Carf.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
82% 
Page structure
81% 
Link structure
47% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.01 s
File size
406.20 kB
Words
825
Media files
34
Number of links
111 internal / 37 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - CARF International
The length of the page title is perfect. (243 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
CARF® International is an independent, nonprofit accreditor helping health and human service providers meet high-quality, globally recognized standards.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (949 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://carf.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 825 words. That's ok.
23% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
11 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 20.19 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 79 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"use our provider search tool to find providers accredited or certified by carf."
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

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.../08/pexels-jopwell-2422293-265x140-1.jpgHappy african american woman sitting at psychologist office
.../2023/08/iStock-1443562017-265x140-1.jpgHappy african american woman sitting at psychologist office
.../2023/08/iStock-1132974918-265x140-2.jpgHappy african american woman sitting at psychologist office
...8/iStock-185291154-gray-bg-265x140-1.jpgHappy african american woman sitting at psychologist office
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.../2023/07/Payer-Portal-logo-441x154-1.pngCustomer Connect icon
.../2023/08/iStock-1309489742-441x154-1.jpgCustomer Connect icon
...oads/2023/07/CARF-International-logo.pngCARF International in blue and black on transparent background
...content/uploads/2023/07/Accred-Seals.pngCARF seals of accreditation
...ontent/uploads/2023/07/LOC-ASAM-Cert.pngCARF ASAM Certification icon
...s/2023/10/Customer-Connect-434x143-2.jpgWord logo Customer Connect in mid blue, dark blue and gold on light blue background
.../2023/08/iStock-1309489742-434x143-1.jpgYoung businessman working on laptop
...Stock-1381919827-434x143-w-portal-ss.jpgGroup of people accessing laptop with the Payer Portal on the screen
...nt/uploads/2023/07/iStock-1249041590.jpgPerson at a laptop computer holding a payment card and accessing an online store
...ite-Institue-for-Rehabilitation-logo.pngBaylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation logo
...uploads/2025/05/CBI-Home-Health-logo.pngCBI Home Health logo
.../uploads/2025/05/Covenant-Woods-logo.pngCovenant Woods logo
...s/2025/05/Harlem-East-Life-Plan-logo.pngHarlem East Life Plan logo
.../2025/05/Kent-Sussex-Industries-Logo.pngKent Sussex Industries Logo
...05/Mary-Free-Bed-Rehabilitation-logo.pngMary Free Bed Rehabilitation logo
...Health-Rehabilitation-Institute-logo.pngMetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute logo
...Presbyterian-SeniorCare-Network-logo.pngPresbyterian SeniorCare Network logo
...ds/2025/05/Rancho-San-Antonio-logo-2.pngRancho San Antonio logo
...anta-Clara-Valley-Health-Center-logo.pngSanta Clara Valley Health Center logo
...al-Hermann-Rehab-and-Research-logo-1.pngTIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation and Research logo
...oint-Health-AbbeHealth-Services-logo.pngUnityPoint Health AbbeHealth Services logo
...estern_Inpatient-Rehabilitation-logo.pngUT Southwestern Inpatient Rehabilitation logo
/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/JIM_2117.jpgSurveyors exiting building
...nt/uploads/2023/07/iStock-1346125184.jpgGroup of successful multiethnic business team
/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/carf-logo-w.pngCARF International
...ent/uploads/2023/07/icon-linkedin-96.pngLinkedIn logo
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Enhancing people’s lives
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 28 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 Enhancing people’s lives
H2 Our services
H2 Our reach
H2 The value of accreditation goes beyond conformance
H2 Information hub
H2 Search for providers
H2 CARF culture
H3 Accreditation
H3 Certification
H3 Business improvement
H3 Risk management
H3 Funding/contract access
H3 Positive visibility
H3 Peer networking
H3 Accountability
H3 Insurance premium savings
H3 eLearning support
H3 Customer Connect
H3 Surveyor Website
H3 Payer Portal
H3 Online store
H3 Use our provider search tool to find providers accredited or certified by CARF.
H3 Become a surveyor
H3 Join our staff
H4 Customer Connect Duplicate text
H4 Payer Portal Duplicate text
H4 Surveyor Website Duplicate text
H4 Provider showcase:
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 (37) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://carf.org/Anchor Skip to content
https://carf.org/find-provider/Find a provider
/accreditation/public/Submit provider feedback
https://www.carf.org/catalogNew window Subdomain Online store
https://carf.org/contact-us/Contact us
https://carf.org/IMG-ALT CARF International in blue and black on transparent background
/accreditation/providers/Value for providers
/accreditation/payers/Value for payers / regulators
/accreditation/public/Value for public
/accreditation/steps-accredita...Steps to accreditation
/accreditation/survey-preparat...Survey preparation
https://carf.org/catalogNew window Text duplicate Online store
/accreditation/our-standards/Our standards
/accreditation/our-standards/f...Field reviews
/accreditation/our-standards/c...Complimentary standards
/accreditation/programs/All programs
/accreditation/programs/aging-...Aging Services
/accreditation/programs/behavi...Behavioral Health
/accreditation/programs/child-...Child & Youth Services
/accreditation/programs/employ...Employment & Community Services
/accreditation/programs/medica...Medical Rehabilitation
/accreditation/programs/opioid...Opioid Treatment Program
/accreditation/programs/vision...Vision Rehabilitation Services
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/CARFi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
/loccertification/About certification
/loccertification/steps-certif...Steps to certification
/loccertification/survey-prepa...Survey preparation for certification
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/CARFi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://carf.org/what-we-offer/What we offer
/training-calendarTraining calendar
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/CARFi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://carf.org/news-releases/News Releases
https://carf.org/blog/Blog
https://carf.org/newsletters/Newsletters
https://carf.org/media-center/Media Center
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/CARFi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://carf.org/resources/Top resources
/resources/public/For public
/resources/providers/For providers
https://www.uspeq.org/New window External Subdomain uSPEQ® feedback tool
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/CARFi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://carf.org/about/About CARF
https://carf.org/carf-canada/CARF Canada
https://carf.org/about/History
https://carf.org/about/Meet the leadership
https://carf.org/about/International Advisory Council
https://carf.org/about/Financial Advisory Panel
https://carf.org/careers/Careers
https://carf.org/surveyor/Become a surveyor
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/CARFi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://customerconnect.carf.org/New window External Subdomain Go to Customer Connect
https://carf.org/payer-portal/Go to Payer Portal
https://carfinternational.shar...New window External Subdomain Go to Surveyor Website
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/CARFi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://carf.org/Text duplicate IMG-ALT CARF International in blue and black on transparent background
/contact-us/get-accredited/Get accredited
/accreditation/providersLearn about accreditation
/loccertification/Learn about certification
/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ab...Download PDF
https://customerconnect.carf.org/New window External Subdomain Access Customer Connect
https://carfinternational.shar...New window External Subdomain Access Surveyor Website
https://carf.org/payer-portalAccess Payer Portal
https://www.carf.org/catalogNew window Subdomain Go to online store
https://carf.org/find-provider/Text duplicate Find a provider
https://carf.org/about/mission, vision, values, and purposes
https://carf.org/surveyor/Learn more about surveying
https://carf.org/careers/Go to careers page
https://carf.org/IMG-ALT CARF International
https://carf.org/carf-canadaText duplicate CARF Canada
https://carf.org/carf-europeCARF Europe
https://carf.org/contact-us/Contact us today
https://carf.org/about/About us
https://customerconnect.carf.org/New window External Subdomain Customer Connect
https://carf.org/payer-portal/Payer Portal
https://carfinternational.shar...New window External Subdomain Surveyor website
https://carf.org/legal-notices/Legal notices
https://carf.org/catalogNew window Text duplicate Online store
https://carf.org/find-provider/Find a Provider
/accreditation/public/Text duplicate Submit provider feedback
https://carf.org/careers/Text duplicate Careers
https://carf.org/surveyor/Text duplicate Become a surveyor
https://carf.org/blog/Text duplicate Blog
https://carf.org/news-releases/Text duplicate News Releases
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn logo
https://www.facebook.com/CARFi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
/contact-us/get-accredited/Text duplicate Get accredited
/contact-us/get-accredited/Text duplicate Get accredited
/accreditation/providers/Text duplicate Value for providers
/accreditation/payers/Text duplicate Value for payers / regulators
/accreditation/public/Text duplicate Value for public
/accreditation/steps-accredita...Text duplicate Steps to accreditation
/accreditation/survey-preparat...Text duplicate Survey preparation
/accreditation/our-standards/Text duplicate Our standards
/accreditation/our-standards/f...Text duplicate Field reviews
/accreditation/our-standards/c...Text duplicate Complimentary standards
/accreditation/programs/Text duplicate All programs
/accreditation/programs/aging-...Text duplicate Aging Services
/accreditation/programs/behavi...Text duplicate Behavioral Health
/accreditation/programs/child-...Text duplicate Child & Youth Services
/accreditation/programs/employ...Text duplicate Employment & Community Services
/accreditation/programs/medica...Text duplicate Medical Rehabilitation
/accreditation/programs/opioid...Text duplicate Opioid Treatment Program
/accreditation/programs/vision...Text duplicate Vision Rehabilitation Services
/loccertification/Text duplicate About certification
/loccertification/steps-certif...Text duplicate Steps to certification
/loccertification/survey-prepa...Text duplicate Survey preparation for certification
https://carf.org/what-we-offer/Text duplicate What we offer
/training-calendarText duplicate Training calendar
https://carf.org/news-releases/Text duplicate News Releases
https://carf.org/blog/Text duplicate Blog
https://carf.org/newsletters/Text duplicate Newsletters
https://carf.org/media-center/Text duplicate Media Center
https://carf.org/resources/Text duplicate Top resources
/resources/public/Resources for public
/resources/providers/Resources for providers
https://www.uspeq.org/New window External Subdomain uSPEQ feedback tool
https://carf.org/about/Text duplicate About CARF
https://carf.org/carf-canada/Text duplicate CARF Canada
https://carf.org/about/Text duplicate History
https://carf.org/about/Text duplicate Meet the leadership
https://carf.org/about/Text duplicate International Advisory Council
https://carf.org/about/Text duplicate Financial Advisory Panel
https://carf.org/careers/Text duplicate Careers
https://carf.org/surveyor/Text duplicate Become a surveyor
https://customerconnect.carf.org/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Customer Connect
https://carf.org/payer-portal/Text duplicate Payer Portal
https://carfinternational.shar...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Surveyor website
http://www.carf.org/catalogNew window Subdomain Text duplicate Online store
/accreditation/public/Text duplicate Submit provider feedback
https://carf.org/find-provider/Text duplicate Find a provider
https://www.facebook.com/CARFi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://carf.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.01 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 (406 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 456 referring domains.
This page has 36,182 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 361 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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carf.org
Home - CARF International
CARF® International is an independent, nonprofit accreditor helping health and human service providers meet high-quality, globally recognized standards.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
CARF86%Check
CARF International75%Check
International61%Check
providers59%Check
Service Providers58%Check
accreditation or certification57%Check
Find provider53%Check
people52%Check
Search51%Check
Health50%Check

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