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Meta information
98% 
Page quality
74% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
45% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
12.88 s
File size
777.70 kB
Words
2246
Media files
7
Number of links
110 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
CDA Council | Credentialing Excellence for ECE Competence
The length of the page title is perfect. (549 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Council for Professional Recognition is a leader in the credentialing of early childhood educators (ECE) worldwide.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (729 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.cdacouncil.org/en/
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)
A language definition is specified wrong in alternate links.
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)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: Read our monthly e-newsletter and keep up to date on all Council progr...
This page contains 2246 words. That's ok.
33.6% 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.
34 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 23.68 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 39 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (777.7 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: :
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 33 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Join the Celebration!
H2 Educator
H2 High School Student
H2 Specialist
H2 Partner
H2 Parent / Guardian
H2 Community Member
H2 CounciLINK E-Newsletter is Your Connection
H2 Who We Are
H2 CounciLINK is Your Connection
H3 Important CDA® Price Update:
H3 Effective August 1, 2025 there will be a price increase for both the initial CDA application and CDA renewal application. Click here to learn more and explore our FAQs.
H3 If you have additional questions, please contact Customer Support at 800-424-4310 or email us at CDAfeedback@cdacouncil.org. Thank you!
H3 I AM AN
H3 I AM A
H3 I AM A Duplicate text
H3 I AM A Duplicate text
H3 I AM A Duplicate text
H3 I AM A Duplicate text
H3 Our History
H3 Our Stories
H3 Where We Are Now
H3 Elisa Shepherd
H3 Andrew Davis
H3 Janice Bigelow
H3 Janie Payne
H4 Explore the Council’s Top Campaigns in 2025:
H4 Important Links
H4 Important Resources
H4 Apply Now
H4 Renew Now
H4 Contact Us
H4 Follow Us
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.
There are 10 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 21 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.cdacouncil.org/en/Subdomain IMG-ALT cda-council-logo-50
A-TITLE CDA Council
/en/contact/Subdomain Contact
/en/resource-library/Subdomain Resource Library
/en/blog/Subdomain Council Blog
/en/media-room/Subdomain Media Room
/en/about/Subdomain About
https://yourcouncil.org/cfprss...New window External Store
https://www.cdacouncil.org/es/Subdomain Español
A-TITLE Switch to Español
/en/educator-pathways/Subdomain Educator Pathways
/en/educator-pathways/Subdomain Text duplicate Educator Pathways
/en/educator-pathways/infant-t...Subdomain Infant-Toddler
/en/educator-pathways/preschool/Subdomain Preschool
/en/educator-pathways/family-c...Subdomain Family Child Care
/en/educator-pathways/home-vis...Subdomain Home Visitor
/en/educator-pathways/military/Subdomain Military Programs
https://yourcouncil.org/External YourCouncil Login
/en/renew-cda/Subdomain Renew CDA
/en/cda-renewal-amnesty-progra...Subdomain CDA Renewal Amnesty Program
/en/find-cda-scholarships/Subdomain Find CDA Scholarships
https://yourcouncil.org/External Find a PD Specialist
https://home.pearsonvue.com/cd...External Subdomain Find a CDA Test Site
/en/national-workforce-registr...Subdomain Navigating Professional Workforce Registries
/en/ece-organizations/Subdomain Find ECE Organizations
https://www.cdacouncil.org/faqs/Subdomain FAQs
/en/high-school-pathways/Subdomain High School Pathways
/en/advanced-career-pathways/Subdomain Advanced Career Pathways
/en/advanced-career-pathways/Subdomain Text duplicate Advanced Career Pathways
/en/ece-registered-apprentices...Subdomain ECE Registered Apprenticeship Pathways
/en/advanced-career-pathways/b...Subdomain Become a Professional Development Specialist
/en/advanced-career-pathways/b...Subdomain CDA PD Specialist™ FAQs
/en/pds-community/Subdomain PDS Community Login
https://yourcouncil.org/New window External Text duplicate YourCouncil Login
/en/partnering-organizations/Subdomain Partnering Organizations
/en/partnering-organizations/Subdomain Text duplicate Partnering Organizations
/en/national-workforce-registr...Subdomain Text duplicate Navigating Professional Workforce Registries
https://councilcan.org/External Council Alumni Network
/en/national-workforce-registr...Subdomain Approved State Professional Workforce Registries
/en/fact-sheet/state-recruitme...Subdomain State Recruitment Fact Sheet
/en/policy-and-advocacy/Subdomain Policy & Advocacy Pathways
/en/policy-and-advocacy/Subdomain Text duplicate Policy & Advocacy Pathways
/en/policy-and-advocacy/make-y...Subdomain Make Your Voice Heard
/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/FI...Subdomain Policy Agenda
/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/FI...Subdomain Agenda de Políticas
/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BI...Subdomain H. R. 7355: Early Childhood Workforce Advancement Act
/en/what-you-should-know-about...Subdomain Congress Finally Passed 2024 Appropriations. What’s in it for Child Care?
/en/how-congress-funds-the-gov...Subdomain How Congress Funds the Government: What You Should Know About Appropriations
/en/parents-and-families/Subdomain Parents & Families
/en/parents-and-families/Subdomain Text duplicate Parents & Families
/en/high-school-pathways/Subdomain High School Students
/en/blog/Subdomain Text duplicate Council Blog
/en/community/ece-stories/Subdomain ECE Stories
/en/community/Subdomain Our Community
/en/community/Subdomain Text duplicate Our Community
https://councilcan.org/External Council Alumni Network (CAN)
/en/cda-advisory-committee/Subdomain CDA Advisory Committee
/en/community/reimagining-the-...Subdomain Reimagining the Child Development Associate® (CDA) Credential™ Process
/en/we-are-here-for-you/Subdomain We’re Here for You
/en/community/ece-stories/Subdomain Text duplicate ECE Stories
/en/community/feasibility-study/Subdomain Feasibility Study
/en/cdas-are-key-to-stemming-c...Subdomain CDAs are Key to Stemming COVID-Related Learning Loss
/en/working-together-for-equit...Subdomain Working Together for Equity in Education for America’s Youngest Learners
/en/the-role-cdas-play-in-read...Subdomain The Role CDAs Play in Reading Success
/storage/documents/Media_Room/...New window Subdomain Hailing Our Heroes of Child Care
/en/annual-conference/Subdomain Annual Conference
/en/annual-conference/Subdomain Early Educators Leadership Conference (EELC)
https://cvent.me/3e21Y9External Register Now
https://web.cvent.com/event/58...External Subdomain Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/f...External Subdomain 2025 EELC Call for Proposals
/en/annual-conference/Subdomain Text duplicate Early Educators Leadership Conference (EELC)
https://cvent.me/3e21Y9External Text duplicate Register Now
/en/community/Subdomain Community
/en/community/council-alumni-n...Subdomain Text duplicate Council Alumni Network (CAN)
/en/community/ece-stories/Subdomain Text duplicate ECE Stories
/en/educator-pathways/Subdomain Earn the CDA® Credential
/en/cda-renewal-amnesty-progra...Subdomain Make Your Expired CDA® Active Again
/en/annual-conference/Subdomain Register to Attend the Early Educators Leadership Conference (EELC)
https://yourcouncil.org/cfprss...External Visit the Council Store
/en/celebrating-50-years-of-th...Subdomain LEARN MORE
/en/2025-pricing-update/New window Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Click here
A-TITLE https://www.cdacouncil.org/en/2025-pricing-update/#general-price-increase-faqs711a-49cf
/educator-pathways/Educator
/educator-pathways/Text duplicate LEARN MORE
A-TITLE I am an Educator
/high-school-pathways/High School Student
A-TITLE I am a High School Student
/high-school-pathways/Text duplicate LEARN MORE
A-TITLE I am an High School Student
/advanced-career-pathways/Specialist
A-TITLE I am a Specialist
/advanced-career-pathways/Text duplicate LEARN MORE
A-TITLE I am a Specialist
/partnering-organizations/Partner
A-TITLE I am a Partner
/partnering-organizations/Text duplicate LEARN MORE
A-TITLE I am a Partner
https://cdacouncil.org/parents/Parent / Guardian
A-TITLE I am a Parent
/en/parents-and-families/Text duplicate LEARN MORE
A-TITLE I am a Parent
https://cdacouncil.org/community/Community Member
A-TITLE I am a Community Member
/community/Text duplicate LEARN MORE
A-TITLE I am a Community Member
/en/spotlight-eelc-scholarship...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en/the-birth-to-five-credenti...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en/announcing-the-child-devel...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en/nurturing-classroom-heroes...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en/honoring-resilience-celebr...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en/press-release/statement-fr...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en/national-child-abuse-preve...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en/special-interview-with-dr-...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en/celebrating-the-council-fo...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/en/celebrating-50-years-of-th...Subdomain Text duplicate LEARN MORE
A-TITLE Our History
/community/ece-stories/Text duplicate LEARN MORE
A-TITLE Our History
/en/press-release/council-for-...New window Subdomain Text duplicate LEARN MORE
A-TITLE Our History
https://yourcouncil.org/New window External YOURCOUNCIL LOGIN
/pds-community/New window Subdomain PDS COMMUNITY
A-TITLE PDS Resources
https://yourcouncil.org/cfprss...New window External STORE
/en/about/careers-with-the-cou...Subdomain Careers with the Council
/en/about/events/Subdomain Events
/en/about/learn-about-the-cda/Subdomain Learn about the CDA
/en/we-are-here-for-you/Subdomain COVID-19 Support
/en/media-room/Subdomain Text duplicate Media Room
/en/media-room/?_resources___p...Subdomain Press Releases
/en/glossary/Subdomain Glossary
/en/find-cda-scholarships/Subdomain Text duplicate Find CDA Scholarships
https://yourcouncil.org/External Text duplicate Find a PD Specialist
https://home.pearsonvue.com/cd...External Subdomain Text duplicate Find a CDA Test Site
/en/ece-organizations/Subdomain Text duplicate Find ECE Organizations
/en/resource-library/?_resourc...Subdomain Webinars and Tutorials
/en/faqs/Subdomain Frequently Asked Questions
/en/blog/Subdomain Blog
/educator-pathways/Subdomain Anchor Child Development Associate Credential (CDA)
/educator-pathways/military/Subdomain Military School-Age Credential (MSA)
/en/partnering-organizations/Subdomain Partner with the Council
/en/renew-cda/Subdomain Text duplicate Renew CDA
/en/renew-msa/Subdomain Renew MSA
https://www.facebook.com/cdaco...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://instagram.com/cdacounc...New window Nofollow External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/T...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@cdacou...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
/privacy-policy/New window Subdomain Privacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cdacouncil.org/en/"
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 very slow (12.88 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 34 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 39 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (778 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 205 referring domains.
This page has 502 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 187 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /en/business_card/
Disallow: /es/business_card/
Disallow: /en/cda-certificate-lookup/
Disallow: /es/cda-certificate-lookup/

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