Chicagomarathon.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
84% 
Link structure
100% 
Server
83% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.76 s
File size
69.40 kB
Words
351
Media files
13
Number of links
40 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Bank of America Chicago Marathon
The length of the page title is perfect. (317 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is a world class running event returning to the streets of Chicago on Sunday, October 8, 2023.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (828 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.chicagomarathon.com/
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
application-nameBank of America Chicago Marathon
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robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionThe Bank of America Chicago Marathon is a world class running event returning to the streets of Chicago on Sunday, October 8, 2023.
msvalidate.01170D2B6844C5D1271448B7FE37E544E2
google-site-verificationfbjngC7wW8WNWnjLiNluQiDFTSPPpk-ehICkjO-IS8g
article:modified_time2024-07-23T17:39:40+00:00
langen
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleBank of America Chicago Marathon
og:descriptionRunning the Bank of America Chicago Marathon is the pinnacle of achievement for elite athletes and everyday runners alike. The 2021 Chicago Marathon will take place on Sunday, October 11.
og:urlhttps://www.chicagomarathon.com/
og:site_nameBank of America Chicago Marathon
og:imagehttps://assets-chicagomarathon-com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019_ChicagoMarathon-1.jpg
og:image:width1200
og:image:height630
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 351 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
32.2% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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 16.22 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 7 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
...content/themes/cm/images/ajax-loader.gifloading...
...com/wp-content/themes/cm/images/logo.pngBank of America Chicago Marathon
.../uploads/2023/01/BofA_v_spot-450x245.pngBank of America
...ent/uploads/2024/04/Nike-Run-450x245.pngNike Run
...ies-png-bg-right-logo-gb-1130-450x96.pngAbbott
...-content/uploads/2024/07/TCS-450x107.pngTCS Tata Consultancy Services
...oads/2021/02/ADV_Vertical_4C_noWeAre.jpgAdvocate Health Care
...s/2023/01/Gatorade-Rectangle-450x225.jpgGatorade
...reeze_Brandmark_onWhite_FINAL-450x67.pngBiofreeze
...ent/uploads/2019/03/BofA-logo-450x53.jpgBank of America
...tent/uploads/2018/10/new-abbott-logo.gifAbbott World Marathon Majors
...Tours-Travel-Age-Group-Qualifier-300.pngAbbott World Marathon Majors Marathon Tours and Travel Age Group Qualifier
...com/wp-content/themes/cm/images/logo.pngBank of America Chicago Marathon

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
SET YOUR RECORD
The H1 heading is too short (15 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 SET YOUR RECORD
H2 SET YOUR RECORD Duplicate text
H2 SET YOUR RECORD Duplicate text
H2 SET YOUR RECORD Duplicate text
H2 SEARCHABLE RESULTS
H2 EVENT INFORMATION
H2 RUN FOR CHARITY
H2 Stay in touch with the Bank of America Chicago Marathon
H2 Search Panel
H2 You are now leaving the Bank of America Chicago Marathon website
H3 SHARE YOUR STORY
H3 EXPERIENCE THE EXCITEMENT
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.chicagomarathon.com/Anchor Skip to content
/get-involved/volunteers/Subdomain Learn more about available opportunities and register.
https://manage.hakuapp.com/log...External Subdomain Participant account
/runners/Subdomain RunnersTake part
/runners/runner-information/Subdomain Runner information
/runners/frequently-asked-appl...Subdomain 2024 FAQs
/runners/expo-packet-pick-up/Subdomain Expo & Packet Pick-up
/runners/hotels-travel-parking/Subdomain Hotels, Travel & Parking
/runners/training-program/Subdomain Training & nutrition
/runners/start-corrals/Subdomain Start corrals
/runners/course-amenities/Subdomain Course & amenities
/runners/race-results/Subdomain Race results
/runners/marathon-store/Subdomain Marathon Store
/runners/rules-safety/Subdomain Rules & safety
/spectators/Subdomain SpectatorsEnjoy the event
/spectators/spectator-informat...Subdomain Spectator information
/spectators/east-side-viewing-...Subdomain East Side Viewing Area
/spectators/navigating-the-cou...Subdomain Navigating the course
/spectators/cheer-zones/Subdomain Cheer zones
/spectators/race-day-broadcasts/Subdomain Race day broadcasts
/get-involved/volunteers/Subdomain Get InvolvedVolunteer
/get-involved/volunteers/Subdomain Volunteer
/get-involved/charity-teams/Subdomain Charity teams
/get-involved/sustainability/Subdomain Sustainability
/get-involved/share/Subdomain Share your story
/get-involved/marketing-opport...Subdomain Marketing opportunities
/apply/Subdomain ApplyRun with us
/apply/Subdomain Apply
/apply/chicago-distance-series/Subdomain Chicago Distance Series
/apply/2025-application/Subdomain 2025 Application
/apply/cancellation-by-you-or-...Subdomain Cancellation (by you or by us)
/apply/abbott-world-marathon-m...Subdomain Abbott World Marathon Majors
/runners/race-results/Subdomain SEARCHABLE RESULTS
/runners/runner-information/Subdomain EVENT INFORMATION
/apply/charity-teams/Subdomain RUN FOR CHARITY
/virtual-experience/share/Subdomain SHARE YOUR STORY
/virtual-experience/share/Subdomain Tell us your story
https://www.youtube.com/@Chica...External Subdomain EXPERIENCE THE EXCITEMENT
https://www.youtube.com/@Chica...External Subdomain Visit the event YouTube Channel
https://www.bankofamerica.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Bank of America
http://www.nike.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Nike Run
http://www.abbott.com/marathonsNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Abbott
https://www.tcs.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT TCS Tata Consultancy Services
http://www.advocatehealth.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Advocate Health Care
https://www.gatorade.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Gatorade
http://www.biofreeze.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Biofreeze
https://www.bankofamerica.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Bank of America
https://www.worldmarathonmajor...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Abbott World Marathon Majors
https://www.worldmarathonmajor...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Abbott World Marathon Majors Marathon Tours and Travel Age Group Qualifier
/sponsors/sponsors/Subdomain Sponsors
/press/press-center/Subdomain Press
/contact/Subdomain Contact
https://www.facebook.com/Chica...External Subdomain Like us on Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/chim...External Subdomain Follow us on Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@chicag...External Subdomain Follow us on TikTok
https://twitter.com/ChiMarathonExternal Follow us on X
https://www.youtube.com/@Chica...External Subdomain Subscribe to our channel on YouTube
https://get.adobe.com/reader/External Subdomain Download Acrobat Reader
/participant-information/priva...Privacy notice

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.chicagomarathon.com/"
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 0.76 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.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (69 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 17 Sep 2024 09:53:24 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length15554
set-cookie178 Characters
serverApache
referrer-policystrict-origin
x-xss-protection1; mode=block;
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
varyAccept-Encoding,Cookie
accept-rangesbytes
content-encodinggzip
access-control-allow-origin*
pragmano-cache
cache-controlmax-age=0, private, no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,319 referring domains.
This page has 55,569 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,773 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

# START YOAST BLOCK
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User-agent: *
Disallow:

Sitemap: https://www.chicagomarathon.com/sitemap_index.xml
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# END YOAST BLOCK

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Bank of America Chicago Marathon
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is a world class running event returning to the streets of Chicago on Sunday, October 8, 2023.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Chicago81%Check
Marathon81%Check
Chicago Marathon81%Check
America Chicago Marathon76%Check
Bank68%Check
America68%Check
SET56%Check
RECORD54%Check
RUN54%Check
2024 Bank53%Check
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