Sterlingct.us - SEO Checker

Sign up for free! PDF Export
Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
46% 
Page structure
27% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
40% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
4.56 s
File size
109.90 kB
Words
442
Media files
11
Number of links
79 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Sterling, CT | Official Website
The length of the page title is perfect. (264 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
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)
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
category0Home
theme-colorrgb(45, 65, 100)
descriptionEmpty
keywordsHome
langen
Content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

Test up to 1.000 webpages of sterlingct.us with our free plan!

Try For Free
No trial. It's just free!

Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 442 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 9 words is low.
22.2% 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: planning & zoning 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=27Sterling, CT
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=77Sterling Connecticut Homepage
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=70Search
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=599Informational Session-Thomas Caliento
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=587Active Hurricane Season Preparedness-QR Code
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=592ATV Operation in CT
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=84Sterling Pond
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=83Snowy Trees
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=82Sterling News and Updates
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=94Sterling Connecticut Homepage
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=48 Facebook

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Popular Resources
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (17 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
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
H1 Popular Resources
H1 News & Calendar
H3 September 2024
H3 September 2024 Duplicate text
H3 Town Hall
H3 Quick Links
H3 Site Links
H4 FREE Informational Session with Thomas Caliento
H4 Active Hurricane Season Preparedness Per Eversource
H4 ATV Operation in CT-A Guide to ATV Laws
H4 Create an Account
H4 Stay connected!
H4 Keep in Touch
H4 Mon, Sep. 16
H4 Tue, Sep. 17
H4 Tue, Sep. 17 Duplicate text
H4 Wed, Sep. 18
H4 Wed, Sep. 18 Duplicate text
H4 Wed, Sep. 18 Duplicate text
H4 Mon, Sep. 16 Duplicate text
H4 Tue, Sep. 17 Duplicate text
H4 Thu, Sep. 26
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 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.sterlingct.us/Anchor Skip to Main Content
/MyAccount/ProfileCreateCreate a Website Account
/MyAccountWebsite Sign In
https://www.sterlingct.us/IMG-ALT Sterling Connecticut Homepage
/Search/ResultsIMG-ALT Search
/27/DepartmentsDepartments
/101/Boards-CommitteesBoards & Committees
/31/CommunityCommunity
/9/How-Do-IHow Do I...
/agendacenterAgendas & Minutes
/101/Boards-CommitteesBoards & Commissions
/210/Town-FormsForms & Documents
https://permitlinkusa-online.c...External Online Permitting
https://www.mytaxbill.org/inet...External Subdomain Online Payments
/175/Board-of-FinanceBudget
http://hosting.tighebond.com/S...External Subdomain Geographic Information System (GIS)
https://gis.vgsi.com/sterlingct/External Subdomain Online Assessment Database
https://www.mytaxbill.org/inet...External Subdomain Pay Fire District Taxes
https://ct.flexcheck.us.idemia...External Subdomain Pistol Permit Pre-Enrollment
https://sterling.ct.publicsear...External Subdomain Town Clerk’s Land Records
/bids.aspxFind Bid Postings
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=22IMG-ALT Informational Session-Thomas Caliento
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=22FREE Informational Session with Thomas Caliento
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=22Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=21New window IMG-ALT Active Hurricane Season Preparedness-QR Code
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=21New window Active Hurricane Season Preparedness Per Eversource
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=21New window Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=20IMG-ALT ATV Operation in CT
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=20ATV Operation in CT-A Guide to ATV Laws
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=20Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=14IMG-ALT Sterling Pond
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=14Create an Account
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=14Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=13IMG-ALT Snowy Trees
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=13Stay connected!
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=13Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12IMG-ALT Sterling News and Updates
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12Keep in Touch
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=1View All News
https://www.sterlingct.us/Anchor Meetings
https://www.sterlingct.us/Anchor Events
https://www.sterlingct.us/Anchor Text duplicate Meetings
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...16
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...17
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...18
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...26
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...2
/Calendar.aspx?EID=662Planning & Zoning Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=662Planning & Zoning MeetingRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=716Informational Session with Thomas Caliento
/Calendar.aspx?EID=716Informational Session with Thomas CalientoRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=684Family Day Committee Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=684Family Day Committee MeetingRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=668Board of Selectmen Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=668Board of Selectmen MeetingRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=719Board of Finance Special Meeting Agenda - Sept 18 2024
/Calendar.aspx?EID=719Board of Finance Special Meeting Agenda - Sept 18 2024Read on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=693WPCA Meeting Cancellation
/Calendar.aspx?EID=693WPCA Meeting CancellationRead on...
/calendar.aspx?CID=37,33,31,36...View All Meetings
https://www.sterlingct.us/Anchor Text duplicate Events
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...Text duplicate 16
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...Text duplicate 17
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...Text duplicate 26
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...4
/Calendar.aspx?EID=662Text duplicate Planning & Zoning Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=662Text duplicate Planning & Zoning MeetingRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=684Text duplicate Family Day Committee Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=684Text duplicate Family Day Committee MeetingRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=647Inland Wetland & Watercourses Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=647Inland Wetland & Watercourses Meeting Read on...
/calendar.aspx?CID=14,22,23View All Events
https://www.sterlingct.us/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Sterling Connecticut Homepage
/facebookFacebook
IMG-ALT Facebook
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=15Quick Links
/Calendar.aspxCommunity Events
/CivicAlerts.aspxCommunity News
https://portal.ct.gov/ctalertExternal Subdomain CT Alerts
/FAQ.aspxFAQ
/198/Town-ClerkTown Clerk
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=16Site Links
https://www.sterlingct.us/Home
https://www.sterlingct.us/sitemapSite Map
/directory.aspxContact Us
/accessibilityAccessibility
/copyrightCopyright Notices
https://www.sterlingct.us/privacyPrivacy Policy
https://connect.civicplus.com/...External Subdomain CivicPlus®

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.sterlingct.us/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (4.56 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 (110 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate, s-maxage=600,no-transform
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
etag" "
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
p3pCP="IDC DSP COR ADM DEVi TAIi PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi HIS OUR IND CNT"
set-cookie25 Characters
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self' https://*.granicus.com https://platform.civicplus.com https://account.civicplus.com https://analytics.civicplus.com; img-src * data: blob:; worker-src * data: blob: 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline'; script-src * about: 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; style-src * 'unsafe-inline'; media-src * blob:; font-src * data:; default-src *
dateSun, 15 Sep 2024 09:57:24 GMT
content-length112530
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 136 referring domains.
This page has 370 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 125 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

user-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /
User-agent: Yandex
Disallow: /
User-agent: *
Disallow: /activedit
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /common/admin/
Disallow: /OJA
Disallow: /support
Disallow: /currenteventsview.asp
Disallow: /search.asp
Disallow: /currenteventsview.aspx
Disallow: /search.aspx
Disallow: /currentevents.aspx
Disallow: /Support
Disallow: /CurrentEventsView.asp
Disallow: /Search.asp
Disallow: /CurrentEventsView.aspx
Disallow: /Search.aspx
Disallow: /Search
Disallow: /CurrentEvents.aspx
Disallow: /Currentevents.aspx
Disallow: /map.aspx
Disallow: /map.asp
Disallow: /Map.aspx
Disallow: /Map.asp
Sitemap: /sitemap.xml
Disallow: /RSS.aspx
User-agent: Siteimprove
Crawl-delay: 20
User-agent: Siteimprovebot
Crawl-delay: 20
User-agent: Siteimprovebot-crawler
Crawl-delay: 20

Similar sites

Search preview

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Sterling59%Check
Site50%Check
Popular50%Check
Resources50%Check
Sept47%Check
Sterling Business47%Check
Sept 1847%Check
Website46%Check
Informational45%Check
Session45%Check
Show more keywords and terms

Test up to 1.000 webpages of sterlingct.us with our free plan!

Try For Free
No trial. It's just free!

Cookie Policy

We use cookies to make our site work and also for analytics and advertising purposes. You can enable or disable optional cookies as desired. See the following links for more information.

Contact | Privacy

We need these so the site can function properly

So we can better understand how visitors use our website

So we can serve you tailored ads and promotions