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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
89% 
Link structure
85% 
Server
45% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.26 s
File size
99.80 kB
Words
674
Media files
7
Number of links
101 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home Page | NCSBE
The page title is too short. (194 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize 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://www.ncsbe.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

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MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
langen
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 674 words. That's ok.
20.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 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 10.11 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 following tag is repeated too often: 0
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 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

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Video URLWidthHeight
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home Page
The H1 heading is too short (9 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 27 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home Page
H2 Utility Menu
H2 Popular Topics
H2 North Carolina Voter Checklist
H2 Mark Your Calendars
H2 2024 General Election: By the Numbers
H2 What’s Going On?
H2 Voter Registration Deadline | 2024 General Election
H2 In-Person Early Voting Period | 2024 General Election
H2 Absentee Ballot Request Deadline | 2024 General Election
H2 Contact
H2 Follow Us
H2 Facebook Posts
H2 County Boards Resources
H2 Voter Tools
H2 Work With Us
H2 Network Menu
H3 Check Your Voter Registration
H3 Watch: Election officials remind voters to check their voter registration.
H3 Voter Registration Deadline
H3 In-Person Early Voting Begins
H3 Absentee Ballot Request Deadline
H3 2024 General Election Day
H3 Upcoming Voter Dates
H3 Recent Press Releases
H3 Receive Email Updates
H3 North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE)
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 22 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ncsbe.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.ncsbe.gov/Anchor How you know
https://www.nc.gov/privacyExternal Subdomain view our full privacy policy
https://www.ncsbe.gov/aboutAbout
https://www.ncsbe.gov/contactContact
https://www.ncsbe.gov/mediaMedia
https://www.nc.gov/External Subdomain nc.gov
https://www.ncsbe.gov/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
https://www.ncsbe.gov/registeringRegistering
https://www.ncsbe.gov/registeringText duplicate Registering
/registering/how-registerHow to Register
/registering/who-can-registerWho Can Register
/registering/updating-registra...Updating Registration
/registering/checking-your-reg...Checking Your Registration
/registering/choosing-your-par...Choosing Your Party Affiliation
/registering/hosting-voter-reg...Hosting Voter Registration Drives
/registering/national-voter-re...National Voter Registration Act (NVRA)
/registering/faq-voter-registr...FAQ: Voter Registration
https://www.ncsbe.gov/votingVoting
https://www.ncsbe.gov/votingText duplicate Voting
/voting/upcoming-electionUpcoming Election
/voting/your-voter-recordYour Voter Record
/voting/voter-idVoter ID
/voting/vote-early-personVote Early in Person
/voting/vote-person-election-dayVote in Person on Election Day
/voting/vote-mailVote By Mail
/voting/military-and-overseas-...Military and Overseas Voting
/voting/help-voters-disabilitiesHelp for Voters with Disabilities
/voting/voter-tools-and-formsVoter Tools & Forms
/voting/provisional-votingProvisional Voting
/voting/voting-equipmentVoting Equipment
/voting/vote-honor-veteranVote in Honor of a Veteran
https://www.ncsbe.gov/candidatesFor Candidates
https://www.ncsbe.gov/candidatesText duplicate For Candidates
/candidates/running-officeRunning for Office
/candidates/filing-candidacyFiling for Candidacy
/candidates/terms-officeTerms of Office
/candidates/candidate-challengesCandidate Challenges
/candidates/withdrawal-candidacyWithdrawal of Candidacy
/candidates/petitionsPetitions
/results-dataResults & Data
/results-dataText duplicate Results & Data
/results-data/election-resultsElection Results
/results-data/voter-registrati...Voter Registration Data
/results-data/candidate-listsCandidate Lists
/results-data/voting-maps-redi...Voting Maps/Redistricting
/results-data/absentee-and-pro...Absentee and Provisional Data
/results-data/polling-place-dataPolling Place Data
/results-data/voter-history-dataVoter History Data
/results-data/voter-turnoutVoter Turnout
/campaign-financeCampaign Finance
/campaign-financeText duplicate Campaign Finance
/campaign-finance/search-campa...Search Campaign Funding and Spending Reports
/campaign-finance/reporting-sc...Reporting Schedules
/campaign-finance/treasurer-tr...Treasurer Training
/campaign-finance/campaign-fin...Reporting Software
/campaign-finance/reporting-formsReporting Forms
/campaign-finance/candidate-co...Candidate Committees
/campaign-finance/other-politi...Other Political Committees
/campaign-finance/federal-poli...Federal Political Committees
/campaign-finance/independent-...Independent Expenditures, Electioneering Communications and Special Contributors
/campaign-finance/referendum-c...Referendum Committees
/campaign-finance/limitation-f...Limitation on Fund-Raising During Legislative Session
/campaign-finance/disclosure-l...Disclosure Legends
/campaign-finance/campaign-fin...Campaign Finance Audits and Investigations
/campaign-finance/penaltiesPenalties
/campaign-finance/campaign-fin...Campaign Finance Advisory Opinions
/about-electionsAbout Elections
/about-electionsText duplicate About Elections
/about-elections/county-boards...County Boards of Elections
/election-securityElection Security
/about-elections/legal-resourcesLegal Resources
/about-elections/get-involved-...Get Involved in Elections
/about-elections/types-electionsTypes of Elections
/about-elections/electoral-col...Electoral College
/about-elections/seminar-requestsSeminar Requests
/about-elections/careers-elect...Careers in Elections
https://www.ncsbe.gov/aboutText duplicate About
https://www.ncsbe.gov/contactText duplicate Contact
https://www.ncsbe.gov/mediaText duplicate Media
https://www.nc.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate nc.gov
https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/External Subdomain Voter Search
/registering/how-registerText duplicate How to Register
/voting/upcoming-electionText duplicate Upcoming Election
/voting/voter-idText duplicate Voter ID
https://vt.ncsbe.gov/EVSite/External Subdomain Early Voting Site Search
/voting/vote-mailText duplicate Vote By Mail
https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/External Subdomain Text duplicate Voter Search
/news/press-releases/2024/08/2...8 Reminders About Voter Registration In NC
A-TITLE 8 Reminders About Voter Registration in NC
/news/events/voter-registratio...11 Oct October 11, 2024 Voter Registration Deadline
/news/events/person-early-voti...17 Oct October 17, 2024 In-Person Early Voting Begins
/news/events/absentee-ballot-r...29 Oct October 29, 2024 Absentee Ballot Request Deadline
/news/events/election-day-2024...5 Nov November 5, 2024 2024 General Election Day
/news/events/voter-registratio...11 Oct Oct 11, 2024 Voter Registration Deadline | 2024 General Election
A-TITLE Voter Registration Deadline | 2024 General Election
/news/events/person-early-voti...17 Oct ... Oct 17, 2024 - Nov 2, 2024 In-Person Early Voting Period | 2024 General Election
A-TITLE In-Person Early Voting Period | 2024 General Election
/news/events/absentee-ballot-r...29 Oct Oct 29, 2024 Absentee Ballot Request Deadline | 2024 General Election
A-TITLE Absentee Ballot Request Deadline | 2024 General Election
/current-sbe-eventsView all calendar events
/news/press-releases/2024/09/0...State Board Appeals Decision to Take Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Off NC Ballots
/news/press-releases/2024/09/0...Judge Denies Request to Remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from NC Ballot, Pauses Sending of Ballots Until Noon Friday for Possible Appeal
/news/press-releases/2024/09/0...State Board Meeting (Sept. 5, 2024)
/news/press-releases/2024/08/2...State Board Determines It Is Too Late to Remove We The People Nominee for President from the Ballot
/news/recent-press-releasesView all press releases
https://www.ncsbe.gov/Anchor A-TITLE Back to top
https://www.facebook.com/NCSBEExternal Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/ncsbeExternal No Text
https://www.instagram.com/ncst...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/@ncsta...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
/about-elections/county-boards...Resources for County Boards
A-TITLE Resources for County Boards
https://dl.ncsbe.gov/External Subdomain NCSBE Public Files (FTP)
https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/External Subdomain Text duplicate Voter Search
https://vt.ncsbe.gov/BOEInfo/External Subdomain County Boards of Elections Search
https://northcarolina.ballottr...External Subdomain BallotTrax (Absentee Ballot Tracking)
https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegStat/External Subdomain Voter Registration Statistics
/voting/voter-tools-and-formsView all tools and forms
A-TITLE Voter Tools and Forms
/about-elections/careers-elect...Career Opportunities
A-TITLE Careers in Elections
https://nc.gov/External Text duplicate 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/accessibilityExternal Subdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility of State of North Carolina Websites
https://www.nc.gov/disclaimer-...External Subdomain Disclaimer & Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://www.nc.gov/privacyExternal Subdomain Privacy Policy
A-TITLE State of North Carolina Privacy Policy
https://www.nc.gov/government/...External Subdomain 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.ncsbe.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 is excellent with 0.26 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (100 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateTue, 10 Sep 2024 10:52:46 GMT
serverApache
cache-controlmax-age=300, public
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expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedMon, 09 Sep 2024 16:11:11 GMT
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content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests
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varyCookie
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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 3,629 referring domains.
This page has 817,779 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,224 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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# 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.ncsbe.gov/sitemap.xml

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Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
Page62%Check
NCSBE58%Check
gov48%Check
Check44%Check
Voter43%Check
Registration43%Check
Voting43%Check
Election43%Check
Early43%Check
Absentee43%Check
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