Militarypay.defense.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
54% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
83% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.08 s
File size
51.80 kB
Words
342
Media files
24
Number of links
55 internal / 38 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Military Compensation
The length of the page title is perfect. (201 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
This is the official site for Military Compensation.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (299 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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-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)
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
REVISIT-AFTER1 DAYS
RATINGGENERAL
RESOURCE-TYPEDOCUMENT
DESCRIPTIONThis is the official site for Military Compensation.
KEYWORDSmilitary pay, pay, compensation, military compensation, Department of Defense, Military Personnel Policy, Military Retirement, Calculators, Taxes, Retirement Calculators, DoD, military retirement, policies
ROBOTSINDEX, FOLLOW
hostDMA Public Web
contact[email protected]
viewportwidth=device-width,initial-scale=1
langen-us
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Script-Typetext/javascript
Content-Style-Typetext/css

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 342 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
15.2% 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 11.17 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" is provided.
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)
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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Blended Retirement
H2 Pay
H2 Retirement Calculators
H2 Service Members Benefits
H2 Mission and Vision
H2 News
H2 In The Spotlight
H2 Benefits By Services
H2 Connect with DoD
H2 External Resources
H3 Stay Connected
H4 Our Mission
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (38) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://militarypay.defense.gov/Anchor Skip to main content (Press Enter).
https://militarypay.defense.gov/Subdomain IMG-ALT Home Logo: Military Compensation
https://militarypay.defense.gov/Subdomain Home
/About/Subdomain About
/About/Mission/Subdomain Mission
/About/Organization/Subdomain Organization
/About/Bios/Subdomain Bios
/BlendedRetirement/Subdomain Blended Retirement
/Pay/Subdomain Pay
/Pay/Basic-Pay/Subdomain Basic Pay
/Pay/Special-and-Incentive-Pays/Subdomain Special and Incentive Pays
/Pay/Allowances/Subdomain Allowances
/Pay/Tax-Information/Subdomain Tax Information
/Pay/Recoupment/Subdomain Recoupment
/Pay/Retirement/Subdomain Retirement
/Calculators/Subdomain Calculators
/Calculators/BRS/Subdomain BRS Comparison Calculator
/Calculators/Blended-Retiremen...Subdomain BRS Calculator
/Calculators/High-3-Calculator/Subdomain High-3 Calculator
/Calculators/Final-Pay-Calcula...Subdomain Final-Pay Calculator
/Calculators/REDUX-Calculator/Subdomain REDUX Calculator
/Calculators/Medical-Blended-R...Subdomain Medical BRS Calculator
/Calculators/Medical-High-3-Ca...Subdomain Medical High-3 Calculator
/Calculators/Medical-Final-Pay...Subdomain Medical Final Pay Calculator
/Calculators/Medical-REDUX-Cal...Subdomain Medical REDUX Calculator
/Calculators/RMC-Calculator/Subdomain RMC Calculator
/Calculators/SCAADL-Calculator/Subdomain SCAADL Calculator
/Benefits/Subdomain Benefits
/Benefits/Death-Gratuity/Subdomain Death Gratuity
/Benefits/New-Retired-Benefits...Subdomain New Retired Benefits Program
http://actuary.defense.gov/New window External Subdomain Office of the Actuary
/Benefits/Savings-Deposit-Prog...Subdomain Savings Deposit Program
/Benefits/Separation-Pay/Subdomain Separation Pay
/Benefits/Servicemembers-Civil...Subdomain Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
/Benefits/Servicemembers-Group...Subdomain Servicemembers Group Life Insurance
/Benefits/Survivor-Benefit-Pro...Subdomain Survivor Benefit Program
/Benefits/Thrift-Savings-Plan/Subdomain Thrift Savings Plan
/Benefits/Unemployment-Compens...Subdomain Unemployment Compensation
/Benefits/Leave-Benefits-Durin...Subdomain Leave Benefits During Transition
/References/QRMC/Subdomain QRMC
/References/Background-Papers/Subdomain Background Papers
/References/Greenbooks/Subdomain Greenbooks
/References/In-the-Spotlight/Subdomain In the Spotlight
/References/Military-Disability/Subdomain Military Disability
/References/Former-Spouse-Prot...Subdomain Former Spouse Protection Act
/References/Taxable-Fringe-Ben...Subdomain Taxable Fringe Benefits
/BlendedRetirement/Subdomain Explore
/Pay/Subdomain Learn
/Calculators/Subdomain Engage
/Benefits/Subdomain Discover
https://dod.defense.gov/Deskto...External Subdomain No Text
/PAY/Allowances/BNASubdomain Basic Needs Allowance (BNA)
/BlendedRetirementBlended Retirement System Resource Center
/Pay/Basic-Pay/Active-Duty-Pay/2023 Active Duty Basic Pay
/Pay/Basic-Pay/Reserve-Drill-Pay/2023 Reserve Drill Pay
http://myarmybenefits.us.army....New window External Subdomain Army
https://www.marines.com/being-...New window External Subdomain Marine Corps
https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/...New window External Subdomain Navy
https://www.airforce.com/caree...New window External Subdomain Air Force
https://www.nationalguard.com/...New window External Subdomain National Guard
https://www.gocoastguard.com/a...New window External Subdomain Coast Guard
http://www.dodlive.mil/New window External Subdomain DoDLive Blog
http://www.facebook.com/Deptof...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/DeptofDefenseNew window External Twitter
http://www.dfas.mil/New window External Subdomain DFAS
http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/New window External Subdomain DTMO
http://www.irs.gov/New window External Subdomain IRS
http://www.militaryonesource.mil/New window External Subdomain Military OneSource
http://www.ssa.gov/New window External Subdomain Social Security
http://www.tsp.gov/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Thrift Savings Plan
http://www.tricare.mil/New window External Subdomain TriCare
IMG-ALT Veteran Affairs
http://www.va.gov/New window External Subdomain Veteran Affairs
http://www.warriorcare.mil/New window External Subdomain WarriorCare
http://www.defense.gov/about/New window External Subdomain About DoD
http://www.defense.gov/topissues/New window External Subdomain Top Issues
http://www.defense.gov/news/New window External Subdomain News
http://www.defense.gov/multime...New window External Subdomain Photos & Videos
http://www.defense.gov/Registe...New window External Subdomain Military/DoD Websites
/Contact.aspxContact
http://www.dodig.mil/New window External Subdomain DoD Inspector General
http://www.defense.gov/landing...New window External Subdomain Link Disclaimer
http://www.defense.gov/recovery/New window External Subdomain Recovery Act
http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/df...New window External Subdomain FOIA
http://www.usa.gov/New window External Subdomain USA.gov
http://prhome.defense.gov/nofearNew window External Subdomain No FEAR Act
http://www.todaysmilitary.com/New window External Subdomain Join the Military
https://dod.usajobs.gov/New window External Subdomain DoD Careers
http://www.defense.gov/landing...New window External Subdomain Privacy & Security
http://www.defense.gov/webmast...New window External Subdomain Web Policy
https://dodcio.defense.gov/DoD...New window External Subdomain Section 508
/SiteMap.aspxSite Map
https://www.web.dma.mil/New window External Subdomain Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil
https://www.veteranscrisisline...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Veterans Crisis Line

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://militarypay.defense.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
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 excellent with 0.08 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (52 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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pragmano-cache
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x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-powered-by
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x-aspnet-version
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-aspnetmvc-version
content-encodinggzip
content-length11858
cache-controlprivate, no-cache
expiresSun, 25 Aug 2024 15:07:32 GMT
dateSun, 25 Aug 2024 15:07:32 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
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 1,995 referring domains.
This page has 14,867 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,384 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

Sitemap: /DesktopModules/SiteData/SiteMap.ashx
User-agent: *
Disallow: *captcha*
Disallow: /*Print.aspx
Disallow: /*.axd$
Disallow: /*.exe$
Disallow: /bin/
Disallow: /Bin/
Disallow: /*.bin$
Disallow: /*.dll$
Disallow: /*.ssi$
Disallow: /Error/
Disallow: /Controls/
Disallow: /controls/
Disallow: /Utility/
Disallow: /install/
Disallow: /Admin/
Disallow: /App_Browser/
Disallow: /App_Code/
Disallow: /App_Data/
Disallow: /App_GlobalResources/
Disallow: /Components/
Disallow: /Config/
Disallow: /Documentation/
Disallow: /Install/
Disallow: /Providers/

Search preview

militarypay.defense.gov
Military Compensation
This is the official site for Military Compensation.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Military75%Check
Military Compensation68%Check
Compensation61%Check
Military Personnel55%Check
gov52%Check
Pay52%Check
defense52%Check
official51%Check
Site51%Check
Official Site51%Check

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