Section508.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
74% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.36 s
File size
34.10 kB
Words
468
Media files
16
Number of links
64 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Section508.gov
The length of the page title is perfect. (208 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Section508.gov is the official U.S. government resource for ensuring digital accessibility compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d). It offers comprehensive guidance, tools, and training to help federal agencies and vendors create accessible information and communication technology (ICT) for individuals with disabilities.
The meta description is too long: 2144 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.section508.gov/
There is a valid canonical link 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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 468 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
24.6% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 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 16.67 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 118 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"did you know some people are unable to fully participate in and understand the information shared in v..."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
/assets/img/us_flag_small.pngU.S. flag
...images/508-logo-cropped-web-altgreen.pngSection508.gov Home; GSA logo with text: Section508.gov Buy. Build. Be Accessible.
/assets/img/close.svgclose
/assets/img/usa-icons-bg/search--white.svgSearch
/assets/images/mission.pngA portion of a computer keyboard with shining Accessibility text and symbol in place of the enter key
/assets/images/icons/training-qlinks.pngMicro-Purchases and Section 508 Requirements
/assets/images/icons/law-policy-qlinks.pngIT Accessibility Laws and Policies
/assets/images/icons/art-icon.svgAccessibility Requirements Tool (ART)
...ts/images/icons/program-manager-icon.svgFind Your Section 508 Program Manager
/assets/images/icons/book-open.svgpolicy and management icon
/assets/images/icons/file-contract.svgacquisition icon
/assets/images/icons/pencil-ruler.svgcontent creation icon
/assets/images/icons/desktop.svgdesign and develop icon
/assets/images/icons/user-edit.svgtesting icon
/assets/images/icons/Icon-awesome-tools.svgtools icon
/assets/images/seals-logos/gsa.jpgGeneral Services Administration Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
H2 Accessibility Bytes No. 9: Accessible Meetings
H2 Our Mission
H2 Quick Links
H2 Policy & Management policy and management icon
H2 Acquisition acquisition icon
H2 Content Creation content creation icon
H2 Design & Develop design and develop icon
H2 Testing testing icon
H2 Training, Tools & Events tools icon
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 22 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.section508.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.section508.gov/IMG-ALT Section508.gov Home; GSA logo with text: Section508.gov Buy. Build. Be Accessible.
/manage/Policy & Management
/buy-sell/Acquisition
/create/Content Creation
/develop/Design & Develop
https://www.section508.gov/test/Testing
/training/Training, Tools & Events
https://www.section508.gov/blog/Blogs & Updates
/tools/program-manager-listing/My Agency’s 508 PM
/content/about-us/About Us
/blog/accessibility-bytes/acce...Learn More About Accessible Meetings
https://www.access-board.gov/New window External Subdomain U.S. Access Board
https://www.access-board.gov/ict/New window External Subdomain final rule
https://www.access-board.gov/l...New window External Subdomain Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
/about-usText duplicate About Us
/training-home/Micro-Purchases and Section 508 Requirements
IMG-ALT Micro-Purchases and Section 508 Requirements
/manage/laws-and-policies/IT Accessibility Laws and Policies
IMG-ALT IT Accessibility Laws and Policies
https://www.section508.gov/art/Accessibility Requirements Tool (ART)
IMG-ALT Accessibility Requirements Tool (ART)
/tools/program-manager-listing/Find Your Section 508 Program Manager
IMG-ALT Find Your Section 508 Program Manager
/manage/laws-and-policiesText duplicate IT Accessibility Laws and Policies
/manage/benefits-of-accessibil...Practical Reasons for Digital Accessibility
/manage/playbooks/View a Playbook
https://www.section508.gov/buyBuy Accessible Products and Services
/manage/section-508-assessment/Annual Section 508 Assessment
/manage/View All
https://www.section508.gov/buyText duplicate Buy Accessible Products and Services
https://www.section508.gov/sellSell Accessible Products and Services
https://www.section508.gov/art/Text duplicate Accessibility Requirements Tool (ART)
https://acreditor.section508.gov/External Subdomain ACR Editor
/sell/how-to-create-acr-with-v...Create an ACR Using a VPAT®
/training/online-course/micro-...Text duplicate Micro-Purchases and Section 508 Requirements
/buy-sell/Text duplicate View All
/create/alternative-text/Alternative Text
/create/captions-transcripts/Captions and Transcripts
/create/documentsDocuments
/create/pdfsPDFs
/create/presentationsPresentations
/create/accessible-meetingsMeetings
/create/Text duplicate View All
/create/universal-designUniversal Design and Accessibility
/content/guide-accessible-web-...Guide to Accessible Web Design & Development
/create/web-contentDeveloping Accessible Web Content
/create/software-websitesCreate Accessible Software & Websites
/content/mapping-wcag-to-fpc/Mapping of WCAG 2.0 to Functional Performance Criteria
/develop/Text duplicate View All
/test/testing-overviewOverview of Testing Methods for 508 Conformance
/test/web-softwareAccessibility Testing for Websites and Software
/test/trusted-testerTrusted Tester and ICT Testing Baseline
https://www.section508.gov/test/Text duplicate View All
/training/online-course/micro-...Text duplicate Micro-Purchases and Section 508 Requirements
/tools/program-manager-listing/Find Your 508 Program Manager
/create/universal-designUniversal Design
https://www.section508.gov/art/Text duplicate Accessibility Requirements Tool (ART)
https://www.ssa.gov/accessibil...New window External Subdomain ANDI (Accessible Name & Description Inspector)
https://github.com/ThePaciello...New window External Windows
https://github.com/ThePaciello...New window External macOS
/training/Text duplicate View All
https://www.gsa.gov/technology...New window External Subdomain Digital Strategy
https://www.plainlanguage.gov/New window External Subdomain Plain Language
https://designsystem.digital.gov/New window External Subdomain U.S. Web Design System
https://www.cio.gov/about/memb...New window External Subdomain CIO Council Accessibility Community of Practice
/about-us/Text duplicate About Us
/contact-us/Contact Us
/contributors/Contributors
/manage/join-the-508-community/Join the Community (Listserv)
https://www.section508.gov/art/New window ART
https://acreditor.section508.gov/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate ACR Editor
/buy/solicitation-review-toolNew window SRT
/tools/program-manager-listing/Text duplicate Find Your Section 508 Program Manager
/manage/playbooks/Accessibility Playbooks
/accessibility-conformance-rep...ACR Library
/tools/acronyms-abbreviations/Acronyms & Abbreviations
/tools/glossary/Glossary of Terms
/website-policiesWebsite Policies
https://www.gsa.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT General Services Administration Logo
https://www.gsa.gov/External Subdomain General Services Administration
https://www.gsa.gov/about-usExternal Subdomain About GSA
https://www.gsa.gov/website-in...External Subdomain Accessibility statement
https://www.gsa.gov/reference/...External Subdomain FOIA requests
https://www.gsa.gov/reference/...External Subdomain No FEAR Act data
https://www.gsaig.gov/External Subdomain Office of the Inspector General
https://www.gsa.gov/reference/...External Subdomain Performance reports
https://www.gsa.gov/website-in...External Subdomain Privacy policy
/website-policies/Reuse and Copyright
https://www.usa.gov/External Subdomain Visit USA.gov

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.section508.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 is slow (1.36 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 (34 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 4,154 referring domains.
This page has 803,877 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,409 different ip addresses.

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www.section508.gov
Home | Section508.gov
Section508.gov is the official U.S. government resource for ensuring digital accessibility compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d). It offers comprehensive guidance, tools, and training to help federal agencies and vendors create accessible information and communication technology (ICT) for individuals with disabilities.

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