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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
80% 
Server
96% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.48 s
File size
59.50 kB
Words
478
Media files
14
Number of links
87 internal / 35 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
RAL Home | Research Applications Laboratory
The length of the page title is perfect. (414 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)
https://ral.ucar.edu/
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)
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

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apple-mobile-web-app-titleNCAR
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 478 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
16.5% 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 12.63 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
...e/themes/unity/img/NSF_Official_logo.pngU.S. NSF Logo
...y-profile/themes/unity/img/logo-ncar.pngNSF NCAR Logo
.../images/HRC.png?h=dfe8e9b3&itok=8U_ek9G7Hurricane Risk Calculator® Localizing and personalizing hurricane wind risks to inform decisions about hurricane preparations.
...11.21.25-am.png?h=eedb23d3&itok=uRlrZkDCTropical Cyclone Guidance Project (TCGP)Tropical Cyclone Guidance Project (TCGP)
...blic/images/prog24hr_0.gif?itok=dPeCArYeprog24hr.gif
...s/iStock-484476470 (1).jpg?itok=a2nJZ971Plane parked at the airport in winter
...k_000008502964Large_sm.jpg?itok=IBgTOAhbiStock_000008502964Large_sm.jpg
...ock_000004066680Medium.jpg?itok=JhKh67gyiStock_000004066680Medium.jpg
.../iStock-1045221452 (2).jpg?itok=kKuM6p-1Rescue teams evacuating neighborhood from wildfire
...c/images/FastEddy_grab.png?itok=9tNfdoukFastEddy 3.0
...ock_000006817747Medium.jpg?itok=mokVIC2cWildfire, forest fire
...ages/iStock-2174136138.jpg?itok=j1Jz5ztzDigital Earth with hexagonal connections
...e/themes/unity/img/NSF_Official_logo.pngNSF Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
We continually expand the reach of actionable Earth system sciences
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 We continually expand the reach of actionable Earth system sciences
H2 Main navigation
H2 Featured Products + Tools
H2 Featured R&D
H2 Featured News
H3 Improving Wildfire Prediction with Cutting Edge Satellite Imagery and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
H3 HurricaneRiskCalculator®
H3 Tropical Cyclone Guidance Project (TCGP)
H3 RAL's Realtime Weather Data
H3 Airport Runway Weather
H3 Renewable Energy
H3 Urban Futures
H3 New Discoveries in Fire Science
H3 Announcing FastEddy® 3.0
H3 A Leap Forward in Wildfire Prediction
H3 Coming Soon ... MPAS-Hydro!
H3 NCAR
H3 UCAR
H3 RAL
H4 Follow RAL
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.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (35) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://ral.ucar.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://nsf.gov/External IMG-ALT U.S. NSF Logo
A-TITLE U.S. NSF Home
https://ncar.ucar.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT NSF NCAR Logo
https://ral.ucar.edu/form/contactContact Us
https://ral.ucar.edu/Research Applications Laboratory
https://ral.ucar.edu/aboutAbout
/about/leadershipLeadership
/about/programsPrograms
/about/education-outreachEducation + Outreach
https://www.ucar.edu/who-we-ar...External Subdomain Ethics + Integrity
https://ral.ucar.edu/about/staffStaff
/awards-patentsAwards + Patents
/about/ral-advisory-panelRAL Advisory Panel
/about/fact-sheetsFact Sheets
/about/contactContact
https://ral.ucar.edu/what-we-doWhat We Do
/solutions/agriculture-foodAgriculture + Food
/solutions/air-qualityAir Quality
/solutions/aviationAviation
/solutions/climateClimate
/solutions/human-health-safetyHuman Health
/solutions/renewable-energyRenewable Energy
/solutions/surface-transportationSurface Transportation
/solutions/testing-evaluationTesting + Evaluation
/tropical-cyclonesTropical Cyclones
/urban-weatherUrban Weather
/solutions/waterWater
/solutions/wildfireWildfire
https://ral.ucar.edu/productsProducts + Tools
https://ral.ucar.edu/technologiesTechnologies
/technologies/artificial-intel...Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
/technologies/atmospheric-surf...Atmospheric Surface Measurements and Evaluation
/technologies/cloud-computing-...Cloud Computing and Software Containers
/technologies/data-assimilationData Assimilation
/technologies/data-servicesData Services
/technologies/decision-support...Decision Support Systems
/technologies/forecasting-systemsForecasting Systems
/technologies/geographic-infor...Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Science
/technologies/measuring-foreca...Measuring Forecast Quality
/technologies/regional-climate...Regional Climate Analysis and Impact
/technologies/specialty-modelsSpecialty Models
https://ral.ucar.edu/our-impactsImpacts
/our-impacts/150/agriculture-a...Agriculture + Food Impacts
/our-impacts/383/air-qualityAir Quality Impacts
/our-impacts/151/aviationAviation Impacts
/our-impacts/384/climateClimate Impacts
/our-impacts/153/high-impact-w...High Impact Weather Impacts
/our-impacts/154/human-healthHuman Health Impacts
/our-impacts/155/national-secu...National Security Impacts
/our-impacts/156/renewable-energyRenewable Energy Impacts
/our-impacts/157/surface-trans...Surface Transportation Impacts
/our-impacts/158/testing-and-e...Testing + Evaluation Impacts
/our-impacts/159/waterWater Impacts
/our-impacts/385/wildfireWildfire Impacts
https://ral.ucar.edu/work-with-usWork With Us
/work-with-us/community-collab...Community Collaboration
/work-with-us/internships-and-...Internships and Fellowships
/work-with-us/licensing-techno...Licensing for Technology Transfer
/work-with-us/partnerPartner With Us
/work-with-us/sponsorsSponsors
/work-with-us/visitor-programsVisitor Programs
/work-with-us/workshops-and-tu...Workshops and Tutorials
https://www.ucar.edu/opportuni...External Subdomain Jobs
https://ral.ucar.edu/eventsEvents
A-TITLE The events parent link
https://ral.ucar.edu/eventsUpcoming
A-TITLE Upcoming events.
https://ral.ucar.edu/past-eventsPast
https://ral.ucar.edu/liveLive Broadcast
https://ral.ucar.edu/newsNews
A-TITLE The news listing page.
https://ral.ucar.edu/form/contactText duplicate Contact Us
https://ral.ucar.edu/what-we-doSee Our Research and Solutions
/solutions/benefits/improving-...Trivial anchor text
Read More
/solutions/products/hurricane-...HurricaneRiskCalculator®
/solutions/products/tropical-c...Tropical Cyclone Guidance Project (TCGP)
https://weather.ral.ucar.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT prog24hr.gif
https://weather.ral.ucar.edu/External Subdomain RAL's Realtime Weather Data
https://ral.ucar.edu/productsView all products + tools
/wsap/airport-runway-weatherIMG-ALT Plane parked at the airport in winter
/wsap/airport-runway-weatherAirport Runway Weather
/wsap/renewable-energyIMG-ALT iStock_000008502964Large_sm.jpg
/wsap/renewable-energyText duplicate Renewable Energy
/csap/urban-futuresIMG-ALT iStock_000004066680Medium.jpg
/csap/urban-futuresUrban Futures
https://ral.ucar.edu/what-we-doView all R&D Focus Areas
/news/new-discoveries-fire-sci...IMG-ALT Rescue teams evacuating neighborhood from wildfire
/news/new-discoveries-fire-sci...New Discoveries in Fire Science
/news/announcing-fasteddyr-30IMG-ALT FastEddy 3.0
/news/announcing-fasteddyr-30Announcing FastEddy® 3.0
/news/leap-forward-wildfire-pr...IMG-ALT Wildfire, forest fire
/news/leap-forward-wildfire-pr...A Leap Forward in Wildfire Prediction
/news/coming-soon-mpas-hydroIMG-ALT Digital Earth with hexagonal connections
/news/coming-soon-mpas-hydroComing Soon ... MPAS-Hydro!
https://ncar.ucar.edu/External Subdomain NCAR Homepage
https://www2.acom.ucar.edu/External Subdomain ACOM | Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling
https://www.cgd.ucar.edu/External Subdomain CGD | Climate & Global Dynamics
https://www.cisl.ucar.edu/External Subdomain CISL | Computational & Information Systems
https://edec.ucar.edu/External Subdomain EdEC | Education, Engagement & Early-Career Development
https://www.eol.ucar.edu/External Subdomain EOL | Earth Observing Laboratory
https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/External Subdomain HAO | High Altitude Observatory
https://www.mmm.ucar.edu/External Subdomain MMM | Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology
https://ral.ucar.edu/Subdomain RAL | Research Applications Laboratory
https://www.ucar.edu/External Subdomain UCAR Homepage
https://www.ucar.edu/community...External Subdomain Community Programs
https://www.ucar.edu/what-we-o...External Subdomain Education & Training
https://sundog.ucar.edu/External Subdomain For Staff
https://www.ucar.edu/what-we-d...External Subdomain Government Relations & External Engagement
https://www.ucar.edu/who-we-ar...External Subdomain Member Institutions
https://www.ucar.edu/what-we-d...External Subdomain Tech Transfer & Engagement
https://www.ucar.edu/what-we-d...External Subdomain University Collaboration
https://sundog.ucar.edu/my/ralExternal Subdomain For RAL Staff
https://bsky.app/profile/ncar-...External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/ncar...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.ucar.edu/privacy-n...External Subdomain Privacy
https://www.ucar.edu/cookie-ot...External Subdomain Cookies
https://www.ucar.edu/accessibi...External Subdomain Web Accessibility
https://www.ucar.edu/terms-of-useExternal Subdomain Terms of Use
https://www.ucar.edu/notificat...External Subdomain Copyright Issues
https://nsf.gov/External Sponsored by U.S. NSF
https://www.ucar.edu/who-we-ar...External Subdomain Report Ethics Concern
/user/login?destination=node/4766Staff Login
https://nsf.gov/New window External U.S. National Science Foundation.

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://ral.ucar.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.48 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 (60 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 63 referring domains.
This page has 88,508 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 60 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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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.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/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
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Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
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Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
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