Nc.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
86% 
Page quality
84% 
Page structure
39% 
Link structure
82% 
Server
40% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.51 s
File size
72.80 kB
Words
533
Media files
7
Number of links
76 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | nc.gov
The page title is too short. (131 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
North Carolina's Official Website, featuring information about government services, updates, and guides to exploring and enjoying our state.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (858 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.nc.gov/
There is a valid canonical link 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 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
descriptionNorth Carolina's Official Website, featuring information about government services, updates, and guides to exploring and enjoying our state.
robotsindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1, max-image-preview:large
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
langen
og:site_nameNC.gov
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.nc.gov
og:titleNC.gov
og:descriptionNorth Carolina's Official Website, featuring information about government services, updates, and guides to exploring and enjoying our state.
og:imagehttps://files.nc.gov/nc/images/2021-11/nc%20flag-GettyImages-471078349.jpg
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
og:image:width1421
og:image:height951
og:image:altThe State Flag of North Carolina waving on a sunny, clear day.
og:localeen_US
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 533 words. That's ok.
26.3% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 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 13.13 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, 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 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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
...rsionId=AOYQRfbcGNZoeheprjcrNNpqiO9gfLsJHome
...oG3g9Ua_cN4wx7NkN9vK.6t9gp&itok=sjfiPaOPNo alt attribute provided
...URBzRrSpM.ssOoxYo1vmu5dhs_&itok=LhAEFUw4No alt attribute provided
...f9BbrGFCEbwI1rQBgl_cUfu5id&itok=HaEI3jcRNo alt attribute provided
...rsionId=qK12hfEzNtVvx41zWNb3gz9zgmPBoVJYVote button
...les.nc.gov/nc/images/2021-11/nc_flag.jpgNorth Carolina flag
...aeXYxtoxXay.IeOzrUAUCg5YKY&itok=wzDXTWKTState of North Carolina seal

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Utility Menu
H2 Popular Topics
H2 In the Spotlight
H2 The Latest
H2 The Latest Duplicate text
H2 From the Mountains to the Sea
H2 nc.gov
H2 Contact Us
H2 Follow Us
H2 Network Menu
H3 Volunteers Needed!
H3 Got your REAL ID yet?
H3 Start Exploring NC today
H3 10 Tips for 2024 General Election Day Voters in NC
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 13 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.nc.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.nc.gov/donateNew window Subdomain Donate Now
https://www.ncdps.gov/our-orga...New window External Subdomain Go Now
https://www.nc.gov/Anchor How you know
https://www.nc.gov/privacySubdomain view our full privacy policy
/your-government/state-organiz...State Organizations
/state-north-carolina-directoryDirectory
/working/finding-jobJobs
https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/External Subdomain COVID-19 Info
https://www.nc.gov/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
https://www.nc.gov/livingLiving
https://www.nc.gov/livingText duplicate Living
/living/transportationTransportation
/living/health-social-servicesHealth & Social Services
/living/families-childrenFamilies & Children
https://www.nc.gov/living/taxesTaxes
https://www.nc.gov/living/votingVoting
/living/vital-public-recordsVital & Public Records
/living/legal-justiceLegal & Justice
/living/housing-propertyHousing & Property
/living/public-safetyPublic Safety
/living/energy-environmentEnergy & Environment
https://www.nc.gov/livingText duplicate Living
https://www.nc.gov/workingWorking
https://www.nc.gov/workingText duplicate Working
/working/unemploymentUnemployment
/working/finding-jobFinding a Job
/working/state-employees-depar...For State Employees & Departments
https://www.nc.gov/working/taxesText duplicate Taxes
/working/doing-business-ncBusiness in NC
/working/professional-licenses...Professional Licenses & Permits
/working/volunteer-opportunitiesVolunteer Opportunities
/working/workers-rights-safetyWorkers' Rights & Safety
/working/energy-environmentText duplicate Energy & Environment
https://www.nc.gov/workingText duplicate Working
https://www.nc.gov/learningLearning
https://www.nc.gov/learningText duplicate Learning
/learning/early-childhood-educ...Early Childhood Education & Care
/learning/elementary-secondary...Elementary & Secondary Schools
/learning/higher-educationHigher Education
/learning/summer-campsSummer Camps
/learning/educators-administra...For Educators & Administrators
/learning/professional-trainin...Professional Training & Career Development
https://www.nc.gov/learningText duplicate Learning
https://www.nc.gov/exploringExploring
https://www.nc.gov/exploringText duplicate Exploring
/exploring/parks-recreationParks & Recreation
/exploring/fishing-huntingFishing & Hunting
/exploring/arts-cultureArts & Culture
/exploring/historyHistory
/exploring/family-funFamily Fun
https://www.nc.gov/exploringText duplicate Exploring
/your-governmentYour Government
/your-governmentText duplicate Your Government
/your-government/executiveExecutive
/your-government/legislativeLegislative
/your-government/judicialJudicial
/your-government/get-involvedGet Involved
/your-government/state-organiz...State Organizations A-Z
/your-government/all-nc-state-...All NC State Services
/your-governmentText duplicate Your Government
/your-government/state-organiz...Text duplicate State Organizations
/state-north-carolina-directoryText duplicate Directory
/working/finding-jobText duplicate Jobs
https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate COVID-19 Info
https://www.nc.gov/living/votingRegister to Vote
https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/External Subdomain Look up my Sample Ballot
https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/v...External Subdomain Vote by mail
https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/m...External Subdomain Vote from Overseas
/working/finding-jobFind a Job in NC
/living/housing-propertyFind Unclaimed Property
https://www.userinterviews.com...External Subdomain Volunteers Needed! Your opinion is needed to help make our websites better for all NC residents and business owners. Help us improve our websites by joining ...
https://www.ncdot.gov/dmv/lice...External Subdomain Got your REAL ID yet? Beginning May 7, 2025, a REAL ID, U.S. passport or another federally approved identification will be required to board commercial fligh...
https://www.nc.gov/exploringStart Exploring NC today North Carolina is home to many State parks as well as world class museums and many historic sites. Looking for something to do? Star...
https://www.ncsbe.gov/news/pre...External Subdomain See the full article
https://www.ncsbe.gov/news/pre...External Subdomain US Citizens Living in North Carolina Are Eligible to Vote
https://www.ncosfm.gov/news/pr...External Subdomain State Fire Marshal Urges NC Residents to Check Smoke Alarm Batteries
https://www.nc.gov/press-releasesView all press releases
https://www.nc.gov/aboutLearn more about North Carolina
https://www.nc.gov/Anchor A-TITLE Back to top
/state-north-carolina-directoryState of North Carolina Directory
A-TITLE State of North Carolina Directory
https://twitter.com/NCdotGov/External No Text
https://nc.gov/nc.gov
A-TITLE The State of North Carolina
/webform/user_feedback?source_...Website Feedback
A-TITLE Website User Feedback Form
https://www.nc.gov/accessibilitySubdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility of State of North Carolina Websites
/disclaimer-terms-useSubdomain Disclaimer & Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://www.nc.gov/privacySubdomain Privacy Policy
A-TITLE State of North Carolina Privacy Policy
/government/open-budgetSubdomain Open Budget
A-TITLE State of North Carolina Open Budget
https://it.nc.gov/services/dig...External Subdomain Hosted on Digital Commons

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nc.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 0.51 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 (73 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateTue, 05 Nov 2024 10:33:58 GMT
serverApache
cache-controlmax-age=300, public
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedMon, 04 Nov 2024 16:30:19 GMT
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests
etag"1730737819"
varyCookie
x-cacheHit from cloudfront
via1.1 a23fc047c59f0902384fa94644607c00.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-amz-cf-popFRA56-P3
x-amz-cf-idkt_VTQS0nXnInh67yv0X6lGNkmNTjN3bgnTXj3nn1QvctSkY_8kIQA==
age99
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 5,394 referring domains.
This page has 927,760 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,389 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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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/
# 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/
# DS Additions
Disallow: /user
Disallow: /user/login
Sitemap: https://www.nc.gov/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.nc.gov/sitemap.xml

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Home | nc.gov
North Carolina's Official Website, featuring information about government services, updates, and guides to exploring and enjoying our state.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
gov75%Check
North52%Check
Carolina52%Check
North Carolina52%Check
NC residents52%Check
Information51%Check
State North Carolina51%Check
Exploring50%Check
State North50%Check
State48%Check
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