Co.lancaster.pa.us - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
56% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.34 s
File size
151.10 kB
Words
499
Media files
14
Number of links
72 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Lancaster County, PA - Official Website | Official Website
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (507 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are only 499 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 8.79 words is low.
19.2% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
5 paragraphs were found on this page.
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)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: commissioner board meeting
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
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=12336Home Page
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=14315Sunflowers grow by a rural Lancaster County road.Sunflowers grow by a rural Lancaster County road.
data:[...] Base64Hot Air balloons rise over a farm during the annual Bird-in-Hand balloon festival.Hot Air balloons rise over a farm during the annual Bird-in-Hand balloon festival.
data:[...] Base64This bridge, which connects Lancaster & York counties, charged 25 cent tolls when it was opened in 1930.This bridge, which connects Lancaster & York counties, charged 25 cent tolls when it was opened in 1930.
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=16198Updated Website CommissionersUpdated Website Commissioners
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=17106IMG_3518
data:[...] Base64Job Flyer 4-8
data:[...] Base64Capital Blue Cross Transparency in Coverage Rule
data:[...] Base64Prison front
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=13897Covered Bridge
data:[...] Base64Ephrata Cloister
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=12347Lancaster CountyLancaster County
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=12343Facebook
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=12345Twitter

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.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Board of Commissioners
H2 News & Announcements
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 County Highlights
H3 November 2024
H3 November 2024 Duplicate text
H3 Contact Us
H3 Helpful Links
H3 Site Links
H4 Sunflowers in a Lancaster County Field
H4 Bird-in-Hand Hot Air Balloon Festival
H4 Columbia Wrightsville Bridge
H4 Lancaster County Holds Press Conference on Attempted Voter Registration Fraud
H4 Lancaster County Job Opportunities
H4 Capital Blue Cross Transparency in Coverage Rule
H4 Land acquisition proposal for potential future use for County Prison
H4 Wed, Nov. 13
H4 Thu, Nov. 14
H4 Mon, Nov. 18
H4 Tue, Nov. 19
H4 Wed, Nov. 20
H4 Covered Bridges
H4 History
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://co.lancaster.pa.us/Anchor Skip to Main Content
/MyAccount/ProfileCreateCreate a Website Account
/MyAccountWebsite Sign In
https://co.lancaster.pa.us/IMG-ALT Home Page
/27/GovernmentGovernment
/170/ServicesServices
/356/How-Do-IHow Do I?
/355/ExploreExplore
/1144/Lancaster-County-Employm...Jobs
/agendacenterAgendas, Minutes, & Videos
/164/Voter-Registration-Board-...Elections & Voting
/205/Map-GalleryProperty Searches & Maps
/151/Parks-RecreationParks & Recreation
/169/Law-JusticeCourts
https://co.lancaster.pa.us/131Learn more about your commissioners
A-TITLE Commissioners Office
https://lancastercountypa.gov/...New window External Joshua Parsons
https://lancastercountypa.gov/...New window External Ray D'Agostino
/2906/Alice-Yoder-CommissionerNew window Alice Yoder
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2213IMG-ALT IMG_3518
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2213Lancaster County Holds Press Conference on Attempted Voter Registration Fraud
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2213Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1980IMG-ALT Job Flyer 4-8
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1980Lancaster County Job Opportunities
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1980Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2032IMG-ALT Capital Blue Cross Transparency in Coverage Rule
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2032Text duplicate Capital Blue Cross Transparency in Coverage Rule
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2032Additional Info...
https://lancastercountypa.gov/...External IMG-ALT Prison front
https://lancastercountypa.gov/...External Land acquisition proposal for potential future use for County Prison
https://lancastercountypa.gov/...External Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=18View All News
https://co.lancaster.pa.us/Anchor Public Meetings
https://co.lancaster.pa.us/Anchor Community Events
https://co.lancaster.pa.us/Anchor Text duplicate Public Meetings
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...13
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...14
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...18
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...19
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...20
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...25
/Calendar.aspx?EID=8164Board of Assessment Appeals
/Calendar.aspx?EID=8164Board of Assessment AppealsRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=7977Commissioner Board Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=7977Commissioner Board MeetingRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=8076Lancaster County Investment Board
/Calendar.aspx?EID=8076Lancaster County Investment BoardRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=7878Children & Youth Social Service Agency Citizens' Advisory Board
/Calendar.aspx?EID=7878Children & Youth Social Service Agency Citizens' Advisory BoardRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=7925County Commissioners' Work Session
/Calendar.aspx?EID=7925County Commissioners' Work SessionRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=7978Text duplicate Commissioner Board Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=7978Text duplicate Commissioner Board MeetingRead on...
/calendar.aspx?CID=43View/Search All Calendars
https://co.lancaster.pa.us/Anchor Text duplicate Community Events
/calendar.aspx?CID=36Text duplicate View/Search All Calendars
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2025IMG-ALT Covered Bridge
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2025Covered Bridges
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2025Text duplicate Additional Info...
https://lancastercountypa.gov/...External IMG-ALT Ephrata Cloister
https://lancastercountypa.gov/...External History
https://lancastercountypa.gov/...External Additional Information . . .
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=19View All Spotlights
/facebookIMG-ALT Facebook
/twitterIMG-ALT Twitter
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=116Helpful Links
/278/Marriage-LicensesMarriage Licenses
http://court.lancastercountypa...New window External Subdomain Magisterial District Justices
/1141/Pay-County-Tax-Bill-OnlinePay County Taxes
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=117Site Links
/directory.aspxDepartment Listing
/DocumentCenter/View/15921/202...2024 Holiday Schedule
/DocumentCenter/View/16962/202...New window 2025 Holiday Schedule
/575/AccessibilityAccessibility
/2952/22516/Privacy-Notices?ac...Privacy Notice(s)
/disclaimerCopyright Notices
http://www.civicplus.com/New window External Subdomain Government Websites by CivicPlus®
https://connect.civicplus.com/...External Subdomain CivicPlus®
/2583/American-Rescue-Plan-Act...ARPA
/CivicAlerts.aspxNews
/2897/Subscribe-to-County-News...New window County Newlsletter
http://translate.google.com/tr...New window External Subdomain Will open in a new tab
/Directory.aspxDirectory
/list.aspx?Mode=SubscribeNotify Me
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://co.lancaster.pa.us/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.34 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 (151 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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set-cookie25 Characters
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
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dateWed, 13 Nov 2024 05:07:29 GMT
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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 1,074 referring domains.
This page has 185,232 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 805 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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County Commissioners56%Check
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