-strategi...Strategic Plans
/laws-and-policy/civil-rights-...File A Complaint
/laws-and-policy/civil-rights-...Know your Civil Rights
/laws-and-policy/civil-rights-...FAQs About Filing a Complaint
https://cte.ed.gov/unlocking-c...External Subdomain Unlocking Career Success
/about/ed-initiatives/raise-ba...Pathways to Multilingualism
/about/ed-initiatives/raise-ba...Eliminating the Educator Shortage
https://blog.ed.gov/External Subdomain Read the Homeroom Blog
/higher-education/paying-collegePay for College
/higher-education/paying-colle...Text duplicate Fill out the FAFSA
https://www.collegesavings.org/External Subdomain 529 Plans
https://studentaid.gov/manage-...External Loan Forgiveness
/higher-education/manage-your-...1098 Tax Forms
/birth-to-grade-12-education/r...Educational Resources
/laws-and-policy/individuals-d...504 Plans
/laws-and-policy/ferpa/ferpa-o...FERPA
https://sites.ed.gov/idea/topi...External Subdomain Anchor IEPs (Individualized Education Program)
/teaching-and-administration/t...Teaching Resources
https://cte.ed.gov/unlocking-c...External Subdomain Become a Teacher
/teaching-and-administration/t...Professional Resources
/teaching-and-administration/s...School Safety and Security
https://studyabroad.state.gov/...External Subdomain Teaching Abroad
/laws-and-policy/civil-rights-...File a Report
https://oig.ed.gov/oig-hotlineExternal Subdomain Report Fraud, Waste, or Abuse
/laws-and-policy/civil-rights-...Report a Civil Rights Violation
https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/...External Subdomain Student Privacy Complaint Forms
https://www.ed.gov/aboutAbout Us
/about/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
A-TITLE Contact ED
/about/ed-officesText duplicate ED Offices
/about/ed-overviewOverview of ED
/about/contact-us/faqsFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
/about/doing-business-ed/jobs-...Jobs at ED
https://www.ed.gov/about/newsNews
https://www.ed.gov/about/newsPress Releases
https://blog.ed.gov/External Subdomain Homeroom Blog
/about/news/subscriptionsSubscriptions
/about/ed-overview/required-no...Site Notices and Privacy Policies
/about/ed-overview/notices-oth...Accessibility Support
/ed-web-archivesED Archive
https://www.facebook.com/ED.govExternal Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/USEdu...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook Es
https://www.instagram.com/usedgovExternal Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn
https://twitter.com/usedgovExternal IMG-ALT Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/@usedgovExternal Subdomain IMG-ALT Youtube
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Flickr
https://www.ed.gov/www.ed.gov
https://www.ed.gov/aboutAbout Dept of Education
/about/ed-overview/required-no...Text duplicate Accessibility Support
https://www.opm.gov/equal-empl...External Subdomain No FEAR Act data
https://oig.ed.gov/External Subdomain Office of the Inspector General
/about/ed-overview/annual-perf...Performance reports
/about/ed-overview/required-no...FOIA
/about/ed-overview/required-no...Privacy Policy
/ed-web-archivesText duplicate ED Archive
https://usa.gov/New window External Visit USA.gov

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ed.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.83 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 only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
This page only loads 3 JavaScript files. That's good!
The file size of the HTML document is fine (103 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
dateWed, 09 Oct 2024 07:12:01 GMT
serverApache/2.4.62 (Ubuntu)
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
content-encodinggzip
content-languageen
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
transfer-encodingchunked
varyAccept-Encoding
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubdomains; preload
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-drupal-cacheHIT
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 33,462 referring domains.
This page has 2,748,177 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 20,130 different ip addresses.

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KeywordResultRecheck
Education54%Check
Department54%Check
gov48%Check
Higher Education46%Check
Education Resources46%Check
News43%Check
Latest News42%Check
student40%Check
File40%Check
Site40%Check
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