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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
0% 
Server
27% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.53 s
File size
88.90 kB
Words
1910
Media files
20
Number of links
117 internal / 141 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Maryland Transit Administration
The length of the page title is perfect. (281 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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)
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
These Typos were found:
  • asume => assume
This page contains 1910 words. That's ok.
27.6% 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.
24 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 11.96 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 7 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 38 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
17 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
...and/Maryland_Logo_rgb_black_102x75px.svgNo alt attribute provided
/img/brand/mdot-logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
/img/brand/wttz-logo-white.pngNo alt attribute provided
...mta-website-staging/images/WebSurvey.pngWebsite Feedback Survey
/img/brand/news-default.pngNo alt attribute provided
/img/brand/news-default.pngNo alt attribute provided
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...onaws.com/mta-website-staging/spacer.pngNo alt attribute provided
...nor.maryland.gov/images/governor_agy.jpgGovernor's Office
/img/brand/mdot-logo-white.pngMDOT logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Routes & Schedules
H2 Real Time
H2 Service Alerts (7)
H2 Human Trafficking GET HELP
H2 Customer Service Promise
H2 Help Stop Fraud in State Government
H3 MDOT MTA In the News
H5 Google Translate Disclaimer
H5 Exención de Responsabilidad del Traductor Google
H5 Google翻译免责声明
H5 Google翻譯免責聲明
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.
13 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (141) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
http://www.maryland.gov/New window External Subdomain Maryland.gov
http://www.doit.state.md.us/ph...New window External Subdomain Phone Directory
http://www.maryland.gov/pages/...New window External Subdomain State Agency
http://www.maryland.gov/pages/...New window External Subdomain Online Services
/loginLogin
https://www.facebook.com/mtama...New window External Subdomain MTA Facebook link
https://twitter.com/mtamarylandNew window External MTA Twitter link
https://www.instagram.com/mtam...New window External Subdomain MTA Instagram link
https://www.youtube.com/user/T...New window External Subdomain MTA YouTube link
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain MTA LinkedIn link
http://www.maryland.gov/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.mta.maryland.gov/No Text
https://www.mta.maryland.gov/Maryland Transit Administration
/trip-plannerTrip Planner
/realtimeReal Time Information
/scheduleRoutes & Schedules
/service-alertsService Alerts
/loginText duplicate Login
/scheduleSchedules & Routes
/schedule?type=local-busLocal Bus
/schedule?type=commuter-busCommuter Bus
/schedule?type=marc-trainMARC Train
/schedule?type=lightrail-linkLight RailLink
/schedule?type=metro-subwaylinkMetro SubwayLink
/mobilityMobilityLink
/baltimorelink-basicsBaltimoreLink Basics
/infrastructure-improvementsInfrastructure Improvements
/baltimorelink-libraryBaltimoreLink Document Library
/bus-stop-design-guideBus Stop Design Guide
/bus-stop-rightsizingBus Stop Rightsizing Initiative
/servicechangesService Changes
/regular-faresRegular Fares
/marc-faresMARC Fares
/commuterbus-faresCommuter Bus Fares
/special-fare-programsSpecial Fare Programs
/trip-plannerText duplicate Trip Planner
/charmpassCharmPass
/pass-storeOnline Ordering
/transit-storeTransit Store
/marc-train-and-commuter-bus-t...MARC Train and Commuter Bus Tickets
/walk-vendorsWalk In Vendors
http://www.mtacharmcard.com/New window External Subdomain CharmCard®
/transit-mapsTransit Maps
/winter-weatherWinter Weather Service Modifications
/procurementsProcurements
/solicitationsBids/Solicitations
/procurement-resourcesProcurement Resources
/procurement-staff-directoryProcurement Staff Directory
/advertisingAdvertising / Sponsorships
/mbe-dbeMinority Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (M/DBE)
/developer-resourcesDeveloper Resources
/adopt-a-stopAdopt-A-Stop
/public-hearings-meetings-updatesPublic Hearings, Meetings & Updates
/mta-community-outreachMTA Community Outreach
/youth-transit-councilYouth Transit Council
/brochures-publicationsBrochures & Publications
/formsForms
/mta-commuter-connectionsMTA Commuter Connections
/inspectionsMetro SubwayLink, Light RailLink Supplemental Documents
https://rtp.mta.maryland.gov/New window External Subdomain Regional Transit Plan for Central Maryland
/regional-transit-linksDC, Virginia, and Pennsylvania Transit Links
/commuter-programsCommuter Programs
https://www.mta.maryland.gov/lotsLocally Operated Transit Systems
/sustainabilitySustainability Program
/historic-preservationHistoric Preservation
/transit-projectsTransit Projects & Studies
/aboutAbout
/aboutOverview / Management Team
/strategic-planMTA Strategic Plan
/customer-experience-dashboardCustomer Experience Dashboard
/performance-improvementMTA Performance Improvement
/mta-officesMTA Departments
/policeMTA Police
/lost-and-foundLost and Found
/employment-mtaEmployment at MTA
/mta-policiesMTA Policies
/contact-mtaContact MTA
/accessibilityAccessibility / ADA
/scheduleText duplicate Routes & Schedules
/realtimeText duplicate Real Time Information
/trip-plannerText duplicate Trip Planner
/service-alertsText duplicate Service Alerts
http://tektite.streamguys1.com...External Subdomain WTTZ Live - Music, News & Alerts
https://stores.kojakgraphics.c...External Subdomain No Text
/open-recruitment-mta-police-d...Subdomain No Text
/charmpassSubdomain No Text
https://s3.amazonaws.com/mta-w...External Subdomain No Text
/transitSubdomain No Text
https://mta.maryland.gov/joinSubdomain No Text
/safetySubdomain No Text
/charmpassSubdomain No Text
/transitNo Text
http://www.securetransit.org/External Subdomain No Text
/public-impacts-reportNo Text
https://mta-website-staging.s3...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.mta.maryland.gov/grhNo Text
/schedule?type=local-busText duplicate Local Bus
/schedule?type=lightrail-linkText duplicate Light RailLink
/schedule?type=metro-subwaylinkText duplicate Metro SubwayLink
/schedule?type=marc-trainText duplicate MARC Train
/schedule?type=commuter-busText duplicate Commuter Bus
/mobilityText duplicate MobilityLink
/transit-mapsText duplicate Transit Maps
/service-alerts/23143MARC Penn Line - Train 520 will not stop at Martin Airport next Tuesday
/service-alerts/23423MARC Weekend Service - Bowie State and Odenton Stations closed this weekend
/service-alerts/23446MARC Train - Union Station Gate A closure
/service-alerts/22953Reminder: MARC Penn Line - Martin Airport service modifications July 10 - August 1
/service-alerts/23010CityLink Blue Detour
/service-alertsShow All
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Website Feedback Survey
/articles/501No Text
/articles/501MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHES NEW CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE ACTION PLAN
/articles/500No Text
/articles/500ENJOY INDEPENDENCE FROM YOUR CAR BY TAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT TO JULY FOURTH FUN
/articles/499No Text
/articles/499MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION RELEASES UPDATED 10-YEAR CAPITAL NEEDS INVENTORY REPORT
/articles/497No Text
/articles/497MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION TO HOST “INDUSTRY DAY” FOR LIGHT RAIL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
/articlesSee All News
/employment-mtaCareers
/accessibilityText duplicate Accessibility / ADA
/title-vi-civil-rights-act-1964Title VI
/terms-conditionsTerms & Conditions
/terms-conditionsPrivacy Policy
/contact-mtaText duplicate Contact MTA
https://www.facebook.com/mtama...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MTA Facebook link
https://twitter.com/mtamarylandNew window External Text duplicate MTA Twitter link
https://www.instagram.com/mtam...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MTA Instagram link
https://www.youtube.com/user/T...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MTA YouTube link
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MTA LinkedIn link
http://www.mdot.maryland.gov/New window External Subdomain MDOT MTA
/employment-mtaText duplicate Careers
/accessibilityText duplicate Accessibility / ADA
/title-vi-civil-rights-act-1964Text duplicate Title VI
http://www.maryland.gov/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Maryland.gov
http://www.doit.state.md.us/ph...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Phone Directory
http://www.maryland.gov/pages/...New window External Subdomain State Agencies
http://www.maryland.gov/pages/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Online Services
https://www.facebook.com/mtama...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MTA Facebook link
https://twitter.com/mtamarylandNew window External Text duplicate MTA Twitter link
https://www.instagram.com/mtam...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MTA Instagram link
https://www.youtube.com/user/T...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MTA YouTube link
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MTA LinkedIn link
/contact-mtaText duplicate Contact MTA
/terms-conditionsText duplicate Terms & Conditions
/terms-conditionsText duplicate Privacy Policy
https://governor.maryland.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Governor's Office
https://www.maryland.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT MDOT logo
https://goccp.maryland.gov/vic...New window External Subdomain More Information on human trafficking in Maryland
http://www.maryland.gov/pages/...New window External Subdomain Take Our Survey
https://www.ola.state.md.us/fr...New window External Subdomain More Information
/scheduleText duplicate Routes & Schedules
/realtimeText duplicate Real Time Information
/trip-plannerText duplicate Trip Planner
/service-alertsText duplicate Service Alerts
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Spanish
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Chinese - Simplified
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Chinese - Traditional
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Afrikaans
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Albanian - shqiptar
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Amharic - አማርኛ
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Arabic - عربى
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Armenian -Հայերէն
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Azerbaijani - Azərbaycan
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Basque - Euskal
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Belarusian -беларускі
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Bengali - বাঙালি
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Bosnian - bBosanski
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Bulgarian - български
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Catalan - Català
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Cebuano
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Chichewa
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Corsican - Corsu
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Croatian - hrvatski
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Czech - čeština
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Danish - dansk
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Dutch - Nederlands
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Esperanto
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Estonian - Eesti keel
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Filipino
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Finnish - Suomalainen
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain French - français
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Frisian - Frysk
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Galician - Galego
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Georgian - ქართული
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain German - Deutsche
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Greek - Ελληνικά
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Gujarati - ગુજરાતી
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Haitian Creole - Kreyòl Ayisyen
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Hausa
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Hawaiian - ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Hebrew - עִברִית
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Hindi - हिंदी
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Hmong - Hmoob
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Hungarian - Magyar
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Icelandic - Íslensku
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Igbo
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Indonesian - bahasa Indonesia
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Irish - Gaeilge
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Italian - italiano
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Japanese - 日本語
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Javanese - Wong Jawa
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Kannada - ಕನ್ನಡ
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Kazakh - Қазақша
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Khmer - ភាសាខ្មែរ
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Korean - 한국어
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Kurdish (Kurmanji) - Kurdî
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Kyrgyz - Кыргызча
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Lao - ລາວ
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Latin - Latine
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Latvian - Latviešu
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Lithuanian - Lietuviškai
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Luxembourgish - lëtzebuergesch
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Macedonian - Македонски
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Malagasy
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Malay - Melayu
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Malayalam - മലയാളം
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Maltese - Malti
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Maori
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Marathi - मराठी
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Mongolian - Монгол хэл
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Myanmar (Burmese)
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Nepali - नेपाली
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Norwegian - norsk
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Pashto - پښتو
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http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Punjabi - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Romanian - Română
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http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Samoan - Samoa
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http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Serbian - Српски
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Sesotho
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Shona
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Sindhi - سنڌي
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http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Slovak - slovenský
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Slovenian - Slovenščina
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Somali
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Sundanese - Sunda
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Swahili - Kiswahili
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Swedish - svenska
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Tajik - Тоҷикӣ
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Tamil - தமிழ்
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Telugu - తెలుగు
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Thai - ไทย
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Turkish - Türk
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Ukrainian - Українська
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Urdu - اردو
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Uzbek - O"zbek
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http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Welsh - Cymraeg
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Xhosa - isiXhosa
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Yiddish - ייִדיש
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Yoruba - Yorùbá
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Zulu

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.mta.maryland.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.53 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 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (89 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateThu, 24 Jul 2025 16:35:42 GMT
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
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varyX-Forwarded-Proto
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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
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connectionkeep-alive
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http_versionHTTP/1.1

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