Maryland.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
71% 
Page quality
55% 
Page structure
98% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
79% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.23 s
File size
61.50 kB
Words
325
Media files
10
Number of links
27 internal / 26 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Maryland.gov - Official Website of the State of Maryland
The domain is used in the page's title.
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://moss-maryland-cdn.nicusa-gl.com/Pages/default.aspx
The canonical link points to a different domain.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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
apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
mobile-web-app-capableyes
apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-styleblack
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
google-translate-customization9fd54c6a363f9f71-b5088eaa3df94aa1-g4224ef3d9bc33a80-10
google-site-verificationG6z1NyxovdR1tSqddsM0DvGBbrI6gy8CDe1qMX6YM7M
langen-us
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx
og:titledefault
og:imagehttps://www.maryland.gov/_layouts/15/MDGov_Master/images/MDGov_OpenGraph_Devices_Logo.jpg?v=22
X-UA-CompatibleIE=Edge
Content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
ExpiresEmpty
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 325 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
21.2% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 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 14.29 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" 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 7 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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
...311295321d52196c562c3/media/img/logo.pngMaryland.gov Logo
data:[...] Base64Voice Search Microphone
data:[...] Base64Voice Search Microphone
.../images/agent-mary-land-icon-cropped.svgNo alt attribute provided
/Pictures/MDTHink_Flag.pngNo alt attribute provided
/Pictures/onestop-card-image.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/Pictures/governorLtGovernor-card-image.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/Pictures/Covid-19-Vaccine-Resources.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...r-Images-Overall-Winner-1024x512-Web.pngCenter for Digital Government: Overall State Government Experience Award
Video URLWidthHeight
/Videos/mdg-bg-video.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Maryland.gov Logo
The H1 heading is too short (17 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Maryland.gov Logo
H2 Explore
H2 State Initiatives
H2 My Maryland
H2 Search Results
H2 Web Pages
H2 Online Services
H2 Maryland Highlights
H2 myMDTHINK Consumer Portal
H2 Maryland OneStop
H2 Visit the Governor's Office.
H2 COVID-19 Vaccine Resources
H2 Only in Maryland
H2 My Favorites
H2 Suggested Favorites
H2 Connect With Us
H2 Customer Service Promise
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (26) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Pages/default.aspxAnchor Skip to main content
/pages/online_services.aspxOnline Services
/pages/state_employees.aspxState Employees
/pages/jobs.aspxJobs
/pages/business.aspxBusiness
/pages/government.aspxGovernment
/pages/residents.aspxResidents
/pages/education.aspxEducation
/pages/visitors.aspxVisitors
https://www.ola.state.md.us/fr...New window External Subdomain Report State Government Fraud
http://goccp.maryland.gov/vict...New window External Subdomain Report Human Trafficking
https://news.maryland.gov/New window External Subdomain Latest News
/pages/social_hub.aspxSocial Media
/pages/nearme.aspxNear Me
http://www.labor.maryland.gov/...External Subdomain Unemployment
https://www.ola.state.md.us/fr...External Subdomain Text duplicate Report State Government Fraud
https://egov.maryland.gov/busi...External Subdomain Business Search
http://dat.maryland.gov/realpr...External Subdomain Real Property Lookup
https://mva.maryland.gov/Pages...External Subdomain Real ID
/pages/search.aspx?type=web_pagesMore Pages
/pages/search.aspx?type=online...More Online Services
https://mymdthink.maryland.gov...New window External Subdomain Anchor myMDTHINK Consumer Portal Your gateway to health and human services! Apply for services, access your case details, and manage your account anytime at your co...
https://onestop.md.gov/New window External Subdomain Maryland OneStop OneStop is the central hub for Maryland State licenses, forms, certificates, permits, applications, and registrations.
https://governor.maryland.gov/New window External Subdomain Visit the Governor's Office. Visit the Governor's Office.
https://covidlink.maryland.gov...New window External Subdomain COVID-19 Vaccine Resources Learn more about the safety, efficacy, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Maryland.
https://www.govtech.com/cdg/go...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Center for Digital Government: Overall State Government Experience Award
/pages/about.aspxAbout
/pages/privacy_security.aspxPrivacy & Security
/pages/aup_linking.aspxAcceptable Use & Linking
/pages/accessibility.aspxAccessibility
/pages/awards.aspxAwards & Honors
https://www.doit.state.md.us/s...New window External Subdomain Survey
https://www.visitmaryland.org/...New window External Subdomain Only in Maryland
https://www.visitmaryland.org/...New window External Subdomain Take a tour at visitmaryland.org
/pages/my-maryland.aspxLearn More
/pages/my-maryland.aspxNo Text
http://commerce.maryland.gov/s...New window External Subdomain Start a Business in Maryland
http://dnr.maryland.gov/boatin...New window External Subdomain Boat Registration Information
http://www.baybridge.com/New window External Subdomain Bay Bridge Information
https://egov.maryland.gov/busi...New window External Subdomain Business Filings and Registrations
https://www.velocitypayment.co...New window External Subdomain Individual Income and Business Tax Payments
https://www.velocitypayment.co...New window External Subdomain Business Sales & Use Tax Payments
https://egov.maryland.gov/busi...New window External Subdomain Business Entity Search, Certificate of Status & Document Order
/pages/contacts.aspxNew window Subdomain Maryland Government Contact Information
https://covidlink.maryland.gov...New window External Subdomain COVID-19 Vaccinations in Maryland
https://mymdthink.maryland.gov/New window External Subdomain myMDTHINK Programs & Services Portal
/pages/support.aspxWebsite Support
http://www.doit.state.md.us/ph...External Subdomain Employee Phone Directory
/pages/agency_directory.aspxAgency Directory
/pages/contacts.aspxGovernment Contact Information
/pages/social_media.aspxSocial Media Directory
/pages/social_hub.aspxSocial Media Hub
/pages/customerservice.aspxNew window Subdomain Take Our Survey

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx"
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 very slow (2.23 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

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content-length17295
cache-controlprivate, max-age=0
expiresMon, 21 Oct 2024 05:55:21 GMT
last-modifiedTue, 05 Nov 2024 06:55:21 GMT
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
x-sharepointhealthscore0
x-aspnet-version4.0.30319
set-cookie30 Characters
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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
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x-mb.a
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access-control-allow-origin*
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
x-cacheMiss from cloudfront
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 846 referring domains.
This page has 23,079 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 508 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /_layouts/
Disallow: /_catalogs/
Disallow: /_vti_bin/
Disallow: /shutdown

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Maryland.gov - Official Website of the State of Maryland

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
gov75%Check
Maryland73%Check
Maryland State63%Check
Web52%Check
State51%Check
web pages48%Check
Website46%Check
Pages44%Check
Favorites43%Check
State Government43%Check
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