Mva.maryland.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
85% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.19 s
File size
85.30 kB
Words
545
Media files
15
Number of links
31 internal / 40 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
The length of the page title is perfect. (341 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
An official website of the State of Maryland.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (266 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://mva.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx
There is a valid canonical link specified.
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)
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 (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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
descriptionAn official website of the State of Maryland.
robotnoarchive
google-site-verificationgNmJxoRoA2KoIJPAgQHkiyVcGTHQZ78wuFttitKGlF8
msvalidate.01DC82C0A3FC3A7277E85B6AC7346D802D
langen-us
og:url/Pages/default.aspx
og:typewebsite
og:image/Style Library/egov/img/logo.png
og:image:altMVA Logo
og:site_nameMVA
ExpiresEmpty
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 28.09 words is high.
This page contains 545 words. That's ok.
30.5% 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.
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.
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, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
The amount of tags is very high (14). We recommend using a maximum of 11 tags for this page.
Some tags are too long. With 124 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"spam alert: the maryland mva will never ask you to disclose any personal information including ssn or ..."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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
...ntTookit/egov/img/favicon.ico?v=1&rev=43No alt attribute provided
/Style%20Library/egov/img/logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...v2/2024-Create-An-Account-Icon-Plain.pngCreate An AccountCreate myMVA Account
...epage-icons/v2/2024-myMVA-Icon-Plain.pngmyMVA Online ServicesmyMVA Online Services
.../2024-Make-An-Appointment-Icon-Plain.pngMake An AppointmentMake An Appointment
...ons/v2/2024-Maryland-Mobile-ID-Plain.pngMaryland Mobile IDMaryland Mobile ID
...v2/2024-Emissions-Testing-Icon-Plain.pngEmissions TestingEmissions Testing
...e-icons/v2/2024-Dashboard-Icon-Plain.pngMVA Data DashboardData Dashboard
/Pictures/MDmobileID_webbanner-01.pngHave you added Maryland Mobile ID to your mobile wallet?
/Pictures/Roadside_800x300.pngWhat To Do During A Roadside Emergency
/Pictures/MD-disparity-study800x300.pngDo You Run A Business In Maryland?
/Pictures/MDOT_Recruitment_800x300.jpgMove Your Future Forward With MDOT
/Pictures/Electronic-Advance-Directives.pngElectronic Advance Directives
...lishingImages/EOM/2025/EOM-June-2025.pngMVA Employee Of The MonthMVA Employee Of The Month
/Style%20Library/egov/img/logo.pngSite Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration
H2 ​​​​​​​​​​​​Save time, visit us online!
H2 Section1-1
H2 How Can We Help You?​
H2 Section1
H2 Image Grid
H2 Latest News​
H2 Section3
H2 ​JUNE EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT​
H2 Our Social Media Channels
H3 Empty heading
H3 Empty heading
H3 Empty heading
H3 Have you added Maryland Mobile ID to your mobile wallet?
H3 What To Do During A Roadside Emergency
H3 Do You Run A Business In Maryland?
H3 Move Your Future Forward With MDOT
H3 Electronic Advance Directives
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (40) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/about-mva/Pages/Premier-Custo...Subdomain Click here for more information and how to report suspicious spam activity.
/Pages/default.aspxAnchor Skip to Content
http://www.maryland.gov/pages/...New window External Subdomain Accessibility Information
/Pages/default.aspxHome
https://mymva.maryland.gov/TAP...External Subdomain Online Services
/locations/Pages/default.aspxLocations
/drivers/Pages/default.aspxDrivers
/vehicles/Pages/default.aspxVehicles
/businesses/Pages/default.aspxBusinesses
/safety/Pages/default.aspxSafety
https://mva.maryland.gov/No Text
https://mva.maryland.gov/Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration
https://www.facebook.com/Maryl...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/md_mva/New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.threads.net/@md_mvaNew window External Subdomain A-TITLE Threads
https://twitter.com/MD_MVA/New window External A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/M...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE YouTube
https://mymva.maryland.gov/TAP...External Subdomain Click Here​​​
https://mymva.maryland.gov/go/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Create An Account
https://mymva.maryland.gov/TAP...External Subdomain IMG-ALT myMVA Online Services
https://mymva.maryland.gov/go/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Make An Appointment
/Pages/MDMobileID.aspxIMG-ALT Maryland Mobile ID
/vehicles/Pages/veip.aspxIMG-ALT Emissions Testing
https://mymva.maryland.gov/TAP...External Subdomain ​Login to My Account
https://mymva.maryland.gov/go/...External Subdomain Change Address​
https://mymva.maryland.gov/go/...External Subdomain Upload Documents
https://mymva.maryland.gov/go/...External Subdomain Pay Fees​
https://mymva.maryland.gov/go/...External Subdomain Update Insurance​
/drivers/Pages/md-drivers-lice...Renew or Get License/ID​
/drivers/Pages/rookie-driver-g...Apply for Learner’s Permit
/Pages/Maryland-Drivers-Manual...Maryland Driver’s Manual
/about-mva/Pages/ocrfp.aspxAccommodations
/online-services/Pages/product...Track a Product​​
/vehicles/Pages/registration/r...Renew Registration
https://mymva.maryland.gov/go/...External Subdomain Pay Vehicle Flags
/vehicles/Pages/registration/t...Title Your Vehicle​
/Pages/license-plate-return.aspxTag Return
/about-mva/Pages/info/27300/27...​Get a Duplicate Title​
/Pages/mdMobileID.aspxNew window Subdomain Have you added Maryland Mobile ID to your mobile wallet? Click here to learn more and get started.
IMG-ALT Have you added Maryland Mobile ID to your mobile wallet?
https://zerodeathsmd.gov/how-y...New window External What To Do During A Roadside Emergency What To Do During A Roadside Emergency
IMG-ALT What To Do During A Roadside Emergency
https://stateofmddisparitystud...New window External Do You Run A Business In Maryland? Learn More...
IMG-ALT Do You Run A Business In Maryland?
https://www.mdot.maryland.gov/...New window External Subdomain Move Your Future Forward With MDOT Learn More...
IMG-ALT Move Your Future Forward With MDOT
https://mhcc.maryland.gov/mhcc...New window External Subdomain Electronic Advance Directives Learn More
IMG-ALT Electronic Advance Directives
/Pages/default.aspxAnchor Previous
/Pages/default.aspxAnchor Next
/Pages/NewsDetails2.aspx?NR=20...Maryland Officials Urge Safe, Sober Driving Ahead of Fourth of July Holiday Weekend
/Pages/NewsDetails2.aspx?NR=20...MVA Offices & VEIP Stations to Close in Observance of Independence Day
/Pages/NewsDetails2.aspx?NR=20...Plan Ahead: Maryland Officials Stress Safe and Sober Driving for July 4th Holiday Weekend
/Pages/mva-newsroom.aspxVisit Our Newsroom
/Pages/default.aspxAnchor JUNE EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT​
https://mymva.maryland.gov/TAP...New window External Subdomain CONTACT US
/about-mva/Pages/info/infoMVA....New window Subdomain FAQ
/Pages/about-mva.aspxNew window Subdomain ABOUT
https://www.facebook.com/Maryl...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/md_mva/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.threads.net/@md_mvaNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Threads
https://twitter.com/MD_MVA/New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/M...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE YouTube
https://plus.google.com/New window External Subdomain Google Plus
https://www.youtube.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
https://www.flickr.com/New window External Subdomain Flickr
https://www.pinterest.com/New window External Subdomain Pinterest
https://www.snapchat.com/New window External Subdomain Snapchat
https://www.linkedin.com/New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.blogger.com/New window External Subdomain Blogger
https://del.icio.us/New window External Subdomain Delicious
https://issuu.com/New window External Issuu
https://slack.com/New window External Slack
https://www.reddit.com/New window External Subdomain Reddit
https://soundcloud.com/New window External SoundCloud
https://public.govdelivery.com/New window External Subdomain GovDelivery

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://mva.maryland.gov/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 is slow (1.19 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (85 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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expiresSat, 12 Jul 2025 10:21:52 GMT
last-modifiedSun, 27 Jul 2025 10:21:52 GMT
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x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-ms-invokeapp1; RequireReadOnly
x-sharepointhealthscore0
x-xss-protection0
servercloudflare
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 307 referring domains.
This page has 955 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 256 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow:/_vti_bin/
Disallow:/_layouts/
Disallow:/_catalogs/

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Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
An official website of the State of Maryland.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Maryland94%Check
Maryland Department76%Check
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration74%Check
Vehicle66%Check
Motor66%Check
Administration66%Check
Motor Vehicle66%Check
Motor Vehicle Administration66%Check
Maryland Mobile ID66%Check
Maryland Officials65%Check
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