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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
63% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
10.18 s
File size
361.00 kB
Words
1254
Media files
8
Number of links
142 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home -Monaghan County Council - Comhairle Contae Mhuineacháin
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 613 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the 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://monaghan.ie/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
An URL is specified multiple times in alternate links.
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 1254 words. That's ok.
18.7% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
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 18 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 111 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 25 tags for this page.
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
..._Crest_23_FullColour_CrestOnlyNoText.svgMonaghan County Council
...oads/2026/02/Gaeltacht-Scholarships-.pngGaeltacht Scholarships
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...ntent/uploads/2026/01/Water-Safety-2.pngWater Safety 2
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/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ga_flag.pnggaIrish
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
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 51 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Serving County Monaghan
H2 Popular Services
H2 Council News
H2 Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
H2 Annual Awards Ceremony 2026
H2 Storm Chandra – Flooding Update & Support Information
H2 St Brigid’s Bank holiday weekend water safety appeal from Irish Coast Guard, RNLI and Water Safety Ireland
H2 Views Navigation
H2 Calendar of Events
H3 Your Council
H3 View All Councillors
H3 Municipal Districts
H3 View All MDs
H3 Management Team
H3 View Management Team
H3 Peace Campus
H3 Now Open
H3 Public Consultation
H3 Have Your Say
H3 Publications
H3 Publications Duplicate text
H3 Event Views Navigation
H3 Opening Date – Monaghan County Heritage Strategy 2026-2031 (Draft)
H3 Closing Date for Applications – Executive Engineer
H3 World Wetlands Day – Ballybay Enterprise Park A75 Y098
H3 Opening Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
H3 Opening Date for Applications – Annual Awards Ceremony 2026
H3 Closing Date for Applications – Resettlement Support Worker
H3 Closing Date – Monaghan County Heritage Strategy 2026-2031 (Draft)
H3 Opening Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
H3 Closing Date for Applications – Arts Council – Young Ensembles Scheme 2026
H3 Closing Date for Applications – Local Enhancement Programme 2026
H3 Closing Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
H3 Closing Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
H3 Contact Us
H3 Town Links
H3 Alerts
H3 Information
H4 Storm Support
H4 Housing
H4 Dogs
H4 Planning
H4 Libraries
H4 Museum
H4 Environment
H4 Motor Tax
H4 Climate Action
H4 Heritage/Biodiversity
H4 Community
H4 Monaghan County Council Emergency Phone Line (1800 121 121)
H6 Comhairle Contae Mhuineacháin Monaghan County Council
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.
11 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 5 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 22 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://monaghan.ie/Anchor Skip to content
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https://monaghan.ie/apply/APPLICATION FORMS
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https://monaghan.ie/business/Business
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/communitydevelopment/Community
/corporateservices/Corporate Services
https://monaghan.ie/environment/Environment
/environment/dog-control/Dog Control
https://monaghan.ie/finance/Finance
/firebuildingcontrol/Fire & Building Control
https://monaghan.ie/heritage/Heritage & Biodiversity
https://monaghan.ie/housing/Housing
/humanresources/Human Resources
https://monaghan.ie/library/Library
https://monaghan.ie/motortax/Motor Tax
/municipal-districts/Municipal Districts
https://monaghan.ie/museum/Museum
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https://monaghan.ie/planning/Planning
/publication-library/Publications
/roadtransport/Road Services
/town-regeneration/Town Regeneration
https://monaghan.ie/tourism/Tourism
/waterservices/Water Services
https://monaghan.ie/your-council/Your Council
/finance/online-services/PAY
https://monaghan.ie/apply/APPLY
https://monaghan.ie/grantsGRANTS
/humanresources/current-vacanc...VACANCIES
https://monaghan.ie/report-it/REPORT IT
https://monaghan.ie/news/NEWS
/monaghan-events/EVENTS
/storm-chandra-flooding-update...No Text
/storm-chandra-flooding-update...Storm Support
https://monaghan.ie/housing/No Text
https://monaghan.ie/housing/Text duplicate Housing
/environment/dog-control/No Text
/environment/dog-control/Dogs
https://monaghan.ie/planning/No Text
https://monaghan.ie/planning/Text duplicate Planning
https://monaghan.ie/library/No Text
https://monaghan.ie/library/Libraries
https://monaghan.ie/museum/No Text
https://monaghan.ie/museum/Text duplicate Museum
https://monaghan.ie/environment/No Text
https://monaghan.ie/environment/Text duplicate Environment
https://monaghan.ie/motortax/No Text
https://monaghan.ie/motortax/Text duplicate Motor Tax
/environment/climate-action/No Text
/environment/climate-action/Text duplicate Climate Action
https://monaghan.ie/heritage/No Text
https://monaghan.ie/heritage/Heritage/Biodiversity
/communitydevelopment/No Text
/communitydevelopment/Text duplicate Community
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/category/news/News
/gaeltacht-scholarships-2026/Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
/gaeltacht-scholarships-2026/Trivial anchor text
Read More
A-TITLE Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
/annual-awards-ceremony-2026/IMG-ALT Awards Ceremony
A-TITLE Annual Awards Ceremony 2026
/category/news/Text duplicate News
/annual-awards-ceremony-2026/Annual Awards Ceremony 2026
/annual-awards-ceremony-2026/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
A-TITLE Annual Awards Ceremony 2026
/storm-chandra-flooding-update...IMG-ALT Bad Weather Image
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/category/news/Text duplicate News
/storm-chandra-flooding-update...Storm Chandra – Flooding Update & Support Information
/storm-chandra-flooding-update...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
A-TITLE Storm Chandra – Flooding Update & Support Information
/st-brigids-bank-holiday-weeke...IMG-ALT Water Safety 2
A-TITLE St Brigid’s Bank holiday weekend water safety appeal from Irish Coast Guard, RNLI and Water Safety Ireland
/category/news/Text duplicate News
/st-brigids-bank-holiday-weeke...St Brigid’s Bank holiday weekend water safety appeal from Irish Coast Guard, RNLI and Water Safety Ireland
/st-brigids-bank-holiday-weeke...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
A-TITLE St Brigid’s Bank holiday weekend water safety appeal from Irish Coast Guard, RNLI and Water Safety Ireland
https://monaghan.ie/news/View All News
https://monaghan.ie/your-council/View All Councillors Click Here
/municipal-districts/View All MDs Click Here
/corporateservices/management-...Trivial anchor text
Click Here
https://monaghanpeacecampus.com/New window External Now Open Click Here
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A-TITLE Opening Date – Monaghan County Heritage Strategy 2026-2031 (Draft)
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A-TITLE Opening Date – Monaghan County Heritage Strategy 2026-2031 (Draft)
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A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Executive Engineer
/event/closing-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Closing Date for Applications – Executive Engineer
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Executive Engineer
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/event/world-wetlands-day-ball...World Wetlands Day – Ballybay Enterprise Park A75 Y098
A-TITLE World Wetlands Day – Ballybay Enterprise Park A75 Y098
/event/world-wetlands-day-ball...Text duplicate World Wetlands Day – Ballybay Enterprise Park A75 Y098
A-TITLE World Wetlands Day – Ballybay Enterprise Park A75 Y098
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/event/opening-date-job-applic...Opening Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
A-TITLE Opening Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
/event/opening-date-job-applic...Text duplicate Opening Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
A-TITLE Opening Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
/event/opening-date-for-applic...Opening Date for Applications – Annual Awards Ceremony 2026
A-TITLE Opening Date for Applications – Annual Awards Ceremony 2026
/event/opening-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Opening Date for Applications – Annual Awards Ceremony 2026
A-TITLE Opening Date for Applications – Annual Awards Ceremony 2026
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A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Resettlement Support Worker
/event/closing-date-of-applica...Text duplicate Closing Date for Applications – Resettlement Support Worker
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Resettlement Support Worker
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A-TITLE Closing Date – Monaghan County Heritage Strategy 2026-2031 (Draft)
/event/closing-date-monaghan-c...Text duplicate Closing Date – Monaghan County Heritage Strategy 2026-2031 (Draft)
A-TITLE Closing Date – Monaghan County Heritage Strategy 2026-2031 (Draft)
/event/opening-date-for-applic...Opening Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
A-TITLE Opening Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
/event/opening-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Opening Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
A-TITLE Opening Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
/monaghan-events/2026-02-26/?s...Text duplicate 26
/event/closing-date-for-applic...Closing Date for Applications – Arts Council – Young Ensembles Scheme 2026
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Arts Council – Young Ensembles Scheme 2026
/event/closing-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Closing Date for Applications – Arts Council – Young Ensembles Scheme 2026
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Arts Council – Young Ensembles Scheme 2026
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/event/closing-date-for-applic...Closing Date for Applications – Local Enhancement Programme 2026
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Local Enhancement Programme 2026
/event/closing-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Closing Date for Applications – Local Enhancement Programme 2026
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Local Enhancement Programme 2026
/event/closing-date-job-applic...Closing Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
A-TITLE Closing Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
/event/closing-date-job-applic...Text duplicate Closing Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
A-TITLE Closing Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
/event/closing-date-for-applic...Closing Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
/event/closing-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Closing Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
/event/opening-date-monaghan-c...Text duplicate Opening Date – Monaghan County Heritage Strategy 2026-2031 (Draft)
A-TITLE Opening Date – Monaghan County Heritage Strategy 2026-2031 (Draft)
/event/closing-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Closing Date for Applications – Executive Engineer
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Executive Engineer
/event/world-wetlands-day-ball...Text duplicate World Wetlands Day – Ballybay Enterprise Park A75 Y098
A-TITLE World Wetlands Day – Ballybay Enterprise Park A75 Y098
/event/opening-date-job-applic...Text duplicate Opening Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
A-TITLE Opening Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
/event/opening-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Opening Date for Applications – Annual Awards Ceremony 2026
A-TITLE Opening Date for Applications – Annual Awards Ceremony 2026
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A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Resettlement Support Worker
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A-TITLE Closing Date – Monaghan County Heritage Strategy 2026-2031 (Draft)
/event/opening-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Opening Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
A-TITLE Opening Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
/event/closing-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Closing Date for Applications – Arts Council – Young Ensembles Scheme 2026
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Arts Council – Young Ensembles Scheme 2026
/event/closing-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Closing Date for Applications – Local Enhancement Programme 2026
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Local Enhancement Programme 2026
/event/closing-date-job-applic...Text duplicate Closing Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
A-TITLE Closing Date – Job Applications – Programme Manager
/event/closing-date-for-applic...Text duplicate Closing Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
A-TITLE Closing Date for Applications – Gaeltacht Scholarships 2026
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/monaghan-events/month/?shortc...Text duplicate This Month
A-TITLE Click to select the current month
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https://outlook.office.com/owa...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Outlook 365
https://outlook.live.com/owa?p...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Outlook Live
/monaghan-events/month/?shortc...New window Nofollow Export .ics file
/monaghan-events/month/?shortc...New window Nofollow Anchor Export Outlook .ics file
https://www.facebook.com/Monag...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://x.com/MonaghanCoCo/New window External X-twitter
https://www.youtube.com/@Monag...New window External Subdomain Youtube
https://www.instagram.com/mona...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Linkedin
http://www.ballybay.ie/New window External Subdomain Ballybay.ie
https://carrickmacross.ie/New window External Carrickmacross.ie
http://castleblayney.ie/New window External Castleblayney.ie
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https://alerts.monaghancoco.ie...New window External Subdomain Yellow Weather Warning for Rain for Monaghan
https://alerts.monaghancoco.ie...New window External Subdomain Yellow Weather Warning for low-temperature for Monaghan
https://alerts.monaghancoco.ie...New window External Subdomain Community Safety Plan Consultation -Questionnaire
https://alerts.monaghancoco.ie...New window External Subdomain Yellow Weather Warning for Rain for Monaghan (risk of flooding)
https://alerts.monaghancoco.ie...New window External Subdomain Updated Met à ireann Yellow Warning â Monaghan
https://alerts.monaghancoco.ie...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Yellow Weather Warning for Rain for Monaghan (risk of flooding)
/register-of-electors/Register of Electors
https://monaghan.ie/copyright/Copyright
/legal-disclaimer/Legal Disclaimer
/corporateservices/data-protec...Data Protection & Privacy Notice
/corporateservices/customer-ca...Customer Service Standards & Complaints Procedure
/corporateservices/routinely-a...Routinely Available/Published Information
/accessibility-statement/Accessibility Statement
/cookies-policy/Cookie Policy
https://alerts.monaghancoco.ie/New window External Subdomain Map Alerts
https://monaghan.ie/ga/Irish
IMG-ALT ga
A-TITLE Irish

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HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://monaghan.ie/"
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 very slow (10.18 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.
This page loads 66 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 111 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (361 kB).

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Date Monaghan County Heritage57%Check
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