Baltimorecity.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
90% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
64% 
Link structure
63% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.15 s
File size
69.90 kB
Words
743
Media files
30
Number of links
33 internal / 76 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
City of Baltimore
The page title is too short. (150 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The official website of Charm City, Baltimore, Maryland.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (343 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.baltimorecity.gov/
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
(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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descriptionThe official website of Charm City, Baltimore, Maryland.
abstractCity of Baltimore, Maryland - Official Website
keywordsCity of Baltimore, Maryland, Official, Government, Website
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og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.baltimorecity.gov/
og:titleCity of Baltimore
og:localityBaltimore
og:regionMaryland
og:localeen_US
ImageToolbarfalse
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
These Typos were found:
  • holliday => holiday
This page contains 743 words. That's ok.
23% 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.
10 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 20.63 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" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 15 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
...tom/flight_city/images/uber/logo-big.pngCity of BaltimoreCity of Baltimore
...ib/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.pngEnglish
...ib/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.pngArabic
...ib/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.pngChinese (Simplified)
...ib/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.pngChinese (Traditional)
...ib/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.pngFrench
...ib/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.pngKorean
...ib/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.pngSpanish
...carousel_workday121922.png?itok=M5VNlR_XBlue image with clipart of a laptop with text "The City of Baltimore has a NEW Careers Portal!". City and DHR logos at the bottom corners
...titution-header-0824_0.png?itok=CZSE7AyBCity of Baltimore Opioid Restitution Fund
...clusion_strategy_slide.png?itok=hl7FLfejLearn about Baltimore City's strategy to help residents and communities overcome digital inequity.
...er-weather-slider-0125.png?itok=aJfBRHLlCity of Baltimore Winter Weather Storm Preparations
...Elementary Reading Day.jpg?itok=okBVSawtMayor Scott participates in the Northwood Elementary Reading Day
...bhm-parade-slider-0225.png?itok=bzH8-_4VA Walk in Legacy 2025: Baltimore's Black History Month Parade. 02/17/25 @ 12PM Step off: MLK Jr Blvd & Eutaw St. Grand Marshal Ebony M. Thompson, Baltimore City Solicitor. For more information or to volunteer contact mayorsoffice.event@baltimorecity.gov
.../charmTV-carousel-web3.jpg?itok=6RosHz7SStay Informed, Watch CharmTV | Channel 24 & 1085 on Comcast and www.charmtvbaltimore.com
...fsk-bridge-slider-0424.png?itok=fsRMQI2sPhoto of the Key Bridge with text City of Baltimore Key Bridge Response 2024 Action Plan and Incident Resources
...ow/public/Hero Image_0.png?itok=TeJb9v4UWater Bill
...altimore City Homepage.png?itok=pFgOa8taWater themed background with text Water4All Baltimore. DPW's Water4All water discount program, delivering the help you need to pay your water bill. Learn more at bit.ly/BCWaterDiscount
...ideshow/public/FTR-Web.png?itok=l8deHNOSText "Building Baltimore's future together. To view the report visit ScottFirstTermReport.org"
...t_slideshow/public/fef.png?itok=Re55HBvZImage of City Hall with text "The City of Baltimore Fair Election Fund" "Providing Public Campaign Funds to Qualified Candidates" 2023
...w/public/Tree Services.jpg?itok=r7s8BcswTree
.../social_launch_revised.png?itok=gG0qbXcQDepartment of Finance is social! Follow on Facebook, Instragram and X to get important updates from the Department of Finance.
...ic/City Website Banner.png?itok=GBzT5FWxBaltimore City Budget 101 - FY2026. 11/13, 11/19, 12/10. Virtual, 6 PM - 7 PM
...public/slideshow_image.png?itok=Oqvi-iX4Icons of laptop, @ sign, graduate cap, globe, webcam, chat bubble
...slideshow/public/slide.png?itok=ODNDrmTkDid you know? Starting July 1, 2024, penalties resumed for late parking ticket payments. To avoid additional charges, please pay promptly.
.../default/files/fa_hand-holding-water.pngHand holding a water drop
/sites/default/files/fa-house.pngOrange circle with icon of a house
...lic/mayor_headshot-300.png?itok=QnVnjid-Photo of Mayor Brandon M. Scott
/sites/default/files/trafficking.pngHuman Trafficking Help Numbers (Call 888-373-7888 / text 233733)
.../default/files/brandon_scott-footer2.pngCity Seal

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 30 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 City of Baltimore
H2 Recent News
H2 How Do I?
H2 Request a 311 Service
H2 Sign up for updates
H2 City of Baltimore Duplicate text
H2 Contact
H3 Latest News, Media and Events
H4 Learn more about available careers and how to apply.
H4 Executive Order Outlining Administration of Opioid Restitution Funds
H4 Learn about Baltimore City's strategy to help residents and communities overcome digital inequity.
H4 Click here for winter storm updates
H4 See Where Mayor Scott Has Been Recently!
H4 Click here to apply to participate.
H4 Click here to visit the CharmTV Baltimore website
H4 Baltimore’s Key Bridge Response 2024 Action Plan and Incident Resources
H4 Click here to learn about your new water bill!
H4 Water4All
H4 Read Mayor Scott’s First Term Accomplishments Report.
H4 Baltimore City Fair Election Fund
H4 Mayor Scott's Build Better Bmore Spring Service Sprint
H4 Click here to see our social network connections
H4 Baltimore City Budget 101
H4 Digital Inclusion Resources
H4 Mayor Scott and the City of Baltimore Celebrate Black History Month 2025
H4 Mayor & City Council of Baltimore Joint Statement on Federal Freeze of All Grant & Loan Funding
H4 Mayor Scott to Nominate Jon Laria as Chair of the Baltimore City Planning Commission
H4 Mayor Scott Releases 2025 Legislative Priorities
H4 Mayor Scott, City of Baltimore Mark Historic Violence Reductions
H4 Mayor Brandon M. Scott
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
4 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (76) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.baltimorecity.gov/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.baltimorecity.gov/IMG-ALT City of Baltimore
/311-servicesSubdomain 311 Services
A-TITLE Request a City service, then monitor status
https://pay.baltimorecity.gov/External Subdomain Payments
A-TITLE Pay your water, parking tickets, and other bills online, by phone, by mail, or in person
http://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/External Subdomain Mayor's Office
A-TITLE Includes Cabinet, Mayoral Offices, Boards & Commissions, and Request Ceremonial Documents.
/newsNews
A-TITLE Press Releases from the Mayor's Office
/governmentSubdomain Directory
A-TITLE Lists 501(c)(3) organizations, Boards, City Offices, Commissions, Departments, Elected Offices, Mayoral Offices, and State Entities.
/eventsEvents
A-TITLE Upcoming Events
/subscribeSubdomain Subscribe
A-TITLE Subscribe to our mailing list with GovDelivery
https://humanresources.baltimo...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Blue image with clipart of a laptop with text "The City of Baltimore has a NEW Careers Portal!". City and DHR logos at the bottom corners
https://humanresources.baltimo...External Subdomain Learn more about available careers and how to apply.
https://health.baltimorecity.g...External Subdomain IMG-ALT City of Baltimore Opioid Restitution Fund
https://health.baltimorecity.g...External Subdomain Executive Order Outlining Administration of Opioid Restitution Funds
https://technology.baltimoreci...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Learn about Baltimore City's strategy to help residents and communities overcome digital inequity.
https://technology.baltimoreci...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn about Baltimore City's strategy to help residents and communities overcome digital inequity.
https://snow.baltimorecity.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT City of Baltimore Winter Weather Storm Preparations
https://snow.baltimorecity.gov/External Subdomain Click here for winter storm updates
https://photos.baltimorecity.gov/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Mayor Scott participates in the Northwood Elementary Reading Day
https://photos.baltimorecity.gov/External Subdomain See Where Mayor Scott Has Been Recently!
/node/25816Subdomain IMG-ALT A Walk in Legacy 2025: Baltimore's Black History Month Parade. 02/17/25 @ 12PM Step off: MLK Jr Blvd & Eutaw St. Grand Marshal Ebony M. Thompson, Baltimore C...
/node/25816Subdomain Click here to apply to participate.
https://charmtvbaltimore.com/External IMG-ALT Stay Informed, Watch CharmTV | Channel 24 & 1085 on Comcast and www.charmtvbaltimore.com
https://charmtvbaltimore.com/External Click here to visit the CharmTV Baltimore website
/francis-scott-key-bridge-inci...Subdomain IMG-ALT Photo of the Key Bridge with text City of Baltimore Key Bridge Response 2024 Action Plan and Incident Resources
/francis-scott-key-bridge-inci...Subdomain Baltimore’s Key Bridge Response 2024 Action Plan and Incident Resources
https://publicworks.baltimorec...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Water Bill
https://publicworks.baltimorec...External Subdomain Click here to learn about your new water bill!
https://bit.ly/BCWaterDiscountExternal IMG-ALT Water themed background with text Water4All Baltimore. DPW's Water4All water discount program, delivering the help you need to pay your water bill. Learn mor...
https://bit.ly/BCWaterDiscountExternal Water4All
https://scottfirsttermreport.org/External IMG-ALT Text "Building Baltimore's future together. To view the report visit ScottFirstTermReport.org"
https://scottfirsttermreport.org/External Read Mayor Scott’s First Term Accomplishments Report.
https://fairelectionfund.balti...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Image of City Hall with text "The City of Baltimore Fair Election Fund" "Providing Public Campaign Funds to Qualified Candidates" 2023
https://fairelectionfund.balti...External Subdomain Baltimore City Fair Election Fund
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/s...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Tree
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/s...External Subdomain Mayor Scott's Build Better Bmore Spring Service Sprint
http://finance.baltimorecity.g...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Department of Finance is social! Follow on Facebook, Instragram and X to get important updates from the Department of Finance.
http://finance.baltimorecity.g...External Subdomain Click here to see our social network connections
https://bbmr.baltimorecity.gov...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Baltimore City Budget 101 - FY2026. 11/13, 11/19, 12/10. Virtual, 6 PM - 7 PM
https://bbmr.baltimorecity.gov...External Subdomain Baltimore City Budget 101
https://technology.baltimoreci...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Icons of laptop, @ sign, graduate cap, globe, webcam, chat bubble
https://technology.baltimoreci...External Subdomain Digital Inclusion Resources
/key-bridge-response-pdfSubdomain No Text
/key-bridge-response-pdfSubdomain Key Bridge Response 2024 Action Plan
https://humanresources.baltimo...External Subdomain No Text
https://humanresources.baltimo...External Subdomain Jobs
https://pay.baltimorecity.gov/External Subdomain No Text
https://pay.baltimorecity.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate Payments
https://civilrights.baltimorec...External Subdomain No Text
https://civilrights.baltimorec...External Subdomain Accessibility Services
/file/84338No Text
/file/84338Visit Baltimore BoP Pass
https://fairelectionfund.balti...External Subdomain No Text
https://fairelectionfund.balti...External Subdomain Fair Election Fund
https://mayor.baltimorecity.go...External Subdomain No Text
https://mayor.baltimorecity.go...External Subdomain Brooklyn Homes After Action Reports
/cvppupdate2024Subdomain No Text
/cvppupdate2024Subdomain Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan Biennial Update
https://cityservices.baltimore...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Hand holding a water drop
https://cityservices.baltimore...External Subdomain Water 4 All
/executive-ordersSubdomain No Text
/executive-ordersSubdomain Executive Orders
https://titlesearch.baltimorec...External Subdomain No Text
https://titlesearch.baltimorec...External Subdomain Blockchain Property Search
/file/85261IMG-ALT Orange circle with icon of a house
/file/85261Vacants Review Memo
https://coronavirus.baltimorec...External Subdomain No Text
https://coronavirus.baltimorec...External Subdomain Coronavirus
https://mayor.baltimorecity.go...External Subdomain No Text
https://mayor.baltimorecity.go...External Subdomain Mayor's HBCU Fellowship Initiative
http://mayor.baltimorecity.gov...External Subdomain Mayor Scott and the City of Baltimore Celebrate Black History Month 2025
http://mayor.baltimorecity.gov...External Subdomain Mayor & City Council of Baltimore Joint Statement on Federal Freeze of All Grant & Loan Funding
http://mayor.baltimorecity.gov...External Subdomain Mayor Scott to Nominate Jon Laria as Chair of the Baltimore City Planning Commission
http://mayor.baltimorecity.gov...External Subdomain Mayor Scott Releases 2025 Legislative Priorities
http://mayor.baltimorecity.gov...External Subdomain Mayor Scott, City of Baltimore Mark Historic Violence Reductions
http://mayor.baltimorecity.gov...External Subdomain View the Newsroom
https://twitter.com/MayorBMScottExternal No Text
https://www.facebook.com/Mayor...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/Mayo...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain No Text
https://mayor.baltimorecity.go...External Subdomain No Text
https://mayor.baltimorecity.go...External Subdomain No Text
http://mayor.baltimorecity.gov...External Subdomain Anchor Contact the Mayor
https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/External Subdomain Mayor Scott's Bio
https://goccp.maryland.gov/vic...External Subdomain For more information on human trafficking in Maryland click here
A-TITLE Link to more info on human trafficking
https://finance.baltimorecity....External Subdomain Click here to submit your report
A-TITLE Link to reporting damage on City owned property
/answers/citywide/transportati...Transportation & Streets
/answers/citywide/trash-recycl...Trash, Recycling, Water
/answers/citywide/property-hou...Property, Housing, Development
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/answers/sustainability-resili...Sustainability, Resiliency, Floodplain
/answers/citywide/culture-recr...Culture & Recreation
/answersSee All Answers
https://balt311.baltimorecity....External Subdomain Housing - Trash/Weeds
https://balt311.baltimorecity....External Subdomain Illegal Parking Complaint
https://balt311.baltimorecity....External Subdomain 48 Hour Parking Complaint
https://balt311.baltimorecity....External Subdomain Bulk Trash Pick Up
https://balt311.baltimorecity....External Subdomain Dirty Street Cleaning
https://balt311.baltimorecity....External Subdomain Dirty Alley Cleaning
https://balt311.baltimorecity....External Subdomain Illegal Dumping
https://balt311.baltimorecity....External Subdomain Water Leak (Exterior)
https://balt311.baltimorecity....External Subdomain City Trash or Recycling Cart Lost/Stolen
https://balt311.baltimorecity....External Subdomain Text duplicate 311 Services
A-TITLE View all 311 Service types
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Subscribe
https://civilrights.baltimorec...External Subdomain Accessibility Statement
/privacy-policySubdomain Privacy Policy
/terms-of-useSubdomain Terms of Use

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.baltimorecity.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.15 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (70 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 2,923 referring domains.
This page has 237,865 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,317 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
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# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
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Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/
# Files
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Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
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Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
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Disallow: /?q=search/
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Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
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Allow: /news/public-notices/
Allow: /news/public-statements/

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www.baltimorecity.gov
City of Baltimore
The official website of Charm City, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Baltimore City79%Check
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City Council Baltimore63%Check
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City Hall61%Check
Chair Baltimore City Planning56%Check
Baltimore City Planning Commission56%Check
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Scott46%Check

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