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Meta information
56% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.04 s
File size
131.50 kB
Words
643
Media files
6
Number of links
98 internal / 5 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Appalachian Regional Commission - Investing in Appalachia's economic future.
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 706 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.arc.gov/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
Language
(Somewhat important)
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
(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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og:descriptionAppalachian Regional Commission The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is an economic development partnership entity of the federal government and 13 state governments focusing on 423 counties across the Appalachian Region. ARC’s mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in Appalachia. Research and Resources
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 643 words. That's ok.
19.6% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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 23.89 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" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 13 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
6 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Appalachian Regional Commission
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Appalachian Regional Commission
H1 Investing in Appalachia’s economic future.
H1 Appalachian Regional Commission Duplicate text
H2 Appalachian Regional Commission Duplicate text
H2 A Region of Great Opportunity
H2 Appalachian Places
H2 Research and Resources
H2 Appalachia Envisioned
H2 Available Opportunities
H2 J-1 Visa Waiver Program
H2 Latest News
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Get ARC News and Updates
H2 Get ARC News and Updates Duplicate text
H3 Area Development Program
H3 ARC Awards Over $2.8 Million to 59 Local Governments, Selects 75 Nonprofits for Training to Build Capacity
H3 ARC Seeking Applicants for Leadership Development Program Focused on Multi-Sector Economic Development
H3 ARC Awards $5.1 Million to Grow Appalachian Economies through Tourism Along the Blue Ridge Parkway
H3 Maryland Governor Wes Moore Named 2025 Appalachian Regional Commission States’ Co-Chair
H3 FY 2026 ARC Program Grant Application Workshop
H3 Kentucky’s 2025 Governor’s Local Issues Conference
H3 2025 SOAR SUMMIT
H3 Appalachian Places: Growing Local Economies
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 5 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://arc.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://arc.gov/Appalachian Regional Commission
A-TITLE Home
/about-the-appalachian-region/Subdomain Appalachian Region
/the-chartbook/Subdomain Data Overview of the Appalachian Region
/appalachian-states/Appalachian States
/appalachian-counties-served-b...Subdomain Appalachian Counties Served by ARC
/classifying-economic-distress...Subdomain County Economic Status and Distressed Areas in Appalachia
/tribal-communities-in-the-app...Tribal Communities in the Appalachian Region
/map/congressional-districts-i...Subdomain Congressional Districts in Appalachia
/map/local-development-districts/Subdomain Local Development Districts in Appalachia
/investment-priorities/Subdomain Investment Priorities
/investment-priority/building-...Subdomain Building Businesses
/access-to-capital-projects/Access to Capital Projects
/investment-priority/building-...Subdomain Workforce Ecosystems
/addressing-substance-abuse-in...Addressing Substance Use Disorder
/investment-priority/building-...Subdomain Community Infrastructure
/broadband-projects/Broadband Projects
/transportation-in-appalachia/Transportation in Appalachia
/investment-priority/building-...Subdomain Regional Culture and Tourism
/investment-priority/building-...Subdomain Community Leaders and Capacity
https://arc.gov/ready/READY Appalachia
/investments-in-action/Investments in Action
/grants-and-opportunities/Grants and Opportunities
https://arc.gov/about-arc-grants/About ARC Grants
/match-requirements-for-arc-gr...Match Requirements for ARC Grants
/grants-and-opportunities/Subdomain Anchor Funding Opportunities
/grants-and-opportunities/area...Subdomain Area Development ProgramOpen
/grants-and-opportunities/arise/Subdomain ARISE Initiative
/grants-and-opportunities/sud/Subdomain INSPIRE Initiative
/grants-and-opportunities/power/POWER Initiative
/ready/grants-to-grow/Subdomain READY Grants to Grow
/workforce-opportunity-for-rur...Subdomain WORC Initiative
https://arc.gov/energyhub/Appalachian Regional Energy Hub Initiative
/grants-and-opportunities/Subdomain Anchor Specialized Projects
/access-to-capital-projects/Text duplicate Access to Capital Projects
/broadband-projects/Text duplicate Broadband Projects
/local-access-road-projects/Local Access Road Projects
/grants-and-opportunities/Subdomain Anchor Capacity Building Opportunities
/academies-and-institutes/Academies and InstitutesOpen
https://arc.gov/ready/Text duplicate READY Appalachia
/contract-opportunities/Subdomain Contract Opportunities
/j-1-visa-waivers/Subdomain J-1 Visa Waiver Program
/applicant-resources/Subdomain Applicant Resources
/grantee-resources/Subdomain Grantee Resources
/approved-arc-projects/Approved ARC Projects
/research-and-data/Research and Data
/research-evaluations-maps-dat...Subdomain Research Reports
/research-evaluations-maps-dat...Subdomain Evaluations
/research-evaluations-maps-dat...Subdomain Maps
/research/DataReports.aspSubdomain Data Report Tool
/fact-sheets-and-infographics/Fact Sheets and Infographics
/academies-and-institutes/Academies and Institutes
https://www.arc.gov/acriSubdomain Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative
/academies-and-institutes/aea/Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy
https://www.arc.gov/leadership/Subdomain Appalachian Leadership Institute
/academies-and-institutes/stem/Appalachian STEM Academy
/about-the-appalachian-regiona...Subdomain About ARC
/arcs-history-and-work-in-appa...History and Work
/arcs-structure-and-leadership/Subdomain Structure and Leadership
https://arc.gov/staff/ARC Offices & Staff
https://arc.gov/state-partners/State Partners
/local-development-districts/Local Development Districts
/office-of-inspector-general/Office of Inspector General
/budget-performance-and-policy/Budget, Performance and Policy
https://arc.gov/newsroom/Newsroom
https://arc.gov/careers-at-arc/Careers at ARC
https://arc.gov/?sSearch
https://arc.gov/events/Events
https://www.arc.gov/newsroom/Subdomain Text duplicate Newsroom
/newsletter-signup/Subdomain Get ARC Updates
/office-of-inspector-general/Subdomain Inspector General
http://www.facebook.com/ARC.gov/External Subdomain Facebook
http://www.youtube.com/user/ap...External Subdomain Youtube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://x.com/ARCgovExternal X
https://www.instagram.com/arcgov/External Subdomain Instagram
/about-the-appalachian-region/Subdomain Learn More about Appalachia
/event/appalachian-places-grow...Subdomain Learn More
/strategicplan/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/grants-and-opportunities/area...Area Development Program ARC’s Area Development program empowers Appalachian communities to work with their state governments to design impactful projects th...
/j-1-visa-waivers/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/news/arc-awards-over-2-8-mill...ARC Awards Over $2.8 Million to 59 Local Governments, Selects 75 Nonprofits for Training to Build Capacity
/news/arc-seeking-applicants-f...ARC Seeking Applicants for Leadership Development Program Focused on Multi-Sector Economic Development
/news/arc-awards-5-1-million-t...ARC Awards $5.1 Million to Grow Appalachian Economies through Tourism Along the Blue Ridge Parkway
/news/maryland-governor-wes-mo...Maryland Governor Wes Moore Named 2025 Appalachian Regional Commission States’ Co-Chair
https://arc.gov/newsroom/See All News
/event/fy-2026-arc-program-gra...FY 2026 ARC Program Grant Application Workshop
/news/event_type/workshop/Workshop
/event/kentuckys-2025-governor...Kentucky’s 2025 Governor’s Local Issues Conference
/news/event_type/conference/Conference
/event/2025-soar-summit/2025 SOAR SUMMIT
/event/appalachian-places-grow...Appalachian Places: Growing Local Economies
https://arc.gov/events/Explore All Events
/newsletter-signup/Subdomain Sign Up Here
https://arc.gov/Text duplicate Appalachian Regional Commission
A-TITLE Home
/about-arc-grants/Subdomain Text duplicate About ARC Grants
/grants-and-opportunities/Subdomain Text duplicate Grants and Opportunities
https://arc.gov/newsroom/Text duplicate Newsroom
/contract-opportunities/Text duplicate Contract Opportunities
https://arc.gov/contact-arc/Contact ARC
https://arc.gov/careers-at-arc/Careers
https://arc.gov/newsletter-signupText duplicate Sign Up Here
/arc-web-and-privacy-policy/Subdomain Web and Privacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://arc.gov/"
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 is excellent with 0.04 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (132 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This page has 193 backlinks.
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