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Meta information
65% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
21% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
45% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.36 s
File size
118.40 kB
Words
638
Media files
1
Number of links
89 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Sound Transit
The page title is too short. (124 pixels of 580 max pixel length) 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://www.soundtransit.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 638 words. That's ok.
26% 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.
5 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 11.38 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
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)
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
...ero-blossom.jpg?h=f0e064f5&itok=9rFbRF9qA Link light rail train behind a cherry blossom tree

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Homepage
The H1 heading contains the words Homepage! Use important keywords instead.
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)
There are 37 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Homepage
H2 Service Alerts
H2 Main menu
H3 Link light rail
H3 Sounder train
H3 ST Express bus
H3 Stations
H3 How to pay
H3 How to ride
H3 Service maps
H3 Two new stations on the Eastside
H3 System expansion
H3 Sound Transit Board
H3 Need assistance?
H3 Quick links
H3 Ride with us menu
H3 Get to know us menu
H3 System expansion menu
H3 Help and contacts menu
H4 Lynnwood – Angle Lake
H4 Everett – Seattle
H4 Seattle – Lakewood/Tacoma
H4 Elevator alerts
H4 Board of Directors Meeting
H4 Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas
H4 Board of Directors Retreat
H4 Seattle Mariners vs. Minnesota Twins
H4 Follow us
H5 Mountlake Terrace
H5 King Street
H5 Kent
H5 Angle Lake
H5 SeaTac/Airport
H5 See more elevator outages and station alerts
H5 Now open
H5 Building fast, reliable transit
H5 Upcoming events
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 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.soundtransit.org/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.soundtransit.org/Homepage
https://soundtransit.microsoft...New window External Subdomain Feedback
/ride-with-us/service-alertsService Alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...1
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/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...Lynnwood – Angle Lake
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...N
A-TITLE N Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...Everett – Seattle
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...S
A-TITLE S Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...Seattle – Lakewood/Tacoma
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...542
A-TITLE Route 542 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...545
A-TITLE Route 545 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...554
A-TITLE Route 554 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...556
A-TITLE Route 556 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...574
A-TITLE Route 574 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...577
A-TITLE Route 577 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...578
A-TITLE Route 578 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...586
A-TITLE Route 586 alerts
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/m...Mountlake Terrace
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/k...King Street
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/k...Kent
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/a...Angle Lake
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/s...SeaTac/Airport
/ride-with-us/service-alertsSee more elevator outages and station alerts
/ride-with-us/service-alertsView all ongoing and upcoming alerts
/ride-with-us/how-to-payHow to pay
/ride-with-us/how-to-payPayment and fare information
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...How to ride
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...Riding transit in our region
/get-to-know-us/mapsService maps
/get-to-know-us/mapsLearn where Sound Transit services go
/helloredmondTwo new stations on the Eastside
/helloredmondRead more about the Downtown Redmond extension
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe for 2 Line updates
/system-expansionExplore our projects
/get-to-know-us/board-directorsThe Sound Transit Board of Directors
/get-to-know-us/board-directorsSubdomain Learn more about the Board.
/get-to-know-us/documents-repo...Subdomain Board documents
https://www.youtube.com/playli...New window External Subdomain Sound Transit's YouTube account
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https://soundtransitvideo.phot...New window External Subdomain PhotoShelter
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/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Board of Directors Meeting
A-TITLE Board of Directors Meeting
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas
A-TITLE Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Board of Directors Retreat
A-TITLE Board of Directors Retreat
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Seattle Mariners vs. Minnesota Twins
A-TITLE Seattle Mariners vs. Minnesota Twins
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...See all events
A-TITLE See all events
/get-to-know-us/jobsJobs
/get-to-know-us/mapsSystem map
/help-contacts/translation-ser...Translation services
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...New to Sound Transit?
/get-to-know-us/news-eventsNews and events
/ride-with-us/parkingParking
/help-contacts/lost-foundLost and found
/get-to-know-us/office-civil-r...Civil rights and complaints
/ride-with-usRide with us
https://www.facebook.com/Sound...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/soundtransitExternal No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/S...External Subdomain No Text
http://instagram.com/soundtransitExternal No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
/help-contacts/business-inform...Terms, conditions and privacy policy
https://www.soundtransit.org/Home
/ride-with-usText duplicate Ride with us
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...Text duplicate How to ride
/ride-with-us/how-to-payText duplicate How to pay
/tripplannerTrip planner
/schedulesRoutes and schedules
/ride-with-us/popular-destinat...Popular destinations
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-goKnow before you go
/ride-with-us/navigating-servi...Navigating service disruptions
/ride-with-us/system-performan...System performance tracker
/get-to-know-usGet to know us
/get-to-know-us/news-eventsText duplicate News and events
/get-to-know-us/mapsText duplicate Service maps
/get-to-know-us/board-directorsBoard of Directors
/get-to-know-us/doing-business...Doing business with us
/get-to-know-us/office-civil-r...Office of Civil Rights, Equity and Inclusion
/get-to-know-us/environment-su...Environment and sustainability
/get-to-know-us/jobsText duplicate Jobs
/get-to-know-us/our-historyOur history
/get-to-know-us/our-brandOur brand
/get-to-know-us/panels-committeesPanels and committees
/get-to-know-us/paying-regiona...​Paying for regional transit
/get-to-know-us/documents-reportsDocuments and reports
/system-expansionSystem expansion
/system-expansionCurrent projects
/system-expansion/realignmentRealignment
/system-expansion-progress-reportWinter Progress Report
/system-expansion/building-systemBuilding the system
/system-expansion/creating-vib...Creating vibrant stations
/system-expansion/planning-fut...Planning future service
/system-expansion/innovation-t...Innovation and technology
/help-contactsHelp and contacts
/help-contacts/frequently-aske...Frequently asked questions
/help-contacts/translation-ser...Text duplicate Translation services
/help-contacts/lost-foundText duplicate Lost and found
/help-contacts/business-inform...Business information
/blog/lifestyleLifeSTyle
/blog/platformThe Platform blog
https://soundtransitshop.com/External ST Shop
https://soundtransit.microsoft...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Feedback

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.soundtransit.org/"
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 excellent with 0.36 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (118 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 800 referring domains.
This page has 105,626 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 595 different ip addresses.

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# Comment out or remove the next line for production
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Allow: /core/*.css$
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Sound Transit66%Check
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