Naperville.il.us - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
50% 
Link structure
41% 
Server
59% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.91 s
File size
93.10 kB
Words
1154
Media files
14
Number of links
179 internal / 28 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | The City of Naperville
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)
This vibrant city offers acclaimed schools, the best public library system in the country, world-class parks, diverse worship options, an award winning hospital and an exceptionally low crime rate.
The meta description is too long: 1189 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.naperville.il.us/
There is a valid canonical link 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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 1154 words. That's ok.
19% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
10 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 19.5 words is good.
Frames
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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: go to this section
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
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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

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...ies/water-utility/copperpipe-578x385.jpgCity of Naperville
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...ces/assets/images/layout/linkedin@2x.pngLinkedIn
/globalassets/media/logos/logo.pngThe City of Naperville

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to the City of Naperville Website
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to the City of Naperville Website
H2 Naperville Trending Highlights
H2 Building Blocks
H2 Register your neighborhood
H2 Road Improvement Plan Update
H2 2025 Budget
H2 Now on Instagram
H2 Sustainability Incentives and Rebates
H2 Lead Service Line Rebates
H2 Hot Weather Resources
H2 I want to . . .
H2 Event Info
H5 Helping Residents Build a Better Community
H5 Resources for Doing Business in Naperville
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are too many external links (28) on this page.

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/projects-in-naperville/Projects in Naperville
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/about-naperville/townships/Townships
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/government/city-leadership-team/City Leadership Team
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/government/city-finances/wate...Water Street TIF District
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/government/diversity-equity-a...A Community of Belonging
/government/diversity-equity-a...DEI Defined
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/government/diversity-equity-a...Youth Involvement
/government/diversity-equity-a...Embracing Community
/government/environmental-sust...Environmental Sustainability in Naperville
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/government/meeting-room-reser...Meeting Room Reservations
/government/meet-your-city-cou...Meet Your City Council
/government/meet-your-city-cou...Mayor Scott A. Wehrli
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/government/meet-your-city-cou...Councilman Ian Holzhauer
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/government/meet-your-city-cou...Councilman Dr. Benjamin M. White
/government/meet-your-city-cou...Councilman Nate Wilson
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/services/brush-leaf-and-yard-...Curbside Bulk Brush Collection
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/services/brush-leaf-and-yard-...Yard Waste Collection
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/services/electric-utility/pow...Powering Our Community for the Future
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/services/garbage-and-recyclin...Clothing and Textile Recycling
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/city-news/City News
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https://naperville.legistar.co...External Subdomain Government Meetings
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https://www.naperville.il.us/Anchor Text duplicate Government Meetings
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/events/event?id=city-events.r...Site Planning with Nature and Neighbors in Mind
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/events/event?id=city-events.r...Naper Nights - Jane's Addiction & The Flaming Lips Tribute
https://www.google.com/maps/pl...New window External Subdomain Naper Settlement 523 S. Webster St.
/events/event?id=city-events.r...June Coffee & Conversation
https://www.google.com/maps/pl...New window External Subdomain 41st District Office 475 River Bend Rd Suite 500
/events/event?id=city-events.r...Naper Nights - Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings Tribute and Chris Stapleton Tribute
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/government/city-of-naperville...View All Government Meetings
/events/event?id=government-me...Board of Fire and Police Commissioners meeting
https://www.google.com/maps/pl...New window External Subdomain NEU Room, Naperville Municipal Center 400 S. Eagle St.
/events/event?id=government-me...Emergency Telephone System Board Meeting
https://www.google.com/maps/pl...New window External Subdomain Community Room, Naperville Police Department 1350 Aurora Ave.
/events/event?id=government-me...Historic Preservation Commission Meeting
https://www.google.com/maps/pl...New window External Subdomain Naperville City Hall, NEU 400 S. Eagle St.
/events/event?id=government-me...Riverwalk Commission: Planning, Design & Construction Committee Meeting
https://www.google.com/maps/pl...New window External Subdomain NEU, Naperville Municipal Center 400 S. Eagle Street
/government/city-of-naperville...Text duplicate view all
/government/meet-your-city-cou...On May 22, the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Naperville hosted the 35th annual State of the City address.
/enjoy-naperville/national-nig...Registration is now open for neighborhoods interested in hosting a National Night Out event on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025.
/projects-in-naperville/road-i...The Road Improvement Plan identifies future investments needed to improve the City's roadways. Community input will influence plan recommendations, making a ...
/government/city-finances/annu...Naperville's 2025 budget provides continued high-quality city service delivery and the means to reinvest in utilities, roadways, and public safety technology...
/services/naperville-police-de...Police Chief Jason Arres is on Instagram! Follow his account for an inside look at policing in Naperville, law enforcement in general, and a little bit about...
/government/environmental-sust...Learn about incentives and rebates the City offers for sustainable features including smart thermostats, solar facilities, electric vehicle charging stations...
/services/water-utility/your-w...The Naperville Water Utility offers a rebate to assist customers with replacing their lead water service lines. Click here to find out how this rebate progra...
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/2025-news-articles/structure-...June 19, 2025 Structure Fire in the 1500 Block of West Jefferson Avenue Naperville Fire Department extinguishes midday balcony fire at apartment complex.
/2025-news-articles/the-city-a...June 13, 2025 The City Announces Selected Teen Artwork Submissions The City of Naperville selected six pieces of artwork submitted by local students that wil...
/hot-weather-resources/Learn more
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/services/foia-request/File a FOIA Request
https://naperville.legistar.co...External Subdomain View government meetings
/government/meet-your-city-cou...Meet My City Council
/enjoy-naperville/event-info/View Info
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https://napervillecitations.t2...External Subdomain Parking Ticket
https://www.trumba.com/calenda...External Subdomain First Aid or CPR Class
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/government/city-finances/gene...Text duplicate General Billing
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https://napervilleil.mycusthel...External Subdomain Fire Department Records
/government/meeting-room-reser...Meeting Space
/services/naperville-police-de...Overnight Parking Permission
https://napervilleil.mycusthel...External Subdomain Police Certificate/Background Check
/services/electric-utility/you...Text duplicate Empower
/gis-maps/GIS Maps
/careers/Job Opportunities
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/residents/naperville-connected/Naperville Connected Newsletter
/contact-us/Contact Us
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/careers/Careers
https://www.facebook.com/Naper...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://twitter.com/NapervilleILNew window External IMG-ALT Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/O...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn
/terms-of-use/Terms of Use
/social-media-policy/Social Media Policy
/accessibility-statement/Accessibility Statement

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HTTP redirects
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This page redirects to "https://www.naperville.il.us/"
HTTP header
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The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
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The page response time of 0.91 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
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This page has backlinks from 789 referring domains.
This page has 1,696 backlinks.
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Home | The City of Naperville
This vibrant city offers acclaimed schools, the best public library system in the country, world-class parks, diverse worship options, an award winning hospital and an exceptionally low crime rate.

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