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Meta information
100% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
63% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.06 s
File size
120.90 kB
Words
1006
Media files
40
Number of links
74 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
U.S. Government Accountability Office (U.S. GAO)
The length of the page title is perfect. (453 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
GAO provides fact-based, nonpartisan information to Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO investigates federal spending and performance.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (992 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.gao.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)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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
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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
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 7.28 words is low.
This page contains 1006 words. That's ok.
22.3% 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.
4 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 20 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
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 36 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 A Winner in Plain Language Communications
H2 #1 Best Place to Work in the Federal Government
H2 Uncovering Billions of Dollars in Potential Savings
H2 Updating the Standards for Government Auditing
H2 Financial Benefits for Congress and the American People
H2 Recent Reports & Testimonies
H2 Legal Decisions
H2 Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PORT and Form N-CEN Reporting; Guidance on Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs
H2 Corps Medical Supply, LLC
H2 Alion Science & Technology Corporation
H2 Wilson 5 Service Company, Inc.
H2 Kropp Holdings, Inc.
H2 Amentum Services, Inc.
H2 Featured Topics
H2 Recent News
H2 Podcast Session Image
H2 Podcast Session Image Duplicate text
H2 Date
H2 Date Duplicate text
H2 Meet The U.S. Comptroller General
H2 Quick Links
H2 Receive GAO Updates
H3 Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program: Transparency, Claims Assistance, and Program Management Improvements Needed
H3 Status of Open GAO Recommendations to the Director of National Intelligence
H3 COVID-19 Relief: States' and Localities' Fiscal Recovery Funds Spending as of March 31, 2024
H3 World Bank Procurement: Risk Monitoring Can be Enhanced as U.S. Businesses Face Challenges Competing
H3 VA Acquisition Management: Additional Actions Needed in Serving Veterans with Sleep Apnea
H3 Ukraine: DOD Could Strengthen International Military Training Coordination by Improving Data Quality
H3 Military Service Teaches Important Skills, But Getting a Civilian Job After Duty Remains Difficult Despite Programs Created to Help
H3 Climate Change is Costly--What can the Federal Government Do to Reduce Its Exposure?
H3 Botched FAFSA Rollout Leaves Uncertainty for Students Seeking Financial Aid for College
H3 Banks with Commercial Real Estate Lending Portfolios Feel the Pinch
H3 Think Child Care is Hard to Find? It’s Even Tougher for Children, Parents with Disabilities
H3 Melissa Emrey-Arras - Opening Statement about FAFSA issues 2024
H5 GAO Makes Appointments to PCORI Governing Board
H5 GAO Statement on Protest Filed by MAXIMUS Federal Services, Inc., B-422676
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are 4 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 7 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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Read More
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Read More
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Read more
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Read more
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/products/b-422664Alion Science & Technology Corporation
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/high-risk-listHigh Risk List
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/science-technologyScience & Technology
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/no-fear-act-dataNo FEAR Act Data
/about/what-gao-does/hcacHealth Care Advisory Committees

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HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.gao.gov/"
HTTP header
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No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
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The page response time is slow (1.06 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 7 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (121 kB).

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Disallow: /search?
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Disallow: /reports-testimonies
Disallow: /reports-testimonies?
Disallow: /gao-advanced-search?
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