Readingpa.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
76% 
Page quality
39% 
Page structure
66% 
Link structure
57% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.21 s
File size
89.40 kB
Words
466
Media files
30
Number of links
84 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
City Of Reading, PA
The page title is too short. (181 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
City of Reading
The meta description is too short. (96 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-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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
descriptionCity of Reading
barracuda-site-verificationa0274f86d12b277cf107898a5ac57af1
langen-gb
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 466 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 25.5 words is high.
23.4% 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.
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 15 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
19 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
/images/2024corlogo.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/rdglogo2.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/visitorphone.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/barspacer.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/homephone2.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/msncfull.pngper cap reminder 2021
/images/bartafullv2.pngper cap reminder 2021
/images/bernfullv2.pngper cap reminder 2021
/images/275_sponsors/275lnfull.pngper cap reminder 2021
/images/cottonstln.pngper cap reminder 2021
/images/latest_news/save-a-life-banner.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/latest_news/downtown.pngNo alt attribute provided
...s/latest_news/WEBSITE_SEPApplication.jpgWEBSITE SEPApplication
https://www.readingpa.gov/images/group2.pngNo alt attribute provided
https://www.readingpa.gov/images/doc5a.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/resicon.pngformtest5
/images/busicon.pngformtest5
/images/cscfront2.pngformtest5
/images/govicon.pngformtest5
/images/visicon.pngformtest5
/images/mayor1aro.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/ccpres2314.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/dist124fp.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/dist224.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/dist3v24.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/dist4v3.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/dist524.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/dist6chrisv3.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/mrodriguez-front-2.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/cor21small.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TODAY?
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TODAY?
H1 MEET YOUR CITY OFFICIALS
H2 Empty heading
H3 Select a Language
Baselink: https://www.readingpa.gov/
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
12 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 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.facebook.com/cityr...New window External No Text
https://twitter.com/cityreadingpaNew window External X
A-TITLE X
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/city...New window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External No Text
https://www.readingpa.gov/No Text
https://www.readingpa.gov/Home
/residentsRESIDENTS
/career-centerCareer Center
/businessesBUSINESSES
/governmentGOVERNMENT
/visitorsVISITORS
/visitors/275275th Anniversary
https://www.readingpa.gov/newsNEWS
/index.php/press-releasesPress Releases
/index.php/newsLatest News
/news/penn-street-signPenn Street Sign
/news/event-submission-formEvent Submission Form
https://www.readingpa.gov/No Text
/my-super-neighbor-contestIMG-ALT per cap reminder 2021
/my-super-neighbor-contestTo Read More Click Here....
/latestnews/1268-discover-the-...Text duplicate IMG-ALT per cap reminder 2021
/latestnews/1268-discover-the-...Text duplicate To Read More Click Here....
/latestnews/1198-bernhardt-s-d...Text duplicate IMG-ALT per cap reminder 2021
/cotton-streetNo Text
/latestnews/1198-bernhardt-s-d...To Read More
/latestnews/1198-bernhardt-s-d...Click Here....
/latestnews/1100-275th-anniver...Text duplicate IMG-ALT per cap reminder 2021
/cotton-streetNo Text
/latestnews/1100-275th-anniver...Text duplicate To Read More
/latestnews/1100-275th-anniver...Text duplicate Click Here....
/cotton-streetText duplicate IMG-ALT per cap reminder 2021
/cotton-streetNo Text
/cotton-streetText duplicate To Read More
/cotton-streetText duplicate Click Here....
/latestnews/538-operation-save...Read More...
https://downtownreading.mysoci...External Subdomain Text duplicate Read More...
/press-releases/1447-arpa-appi...ARPA APPLICATION UPDATE
/press-releases/1419-mayor-edd...Exciting Change for Flag Raising Ceremonies in the City of Reading
/press-releases/1402-city-of-r...City of Reading Encourages Small Diverse Businesses to Seize Opportunity for ARPA Funding.
https://www.readingpa.gov/budget2024 Adopted Budget. View Past Budgets
https://slate.tolemi.com/c/rea...External Subdomain Foreclosure Registration
/press-releases/1234-new-onlin...New Online Option to Pay County Real Estate Taxes Rolling Out to City Districts
/lead-programLead Hazard Control Program
/city-road-construction-mapTraffic Alerts Week Of: 03/11/24
/press-releases/1447-arpa-appi...Text duplicate ARPA APPLICATION UPDATE
/press-releases/1419-mayor-edd...Text duplicate Exciting Change for Flag Raising Ceremonies in the City of Reading
/press-releases/1402-city-of-r...Text duplicate City of Reading Encourages Small Diverse Businesses to Seize Opportunity for ARPA Funding.
https://www.readingpa.gov/budgetText duplicate 2024 Adopted Budget. View Past Budgets
https://slate.tolemi.com/c/rea...External Subdomain Text duplicate Foreclosure Registration
/press-releases/1234-new-onlin...Text duplicate New Online Option to Pay County Real Estate Taxes Rolling Out to City Districts
/lead-programText duplicate Lead Hazard Control Program
/city-road-construction-mapText duplicate Traffic Alerts Week Of: 03/11/24
/calendar/community-meeting-di...Community Meeting District #1
/calendar/nominations-appointm...Nominations & Appointments Committee
/calendar/committee-of-the-who...Committee of the Whole
/calendar/committee-of-the-who...Text duplicate Committee of the Whole
/calendar/regular-council-meet...Regular Council Meeting
/career-centerCAREER CENTER Build your career while building a better Reading!
/bid-opportunities-2Bids, Projects and Contracts Bid documents for open city projects, contracts and RFP'S.
/residentsResidential
IMG-ALT formtest5
/businessesBusiness
IMG-ALT formtest5
/citizens-service-centerSERVICE CENTER
IMG-ALT formtest5
/governmentGovernment
IMG-ALT formtest5
/visitorsVisitors
IMG-ALT formtest5
/office-of-the-mayorNo Text
/city-councl-presidentNo Text
/council-district-oneNo Text
/city-council-district-2No Text
/city-council-district-3No Text
/city-council-district-4No Text
/city-council-district-5No Text
/city-council-district-6No Text
/city-auditorNo Text
https://www.readingpa.gov/No Text
/permits-applications-licensesPermits, Apps & Licenses
/citizens-service-centerCitizen's Service Center
/property-and-codes-enforcementProperty and Codes
/contact-the-reading-police-by...Reading Police Dept.
/about-reading-fire-departmentReading Fire Dept.
http://www.readingpa.gov/newsText duplicate Latest News
/career-centerText duplicate Career Center
/zoning-and-planningZoning & Planning
https://paylocalgov.com/Paymen...External Pay a Bill
/building-and-trades-codes-enf...Building & Trades Codes
/office-of-the-mayorOffice of the Mayor
/city-councilCity Council
/press-releasesText duplicate Press Releases
https://www.readingpa.gov/New window City of Reading, PA. All Rights Reserved.
A-TITLE City of Reading, PA. All Rights Reserved.
https://www.facebook.com/cityr...New window External No Text
https://twitter.com/cityreadingpaNew window External No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/city...New window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External No Text
/index.php/log-in-out.
/website-privacy-policyNew window Privacy Policy
A-TITLE Privacy Policy
/linking-policyNew window Linking Policy
A-TITLE Linking Policy
/contact-webmasterNew window Web Master
A-TITLE Web Master

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.readingpa.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 very slow (2.21 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 14 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 15 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (89 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateThu, 11 Apr 2024 19:29:14 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
varyAccept-Encoding
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
set-cookie91 Characters
expiresWed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedThu, 11 Apr 2024 19:29:14 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
pragmano-cache
x-httpd-modphp1
host-header6b7412fb82ca5edfd0917e3957f05d89
x-proxy-cacheMISS
x-proxy-cache-info0 NC:000000 UP:SKIP_CACHE_SET_COOKIE
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 734 referring domains.
This page has 3,461 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 501 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

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www.readingpa.gov
City Of Reading, PA
City of Reading

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Reading71%Check
City Reading66%Check
CITY62%Check
Better Reading53%Check
City News49%Check
City Council48%Check
Center39%Check
Career39%Check
Projects39%Check
Contracts39%Check
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