Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
61% 
Page quality
79% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
83% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.72 s
File size
50.90 kB
Words
594
Media files
7
Number of links
72 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
| WA.gov
The page title is too short. (79 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
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://wa.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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
langen
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 594 words. That's ok.
29.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 15.59 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 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
/themes/drupalbase_custom/logo.svgHome
...n-lights-chris-barron.jpeg?itok=54JOwRk7Group of people on a dock at Sequim Bay State Park watching the Northern Lights
...3a378bd0c610b39ed9afaf7e415ee2adc148.jpgA stack of credit cards resting on a computer's keyboard
...-01/complaint-how-to_0.jpg?itok=_VrYPr9xConsumer protection law book and gavel
...2022-10/workers-rights.jpg?itok=Q6H9O4y0Link to worker's rights information
...2-10/help-finding-food.jpg?itok=VhxgVKTPLink to information on how to find food
...t/files/2022-07/wa.gov-logo-footer-b.svgWa.gov - The Evergreen State Home

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Washington State
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to Washington State
H2 How-to Guides
H2 Contact
H2 What's happening in Washington
H2 Looking for SecureAccess Washington (SAW)?
H2 Connect with us
H2 Find an Agency
H3 File a Complaint
H3 Workers’ Rights
H3 Get Help Finding Food
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 14 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://wa.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://wa.gov/WA.gov
https://wa.gov/businessesBusinesses
https://wa.gov/familiesFamilies
/people-with-disabilitiesPeople with disabilities
https://wa.gov/seniorsSeniors
https://wa.gov/visitorsVisitors
https://wa.gov/agencyGovernment Agencies
/state-employee-contactsGovernment Employees
https://wa.gov/how-to-guidesHow-to Guides
https://wa.gov/nodeEnglish
https://wa.gov/es/nodeEspañol - Español
https://wa.gov/uk/nodeUkrainian - Українська
https://wa.gov/ru/nodeRussian - Русский
https://wa.gov/ar/nodeArabic - العربية
https://wa.gov/hi/nodeHindi - हिन्दी
https://wa.gov/vi/nodeVietnamese - Tiếng Việt
https://wa.gov/ja/nodeJapanese - 日本語
https://wa.gov/ko/nodeKorean - 한국어
https://wa.gov/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
https://wa.gov/educationEducation
https://wa.gov/workWork
https://wa.gov/health-and-safetyHealth & Safety
https://wa.gov/recreationRecreation
https://wa.gov/travelTravel
https://wa.gov/your-governmentYour Government
https://wa.gov/Anchor Menu
A-TITLE Menu
https://wa.gov/businessesText duplicate Businesses
https://wa.gov/familiesText duplicate Families
/people-with-disabilitiesText duplicate People with disabilities
https://wa.gov/seniorsText duplicate Seniors
https://wa.gov/visitorsText duplicate Visitors
/report-suspected-fraudTake the report fraud quiz
/how-to-guides/file-complaintFile a Complaint Find out where to file a complaint based on your specific issue.
IMG-ALT Consumer protection law book and gavel
/how-to-guides/workers-rightsWorkers’ Rights Learn your rights and benefits as a worker in Washington state.
IMG-ALT Link to worker's rights information
/how-to-guides/get-help-findin...Get Help Finding Food Find out how you can get fresh, healthy, and free food throughout the state.
IMG-ALT Link to information on how to find food
https://wa.gov/how-to-guidesSee All How-to Guides
https://wa.gov/agencyFind an Agency
/state-employee-contactsFind a Government Employee
https://doh.wa.gov/newsroom/ba...External Subdomain Is your child up to date on vaccines for school?
https://doh.wa.gov/newsroom/ba...External Subdomain Vaccines are required for school and child care in Washington—and they help protect your child’s health. You may be able to get them for free or at a low cost.
https://doh.wa.gov/newsroom/fe...External Subdomain Despite federal cuts, 988 Lifeline will continue supporting LGBTQ+ youth
https://doh.wa.gov/newsroom/fe...External Subdomain 988 no longer has a separate LGBTQ+ option, but trained crisis counselors are still available to support all callers. You can also get help from the Trevor P...
https://ecology.wa.gov/about-u...External Subdomain Help shape Washington’s battery recycling program
https://ecology.wa.gov/about-u...External Subdomain The Department of Ecology is proposing new rules to make it easier to recycle batteries safely. They’d like to hear your thoughts before moving forward.
https://www.commerce.wa.gov/co...External Subdomain State announces limits on rent increases in 2026
https://www.commerce.wa.gov/co...External Subdomain Relief is on the way for renters—next year, landlords can’t raise rent by more than 9.683%. The new cap comes from a law Governor Bob Ferguson signed earlier...
https://www.arts.wa.gov/2025/0...External Subdomain ArtsWA and state agencies to host conference for veterans
https://www.arts.wa.gov/2025/0...External Subdomain Veterans are invited to a free two-day conference in Yakima on August 20–21. The event will offer workshops, resources, and speakers focused on supporting th...
https://agr.wa.gov/about-wsda/...External Subdomain Volunteers discover new or rare bee species in Washington
https://agr.wa.gov/about-wsda/...External Subdomain A new program to document Washington’s native bees has insect-lovers buzzing with excitement. The Department of Agriculture is even calling for more voluntee...
https://secureaccess.wa.gov/External Subdomain Log in to SAW
/how-to-guides/secureaccess-wa...Learn how to use SAW
A-TITLE SecureAccess Washington (SAW) is Your Login for State Services
https://wa.gov/agencyText duplicate Government Agencies
/state-employee-contactsText duplicate Government Employees
https://www.sos.wa.gov/library...External Subdomain Ask a State Librarian
https://wa.gov/newsAgency News
/webform/contact-wagov-teamContact the WA.gov Team
A-TITLE Contact the WA.gov Team
https://wa.gov/Image
IMG-ALT Wa.gov - The Evergreen State Home
https://wa.gov/privacy-noticePrivacy
A-TITLE Privacy Notice
https://wa.gov/node/61721Use Our Logo
https://wa.gov/educationText duplicate Education
https://wa.gov/workText duplicate Work
https://wa.gov/health-and-safetyText duplicate Health & Safety
https://wa.gov/recreationText duplicate Recreation
https://wa.gov/travelText duplicate Travel
https://wa.gov/your-governmentText duplicate Your Government
https://wa.gov/agencyText duplicate Government Agencies
/state-employee-contactsText duplicate Government Employees
https://wa.gov/businessesText duplicate Businesses
https://wa.gov/familiesText duplicate Families
/people-with-disabilitiesText duplicate People with disabilities
/people-with-disabilities/acce...Accessibility - WA State Law and Policy
/people-with-disabilities/acce...Accessibility Policy
/people-with-disabilities/age-...Age 55+ and Senior Blind Individuals
/people-with-disabilities/blin...Blindness-related Tools and Services
/people-with-disabilities/crea...Creating Disability-Friendly Spaces
/people-with-disabilities/elec...Electronic and Data Accessibility
/people-with-disabilities/gene...General Blindness Considerations
/people-with-disabilities/gett...Getting What You Need
/people-with-disabilities/huma...Human Relations
/people-with-disabilities/righ...Rights and Self-Advocacy
/people-with-disabilities/scho...Schools and Universities
https://wa.gov/seniorsText duplicate Seniors
https://wa.gov/visitorsText duplicate Visitors
https://wa.gov/how-to-guidesText duplicate How-to Guides

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://wa.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.72 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 (51 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-drupal-cacheHIT
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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
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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 788 referring domains.
This page has 9,685 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 525 different ip addresses.

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.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/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
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# 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
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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wa.gov
| WA.gov

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Washington54%Check
Washington State54%Check
State52%Check
Welcome50%Check
SecureAccess Washington48%Check
gov47%Check
Find46%Check
State Park44%Check
State Government43%Check
online state43%Check

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