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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
62% 
Page structure
50% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
15% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.26 s
File size
31.70 kB
Words
533
Media files
17
Number of links
69 internal / 20 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS)
The length of the page title is perfect. (451 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
A website for the State of California, Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS)
The length of the meta description is perfect. (743 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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

NameValue
AuthorBureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS)
DescriptionA website for the State of California, Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS)
KeywordsCalifornia, government,department of consumer affairs,upholstered furniture, bedding, thermal insulation, furniture,flammability, mattresses, consumer, licensee, consumer, licensee, tv, vcr, appliances, electronics, refrigerator, stove, computer
HandheldFriendlyTrue
MobileOptimized320
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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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.
This page contains 533 words. That's ok.
20.6% 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 25 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-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 11 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
...dca.ca.gov/images/cagov-logo-white.svgCA.gov
/images/bearbhfti.pngOrganization Title
...dca.ca.gov/images/cagov-logo-white.svgCA.gov
...a.gov/images/content/disaster_button.pngCSLB Disaster Help Center
...dca.ca.gov/images/licensing_data.pngQuarterly Licensing Data
/images/prop65_webbutton.jpgProp 65
...dca.ca.gov/images/carousel/vote.jpgRegister to VoteRegister to Vote
...dca.ca.gov/images/content/save_water.jpgSave Our Water
...mages/common/verifylicense_webbutton.jpgBreEZe
...dca.ca.gov/images/military_button.pngInformation for Military Personnel & Their Spouses/Domestic Partners
https://www.dca.ca.gov/images/cgp_logo.pngCalifornia Grants Portal
...t/household_movers_quarterly_reports.jpgHousehold Movers Quarterly Reports Are Now Online - Click to Register or Log in
https://bhgs.dca.ca.gov/images/facebook.pngFaceBook
https://bhgs.dca.ca.gov/images/twitter.pngTwitter
https://bhgs.dca.ca.gov/images/linkedin.pngLinkedIn
https://www.dca.ca.gov/images/dca_logo.pngDepartment of Consumer AffairsDepartment of Consumer Affairs
/images/disability.pngdisability

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to the Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS)
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to the Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS)
H2 Quick Links
H4 What's New
H4 Translate
H5 formerly the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation (BEARHFTI)
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 20 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://bhgs.dca.ca.gov/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://www.ca.gov/External Subdomain CA.gov
IMG-ALT CA.gov
https://bhgs.dca.ca.gov/IMG-ALT Organization Title
https://www.ca.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate CA.gov
IMG-ALT CA.gov
https://bhgs.dca.ca.gov/Home
/about_us/index.shtmlThe Bureau
/about_us/index.shtmlMission
/about_us/index.shtmlVision
/about_us/index.shtmlStrategic Plan
/about_us/index.shtmlHistory
https://www.dca.ca.gov/about_u...External Subdomain DCA Leadership
/about_us/advisory_council.shtmlAdvisory Council
/about_us/contact_us.shtmlContact Us
/bureau_activities/index.shtmlBureau Activities
/bureau_activities/index.shtmlLaws and Regulations
/bureau_activities/index.shtmlPending Actions and Opportunities for Public Participation
/bureau_activities/regulatory_...Regulatory Changes: Recent and In Progress
/about_us/meetings/index.shtmlCouncil Meetings
/bureau_activities/index.shtmlSunset Review
/enforcement/lookup.shtmlEnforcement
/licensee/index.shtmlApplicants and Licensees
/consumers/index.shtmlConsumers
/enforcement/lookup.shtmlLicense Search
/forms_pubs/index.shtmlPublications
/consumers/index.shtmlTrivial anchor text
HERE
/licensee/index.shtmlHERE.
/about_us/meetings/materials_2...MAY 2025: Upcoming Advisory Council Meeting Materials
/about_us/meetings/agenda_2025...MAY 2025: Upcoming Advisory Council Meeting Agenda
/about_us/2022_26_stratplan_am...BHGS 2022–26 Strategic Plan – Amended
/bureau_activities/regulatory_...Approved HHM Enforcement Regulatory Package (effective April 1, 2025)
/industry/bulletin.shtmlJanuary 2025: Technical Bulletins for Finished Size
/forms_pubs/20240101_maxtariff...December 2024: Max Rate Tariff, effective January 1, 2025
/laws/hhm_law_book-effective_1...Updated HHM
/laws/hfti_law_book-effective_...Updated HFTI
/laws/ear_law_book-effective_1...EAR (no updates)
/about_us/meetings/20241114_ad...November 14, 2024 Advisory Council Meeting Packet
/about_us/meetings/agenda_2024...NOV 2024: Upcoming Advisory Council Meeting Agenda
/forms_pubs/sb_244_industry_ad...Industry Advisory: The Right to Repair Act (SB 244), effective July 1, 2024
/forms_pubs/sb_244_industry_ad...Español
/about_us/meetings/materials_2...May 2024: Upcoming Advisory Council Meeting Materials
/about_us/meetings/agenda_2024...Bureau of Household Goods and Services Advisory Council Meeting Notice and Agenda – Thursday, May 16, 2024
/consumers/ti_directory.pdfPDF
/consumers/ti_directory.xlsxExcel
/forms_pubs/20231207_maxtariff...December 2023: Max Rate Tariff, effective January 1, 2024
/forms_pubs/newlaws_advisory_2...December 2023–New Laws Affecting BHGS Licensees/Registrants/Permit Holders
/about_us/meetings/materials_2...OCT 2023: Upcoming Advisory Council Meeting Materials
/about_us/meetings/agenda_2023...OCT 2023: Upcoming Advisory Council Meeting Agenda
https://connect.dca.ca.gov/bhgs/New window External Subdomain JUN 2023: Household Movers Initial Application – Online
/about_us/meetings/materials_2...JAN 2023: Upcoming Advisory Council Meeting Materials
/about_us/meetings/agenda_2023...JAN 2023: Upcoming Advisory Council Meeting Agenda
/forms_pubs/max_4_2023.pdfDEC 2022: Max Rate Tariff, effective January 1, 2023
/forms_pubs/sunset_2022.pdfSunset Review Report 2022
/about_us/meetings/agenda_2022...DEC 2022: HHM Permit Regulations Workshop – December 8,2022
/licensee/ab2956.pdfIndustry Advisory 22–01: AB 2956 Clarifies Household Movers are Exempt from Motor Carrier of Property Permit Requirements
/about_us/bear_bhfti_stratplan...The Bureau's Strategic Plan
https://www.cslb.ca.gov/Media_...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT CSLB Disaster Help Center
https://www.dca.ca.gov/data/li...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Quarterly Licensing Data
/about_us/prop_65.shtmlIMG-ALT Prop 65
http://registertovote.ca.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Register to Vote
http://saveourwater.com/External IMG-ALT Save Our Water
/enforcement/lookup.shtmlIMG-ALT BreEZe
https://www.dca.ca.gov/about_u...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Information for Military Personnel & Their Spouses/Domestic Partners
https://www.grants.ca.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT California Grants Portal
https://connect.dca.ca.gov/bhgs/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Household Movers Quarterly Reports Are Now Online - Click to Register or Log in
https://www.gov.ca.gov/New window External Subdomain Visit Governor's Website
https://www.bcsh.ca.gov/External Subdomain Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency
https://www.dca.ca.gov/about_u...External Subdomain Anchor Department of Consumer Affairs
/enforcement/lookup.shtmlText duplicate License Search
/about_us/contact_us.shtmlText duplicate Contact Us
/about_us/meetings/index.shtmlCouncil Meetings and Workshops
/consumers/index.shtmlFile a Complaint
/enforcement/lookup.shtmlCitations and Disciplinary Actions
/licensee/index.shtmlLicense Application
/webapplications/apps/renewal/...Renew a License
/licensee/bear_faqs.shtmlFrequently Asked Questions, EAR
/licensee/bhfti_faqs.shtmlFrequently Asked Questions, HFTI
/licensee/hhm_faqs.shtmlFrequently Asked Questions, HHM
/webapplications/apps/subscrib...Join Our Interested Parties List
http://www.facebook.com/CalBHGSExternal Subdomain IMG-ALT FaceBook
https://twitter.com/CalBHGSExternal IMG-ALT Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn
https://www.dca.ca.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Department of Consumer Affairs
https://bhgs.dca.ca.gov/Anchor Back to Top
https://www.ca.gov/legal/condi...External Subdomain Conditions of Use
https://www.dca.ca.gov/about_u...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
/accessibility.shtmlAccessibility
/about_us/contact_us.shtmlText duplicate Contact Us
/web_cert.pdfWeb Accessibility Certification
/accessibility.shtmlIMG-ALT disability

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://bhgs.dca.ca.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.26 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 3 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (32 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 29 May 2025 17:08:49 GMT
accept-rangesbytes
connectionclose
content-typetext/html
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
strict-transport-securitymax-age=16070400; includeSubDomains; preload
cache-controlmax-age=16070400; includeSubdomains; preload
set-cookie150 Characters
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 111 referring domains.
This page has 1,018 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 93 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /images 
Disallow: /classes 
# Disallow: /cgi-bin
Disallow: /htdig
Disallow: /js
Disallow: /styles
Disallow: /ssi
Disallow: /css
Disallow: /javascript

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Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS)
A website for the State of California, Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS)

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
BHGS84%Check
Bureau77%Check
Household77%Check
Household Goods75%Check
Services73%Check
Goods73%Check
Consumer Services61%Check
Household Movers58%Check
Service Contract54%Check
Service Dealers54%Check
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