How nih.gov Looks on Google Search

74/100
Needs work
3 fixes recommended

This page shows how nih.gov appears when shared on Google Search. The current preview headline reads "National Institutes of Health (NIH) |". It pairs with the description "Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research cent..." and a social image. Overall, nih.gov's setup scores 74/100 against Google Search best practices.

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www.nih.gov

www.nih.gov

National Institutes of Health (NIH) |

Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of He...

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www.nih.gov

www.nih.gov

National Institutes of Health (NIH) |

Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) |

Analysis

nih.gov's social setup currently has 3 warnings that affect how it renders on Google Search. The most impactful fixes are listed below - they range from missing required tags to image dimensions that will be cropped or rejected by specific platforms.

In particular: no og:title - falling back to <title> tag; description is 379 characters - truncated on most platforms; canonical url and og:url do not match. Each of these has a one-line fix in the recommendations panel above.

What's working well: social share image found; title length is good (37 chars); twitter card type: summary. 3 of the checks we run pass cleanly.

Frequently Asked Questions

nih.gov sets `og:image` but does not include `og:image:width` and `og:image:height`. Explicit dimensions let platforms render the preview faster without downloading the image first.

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