Nc.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
86% 
Page quality
84% 
Page structure
71% 
Link structure
82% 
Server
40% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.51 s
File size
65.90 kB
Words
512
Media files
7
Number of links
77 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | nc.gov
The page title is too short. (129 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
North Carolina's Official Website, featuring information about government services, updates, and guides to exploring and enjoying our state.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (856 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.nc.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

NameValue
descriptionNorth Carolina's Official Website, featuring information about government services, updates, and guides to exploring and enjoying our state.
robotsindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1, max-image-preview:large
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
langen
og:site_nameNC.gov
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.nc.gov
og:titleNC.gov
og:descriptionNorth Carolina's Official Website, featuring information about government services, updates, and guides to exploring and enjoying our state.
og:imagehttps://files.nc.gov/nc/images/2021-11/nc%20flag-GettyImages-471078349.jpg
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
og:image:width1421
og:image:height951
og:image:altThe State Flag of North Carolina waving on a sunny, clear day.
og:localeen_US
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 512 words. That's ok.
24.2% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 12.93 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, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 10 tags for this page.
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)
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
...rsionId=AOYQRfbcGNZoeheprjcrNNpqiO9gfLsJHome
...mwhc8kkbajIOT1yT3xcRzASMW4&itok=BoiPNsYCU.S. Flag
...URBzRrSpM.ssOoxYo1vmu5dhs_&itok=LhAEFUw4No alt attribute provided
...f9BbrGFCEbwI1rQBgl_cUfu5id&itok=HaEI3jcRNo alt attribute provided
...rsionId=1SqkW85Cp9sO0a.WqadNngzk2pbiWAi5No alt attribute provided
...les.nc.gov/nc/images/2021-11/nc_flag.jpgNorth Carolina flag
...rsionId=vk7RfwQTcKUtir578kfLzhPlsX_C_uAeThe Great Seal of the State of North Carolina

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 Utility Menu
H2 Utility Menu Duplicate text
H2 Popular Topics
H2 In the Spotlight
H2 The Latest
H2 The Latest Duplicate text
H2 From the Mountains to the Sea
H2 nc.gov
H2 Contact Us
H2 Network Menu
H3 Join team North Carolina
H3 Got your REAL ID yet?
H3 Start Exploring NC today
H3 Lieutenant Governor Hunt Visits College of The Albemarle, Tours Aviation, Machining, and Basic Law Enforcement Programs
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 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.nc.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.ncdot.gov/news/pre...External Subdomain Learn More
https://www.nc.gov/Anchor How you know
https://www.nc.gov/privacyview our full privacy policy
/your-government/state-organiz...State Organizations
/state-north-carolina-directoryDirectory
/working/finding-jobJobs
https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/External Subdomain COVID-19 Info
https://www.nc.gov/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
https://www.nc.gov/livingLiving
https://www.nc.gov/livingText duplicate Living
/living/transportationTransportation
/living/health-social-servicesHealth & Social Services
/living/families-childrenFamilies & Children
https://www.nc.gov/living/taxesTaxes
https://www.nc.gov/living/votingVoting
/living/vital-public-recordsVital & Public Records
/living/legal-justiceLegal & Justice
/living/housing-propertyHousing & Property
/living/public-safetyPublic Safety
/living/energy-environmentEnergy & Environment
https://www.nc.gov/livingText duplicate Living
https://www.nc.gov/workingWorking
https://www.nc.gov/workingText duplicate Working
/working/unemploymentUnemployment
/working/finding-jobFinding a Job
/working/state-employees-depar...For State Employees & Departments
https://www.nc.gov/working/taxesText duplicate Taxes
/working/doing-business-ncBusiness in NC
/working/professional-licenses...Professional Licenses & Permits
/working/volunteer-opportunitiesVolunteer Opportunities
/working/workers-rights-safetyWorkers' Rights & Safety
/working/energy-environmentText duplicate Energy & Environment
https://www.nc.gov/workingText duplicate Working
https://www.nc.gov/learningLearning
https://www.nc.gov/learningText duplicate Learning
/learning/early-childhood-educ...Early Childhood Education & Care
/learning/elementary-secondary...Elementary & Secondary Schools
/learning/higher-educationHigher Education
/learning/summer-campsSummer Camps
/learning/educators-administra...For Educators & Administrators
/learning/professional-trainin...Professional Training & Career Development
https://www.nc.gov/learningText duplicate Learning
https://www.nc.gov/exploringExploring
https://www.nc.gov/exploringText duplicate Exploring
/exploring/parks-recreationParks & Recreation
/exploring/fishing-huntingFishing & Hunting
/exploring/arts-cultureArts & Culture
/exploring/historyHistory
/exploring/family-funFamily Fun
https://www.nc.gov/exploringText duplicate Exploring
/your-governmentYour Government
/your-governmentText duplicate Your Government
/your-government/executiveExecutive
/your-government/legislativeLegislative
/your-government/judicialJudicial
/your-government/get-involvedGet Involved
/your-government/state-organiz...State Organizations A-Z
/your-government/all-nc-state-...All NC State Services
/your-governmentText duplicate Your Government
/your-government/state-organiz...Text duplicate State Organizations
/state-north-carolina-directoryText duplicate Directory
/working/finding-jobText duplicate Jobs
https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate COVID-19 Info
https://www.doa.nc.gov/divisio...External Subdomain Homeschool
https://eservices.dor.nc.gov/w...External Subdomain Find my tax refund
/working/unemploymentGet unemployment help
/working/doing-business-ncStart a business
/working/finding-jobFind a Job in NC
/living/housing-propertyFind Unclaimed Property
/join-north-carolinaJoin team North Carolina We are seeking experienced professionals interested in a career in public service.
IMG-ALT U.S. Flag
https://www.ncdot.gov/dmv/lice...External Subdomain Got your REAL ID yet? Beginning May 7, 2025, a REAL ID, U.S. passport or another federally approved identification will be required to board commercial fligh...
https://www.nc.gov/exploringStart Exploring NC today North Carolina is home to many State parks as well as world class museums and many historic sites. Looking for something to do? Star...
https://ltgov.nc.gov/news/pres...External Subdomain See the full article
https://governor.nc.gov/news/p...External Subdomain $2 Million State Grant Helps Charlotte Land the 2026 Major League Soccer All-St...
https://www.ncdoi.gov/news/pre...External Subdomain Commissioner Causey to announce $20 million in grants for stronger coastal roofs
https://www.nc.gov/press-releasesView all press releases
https://www.nc.gov/aboutLearn more about North Carolina
https://www.nc.gov/Anchor A-TITLE Back to top
/state-north-carolina-directoryState of North Carolina Directory
A-TITLE State of North Carolina Directory
https://nc.gov/nc.gov
A-TITLE The State of North Carolina
/webform/user_feedback?source_...Website Feedback
A-TITLE Website User Feedback Form
https://www.nc.gov/accessibilityAccessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility of State of North Carolina Websites
/disclaimer-terms-useDisclaimer & Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://www.nc.gov/privacyPrivacy Policy
A-TITLE State of North Carolina Privacy Policy
/government/open-budgetOpen Budget
A-TITLE State of North Carolina Open Budget
https://it.nc.gov/services/dig...External Subdomain Hosted on Digital Commons

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nc.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.51 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (66 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateFri, 25 Jul 2025 08:31:29 GMT
serverApache
cache-controlmax-age=300, public
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedThu, 17 Jul 2025 19:30:20 GMT
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests; frame-ancestors 'self'
etag"1752780620"
varyCookie
x-cacheHit from cloudfront
via1.1 b150a2580a9338c3011062452cd011f6.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-amz-cf-popFRA56-P13
x-amz-cf-idx6jxSJsqfBLHjJB31Ttz7ZODsR9mSikJ_faaC_8HFxVjAfPa1lWfuQ==
age188
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 3,118 referring domains.
This page has 116,871 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,768 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

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/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password/
Disallow: /index.php/user/register/
Disallow: /index.php/user/login/
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout/
# DS Additions
Disallow: /user
Disallow: /user/login
Sitemap: https://www.nc.gov/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.nc.gov/sitemap.xml

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Home | nc.gov
North Carolina's Official Website, featuring information about government services, updates, and guides to exploring and enjoying our state.

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North56%Check
Carolina56%Check
North Carolina56%Check
State North Carolina53%Check
State North52%Check
Exploring50%Check
State48%Check
State Government47%Check
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