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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
65% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
82% 
External factors
12% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.77 s
File size
56.80 kB
Words
417
Media files
13
Number of links
43 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Commerce Research Library - Home - Commerce Research Library at U.S. Department of Commerce
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 982 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
Home page of the Commerce Research Library website. The Commerce Research Library is a federal library serving the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (942 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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: 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)
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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DescriptionHome page of the Commerce Research Library website. The Commerce Research Library is a federal library serving the U.S. Department of Commerce.
DC.TitleCommerce Research Library: Commerce Research Library - Home: Home
DC.CreatorKelli Peterson
DC.SubjectEmpty
DC.DescriptionHome page of the Commerce Research Library. The Commerce Research Library is a federal library serving the U.S. Department of Commerce.
DC.PublishersU.S. Department of Commerce
DC.RightsCopyright U.S. Department of Commerce 2025
DC.Languageen
DC.Identifierhttps://library.doc.gov/c.php?g=462933&p=3164318
DC.Date.CreatedMar 1, 2016
DC.Date.ModifiedJul 9, 2025
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 417 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
25.7% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 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 10.16 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 131 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"d&b investigate is available to commerce hq staff and all bea, ita, and oig staff. to sign in, use you..."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...accounts/105532/images/us_flag_small.pngU.S. Flag
/ld.php?content_id=62581198No alt attribute provided
/ld.php?content_id=62581222No alt attribute provided
...nt.net/sites/160/include/search_icon.svgsearch
...nt.net/sites/160/include/Com_text_v3.svghome /
...mers/152/images/EBOOK_CENTRAL_2.2@2x.pngThe New Ebook Central App is Here - Download today to get started.
...store/black/en-us?releaseDate=1481500800Download on the App Store
...mons/7/78/Google_Play_Store_badge_EN.svgDownload on the Google Play Store
...customers/152/images/WaPo_on_Westlaw.pngWashington Post on Westlaw! Stay up to date with Washington Post on Westlaw.
...52/images/Monthly_Booklist_July_2025.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../152/images/Slide_NA_Investigate2@3x.pngNo alt attribute provided
...t.net/sites/160/include/footer_logo2.svgCommerce Research Library Logo
....com/accounts/105532/images/doc_logo.pngDOC logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Commerce Research Library - Home: Home
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Commerce Research Library - Home: Home
H2 Library Programs
H2 Recent Recordings
H2 Library News
H3 New Books!
H3 D&B Investigate - Now Available!
H4 Contact Info
H4 Hours
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 22 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://library.doc.gov/homeAnchor Skip to Main Content
https://search.library.doc.gov/External Subdomain Library Search
https://library.doc.gov/homeAnchor IMG-ALT search
https://library.doc.gov/homeIMG-ALT home /
/research/databases-a-to-zDatabases A-Z
/Database-AccessDatabase Troubleshooting
/bloomberg/using-the-bloomberg...Bloomberg Terminal Guide
/research/guidesResearch Guides
https://library.doc.gov/companyCompany & Industry Research
https://library.doc.gov/govlegalGovernment & Legal
/tradeguideInternational Trade
https://library.doc.gov/news/newsNews
https://library.doc.gov/LitSearchLiterature Search
/SupplychainSupply Chain Research
https://library.doc.gov/NewBooksBooks of the Month
/books-and-collections/booklistsBook Lists by Topic
/CollectionDiscoveryExplore Collections
/digital-exhibitsDigital Exhibits
/eBookSearchSubdomain Search Ebooks
/ebookguideeBook User Guides
https://calendar.library.doc.g...External Subdomain Upcoming Library Programs
/programs/past-programsPast Library Programs
/programs/request-trainingRequest Training
/programs/WebinarFAQsWebinar FAQs
/books-and-collections/request...Request a Book or Article
/AccountRequestSubdomain Request Library Account
/research/request-research-ass...Request Research Assistance
/programs/request-trainingText duplicate Request Training
/bloomberg/using-the-bloomberg...Reserve Bloomberg Terminal
/reading-room-eventsReserve the Library
/about-us/contactAbout the Library
https://commerce.libanswers.com/External Subdomain FAQs
https://library.doc.gov/homeAnchor Books + Articles
https://library.doc.gov/homeAnchor This Site
https://library.doc.gov/Subdomain Home
https://library.doc.gov/Subdomain Commerce Research Library
/?group_id=9414Subdomain Home Page Group
https://library.doc.gov/homeSubdomain Commerce Research Library - Home
https://library.doc.gov/az.phpDATABASES A-Z
A-TITLE Databases A-Z
/AccountRequestSubdomain REQUEST ACCOUNT
A-TITLE Request Account
https://calendar.library.doc.g...New window External Subdomain RESERVE BLOOMBERG
A-TITLE Reserve Bloomberg
https://calendar.library.doc.g...New window External Subdomain RESERVE LIBRARY
A-TITLE Reserve Library
https://calendar.library.doc.g...External Subdomain See the full list
/ebookguide/PQeBooksSubdomain IMG-ALT The New Ebook Central App is Here - Download today to get started.
/ebookguide/PQeBooksSubdomain Ebook Central user guide
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Download on the App Store
https://play.google.com/store/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Download on the Google Play Store
/WestlawWaPoSubdomain read the Washington Post on Westlaw
/AccountRequestSubdomain please request one
https://search.library.doc.gov...External Subdomain No Text
https://search.library.doc.gov...External Subdomain New Books!
/investigateSubdomain No Text
/investigateSubdomain D&B Investigate - Now Available!
https://commerce.libapps.com/l...External Subdomain Librarian Login
https://maps.app.goo.gl/mDxhrZ...External Subdomain Directions
https://www.commerce.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT DOC logo
https://www.commerce.gov/New window External Subdomain U.S. Department of Commerce
https://www.commerce.gov/aboutNew window External Subdomain About DOC
https://www.commerce.gov/about...New window External Subdomain Accessibility statement
https://www.commerce.gov/opog/...New window External Subdomain FOIA requests
https://www.commerce.gov/cr/re...New window External Subdomain No FEAR Act data
https://www.oig.doc.gov/New window External Subdomain Office of Inspector General
https://www.commerce.gov/about...New window External Subdomain Performance reports
https://www.commerce.gov/about...New window External Subdomain Privacy policy
https://www.usa.gov/New window External Subdomain Visit USA.gov

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://library.doc.gov/home"
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 of 0.77 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 (57 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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servernginx
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External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 4 referring domains.
This page only has 8 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 4 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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User-agent: *
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    Disallow: /az/databases?
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    Disallow: /friendly.php
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