Revenue.iowa.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
89% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.10 s
File size
160.60 kB
Words
524
Media files
7
Number of links
68 internal / 25 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Iowa Department of Revenue | Department of Revenue
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (494 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
Iowa Department of Revenue homepage
The length of the meta description is perfect. (252 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://revenue.iowa.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)
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.

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 524 words. That's ok.
19.8% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
8 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 21.13 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=1.0" is provided.
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)
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)
Iowa Department of Revenue
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 30 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 Iowa Department of Revenue
H2 Main navigation
H2 I need to...
H2 Revenue Webinar Series
H2 Income Withholding Tax Tables for 2024
H2 GovConnectIowa
H2 Sub Agencies
H2 Recent News
H2 Subscribe to Revenue Updates
H2 Department of Revenue
H2 Footer
H3 File My Taxes
H3 Make a Payment
H3 Check My Refund
H3 Learn About Property Tax
H3 Access Alcohol Licensing & Permits
H3 File a W-2 or 1099
H3 Request Policy Guidance
H3 Access GovConnectIowa
H3 Iowa Lottery
H3 Iowa Property Assessment Appeal Board
H3 IDR Announces Change to Sales Tax Return Due Date for Model 4 Sellers
H3 IDR Releases Guidance: Public Safety Officer Moving Expense Tax Credit
H3 Administrative Rules - Adopted & Filed
H3 Footer Social Media Menu
H3 Social Media Footer Menu
H3 Phone
H3 How can we help?
H3 Footer Menu
H3 Contact Menu
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 25 external links on this page.
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https://revenue.iowa.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.iowa.gov/official-...New window External Subdomain Here is how you know
https://directory.iowa.gov/org...New window External Subdomain Agencies A-Z
https://directory.iowa.gov/ser...New window External Subdomain Programs & Services
https://revenue.iowa.gov/i-needI Need To...
/taxes/file-my-taxesFile My Taxes
https://govconnect.iowa.gov/External Subdomain Access GovConnectIowa
/taxes/wheres-my-refundCheck My Refund
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/taxes/wheres-my-refundWhere's My Refund
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/taxes/tax-guidanceTax Guidance
/taxes/frequently-asked-questionsFrequently Asked Questions
/i-need/policy-guidanceRequest Tax Help
/taxes/tax-professionalsTax Professionals
https://tax-mapper.iowa.gov/External Subdomain Sales Tax Lookup
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/permits-licensing/alcoholAlcohol
/permits-licensing/direct-pay-...Direct Pay Permit
/permits-licensing/lottery-lic...Lottery Licensing
/permits-licensing/cigarette-t...Cigarette, Tobacco, Nicotine & Vapor
/permits-licensing/license-san...License Sanctions
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/resources/law-policy-informationLaw & Policy Information
/local-governmentLocal Government
/resources/adopted-filed-rulesAdopted & Filed Rules
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/resources/tax-credits-trackin...Tax Credits Tracking & Analysis
/resources/research-statisticsResearch & Statistics
http://itrl.idr.iowa.gov/External Subdomain Tax Research Library
/resources/taxpayer-bill-rightsTaxpayer Bill of Rights
/education-outreachEducation & Outreach
/education-outreach/webinarsWebinars
/education-outreach/alcohol-to...Alcohol & Tobacco
https://revenue.iowa.gov/formsForms
/taxes/tax-guidance/individual...IA 1040 Instructions
/forms/common-formsCommon Forms
https://revenue.iowa.gov/aboutAbout
/about/modernizationModernization
/about/internIntern
/locations/iowa-department-rev...Contact
A-TITLE Contact
https://iowa.attract.neogov.co...External Subdomain Careers
https://paab.iowa.gov/External Subdomain Property Assessment Appeal Board
/about/alcoholic-beverages-com...Alcoholic Beverages Commission
https://directory.iowa.gov/org...External Subdomain Text duplicate Agencies A-Z
https://directory.iowa.gov/ser...External Subdomain Online Services
https://revenue.iowa.gov/aboutLearn about the Department
/taxes/file-my-taxesText duplicate File My Taxes
/taxes/make-paymentText duplicate Make a Payment
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/i-need/policy-guidanceRequest Policy Guidance
https://govconnect.iowa.gov/ta...External Subdomain Text duplicate Access GovConnectIowa
https://www.iasourcelink.com/r...External Subdomain IASourceLink
/education-outreach/webinarsView Topics and Register
/taxes/tax-guidance/withholdin...Learn More
https://govconnect.iowa.gov/ta...External Subdomain Text duplicate Access GovConnectIowa
https://ialottery.com/External Iowa Lottery Providing entertainment and prizes to its players, raising billions of dollars for state programs benefitting all Iowas.
IMG-ALT Iowa Lottery Icon
https://paab.iowa.gov/External Subdomain Iowa Property Assessment Appeal Board Dedicated to establishing a consistent, fair, and equitable property assessment appeal process.
IMG-ALT Home PAAB
https://revenue.iowa.gov/newsroomSee all news
/news/2024-08-20/idr-announces...IDR Announces Change to Sales Tax Return Due Date for Model 4 Sellers
/news/2024-08-20/idr-announces...No Text
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https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe to Updates
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/iowad...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.twitter.com/IowaRe...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
https://revenue.iowa.gov/feedbackShare feedback with us
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/locations/iowa-department-rev...Text duplicate Contact
https://revenue.iowa.gov/newsroomNews
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe
/resources/taxpayer-bill-rightsTaxpayer Rights
https://iowa.gov/External IMG-ALT Back to home page
https://directory.iowa.gov/New window External Subdomain Staff Directory
https://revenue.iowa.gov/feedbackSend Feedback
https://iowa.gov/policiesNew window External accessibility, data, and privacy policies

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://revenue.iowa.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
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Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.10 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (161 kB).

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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 288 referring domains.
This page has 1,537 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 227 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.

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Iowa Department of Revenue | Department of Revenue
Iowa Department of Revenue homepage

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