Cityofanderson.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
40% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
56% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.07 s
File size
95.90 kB
Words
230
Media files
28
Number of links
65 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Anderson, IN - Official Website | Official Website
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (431 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
category0Home
theme-color#3170bc
descriptionEmpty
keywordsHome
langen
Content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 230 words on this page. Use at least 250 words to provide useful information.
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
17% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 14 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No viewpoint tag is provided.
No Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 6 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
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=398Click to Home
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=24082016MayorTab
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=426Go
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=428Share
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=430Site Tools
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=3848SlideshowCrystalArchMemorials.jpgSlideshowCrystalArchMemorials.jpg
data:[...] Base64Muse.jpgMuse.jpg
data:[...] Base64CoveredBridgeSnow.jpgCoveredBridgeSnow.jpg
data:[...] Base64SlideShoiw_DickmanTownCenterMuse.jpgSlideShoiw_DickmanTownCenterMuse.jpg
data:[...] Base64SlideshowShadysideFullSun.jpgSlideshowShadysideFullSun.jpg
data:[...] Base64ShadySideArch.jpgShadySideArch.jpg
data:[...] Base64SlideShowBlueBridgeWinter.jpgSlideShowBlueBridgeWinter.jpg
data:[...] Base64performanceperformance
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=50992025 City of Anderson Summer Concert Series
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=445View All
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4360City Maps
...cLinks/101/EmergencyContactNumbers_1.pngEmergencyContactNumbers_1.png
/images/GraphicLinks/84/directoryhp.pngDepartment Directory
/images/GraphicLinks/84/econdevhp.pngNo alt attribute provided
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=2405AndersonNow-home1
/images/GraphicLinks/84/notifymehp.pngNotify Me
/images/GraphicLinks/84/billpayhp.pngOnline Bill Pay
/images/GraphicLinks/84/requesthp.pngReport a Concern
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=445View All
...000000000\95/seal_201308121019157627.pngCity of Anderson, Indiana - 1865City of Anderson, Indiana - 1865
/images/GraphicLinks/7/facebook.pngFacebook
/images/GraphicLinks/7/twitter.pngTwitter
/images/GraphicLinks/7/clapboard.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Click to Home
The H1 heading is too short (13 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Click to Home
H3 Share
H3 Site Tools
H3 City Maps
H3 Calendar
H3 Contact Us
H4 Anderson Airport Named Airport of the Year
H4 Mon, Jul. 28
H4 Wed, Aug. 6
H4 Documents
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.cityofanderson.com/Anchor Skip to Main Content
/MyAccount/ProfileCreateCreate a Website Account
/MyAccountWebsite Sign In
https://www.cityofanderson.com/IMG-ALT Click to Home
/172/Mayors-OfficeIMG-ALT 2016MayorTab
/Search/ResultsTrivial anchor text
IMG-ALT Go
/Layout/WidgetShare/ShareLink/...New window Facebook
/Layout/WidgetShare/ShareLink/...New window Twitter
/Layout/WidgetShare/ShareLink/...New window Pinterest
/Layout/WidgetShare/ShareLink/...New window Delicious
/Layout/WidgetShare/ShareLink/...New window Blogger
/Layout/WidgetShare/ShareLink/...New window LinkedIn
https://www.cityofanderson.com/Home
/MyAccountMy Account
https://www.cityofanderson.com/Anchor Printer Friendly
/EmailPageEmail Page
/directory.aspxContact Us
https://www.cityofanderson.com/Hear This Page
/rss.aspxRSS
/SiteMapSite Map
https://www.cityofanderson.com/Anchor Translate Page
/list.aspxNotifications
/DocumentCenterDocuments
https://www.cityofanderson.com/Help
/101/SERVICESSERVICES
/27/GOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT
/31/OUR-CITYOUR CITY
/35/DOING-BUSINESSDOING BUSINESS
/9/CONNECT-ENGAGECONNECT & ENGAGE
https://www.cityofanderson.com/Anchor Spotlight
https://www.cityofanderson.com/Anchor City News
https://www.cityofanderson.com/Anchor Text duplicate Spotlight
https://www.cityofanderson.com/Anchor Text duplicate City News
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=851New window Anderson Airport Named Airport of the Year
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=851New window Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=1IMG-ALT View All
/jobs.aspxApply for Jobs
https://www.youtube.com/@cityo...External Subdomain Anderson TV Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@cityo...External Subdomain Watch Live Meetings
https://www.youtube.com/@cityo...External Subdomain Watch Archived Meetings
https://secure.rec1.com/IN/and...New window External Subdomain Parks & Rec. Shelters and Programs
http://andersongrandview.com/New window External Schedule Grandview Golf Course Tee Times
/170/Legal-DepartmentPublic Information Requests
https://getengagedrea.mysocial...New window External Subdomain Anderson Parks 5-Year Master Plan
https://forms.gle/iSyjEqTKvWXh...New window External 2025 City of Anderson Independence Celebration and Parade Application
/222/MapsSubdomain IMG-ALT City Maps
/301/Emergency-InformationIMG-ALT EmergencyContactNumbers_1.png
/directory.aspxIMG-ALT Department Directory
http://andersonecondev.com/New window External No Text
/289/NewsletterIMG-ALT AndersonNow-home1
/list.aspxIMG-ALT Notify Me
/197/Online-PaymentsIMG-ALT Online Bill Pay
/requesttracker.aspxIMG-ALT Report a Concern
/calendar.aspx?CID=25,24,23,14,22Calendar
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2875Regular Safety Board Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2875Regular Safety Board MeetingRead On
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2874Board of Zoning Appeals
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2874Board of Zoning AppealsRead On
/calendar.aspx?CID=25,24,23,14,22Text duplicate IMG-ALT View All
/DocumentCenter/View/4811/Serv...New window Service Water Line Survey
/DocumentCenter/View/5129/Comm...New window Community Needs and Fair Housing Survey Results
/DocumentCenter/View/5124/Publ...New window Public Notice 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan & PY2025 Annual Action Plan
/DocumentCenter/View/5135/City...New window City of Anderson, IN 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan Draft #1
/directory.aspxText duplicate Department Directory
A-TITLE Department Directory
/facebookText duplicate IMG-ALT Facebook
/twitterNew window Text duplicate IMG-ALT Twitter
/393/Watch-VideosNo Text
https://www.cityofanderson.com/City Home Page
/directory.aspxText duplicate Contact Us
/sitemapText duplicate Site Map
/accessibility.aspxAccessibility
/copyright.aspxCopyright
/employeesEmployees Only
A-TITLE Employees Only Section
https://cityofandersonin.munis...New window External Subdomain ESS
A-TITLE Employee Self Service
http://www.civicplus.com/External Subdomain Powered by CivicPlus®

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cityofanderson.com/"
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 (1.07 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 (96 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 *
dateMon, 28 Jul 2025 13:21:10 GMT
content-length28595
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 119 referring domains.
This page has 628 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 95 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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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
Anderson65%Check
CITY54%Check
Site52%Check
Anderson Airport52%Check
Website44%Check
City News44%Check
Contact42%Check
Board41%Check
Map40%Check
Maps40%Check
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