News.va.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
86% 
Page structure
28% 
Link structure
72% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.64 s
File size
1,267.70 kB
Words
1200
Media files
21
Number of links
76 internal / 66 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
VA News and Information
The length of the page title is perfect. (227 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Get the latest news and information about the Department of Veterans Affairs. From the latest on benefits to podcasts highlighting the lives of Veterans.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (926 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://news.va.gov/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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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
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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.

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1200 words. That's ok.
24.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
15 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 18.95 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (1267.7 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 24 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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
data:[...] Base64U.S. flag
data:[...] Base64VA Wordmarkapple-icon-precomposed
data:[...] Base64Continue reading Join the VA Careers Talent Community and learn about working at VA 
data:[...] Base64Continue reading Free peer conversations for Veterans after military service
data:[...] Base64Continue reading How a cooking class opened a Veteran’s eyes to VA’s full community
data:[...] Base64Continue reading VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on liver cancer, suicide screening and heart failure
data:[...] Base64Continue reading Turn your military experience into a civilian-ready resume
data:[...] Base64Continue reading John Wasson’s tribute to the caregivers who never gave up on him
data:[...] Base64Read How a cooking class opened a Veteran’s eyes to VA’s full community
data:[...] Base64Read John Wasson’s tribute to the caregivers who never gave up on him
data:[...] Base64Read VA improves health information sharing with community providers
data:[...] Base64Read Carrying the weight: Why caregiver well-being is part of suicide prevention
data:[...] Base64Read Ready to secure your loved ones’ tomorrow with VA’s life insurance programs?
data:[...] Base64Read Fraud Alert: Watch out for phishing scams
data:[...] Base64Read Veterans can use their VA-guaranteed home loan benefit more than once
data:[...] Base64Read Education scams and fraud awareness
data:[...] Base64Read Honoring Veterans: Air Force Veteran Bob Felts
data:[...] Base64Read Honoring Veterans: Army Veteran Alton Roberts
data:[...] Base64Read Honoring Veterans: Army Veteran Edna Cummings
data:[...] Base64Read Honoring Veterans: Army Veteran Marìa Inéz Ortiz
data:[...] Base64United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to VA News
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 48 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 Welcome to VA News
H2 VA Top Stories
H2 Veterans Day National Committee selects Regional Sites for 2026
H2 Hurricane Isaias threatens Gulf Coast: VA activates national response to protect Veterans and families
H2 Lower interest rates for Native American home loans
H2 The 2026 Veterans Benefits Guide is now available online
H2 VA awards Optum Serve 10-year contract up to $30 billion to manage community care dental network
H2 VA Press Room
H2 VA Health and Benefits App
H2 Latest News
H2 Health
H2 Benefits
H2 Upcoming Outreach Events
H2 Popular online VA Resources
H2 Trending on VA News
H2 Contact us
H2 Sign up for our newsletter
H2 We’re here anytime, day or night - 24/7
H3 VA in FY 2026 processes the most claims ever
H3 VA announces $2.6B in infrastructure improvements in fourth quarter of FY 2026
H3 VA launches pilot program to speed Veterans’ access to services, care, benefits
H3 VA awards $16M in grants for adaptive sports programs
H3 Download the App Today
H3 Join the VA Careers Talent Community and learn about working at VA
H3 Free peer conversations for Veterans after military service
H3 How a cooking class opened a Veteran’s eyes to VA’s full community
H3 VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on liver cancer, suicide screening and heart failure
H3 Turn your military experience into a civilian-ready resume
H3 John Wasson’s tribute to the caregivers who never gave up on him
H3 How a cooking class opened a Veteran’s eyes to VA’s full community Duplicate text
H3 John Wasson’s tribute to the caregivers who never gave up on him Duplicate text
H3 VA improves health information sharing with community providers
H3 Carrying the weight: Why caregiver well-being is part of suicide prevention
H3 Ready to secure your loved ones’ tomorrow with VA’s life insurance programs?
H3 Fraud Alert: Watch out for phishing scams
H3 Veterans can use their VA-guaranteed home loan benefit more than once
H3 Education scams and fraud awareness
H3 Honoring Veterans
H3 Honoring Veterans: Air Force Veteran Bob Felts
H3 Honoring Veterans: Army Veteran Alton Roberts
H3 Honoring Veterans: Army Veteran Edna Cummings
H3 Honoring Veterans: Army Veteran Marìa Inéz Ortiz
H3 Freedom 250 Sisters In Service Women Veterans Outreach event
H3 Homeless Veteran Stand Down – Braddock
H3 Homeless Veteran Stand Down – Colonie (Discover)
H3 Lexington Vet Center Claims Clinic
H3 Lake Havasu Stand Down
H3 Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Community Engagement Event
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 too many external links (66) on this page.
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/149333/education-scams-fraud-...Subdomain IMG-ALT Read Education scams and fraud awareness
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/141386/honoring-veterans-army...Subdomain Honoring Veterans: Army Veteran Edna Cummings
/141386/honoring-veterans-army...Subdomain IMG-ALT Read Honoring Veterans: Army Veteran Edna Cummings
/141236/honoring-veterans-army...Subdomain Honoring Veterans: Army Veteran Marìa Inéz Ortiz
/141236/honoring-veterans-army...Subdomain IMG-ALT Read Honoring Veterans: Army Veteran Marìa Inéz Ortiz
/category/veteranSubdomain More Veteran stories
https://discover.va.gov/events...External Subdomain Freedom 250 Sisters In Service Women Veterans Outreach event
https://discover.va.gov/events...External Subdomain Homeless Veteran Stand Down – Braddock
https://discover.va.gov/events...External Subdomain Homeless Veteran Stand Down – Colonie (Discover)
https://discover.va.gov/events...External Subdomain Lexington Vet Center Claims Clinic
https://discover.va.gov/events...External Subdomain Lake Havasu Stand Down
https://discover.va.gov/events...External Subdomain Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Community Engagement Event
https://discover.va.gov/events/External Subdomain All Outreach Events
https://www.va.gov/health-care...External Subdomain My HealtheVet
https://www.va.gov/health-care...External Subdomain Refill and track your prescriptions
https://www.va.gov/claim-or-ap...External Subdomain Check your claim or appeal status
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https://www.va.gov/health-care/External Subdomain VA health care
https://www.va.gov/disability/External Subdomain VA disability compensation
https://www.va.gov/education/External Subdomain VA education and training benefits
https://www.va.gov/health-care...External Subdomain VA medical records
https://mobile.va.gov/External Subdomain VA mobile apps
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https://discover.va.gov/events/External Subdomain VA Outreach Events
https://www.va.gov/find-forms/External Subdomain VA Forms
https://www.va.gov/vapubs/External Subdomain VA Publications
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https://mobile.va.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate VA mobile apps
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https://department.va.gov/admi...External Subdomain Agency Financial Report
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https://department.va.gov/copy...External Subdomain Copyright policy
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The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.64 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.
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (1,268 kB).
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.

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This page has 1,847 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 178 different ip addresses.

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Get the latest news and information about the Department of Veterans Affairs. From the latest on benefits to podcasts highlighting the lives of Veterans.

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