Govinfo.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
51% 
Page structure
45% 
Link structure
72% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.34 s
File size
62.30 kB
Words
434
Media files
9
Number of links
109 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
GovInfo | U.S. Government Publishing Office
The length of the page title is perfect. (401 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)
https://www.govinfo.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
(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
twitter:titleGovInfo
twitter:imagehttps://www.govinfo.gov/media/govinfo_eagle_homepage.png
og:site_nameGovInfo
og:typeWebsite
og:url/
og:titleGovInfo
og:descriptionU.S. Government Publishing Office
og:imagehttps://www.govinfo.gov/media/govinfo_eagle_homepage.png
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 434 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
17.1% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 19 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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
/media/GovInfo_logo_gray.pngGovInfo logo
/sites/default/files/feed.pngIcon: RSS
...c/media/whd_2024_3_150.png?itok=7-oHtQC0Image of the World Humanitarian Day 2024 logo, the world inside of a heart. Source: United Nations
...media/purple_heart_150.png?itok=cm352DyaImage of the Purple Heart Medal on the American flag: Source Department of Defense
...o_eagle_pms143_150x150.png?itok=VM-kXySBNo alt attribute provided
...a/eileen_collins_150_0.jpg?itok=4mSPOUs_Official portrait of Eileen Collins, STS-93 Commander, Source: NASA
/media/gpo-logov1.jpgGovernment Publishing Office Logo
/media/USGPO-Certification-Mark-Web.pngPTAB: ISO/IEC 16363:2012 Trustworthy digital repository. Certificate number: PTAB-TDRMS 0002
/media/CoreTrustSeal-logo-transparent.pngCore Trust Seal

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Discover U.S. Government Information
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Discover U.S. Government Information
H1 Features
H2 Recent
H2 Popular
H2 Trending
H3 World Humanitarian Day 2024
H3 Purple Heart Day
H3 June 2024 Release Notes
H3 A Woman Who Reached for the Stars
H4 A to Z
H4 Category
H4 Date
H4 Committee
H4 Author
H4 A to Z Duplicate text
H4 Category Duplicate text
H4 Date Duplicate text
H4 Committee Duplicate text
H4 Author Duplicate text
H4 Browse
H4 About
H4 Developers
H4 Features Duplicate text
H4 Help
H4 Feedback
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 8 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.govinfo.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.govinfo.gov/Anchor No Text
https://www.govinfo.gov/IMG-ALT GovInfo logo
/browse-a-zA to Z
/app/browse/categoryCategory
/app/browse/dateDate
/browse/committeeCommittee
/app/browse/authorAuthor
https://www.govinfo.gov/aboutAbout
/about/policiesPolicies
/about/authenticationAuthentication
/about/digital-preservationDigital Preservation
/about/historyHistory
/about/agency-submissionAgency Submission
/about/us-gov-infoU.S. Government Information
https://www.govinfo.gov/aboutFDsys Retirement
/developersDeveloper Hub
https://api.govinfo.gov/docsExternal Subdomain API
https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdataBulk Data Repository
https://www.govinfo.gov/link-docsLink Service
https://www.govinfo.gov/feedsFeeds
https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemapsSitemaps
/developers/system-designSystem Design
https://www.govinfo.gov/featuresAll Features
/features/featured-contentFeatured Content
/features/newsNews
/features/release-notesRelease Notes
/features/finding-publicationsFinding Publications
https://www.govinfo.gov/helpHelp
/help/finding-infoFinding Information
/help/whats-availableWhat's Available
/help/tutorials-handoutsTutorials and Handouts
/help/other-resourcesOther Resources
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r...New window External Subdomain Submit Feedback
https://www.govinfo.gov/contactContact Us
/browse-a-zA to Z Browse documents by alphabetical order
/app/browse/categoryCategory Browse documents in specific collections
/app/browse/dateDate Browse documents within a timeframe or date range
/browse/committeeCommittee Browse documents by the issuing committee
/app/browse/authorAuthor View documents by government authors
/browse-a-zText duplicate A to Z Browse documents by alphabetical order
/app/browse/categoryText duplicate Category Browse documents in specific collections
/app/browse/dateText duplicate Date Browse documents within a timeframe or date range
/browse/committeeText duplicate Committee Browse documents by the issuing committee
/app/browse/authorAuthor Browse documents by government authors
/link/crec/section/dailydigestNew window Congressional Record Daily Digest
/app/frtoc/todayFederal Register Table of Contents
/link/CCAL/latest/houseNew window House Calendar (PDF)
/link/CCAL/latest/senateNew window Senate Calendar (PDF)
/app/collection/budgetBudget of the U.S. Government
https://www.ecfr.gov/New window External Subdomain Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)
/app/collection/cfr(annual)
/app/collection/billsCongressional Bills
/app/collection/cprtCongressional Committee Prints
/app/collection/cdirCongressional Directory
/app/collection/cdocCongressional Documents
/app/collection/chrgCongressional Hearings
/app/collection/crecCongressional Record
/app/collection/crptCongressional Reports
/app/collection/serialsetCongressional Serial Set
/app/browse/topic/serialsetBrowse by Topic
/app/collection/cmrCongressionally Mandated Reports
/app/browse/topic/cmrText duplicate Browse by Topic
/collection/constitution-annot...Constitution Annotated
/app/collection/econiEconomic Indicators
/app/collection/frFederal Register
/app/collection/plawPublic and Private Laws
/app/collection/uscodeUnited States Code
/app/collection/uscourtsUnited States Courts Opinions
/browse-a-zBrowse All Resources
/app/search/{"query":"collecti...New window Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions - Spring 2024
/app/details/GPO-HPRACTICE-118...New window House Practice, 118th Congress
/collection/fcc-recordNew window Federal Communications Commission Record, Vol. 38 (2023) to Present
/app/collection/cmrNew window Congressionally Mandated Reports Collection
/app/details/HMAN-118/HMAN-118...New window Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives, 118th Congress
/content/pkg/GPO-J6-REPORT/pdf...New window January 6th Committee Final Report
/collection/january-6th-commit...Browse the Report Collection
/app/search/{"query":"collecti...New window Congressional Tributes and Commemorations
https://www.govinfo.gov/rss.xmlNew window IMG-ALT Icon: RSS
A-TITLE Subscribe to govinfo RSS
https://www.govinfo.gov/featuresBrowse All Features
https://www.govinfo.gov/Anchor Skip back to top
https://www.govinfo.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Skip back to top
/browse-a-zText duplicate A to Z
/app/browse/categoryText duplicate Category
/app/browse/dateText duplicate Date
/browse/committeeText duplicate Committee
/app/browse/authorText duplicate Author
https://www.govinfo.gov/aboutText duplicate About
/about/policiesText duplicate Policies
/about/authenticationText duplicate Authentication
/about/digital-preservationText duplicate Digital Preservation
/about/historyText duplicate History
/about/agency-submissionText duplicate Agency Submission
/about/us-gov-infoText duplicate U.S. Government Information
https://www.govinfo.gov/aboutText duplicate FDsys Retirement
/developersText duplicate Developer Hub
https://api.govinfo.gov/docsExternal Subdomain Text duplicate API
https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdataText duplicate Bulk Data Repository
https://www.govinfo.gov/link-docsText duplicate Link Service
https://www.govinfo.gov/feedsText duplicate Feeds
https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemapsText duplicate Sitemaps
/developers/system-designText duplicate System Design
https://www.govinfo.gov/featuresText duplicate All Features
/features/featured-contentText duplicate Featured Content
/features/newsText duplicate News
/features/release-notesText duplicate Release Notes
/features/finding-publicationsText duplicate Finding Publications
https://www.govinfo.gov/helpText duplicate Help
/help/finding-infoText duplicate Finding Information
/help/whats-availableText duplicate What's Available
/help/tutorials-handoutsText duplicate Tutorials and Handouts
/help/other-resourcesText duplicate Other Resources
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Submit Feedback
https://www.govinfo.gov/contactText duplicate Contact Us
http://www.gpo.gov/New window External Subdomain U.S. Government Publishing Office
IMG-ALT Government Publishing Office Logo
http://www.iso16363.org/iso-ce...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT PTAB: ISO/IEC 16363:2012 Trustworthy digital repository. Certificate number: PTAB-TDRMS 0002
https://amt.coretrustseal.org/...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Core Trust Seal

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.govinfo.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 (1.34 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 (62 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateWed, 21 Aug 2024 16:31:35 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; preload
last-modifiedFri, 16 Aug 2024 14:56:50 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-permitted-cross-domain-policiesnone
content-security-policydefault-src 'self' https://analytics.govinfo.gov https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com; frame-ancestors 'self'; script-src 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' 'self' https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com https://api.data.gov https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com https://www.google.com/recaptcha https://recaptcha.google.com/recaptcha; object-src 'unsafe-inline' 'self' ; style-src 'unsafe-inline' 'self' https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com https://api.data.gov https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com https://fonts.googleapis.com https://www.google.com/recaptcha https://recaptcha.google.com/recaptcha; img-src 'unsafe-inline' 'self' http://insideanalytics.gpo.gov https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com https://analytics.govinfo.gov data:; font-src 'unsafe-inline' 'self' https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com https://api.data.gov https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com https://fonts.gstatic.com https://fonts.googleapis.com; connect-src 'self' https://api.data.gov https://analytics.govinfo.gov; frame-src 'self' https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com https://www.google.com/recaptcha https://recaptcha.google.com/recaptcha;
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
servercloudflare
cf-ray8b6c03a29fb3368a-FRA
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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 48,864 referring domains.
This page has 7,825,446 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 29,415 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

You can find more links using Wikipedia search

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: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
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: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/BILLS_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/BUDGET_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CCAL_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CDIR_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CDOC_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CFR_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CHRG_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CMR_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/COMPS_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CPRT_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CRECB_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CREC_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CRI_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CRPT_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/CZIC_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/DCPD_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/ECONI_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/ERIC_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/ERP_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/FR_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/GAOREPORTS_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/GOVMAN_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/GOVPUB_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/GPO_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/HJOURNAL_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/HMAN_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/HOB_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/LSA_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/PAI_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/PLAW_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/PPP_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/SERIALSET_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/SMAN_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/STATUTE_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/USCODE_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/USCOURTS_sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/WCPD_sitemap_index.xml

# Bulkdata sitemaps
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/BILLSUM/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/BILLS/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/CBD/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/CFR/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/ECFR/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/FR/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/GOVMAN/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/HMAN/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/PAI/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/PPP/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/PLAW/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/SCD/sitemapindex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.govinfo.gov/sitemap/bulkdata/STATUTE/sitemapindex.xml

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Government63%Check
Government Publishing56%Check
Government Publishing Office53%Check
Information50%Check
Discover50%Check
government authors49%Check
Publishing48%Check
Features47%Check
Office47%Check
Day44%Check
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