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Meta information
61% 
Page quality
73% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
77% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.89 s
File size
45.80 kB
Words
490
Media files
23
Number of links
92 internal / 29 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
USDA
The page title is too short. (57 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
The page title is only one word.
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.usda.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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google-site-verificationqUN2GJfA5CL2sBzEQEtHGaF7tScF8afQLCP2MfqO5YA
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 490 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 8.33 words is low.
23.9% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
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)
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
...es/usda/img/favicons/flag-favicon-57.pngU.S. flag
/themes/usda/img/icon-dot-gov.svgDot gov
/themes/usda/img/icon-https.svgSSL
/themes/usda/img/usda-symbol.svgUSDA Logo
/themes/usda/img/close.svgclose
.../files/circle-info-regular-blue-2-01.svgAlert icon
/sites/default/files/hands-icon-v2.pnghands icon
/sites/default/files/warming-icon-v2.pngwarming icon
/sites/default/files/nutritious-icon-v2.pngnutritious icon
/sites/default/files/market-icon-v2.pngmarket icon
/sites/default/files/asset-31-blue.svgquestions icon
/sites/default/files/asset-33-blue.svgearth with a thermometer icon
/sites/default/files/asset-32-blue.svghand pointing to money icon
/sites/default/files/asset-30-blue.svgfire icon
...ublic/2024-11/oppe-dga.jpg?itok=5UEz0S5qDairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA) participants
...ng-service-blog-102224.jpg?itok=TldgAD52A group of people working with bees
...ins-region-blog-101624.png?itok=6JwN_JzLA photo of a group of buffalo in a green field with sun peeking through the clouds
...ic-service-blog-101624.jpg?itok=jzJ-gGaVA man speaking at a podium
...e/public/featured-fs-2.jpg?itok=Es70NTCkU.S Forest Service Shield
.../featured-farmersgov-0.jpg?itok=wqRHnsLjwoman holding tomatoes
...ublic/featured-myplate.jpg?itok=NrZBuACLfruits and vegetables
...blic/featured-census-0.jpg?itok=qUsLAAzofarmers holding a vegetable
/themes/usda/img/usda-symbol.svgUSDA Logo

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)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Main navigation
H2 Utility navigation
H2 National Veterans and Military Families Appreciation Month
H2 Our Priorities
H2 How can we help you?
H2 Featured
H2 Main navigation - Footer
H2 Footer navigation
H3 AskUSDA questions icon
H3 USDA CARES Partner Portal earth with a thermometer icon
H3 Loans and Grants hand pointing to money icon
H3 Disaster Resources fire icon
H3 Wildfires
H3 Farmers.gov
H3 MyPlate
H3 Census of Agriculture
H3 Sign Up for Updates
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 too many external links (29) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.usda.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.usda.gov/U.S. Department of Agriculture
A-TITLE Home
https://www.usda.gov/Home
https://www.usda.gov/topicsTopics
/topics/animalsAnimals
/topics/biotechnologyBiotechnology
https://www.usda.gov/broadbandBroadband
/topics/conservationConservation
https://www.usda.gov/coronavirusCoronavirus
https://www.usda.gov/topics/dataData
/topics/disaster-resource-centerDisaster Resource Center
/topics/farmingFarming
/topics/food-and-nutritionFood and Nutrition
/topics/forestryForestry
/topics/health-and-safetyHealth and Safety
/topics/invasive-speciesInvasive Species
/topics/opioidsOpioids
/topics/organicOrganic
/topics/plantsPlants
/topics/recreationRecreation
/topics/research-and-scienceResearch and Science
https://www.usda.gov/topics/ruralRural
https://www.usda.gov/topics/tradeTrade
https://www.usda.gov/topics/urbanUrban Agriculture
https://www.usda.gov/our-agencyOur Agency
/our-agency/about-usdaAbout USDA
/our-agency/agenciesAgencies
/our-agency/careersCareers
/our-agency/employee-servicesEmployee Services
https://www.usda.gov/farmbillFarm Bill
/our-agency/future-of-workFuture of Work
/our-agency/initiativesInitiatives
A-TITLE Initiatives and Highlighted Programs from across the department.
/our-agency/staff-officesStaff Offices
https://www.usda.gov/prioritiesPriorities
https://www.usda.gov/equityEquity at USDA
/climate-solutionsClimate Solutions
/nutrition-securityFood and Nutrition Security
https://www.usda.gov/marketsMore, New, and Better Market Opportunities
https://www.usda.gov/mediaMedia
/media/agency-news-releasesAgency News Releases
/media/agency-reportsAgency Reports
https://www.usda.gov/media/blogBlog
/media/digitalDigital
/media/press-releasesPress Releases
https://www.usda.gov/media/radioRadio
A-TITLE Latest Radio news from daily newsline and weekly features
https://www.usda.gov/glossaryGlossary
https://ask.usda.gov/s/?utm_so...External Subdomain AskUSDA
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/...External Subdomain Recalls
https://ask.usda.gov/s/contact...External Subdomain Contact Us
https://www.usda.gov/coronavirusNew window Learn More
https://www.usda.gov/equityIMG-ALT hands icon
https://www.usda.gov/equityAdvancing Racial Justice, Equity, and Opportunity
/climate-solutionsIMG-ALT warming icon
/climate-solutionsAddressing Climate Change
/nutrition-securityIMG-ALT nutritious icon
/nutrition-securityTackling Food and Nutrition Insecurity
https://www.usda.gov/marketsIMG-ALT market icon
https://www.usda.gov/marketsMore, Better, and New Market Opportunities
https://www.usda.gov/prioritiesLearn more about our priorities
https://ask.usda.gov/s/?utm_ca...External Subdomain AskUSDA Help is available via phone or live chat Monday to Friday from 8am – 5pm EST.
IMG-ALT questions icon
/partner-portalUSDA CARES Partner Portal Essential resources for USDA partners.
IMG-ALT earth with a thermometer icon
/topics/farming/grants-and-loansLoans and Grants USDA provides financial opportunities to individuals and communities.
IMG-ALT hand pointing to money icon
/topics/disaster-resource-centerDisaster Resources Learn how to prepare, recover, and help build long-term resilience.
IMG-ALT fire icon
/media/blog/2024/11/01/2501-gr...IMG-ALT Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA) participants
/media/blog/2024/11/01/2501-gr...A 2501 Grant Helps Make Dairy Grazing Apprenticeships Accessible to Spanish Speakers
/media/blog/2024/10/22/continu...IMG-ALT A group of people working with bees
/media/blog/2024/10/22/continu...Continuing Service: A Veteran Turns to Agriculture to Help Others
/media/blog/2024/10/16/experie...IMG-ALT A photo of a group of buffalo in a green field with sun peeking through the clouds
/media/blog/2024/10/16/experie...Experience the Prairies in the Northern Plains Region
/media/blog/2024/10/16/coopera...IMG-ALT A man speaking at a podium
/media/blog/2024/10/16/coopera...Cooperatives and Public Service: Honoring USDA Cooperative Services Branch Chief Jim Wadsworth
https://www.fs.usda.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT U.S Forest Service Shield
https://www.fs.usda.gov/External Subdomain Wildfires
https://www.farmers.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT woman holding tomatoes
https://www.farmers.gov/External Subdomain Farmers.gov
https://www.myplate.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT fruits and vegetables
https://www.myplate.gov/External Subdomain MyPlate
https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT farmers holding a vegetable
https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/External Subdomain Census of Agriculture
https://www.usda.gov/Text duplicate Home
https://www.usda.gov/topicsText duplicate Topics
https://www.usda.gov/our-agencyText duplicate Our Agency
https://www.usda.gov/prioritiesText duplicate Priorities
https://www.usda.gov/mediaText duplicate Media
https://ask.usda.gov/s/?utm_so...External Subdomain Text duplicate AskUSDA
https://www.farmers.gov/pandem...External Subdomain Pandemic Assistance
https://ask.usda.gov/s/contact...External Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://www.usda.gov/sitemapSite Map
/policies-and-linksPolicies and Links
/our-agency/about-usda/perform...Our Performance
/our-agency/careersSubdomain Text duplicate Careers
https://usdaoig.oversight.gov/...External Subdomain Report Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in USDA Programs
https://usdaoig.oversight.gov/External Subdomain Inspector General
/plain-writingPlain Language Writing in USDA
https://www.usda.gov/openOpen
/ogc/office-information-affair...FOIA
/accessibility-statementAccessibility Statement
/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy
/non-discrimination-statementNon-Discrimination Statement
/oascr/civil-rights-statementsAnti-Harassment Policy
/ocio/guidelines-and-complianc...Subdomain Information Quality
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain USA.gov
https://www.whitehouse.gov/External Subdomain WhiteHouse.gov
/federal-web-site-inventoryeGov
https://www.usda.gov/nofearNo FEAR Act Data
https://osc.gov/External Office of Special Counsel
https://usdaoig.oversight.gov/...External Subdomain Whistleblower Protection Coordinator
/vulnerability-disclosure-policyVulnerability Disclosure Policy
/ocfo/plans-reports/agency-fin...Agency Financial Reports
/partner-portalUSDA CARES Partner Portal
/sites/default/files/documents...21st Century IDEA Act Progress Report
https://visitor.r20.constantco...New window External Subdomain Subscribe
https://www.usda.gov/Text duplicate U.S. Department of Agriculture
A-TITLE Home
https://www.twitter.com/usda/External Subdomain USDA on Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/usda/External Subdomain USDA on Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain USDA on LinkedIn
https://visitor.r20.constantco...External Subdomain USDA Constant Contact
https://www.instagram.com/usda...External Subdomain USDA on Instagram
https://flickr.com/usdagovExternal USDA on Flickr
https://www.youtube.com/usda/External Subdomain USDA on Youtube
https://www.usda.gov/rss-feedsUSDA RSS

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.usda.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.89 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 (46 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length11138
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
last-modifiedTue, 05 Nov 2024 15:22:05 GMT
etag"1730820125-gzip"
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-drupal-cacheMISS
content-encodinggzip
x-varnish9896034 10322029
accept-rangesbytes
cache-controlpublic, max-age=463
expiresTue, 05 Nov 2024 15:59:32 GMT
dateTue, 05 Nov 2024 15:51:49 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000 ; includeSubDomains ; preload
content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests;
x-content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests;
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 51,528 referring domains.
This page has 5,984,049 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 29,883 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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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/

User-agent: rogerbot
Disallow: /

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gov58%Check
resources43%Check
navigation43%Check
main43%Check
Footer43%Check
Farmers42%Check
HTTPS41%Check
MyPlate40%Check
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