Animalservices.columbiasc.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
56% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
66% 
Link structure
65% 
Server
94% 
External factors
48% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.51 s
File size
92.30 kB
Words
655
Media files
2
Number of links
60 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to City of Columbia Animal Services - City of Columbia - Animal Services
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 737 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page 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://animalservices.columbiasc.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
(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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=0
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
generatorPowered by WPBakery Page Builder - drag and drop page builder for WordPress.
article:modified_time2025-09-15T18:46:54+00:00
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleWelcome to City of Columbia Animal Services - City of Columbia - Animal Services
og:urlhttps://animalservices.columbiasc.gov/
og:site_nameCity of Columbia - Animal Services
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 655 words. That's ok.
29% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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 16.55 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, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 13 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
...rtment_Logos_RGB_FC_Animal-_Services.svgCity of Columbia - Animal Services
...s/2025/09/animal-services-logo-white.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Columbia Animal Services
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Columbia Animal Services
H1 Get Directions
H1 Hours of Operation
H2 Serving people. Saving pets.
H2 We are dedicated to compassionate public service, promoting responsible pet ownership, and strengthening the bond between people and pets. Through education, outreach, and support, we’re working to...
H2 Shelter Services
H2 Frequently asked questions
H2 The City of Columbia Animal Shelter is closed on Sundays and all recognized City of Columbia holidays.
H3 Adoption
H3 Lost & Found
H3 Rehome
H3 Foster
H3 Volunteer
H3 Report Abuse or Neglect
H3 What is an open intake shelter?
H3 What is your stray hold policy?
H3 How do I report animal cruelty or abuse?
H3 Do you euthanize?
H4 Shelter Services Duplicate text
H4 Get Involved
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
6 links don't have an anchor text.
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 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.facebook.com/colum...New window External Subdomain facebook
https://www.instagram.com/colu...New window External Subdomain instagram
https://columbiasc.gov/External Back to ColumbiaSC.gov
/Subdomain IMG-ALT City of Columbia - Animal Services
/Anchor search
/Anchor Menu
/adoption/Subdomain The Adoption Process
/adoptable-pets/Subdomain Adoptable Pets
/adoption-faq/Subdomain Adoption FAQ
/lost/Subdomain Lost and Found
/foster-program/Subdomain Foster Program
/volunteer/Subdomain Volunteer
/donate/Subdomain Donate
/become-a-rescue-partner/Subdomain Become a Rescue Partner
/animal-ordinance/Subdomain Animal Ordinances & Pet Licenses
/report-abuse-or-neglect/Subdomain Report Abuse or Neglect
/community-solutions/Subdomain Community Solutions
/pet-fix-return/Subdomain Pet Fix & Return
/who-we-are/Subdomain Who We Are
/meet-the-team/Subdomain Meet The Team
/shelter-statistics/Subdomain Shelter Statistics
/get-social-with-us/Subdomain Get Social With Us
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/rehome/Subdomain Rehome
/donate/Subdomain Text duplicate Donate
/Anchor Text duplicate search
/adoptionNo Text
/lost/No Text
/rehomeNo Text
/foster-program/No Text
/volunteerNo Text
/report-abuse-or-neglect/No Text
https://resources.bestfriends....External Subdomain Anchor URL anchor text
https://resources.bestfriends.org/article/no-kill-resolution-guidelines#WhatItMeans
/adoption-faq/VIEW MORE FAQs
https://www.google.com/maps/di...New window External Subdomain GET DIRECTIONS
/adoption/Subdomain Adoption Services
/foster-program/Subdomain Text duplicate Foster Program
/lost/Subdomain Lost and Found Pets
/rehome/Subdomain Rehome Your Pet
/report-abuse-or-neglect/Subdomain Text duplicate Report Abuse or Neglect
/foster-program/Subdomain Text duplicate Foster Program
/volunteer/Subdomain Text duplicate Volunteer
/donate/Subdomain Text duplicate Donate
/become-a-rescue-partner/Subdomain Text duplicate Become a Rescue Partner
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://www.facebook.com/colum...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate facebook
https://www.instagram.com/colu...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate instagram
/adoption/Subdomain Text duplicate The Adoption Process
/adoptable-pets/Subdomain Text duplicate Adoptable Pets
/adoption-faq/Subdomain Text duplicate Adoption FAQ
/lost/Subdomain Text duplicate Lost and Found
/foster-program/Subdomain Text duplicate Foster Program
/volunteer/Subdomain Text duplicate Volunteer
/donate/Subdomain Text duplicate Donate
/become-a-rescue-partner/Subdomain Text duplicate Become a Rescue Partner
/animal-ordinance/Subdomain Text duplicate Animal Ordinances & Pet Licenses
/report-abuse-or-neglect/Subdomain Text duplicate Report Abuse or Neglect
/community-solutions/Subdomain Text duplicate Community Solutions
/pet-fix-return/Subdomain Text duplicate Pet Fix & Return
/who-we-are/Subdomain Text duplicate Who We Are
/meet-the-team/Subdomain Text duplicate Meet The Team
/shelter-statistics/Subdomain Text duplicate Shelter Statistics
/get-social-with-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Get Social With Us
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/rehome/Subdomain Text duplicate Rehome
/donate/Subdomain Text duplicate Donate
https://www.facebook.com/colum...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate facebook
https://www.instagram.com/colu...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate instagram

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://animalservices.columbiasc.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 of 0.51 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (92 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateSun, 18 Jan 2026 02:23:13 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
servercloudflare
varyX-Forwarded-Proto,Accept-Encoding
last-modifiedSat, 17 Jan 2026 11:50:24 GMT
referrer-policy
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x-cache-nxaccelBYPASS
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cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
content-encodingbr
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statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 16 referring domains.
This page only has 36 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 16 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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User-agent: *
Disallow:

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Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
Animal86%Check
Columbia86%Check
Animal Services86%Check
Columbia Animal86%Check
Columbia Animal Services86%Check
Services85%Check
Animal Shelter64%Check
Animal Welfare62%Check
Local Animal62%Check
Adoption Services62%Check
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