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Page quality
70% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
57% 
Server
83% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.75 s
File size
403.80 kB
Words
867
Media files
37
Number of links
65 internal / 34 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
NOAA Research
The page title is too short. (150 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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Explore the forefront of scientific discovery with NOAA Research, where dedicated scientists unravel the mysteries of Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. From groundbreaking studies on climate change and weather patterns to cutting-edge exploration of marine ecosystems, our research informs policies and decisions crucial for environmental sustainability. Dive into the world of NOAA Research to stay informed and engaged with the latest advancements in climate science and ocean exploration.
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Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://research.noaa.gov/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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Charset encoding
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
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Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 28.07 words is high.
This page contains 867 words. That's ok.
26.1% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 17 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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10 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
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There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
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No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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Behind-the-scenes with NOAA on “Twisters”
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

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H1 Behind-the-scenes with NOAA on “Twisters”
H1 About NOAA Research
H1 Latest Research News
H1 Latest Research News Duplicate text
H1 NOAA Releases FY 22 Science Report
H1 Meet our people
H1 Recent Scientist Profile
H2 NOAA’s FY 2024 Budget: Building a climate-ready nation
H2 Featured Videos
H2 Popup Call to Action
H3 NOAA Research enables better forecasts, earlier warnings for natural disasters, and a greater understanding of the Earth.
H3 Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA issue National Heat Strategy, provide $200K for extreme heat preparedness
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H3 How fast are the fastest winds on Earth?
H3 Why is the North Pacific warming so fast?
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H3 Welcome Nancy Wallace, OAR’s new Deputy Assistant Administrator for Programs and Administration
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H3 Meet the 2024 Knauss Fellows making waves in ocean science for sustainable development
H3 Meet John Cortinas, NOAA Research’s New Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science
H3 Meet the women of NOAA advancing our knowledge of a changing Arctic
H3 Meet the women advancing NOAA’s exploration and stewardship of the ocean and Great Lakes
H3 Meet the women advancing NOAA’s marine heatwave research
H3 Meet the women advancing NOAA’s severe weather research
H3 Check out our latest Reels!
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Some anchor texts are used more than once.
5 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (34) on this page.

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HTTP redirects
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This page redirects to "https://research.noaa.gov/"
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No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
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The page response time of 0.75 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.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (404 kB).

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 4,571 referring domains.
This page has 29,491 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,086 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
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The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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NOAA Research
Explore the forefront of scientific discovery with NOAA Research, where dedicated scientists unravel the mysteries of Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. From groundbreaking studies on climate change and weather patterns to cutting-edge exploration of marine ecosystems, our research informs policies and decisions crucial for environmental sustainability. Dive into the world of NOAA Research to stay informed and engaged with the latest advancements in climate science and ocean exploration.

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