Labor.vermont.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
74% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
29% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.74 s
File size
209.70 kB
Words
470
Media files
7
Number of links
75 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home Page | Department of Labor
The length of the page title is perfect. (308 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://labor.vermont.gov/home
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are only 470 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
17% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 10.2 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.
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)
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
...-theme/assets/img/vermont-logo-white.pngVermont State Logo
...ncy-theme/assets/img/usa-icons/close.svgclose
...ssets/img/usa-icons-bg/search--white.svgSearch
...ssets/img/usa-icons-bg/search--white.svgSearch
.../Website hero (8).png.webp?itok=_z1AaTPqVermont Strong
...Website hero (34).png.webp?itok=BDJPc9hxOffice
...aphics/ereased-AJC_BannerLine_728x90.pngA proud partner of the American Job Center network

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.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Announced August 26, 2024.
H2 Work that Matters
H2 Notices
H2 Press Releases
H2 Vermont Labor Market Data
H2 Quick Links
H2 About Us
H2 Quick Links Duplicate text
H2 Connect
H3 August 30, 2024
H3 August 14, 2024
H3 July 19, 2024
H3 July 1, 2024
H3 June 7, 2024
H3 September 10, 2024
H3 August 26, 2024
H3 August 16, 2024
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 23 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://labor.vermont.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://labor.vermont.gov/Anchor Text duplicate A-TITLE Skip to main content
https://vermont.gov/External An Official Vermont Government Website
https://labor.vermont.gov/Department of Labor
A-TITLE Home
https://labor.vermont.gov/Home
/about-usAbout Us
/contact-usContact Us
/about-us/reports-publications...Reports and Publications
/calendarCalendar of Events
/unemployment-insuranceUnemployment Insurance
/workforce-developmentWorkforce Development
/labor-market-informationLabor Market Information
/workers-compensationWorkers’ Compensation
/rights-and-wagesWorkplace Rights & Wages
/workplace-safetyWorkplace Safety
https://labor.vermont.gov/voshaVermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration (VOSHA)
/workplace-safety/passenger-tr...Passenger Tramway
/workplace-safety/project-work...Project WorkSAFE
/vt-retainVT RETAIN
/additional-resourcesAdditional Support Services
https://labor.vermont.gov/EOEqual Opportunity & Non-Discrimination
https://labor.vermont.gov/duaDisaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Announced August 26, 2024.
https://labor.vermont.gov/duaApply Now
https://careers.vermont.gov/se...External Subdomain Work that Matters
https://careers.vermont.gov/se...External Subdomain Learn more
https://labor.vermont.gov/Text duplicate Home
/about-usText duplicate About Us
/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
/about-us/reports-publications...Text duplicate Reports and Publications
/calendarText duplicate Calendar of Events
/unemployment-insuranceText duplicate Unemployment Insurance
/workforce-developmentText duplicate Workforce Development
/labor-market-informationText duplicate Labor Market Information
/workers-compensationText duplicate Workers’ Compensation
/rights-and-wagesText duplicate Workplace Rights & Wages
/workplace-safetyText duplicate Workplace Safety
https://labor.vermont.gov/voshaText duplicate Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration (VOSHA)
/workplace-safety/passenger-tr...Text duplicate Passenger Tramway
/workplace-safety/project-work...Text duplicate Project WorkSAFE
/vt-retainText duplicate VT RETAIN
/additional-resourcesText duplicate Additional Support Services
https://labor.vermont.gov/EOText duplicate Equal Opportunity & Non-Discrimination
/calendarText duplicate Calendar of Events
https://forms.office.com/Pages...External Subdomain Join Our Mailing List to Receive Updates
/vt-labor-weekly-jobs-newsletterWeekly Jobs Newsletter
/news/vermont-department-labor...The Vermont Department of Labor offices, including the UI Claimant Assistance Center and local Job Centers, will be closed on September 2, 2024, in observanc...
/news/state-vermont-and-depart...State of Vermont and Department of Labor offices will be closed in observance of Bennington Battle Day, August 16, 2024.
/news/global-outage-affecting-...Global Microsoft outage affecting Vermont State Systems.
/press-release/state-vermont-a...State of Vermont and Department of Labor offices will be closed in observance of Independence Day, Thursday, July 4, 2024.
/news/unemployment-call-center...Unemployment Call Center Closure Notice for 6.13
/taxonomy/term/2View More News
/press-release/vermont-departm...Vermont Department of Labor Kicks off Annual Fall Job Fest Series
/press-release/us-department-l...U.S. Department of Labor Approves Disaster Unemployment Assistance Benefits for Vermonters in Designated Disaster Areas
/press-release/vermonts-unempl...Vermont’s Unemployment Rate Held at 2.1 Percent in July
/taxonomy/term/3Text duplicate View More News
https://public.tableau.com/app...External Subdomain Having trouble viewing the dashboard below? Click here
/warn-act-and-notice-potential...Subdomain Notice of Potential Layoffs
/language-assistance-availableSubdomain Language Assistance Available
/file-complaintSubdomain File A Complaint
/news/unemployment-system-ongo...Subdomain UI System Issues and Updates
https://uipublic01.labor.vermo...External Subdomain File Weekly Claim (UI)
/unemployment-insurance/initia...Subdomain Establish an Initial Claim
/unemployment-insurance/initia...Subdomain Open a New Benefit Yea
/unemployment-insurance/unempl...Subdomain Employer Online Services
/unemployment-insurance/unempl...Subdomain Quarterly Reporting
/form/report-ui-fraudSubdomain Submit a Fraud Report
https://www.vermontjoblink.com/External Subdomain Vermont JobLink
/JobSearchVermontSubdomain Jobseeker Services
/HiringInVermontSubdomain Employer Services
/workforce-development/job-cen...Subdomain Find a Local Job Center
https://labor.vermont.gov/refugeeSubdomain Refugee Support
https://twitter.com/VTLaborExternal Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/VTLabor/External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/c/Verm...External Subdomain YouTube
https://labor.vermont.gov/rss.xmlRSS
/contact-usSubdomain Department Directory
/about-us/commissioner’s-officeCommissioner's Office
/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
/about-us/pressPress/Media Inquiries
https://humanresources.vermont...External Subdomain Career Opportunities
/about-us/public-records-requestsPublic Records Requests
/about-us/government-transparencyGovernment Transparency
/department-email-updates-and-...Subdomain Department E-Alert Sign Up
/fraud-reportingReport Fraud
/vermont-occupational-safety-a...Whistleblower Retaliation
https://vwdb.vermont.gov/External Subdomain State Workforce Board
https://www.dol.gov/External Subdomain U.S. DOL
https://www.careeronestop.org/External Subdomain American Job Center Network
https://www.facebook.com/VTLabor/External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/VTLaborExternal Text duplicate Twitter
/about-us/pressMedia Request
http://vermont.gov/External Vermont.Gov
https://www.vermont211.org/External Subdomain VT 211 Information
https://www.vermont.gov/policiesNew window External Subdomain Policies
A-TITLE This link is external and will open in a new window
https://www.vermont.gov/polici...New window External Subdomain Accessibility Policy
A-TITLE This link is external and will open in a new window
https://www.vermont.gov/polici...New window External Subdomain Privacy Policy
A-TITLE This link is external and will open in a new window
https://vt.accessgov.com/feedb...New window External Subdomain Feedback Survey
A-TITLE This link is external and will open in a new window

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://labor.vermont.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.74 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (210 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 16 Sep 2024 18:03:44 GMT
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
x-drupal-cacheHIT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie226 Characters
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
x-envoy-upstream-service-time399
x-volterra-locationfr4-fra
servervolt-adc
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,660 referring domains.
This page has 814,396 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,258 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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.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
# Custom
Disallow: /sites/labor/files/training/RESEA_OrientationJuly22/
Disallow: /sites/labor/files/training/RESEA_OrientationNov22/

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Labor68%Check
Department Labor59%Check
Vermont Department Labor59%Check
Vermont58%Check
labor market53%Check
Vermont Department Labor offices53%Check
Department51%Check
State Vermont47%Check
Unemployment43%Check
August43%Check
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