Hamden.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
77% 
Page structure
28% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.20 s
File size
173.40 kB
Words
626
Media files
13
Number of links
87 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Hamden, CT | Official Website
The length of the page title is perfect. (270 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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
category0Home
theme-colorrgb(63, 76, 116)
descriptionEmpty
keywordsHome
langen
Content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 626 words. That's ok.
19.8% 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.
4 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 11.5 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 13 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
7 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
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=8648Hamden CT Homepage
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=8490Facebook
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=8498Twitter
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=8491Instagram
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=8502Search
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=12303No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=8489CT Hamden Home page

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Latest News
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (11 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 Latest News
H1 Upcoming Events
H1 Town of Hamden Calendar
H3 Council, Boards, and Commissions Meetings
H3 December 2025
H3 Events
H3 December 2025 Duplicate text
H3 December 2025 Duplicate text
H3 Holidays and Service Availability
H3 December 2025 Duplicate text
H3 December 2025 Duplicate text
H4 Hamden Announces Closures and Parking Ban Due to Anticipated Inclement Weather
H4 Town Offices Closed; Trash & Recycling Pick-Up Delayed
H4 Hamden Warming Stations Open Due to Extreme Cold Weather
H4 Mayor Adam Sendroff Announces Chief of Staff for Town of Hamden
H4 Fall Leaf & Brush Collection Begins November 5, 2025
H4 Hamden Announces Adjusted Property Tax Due Date
H4 POSTPONED TO MONDAY: Kwanzaa Celebration
H4 Three Kings Day Celebration
H4 Mon, Dec. 29
H4 Mon, Dec. 15 - Wed, Dec. 31
H4 Tue, Dec. 30
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Skip to Main Content
/MyAccount/ProfileCreateCreate a Website Account
https://www.hamden.com/MyAccountWebsite Sign In
https://www.hamden.com/IMG-ALT Hamden CT Homepage
https://www.hamden.com/facebookIMG-ALT Facebook
https://www.hamden.com/twitterIMG-ALT Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/town...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
/Search/ResultsIMG-ALT Search
/9/I-Want-ToI Want To...
/31/Community-BusinessCommunity & Business
/35/Council-BoardsCouncil & Boards
/27/Departments-ResourcesDepartments & Resources
/177/Food-ResourcesNew window No Text
https://www.hamdenedc.com/arpa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.hamdenedc.com/sam/...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.hamdenedc.com/comm...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://hamdenct.portal.civicc...New window External Subdomain Agendas & Minutes View agendas, minutes, and recordings.
/143/Apply-ForNew window Permits & Licensing CenterApply for permits and licenses.
/477/ResourcesNew window Records & Research CenterFind helpful records and resources.
https://www.hamden.com/Jobs.aspxNew window Employment OpportunitiesDiscover employment opportunities with the Town of Hamden.
https://hamdenlibrary.org/New window External Hamden Public Library
/155/Keefe-Community-CenterNew window Keefe Community Center
https://www.hamden.com/list.aspxNotify Me®
https://hamdenct.viewpointclou...External Subdomain Donate
https://www.mytaxbill.org/inet...External Subdomain Online Tax Pay
/352/Elected-OfficialsNew window Elected Officials
https://seeclickfix.com/us-ct-...External Report an Issue
http://www.hamdengis.com/New window External Subdomain Hamden GIS
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=806Hamden Announces Closures and Parking Ban Due to Anticipated Inclement Weather
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=806Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=805Town Offices Closed; Trash & Recycling Pick-Up Delayed
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=805Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=802Hamden Warming Stations Open Due to Extreme Cold Weather
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=802Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=801Mayor Adam Sendroff Announces Chief of Staff for Town of Hamden
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=801Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=796Fall Leaf & Brush Collection Begins November 5, 2025
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=796Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=781Hamden Announces Adjusted Property Tax Due Date
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=781Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=1View All News
/Calendar.aspx?EID=4724POSTPONED TO MONDAY: Kwanzaa Celebration
/Calendar.aspx?EID=4724POSTPONED TO MONDAY: Kwanzaa CelebrationRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=4743Three Kings Day Celebration
/Calendar.aspx?EID=4743Three Kings Day CelebrationRead on...
/calendar.aspx?CID=27,26View All Events
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Town Meetings
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Town Events
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Community Events
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Holidays
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Library Events
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Text duplicate Town Meetings
/calendar.aspx?CID=22,29,40,30...Council, Boards, and Commissions Meetings
/calendar.aspx?CID=22,29,40,30...Text duplicate View All Events
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Text duplicate Town Events
/calendar.aspx?CID=26Events
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...29
/Calendar.aspx?EID=4724Text duplicate POSTPONED TO MONDAY: Kwanzaa Celebration
/Calendar.aspx?EID=4724Text duplicate POSTPONED TO MONDAY: Kwanzaa CelebrationRead on...
/calendar.aspx?CID=26Text duplicate View All Events
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Text duplicate Community Events
/calendar.aspx?CID=27Text duplicate View All Events
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Text duplicate Holidays
/calendar.aspx?CID=14Holidays and Service Availability
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...1
/calendar.aspx?CID=14Text duplicate View All Events
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Text duplicate Library Events
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...15
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...16
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...17
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...18
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...19
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...20
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...21
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...22
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...23
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...24
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...25
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...26
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...27
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...28
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...Text duplicate 29
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...30
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...31
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...Text duplicate 1
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...2
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Children's December Grab-N-Go at Miller: Hot Cocoa Mug Craft!
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Children's December Grab-N-Go at Miller: Hot Cocoa Mug Craft!Read on...
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Drop In Craft - Spiral Snowman
https://www.hamden.com/Anchor Drop In Craft - Spiral SnowmanRead on...
/calendar.aspx?CID=43Text duplicate View All Events
https://www.hamden.com/IMG-ALT CT Hamden Home page
/directory.aspxDirectory
https://www.hamden.com/Home
https://www.hamden.com/sitemapSite Map
/accessibilityAccessibility
/site/copyrightCopyright Notices
https://connect.civicplus.com/...External Subdomain CivicPlus®

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.hamden.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 (1.20 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 (173 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 *
dateSat, 27 Dec 2025 04:53:54 GMT
content-length44294
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 131 referring domains.
This page has 485 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 97 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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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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KeywordResultRecheck
Hamden72%Check
Town Hamden60%Check
Hamden Announces57%Check
News50%Check
Latest50%Check
Town47%Check
Dec47%Check
Celebration47%Check
December47%Check
Website46%Check
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