Birminghamal.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
97% 
Page quality
55% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.22 s
File size
49.60 kB
Words
620
Media files
3
Number of links
46 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage | City of Birmingham, Alabama
The length of the page title is perfect. (373 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Birmingham, Alabama: Putting People First. What Do You Need To Do Today?
The length of the meta description is perfect. (478 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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twitter:titleHomepage | City of Birmingham, Alabama
twitter:descriptionBirmingham, Alabama: Putting People First. What Do You Need To Do Today?
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 620 words. That's ok.
25% of the text are stop words.
5 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 17.82 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" 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)
2 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
...l=/static/COB_white_seal.png&w=1920&q=75City of Birmingham, Alabama
...ingham-the-Beautiful_4_0.png&w=1920&q=75No alt attribute provided
...rl=/static/COB_white_seal.png&w=640&q=75No alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
City of Birmingham, Alabama
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 City of Birmingham, Alabama
H2 The City of Birmingham to host ‘Business with BHM’ vendor opportunity expo connecting local businesses to city procurement opportunities
H2 What do you need to do today?
H2 Your source for the City of Birmingham’s news on events, programs, initiatives, and special announcements
H2 News you can use about happenings across the city
H3 Report Problems
H3 Tax & License
H3 Birmingham City Council
H3 Traffic & Parking Tickets
H3 Permits
H3 City Departments
H3 Food Truck Permit Application
H3 Employment & Bidding
H3 Trash Schedule
H3 New Connected Learning Center bridges digital divide at A.G. Gaston Boys & Girls Club
H3 Birmingham Restaurant Week is here! Enjoy good eats around the city July 17–26
H3 Ongoing blight removal: Demolitions complete and more to come
H3 The City of Birmingham to host ‘Business with BHM’ vendor opportunity expo connecting local businesses to city procurement opportunities Duplicate text
H3 Tools for School is coming to Linn Park, August 3; join us for a school supply giveaway and more
H3 JOINT PLANNING AND ZONING AND SPECIAL CALLED COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, 07.23.2025
H3 District 5 Health Fair
H3 Join Us for the District 5 Wellness Fair
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 4 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 12 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.birminghamal.gov/Skip to main content
/government/city-departments/d...ADA
/government/city-council/resid...311
https://data.birminghamal.gov/External Subdomain Open Data
/contact-city-birminghamContact
https://lp.constantcontactpage...External Subdomain Subscribe to Our Newsletter
https://www.birminghamal.gov/IMG-ALT City of Birmingham, Alabama
/news/city-birmingham-host-bus...Learn More
/government/city-council/resid...Report Problems Need to report a problem or illegal dumping? Our 311 call center can help. Report a problem
/government/city-departments/f...Tax & License File taxes, renew business licenses, and find helpful information. Visit Tax & License
/government/city-councilBirmingham City Council Birmingham City Council: Legislative Branch of City Government Discover Your City Council
https://www.trafficpayment.com...External Subdomain Traffic & Parking Tickets Use our online system to pay traffic and parking tickets with your credit card. Make a payment
/government/city-departments/p...Permits Your one stop permitting information center. Find permit information
/governmentCity Departments Birmingham's complete list of city departments and phone numbers City Departments
/government/city-departments/d...Food Truck Permit Application How to apply for a food truck permit Apply for a Food Truck Permit
https://www.birminghamal.gov/workEmployment & Bidding Opportunities for the City of Birmingham and Jefferson County View opportunities
/government/city-departments/d...Trash Schedule Find the schedule for trash collection in your area and learn how to properly dispose of large items. View Trash Schedule
/news/new-connected-learning-c...Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news/birmingham-restaurant-we...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news/ongoing-blight-removal-d...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news/city-birmingham-host-bus...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
https://www.birminghamal.gov/newsSee all news
/events/2025-08-03tools-school...Tools for School is coming to Linn Park, August 3; join us for a school supply giveaway and more
/events/2025-07-23joint-planni...JOINT PLANNING AND ZONING AND SPECIAL CALLED COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, 07.23.2025
/events/2025-07-24district-5-h...District 5 Health Fair
/events/2025-07-24join-us-dist...Join Us for the District 5 Wellness Fair
/eventsSee all events
https://lp.constantcontactpage...New window External Subdomain Subscribe
/governmentGovernment
/government/city-departmentsCity Departments
/departments/birmingham-city-c...Subdomain Birmingham City Council
/departments/mayors-officeSubdomain Mayor's Office
https://www.birminghamal.gov/liveLive
/live/about-birminghamAbout Birmingham
/live/ace-academy-civic-engage...ACE: Academy of Civic Engagement
https://www.birminghamal.org/v...External Subdomain Birmingham City Guide
https://www.birminghamal.gov/workWork
/work/bidding-opportunitiesBidding Opportunities
/work/birmingham-comprehensive...Birmingham Comprehensive Plan
/work/building-codesBuilding Codes
/employmentSubdomain Careers at the City of Birmingham
/work/eserviceseServices
https://birminghamal.hdlgov.com/External Subdomain Taxes and efiling
https://www.birminghamal.gov/playPlay
/play/arts-museumsArts & Museums
https://www.birmingham365.org/External Subdomain Birmingham365
/play/city-birmingham-festivalsFestivals
/parksSubdomain Parks
/landmarksBirmingham Landmarks
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/pages...New window External Subdomain No Text
http://twitter.com/cityofbhamalNew window External No Text
https://instagram.com/cityofbi...New window External No Text
https://www.ifsight.com/New window External Subdomain Powered by Interpersonal Frequency
/contact-city-birminghamContact Us
https://www.birminghamal.gov/newsNews
/eventsEvents
/terms-useTerms of Use

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.birminghamal.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 excellent with 0.22 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (50 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 920 referring domains.
This page has 9,207 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 480 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /wp-admin
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: *.pdf
Disallow: /sites/
Disallow: /user
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Disallow: /login
Disallow: /login/
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www.birminghamal.gov
Homepage | City of Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama: Putting People First. What Do You Need To Do Today?

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Birmingham93%Check
Birmingham Alabama85%Check
City Birmingham77%Check
Alabama75%Check
City63%Check
City Birmingham host Business61%Check
Birmingham Restaurant Week58%Check
Birmingham host Business BHM55%Check
need50%Check
today50%Check

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