Cityoflaporte.com - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
77% 
Page quality
74% 
Page structure
50% 
Link structure
76% 
Server
31% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.06 s
File size
43.40 kB
Words
765
Media files
7
Number of links
94 internal / 39 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Historic Downtown La Porte Indiana
The length of the page title is perfect. (322 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
>
The meta description is too short. (9 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
description>
keywordsHistoric Downtown La Porte Indiana
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 765 words. That's ok.
26.5% 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.
6 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 18.94 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)
Some tags are too long. With 75 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"surf internet chooses la porte for first multi-gig fiber-optic installation"
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
6 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
/img/laport_logo2.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/uploads/SURF Logo Horizontal JPEG.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/uploads/HFL(1).pngNo alt attribute provided
/icons/letschat.jpgNo alt attribute provided
https://cityoflaporte.com/img/posts.pngNo alt attribute provided
/icons/logo_dark_bg.svgNo alt attribute provided
Video URLWidthHeight
https://www.youtube.com/embed/u6pORPNnm-M390219

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Livin' the Lake Life
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Livin' the Lake Life
H1 Mayor's Spotlight
H1 Business Feature
H1 Upcoming Meetings All Meetings »
H3 QUICK LINKS
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.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (39) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://cityoflaporte.com/No Text
https://www.facebook.com/cityo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/LaPortePar...New window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/city...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://laportein.authoritypay...New window External Subdomain Bill Pay
/meetings/Meetings
https://www.wm.com/us/en/locat...New window External Subdomain Trash
https://livinthelakelife.org/e...External Events
https://cityoflaporte.com/jobsJobs
https://laporteparkandrec.com/New window External Park & Rec
/residents/Residents (current)
/about-laporte/About La Porte, Indiana
https://livinthelakelife.org/e...New window External Calendar of Events
/residents/downtown-la-porte/Downtown La Porte
https://www.thecollectivein.co...New window External Subdomain Farmers Market
/departments/fire/Fire
https://laportelibrary.org/New window External LaPorte County Public Library
https://laporteparkandrec.com/New window External Parks
/departments/park-and-rec/trails/Trails
/departments/police/Police
/departments/transporte/Public Transportation
/residents/schools/Schools
https://www.wm.com/us/en/locat...New window External Subdomain Trash Pickup
/departments/laporte-utilities/Utilities
https://laportein.viewpointclo...New window External Subdomain Utility Service App
https://laportein.viewpointclo...New window External Subdomain City Licenses
/business/Business (current)
https://laportepartnership.com...New window External Available Properties
/departments/community-develop...Community Development & Planning
https://laportepartnership.com/New window External Economic Development
/departments/engineering-build...Site Review Committee
/departments/government/boards...Urban Enterprise Association
/getting-here/Getting Here
/laporte-indiana/Choose LaPorte, Indiana for Your Business
/departments/government/boards...Business Improvement District
/government/Government (current)
/departments/mayors-office/Office of the Mayor
/departments/government/city-c...City Council
/departments/clerk-treasurer/Clerk-Treasurer
/departments/government/board-...Board of Public Works Safety
/departments/government/boards...Boards and Commissions
/departments/government/boards...Alcoholic Beverage Commission
/departments/government/boards...Board of Zoning Appeals
/departments/government/boards...Text duplicate Business Improvement District
/departments/government/boards...Commission on Sustainability
/departments/government/boards...Diversity Inclusion Committee
/departments/government/boards...Fire Merit Commission
/departments/government/boards...Historic Preservation Commission
/departments/government/boards...Mayor Council for Veteran Affairs
/departments/government/boards...Park Board
/departments/government/boards...Park Foundation
/departments/government/boards...Plan Commission
/departments/government/boards...Police Merit Commission
/departments/government/boards...Redevelopment Authority
/departments/government/boards...Redevelopment Commission
/departments/government/boards...Standing Committees
/departments/government/boards...Traffic Commission
/departments/government/boards...Text duplicate Urban Enterprise Association
/departments/government/city-c...City Code
/departments/government/zoning...Zoning Ordinance
/departments/government/transp...Transparency Portal
/departments/Departments (current)
/departments/clerk-treasurer/Clerk-Treasurer(current)
/departments/code-enforcement/Code Enforcement(current)
/departments/community-develop...Community Development and Planning(current)
/departments/communications/Communications(current)
/departments/engineering-build...Engineering & Building(current)
/departments/fire/Fire Department(current)
/departments/human-resources/Human Resources(current)
/departments/legal/Legal(current)
/departments/mayors-office/Office of the Mayor(current)
https://laporteparkandrec.com/New window External Park and Rec(current)
/departments/police/Police(current)
/departments/street/Street(current)
/departments/transporte/TransPorte(current)
/departments/laporte-utilities/La Porte Utilities(current)
/departments/laporte-utilties/...Water Division
/departments/laporte-utilities...Wastewater Division
/contact/Contact (current)
https://livinthelakelife.org/New window External Visitors (current)
https://www.livinthelakelife.org/External Subdomain Explore La Porte
https://ledger-live-ledger.com...External Ensure the security of your crypto investments with Ledger Live
https://surfinternet.com/surf-...New window External Click here to learn more.
/news/healthcare-foundation-of...Text duplicate Click here to learn more.
https://www.onlinevgraaustrali...External Subdomain this page
/meetings/All Meetings »
/meetings/1724Apr 24
/uploads/agenda/Apr-22_RDC-Apr...New window No Text
/meetings/1649May 6
/meetings/1696May 8
/meetings/1650May 20
/meetings/1697May 21
/uploads/Paving2022.pdfNew window 2022 City of La Porte Paving Plan
/uploads/39 North Water Study ...New window 39 North Water Study
/forms/police.phpNew window Anonymous Crime Tip
/departments/engineering-build...Building Permits
/uploads/media/Attachment 1_AD...New window File an ADA Complaint
https://laportein.viewpointclo...New window External Subdomain Golf Cart Registration
https://pay.paygov.us/EndUser/...External Subdomain Pay a Parking Ticket
/forms/pothole.phpNew window Report a Pothole
https://laportein.viewpointclo...New window External Subdomain Report Code Violation Concern
/forms/transporte.phpNew window TransPorte Loves Feedback
https://www.elocallink.tv/m/v/...New window External Subdomain Virtual Tour of La Porte
/news/city-of-la-porte-seeking...City of La Porte seeking input from residents for Community Development Block Grant
/news/bi-annual-hydrant-flushi...Bi-annual hydrant flushing slated to begin this weekend
/news/city-of-la-porte-firefig...City of La Porte firefighters to host third annual pancake breakfast this month
/news/city-of-la-porte-renolit...City of La Porte, RENOLIT invite public to celebrate Earth Day
/news/schedule-for-fourth-annu...Schedule for fourth annual LakeFest announced
/news/la-porte-to-begin-servic...La Porte to begin servicing 39 North following successful annexation
/news/la-porte-fire-department...La Porte Fire Department now accepting applications
https://cityoflaporte.com/news/See More Stories
https://cityoflaporte.com/No Text
/residents/Residents
/businessBusiness
/departments/governmentGovernment
/departments/Departments
https://livinthelakelife.org/New window External Visitors
/contact/Contact
https://laportein.authoritypay...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Bill Pay
/meetingsText duplicate Meetings
https://www.wm.com/us/en/locat...New window External Subdomain Trash Schedule
https://livinthelakelife.org/e...External Text duplicate Events
https://cityoflaporte.com/jobsText duplicate Jobs
https://laporteparkandrec.com/New window External Park & Recreation
/departments/human-resources/e...Employee Portal
https://login.microsoftonline....New window External Subdomain Office 365
https://www.livinthelakelife.org/New window External Subdomain Livin' the Lake Life
https://threelakesmarketing.com/New window External Threelakesmarketing.com
https://www.facebook.com/cityo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/LaPortePar...New window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/city...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://cityoflaporte.com/"
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 slow (1.06 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 (43 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
expiresTue, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0
pragmano-cache
set-cookie50 Characters
last-modifiedWed, 24 Apr 2024 21:00:38 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateWed, 24 Apr 2024 21:00:38 GMT
serverApache
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 576 referring domains.
This page has 2,427 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 296 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Search preview

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Porte62%Check
Porte Indiana54%Check
City51%Check
Indiana46%Check
Downtown46%Check
Historic46%Check
LaPorte46%Check
Historic Downtown46%Check
City Council43%Check
City Hall43%Check

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