Townofbluffton.sc.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
55% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.08 s
File size
136.50 kB
Words
483
Media files
17
Number of links
88 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Bluffton, SC | Official Website
The length of the page title is perfect. (263 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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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(33, 102, 131)
descriptionEmpty
keywordsHome
langen
Content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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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 483 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
22.2% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 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 13 words is good.
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 amount of tags is very high (12). We recommend using a maximum of 10 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: bluffton farmers market
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4027Bluffton SC Homepage
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=4073No alt attribute provided
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4030Search
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4430Discover Bluffton’s Hidden Secrets - Lecture Series
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4426Celebrating Bluffton 2025
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=43742025 Movie Nights in the Park jpg
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4075Couple
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4076Bluffton
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=4073No alt attribute provided
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=4064Bluffton SC Homepage
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4051Facebook
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4052Instagram
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4053Linkedin
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4054Nextdoor
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4055Nixel
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4062X
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4063YouTube

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.
There are 26 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Vision Statement
H2 Mission Statement
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Latest News
H3 May 2025
H3 May 2025 Duplicate text
H3 Contact Us
H3 Quick Links
H3 Helpful Links
H4 Thu, May 22
H4 Thu, May 22 Duplicate text
H4 Sat, May 24
H4 Mon, May 26
H4 Mon, May 26 Duplicate text
H4 Thu, May 29
H4 Thu, May 22 Duplicate text
H4 Tue, May 27
H4 Tue, May 27 Duplicate text
H4 Tue, May 27 Duplicate text
H4 Wed, May 28
H4 Wed, May 28 Duplicate text
H4 Discover Bluffton’s Hidden Secrets - Lecture Series
H4 Celebrating Bluffton 2025!
H4 Movie Nights in the Park
H4 Create an Account
H4 Stay Connected
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 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to Main Content
/MyAccount/ProfileCreateCreate a Website Account
/MyAccountWebsite Sign In
/IMG-ALT Bluffton SC Homepage
/27/GovernmentGovernment
/31/ResidentsResidents
/35/BusinessBusiness
/396/VisitorsVisitors
/397/Online-ServicesOnline Services
/9/How-Do-IHow Do I...
/Search/ResultsIMG-ALT Search
/217/Trash-Recycling-ServicesTrash and Recycling Services
https://library.municode.com/s...New window External Subdomain Code of Ordinances
/628/SeeClickFixSubdomain SeeClickFix
https://bluffton-sc.municodeme...External Subdomain Agenda Center
https://town-bluffton-sc-clear...New window External Subdomain Strategic Planning
/civicalerts.aspxNews & Information
/279/Apply-for-a-Business-LicenseBusiness Licenses
/228/Applications-Certificates...Permits & Forms
/184/Human-ResourcesEmployment
/686/Map-GalleryNew window Maps
https://seeclickfix.com/web_po...External Submit a Request
/Anchor Town Events
/Anchor Town Meetings
/Anchor Text duplicate Town Events
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...22
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...24
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...26
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...29
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2481Bluffton Farmers Market
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2481Bluffton Farmers MarketRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2779Historic Preservation Lecture Series
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2779Historic Preservation Lecture SeriesRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2816May Day 5K Run/Walk
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2816May Day 5K Run/WalkRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2526Memorial Day
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2526Memorial DayRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2817Memorial Day Ceremony
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2817Memorial Day CeremonyRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2482Text duplicate Bluffton Farmers Market
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2482Text duplicate Bluffton Farmers MarketRead on...
/calendar.aspx?CID=14View Full Calendar
/Anchor Text duplicate Town Meetings
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...Text duplicate 22
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...27
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...28
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...Text duplicate 29
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2746Town Council Budget Workshop
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2746Town Council Budget WorkshopRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2547Historic Preservation Review Committee Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2547Historic Preservation Review Committee MeetingRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2713Public Art Committee Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2713Public Art Committee MeetingRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2727Construction Board of Adjustments & Appeals Meeting - CANCELLED
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2727Construction Board of Adjustments & Appeals Meeting - CANCELLEDRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2639Development Review Committee Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2639Development Review Committee MeetingRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2736Planning Commission Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2736Planning Commission MeetingRead on...
/calendar.aspx?CID=24Text duplicate View Full Calendar
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=458IMG-ALT Discover Bluffton’s Hidden Secrets - Lecture Series
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=458Text duplicate Discover Bluffton’s Hidden Secrets - Lecture Series
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=458Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=456IMG-ALT Celebrating Bluffton 2025
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=456Celebrating Bluffton 2025!
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=456Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=453IMG-ALT 2025 Movie Nights in the Park jpg
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=453Movie Nights in the Park
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=453Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=434IMG-ALT Couple
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=434Create an Account
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=434Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=433IMG-ALT Bluffton
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=433Stay Connected
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=433Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=1,14View More Stories
/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Bluffton SC Homepage
/directoryContact Us
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=11Quick Links
https://bluffton-sc.municodeme...New window External Subdomain Agendas
/archive.aspxArchive Center
http://www.townofbluffton.us/gis/External Subdomain Bluffton Explorer
/299/Boards-CommissionsBoards, Commissions, Committees
/208/Capital-Improvement-Progr...CIP Projects
http://www.townofbluffton.us/p...New window External Subdomain Permit Application Finder
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=12Helpful Links
https://sc-bluffton.civicplus....External Subdomain Home
/sitemapSite Map
/142/ContactText duplicate Contact Us
/accessibilityAccessibility
/copyrightCopyright Notices
/facebookIMG-ALT Facebook
/instagramIMG-ALT Instagram
/linkedinIMG-ALT Linkedin
https://nextdoor.com/agency-de...External IMG-ALT Nextdoor
https://local.nixle.com/town-o...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Nixel
/twitterIMG-ALT X
/youtubeIMG-ALT YouTube
https://connect.civicplus.com/...External Subdomain CivicPlus®

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.townofbluffton.sc.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.08 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 (137 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate, s-maxage=600,no-transform
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
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 *
dateThu, 22 May 2025 15:41:07 GMT
content-length38315
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 403 referring domains.
This page has 6,976 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 172 different ip addresses.

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

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Bluffton, SC | Official Website

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Bluffton72%Check
Bluffton Farmers57%Check
Town51%Check
Website46%Check
Lecture45%Check
Series45%Check
Town Council45%Check
Lecture Series45%Check
Mission Statement44%Check
Statement43%Check
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