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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
80% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.56 s
File size
43.80 kB
Words
690
Media files
23
Number of links
67 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
NOAA's National Ocean Service
The length of the page title is perfect. (288 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
In the U.S., where over half of us live along the coast and more than 78 percent of our overseas trade by volume comes and goes along our marine highways, the health of our coasts is intricately connected to the health of our nation's economy. The National Ocean Service (NOS) translates science, tools, and services into action, to address threats to coastal areas such as climate change, population growth, port congestion, and contaminants in the environment, all working towards healthy coasts and healthy economies.
The meta description is too long: 3220 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
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)
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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
keywordsOcean Service, ocean, coast, chart, navigation, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sea, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Antarctic, Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, beach, oceans, seas, beaches, reef, coral, wave, waves, climate, surf, ship, ships, boat, boats, hurricane, typhoon, tsunami, cyclone, el nino, la nina
DC.titleNOAA's National Ocean Service
DC.descriptionIn the U.S., where over half of us live along the coast and more than 78 percent of our overseas trade by volume comes and goes along our marine highways, the health of our coasts is intricately connected to the health of our nation's economy. The National Ocean Service (NOS) translates science, tools, and services into action, to address threats to coastal areas such as climate change, population growth, port congestion, and contaminants in the environment, all working towards healthy coasts and healthy economies.
descriptionIn the U.S., where over half of us live along the coast and more than 78 percent of our overseas trade by volume comes and goes along our marine highways, the health of our coasts is intricately connected to the health of our nation's economy. The National Ocean Service (NOS) translates science, tools, and services into action, to address threats to coastal areas such as climate change, population growth, port congestion, and contaminants in the environment, all working towards healthy coasts and healthy economies.
DC.creatorUS Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
DC.date.created2020-06-01
DC.languageEN-US
langen
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X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 690 words. That's ok.
27.8% 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.
8 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 20.25 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 76 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"deepwater horizon oil spill: 15 years of recovery, research, and restoration"
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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
/bs4/img/flag.pngU.S. flag
/bootstrap/img/noaa-logo-rgb-2022.svgNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration logo
/bs4/img/search_icon_black.pngNo alt attribute provided
/bs4/img/tide-currents.pngtides and currents icon
/bs4/img/chart.pngnautical chart icon
/bs4/img/profiles.pngdouble click icon
/bs4/img/eco-forecast.pngsun and ocean icon
/bs4/img/sealevelrise-icon.pngwater with house icon
/bs4/img/edu-icon.pngtwo kids icon
/news/mar25/nos-960.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../may25/oil-gas-release-louisiana-960.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/news/feb25/uncrewed-surface-vessel-640.jpgAn uncrewed NOAA surface vessel on the Potomac surveying the river bed for debris. Credit: John Gray/NOAA.
/news/deepwater-horizon/dwh-15-640.jpgAn image of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
/news/jan25/iona-passport-thumbnail.jpgA tower with sensors sits on the shoreline of the Hudson River in New York, with a bridge and trees in the background.
/aa-updates/aa-nicole-960.jpgNicole LeBoeuf, NOS assistant administrator
/news/jan25/cora-coastline.jpgThis image from CORA captures historical maximum water levels for the entire South Carolina coastline. Water-level observations were previously only available from one location, a tide gauge represented by the blue star in the image. The CORA dataset fills gaps in water level observations between tide stations providing historical water levels at each of the red, orange, and yellow dots, spaced every 500 meters along the coast. Credit: NOAA
/bs4/img/Scroll-To-Top_Icon@2x_b.pngscroll to top arrow icon
/bs4/img/x-black.pngX Logo
/bs4/img/facebook-color.pngFacebook Logo
/bs4/img/instagram-color.pngInstagram Logo
/bs4/img/youtube-color.pngYoutube Logo
/bs4/img/linkedin-color.pngLinkedIn Logo
/bootstrap/img/noaa_logo_circle_72x72.svgNOAA Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Beach Safety Week 2025
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Beach Safety Week 2025
H5 Official websites use .gov
H5 Secure websites use HTTPS
H5 NOAA’s National Ocean Service
H5 Well #59 Incident Response
H5 Experts, technology support DCA aircraft collision recovery efforts
H5 Deepwater Horizon oil spill: 15 years of recovery, research, and restoration
H5 New data for improved navigation in the upper Hudson River
H5 Advancements in modeled coastal water level data
H5 Explore the first modeled water level and wave dataset
H5 Around the Ocean Service
H5 Feedback
H5 Social
H6 tides and currents
H6 nautical charts
H6 career profiles
H6 harmful algal blooms
H6 sea level rise
H6 Education Resources
H6 About NOS
H6 More Resources
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
3 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/Anchor Here's how you know we're official.
/welcome.htmlIMG-ALT National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration logo
/welcome.htmlNational Ocean Service
https://noaa.gov/External National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
/welcome.htmlNo Text
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/Home
/facts/Ocean Facts
/topics/Explore All Topics
/arctic/Arctic
/profiles/Careers
/deep-seabed-mining/Deep Seabed Mining
/economy/Economy
/ecosystems/Ecosystems
/geodesy/Geodesy
/hazards/Hazards
/international/International
/navigation/Navigation
/observations/Observations
/ocean/Ocean
/recreation/Recreation
/hazards/sealevelrise/Sea Level Rise
/map-stories/Story Maps
/tools/Tools
/education/Education
/news/News
/podcast/Podcasts
/video/Video
/gallery/Images
/about/About Us
/news/beach-safety-week/welcom...Learn more
/facts/find-tides-currents.htmlIMG-ALT tides and currents icon
/facts/find-tides-currents.htmltides and currents
/facts/find-charts.htmlIMG-ALT nautical chart icon
/facts/find-charts.htmlnautical charts
/profiles/IMG-ALT double click icon
/profiles/career profiles
/hazards/hab/IMG-ALT sun and ocean icon
/hazards/hab/harmful algal blooms
/hazards/sealevelrise/IMG-ALT water with house icon
/hazards/sealevelrise/sea level rise
/education/IMG-ALT two kids icon
/education/Education Resources
/news/mar25/all-about-NOS.htmlNo Text
/news/mar25/all-about-NOS.htmlNOAA’s National Ocean Service
/news/may25/oil-gas-release-lo...No Text
/news/may25/oil-gas-release-lo...Well #59 Incident Response
/news/feb25/dca-crash-response...IMG-ALT An uncrewed NOAA surface vessel on the Potomac surveying the river bed for debris. Credit: John Gray/NOAA.
/news/feb25/dca-crash-response...Experts, technology support DCA aircraft collision recovery efforts
/news/deepwater-horizon/welcom...IMG-ALT An image of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
/news/deepwater-horizon/welcom...Deepwater Horizon oil spill: 15 years of recovery, research, and restoration
/news/jan25/hudson-river-ports...IMG-ALT A tower with sensors sits on the shoreline of the Hudson River in New York, with a bridge and trees in the background.
/news/jan25/hudson-river-ports...New data for improved navigation in the upper Hudson River
/aa-updates/advancements-mcwl-...IMG-ALT Nicole LeBoeuf, NOS assistant administrator
/aa-updates/advancements-mcwl-...Advancements in modeled coastal water level data
/news/jan25/NOS-releases-first...IMG-ALT This image from CORA captures historical maximum water levels for the entire South Carolina coastline. Water-level observations were previously only availabl...
/news/jan25/NOS-releases-first...Explore the first modeled water level and wave dataset
/aa-updates/NOS Assistant Administrator Updates
https://coast.noaa.gov/hurrica...External Subdomain Anchor Historical Hurricane Tracks
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa....External Subdomain Coastal Inundation Dashboard
/hazards/sealevelrise/Text duplicate Sea Level Rise
https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/m...External Subdomain National Marine Sanctuaries: Designations in Progress
https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/n...External Subdomain 25 years of tourism, science, and economic growth at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
https://coastalscience.noaa.go...External Subdomain Video: Drones with specialized cameras could enhance detection, removal of beach debris
https://darrp.noaa.gov/hazardo...External Subdomain Ceremony marks launch of New Jersey floodplain reforestation project
https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/n...External Subdomain How sharks keep the ocean healthy
/contact.htmlContact Us
/contact.htmlReport an error
https://twitter.com/noaaoceanExternal IMG-ALT X Logo
https://www.facebook.com/usoce...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook Logo
https://www.instagram.com/noaa...External Subdomain /a>
IMG-ALT Instagram Logo
https://www.youtube.com/user/u...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Youtube Logo
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn Logo
https://www.noaa.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT NOAA Logo
/about/welcome.htmlText duplicate About Us
/programs/welcome.htmlNOS Program Offices
/newsroom/welcome.htmlMedia Inquiries
/sitemap.htmlSite Index
/disclaimer.htmlDisclaimer
https://www.noaa.gov/informati...External Subdomain Freedom of Information Act
/accessibility-statement.htmlAccessibility
https://www.noaa.gov/office-of...External Subdomain Information Quality
/privacy.htmlPrivacy Policy
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain USA.gov
https://www.commerce.gov/External Subdomain Department of Commerce
https://www.noaa.gov/External Subdomain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/Text duplicate National Ocean Service

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/"
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 0.56 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 4 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (44 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateWed, 04 Jun 2025 14:02:09 GMT
content-typetext/html
content-length14095
connectionkeep-alive
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
arr-disable-session-affinityTrue
x-content-type-optionsNOSNIFF
x-frame-optionsDENY
x-permitted-cross-domain-policiesmaster-only
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

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This page has 2,622 backlinks.
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In the U.S., where over half of us live along the coast and more than 78 percent of our overseas trade by volume comes and goes along our marine highways, the health of our coasts is intricately connected to the health of our nation's economy. The National Ocean Service (NOS) translates science, tools, and services into action, to address threats to coastal areas such as climate change, population growth, port congestion, and contaminants in the environment, all working towards healthy coasts and healthy economies.

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