Gao.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
95% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
72% 
Server
75% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.94 s
File size
120.60 kB
Words
1027
Media files
42
Number of links
76 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
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U.S. Government Accountability Office (U.S. GAO)
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
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GAO provides fact-based, nonpartisan information to Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO investigates federal spending and performance.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (990 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.gao.gov/
There is a valid canonical link 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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
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The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
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Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

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Content
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The average number of words per sentence of 8.65 words is low.
This page contains 1027 words. That's ok.
23.1% 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.
6 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.
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Mobile optimization
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No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 21 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
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This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
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No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

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H1 heading
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Headings
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Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 38 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

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H2 GAO Issues Revisions to the "Green Book"
H2 The Latest Improper Payments Estimate: $162 Billion in FY24
H2 2025 High Risk List Saves Billions and Improves Government Efficiency and Effectiveness
H2 America’s Fiscal Health at Risk Without Immediate Action
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H2 Legal Decisions
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H2 Video URL
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H3 Comparative Effectiveness Research: HHS Should Evaluate Its Performance of Related Activities
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H3 Veterans Affairs: Leading Practices Can Help Achieve IT Reform Goals
H3 In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing: Benefits, Challenges, and Policy Options
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H3 How VA and DOD Are Working Together to Improve Health Care Access
H3 Are Efforts to Reduce Emissions through Road Projects Working, Cost Effective?
H3 Vital Suicide Prevention Effort Must Improve to Meet Veterans’ Needs
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There are 5 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 7 external links on this page.
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HTTP redirects
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The page response time of 0.94 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (121 kB).

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This page has backlinks from 2,321 referring domains.
This page has 6,390 backlinks.
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