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Meta information
95% 
Page quality
79% 
Page structure
54% 
Link structure
77% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.35 s
File size
65.50 kB
Words
772
Media files
12
Number of links
80 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Institute of Museum and Library Services
The length of the page title is perfect. (366 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
IMLS is an independent federal agency that provides library grants, museum grants, policy development, and research.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (732 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
http://imls.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)
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
descriptionIMLS is an independent federal agency that provides library grants, museum grants, policy development, and research.
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MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:site@US_IMLS
twitter:titleIMLS Homepage
twitter:urlhttp://imls.gov/node/63952
og:site_nameInstitute of Museum and Library Services
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttp://imls.gov/
og:titleInstitute of Museum and Library Services
og:descriptionIMLS is an independent federal agency that provides library grants, museum grants, policy development, and research.
og:imagehttp://imls.gov/themes/custom/imls_d8/logo.svg
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 772 words. That's ok.
25.1% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
10 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 24.54 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 58 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 15 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
/themes/custom/imls_d8/logo.svgHome
.../2023apr-cover1200x630.jpg?itok=AReTYODtIMLS FY 2023 Annual Performance Report cover
...bol_starburst_1200x675.jpg?itok=vXmE1XaWIMLS logo symbol
...a-valley-hula-1200x675.jpg?itok=7ZIGtBrWWomen dressed in traditional clothes for a Hula performance.
...custom/imls_d8/images/multicultural.jpegNo alt attribute provided
...equity-portal-1200x675.jpg?itok=i04DkLMeScreenshot displaying NYS Digital Equity Portal interface.
...library-promo-1000x563.jpg?itok=B9NLtRsEA person wearing headphones and using a computer
...d-walter-reed-1200x675.jpg?itok=zdN6fY-gInfluenza ward, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C., about Nov. 1, 1918.
...tte-machines-1200x675a.jpg?itok=hUhE6UIIWash and Learn library participants engage in table activity and a row of coin laundry machines in the background.
...visitors-clay-1200x675.jpg?itok=piyoIIwBKapa visitors pound clay (wauke) with an interactive display station.
...ustom/imls_d8/images/imls-logo-white.svgInstitute of Museum and Library Services
Video URLWidthHeight
...?list=PL3dRqLcqcFkUjIG166V1VAQuQ1yR-eja2

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Federal Support for Libraries and Museums
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Federal Support for Libraries and Museums
H1 IMLS FY 2023 Annual Performance Report Highlights Strategic Partnerships and Key Achievements of Federally Funded Programs
H1 Institute of Museum and Library Services Announces Plans to Launch National Museum Survey in Early 2025
H1 Applications Now Open for IMLS 2024 Native Hawaiian Library Services and Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants That Award up to 150K
H1 IMLS Generates Impact Total Awarded: $257.2M
H1 Explore Your State
H2 Main navigation
H2 Grant Spotlights
H2 Grant Spotlights Duplicate text
H2 Grant Spotlights Duplicate text
H2 Grant Spotlights Duplicate text
H2 Grant Spotlights Duplicate text
H2 Events and Webinars
H2 IMLS Features
H2 Sign up for emails
H2 Public Libraries Survey (PLS)
H2 Contact Us
H2 Footer
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 8 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://imls.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://imls.gov/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
https://imls.gov/aboutAbout
A-TITLE About
https://imls.gov/about/missionMission
/about-us/strategic-planStrategic Plan
/about-us/national-museum-and-...Board
https://imls.gov/about/policyPolicy
https://imls.gov/about/jobsJobs
/about-us/directions-imlsVisit Us
https://imls.gov/about/donateDonate
https://imls.gov/about/contactContact Us
https://imls.gov/grantsGrants
A-TITLE Grants
/grants/grant-programsGrant Programs
/grants/apply-grant/available-...Apply for a Grant
/grants/manage-your-awardManage Your Award
/grants/awarded-grantsSearch Awarded Grants
/grants/peer-reviewPeer Review
https://imls.gov/our-workOur Work
A-TITLE Our Work
/our-work/priority-areasPriority Areas
https://imls.gov/publicationsPublications
/our-work/national-medal-museu...National Medals
A-TITLE National Medal for Museum and Library Service
/our-work/partnershipsPartnerships
/our-work/grant-spotlightsGrant Spotlights
https://imls.gov/dataData
A-TITLE Data
/research-evaluationResearch & Evaluation
/research-tools/data-collectionData Catalog
https://imls.gov/search-compareLibrary Search & Compare
/data/about-the-numbersAbout the Numbers
https://imls.gov/newsNews
A-TITLE News
https://imls.gov/newsNews Releases
https://imls.gov/blogBlog
https://imls.gov/eventsEvents
https://imls.gov/webinarsWebinars
/coronavirus-covid-19-updatesCOVID-19 Updates
https://imls.gov/news/subscribeSubscribe
https://www.facebook.com/USIMLSNew window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/us_imlsNew window External Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain YouTube
/grants/apply-grantApply For a Grant
/grants/manage-your-awardText duplicate Manage Your Award
/news/imls-fy-2023-annual-perf...IMG-ALT IMLS FY 2023 Annual Performance Report cover
/news/imls-fy-2023-annual-perf...IMLS FY 2023 Annual Performance Report Highlights Strategic Partnerships and Key Achievements of Federally Funded Programs
/news/institute-museum-and-lib...IMG-ALT IMLS logo symbol
/news/institute-museum-and-lib...Institute of Museum and Library Services Announces Plans to Launch National Museum Survey in Early 2025
/news/applications-now-open-im...IMG-ALT Women dressed in traditional clothes for a Hula performance.
/news/applications-now-open-im...Applications Now Open for IMLS 2024 Native Hawaiian Library Services and Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants That Award up to 150K
https://imls.gov/Anchor No Text
https://imls.gov/Anchor Fiscal Year 2022
https://imls.gov/Anchor Fiscal Year 2021
https://imls.gov/Anchor Fiscal Year 2020
https://imls.gov/Anchor Fiscal Year 2019
https://imls.gov/Anchor Fiscal Year 2018
/data/about-the-numbersNo Text
/grants/awarded-grants?field_r...Grants To States Libraries
/grants/awarded-grants?field_r...Library Services
/grants/awarded-grants?field_r...Museum Services
/grants/awarded-grants?field_r...Other Initiatives
https://imls.gov/Anchor All Awards
https://imls.gov/Anchor Discretionary Awards
https://imls.gov/Anchor Grants To States
https://imls.gov/Anchor State
https://imls.gov/Anchor County
https://imls.gov/Anchor Congressional District
https://imls.gov/Anchor DOWNLOAD THE DATA
/grant-spotlights/closing-digi...Closing the Digital Divide: New York State Library Advances Equity
/grant-spotlights/connecting-c...Connecting Communities, Navigating Needs: The Importance of Digital Inclusion Programs
/grant-spotlights/spreading-aw...Spreading Awareness, Not Spit: Lessons from the 1918 Pandemic for Today's Public Health
/grant-spotlights/libraries-an...Libraries and Laundromats: Transforming Spaces for Learning
/grant-spotlights/connecting-c...Connecting Culture and Science in Hawaiian Communities
/events/small-museum-associati...Small Museum Association Annual Conference
/webinars/research-inform-amer...Research to Inform the American Latino History and Culture Program
/webinars/imls-national-museum...IMLS National Museum Survey Pilot Summary Findings Webinar
/events/almifi-kickoff-webinar...American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative Kickoff Webinar (Live)
https://imls.gov/events-webinarsView Full Schedule
https://imls.gov/search-compareText duplicate Library Search & Compare
https://imls.gov/IMG-ALT Institute of Museum and Library Services
https://www.facebook.com/USIMLSNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/us_imlsNew window External Text duplicate Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
/about-us/policy-notices/websi...Viewers & Players
A-TITLE Views & Players
/about/policy/agency-reports/f...FOIA
A-TITLE Freedom of Information Act
/about-us/agency-reports/no-fe...No FEAR
A-TITLE No FEAR
https://imls.gov/privacytermsPrivacy & Terms of Use
A-TITLE Privacy & Terms of Use
/about/policy/agency-reports/e...EEO
A-TITLE EEO
/about-us/policy-notices/websi...Accessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility
/about-us/open-governmentOpen Government
A-TITLE Open Government
https://osc.gov/External Office of Special Counsel
A-TITLE Office of Special Counsel
http://usa.gov/External USA.gov
A-TITLE USA.gov

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://imls.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.35 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 34 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 58 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (66 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 05 Mar 2024 04:47:55 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie228 Characters
serverApache/2.4.58 () OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips
x-powered-byPHP/8.1.23
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE
link<http://imls.gov/>; rel="canonical", <http://imls.gov/>; rel="shortlink"
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
permissions-policyinterest-cohort=()
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
x-generatorDrupal 9 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-drupal-cacheHIT
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 6,629 referring domains.
This page has 7,340,884 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,731 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

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# robots.txt
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# 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.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
# 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

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Institute of Museum and Library Services
IMLS is an independent federal agency that provides library grants, museum grants, policy development, and research.

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