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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
92% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
61% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.18 s
File size
71.70 kB
Words
980
Media files
24
Number of links
99 internal / 32 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The length of the page title is perfect. (408 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is a national membership organization drawing Bishops together to promote the greater good of the Catholic Church.
The meta description is too long: 1092 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
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Canonical URL
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https://www.usccb.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
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32.1% of the text are stop words.
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Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
12 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
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The average number of words per sentence of 15.71 words is good.
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 20 tags for this page.
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This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
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No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
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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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Page structure

H1 heading
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 37 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

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H1 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
H2 Menu: Top Buttons
H2 Menu: Top
H2 Main navigation
H2 Pope Leo XIV
H2 USA National Jubilee Pilgrim Gathering
H2 Daily Reading
H2 Latest News
H2 Who We Are
H2 Featured Stories
H2 The best of the USCCB, right in your inbox
H2 Event Calendar
H2 Dive into God's Word
H3 Our Role
H3 Topics
H3 Impact
H3 Get Involved
H3 Pope welcomes young people to Rome for jubilee, th...
H3 Nationwide Invitation to Prayer for the End of Tax...
H3 Migrants, refugees bravely embody the belief that ...
H3 JULY | For formation in discernment
H3 Bishop Seitz: We Have Become a Great Nation Because We Have Welcomed Immigrants
H3 Bishop Daniel Thomas Shares Lenten Message of Hope After Abortion
H3 5 Minutes with a Bishop: My Episcopal Motto
H3 5 Minutes with a Bishop: The Camino with Archbishop Coakley, Bishop Wall, and Bishop Conley
H3 Child and Youth Protection Roundtable Interview
H5 AI, Technology, and Tradition
H5 Pope welcomes young people to Rome for jubilee, thanks media for promoting truth
H5 Catholic Communication Campaign
H5 Reflection 401 2025 07 28 Reflection 401
H6 Our Spotlight
H6 Daily Reflection
H6 About USCCB
H6 Topics Duplicate text
H6 Prayer & Worship
H6 Get Involved to Act Now
H6 Quick Links
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are too many external links (32) on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://thepopevideo.org/External The Pope Video Website
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/events/2025/respect-life-month1-31 Oct 2025 Respect Life Month
/events/2025/domestic-violence...1-31 Oct 2025 Domestic Violence Awareness Month
https://www.usccb.org/eventsVIEW CALENDAR
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https://www.usccb.org/eventsCalendars
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https://www.youtube.com/user/u...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Youtube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Linkedin
https://www.instagram.com/usccb/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Instagram
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Performance
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The page response time is excellent with 0.18 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (72 kB).

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