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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
65% 
Page quality
52% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
4.37 s
File size
321.00 kB
Words
832
Media files
14
Number of links
246 internal / 25 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
It Starts Here
The page title is too short. (121 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)
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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
robotsmax-image-preview:large
generatorMasterSlider 3.9.10 - Responsive Touch Image Slider | avt.li/msf
msapplication-TileImagehttps://cityofmercedes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-logo.min_-1.png
langen-us
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
These Typos were found:
  • assit => assist
The average number of words per sentence of 4.2 words is low.
This page contains 832 words. That's ok.
8.9% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 24 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" 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 17 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
10 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
...ploads/2020/05/cropped-Mercedes-Logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...aster-slider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute provided
...aster-slider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute provided
...aster-slider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute provided
...aster-slider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute provided
...aster-slider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute provided
...aster-slider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute provided
...aster-slider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute provided
...aster-slider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute provided
...aster-slider/public/assets/css/blank.gifNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Agendas.jpgAgendas and Minutes
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/chamber-1.jpgCity Commission
...ent/uploads/2020/05/Job-Oportunities.pngHuman Resources

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 35 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Our Services
H2 News and Announcements
H2 upcoming events
H3 Empty heading
H3 Water Bill
H3 Court Fines
H3 Trash-Brush
H3 Birth / Death
H3 VIDEO & PHOTOS GALLERIES
H3 VIEW ALL EVENTS
H4 Crochet Club – September 3rd
H4 Children’s Art Classes – September 9th
H4 Movie Day – Moana
H4 Children’s Art Classes – September 11th
H4 RedRover Readers RGV
H4 Loteria Night
H4 Crochet Club – September 17th
H4 Dr. Hector P. Garcia – Justice for My People
H4 Lego Day
H4 Book Club
H6 PUBLIC NOTCE FOR LAS CABANS ANNEXATION
H6 Notice of Intent
H6 JULY 3RD – Temporary Water Department Closure
H6 City Offices OPEN July 4th, CLOSED July 5th
H6 Thank You to the Library’s Summer Reading Program 2024 Sponsors
H6 Fire Hydrant Maintenance
H6 Agendas and Minutes
H6 City Commission
H6 Human Resources
H6 Quick Links
H6 View Openings
H6 Forms and Downloads
H6 Open Records Form
H6 Location
H6 Contact Info
H6 City of Mercedes, TX 400 South Ohio, Mercedes, Texas 78570 (956) 565 – 3114
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
10 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 3 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 25 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.facebook.com/The-C...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://cityofmercedes.com/No Text
https://cityofmercedes.com/No Text
/city-departments/City Directory
/agendas-minutes/Agendas & Minutes
/category/covid-19/Covid-19 Updates
/human-resources-department/Job Opportunities
/open-records-request-form/Open Records Request Form
/birth-death-certificates/Birth / Death Certificates
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Wo...Work Safe Plan
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Em...Emergency Management Plan
/bids-and-contracts/Bids and Contracts
/public-notices/Public Notices
/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pr...Small Business Assistance Grant Program Application
/2021/01/14/https-drive-google...Standard Design Manual
/submit-a-request/Submit a Request
/queen-city-cafe/Queen City Cafe
/city-departments/City Departments
/building-and-inspector-division/Building and Inspector Division
/when-are-permit-required/When are Permit Required
/building-construction-inspect...Building Construction Inspection
/business-licenses-and-inspect...Business Licenses and Inspections
/outdoor-sales-permits/Outdoor Sales Permits
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VE...Vendor Permit Application
/city-manager/City Manager
/city-secretary/City Secretary
/birth-death-certificates/Text duplicate Birth / Death Certificates
/open-records-request-form/Text duplicate Open Records Request Form
/code-enforcement/Code Enforcement
/condemnation/Condemnation
/public-nuisances/Public Nuisances
/finance/Finance
/accounting/Accounting
/bids-and-contracts/Text duplicate Bids and Contracts
/water-department/Water Department
/unclaimed-property/Unclaimed Property
/fire-department/Fire Department
/health-inspections/Health Inspections
/human-resources-department/Human Resources Department
/library/Library
/about-the-library/About Us
/library-events/Events
/library-resources/Library Resources
/library-services/Library Services
/queen-city-cafe/Text duplicate Queen City Cafe
/mercedes-historic-preservatio...Mercedes Historic Preservation Commission
/local-historical-landmarks/Local Historical Landmarks
/historical-preservation-grant...Historical Preservation Grant Program
/municipal-court/Municipal Court
/planning-department/Planning Department
/police-department/Police Department
/communications-division/Communications Division
/criminal-investigations-divis...Criminal Investigations Division
/patrol-division/Patrol Division
/public-works-2/Public Works
/recreation-centers/Recreation Centers
/fall-and-spring-program/Fall and Spring Program
/summer-program/Summer Program
/program-agency-calendar/Program-Agency Calendar
/swimming-pool/Swimming Pool
/youth-sports-leagues/Youth Sports Leagues
/water-wastewater-treatment-pl...Water & Wastewater Treatment Plants
/agendas-minutes/Text duplicate Agendas & Minutes
/elections/Elections
/city-boards/City Boards
/city-commission/City Commission
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ci...City of Mercedes City Charter
/urban-county-program-notices/Urban County Program Notices
/visitors/Visitors
/available-property-listings/Available Property Listings
/events/Text duplicate Events
/notices-and-announcements/Notices and Announcements
/hurricane-awareness/Hurricane Awareness
/preparacion-para-un-huracan-2/Preparación para un huracán
/community-listings/Community Listings
https://startyourrecovery.org/...External Start Your Recovery
/contact/Contact Us
https://public.coderedweb.com/...External Subdomain No Text
https://trafficpayment.com/Sea...External Trivial anchor text
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https://trafficpayment.com/Sea...External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/trash-brush/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/birth-death-certificates/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/2024/08/14/public-notce-for-l...PUBLIC NOTCE FOR LAS CABANS ANNEXATION
/2024/08/14/public-notce-for-l...August 14, 2024
/2024/08/14/public-notce-for-l...Anchor No Comments
/2024/07/19/notice-of-intent/Notice of Intent
/2024/07/19/notice-of-intent/July 19, 2024
/2024/07/19/notice-of-intent/Anchor Text duplicate No Comments
/2024/07/01/july-3rd-temporary...JULY 3RD – Temporary Water Department Closure
/2024/07/01/july-3rd-temporary...July 1, 2024
/2024/07/01/july-3rd-temporary...Anchor Text duplicate No Comments
/2024/07/01/city-offices-open-...City Offices OPEN July 4th, CLOSED July 5th
/2024/07/01/city-offices-open-...Text duplicate July 1, 2024
/2024/07/01/city-offices-open-...Anchor Text duplicate No Comments
/2024/06/17/thank-you-to-the-l...Thank You to the Library’s Summer Reading Program 2024 Sponsors
/2024/06/17/thank-you-to-the-l...June 17, 2024
/2024/06/17/thank-you-to-the-l...Anchor Text duplicate No Comments
/2024/06/17/thank-you-to-the-l...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/2024/06/07/fire-hydrant-maint...Fire Hydrant Maintenance
/2024/06/07/fire-hydrant-maint...June 7, 2024
/2024/06/07/fire-hydrant-maint...Anchor Text duplicate No Comments
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ag...IMG-ALT Agendas and Minutes
/agendas-minutes/More Details
/agendas-minutes/Text duplicate Agendas and Minutes
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ch...Text duplicate IMG-ALT City Commission
/city-commission/Text duplicate More Details
/city-commission/Text duplicate City Commission
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Jo...IMG-ALT Human Resources
/human-resources/Text duplicate More Details
/human-resources/Text duplicate Human Resources
/hurricane-season-workshop-vid...View Photos/ Videos
/events/crochet-club-september...No Text
/events/crochet-club-september...Crochet Club – September 3rd
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://twitter.com/share?url=...New window External A-TITLE Tweet
/events/crochet-club-september...View Detail
/events/childrens-art-classes/No Text
/events/childrens-art-classes/Children’s Art Classes – September 9th
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://twitter.com/share?url=...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Tweet
/events/childrens-art-classes/Text duplicate View Detail
/events/movie-day-moana/No Text
/events/movie-day-moana/Movie Day – Moana
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://twitter.com/share?url=...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Tweet
/events/movie-day-moana/Text duplicate View Detail
/events/childrens-art-classes-...No Text
/events/childrens-art-classes-...Children’s Art Classes – September 11th
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://twitter.com/share?url=...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Tweet
/events/childrens-art-classes-...Text duplicate View Detail
/events/redrover-readers-rgv/No Text
/events/redrover-readers-rgv/RedRover Readers RGV
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://twitter.com/share?url=...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Tweet
/events/redrover-readers-rgv/Text duplicate View Detail
/events/loteria-night/No Text
/events/loteria-night/Loteria Night
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://twitter.com/share?url=...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Tweet
/events/loteria-night/Text duplicate View Detail
/events/crochet-club-september...No Text
/events/crochet-club-september...Crochet Club – September 17th
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://twitter.com/share?url=...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Tweet
/events/crochet-club-september...Text duplicate View Detail
/events/dr-hector-p-garcia-jus...No Text
/events/dr-hector-p-garcia-jus...Dr. Hector P. Garcia – Justice for My People
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://twitter.com/share?url=...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Tweet
/events/dr-hector-p-garcia-jus...Text duplicate View Detail
/events/lego-day/No Text
/events/lego-day/Lego Day
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://twitter.com/share?url=...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Tweet
/events/lego-day/Text duplicate View Detail
/events/book-club-10/No Text
/events/book-club-10/Book Club
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://twitter.com/share?url=...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Tweet
/events/book-club-10/Text duplicate View Detail
/events/VIEW ALL EVENTS
/human-resources/New window View Openings
/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Em...New window Employment Application
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PD...New window Police Employment Application
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Op...New window Open Records Form
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Wo...New window Text duplicate Work Safe Plan
/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Em...New window Text duplicate Emergency Management Plan
/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pr...New window Small Business Assit Application
https://cityofmercedes.com/Home
/animal-control-2/Animal Control
/available-property-listings/Text duplicate Available Property Listings
/code-of-ordinances/Code of Ordinances
/friends-of-the-mercedes-library/Friends of the Mercedes Library
/digital-skills-classes/Introduction to Basic Computer & Digital Skills
/parks-grounds-division/Parks & Grounds Division
/room-reservation/Room Reservation
/submit-a-request/Text duplicate Submit a Request
/unclaimed-property/Text duplicate Unclaimed Property
/utilities-division/Utilities Division
/fleet-maintenance/Vehicle Maintenance
/youth-sports-leagues/Text duplicate Youth Sports Leagues
/swimming-pool/Text duplicate Swimming Pool
/summer-program/Text duplicate Summer Program
/fall-and-spring-program/Text duplicate Fall and Spring Program
/program-agency-calendar/Text duplicate Program-Agency Calendar
/trash-brush/TRASH-BRUSH
/test-page-2/TEST-Page
/hurricane-season-workshop-vid...HURRICANE SEASON WORKSHOP VIDEO 2020
/patrol-division/Text duplicate Patrol Division
/criminal-investigations-divis...Text duplicate Criminal Investigations Division
/communications-division/Text duplicate Communications Division
/2015-commission-meeting-meeti...2015 Commission Meeting Minutes
/2013-commission-meeting-meeti...2013 Commission Meeting Minutes
/2014-commission-meeting-meeti...2014 Commission Meeting Minutes
/2016-commission-meeting-meeti...2016 Commission Meeting Minutes
/2017-commission-meeting-meeti...2017 Commission Meeting Minutes
/2018-commission-meeting-meeti...2018 Commission Meeting Minutes
/2019-commission-meeting-meeti...2019 Commission Meeting Minutes
/agendas-minutes/Text duplicate Agendas & Minutes
/report-a-concern/Report a Concern
/preparacion-para-un-huracan-2/Text duplicate Preparación para un huracán
/hurricane-awareness/Text duplicate Hurricane Awareness
/community-listings/Text duplicate Community Listings
/notices-and-announcements/Text duplicate Notices and Announcements
/events/Text duplicate Events
/public-notices/Text duplicate Public Notices
/urban-county-program-notices/Text duplicate Urban County Program Notices
/planning-and-zoning-commission/Planning and Zoning Commission
/subdivision-platting-informat...Subdivision Platting Information
/variance-processes/Variance Processes
/other-ordinances/Other Ordinances
/annexation/Annexation
/envision-mercedes-2025-a-comm...Envision Mercedes 2025: A Community Comprehensive Plan
/elections/Text duplicate Elections
/zoning-and-rezoning/Zoning and Rezoning
/planning-department/Text duplicate Planning Department
/library-recommended-websites/Library Recommended Websites
/electronic-resources/Electronic Resources
/online-catalog/Online Catalog
/periodicals/Periodicals
https://cityofmercedes.com/tours/Tours
/test-proctoring/Test Proctoring
/business-center/Business Center
/internet-rosource-center/Internet Resource Center
/interlibrary-loans/Interlibrary Loans
/borrowing-privileges/Borrowing Privileges
/fundraising/Fundraising
/dr-hector-p-garcia-bio/Dr. Hector P. Garcia Bio
/library-board/Library Board
/library-directory/Library Directory
/library-policies/Library Policies
/about-the-library/About The Library
/library-services/Text duplicate Library Services
/library-resources/Text duplicate Library Resources
/library-events/Library Events
/mercedes-historic-preservatio...Text duplicate Mercedes Historic Preservation Commission
/local-historical-landmarks/Text duplicate Local Historical Landmarks
/historical-preservation-grant...Text duplicate Historical Preservation Grant Program
/queen-city-cafe/Text duplicate Queen City Cafe
/water-wastewater-treatment-pl...Text duplicate Water & Wastewater Treatment Plants
/recreation-centers/Text duplicate Recreation Centers
/public-works-2/Text duplicate Public Works
/police-department/Text duplicate Police Department
/municipal-court/Text duplicate Municipal Court
/library/Text duplicate Library
/health-inspections/Text duplicate Health Inspections
/human-resources-department/Text duplicate Human Resources Department
/fire-department/Text duplicate Fire Department
/bids-and-contracts/Text duplicate Bids and Contracts
/water-department/Text duplicate Water Department
/accounting/Text duplicate Accounting
/finance/Text duplicate Finance
/condemnation/Text duplicate Condemnation
/public-nuisances/Text duplicate Public Nuisances
/outdoor-sales-permits/Text duplicate Outdoor Sales Permits
/business-licenses-and-inspect...Text duplicate Business Licenses and Inspections
/building-construction-inspect...Text duplicate Building Construction Inspection
/when-are-permit-required/Text duplicate When are Permit Required
/open-records-request-form/Text duplicate Open Records Request Form
/birth-death-certificates/Text duplicate Birth / Death Certificates
/building-and-inspector-division/Text duplicate Building and Inspector Division
/city-departments/Text duplicate City Departments
/city-boards/Text duplicate City Boards
/city-commission/Text duplicate City Commission
/visitors/Text duplicate Visitors
/contact/Contact us
/city-manager/Text duplicate City Manager
/city-secretary/Text duplicate City Secretary
/code-enforcement/Text duplicate Code Enforcement
https://cityofmercedes.com/Anchor No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://cityofmercedes.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (4.37 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.
This page loads 33 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 24 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (321 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 22 Aug 2024 12:38:32 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length328694
connectionkeep-alive
serverApache
x-powered-byPHP/7.4.10
link<https://cityofmercedes.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
x-frame-optionsDENY
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
expect-ctmax-age=7776000, enforce
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
age3
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

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This page has backlinks from 313 referring domains.
This page has 5,405 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 154 different ip addresses.

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