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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
51% 
Page structure
26% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
78% 
External factors
3% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.50 s
File size
131.30 kB
Words
346
Media files
24
Number of links
67 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Bristol, VA - Official Website | Official Website
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (404 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
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: United States of America
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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
category0Home
theme-colorrgb(28, 15, 112)
descriptionEmpty
keywordsHome
facebook-domain-verificationrz6iskgx6miiv6ku1pum2a578pecyc
langen
Content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 346 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
There are 4 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Subscribe to Notify Me to receive updates and information about commun...
  • Duplicate 2: With the MyAccount feature, you can customize your viewing experience,...
24.3% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
4 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 9.75 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" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: hot bristol night car show
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6122Bristol Virginia Homepage
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6122Bristol Virginia Homepage
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6123Facebook
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6125X
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6124Instagram
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6126YouTube
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6139Nextdoor
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=6130City of Bristol Virginia
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6128Search
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6146City Projects
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6151Spotlight
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6146City Projects
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6151Spotlight
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=6157Council
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=6156Council
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=6155Council
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=6154Council
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=6158Council
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=6138Bristol Virginia Homepage
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6140Facebook
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6143X
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6144YouTube
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6141Instagram
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=6142Nextdoor

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Common Services
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (15 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 26 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Common Services
H1 Spotlights & Announcements
H1 News & Events
H1 Elected Officials
H1 Becky Nave
H1 Jake Holmes
H1 Anthony Farnum
H1 Neal Osborne
H1 Michael Pollard
H3 Contact Us
H3 Quick Links
H3 Site Links
H4 Stay Connected!
H4 Create an Account
H4 Stay Connected! Duplicate text
H4 Create an Account Duplicate text
H4 Bristol is OPEN for Business!
H4 Stay Connected! Duplicate text
H4 Create an Account Duplicate text
H4 Fri, Aug 1
H4 Mon, Aug 11
H4 Tue, Aug 12
H4 Mon, Aug 18
H4 Tue, Aug 26
H4 Mon, Sep 1
H4 Fri, Aug 1 Duplicate text
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 21 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.bristolva.gov/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://www.bristolva.gov/IMG-ALT Bristol Virginia Homepage
https://www.bristolva.gov/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Bristol Virginia Homepage
/27/DepartmentsDepartments
/8/GovernmentGovernment
/31/BusinessBusiness
/35/VisitorsVisitors
/9/I-Want-ToI Want To...
https://www.facebook.com/Cityo...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://twitter.com/cityofbris...External IMG-ALT X
https://www.instagram.com/city...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/@cityo...External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
https://nextdoor.com/pages/the...External IMG-ALT Nextdoor
/Search/ResultsIMG-ALT Search
https://eservices.bristolva.or...External Subdomain Online Payments
/607/Agenda-CenterMeetings & Agendas
/225/ElectionsElection Information
/270/Report-a-Concern---City-H...City Helpdesk
/533/BVTVBVTV
https://bristolva.interactiveg...External Subdomain GIS
/Blog.aspx?CID=1Landfill Information & Updates
/672/sheriffs-officeBristol Virginia Sheriff’s Office
/155/police-departmentBristol Virginia Police Department
/133/fire-departmentBristol Virginia Fire Department
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=341IMG-ALT City Projects
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=341Stay Connected!
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=341Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=340IMG-ALT Spotlight
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=340Create an Account
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=340Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=341Text duplicate Stay Connected!
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=341Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=340Text duplicate Create an Account
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=340Text duplicate Read on...
https://www.bristolchamber.com...New window External Subdomain Bristol is OPEN for Business!
https://www.bristolchamber.com...New window External Subdomain Click Here...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=6,9,1,7,8,5View All News
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=341Text duplicate IMG-ALT City Projects
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=341Text duplicate Stay Connected!
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=341Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=340Text duplicate IMG-ALT Spotlight
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=340Text duplicate Create an Account
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=340Text duplicate Read on...
https://www.bristolva.gov/Anchor Official City Meetings
https://www.bristolva.gov/Anchor Community Events
https://www.bristolva.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Official City Meetings
/Calendar.aspx?EID=1282Hot Bristol Night Car Show
/Calendar.aspx?EID=1261City of Bristol VA Industrial Development Authority Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=1231City of Bristol VA - City Council Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=1248City of Bristol Va Planning commission
/Calendar.aspx?EID=1232Text duplicate City of Bristol VA - City Council Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=1274Labor Day-City Offices Closed
/calendar.aspx?CID=14View All Events
https://www.bristolva.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Community Events
/Calendar.aspx?EID=1282Text duplicate Hot Bristol Night Car Show
/calendar.aspx?CID=32Text duplicate View All Events
/Directory.aspx?EID=105IMG-ALT Council
/Directory.aspx?EID=105Mayor
/Directory.aspx?EID=230Text duplicate IMG-ALT Council
/Directory.aspx?EID=230Vice Mayor
/Directory.aspx?EID=104Text duplicate IMG-ALT Council
/Directory.aspx?EID=104Council Member
/Directory.aspx?EID=83Text duplicate IMG-ALT Council
/Directory.aspx?EID=83Text duplicate Council Member
/Directory.aspx?EID=231Text duplicate IMG-ALT Council
/Directory.aspx?EID=231Text duplicate Council Member
https://www.bristolva.gov/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Bristol Virginia Homepage
https://www.facebook.com/Cityo...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Facebook
https://twitter.com/cityofbris...External Text duplicate IMG-ALT X
https://www.youtube.com/@cityo...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/city...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Instagram
https://nextdoor.com/pages/the...External Text duplicate IMG-ALT Nextdoor
/directory.aspxEmail Us
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=26,73,27Quick Links
https://www.elections.virginia...New window External Subdomain Virginia Department of Elections
http://www.fvap.gov/New window External Subdomain Federal Voting Assistance Program
https://www.restore.virginia.gov/External Subdomain Restoration Of Rights Information
https://bristolva.org/director...New window External Staff Directory
https://bristolva.org/jobs.aspxNew window External Employment
https://eservices.bristolva.or...New window External Subdomain Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Records
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=74Site Links
https://www.bristolva.gov/Home
https://www.bristolva.gov/sitemapSite Map
/directoryContact Us
/accessibilityAccessibility
/site/copyrightCopyright Notices
https://www.bristolva.gov/privacyPrivacy Policy
https://connect.civicplus.com/...External Subdomain CivicPlus®

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.bristolva.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 slow (1.50 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (131 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate, s-maxage=600,no-transform
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
p3pCP="IDC DSP COR ADM DEVi TAIi PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi HIS OUR IND CNT"
set-cookie25 Characters
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self' https://*.granicus.com https://platform.civicplus.com https://account.civicplus.com https://analytics.civicplus.com; img-src * data: blob:; worker-src * data: blob: 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline'; script-src * about: 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; style-src * 'unsafe-inline'; media-src * blob:; font-src * data:; default-src *
strict-transport-securitymax-age=300
dateMon, 28 Jul 2025 13:54:54 GMT
content-length36126
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 1 referring domains.
This page only has 3 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 1 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

user-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /
User-agent: Yandex
Disallow: /
User-agent: *
Disallow: /activedit
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /common/admin/
Disallow: /OJA
Disallow: /support
Disallow: /currenteventsview.asp
Disallow: /search.asp
Disallow: /currenteventsview.aspx
Disallow: /search.aspx
Disallow: /currentevents.aspx
Disallow: /Support
Disallow: /CurrentEventsView.asp
Disallow: /Search.asp
Disallow: /CurrentEventsView.aspx
Disallow: /Search.aspx
Disallow: /Search
Disallow: /CurrentEvents.aspx
Disallow: /Currentevents.aspx
Disallow: /map.aspx
Disallow: /map.asp
Disallow: /Map.aspx
Disallow: /Map.asp
Sitemap: /sitemap.xml
Disallow: /RSS.aspx
User-agent: Siteimprove
Crawl-delay: 20
User-agent: Siteimprovebot
Crawl-delay: 20
User-agent: Siteimprovebot-crawler
Crawl-delay: 20

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Bristol68%Check
Bristol VA65%Check
Bristol Virginia52%Check
Site50%Check
Common50%Check
Services50%Check
Official48%Check
Official Website48%Check
Stay43%Check
Links43%Check
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