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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
47% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
77% 
Server
70% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.04 s
File size
62.90 kB
Words
200
Media files
54
Number of links
71 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
WV Department of Transportation
The length of the page title is perfect. (299 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Transportation.wv.gov is the official Web site for the State of West Virginia and is the result of an innovative public-private partnership between the state and West Virginia Interactive.
The meta description is too long: 1114 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://transportation.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Germany
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 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 4.01 Transitional 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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twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@WVGovernor
twitter:descriptionEmpty
twitter:imageEmpty
twitter:titleWV Department of Transportation
og:descriptionEmpty
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 200 words on this page. Use at least 250 words to provide useful information.
No paragraphs were detected.
14.5% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
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" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 72 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"wvdoh closing two eastbound lanes on i-64 fort hill bridge in charleston"
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
17 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
/images2020/wv.gov.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/bridgebgk1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/bridgebkg2.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/bridgebkg3.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/wv.gov.pngWV.gov Logo
/images2020/about.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/agencies.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/business.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/DOTlogo.pngWV Department of Transportation
/images2020/citizens.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/government.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/projects.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/DOTlogo.pngWV Department of Transportation
/images2020/dmv2.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/followus-mobile.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/rss.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/facebook.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/dot.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/youtube.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/districtsandworkzones.pngdisticts and workzones
/images2020/consultantcontracts.pngconsultant contracts
/images2020/roadstoprosperityprojects.pngroads to prosperity projects
/images2020/transportationasset2022.pngtransportation asset
/images2020/2050plan.png2050 plan
/images2020/bidopportunities.pngbid opportunities
/images2020/maps.pngmaps
/images2020/interstateexits.pnginterstate exits
/images2020/driveforwardwvd.pngdrive forward wv
/images2020/workzonesafety.pngwork zone safety
/images2020/wv511.pngworkzone safety
/images2020/lettings.pnglettings
...s2020/engineeringpublicationsmanuals.pngengineering publication manuals
/images2020/scholoarship.pngscholarship
/images2020/OnlineInvoice.pngonline invoice
/images2020/contracting.png2050 plan
/images2020/freightplan.pngfreight plan
/images2020/districtsandworkzones.pngdistricts and workzones
/images2020/consultantcontracts.pngconsultant contracts
/images2020/roadstoprosperityprojects.pngroads to prospeerity projects
/images2020/transportationasset2022.pngtransportation asset
/images2020/2050plan.png2050 plan
/images2020/bidopportunities.pngbid opportunities
/images2020/maps.pngmaps
/images2020/interstateexits.pnginterstate exits
/images2020/driveforwardwvd.pngdrive forward wv
/images2020/workzonesafety.pngwork zone safety
/images2020/wv511.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images2020/lettings.pnglettings
...s2020/engineeringpublicationsmanuals.pngengineering publication manuals
/images2020/scholoarship.pngscholarship
/images2020/OnlineInvoice.pngonline invoice
/images2020/contracting.png2050 plan
/images2020/freightplan.pngfreight plan

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 FEATURED RESOURCES
H2 FEATURED RESOURCES Duplicate text
H3 WV On The DOT
H3 News Center
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 3 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 21 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Pages/default.aspxAnchor Skip to Navigation
/Pages/default.aspxAnchor Skip to Main Content
/Pages/default.aspxAnchor Top
A-TITLE Go to top
https://www.wv.gov/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.wv.gov/agencies/Pa...New window External Subdomain Agency Directory
https://www.wv.gov/Pages/state...New window External Subdomain Phone Directory
https://www.wv.gov/services/Pa...New window External Subdomain Online Services
/Pages/contact.aspxSubdomain Contact Us
https://transportation.wv.gov/IMG-ALT WV.gov Logo
/about/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain About Us
/Pages/agencies.aspxSubdomain Agencies
/Pages/business.aspxSubdomain Business
https://transportation.wv.gov/IMG-ALT WV Department of Transportation
/Pages/citizen.aspxSubdomain Citizen
/Pages/government.aspxSubdomain Government
/Pages/projects.aspxSubdomain Projects
https://transportation.wv.gov/Text duplicate IMG-ALT WV Department of Transportation
https://webapps.transportation...External Subdomain Request Road Work
/Pages/WVDOT-Projects.aspxSubdomain Project Map
https://wvdot.attract.neogov.com/New window External Subdomain WVDOT Careers
/COMMUNICATIONS/Pages/default....Subdomain Public Relations
https://wvtourism.com/things-t...New window External WV Mountain Rides
/driveforwardwvSubdomain Roads to Prosperity
http://wv511.org/New window External Anchor Roads & Traffic Conditions
https://transportation.wv.gov/dmvSubdomain Division of Motor Vehicles
https://experience.arcgis.com/...New window External Subdomain State Road Search by Address
https://webapps.transportation...New window External Subdomain Bridge Program 2025-2026
https://webapps.transportation...New window External Subdomain GFS Projects FY 26
/_layouts/15/feed.aspx?xsl=1&w...Subdomain A-TITLE Settings
https://www.facebook.com/WVDOT/External Subdomain A-TITLE WVDOT Facebook
https://soundcloud.com/user-51...External A-TITLE WVDOT On The DOT
https://www.youtube.com/user/T...External Subdomain A-TITLE WVDOT YouTube
https://soundcloud.com/user-51...New window External WV on the DOT
A-TITLE WV on the DOT
https://soundcloud.com/user-51...New window External WV On The DOT
A-TITLE WV On The DOT
https://www.facebook.com/wvdotExternal Subdomain West Virginia Department of Transportation
/communications/PressRelease/P...Subdomain WVDOH closing two eastbound lanes on I-64 Fort Hill Bridge in Charleston
/communications/PressRelease/P...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
read more
/communications/PressRelease/P...Subdomain WVDOH closes County Route 7/3 in Calhoun County for repairs
/communications/PressRelease/P...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/communications/PressRelease/P...Subdomain Lane Closure on WV 7, in New Martinsville, to Begin Thursday, July 24, 2025
/communications/PressRelease/P...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/communications/PressRelease/P...Subdomain SEE ALL NEWS
/highways/PerformanceManagemen...Subdomain General Funds Surplus Dashboard
/communications/PressRelease/P...Subdomain US 340 Rock Slide Repair Project
/comments/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Public Comments
/newsMore News & Media
/highways/districts/Pages/defa...Subdomain IMG-ALT disticts and workzones
/highways/Pages/UpcomingContra...Subdomain IMG-ALT consultant contracts
/Pages/Roads-To-Prosperity-Pro...Subdomain IMG-ALT roads to prosperity projects
/highways/plans/Documents/Plan...Subdomain IMG-ALT transportation asset
/highways/Planning/LRTP/Pages/...Subdomain IMG-ALT 2050 plan
/highways/contractadmin/Pages/...Subdomain IMG-ALT bid opportunities
/IT/GIS/MAPS/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain IMG-ALT maps
/highways/interstate_interchan...Subdomain IMG-ALT interstate exits
/driveforwardwv/Pages/default....Subdomain IMG-ALT drive forward wv
/highways/workzonesafety/Pages...Subdomain IMG-ALT work zone safety
http://wv511.org/New window External IMG-ALT workzone safety
/highways/contractadmin/Lettin...Subdomain IMG-ALT lettings
/highways/engineering/Pages/pu...Subdomain IMG-ALT engineering publication manuals
/Human-Resources/Pages/DohScho...Subdomain IMG-ALT scholarship
https://epay.wvsto.com/process...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT online invoice
/highways/contractadmin/Pages/...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT 2050 plan
/highways/Planning/Pages/Freig...Subdomain IMG-ALT freight plan
/highways/districts/Pages/defa...Subdomain IMG-ALT districts and workzones
/highways/Pages/UpcomingContra...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT consultant contracts
/Pages/Roads-To-Prosperity-Pro...Subdomain IMG-ALT roads to prospeerity projects
/highways/plans/Documents/Plan...New window Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT transportation asset
/highways/Planning/LRTP/Pages/...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT 2050 plan
/highways/contractadmin/Pages/...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT bid opportunities
/IT/GIS/MAPS/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT maps
/highways/interstate_interchan...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT interstate exits
/driveforwardwv/Pages/default....Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT drive forward wv
/highways/workzonesafety/Pages...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT work zone safety
http://wv511.org/New window External No Text
/highways/contractadmin/Lettin...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT lettings
/highways/engineering/Pages/pu...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT engineering publication manuals
/Human-Resources/Pages/DohScho...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT scholarship
https://epay.wvsto.com/process...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT online invoice
/highways/contractadmin/Pages/...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT 2050 plan
/highways/Planning/Pages/Freig...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT freight plan
/Pages/contact.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/Pages/privacy.aspxSubdomain WV DOT Privacy Notices
/about/Pages/ContentDisclaimer...Subdomain Disclaimer
/Pages/sitemap.aspxSubdomain Site Map
/driveforwardwv/Pages/default....Subdomain Drive Forward WV
/highways/programming/STIP/Pag...Subdomain Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
/communications/Documents/West...New window Subdomain WV Highway Strategic Highway Safety Plan
/about/faqs/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Frequently Asked Questions
/crc/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain E.E.O Affirmative Action Employer
/crc/ada/Pages/default.aspxSubdomain Americans with Disabilities Act
/Pages/statutes.aspxSubdomain Governing Statutes, Legislative, and Procedural Rules
/business-manager/human-resour...Subdomain Careers

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://transportation.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 slow (1.04 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 (63 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 110 referring domains.
This page has 7,280 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 103 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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WV Department of Transportation
Transportation.wv.gov is the official Web site for the State of West Virginia and is the result of an innovative public-private partnership between the state and West Virginia Interactive.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Transportation67%Check
WV Department62%Check
WV DOT58%Check
gov56%Check
State50%Check
Public50%Check
Act50%Check
Department48%Check
Virginia Department47%Check
West46%Check
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