irs.gov Website Health Report
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Analyzed 8/2/2026, 3:42:54 AM · https://irs.gov
Summary
As of August 2, 2026, irs.gov scores 62/100 overall (grade C), ranking #504 of 995 websites in the E:LAB STUDIO database — the top 51%. Its strongest area is Technical (90/100); its weakest is Schema (0/100).
Its AI-search visibility (AEO) score is 45/100 — a measure of how citable the page is to AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. No JSON-LD structured data was detected — the single highest-impact gap for AI search. Top fixes: Organization schema, FAQ schema, Author / publish date present.
Speed scores 75/100: the server answered in 798ms, the HTML weighs 129 KB, compression is on, and 6 render-blocking resources sit in <head>. Security scores 76/100: the site is served over HTTPS and is missing the Content-Security-Policy, Referrer-Policy headers.
Compared with the database average (61/100 overall), irs.gov scores 1 point higher.
How to improve
23Based on this report, here are the highest-impact fixes across SEO, AI-search visibility, speed and security:
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- ✓Title tag present10/10
- ✓Meta description present10/10
- ✓H1 heading present10/10
- ✓Canonical URL set10/10
- ✓Open Graph tags present10/10
- ✓sitemap.xml found10/10
- ✓robots.txt found10/10
- ◐Images have alt text8/10
- ✓Internal links present10/10
- ✗Structured data present0/10
AI Visibility (AEO)
- ✗Organization schema0/15
- ✗FAQ schema0/15
- ✓Substantive, descriptive content (heuristic)15/15
- ✓Company/brand identity (About page or Org schema)10/10
- ✗Author / publish date present0/10
- ✓Structured heading (single clear H1)10/10
- ✓External source/citation links10/10
- ✗Industry/location info0/10
- ✗Price/product info0/5
Schema
- ✗Any JSON-LD present0/20
- ✗Organization0/15
- ✗FAQPage0/15
- ✗LocalBusiness0/15
- ✗Article or Product0/15
- ✗Breadcrumb0/10
- ✗Author/date structured0/10
Technical
- ✓robots.txt found15/15
- ✓sitemap.xml found15/15
- ✓Canonical URL set15/15
- ✓Mobile viewport meta15/15
- ✓Language attribute set10/10
- ✓Open Graph tags10/10
- ✗Title length is optimal0/10
- ✓Description length is optimal10/10
Speed
- ◐Fast server response (TTFB)17/25
- ✓HTML delivered quickly15/15
- ✓Compression enabled15/15
- ◐HTML payload is lean9/10
- ✓Browser caching headers10/10
- ◐Few render-blocking resources9/15
- ✗Images are lazy-loaded0/5
- ✗Images have explicit dimensions0/5
Security
- ✓Served over HTTPS20/20
- ✓HTTP redirects to HTTPS10/10
- ✓TLS certificate not near expiry5/5
- ✓HSTS header15/15
- ✗Content-Security-Policy header0/12
- ✓X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff8/8
- ✓Clickjacking protection8/8
- ✗Referrer-Policy header0/7
- ✗Permissions-Policy header0/5
- ✓No mixed content5/5
- ✓Server version not disclosed5/5
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FAQ about irs.gov
What is irs.gov's SEO score?
irs.gov scores 88/100 for on-page SEO and 62/100 overall (grade C) — rank #504 of 995 sites in the E:LAB STUDIO database.
Is irs.gov visible to AI search engines like ChatGPT?
Its AI-visibility score is 45/100 — middling. Highest-impact improvements: Organization schema, FAQ schema.
What technology does irs.gov use?
No specific framework or CMS was detectable from its public HTML.
What should irs.gov fix first?
Based on this report: Organization schema, FAQ schema. The full prioritized list is in the "How to improve" section below.
When was this report generated?
On August 2, 2026, from publicly fetched HTML. Anyone can re-run the analysis for free to refresh it.
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