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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
83% 
Page quality
67% 
Page structure
45% 
Link structure
96% 
Server
84% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.74 s
File size
56.10 kB
Words
746
Media files
4
Number of links
91 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Bay County - The Official Bay County Michigan Government Website
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 616 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
The official Website of Bay County, Michigan.-
The length of the meta description is perfect. (286 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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DescriptionThe official Website of Bay County, Michigan.-
KeywordsBay County, Michigan, home, Web, www.baycounty-mi.gov, departments, Bay County 911, Bay County Health Department, Bay County Animal Control, Health, Animal, 911, Sheriff, Bay County Sheriff Department, Bay County Dashboard, dashboard, Citizen's Guide, Projected Budget Report, citizen, EVIP, transparency, executive, officials, government, Bay County Government, Bay Alerts, departments, Tom Hickner, Executive, County Executive Tom Hickner, Thomas L. Hickner, Mike Gray, Tim Quinn, Martha Fitzhugh, Michael Gray
MSSmartTagsPreventParsingTRUE
Revisit-after7 Days
RobotsIndex,Follow
RatingGeneral
DistributionGlobal
langen-us
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-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 746 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.
13 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 15.73 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)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: learn more
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
/Images/HomePageImages/DogPark.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/Images/HomePageImages/healthdepartment.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../HomePageImages/BCBuildingFrontSteps.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s/HomePageImages/communitycenterfall.jpgNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Bay County
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
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 Welcome to Bay County
H3 Bark Park
H3 Health Department
H3 County Building
H3 Community Center
H3 Bay County Dashboard & Citizen's Guide
H3 Bay County News
H3 Bay County Board of Commissioners Announces First Distribution of Opioid Settlement Funds
H3 Bay City Area Transportation Study (BCATS) FY 2023 Obligation Report
H4 About Bay County
H4 Departments & Divisions
H4 Online Services
H4 Bay County Info
H4 Online Services Duplicate text
H4 Quick Links
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 23 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.baycountymi.gov/Home
A-TITLE Home
/SiteTools.aspxInfo
A-TITLE Info
https://selfservice.baycounty-...External Subdomain Employment
A-TITLE Employment Opportunities
/apps/calendar/Calendar
A-TITLE Event Calendar
/apps/search.aspxSearch
A-TITLE Search
https://www.baycountymi.gov/BAY COUNTY MICHIGAN
A-TITLE Bay County, Michgian
http://www.baycounty-mi.gov/Ab...External Subdomain About Bay County
A-TITLE About Bay County
/AboutBayCounty/AreaServicePro...Area Service Providers
A-TITLE Area Service Providers
/AboutBayCounty/Building-Locat...Building Locations & Hours
A-TITLE Building Locations & Hours
/AboutBayCounty/CityandTownshi...City and Township Officials
A-TITLE City and Township Officials
/AboutBayCounty/County-Organiz...County Organizational Charts
A-TITLE County Organizational Chart
/AboutBayCounty/HistoryBayCoun...History of Bay County
A-TITLE History of Bay County
/AboutBayCounty/Holiday-Schedu...Holiday Schedule
A-TITLE Holiday Schedule
/Images/BayCountyMap.jpgMap of Bay County
A-TITLE Map of Bay County
http://www.baycounty-mi.gov/Ap...External Subdomain News & Announcements
A-TITLE News & Announcements
/OnlineServices/Default.aspxOnline Services
A-TITLE Online Services
/AboutBayCounty/CountyServices...Other Countywide Services
A-TITLE County Services
/AboutBayCounty/StateFederalGo...State & Federal Government Officials
A-TITLE State & Federal Government Officials
/AboutBayCounty/VisitingBayCou...Visiting Bay County
A-TITLE Visiting Bay County
/AllDepartments.aspxAll Departments
A-TITLE All Departments
/AdministrativeServices/Defaul...Administrative Services
A-TITLE Administrative Services
/Commissioners/Default.aspxBoard of Commissioners
A-TITLE Board of Commissioners
/BuildingAuthority/Default.aspxBuilding Authority
A-TITLE Building Authority
/BuildingsGrounds/Default.aspxBuildings and Grounds
A-TITLE Buildings and Grounds
/CentralDispatch/Default.aspxCentral Dispatch
A-TITLE Central Dispatch
/Clerk/Default.aspxClerk
A-TITLE County Clerk
/CorporationCounsel/Default.aspxCorporation Counsel
A-TITLE Corporation Counsel and Risk Management
/Aging/Default.aspxDepartment on Aging
A-TITLE Department on Aging
/DrainCommissioner/Default.aspxDrain Commissioner
A-TITLE Drain Commissioner
/EACD/Default.aspxEnvironmental Affairs and Community Development
A-TITLE Environmental Affairs and Community Development
/Equalization/Default.aspxEqualization
A-TITLE Equalization
/Executive/Default.aspxExecutive
A-TITLE County Executive
/Finance/Default.aspxFinance Department
A-TITLE Finance Department
/GIS/Default.aspxGeographic Information Systems (GIS)
A-TITLE Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
/ISD/Default.aspxInformation Systems
A-TITLE Bay County Michigan - Information Systems Division
/Personnel/Default.aspxPersonnel and Employee Relations
A-TITLE Personnel and Employee Relations
/Purchasing/PurchasingDivision...Purchasing
A-TITLE Purchasing
/Recreation/Default.aspxRecreation and Facilities
A-TITLE Recreation and Facilities
/ROD/Default.aspxRegister of Deeds
A-TITLE Register of Deeds
/RetirementBoard/Default.aspxRetirement Board
A-TITLE Retirement Board
/Treasurer/Default.aspxTreasurer
A-TITLE Treasurer
/VeteransAffairs/Default.aspxVeteran Affairs
A-TITLE Veteran Affairs
/CircuitCourt/Default.aspx18th Judicial Circuit Court
A-TITLE 18th Judicial Circuit Court
/DistrictCourt/Default.aspx74th District Court
A-TITLE 74th District Court
/CommunityCorrections/Default....Community Corrections
A-TITLE Community Corrections
/CriminalDefense/Default.aspxCriminal Defense
A-TITLE Criminal Defense
/FOC/Default.aspxFriend of the Court
A-TITLE Friend of the Court
/CircuitCourt/JuryService.aspxJury Service
A-TITLE Jury Service
/Juvenile/Default.aspxJuvenile Detention
A-TITLE Juvenile Detention
/Probate-Family-Court/Default....Probate & Family Court
A-TITLE Probate & Juvenile Court
/Prosecutor/Default.aspxProsecutor
A-TITLE Prosecutor's Office
/PublicDefender/Default.aspxPublic Defender
A-TITLE Public Defender
/Sheriff/Default.aspxSheriff
A-TITLE Sheriff's Office
/AnimalControl/Default.aspxAnimal Services & Adoption Center
A-TITLE Animal Services & Adoption Center
http://www.baycounty-mi.gov/BC...External Subdomain Bay County TV
A-TITLE Bay County TV
/Transportation/Default.aspxBCATS Transportation Planning
A-TITLE Transportation Planning
/CitizenCorps/Default.aspxCitizen Corps
A-TITLE Citizen Corps
/EconomicDevelopment/Default.aspxEconomic Development
A-TITLE Economic Development
/ESHS/Default.aspxEmergency Services
A-TITLE Emergency Services
/ForestSustainability/Default....Forest Sustainability Program
A-TITLE Forest Sustainability
/Health/Default.aspxHealth Department
A-TITLE Health Department
/HouseholdAssistanceProgram/Ho...Household Assistance Program
A-TITLE Household Assistance Program
/Housing/Default.aspxHousing Department
A-TITLE Housing Department
/MosquitoControl/Default.aspxMosquito Control
A-TITLE Mosquito Control
/MSUE/Default.aspxMSU Extension
A-TITLE MSU Extension
/CivicArena/Default.aspxCivic Arena
A-TITLE Civic Arena
/CommunityCenter/Default.aspxCommunity Center
A-TITLE Community Center
/CommunityCenter/Community-Cen...Community Center Pool
A-TITLE Community Center Pool
/DogPark/DogPark.aspxDog Park
A-TITLE Dog Park
/Fairgrounds/Default.aspxFairgrounds
A-TITLE Fairgrounds
/GolfCourse/Default.aspxGolf Course
A-TITLE Golf Course
/PinconningPark/Default.aspxPinconning Park
A-TITLE Pinconning Park
/Recreation/RecreationPlan.aspxRecreation Plan
A-TITLE Recreation Plan
/TrailGuide/TricountyTrailGuid...Tri-county Trail Guide
A-TITLE Tri-county Trail Guide
/Docs/PressReleaseGov.pdfTrivial anchor text
here
/AboutBayCounty/Learn More
/AllDepartments.aspxText duplicate Learn More
/OnlineServices/Text duplicate Learn More
http://www.baycounty-mi.gov/He...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
http://www.baycounty-mi.gov/Co...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/Docs/Executive/Dashboard/2023...New window Budget & Finance
/Docs/Executive/Dashboard/2023...New window Green Initiatives
/Docs/Executive/Dashboard/2023...New window Health & Education
/Docs/Executive/Dashboard/2022...New window Public Safety
/Docs/Executive/Dashboard/2022...New window Quality of Life
/Docs/Executive/Dashboard/2023...New window Shared Services
http://micommunityfinancials.m...New window External Subdomain Bay County Citizen's Guide
/Docs/Executive/Dashboard/2023...New window Debt Service Report
/Docs/Executive/Dashboard/2023...New window Projected Budget Report
/Docs/Executive/Dashboard/2023...New window 2023 Compliance Form
http://www.baycounty-mi.gov/Fi...New window External Subdomain Financial Reports
https://www.heybaycity.com/New window External Subdomain Hey, Bay City!
/Apps/News.aspxAll News
/News/Bay-County-Board-of-Comm...Bay County Board of Commissioners Announces First Distribution of Opioid Settlement Funds
/News/Bay-City-Area-Transporta...Bay City Area Transportation Study (BCATS) FY 2023 Obligation Report
https://www.facebook.com/bayco...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/baycou...External Subdomain BCTV
https://www.google.com/maps/se...New window External Subdomain Google Map
http://www.baycounty-mi.gov/An...External Subdomain Adopt-a-Pet Program
A-TITLE Adopt-a-Pet Program
/Commissioners/BoardApplicatio...Application for Board-Appointed Positions
A-TITLE Application for Board-appointed Positions
https://payments.lexisnexis.co...External Subdomain Delinquent Property Tax Payments
A-TITLE Delinquent Property Tax Payments
https://selfservice.baycounty-...External Subdomain Employment Opportunities
A-TITLE Employment Opportunities
http://app.fetchgis.com/bayExternal Subdomain Interactive County Mapping System
A-TITLE Interactive County Mapping System
https://www.doxpop.com/prod/miExternal Subdomain Legal Document Search
A-TITLE Legal Document Search
http://www.municode.com/Resour...External Subdomain Ordinances Online
A-TITLE Ordinances Online
https://bsaonline.com/?unitUrl...External Property Tax Query
A-TITLE Property Tax Query
http://www.baycounty-mi.gov/ES...External Subdomain Bay Alerts
A-TITLE Bay Alerts
/AllDepartments.aspxContact Us
A-TITLE Contact Us
/Sheriff/CrimeTips.aspxCrime Tips
A-TITLE Crime Tips
https://www.office.com/External Subdomain Employee Email
A-TITLE Crime Tips
https://www.baycounty-mi.gov/C...External Subdomain FOIA
A-TITLE Freedom of Information Act
/Apps/search.aspxText duplicate Search
A-TITLE Search
/OnlineServices/WebLinks.aspxWeb Links
A-TITLE Web Links
https://www.nsoit.com/New window External Subdomain Netsource One, Inc.

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.baycountymi.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 of 0.74 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (56 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 509 referring domains.
This page has 3,320 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 388 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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