Oxfordal.gov - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
73% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
20% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.31 s
File size
33.30 kB
Words
634
Media files
10
Number of links
79 internal / 5 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
City of Oxford, AL
The page title is too short. (161 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Founded in the early 1850s, Oxford was the first city in Calhoun County to be incorporated, in 1852. The name "Oxford" was due to the presence of a narrow crossing of Chocolocco Creek that allowed farmers to ford cattle from one side of the creek to the other.
The meta description is too long: 1604 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.oxfordal.gov/
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

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robotsindex, follow
descriptionFounded in the early 1850s, Oxford was the first city in Calhoun County to be incorporated, in 1852. The name "Oxford" was due to the presence of a narrow crossing of Chocolocco Creek that allowed farmers to ford cattle from one side of the creek to the other.
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langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:site@cityofoxfordal
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og:typewebsite
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og:titleCity of Oxford, AL
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 634 words. That's ok.
25.4% 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.
8 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 19.05 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, shrink-to-fit=no" 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 13 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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
...4722872/caboose/site_logos/844_large.pngCity of Oxford
...s.com/media/6106901_play_button_huge.pngplay
...m/media/6110200_311_large.png?1585330064No alt attribute provided
...1712252584/caboose/posts/10700_giant.jpgRibbon cut for Oxford's new pickleball courts
...1712092823/caboose/posts/10694_giant.jpg Ulti-mutt Bakery opens Main Street Shop
...1710956240/caboose/posts/10648_giant.jpgA shop that’s more than a blast of color!

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Oxford
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (17 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to Oxford
H1 Zoning Notice 1 - 432 Mahaffey Road - Marcella Fox
H1 Zoning Notice 1 - 1950 Peaceful Valley Road - Cale and Breanna Smith
H1 Ordinance# 2024-11
H1 Upcoming Events
H1 Discover all there is to love about Oxford
H3 News & Announcements
H4 Ribbon cut for Oxford's new pickleball courts
H4 Ulti-mutt Bakery opens Main Street Shop
H4 A shop that’s more than a blast of color!
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 6 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 5 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.oxfordal.gov/Home
A-TITLE Home
/visitor-infoVisitor Info
A-TITLE Visitor Info
https://www.oxfordal.gov/businessBusiness
A-TITLE Business
/communityCommunity
A-TITLE Community
/departmentsDepartments
A-TITLE Departments
/governmentGovernment
A-TITLE Government
/contact-usContact Us
A-TITLE Contact Us
/departments/civil-serviceEmployment
A-TITLE Employment
/i-want-toI Want To...
A-TITLE I Want To...
/departments/police-departmentPolice
/departments/fire-departmentFire
https://www.oxfordal.gov/311311
http://translate.google.com/tr...External Subdomain Translate
https://www.oxfordal.gov/IMG-ALT City of Oxford
A-TITLE City of Oxford
/visitor-infoText duplicate Visitor Info
A-TITLE Visitor Info
https://www.oxfordal.gov/businessText duplicate Business
A-TITLE Business
/communityText duplicate Community
A-TITLE Community
/departmentsText duplicate Departments
A-TITLE Departments
/governmentText duplicate Government
A-TITLE Government
/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
A-TITLE Contact Us
/departments/civil-serviceText duplicate Employment
A-TITLE Employment
/i-want-toText duplicate I Want To...
A-TITLE I Want To...
https://www.oxfordal.gov/Anchor toggle menu
A-TITLE Menu
/i-want-toResidents
A-TITLE Residents
/visitor-infoVisitors
A-TITLE Visitors
https://www.oxfordal.gov/businessText duplicate Business
A-TITLE Business
/governmentText duplicate Government
A-TITLE Government
https://www.oxfordpac.org/even...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Festival of Lights
/posts/2024/04/11/zoning-notic...Trivial anchor text
Read More
/posts/2024/04/11/zoning-notic...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/posts/2024/04/10/ordinance-20...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
http://www.oxfordpac.org/New window External Subdomain www.oxfordpac.org
http://www.oxfordpac.org/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate www.oxfordpac.org
https://www.oxfordal.gov/311Request for Service
https://www.oxfordal.gov/311Create Account
https://www.oxfordal.gov/311Sign In
/posts/2024/04/03/ribbon-cut-f...Ribbon cut for Oxford's new pickleball courts
/posts/2024/04/03/ribbon-cut-f...April 3, 2024
IMG-ALT Ribbon cut for Oxford's new pickleball courts
/posts/2024/04/03/ribbon-cut-f...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/posts/2024/04/02/-ulti-mutt-b...Ulti-mutt Bakery opens Main Street Shop
/posts/2024/04/02/-ulti-mutt-b...April 2, 2024
IMG-ALT Ulti-mutt Bakery opens Main Street Shop
/posts/2024/04/02/-ulti-mutt-b...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/posts/2024/03/29/a-place-that...A shop that’s more than a blast of color!
/posts/2024/03/29/a-place-that...March 29, 2024
IMG-ALT A shop that’s more than a blast of color!
/posts/2024/03/29/a-place-that...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/community/news-announcementsMore News & Announcements
/departmentsText duplicate Departments
/departments/building-servicesBuilding Services
/departments/city-clerkCity Clerk
/departments/financerevenueFinance/Revenue
/departments/fire-departmentFire Department
/departments/marketing--public...Marketing & Public Relations
/departments/parks-and-recreationParks and Recreation
/departments/police-departmentPolice Department
/departments/public-worksPublic Works
/departments/civil-serviceCivil Service
/communityText duplicate Community
/community/public-postPublic Post
/community/news-announcementsNews & Announcements
/community/public-libraryPublic Library
/community/festival-of-lightsText duplicate Festival of Lights
/main-streetMain Street Oxford
/community/calendarCalendar
/community/cider-ridge-golf-co...Cider Ridge Golf Course
/community/oxford-performing-a...Oxford Performing Arts Center
https://www.oxfordal.gov/businessText duplicate Business
/business/business-directoryBusiness Directory
/business/starting-a-new-businessStarting A New Business
/governmentText duplicate Government
/government/oxford-municipal-h...Oxford Municipal History
/government/alton-craftAlton Craft
/government/phil-gardnerPhil Gardner
/government/mike-hendersonMike Henderson
/government/charlotte-hubbardCharlotte Hubbard
/government/chris-spurlinChris Spurlin
/government/steven-waitsSteven Waits
/i-want-toText duplicate I Want To...
/i-want-to/facility-and-pavili...Facility and Pavilion Rentals
/i-want-to/municipal-courtMunicipal Court
/i-want-to/yard-salesYard Sales
/i-want-to/water-departmentWater Department
/i-want-to/keep-oxford-beautifulKeep Oxford Beautiful
/i-want-to/covid-19COVID-19
https://www.nine.is/New window External Subdomain A-TITLE The Nine

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.oxfordal.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 is excellent with 0.31 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (33 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 505 referring domains.
This page has 6,479 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 285 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Search preview

www.oxfordal.gov
City of Oxford, AL
Founded in the early 1850s, Oxford was the first city in Calhoun County to be incorporated, in 1852. The name "Oxford" was due to the presence of a narrow crossing of Chocolocco Creek that allowed farmers to ford cattle from one side of the creek to the other.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Oxford91%Check
city59%Check
Main Street Oxford58%Check
Welcome50%Check
one46%Check
new44%Check
Shop44%Check
Road43%Check
Zoning43%Check
Notice43%Check

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