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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
67% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
68% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
9% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.24 s
File size
37.80 kB
Words
546
Media files
31
Number of links
6 internal / 37 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Virginia CommonHelp
The page title is too short. (195 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
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: es
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The given language en does not conform with the detected language es.
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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 (ISO-8859-1) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The Doctype markup is not in the first line of your HTML document. There must be no white spaces before the doctype markup.
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
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X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 546 words. That's ok.
21.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
8 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 11.94 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (12). We recommend using a maximum of 11 tags for this page.
Some tags are too long. With 118 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"obtenga m?s informaci?n sobre c?mo presentar su solicitud para snap (programa de asistencia nutriciona..."
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
/access/PA/icons/back-to-top.pngBack to top link
.../PA/images/CommonHelp-logo_recreated.pngCommonHelp Logo
/access/PA/images/health_icon.pngHealth Care Benefits
/access/PA/images/health_icon.pngHealth Care Benefits
/access/PA/images/apply_icon.pngApply for Benefits
/access/PA/images/apply_icon.pngApply for Benefits
/access/PA/images/espanol_icon.pngView Spanish Translation
/access/PA/images/espanol_icon.pngView Spanish Translation
/access/PA/icons/eligibility_icon.pngQuestion Mark Icon
/access/PA/icons/renew_icon.pngRenew Benefits Icon
/access/PA/icons/check_icon.pngCheck Benefits Status Icon
/access/PA/icons/changes_icon.pngReport Changes Icon
/access/PA/icons/office_icon.pngFind Local Offices Icon
/access/PA/icons/job_icon.pngFind a Job Icon
/access/PA/logos/consumer_gov.pngConsumer Gov Logo
/access/PA/logos/ebt.pngConnect EBT Logo
/access/PA/logos/VHCF-logo_DIY.pngVirginia Health Care Foundation Logo
/access/PA/logos/voter_registration_DIY.pngVoter Registration Logo
/access/PA/logos/211_virginia_logo.png211 Virginia Logo
/access/PA/logos/vdss_logo.pngVirginia Department of Social Services Logo
/access/PA/logos/dars_logo.pngVirginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitation Services Logo
...ess/PA/logos/dmas-logo-grayscale_DIY.pngVirginia Department of Medical Service Assistance Logo
/access/PA/logos/dbhds_logo_DIY.pngVirginia Department of Behavioral Health & Development Services Logo
/access/PA/logos/dhcd_logo.svgVirginia Department of Housing and Community Development Logo
...logos/social_security_logo_DIY_216px.pngSocial Security Administration Logo
/access/PA/logos/vdh_logo_DIY.pngVirginia Department of Health Logo
/access/PA/logos/usda_logo_DIY_216px.pngUS Department of Agriculture Logo
/access/PA/logos/vdss-logo-white.pngVirginia Department of Social Services Logo
...gov/family_first/assets/img/facebook.pngFacebook Icon
....gov/family_first/assets/img/twitter.pngTwitter Icon
....gov/family_first/assets/img/youtube.pngYoutube Icon

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Bienvenido a CommonHelp
The H1 heading is perfect.
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 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 Bienvenido a CommonHelp
H2 Una gu?a para explorar y solicitar ayuda
H2 Solicite Beneficios de salud
H2 Haga clic aqu? para solicitar:
H2 Solicite Todos los programas de beneficios
H2 Haga clic aqu? para solicitar: Duplicate text
H2 Speak English
H2 Click here for:
H2 ?Desea revisar su elegibilidad?
H2 Renovar beneficios
H2 Consultar beneficios
H2 Informar cambios
H2 Encontrar una oficina local
H2 Encontrar un empleo
H2 Recursos Relacionados
H2 Acerca de los beneficios
H2 Agencias estatales y federales
H4 Servicios de cuidado infantil
H4 Ayuda con los gastos de energ?a (combustible, desabastecimiento de combustible o enfriamiento)
H4 Asistencia alimentaria (SNAP)
H4 Subsidio auxiliar
H4 Cobertura de salud (familias y ni?os)
H4 Asistencia de dinero en efectivo temporal para familias con ni?os menores (Asistencia Temporal para Familias Necesitadas [TANF])
H4 Percentage of Income Payment Program (PIPP)
H4 Cobertura de salud (Otra)
H4 ?Bienvenido a CommonHelp!
H4 Recursos para aquellas personas nuevas en CommonHelp
H5 © 2020 Departamento de Servicios Sociales de Virginia | Pol?tica de privacidad Virginia Department of Social Services Logo
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.
There are too few (6) internal links on this page.
Every linktext is unique.
There are too many external links (37) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Subdomain IMG-ALT CommonHelp Logo
https://commonhelp.virginia.gov/Anchor Comenzar
https://commonhelp.virginia.gov/Anchor Obtener m?s informaci?n
https://commonhelp.dss.virgini...External Subdomain Solicite Beneficios de salud Haga clic aqu? para solicitar: cobertura de salud ?Necesita ayuda para completar esta solicitud? CoverVA: (855) 242-8282
IMG-ALT Health Care Benefits
https://commonhelp.dss.virgini...External Subdomain Solicite Todos los programas de beneficios Haga clic aqu? para solicitar: asistencia alimentaria asistencia de cuidado infantil asistencia de calefacci?n y r...
IMG-ALT Apply for Benefits
/access/accessController?PAGE_...?Desea revisar su elegibilidad? Responder preguntas breves y recibir informaci?n sobre su elegibilidad para obtener beneficios
IMG-ALT Question Mark Icon
https://commonhelp.dss.virgini...External Subdomain Renovar beneficios Enviar una solicitud para continuar/renovar beneficios
IMG-ALT Renew Benefits Icon
https://commonhelp.dss.virgini...External Subdomain Consultar beneficios Consultar el estado de una solicitud u obtener informaci?n sobre un caso
IMG-ALT Check Benefits Status Icon
https://commonhelp.dss.virgini...External Subdomain Informar cambios Actualizar o comunicar informaci?n sobre un hogar
IMG-ALT Report Changes Icon
/access/accessController?PAGE_...Encontrar una oficina local Proporcionar una direcci?n para encontrar la oficina local m?s cercana
IMG-ALT Find Local Offices Icon
https://www.vawc.virginia.gov/...New window External Subdomain Encontrar un empleo Recibir referencias de trabajo y colocaci?n, referencias a capacitaciones y asistencia con el desarrollo de habilidades para la b?squeda ...
IMG-ALT Find a Job Icon
https://www.consumer.gov/secti...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Consumer Gov Logo
https://www.connectebt.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Connect EBT Logo
https://www.vhcf.org/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Virginia Health Care Foundation Logo
https://vote.elections.virgini...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Voter Registration Logo
https://211virginia.org/consum...New window External IMG-ALT 211 Virginia Logo
https://www.childcare.virginia...New window External Subdomain Servicios de cuidado infantil
http://www.dss.virginia.gov/be...New window External Subdomain Ayuda con los gastos de energ?a (combustible, desabastecimiento de combustible o enfriamiento)
http://www.dss.virginia.gov/be...New window External Subdomain Asistencia alimentaria (SNAP)
https://www.connectebt.com/External Subdomain EBT
https://www.dss.virginia.gov/b...New window External Subdomain Obtenga m?s informaci?n sobre c?mo presentar su solicitud para SNAP (Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria)
http://www.dss.virginia.gov/fa...New window External Subdomain Subsidio auxiliar
http://www.coverva.org/New window External Subdomain Cobertura de salud (familias y ni?os)
http://www.dss.virginia.gov/be...New window External Subdomain Asistencia de dinero en efectivo temporal para familias con ni?os menores (Asistencia Temporal para Familias Necesitadas [TANF])
https://www.dss.virginia.gov/b...New window External Subdomain Percentage of Income Payment Program (PIPP)
http://www.dss.virginia.gov/be...New window External Subdomain Cobertura de salud (Otra)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...New window External Subdomain C?mo solicitar asistencia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...New window External Subdomain C?mo usar CommonHelp despu?s de solicitarlo
/access/PA/PDF/VA_CommonHelp_Q...New window Gu?a r?pida de CommonHelp
https://www.dss.virginia.gov/c...New window External Subdomain Obtenga m?s informaci?n sobre CommonHelp
https://www.dss.virginia.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Virginia Department of Social Services Logo
https://www.vadars.org/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitation Services Logo
https://www.dmas.virginia.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Virginia Department of Medical Service Assistance Logo
https://dbhds.virginia.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Virginia Department of Behavioral Health & Development Services Logo
https://www.dhcd.virginia.gov/...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development Logo
https://www.ssa.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Social Security Administration Logo
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Virginia Department of Health Logo
https://www.usda.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT US Department of Agriculture Logo
https://dss.virginia.gov/New window External Subdomain Departamento de Servicios Sociales de Virginia
A-TITLE Departamento de Servicios Sociales de Virginia
https://www.dss.virginia.gov/a...New window External Subdomain Pol?tica de privacidad
A-TITLE Pol?tica de privacidad
https://www.facebook.com/VDSSGOVNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook Icon
https://twitter.com/VDSSNew window External IMG-ALT Twitter Icon
http://www.youtube.com/user/vi...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Youtube Icon

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://commonhelp.virginia.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 (1.24 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 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (38 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 07 Aug 2025 07:13:46 GMT
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
pragmano-cache
expiresThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache=set-cookie
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
content-typetext/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
content-languageen-US
strict-transport-securitymax-age=16070400; includeSubDomains; preload
set-cookie74 Characters
connectionclose
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 333 referring domains.
This page has 1,036 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 206 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

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Virginia65%Check
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de salud48%Check
de beneficios48%Check
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