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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
50% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
3.82 s
File size
134.70 kB
Words
514
Media files
35
Number of links
67 internal / 5 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
- National Institute on Retirement Security
The length of the page title is perfect. (373 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.nirsonline.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
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 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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og:typewebsite
og:title- National Institute on Retirement Security
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og:site_nameNational Institute on Retirement Security
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 514 words. That's ok.
25.5% 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.
5 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 15.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" 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 10 tags for this page.
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

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...ent/uploads/2025/01/SS-Mobile-Banner.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s/2023/01/Pensionomics-Mobile-Banner.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...2024/10/Mobile-Banner-Partisan-Views.pngNo alt attribute provided
...nt/uploads/2025/06/iStock-2159126735.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...nt/uploads/2025/06/iStock-1402808568.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...uploads/2025/07/Investing-Figure-201.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...nt/uploads/2023/07/iStock-1394554577.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...t/uploads/2017/12/VC_WI-DETF-312x312.jpgWisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds
...nt/uploads/2017/12/VC_TRS-TX-312x312.jpgTeacher Retirement System of Texas
...ntent/uploads/2017/12/VC_TRS-312x312.jpgTRS Illinois
.../uploads/2017/12/VC_SWIB_rev-312x312.jpgState of Wisconsin Investment Board
...tent/uploads/2017/12/VC_SDRS-312x312.jpgSDRS
/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Segal.pngSegal
...ontent/uploads/2019/08/Missouri-PSRS.jpgMunicipal Employees' Retirement System
...s/2019/08/Pennslyvania-PSERS-312x312.pngPSERS
...t/uploads/2017/12/NIRS_Opers-312x312.jpgOPERS
...t/uploads/2017/12/VC_NY-STRS-312x312.jpgNY STRS
...Screen-Shot-2019-08-15-at-4.01.39-PM.pngMinnesota Teachers Retirement Association
...ent/uploads/2017/12/VC_MS_SR-312x312.jpgMaryland State Retirement and Pension System
...ds/2017/12/VC_LineaSolutions-312x312.jpgLineaSolutions
...uploads/2019/08/Kentucky-TRS-312x312.pngKentucky TRS
/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/FPPTA.pngFPPTA
/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ERS.pngEmployees' Retirement System of Texas
...tent/uploads/2017/12/VC_DCRB-312x312.jpgDistrict of Columbia Retirement Board
...ntent/uploads/2019/08/CoPERA-312x312.jpgColorado PERA
...t/uploads/2017/12/VC_Calstrs-312x312.jpgCalsTrs
...nt/uploads/2019/08/CalPERS-1-312x281.pngCalPERS
...ntent/uploads/2017/12/VC_AON-312x312.jpgAON Hewitt
...tent/uploads/2017/12/VC_AARP-312x312.jpgAARP
...ent/uploads/2022/12/logo-pdf-312x312.jpgPublic Safety Personnel Retirement System Arizona
...loads/2024/04/BlackRock-Logo-312x312.pngBlackRock
...content/uploads/2024/08/FCRS-312x123.pngFairfax County Retirement Systems

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
National Institute on Retirement Security: Reliable Research. Sensible Solutions.
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 National Institute on Retirement Security: Reliable Research. Sensible Solutions.
H1 Evolution and Growth
H1 Social Security's First 90 Years
H1 Pensionomics 2025: Measuring the Economic Impact of Defined Benefit Pension Expenditures
H1 Views of Retirement in America by Political Party Affiliation
H1 Reliable Research for Retirement Security
H1 Visionary Circle
H1 National Institute on Retirement Security
H2 Evolution and Growth: How Public Pension Plans Have Diversified Their Investments Amid Changing Markets
H2 New Report Details How U.S. Public Pension Plan Investment Strategies Have Adapted to Meet Changing Market Conditions
H2 U.S. Public Pensions Adapt to Change, And It’s Paying Off
H2 Retirement Dialogues Webinars
H4 ALERT: We have updated our member login process.
H4 Not a Member?
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
4 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 4 links with a trivial anchor text.
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 5 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.nirsonline.org/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.facebook.com/NIRSR...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/NIRSonlineNew window External Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/M...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://bsky.app/profile/retir...New window External Bluesky
/membership/Subdomain Learn About Membership Benefits
/research/Subdomain Research
/resources/pensionomics-state-...Resources
/resources/pensionomics-state-...Subdomain Pensionomics State Data 2021
/resources/nirs-fact-sheets/Subdomain State Fact Sheets
/resources/fact-checks/Subdomain Fact Checks
/resources/pension-toolkit/Subdomain Pension Toolkit
/resources/pension-resource-gu...Subdomain Pension Resource Guide
/resources/federal-savers-credit/Subdomain Federal Saver’s Credit
/resources/financial-security-...Subdomain Financial Security Scorecards
/newsroom/Subdomain Newsroom
/category/press-release/Subdomain Press Release
/category/news/Subdomain In the News
/category/letters-to-the-editor/Subdomain Letters to the Editor
/media-kit/nirs-at-a-glance/Subdomain NIRS at a Glance
/events/webinars/Events
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2024 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2023 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2022 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2021 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2020 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2019 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2018 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2017 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2016 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2015 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2014 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2013 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2012 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2011 Conference Highlights
/events/previous-conferences/2...Subdomain 2010 Conference Highlights
/membership/Subdomain Membership
/membership/our-members/Subdomain Our Members
/membership/visionary-and-dire...Subdomain Visionary and Director Circles
/membership/associate-member/Subdomain Associate Member
/membership/education-sustainer/Subdomain Educational Sustainer
/about-nirs/Subdomain About
/about-nirs/staff/Subdomain Staff
/about-nirs/board-of-directors/Subdomain Board of Directors
/about-nirs/academic-advisory-...Subdomain Academic Advisory Board
/about-nirs/annual-report/Subdomain Annual Report
/about-nirs/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
https://www.nirsonline.org/loginSubdomain Member Login
/sign-upSubdomain Sign Up for Updates
https://www.nirsonline.org/Subdomain National Institute on Retirement Security: Reliable Research. Sensible Solutions.
/reports/publicpensioninvestme...Subdomain Learn more
/reports/socialsecuritypolling/Subdomain Learn More
/reports/pensionomics2025/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/reports/partyviews2024/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/reports/publicpensioninvestme...Subdomain No Text
/reports/publicpensioninvestme...Subdomain Evolution and Growth: How Public Pension Plans Have Diversified Their Investments Amid Changing Markets
/reports/publicpensioninvestme...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read more
/2025/06/new-report-details-ho...Subdomain No Text
/2025/06/new-report-details-ho...Subdomain New Report Details How U.S. Public Pension Plan Investment Strategies Have Adapted to Meet Changing Market Conditions
/2025/06/new-report-details-ho...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/2025/07/u-s-public-pensions-a...Subdomain No Text
/2025/07/u-s-public-pensions-a...Subdomain U.S. Public Pensions Adapt to Change, And It’s Paying Off
/2025/07/u-s-public-pensions-a...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/events/webinars/Subdomain No Text
/events/webinars/Subdomain Retirement Dialogues Webinars
/events/webinars/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
https://twitter.com/NIRSOnlineExternal Tweets by @NIRSOnline
/membership/visionary-and-dire...Visionary Circle
/membership/visionary-and-dire...Visionary Circle members
https://www.nirsonline.org/Subdomain Home
/about-nirs/contact-us/Subdomain Contact
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nirsonline.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (3.82 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 (135 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
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link<https://www.nirsonline.org/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://www.nirsonline.org/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/2>; rel="alternate"; title="JSON"; type="application/json", <https://www.nirsonline.org/>; rel=shortlink
set-cookie120 Characters
content-encodingbr
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 258 referring domains.
This page has 646 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 158 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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