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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
73% 
Page quality
68% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
82% 
Server
82% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.77 s
File size
93.90 kB
Words
675
Media files
31
Number of links
41 internal / 33 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Maryland State Department of Education
The length of the page title is perfect. (362 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
http://marylandpublicschools.org/Pages/Default.aspx
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: Canada
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 27.3 words is high.
This page contains 675 words. That's ok.
22.7% 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.
5 paragraphs were found on this page.
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)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
6 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
/PublishingImages/MSDE-Header-Logo.svgLogo linking to the Maryland State Department of Education Home Page
/SiteCollectionImages/parallax.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...lishingImages/Homepage/diamond-cross.pngNo alt attribute provided
...shingImages/Homepage/diamonds-header.pngNo alt attribute provided
...gImages/Homepage/StrategicPlanSurvey.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/PublishingImages/Homepage/farm-bg-2024.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/PublishingImages/MSDE-Footer-Logo.svgNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Committed to a transformative path forward in support of every Maryland student
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Committed to a transformative path forward in support of every Maryland student
H2 Maryland Transforms: The Strategic Plan
H2 IMPORTANT RESOURCES
H2 ​PRESS RELEASES
H2 Facebook
H2 ​Recent Reports
H2 Student Assessments
H2 Did You Know?
H2 Have a question? Comment? Let us know!
H2 ​Maryland State Department of Education
H2 Resources
H2 Quick Links
H2 Connect with us!
H2 Select Language
H3 Dr. Joshua Michael, Dr. Monica Goldson Re-Elected to Lead State Board of Education
H3 Maryland State Board of Education to Meet July 29-30
H3 Maryland State Board of Education to Meet Tuesday, June 24
H3 10 Maryland Public HS Students Named Semifinalists in U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
H3 Final Report: Maryland College and Career Readiness Empirical Study
H3 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program
H3 MSDE Awards $4M to Schools for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program
H4 Students & Families
H4 Educators
H4 Community Partners
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (33) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Pages/Default.aspxAnchor Skip to Main Content
/Return to the Maryland State Department of Education Home
IMG-ALT Logo linking to the Maryland State Department of Education Home Page
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe to Newsletters
/programs/Pages/Operations/OHR...Employment Opportunities
/about/Pages/default.aspxAbout Us
https://strategicplan.maryland...External Subdomain Strategic Plan
https://blueprint.marylandpubl...External Subdomain The Blueprint
/programs/Pages/default.aspxOffices / Divisions
/stateboard/Pages/default.aspxState Board
https://news.maryland.gov/msde/External Subdomain News
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Subscribe to Newsletters
/programs/Pages/Operations/OHR...Text duplicate Employment Opportunities
/about/Pages/School-Systems/in...Local School Systems
/Pages/advisorycouncils/adviso...Advisory Councils
https://earlychildhood.marylan...External Subdomain Apply for Child Care Scholarships
/programs/Pages/Superintendent...Public Information Act Requests
/about/Pages/DEE/Certification...Apply or Renew Certification
/about/Pages/DEE/NationalBoard...National Board Certification
https://news.maryland.gov/msde...External Subdomain Contact Us
/about/Pages/default.aspxLEARN MORE
/about/Pages/School-Systems/in...Text duplicate Local School Systems
https://earlychildhood.marylan...External Subdomain Text duplicate Apply for Child Care Scholarships
/about/Pages/DSFSS/immigration...Immigration and Schools
/programs/Pages/Special-Educat...Special Education Services
/about/Pages/DEE/Certification...Text duplicate Apply or Renew Certification
https://teach.maryland.gov/Pag...External Subdomain Become a Maryland Teacher
https://blueprint.marylandpubl...External Subdomain Text duplicate National Board Certification
https://earlychildhood.marylan...External Subdomain Become a Child Care Provider
/about/Pages/DSFSS/Community-S...Community Schools
/about/Pages/OFPOS/GAC/GrantPr...Grant Opportunities
/stateboard/Pages/PublicCommen...Public Comments at State Board Meetings
/programs/Pages/Superintendent...Public Information Act Request
https://strategicplan.maryland...External Subdomain Text duplicate LEARN MORE
/about/Pages/School-Systems/Op...2025-26 School Calendars
/programs/Pages/Operations/OHR...Text duplicate Employment Opportunities
/about/Pages/OFPOS/GAC/GrantPr...Text duplicate Grant Opportunities
/about/Pages/DSFSS/SSSP/index....Student Support Services
/stateboard/Pages/Meetings-202...State Board Meetings
/about/Pages/OFPOS/ESSER/index...Financial Transparency
/about/Pages/ARP-ESSER/index.aspxARP ESSER State Fund
https://news.maryland.gov/msde...External Subdomain Dr. Joshua Michael, Dr. Monica Goldson Re-Elected to Lead State Board of Education
https://news.maryland.gov/msde...External Subdomain Maryland State Board of Education to Meet July 29-30
https://news.maryland.gov/msde...External Subdomain Maryland State Board of Education to Meet Tuesday, June 24
https://news.maryland.gov/msde...External Subdomain 10 Maryland Public HS Students Named Semifinalists in U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
https://news.maryland.gov/msde/External Subdomain View all
https://www.facebook.com/MdPub...External Subdomain Maryland State Department of Education
https://blueprint.marylandpubl...External Subdomain View the Report
https://news.maryland.gov/msde...External Subdomain Learn more
https://dhs.maryland.gov/sunbu...External Subdomain Learn More
https://news.maryland.gov/msde...External Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/marylandpublicschools.org
/about/Documents/ARP-ESSER/ARP...ARP ESSER State Plan
https://reportcard.msde.maryla...External Subdomain Maryland School Report Card
/about/Pages/OFPOS/GAC/GrantPr...Text duplicate Grant Opportunities
/stateboard/Pages/Meetings-202...Text duplicate State Board Meetings
/about/Pages/Regulations/index...Regulations
/programs/Pages/Operations/OHR...Text duplicate Employment Opportunities
/about/Pages/School-Systems/in...Local Education Agencies
https://earlychildhood.marylan...External Subdomain Text duplicate Apply for Child Care Scholarships
/programs/Pages/Superintendent...Text duplicate Public Information Act Request
/about/Pages/DEE/Certification...Text duplicate Apply or Renew Certification
https://blueprint.marylandpubl...External Subdomain Text duplicate National Board Certification
/about/Pages/fraud.aspxFraud Reporting Hotline
http://twitter.com/MdPublicSch...External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
http://www.facebook.com/MdPubl...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/mdpu...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/@msdet...External Subdomain No Text
https://news.maryland.gov/msde...External Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://oit.msde.maryland.gov/...External Subdomain Privacy
/Pages/Accessibility.aspxAccessibility
https://www.maryland.gov/pages...External Subdomain Terms of Use
/about/Pages/NonDiscrimination...Non-Discrimination Statement
/about/Pages/education-nondisc...Non-Discrimination in Education

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://marylandpublicschools.org/Pages/Default.aspx"
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 (94 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 39 referring domains.
This page has 100 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 37 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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