Business.ct.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
55% 
Link structure
65% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.12 s
File size
90.60 kB
Words
890
Media files
17
Number of links
40 internal / 47 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Connecticut Business Services
The length of the page title is perfect. (278 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Your one-stop shop for Connecticut business support, filings, and more.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (438 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://business.ct.gov/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Germany
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

NameValue
descriptionYour one-stop shop for Connecticut business support, filings, and more.
keywordsBusiness startup, Connecticut business growth, Connecticut business expansion, Connecticut Connecticut business resources, small business support, Connecticut business licensing, Connecticut business permits, Connecticut business taxes
robotsindex, follow
pagetypewebpages
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
mobile-web-app-capableyes
apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-styleblack
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:urlhttps://business.ct.gov/
twitter:titleConnecticut Business Services
twitter:descriptionYour one-stop shop for Connecticut business support, filings, and more.
twitter:imageEmpty
og:descriptionYour one-stop shop for Connecticut business support, filings, and more.
og:titleConnecticut Business Services
og:urlhttps://business.ct.gov/
og:localeen
og:typearticle
og:imageEmpty
og:site_nameCT.gov
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 890 words. That's ok.
29.6% 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.
10 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 10.12 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 following tag is repeated too often: earch for your business here
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
...en&hash=020B5581CE87D0BFD98BD458E3059BA6alert icon
...en&hash=95404E12CC25980F983F3221FC7560FDConnecticut’s Official State Website Logo
...en&hash=2DFBA64029995D7F2E89B7CA649C1AB3No alt attribute provided
...en&hash=E3DDE0B7679ACA39C85490A2159B4F0DClose Search
...re/Global/Header/globe-outline-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
...sign-system/img/person-outline-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
...sign-system/img/person-outline-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
...-system/img/log-out-outline-darkblue.svgLogout
...en&hash=0B0E5CF017EC48EA59A03E58886378EACT LogoCT Logo
...en&hash=519FD262110F19264EDCA0FD704F862FDowntown Hartford Skyline
...en&hash=0644CD85E186D2696745514ACC9FC2E9Start Your Business
...en&hash=351901215FEF86DEA478003C1B8A5116Maintain Your Business
...en&hash=67769D4A4AC5D186673C426E4C5D4D48Grow Your Business
...en&hash=C67A985C53CD4DBE3D348E9715098BCDClose Your Business
...en&hash=1C2043F2DAA92CD2353806735E646664ct.gov logo with flag embelishment
...en&hash=E251D81DA0B848815C0486F366DF2CE3US Flag Status icon
...en&hash=FF2E08F7D697C5E0A39A47B8D4788FCDCT Flag Status icon

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Business.CT.gov
The H1 heading is too short (15 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 36 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 Business.CT.gov
H2 You are about to Logout
H2 Build Your Business in CT
H2 Start your business
H2 Join 360,000 Small Business Owners in CT
H2 Maintain your business
H2 Keep Your Business Running
H2 Grow your business
H2 Explore Business Growth Opportunities
H2 Close your business
H2 Efficiently Close or Dissolve Your Business
H2 Just for enterprise business
H2 Just for small and minority-owned business
H4 Do a Business Search
H4 Learn More About Business Types
H4 Find Funding, Grants, and Incubators
H4 Licenses and Permits
H4 File an Annual Report
H4 Get Tax Incentives
H4 File a UCC Lien
H4 Forms and Fees
H4 Find Expansion Funds
H4 Explore Business Funding
H4 Review CT’s Economy
H4 Network
H4 Explore Industries
H4 File or Pay Taxes
H4 CT Enterprise Benefits
H4 Corporate Tax Incentives
H4 Explore More for Small Business
H4 UCONN Programs
H4 Hire or Report New Employees
H4 Find Workers
H4 Get Training
H4 Supplier Diversity Program
H4 More resources for your business
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.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (47) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://business.ct.gov/Anchor Skip to Content
https://business.ct.gov/Anchor Skip to Chat
https://portal.ct.gov/sots/bus...External Subdomain Notice of Intent to Dissolve or Revoke
https://portal.ct.gov/sots/bus...External Subdomain Certificate of Dissolution or Revocation
https://service.ct.gov/busines...External Subdomain S
https://service.ct.gov/busines...External Subdomain earch for your business here
/knowledge-base/articles/janua...Subdomain what's new on the business portal
https://login.ct.gov/ctidentit...New window External Subdomain Sign In
https://service.ct.gov/busines...External Subdomain My dashboard
https://login.ct.gov/ctidentit...External Subdomain Manage Account
https://business.ct.gov/Subdomain Home
/start-your-businessSubdomain Start your business
/start-your-business/register-...Subdomain Register your business
/start-your-business/business-...Subdomain Business Funding
https://service.ct.gov/busines...External Subdomain New Business Checklist
/business-servicesSubdomain Services
/business-services/file-annual...Subdomain File Annual Report
/business-services/business-fo...Subdomain All Business Filings
https://service.ct.gov/busines...External Subdomain Search Business Records
https://sots.service.ct.gov/tr...External Subdomain Search Trade Names
https://service.ct.gov/busines...External Subdomain Search Trademarks
https://service.ct.gov/busines...External Subdomain Search UCC Lien Records
/knowledge-base/categories/mai...Subdomain Update Business Details
/knowledge-base/articles/maint...Subdomain Update Your NAICS Code
/business-services/employment-...Subdomain Employment Services
/knowledge-base/articles/new-h...Subdomain Report New Employees
/ct-business-taxesSubdomain Taxes
https://drs.ct.gov/eservices/_/External Subdomain File and Pay Taxes
https://www.irs.gov/businesses...External Subdomain IRS Small Business Tax Center
https://portal.ct.gov/decd/ser...External Subdomain Business Tax Incentives
https://portal.ct.gov/drs/publ...External Subdomain Tax Guides
/licenses-and-permitsSubdomain Licenses & permits
/knowledge-base/articles/busin...Subdomain Renew or Apply
/knowledge-base/articles/start...Subdomain Verify a Business License
/do-business-in-ctSubdomain Do Business in CT
https://portal.ct.gov/doag/ada...External Subdomain Agriculture business assistance
https://manufacturing.ct.gov/?...External Subdomain CT Manufacturing
https://www.cbia.com/External Subdomain CBIA
https://www.advancect.org/our-...External Subdomain Key Industries
/knowledge-baseSubdomain FAQ
https://service.ct.gov/busines...External Subdomain Business Resources
https://www.sba.gov/External Subdomain Small Business Administration
https://portal.ct.gov/sotsExternal Subdomain Secretary of the State
https://business.ct.gov/get-helpSubdomain Get Help
https://login.ct.gov/IDPSloIni...External Subdomain Logout
/business-servicesSubdomain Business Services
/start-your-business/register-...Subdomain Register Your Business
/knowledge-base/articles/domes...Subdomain LLC Forms and Fees
/licenses-and-permitsSubdomain Licenses and Permits
/start-your-businessSubdomain Start Your CT Business Today
/start-your-businessSubdomain Start My Business Now
https://service.ct.gov/busines...External Subdomain Do a Business Search
A-TITLE Do a Business Search
/knowledge-base/articles/start...Subdomain Learn More About Business Types
A-TITLE Learn More About Business Types
/licenses-and-permitsSubdomain Text duplicate Licenses and Permits
A-TITLE Licenses and Permits
/business-servicesSubdomain All Business Services
/business-services/file-annual...Subdomain File an Annual Report
A-TITLE File an Annual Report
https://portal.ct.gov/decd/ser...External Subdomain Get Tax Incentives
A-TITLE Get Tax Incentives
/knowledge-base/articles/unifo...Subdomain File a UCC Lien
A-TITLE File a UCC Lien
/business-services/business-fo...Subdomain Forms and Fees
A-TITLE Forms and Fees
/do-business-in-ctSubdomain Text duplicate Do Business in CT
https://www.advancect.org/site...External Subdomain Find Expansion Funds
A-TITLE Find Expansion Funds
/start-your-business/business-...Subdomain Explore Business Funding
A-TITLE Explore Business Funding
https://www.ibisworld.com/unit...External Subdomain Anchor Review CT’s Economy
A-TITLE Review CT’s Economy
https://portal.ct.gov/nextgenc...External Subdomain Network
A-TITLE Network
/knowledge-base/categories/mai...Subdomain Close or Dissolve a Business
/ct-business-taxesSubdomain File or Pay Taxes
A-TITLE File or Pay Taxes
https://portal.ct.gov/decd/con...External Subdomain CT Enterprise Benefits
A-TITLE CT Enterprise Benefits
https://portal.ct.gov/decd/ser...External Subdomain Corporate Tax Incentives
A-TITLE Corporate Tax Incentives
https://portal.ct.gov/decd/con...External Subdomain Explore More for Small Business
A-TITLE Explore More for Small Business
https://ccei.uconn.edu/mentors/External Subdomain UCONN Programs
A-TITLE UCONN Programs
https://jobs.ct.gov/?language=...External Subdomain Find Workers
A-TITLE Find Workers
https://portal.ct.gov/dol/empl...External Subdomain Get Training
A-TITLE Get Training
https://portal.ct.gov/das/proc...External Subdomain Supplier Diversity Program
A-TITLE Supplier Diversity Program
/knowledge-base/categories/mai...Subdomain Close Your Business
/licenses-and-permitsSubdomain License and Permits
https://portal.ct.gov/sots/bus...External Subdomain Submit a Paper Filing
https://portal.ct.gov/das/proc...External Subdomain Contractor Prequalification
https://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us...External Subdomain Report new employees
https://portal.ct.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT ct.gov logo with flag embelishment
https://portal.ct.gov/AboutNew window External Subdomain About CT
https://portal.ct.gov/Policies...New window External Subdomain Policies
/-/media/sitecore-center/acces...New window Subdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE Universal Website Accessibility Policy for State Websites
https://portal.ct.gov/DirectoriesNew window External Subdomain Directories
https://portal.ct.gov/social_m...New window External Subdomain Social Media
https://portal.ct.gov/governme...New window External Subdomain For State Employees
https://portal.ct.gov/governor...External Subdomain United States Mast: (Full)
https://portal.ct.gov/governor...External Subdomain Connecticut Mast: (Full)

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://business.ct.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 slow (1.12 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (91 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-length25791
cache-controlno-cache, no-store
pragmano-cache
expires-1
varyAccept-Encoding
set-cookie29 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
referrer-policysame-origin
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
expect-ctmax-age=86400, enforce
dateWed, 06 Aug 2025 10:08:00 GMT
content-encodinggzip
x-cacheMiss from cloudfront
via1.1 385cb8def78c1bb03b9aa3bd53bf1f06.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-amz-cf-popFRA50-P2
x-amz-cf-idxEqdPniu9D2suN7g9UwLJF8Z4DNTvy-jh7NzyBL8Gye1UZPw4VrM6A==
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 90 referring domains.
This page has 479 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 81 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

#  First allow all user agenents to crawl site

User-agent: *
Allow: /

# now block specific directories

User-agent: *
Disallow: /sitecore/
Disallow: /oec-beta/
Disallow: /Training/
Disallow: /Training/ChooseCT/
Disallow: /DMHAS-Beta/
Disallow: /DMHAS-beta/
Disallow: /dmhas-Beta/
Disallow: /dmhas-beta/
Disallow: /JRC-Beta
Disallow: /JRC-beta 
Disallow: /jrc-Beta 
Disallow: /jrc-beta 
Disallow: /JSC-Beta 
Disallow: /JSC-beta 
Disallow: /jsc-Beta 
Disallow: /jsc-beta 
Disallow: /OCA-Beta 
Disallow: /OCA-beta  
Disallow: /oca-Beta 
Disallow: /oca-beta 
Disallow: /SCSB-Beta 
Disallow: /SCSB-beta 
Disallow: /scsb-Beta 
Disallow: /scsb-beta 
Disallow: /-/media/business/ct-reopen-poster/
Disallow: /WCC-Beta
Disallow: /WCC-beta
Disallow: /wcc-Beta
Disallow: /wcc-beta


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