Legislature.maine.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
47% 
Page structure
20% 
Link structure
52% 
Server
58% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.69 s
File size
34.50 kB
Words
612
Media files
17
Number of links
133 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Maine State Legislature
The length of the page title is perfect. (211 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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
(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
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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
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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)
The average number of words per sentence of 116 words is high.
This page contains 612 words. That's ok.
16.3% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 tags for this page.
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
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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.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
/images/menu-close-black.pngClose Menu
/images/menu-open.pngOpen Menu
/images/logo.pngMaine State Legislature
/images/logo.pngMaine State Legislature
/images/arrow-round.pngGo to Story
/images/arrow-round.pngGo to Story
/images/arrow-round.pngGo to Story
/images/arrow-round.pngGo to Story
/images/see-all-news.pngSee All News
/images/senatex.jpgSenate
/images/icons/video.pngSenate Video
/images/events-calendar.jpgLegislative Committees
/images/icons/audio.pngCommittee Audio, Video Streams
/images/house.jpgHouse
/images/icons/video.pngHouse Video
/images/icon-people.pngPeople
/images/envelope-36x32.pngEnvelope icon

Page structure

H1 heading
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Welcome to the Maine Legislature
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to the Maine Legislature
H1 Publications & Resources
H1 Maine Government
H1 Visit the State House
H1 Email
H3 Popular Items
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 16 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/senate/Senate ˇ
/senate/Senate Home
/senate/office-of-the-presiden...Senate President
/Audio/Live Senate Video
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http://www.mainesenate.org/External Subdomain Senate Democrats
https://mesenategop.com/External Senate Republicans
/house/House ˇ
/house/House Home
/house/spk_main.htmSpeaker of the House
/Audio/Live House Video
A-TITLE Live Video from the House Chamber
/housedems/House Democrats
http://mainehousegop.org/External House Republicans
/house-independents/house-inde...House Independents
/execdirLegislative Offices ˇ
/execdir/legislative-council/9071Legislative Council
/execdir/Office of the Executive Director
/ros/Office of the Revisor of Statutes
/lio/Legislative Information Office
/opla/Office of Policy and Legal Analysis
/ofpr/Office of Fiscal and Program Review
/lawlibrary/Law and Legislative Reference Library
/opega/Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability
/Calendar/Calendar
/committee/Committees ˇ
/committee/Legislative Committees
https://www.mainelegislature.o...External Subdomain Testimony Submission
/senate/legislative-committees/Senate Committees
/house/hcomlist.htmHouse Committees
/Calendar/Committee Hearings & Work Sessions
/documents/Documents ˇ
/LawMakerWeb/search.aspSubdomain Bill Status Search
/bills/default_ps.asp?PID=1456...Subdomain Bill Text & Tracking Search
/opla/current-study-informatio...Subdomain Legislative Studies
/documents/Document Database Search
/general/9122Additional Books and Documents
/senate/senators-resource-page...Senate Resources
/statutes/Maine Revised Statutes
/legis/lawlib/lldl/lldlhome.htmLaw and Legislative Digital Library
/ofpr/9599Appropriations Cmte. Materials
/execdir/legislative-council-m...Leg. Council Schedule Info
/9686Member Resources
/hr-resourcesEmployee Resources
/apportionmentApportionment Commission
/contactContact Us ˇ
https://www.mainelegislature.o...External Subdomain Text duplicate Testimony Submission
/contactContact Form
/execdir/job-opportunities/9281Job Opportunities
/general/About the Legislature
https://legislature.maine.gov/IMG-ALT Maine State Legislature
https://legislature.maine.gov/Text duplicate Home
/senate/Text duplicate Senate ˇ
/senate/Text duplicate Senate Home
/senate/office-of-the-presiden...Text duplicate Senate President
/Audio/Text duplicate Live Senate Video
A-TITLE Live Video from the Senate Chamber
http://www.mainesenate.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Senate Democrats
https://mesenategop.com/External Text duplicate Senate Republicans
/house/Text duplicate House ˇ
/house/Text duplicate House Home
/house/spk_main.htmText duplicate Speaker of the House
/Audio/Text duplicate Live House Video
A-TITLE Live Video from the House Chamber
/housedems/Text duplicate House Democrats
http://mainehousegop.org/External Text duplicate House Republicans
/house-independents/house-inde...Text duplicate House Independents
/execdirText duplicate Legislative Offices ˇ
/execdir/legislative-council/9071Text duplicate Legislative Council
/execdir/Text duplicate Office of the Executive Director
/ros/Text duplicate Office of the Revisor of Statutes
/lio/Text duplicate Legislative Information Office
/opla/Text duplicate Office of Policy and Legal Analysis
/ofpr/Text duplicate Office of Fiscal and Program Review
/lawlibrary/Text duplicate Law and Legislative Reference Library
/opega/Text duplicate Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability
/Calendar/Text duplicate Calendar
/committee/Text duplicate Committees ˇ
/committee/Text duplicate Legislative Committees
https://www.mainelegislature.o...External Subdomain Text duplicate Testimony Submission
/senate/legislative-committees/Text duplicate Senate Committees
/house/hcomlist.htmText duplicate House Committees
/Calendar/Text duplicate Committee Hearings & Work Sessions
/documents/Text duplicate Documents ˇ
/LawMakerWeb/search.aspSubdomain Text duplicate Bill Status Search
/bills/default_ps.asp?PID=1456...Subdomain Text duplicate Bill Text & Tracking Search
/opla/current-study-informatio...Subdomain Text duplicate Legislative Studies
/documents/Text duplicate Document Database Search
/general/9122Text duplicate Additional Books and Documents
/senate/senators-resource-page...Text duplicate Senate Resources
/statutes/Text duplicate Maine Revised Statutes
/legis/lawlib/lldl/lldlhome.htmText duplicate Law and Legislative Digital Library
/ofpr/9599Text duplicate Appropriations Cmte. Materials
/execdir/legislative-council-m...Text duplicate Leg. Council Schedule Info
/9686Text duplicate Member Resources
/hr-resourcesText duplicate Employee Resources
/apportionmentText duplicate Apportionment Commission
/contactText duplicate Contact Us ˇ
https://www.mainelegislature.o...External Subdomain Text duplicate Testimony Submission
/contactText duplicate Contact Form
/execdir/job-opportunities/9281Text duplicate Job Opportunities
/general/Text duplicate About the Legislature
https://legislature.maine.gov/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Maine State Legislature
https://legislature.maine.gov/rosros
/news/492/budget-amendment-tex...Budget Amendment Text - LD 210
/news/492/budget-amendment-tex...IMG-ALT Go to Story
/ofprofpr
/news/478/revenue-forecasting-...Revenue Forecasting May 2025
/news/478/revenue-forecasting-...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Go to Story
/oplaopla
/news/481/2023-interim-studioes2024 Interim Studies
/news/481/2023-interim-studioesText duplicate IMG-ALT Go to Story
/generalgeneral
/news/447/maine-legislatures-y...Maine Legislature - Streaming Archive
/news/447/maine-legislatures-y...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Go to Story
/newsIMG-ALT See All News
/senate/IMG-ALT Senate
/senate/Text duplicate Senate Home
/Audio/Senate Video
IMG-ALT Senate Video
/committee/Committees Live Streams
IMG-ALT Legislative Committees
/committee/Committees
/Audio/Live Streams
IMG-ALT Committee Audio, Video Streams
/house/IMG-ALT House
/house/Text duplicate House Home
/Audio/House Video
IMG-ALT House Video
/mrs-search/billtext.htmlFull Bill Search
/LawMakerWeb/search.aspLegacy Bill Search
/LawMakerWeb/advancedsearch.aspLegacy Advanced Bill Search
/Calendar/Subdomain Anchor Event Calendar
/Audio/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Senate
A-TITLE Senate Video Stream
/Audio/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate House
A-TITLE House Video Stream
/ros/LawsOfMaine/Session Law
/legis/statutes/Statute pages.
/legis/statutes/Statutes
/ros/LawsOfMaine/Maine Session Law
/ros/LawsOfMaine/Constitution
/billtracker/Bill Status
/mrs-search/billtext.htmlBill Text Search
https://lists.legislature.main...External Subdomain Mailing List Service
IMG-ALT Envelope icon
/Calendar/Public Hearings & Work Sessions
/committee/Committee Information
/legis/info/Sponsor Report
/publicrulemaking/Public.aspxRulemaking Notices
/committee/Testimony Display
https://www.mainelegislature.o...External Subdomain Text duplicate Testimony Submission
https://www.maine.gov/External Subdomain Executive
https://www.courts.maine.gov/External Subdomain Judicial
https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/...External Subdomain Agency Rules
https://mainestatemuseum.org/v...External Tour Guide
/lio/special-accommodations/Accessibility
/lio/security-screening/9120Security Screening
/lio/directions-to-the-state-h...Directions & Parking

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://legislature.maine.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 of 0.69 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.
This page loads 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (35 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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