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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
66% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
57% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
22% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.81 s
File size
118.60 kB
Words
858
Media files
5
Number of links
110 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Sound Transit
The page title is too short. (126 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)
https://www.soundtransit.org/
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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GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
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charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 858 words. That's ok.
27.9% 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.
10 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 14.67 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 9 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)
The following tag is repeated too often: jun 6
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
/themes/custom/soundtransit/images/logo.svgHomepage
...ustom/soundtransit/images/logo-white.svgHomepage
...-hero-image.jpg?h=fcf25457&itok=GRdJrGsaOverlake Village Station Pedestrian Bridge
...onstruction.jpg?h=8ffdd25d&itok=rG-OgzVeLink light rail tracks near Shoreline, part of the Lynnwood Link extension.
/themes/custom/soundtransit/images/logo.svgSound Transit - Ride the Wave

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Homepage Homepage
The H1 heading is too short (17 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 53 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Homepage Homepage
H2 Service Alerts
H2 Planning and building fast, reliable transit
H2 Main menu
H3 Link light rail
H3 Sounder train
H3 ST Express bus
H3 Stations
H3 Spring service disruption
H3 Say hello to more choices
H3 A new way to get around
H3 See if you qualify for a reduced fare
H3 Join Board meetings via Webex
H3 New bike and pedestrian bridges connect Eastside neighborhoods to the 2 Line
H3 Thousands celebrate the opening of the 2 Line
H3 Who we are
H3 Now hiring!
H3 Procurement, contracts, and agreements
H3 Our buses and trains are fully accessible
H3 Need assistance?
H3 Quick links
H3 Ride with us menu
H3 Get to know us menu
H3 System expansion menu
H3 Help and contacts menu
H4 Northgate – Angle Lake
H4 South Bellevue - Redmond Technology
H4 Tacoma Dome – St Joseph
H4 Everett – Seattle
H4 Seattle – Lakewood/Tacoma
H4 Elevator alerts
H4 Mariners vs. Los Angeles Angels
H4 Executive Committee Meeting
H4 Rider Experience & Operations Committee Meeting
H4 Community Oversight Panel Meeting
H4 System Expansion Committee Meeting
H4 System expansion
H4 Follow us
H5 King Street
H5 Mount Baker
H5 Angle Lake
H5 Northgate
H5 University Street
H5 See more elevator outages and station alerts
H5 Changes to your ride
H5 1 Line extends Aug. 30
H5 2 Line is now open
H5 Reduced fares
H5 Board and committee meetings
H5 Upcoming events
H5 The Platform
H5 Get to know us
H5 Did you know?
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 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.soundtransit.org/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.soundtransit.org/IMG-ALT Homepage
https://soundtransit.microsoft...New window External Subdomain Feedback
/ride-with-us/service-alertsService Alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...1
A-TITLE 1 Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...Northgate – Angle Lake
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...2
A-TITLE 2 Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...South Bellevue - Redmond Technology
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...T
A-TITLE T Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...Tacoma Dome – St Joseph
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...N
A-TITLE N Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...Everett – Seattle
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...S
A-TITLE S Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...Seattle – Lakewood/Tacoma
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...522
A-TITLE Route 522 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...532
A-TITLE Route 532 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...535
A-TITLE Route 535 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...550
A-TITLE Route 550 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...554
A-TITLE Route 554 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...556
A-TITLE Route 556 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...574
A-TITLE Route 574 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...577
A-TITLE Route 577 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...578
A-TITLE Route 578 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...586
A-TITLE Route 586 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...590
A-TITLE Route 590 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...592
A-TITLE Route 592 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...594
A-TITLE Route 594 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...595
A-TITLE Route 595 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...596
A-TITLE Route 596 alerts
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/k...King Street
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/m...Mount Baker
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/a...Angle Lake
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/n...Northgate
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/u...University Street
/ride-with-us/service-alertsSee more elevator outages and station alerts
/ride-with-us/service-alertsView all ongoing and upcoming alerts
/ride-with-us/1-line-service-d...Spring service disruption
/ride-with-us/1-line-service-d...Learn how the disruption may impact your ride
/blog/platform/looking-forward...Say hello to more choices
/blog/platform/looking-forward...What's next for the 1 Line
/discover2lineA new way to get around
/discover2lineNow arriving, the 2 Line
https://info.myorca.com/using-...External Subdomain Low-income adult fare (ORCA LIFT)
https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept...External Senior/disabled fare (65+ or qualifying disability)
https://info.myorca.com/using-...External Subdomain Youth fare (ages 6-18)
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Join Board meetings via Webex
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Board calendar events
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Mariners vs. Los Angeles Angels
A-TITLE Mariners vs. Los Angeles Angels
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Executive Committee Meeting
A-TITLE Executive Committee Meeting
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Rider Experience & Operations Committee Meeting
A-TITLE Rider Experience & Operations Committee Meeting
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Community Oversight Panel Meeting
A-TITLE Community Oversight Panel Meeting
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...System Expansion Committee Meeting
A-TITLE System Expansion Committee Meeting
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...See all events
A-TITLE See all events
/system-expansionPlanning and building fast, reliable transit
/system-expansionExplore our projects
A-TITLE Explore our projects
/blog/platform/new-bike-pedest...New bike and pedestrian bridges connect Eastside neighborhoods to the 2 Line
/blog/platform/thousands-celeb...Thousands celebrate the opening of the 2 Line
/blog/platformRead more blog posts
/blog/platformRead The Platform
A-TITLE Read The Platform
/get-to-know-us/who-we-areWho we are
A-TITLE Who we are
/get-to-know-us/jobsNow hiring!
A-TITLE Now hiring!
/get-to-know-us/doing-business...Procurement, contracts, and agreements
A-TITLE Procurement, contracts, and agreements
/get-to-know-usLearn more about Sound Transit
A-TITLE Learn more about Sound Transit
/get-to-know-usText duplicate Learn more about Sound Transit
A-TITLE Learn more about Sound Transit
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...Our buses and trains are fully accessible
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...Find out what this means for you
/node/39033Current elevator and escalator outages
/get-to-know-us/jobsJobs
/get-to-know-us/mapsSystem map
/help-contacts/translation-ser...Translation services
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...New to Sound Transit?
/get-to-know-us/news-eventsNews and events
/ride-with-us/parking/parking-...Stations and parking
/help-contacts/lost-foundLost and found
/get-to-know-us/office-civil-r...Civil rights and complaints
/ride-with-usRide with us
https://www.facebook.com/Sound...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/soundtransitExternal No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/S...External Subdomain No Text
http://instagram.com/soundtransitExternal No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
/help-contacts/business-inform...Terms, conditions and privacy policy
https://www.soundtransit.org/Home
/ride-with-usText duplicate Ride with us
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...How to ride
/ride-with-us/how-to-payHow to pay
/tripplannerTrip planner
/schedulesRoutes and schedules
/ride-with-us/popular-destinat...Popular destinations
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-goKnow before you go
/ride-with-us/system-performan...System performance tracker
/get-to-know-usGet to know us
/get-to-know-us/news-eventsText duplicate News and events
/get-to-know-us/environment-su...Environment and sustainability
/get-to-know-us/mapsService maps
/get-to-know-us/board-directorsBoard of Directors
/get-to-know-us/doing-business...Doing business with us
/get-to-know-us/office-civil-r...Office of Civil Rights, Equity and Inclusion
/get-to-know-us/jobsText duplicate Jobs
/get-to-know-us/our-historyOur history
/get-to-know-us/our-brandOur brand
/get-to-know-us/panels-committeesPanels and committees
/get-to-know-us/paying-regiona...​Paying for regional transit
/get-to-know-us/documents-reportsDocuments and reports
/system-expansionSystem expansion
/system-expansionCurrent projects
/system-expansion/realignmentRealignment
/system-expansion-progress-reportSpring Progress Report
/system-expansion/building-systemBuilding the system
/system-expansion/creating-vib...Creating vibrant stations
/system-expansion/planning-fut...Planning future service
/system-expansion/innovation-t...Innovation and technology
/help-contactsHelp and contacts
/help-contacts/frequently-aske...Frequently asked questions
/help-contacts/translation-ser...Text duplicate Translation services
/help-contacts/lost-foundText duplicate Lost and found
/help-contacts/business-inform...Business information
/blog/lifestyleLifeSTyle
/blog/platformThe Platform blog
https://soundtransit.microsoft...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Feedback

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.soundtransit.org/"
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 very slow (2.81 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 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (119 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 27 May 2024 15:12:11 GMT
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
content-length121447
set-cookie97 Characters
access-control-allow-origin*
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
age2
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.0

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 5,043 referring domains.
This page has 220,094 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,322 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

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# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# Ask all bots not to crawl any part of the site
# Comment out or remove the next line for production
# Disallow: /
# Uncomment the following for production
# by removing left-most pound sign from each line
## CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
## Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
## Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
## Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
## Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips/
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password/
Disallow: /index.php/user/register/
Disallow: /index.php/user/login/
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout/

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