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Meta information
61% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
82% 
Server
53% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.09 s
File size
22.00 kB
Words
714
Media files
15
Number of links
86 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Home Page, a part of the U.S. Department of Education
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 836 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype XHTML 1.0 Transitional is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 714 words. That's ok.
25.8% 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.
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 24 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 9 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 amount of tags is very high (16). We recommend using a maximum of 14 tags for this page.
Some tags are too long. With 72 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"transition from duns number to unique entity identifier (uei) fact sheet"
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
/images/icons/menuIcon.pngMenu
/images/icons/twitterNav.pngTwitter logo
/images/icons/facebookNav.pngFacebook logo
/images/icons/searchIcon.pngSearch IES
/images/carousel/prevCarousel.pngPrevious Slide
/images/carousel/nextCarousel.pngNext Slide
/images/carousel/iesCarousel1.jpg
/images/carousel/iesCarousel2.jpg
/images/carousel/iesCarousel3.jpg
/images/carousel/iesCarousel4.jpg
/images/carousel/iesCarousel5.jpg
/images/homepage/standardsReview.jpgimage depicting review process
/images/homepage/readingPracticeGuide.jpgTeacher reading to and taking questions from a group of young students
/images/homepage/topicpages.jpgFour children at a desk in classroom
Video URLWidthHeight
...youtube.com/embed/l-aBA0GklOQ?rel=0308173

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
There are no headings specified on the page. Headings are important for search engine optimization and help to structure your content.

Heading structure

No headings were found.
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://ies.ed.gov/Anchor Skip Navigation
A-TITLE Skip Navigation
https://ies.ed.gov/IES
/ncee/projects/eric.aspERIC - Education Resources Information Center
A-TITLE ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
https://nces.ed.gov/nationsrep...External Subdomain Nation's Report Card
A-TITLE Nation's Report Card
https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/Regional Educational Laboratory Program
A-TITLE Regional Educational Laboratory Program
https://ies.ed.gov/sbir/Small Business Innovation Research
A-TITLE Small Business Innovation Research
https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/What Works Clearinghouse
A-TITLE What Works Clearinghouse
https://nces.ed.gov/collegenav...External Subdomain College Navigator
A-TITLE College Navigator
https://ies.ed.gov/pubsearch/Publications & Products Search
A-TITLE Publications & Products Search
https://ies.ed.gov/pubsearch/Text duplicate Publications & Products Search
A-TITLE Publications & Products Search
/ncee/projects/evaluationTA.aspSubdomain TA Resources for Evaluations
A-TITLE TA Resources for Evaluations
/funding/resources.aspMethodological Resources
A-TITLE Methodological Resources
/funding/webinars/ResearchMeth...Research Methods Training Programs
A-TITLE Research Methods Training Programs
/funding/videos.aspVideo Presentations
A-TITLE Video Presentations
/funding/datasets.aspAvailable Datasets
A-TITLE Available Datasets
/director/sro/application_revi...Peer Review Process
A-TITLE Peer Review Process
/funding/researchaccess.aspIES Policy Regarding Public Access to Research
A-TITLE IES Policy Regarding Public Access to Research
https://ies.ed.gov/research.aspHow Can I Learn About IES Funded Research?
A-TITLE How Can I Learn About IES Funded Research?
https://ies.ed.gov/fundingFunding Opportunities
https://ies.ed.gov/fundingText duplicate Funding Opportunities
A-TITLE Funding Opportunities
/funding/webinars/index.aspResearch Funding Webinars
A-TITLE Research Funding Webinars
/funding/grantsearch/index.aspSearch Funded Research Grants and Contracts
A-TITLE Search Funded Research Grants and Contracts
https://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/News
A-TITLE News
https://ies.ed.gov/newsflash/NewsFlash
A-TITLE NewsFlash
/whatsnew/pressreleases.aspPress Releases
A-TITLE Press Releases
https://ies.ed.gov/help/rss.aspRSS Feeds
A-TITLE RSS Feeds
https://ies.ed.gov/events.aspEvents
A-TITLE Events
/pimeeting/default.aspxIES Research Conference
A-TITLE IES Research Conference
/whatsnew/conferences/Conferences, Training and Presentations
A-TITLE Conferences, Training and Presentations
/whatsnew/calendar/?tid=14&cid...Bridge Events
A-TITLE Bridge Events
/ncer/whatsnew/techworkinggroup/Technical Working Group Meeting Summaries
A-TITLE Technical Working Group Meeting Summaries
https://ies.ed.gov/aboutus/About Us
https://ies.ed.gov/aboutus/About the Institute of Education Sciences
A-TITLE About the Institute of Education Sciences
/director/board/index.aspNational Board for Education Sciences
A-TITLE National Board for Education Sciences
/aboutus/scientific_integrity.aspScientific Integrity Policy
A-TITLE Scientific Integrity Policy
/director/sro/index.aspStandards and Review
A-TITLE Standards and Review
/aboutus/diversity.aspIES Diversity Statement
https://ies.ed.gov/help/webmailContact Us
A-TITLE Contact Us
https://ies.ed.gov/helpHelp
A-TITLE Help
/director/index.aspDirector
A-TITLE Director of IES & Remarks
/director/ddap.aspDeputy Director for Admin & Policy
A-TITLE Deputy Director for Administration & Policy
/director/dds.aspDeputy Director for Science
A-TITLE Deputy Director for Science
https://nces.ed.gov/help/iesch...External Subdomain Organizational Chart
A-TITLE IES Organizational Chart
https://ies.ed.gov/staff/Staff Directory
A-TITLE Staff Directory
https://ies.ed.gov/contact/Contact
https://ies.ed.gov/data.aspTools
http://www.ed.gov/External Subdomain ED.gov
https://ies.ed.gov/newsflash/Newsflash
https://ies.ed.gov/blogs/IES Blog
https://twitter.com/IESResearch/External IMG-ALT Twitter logo
https://twitter.com/IESResearch/External Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/IESRe...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook logo
https://www.facebook.com/IESRe...External Subdomain Facebook
https://ies.ed.gov/aboutus/Independent, Relevant, Practical IES is the nation's premier source for research, evaluation and statistics that can help educators, policymakers and stakeho...
/funding/overview.aspDriving Innovation through Research IES invests in high-quality research that sparks innovative solutions to real-world challenges in education.
https://nces.ed.gov/annuals/External Subdomain Measuring Progress and the Condition of Education IES collects, analyzes and shares meaningful data about student performance and the effectiveness of educat...
https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Identifying What Works in Education The What Works Clearinghouse reviews research to support evidence-based decision making in education.
https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/Putting Research to Work in Education The Regional Educational Laboratories work with educators and policymakers to address real-world challenges in educatio...
https://ies.ed.gov/ncer/NCER National Center for Education Research
https://nces.ed.gov/External Subdomain NCES National Center for Education Statistics
https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/NCEE National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
https://ies.ed.gov/ncser/NCSER National Center for Special Education Research
/funding/technicalassistance.aspSubdomain IES Adds Virtual Office Hours and New Sessions to Assist Grant Applicants
/funding/technicalassistance.aspSubdomain » More info
https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/...External Subdomain Total current expenditures per pupil slightly increased across all public school districts in school year 2021-22
https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/...External Subdomain Text duplicate » More info
/ncer/projects/24awards.aspSubdomain NCER Awards $103 Million in Education Research Grants
/ncer/projects/24awards.aspSubdomain Text duplicate » More info
/director/sro/report_review.aspPeer Review of Reports
/director/sro/application_revi...Peer Review of Grant Applications
/director/sro/index.aspOffice of Science
https://iesreview.ed.gov/Revie...External Subdomain Interested in Serving as a Peer Reviewer? Let us know
https://ies.ed.gov/seer/The Standards for Excellence in Education Research (SEER)
/pdf/UEI_Transition_Fact_Sheet...Transition from DUNS Number to Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) Fact Sheet
/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/21Educator's Practice Guide to Support Reading For Understanding, K-3
IMG-ALT Teacher reading to and taking questions from a group of young students
https://nces.ed.gov/forum/pub_...External Subdomain Guide to Education Data Privacy
https://ies.ed.gov/topics/IES Topic Pages
/topics/englishLearners.aspEnglish Learners
/topics/stem.aspSTEM
/topics/literacy.aspLiteracy
https://ies.ed.gov/topics/cte.aspCareer and Technical Education
/topics/postsecondary.aspPostsecondary Education
https://ies.ed.gov/Text duplicate IES
https://ies.ed.gov/Institute of Education Sciences
https://ies.ed.gov/Text duplicate IES
https://ies.ed.gov/Home
https://ies.ed.gov/aboutus/About
https://ies.ed.gov/pubsearch/Publications
https://ies.ed.gov/data.aspData
https://ies.ed.gov/funding/Funding
https://ies.ed.gov/events.aspText duplicate News
https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/NCEE
https://ies.ed.gov/ncer/NCER
https://nces.ed.gov/External Subdomain NCES
https://ies.ed.gov/ncser/NCSER
/aboutus/diversity.aspText duplicate IES Diversity Statement
https://nces.ed.gov/statprog/2...External Subdomain NCES Statistical Standards
https://ies.ed.gov/director/sro/Text duplicate Peer Review Process
/help/privacy.aspPrivacy and Security Policies
/funding/researchaccess.aspPublic Access Policy
https://ies.ed.gov/contact/Text duplicate Contact Us
http://www.ed.gov/External Subdomain U.S. Department of Education
https://eric.ed.gov/External Subdomain ERIC
/help/ieschart.aspSubdomain Text duplicate Organizational Chart

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://ies.ed.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.09 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 4 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 (22 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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cache-controlprivate
content-typetext/html
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
set-cookie53 Characters
x-powered-byASP.NET
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
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referrer-policysame-origin
varyAccept-Encoding
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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 9,108 referring domains.
This page has 581,642 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,897 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /blogs/research/search
Disallow: /blogs/nces/search
Disallow: /blogs/search

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IES66%Check
IES Research52%Check
Education51%Check
Sciences51%Check
Institute51%Check
Education Sciences51%Check
IES Blog50%Check
Department46%Check
Education Research45%Check
Page43%Check
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