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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
54% 
Page structure
21% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.21 s
File size
131.10 kB
Words
422
Media files
16
Number of links
60 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Milpitas, CA | Official Website
The length of the page title is perfect. (263 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
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

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theme-color#004a67
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Content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are only 422 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the City Council will hold a Study Session a...
21.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 10.92 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 usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 8 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
...mon/Images/AlertCenter/alertBarBlink.svgEmergency Alert
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=64Home Page
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=76Search
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=48 Facebook
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=48 Facebook
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=50 Twitter
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=52Linkedin
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=51 YouTube
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=62Nextdoor
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=8105CityHall
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=7991Screenshot 2025-04-24 151025
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=7872Screenshot 2025-04-22 122815
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=7871GoElectric1
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=8105CityHall
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=7445City-Logo-1000_1000 (1)
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=72Milpitas

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Milpitas
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (8 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.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Milpitas
H1 News & Info
H1 Calendar
H1 Stay Informed
H3 May 2025
H3 Contact Us
H3 Quick Links
H3 Site Links
H4 Council to Consider Proposed 2025/26 Operating Budget
H4 The Gateway-Main Street Specific Plan: Public Draft is now available!
H4 This Earth Day, let’s celebrate the planet one bike ride at a time.
H4 “Go Electric, Milpitas!” Helps Milpitas Residents Save While Going Green
H4 Council to Consider Proposed 2025/26 Operating Budget Duplicate text
H4 2025 Neighborhood Clean-Up Schedule and Program Activity Summary for 2024
H4 Wed, May 21
H4 Thu, May 22
H4 Wed, May 28
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 16 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.milpitas.gov/Anchor Skip to Main Content
/AlertCenter.aspxHoliday Closure
IMG-ALT Emergency Alert
/AlertCenter.aspx?AID=City-Hal...City Hall will be closed in Observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 26 Read On...
/MyAccount/ProfileCreateCreate a Website Account
/MyAccountWebsite Sign In
https://www.milpitas.gov/IMG-ALT Home Page
/Search/ResultsIMG-ALT Search
https://www.facebook.com/Cityo...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Cityo...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Facebook
https://twitter.com/milpitasci...External IMG-ALT Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/c/City...External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
https://nextdoor.com/city/milp...External IMG-ALT Nextdoor
/27/GovernmentGovernment
/31/ResidentsResidents
/35/BusinessBusiness
/181/VisitorsVisitors
/9/How-Do-IHow Do I...
/129/Agendas-and-MinutesAgendas & Minutes
/240/Job-OpportunitiesJob Opportunities
https://www.invoicecloud.com/p...External Subdomain Payments
/1096/One-Stop-Permit-and-Lice...Permits
/1067/MyMilpitas-AppReport an Issue
/180/Recreation-Community-Serv...Recreation & Community Services
https://www.milpitas.gov/Anchor News
https://www.milpitas.gov/Anchor Press Releases & Info Memos
https://www.milpitas.gov/Anchor Employee Spotlight
https://www.milpitas.gov/Anchor Text duplicate News
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=257New window IMG-ALT CityHall
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=257New window Council to Consider Proposed 2025/26 Operating Budget
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=257New window Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=253IMG-ALT Screenshot 2025-04-24 151025
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=253The Gateway-Main Street Specific Plan: Public Draft is now available!
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=253Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=252IMG-ALT Screenshot 2025-04-22 122815
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=252This Earth Day, let’s celebrate the planet one bike ride at a time.
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=252Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=251IMG-ALT GoElectric1
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=251“Go Electric, Milpitas!” Helps Milpitas Residents Save While Going Green
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=251Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=11View All News
https://www.milpitas.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Press Releases & Info Memos
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=257New window Text duplicate IMG-ALT CityHall
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=257New window Text duplicate Council to Consider Proposed 2025/26 Operating Budget
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=257New window Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=255IMG-ALT City-Logo-1000_1000 (1)
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2552025 Neighborhood Clean-Up Schedule and Program Activity Summary for 2024
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=255Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=10,8View All Press Releases
https://www.milpitas.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Employee Spotlight
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...21
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...22
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...28
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2262Energy & Environmental Sustainability Commission Regular Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=1993Zoning Administrator Hearing
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2015Planning Commission Meeting - CANCELLED
/129/Agendas-MinutesView Meetings
/Calendar.aspxView Calendar
https://www.facebook.com/Cityo...External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/milpitasci...External Text duplicate Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/c/City...External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
https://nextdoor.com/city/milp...External NextDoor
https://www.milpitas.gov/IMG-ALT Milpitas
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=15Quick Links
/240/Job-OpportunitiesText duplicate Job Opportunities
/241/Business-License-CenterBusiness License
https://www.invoicecloud.com/p...External Subdomain Utility Payment
https://trakit.ci.milpitas.ca....External Subdomain e-Permits
/448/Activity-Guide-RegistrationActivity Guide
https://library.municode.com/c...External Subdomain Milpitas Municipal Code
https://arpa.milpitas.gov/New window External Subdomain American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=16Site Links
https://www.milpitas.gov/Home
https://www.milpitas.gov/sitemapSite Map
/directory.aspxStaff Directory

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.milpitas.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 (1.21 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

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cache-controlprivate, s-maxage=600,no-transform
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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 *
dateTue, 20 May 2025 11:29:08 GMT
content-length38411
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 678 referring domains.
This page has 1,337 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 175 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Disallow: /common/admin/
Disallow: /OJA
Disallow: /support
Disallow: /currenteventsview.asp
Disallow: /search.asp
Disallow: /currenteventsview.aspx
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Disallow: /currentevents.aspx
Disallow: /Support
Disallow: /CurrentEventsView.asp
Disallow: /Search.asp
Disallow: /CurrentEventsView.aspx
Disallow: /Search.aspx
Disallow: /Search
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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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Site50%Check
plan47%Check
Website46%Check
Budget43%Check
Info43%Check
Council43%Check
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Operating43%Check
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