Homepage SEO Analysis for STATE.GOV

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Domain Resolution

Your website resolves to the following IP addresses:
Doesn't resolve!

Title

The title of a web page appears in search results as the link to that page.
Your web page's title is:
U.S. Department of State
Good This web page has a title tag.
Good Your title is 70 characters or less in length.

Meta Description

Search engines often use the meta description of a web page to describe it in search results.
Your web page's meta description is:
Problem This web page is missing a meta description.
Warning Best practices say your meta description should be between 150 and 160 characters in length. Yours is 0.

Headings

Headings, such as H1, H2, H3, etc, are important sentences or phrases on a web page that quickly and clearly tells people and search engines what they can expect to find there.
Good This web page has a H1 heading tag.

STATE.GOV in search results

You can see below how Google and most other search engines will display this site's home page in search results. The title is used as the link to the page, and the meta description usually appears below the title.

U.S. Department of State

state.gov/

Sites You Link To

Outbound links tell search engines which websites you find valuable and relevant to your own site, and help your visitors find what they need; even if it's not on your site.
SiteNumber of links
translations.state.gov2
fpc.state.gov4
service.govdelivery.com3
blogs.state.gov4
travel.state.gov12
www.adoption.state.gov4
aoprals.state.gov2
careers.state.gov10
www.civilianresponsecorps.gov2
iocareers.state.gov2
www.usajobs.gov2
www.buyusainfo.net2
www.pmddtc.state.gov3
csm.state.gov2
diplomacy.state.gov4
history.state.gov3
j1visa.state.gov2
eca.state.gov4
oig.state.gov2
www.usembassy.gov2
www.usun.state.gov2
visitor.r20.constantcontact.com1
exchanges.state.gov1
www.usaid.gov1
www.pepfar.gov1
statedept.tumblr.com1
twitter.com2
www.flickr.com1
instagram.com1
www.facebook.com1
plus.google.com1
www.youtube.com1
m.state.gov5
video.state.gov2
contact-us.state.gov3
apps.usa.gov1
business.usa.gov3
digitaledition.state.gov3
bids.state.gov1
www.ice.gov3
itunes.apple.com1
search.state.gov1
www.usa.gov1
www.addthis.com1
foia.state.gov1
www.whitehouse.gov1
2001-2009.state.gov1
openid.net2

Image Descriptions

Image descriptions, also called "alt text", are the best way to describe images to search engines and to visitors using screen readers.
Good All of your images have descriptions.

Robots

Your website's robots.txt file can tell search engines to ignore parts of your site.
Bot NameDescriptionResult
googlebotCrawler for the Google.com search engine. Allowed
bingbotCrawler for the Bing.com and Yahoo.com search engines. Allowed
baiduspiderCrawler for Baidu.com, the leading Chinese search engine. Allowed
yandexCrawler for Yandex.com, the leading search engine in Russia. Allowed
yandexbotCrawler for Yandex.com, the leading search engine in Russia. Allowed
sosospiderCrawler for Soso.com, a major Chinese search engine. Allowed
exabotCrawler for ExaLead, a major search engine in France. Allowed
sogou spiderCrawler for Sogou.com, a major search engine in China. Allowed

Canonical Url

This website can live at www.state.gov or state.gov. It's best for your site's visibility to live at just one URL, or web address. You'll want to create a 301 redirect to the URL you choose from the other URL.
Good Your canonical URL is www.state.gov.