Usbg.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
63% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.37 s
File size
144.30 kB
Words
1317
Media files
26
Number of links
160 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | United States Botanic Garden
The length of the page title is perfect. (335 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.usbg.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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MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
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twitter:cardsummary
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og:titleHome
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are 6 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Learn about the types of field trips offered by the U.S. Botanic Garde...
  • Duplicate 2: Thirty percent of the world’s trees and at least 11 percent of native ...
This page contains 1317 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!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
20 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 11.27 words is good.
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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 26 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
15 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
https://www.usbg.gov/themes/usbg/logo.svgHome
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...cactus_copy.jpg?h=83f3d97f&itok=qWfCByMDNo alt attribute provided
https://www.usbg.gov/themes/usbg/logo.svgHome
.../FOXGLOVE 1.png?h=04b2e4d0&itok=IYeRRcSgillustration of multiple bell-shaped flowers up a single vertical stem
...anic_garden.jpg?h=1b66c96a&itok=4rzE6mtUNo alt attribute provided
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...- IMG_E0577.JPG?h=5bf93cbf&itok=CFApgAQcGirl holds a potato in a farm setting at San Antonio Botanic Garden
.../FOXGLOVE 1.png?h=04b2e4d0&itok=IYeRRcSgillustration of multiple bell-shaped flowers up a single vertical stem
...ofusbg_logo.jpg?h=92903f94&itok=F-t50w_YNo alt attribute provided
..._tardifolia.jpg?h=ada05aa9&itok=LLuWynpONo alt attribute provided
/themes/usbg/img/decor/footer-logo.svgThe United States Botanic Garden logo
https://www.usbg.gov/themes/usbg/logo.svgThe United States Botanic Garden logo
.../FOXGLOVE 1.png?h=04b2e4d0&itok=IYeRRcSgillustration of multiple bell-shaped flowers up a single vertical stem
...anic_garden.jpg?h=1b66c96a&itok=4rzE6mtUNo alt attribute provided
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The United States Botanic Garden Homepage
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 39 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 The United States Botanic Garden Homepage
H2 Fierce Flora: Tales of Survival and Demise
H2 Corpse Flowers
H2 Field Trip Experiences
H2 One in three tree species face extinction reveals first-ever State of the World’s Trees report
H2 Jobs, Internships, and Contractor Opportunities
H2 Fierce Flora: Tales of Survival and Demise Duplicate text
H2 Corpse Flowers Duplicate text
H2 Field Trip Experiences Duplicate text
H2 One in three tree species face extinction reveals first-ever State of the World’s Trees report Duplicate text
H2 Jobs, Internships, and Contractor Opportunities Duplicate text
H2 Children's Garden Is Open
H2 Fierce Flora!
H2 Funds Awarded to 26 Urban Agriculture Projects
H2 Explore Plants of the World
H2 U.S. Tree Assessment
H2 Plant Collection
H2 Native plants
H2 Locations & Hours
H2 Programs
H2 Field Trips and School Activities
H2 Supporting Public Gardens & Community Partners
H2 Tropics House from Above
H2 Follow Us on Social Media
H2 Explore and Discover
H2 Footer top
H2 Fierce Flora: Tales of Survival and Demise Duplicate text
H2 Corpse Flowers Duplicate text
H2 Field Trip Experiences Duplicate text
H2 One in three tree species face extinction reveals first-ever State of the World’s Trees report Duplicate text
H2 Jobs, Internships, and Contractor Opportunities Duplicate text
H2 Footer bottom
H3 Conservatory
H3 Gated Outdoor Gardens
H3 Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens
H3 Directions
H3 Fierce Flora: Tales of Survival and Demise Duplicate text
H3 Friends of the U.S. Botanic Garden
H3 Partnerships
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 13 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.usbg.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.usbg.gov/IMG-ALT Home
https://www.usbg.gov/contact-usContact Us
https://www.usbg.gov/blogBlog
/become-us-botanic-garden-volu...Get Involved
https://www.usbg.gov/visitVisit
/visit/exhibitsExhibits
/visit/hours-and-locationHours & Location
/visit/tours-us-botanic-gardenTours
/take-virtual-tourVirtual Tours
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/visit/accessibilityAccessibility
/visit/photography-and-art-policyPhotography & Art Policy
/visit/exhibits/fierce-flora-t...IMG-ALT illustration of multiple bell-shaped flowers up a single vertical stem
/visit/exhibits/fierce-flora-t...Fierce Flora: Tales of Survival and Demise
https://www.usbg.gov/learnLearn
/programs-and-eventsPrograms
/learn/program-recordingsProgram Recordings
/gardens-plantsGardens & Plants
https://www.usbg.gov/conservatoryConservatory
A-TITLE Conservatory
/gardens-plants/outdoor-gardensOutdoor Gardens
/gardens-plants/bartholdi-foun...Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens
/gardens-plants/us-botanic-gar...Production Facility
/plant-collectionsPlant Collections
A-TITLE Plant Collections
/gardens-plants/search-collectionSearch the Collection
/gardens-plants/corpse-flowersCorpse Flowers
A-TITLE Corpse flowers
/gardening-tipsGardening Tips
A-TITLE Gardening Tips
/gardens-plants/corpse-flowersText duplicate Corpse Flowers
/schools-familiesSchools & Families
/schools-families/field-trips-...Field Trips & Resources
https://www.usbg.gov/field-tripsField Trip Experiences
A-TITLE Field Trips
/schools-families/field-trips-...Field Trip Logistics
/kids-and-familiesKids & Families
A-TITLE Kids and Families
/schools-families/site-activit...On-Site Activity Resources
/schools-families/field-trips-...Text duplicate Field Trip Experiences
/science-conservationScience & Conservation
/urban-agricultureUrban Agriculture
A-TITLE Urban Agriculture
/science-conservation/partners...Partnerships
/science-conservation/plant-co...Plant Conservation
A-TITLE Plant Conservation
/2024cwrsymposium2024 Crop Wild Relatives Symposium
/blog/one-three-tree-species-f...One in three tree species face extinction reveals first-ever State of the World’s Trees report
https://www.usbg.gov/about-usAbout Us
/about-us/brief-history-us-bot...USBG History
A-TITLE USBG History
/about-us/opportunities-us-bot...Jobs, Internships, & Contractor Opportunities
A-TITLE Jobs, Internships, & Contractor Opportunities
/about-us/become-us-botanic-ga...Volunteer
A-TITLE Volunteer
/about-us/employee-directoryEmployee Directory
/about-us/news-media-informationPress
A-TITLE Press
/about-us/congressional-eventsCongressional Events
A-TITLE Congressional Events
/jobs-internships-and-contract...Jobs, Internships, and Contractor Opportunities
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https://www.usbg.gov/visitText duplicate Visit
/visit/exhibitsText duplicate Exhibits
/visit/hours-and-locationText duplicate Hours & Location
/visit/tours-us-botanic-gardenText duplicate Tours
/take-virtual-tourText duplicate Virtual Tours
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/visit/accessibilityText duplicate Accessibility
/visit/photography-and-art-policyText duplicate Photography & Art Policy
/visit/exhibits/fierce-flora-t...Text duplicate IMG-ALT illustration of multiple bell-shaped flowers up a single vertical stem
/visit/exhibits/fierce-flora-t...Text duplicate Fierce Flora: Tales of Survival and Demise
https://www.usbg.gov/learnText duplicate Learn
/programs-and-eventsText duplicate Programs
/learn/program-recordingsText duplicate Program Recordings
/gardens-plantsText duplicate Gardens & Plants
https://www.usbg.gov/conservatoryText duplicate Conservatory
A-TITLE Conservatory
/gardens-plants/outdoor-gardensText duplicate Outdoor Gardens
/gardens-plants/bartholdi-foun...Text duplicate Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens
/gardens-plants/us-botanic-gar...Text duplicate Production Facility
/plant-collectionsText duplicate Plant Collections
A-TITLE Plant Collections
/gardens-plants/search-collectionText duplicate Search the Collection
/gardens-plants/corpse-flowersText duplicate Corpse Flowers
A-TITLE Corpse flowers
/gardening-tipsText duplicate Gardening Tips
A-TITLE Gardening Tips
/gardens-plants/corpse-flowersText duplicate Corpse Flowers
/schools-familiesText duplicate Schools & Families
/schools-families/field-trips-...Text duplicate Field Trips & Resources
https://www.usbg.gov/field-tripsText duplicate Field Trip Experiences
A-TITLE Field Trips
/schools-families/field-trips-...Text duplicate Field Trip Logistics
/kids-and-familiesText duplicate Kids & Families
A-TITLE Kids and Families
/schools-families/site-activit...Text duplicate On-Site Activity Resources
/schools-families/field-trips-...Text duplicate Field Trip Experiences
/science-conservationText duplicate Science & Conservation
/urban-agricultureText duplicate Urban Agriculture
A-TITLE Urban Agriculture
/science-conservation/partners...Text duplicate Partnerships
/science-conservation/plant-co...Text duplicate Plant Conservation
A-TITLE Plant Conservation
/2024cwrsymposiumText duplicate 2024 Crop Wild Relatives Symposium
/blog/one-three-tree-species-f...Text duplicate One in three tree species face extinction reveals first-ever State of the World’s Trees report
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/about-us/brief-history-us-bot...Text duplicate USBG History
A-TITLE USBG History
/about-us/opportunities-us-bot...Text duplicate Jobs, Internships, & Contractor Opportunities
A-TITLE Jobs, Internships, & Contractor Opportunities
/about-us/become-us-botanic-ga...Text duplicate Volunteer
A-TITLE Volunteer
/about-us/employee-directoryText duplicate Employee Directory
/about-us/news-media-informationText duplicate Press
A-TITLE Press
/about-us/congressional-eventsText duplicate Congressional Events
A-TITLE Congressional Events
/jobs-internships-and-contract...Text duplicate Jobs, Internships, and Contractor Opportunities
https://www.usbg.gov/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
https://www.usbg.gov/blogText duplicate Blog
/become-us-botanic-garden-volu...Text duplicate Get Involved
/childrens-gardenLearn more
/blog/new-us-botanic-garden-ex...Text duplicate Learn more
/blog/funds-awarded-26-urban-a...Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.usbg.gov/visit-0Plan your visit
/blog/researchers-complete-fir...See the findings
https://www.usbg.gov/gardensExplore the Garden Collection
https://www.usbg.gov/visit-0Plan a visit
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https://goo.gl/maps/MWgcF6KaiW...New window External Text duplicate 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, DC 20001
https://goo.gl/maps/87nc3CBc4F...New window External 245 First St SW, Washington, DC 20024
/visit/hours-and-locationNew window Subdomain Directions and Parking Information
/schools-families/field-trips-...Learn More About Field Trips
/urban-agricultureLearn More About Urban Agriculture
https://instagram.com/usbotani...New window External Instagram
https://facebook.com/usbotanic...New window External Facebook
https://youtube.com/c/unitedst...New window External YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/usbo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/usbo...New window External Subdomain View this profile on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/usbo...New window External Subdomain U.S. Botanic Garden
https://www.instagram.com/usbo...New window External Subdomain usbotanicgarden
/visit/exhibits/fierce-flora-t...Text duplicate Fierce Flora: Tales of Survival and Demise
/search?[39]=39Carnivorous
/search?[26]=26Text duplicate Conservatory
/search?[54]=54Text duplicate Exhibits
/friends-us-botanic-gardenFriends of the U.S. Botanic Garden
/science-conservation/partners...Text duplicate Partnerships
/search?[48]=48Conservation
/search?[32]=32Native Plants of North America
/search?[34]=34Rare and Endangered
http://www.instagram.com/usbot...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Instagram
http://www.facebook.com/usbota...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/c/unit...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
https://www.usbg.gov/visitText duplicate Visit
/visit/exhibitsText duplicate Exhibits
/visit/hours-and-locationText duplicate Hours & Location
/visit/tours-us-botanic-gardenText duplicate Tours
/take-virtual-tourText duplicate Virtual Tours
A-TITLE Information about Virtual Tours
/visit/accessibilityText duplicate Accessibility
/visit/photography-and-art-policyText duplicate Photography & Art Policy
/visit/exhibits/fierce-flora-t...Text duplicate IMG-ALT illustration of multiple bell-shaped flowers up a single vertical stem
/visit/exhibits/fierce-flora-t...Text duplicate Fierce Flora: Tales of Survival and Demise
https://www.usbg.gov/learnText duplicate Learn
/programs-and-eventsText duplicate Programs
/learn/program-recordingsText duplicate Program Recordings
/gardens-plantsText duplicate Gardens & Plants
https://www.usbg.gov/conservatoryText duplicate Conservatory
A-TITLE Conservatory
/gardens-plants/outdoor-gardensText duplicate Outdoor Gardens
/gardens-plants/bartholdi-foun...Text duplicate Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens
/gardens-plants/us-botanic-gar...Text duplicate Production Facility
/plant-collectionsText duplicate Plant Collections
A-TITLE Plant Collections
/gardens-plants/search-collectionText duplicate Search the Collection
/gardens-plants/corpse-flowersText duplicate Corpse Flowers
A-TITLE Corpse flowers
/gardening-tipsText duplicate Gardening Tips
A-TITLE Gardening Tips
/gardens-plants/corpse-flowersText duplicate Corpse Flowers
/schools-familiesText duplicate Schools & Families
/schools-families/field-trips-...Text duplicate Field Trips & Resources
https://www.usbg.gov/field-tripsText duplicate Field Trip Experiences
A-TITLE Field Trips
/schools-families/field-trips-...Text duplicate Field Trip Logistics
/kids-and-familiesText duplicate Kids & Families
A-TITLE Kids and Families
/schools-families/site-activit...Text duplicate On-Site Activity Resources
/schools-families/field-trips-...Text duplicate Field Trip Experiences
/science-conservationText duplicate Science & Conservation
/urban-agricultureText duplicate Urban Agriculture
A-TITLE Urban Agriculture
/science-conservation/partners...Text duplicate Partnerships
/science-conservation/plant-co...Text duplicate Plant Conservation
A-TITLE Plant Conservation
/2024cwrsymposiumText duplicate 2024 Crop Wild Relatives Symposium
/blog/one-three-tree-species-f...Text duplicate One in three tree species face extinction reveals first-ever State of the World’s Trees report
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/about-us/brief-history-us-bot...Text duplicate USBG History
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/about-us/opportunities-us-bot...Text duplicate Jobs, Internships, & Contractor Opportunities
A-TITLE Jobs, Internships, & Contractor Opportunities
/about-us/become-us-botanic-ga...Text duplicate Volunteer
A-TITLE Volunteer
/about-us/employee-directoryText duplicate Employee Directory
/about-us/news-media-informationText duplicate Press
A-TITLE Press
/about-us/congressional-eventsText duplicate Congressional Events
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/jobs-internships-and-contract...Text duplicate Jobs, Internships, and Contractor Opportunities
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/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.usbg.gov/"
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 excellent with 0.37 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (144 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 1,357 referring domains.
This page has 8,281 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 792 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
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User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
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Disallow: /index.php/admin/
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Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
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Disallow: /index.php/user/register
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