Townofbluffton.sc.gov - SEO Checker

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
1.19 s
File size
136.40 kB
Words
486
Media files
17
Number of links
103 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Bluffton, SC | Official Website
The length of the page title is perfect. (266 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 486 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
24.5% 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: historic preservation review committee
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.

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 September 2024
H3 September 2024 Duplicate text
H3 Contact Us
H3 Quick Links
H3 Helpful Links
H4 Wed, Sep. 11
H4 Wed, Sep. 11 Duplicate text
H4 Sat, Sep. 14
H4 Sat, Sep. 14 Duplicate text
H4 Sat, Sep. 14 Duplicate text
H4 Sat, Sep. 21
H4 Mon, Sep. 9
H4 Tue, Sep. 10
H4 Wed, Sep. 11 Duplicate text
H4 Thu, Sep. 12
H4 Mon, Sep. 16
H4 Wed, Sep. 18
H4 Bluffton Concert Series
H4 Have you experienced Flooding within the Town of Bluffton?
H4 Hurricane Season 2024
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 10 external 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
/Archive.aspx?AMID=37Strategic 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=...11
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...14
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...21
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...27
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...28
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...2
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...5
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2392Town of Bluffton 9/11 Ceremony
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2392Town of Bluffton 9/11 CeremonyRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=24209/11 Ceremony
/Calendar.aspx?EID=24209/11 Ceremony Read on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2422Ignite the Senses 5K
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2422Ignite the Senses 5KRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2421Roots to Rivers Festival
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2421Roots to Rivers FestivalRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2356The Saturday Market at The Bridge Collective
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2356The Saturday Market at The Bridge CollectiveRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2393Town of Bluffton River Sweep
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2393Town of Bluffton River SweepRead on...
/calendar.aspx?CID=14View Full Calendar
/Anchor Text duplicate Town Meetings
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...9
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...10
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...Text duplicate 11
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...12
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...16
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...18
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...19
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...23
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...24
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...25
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...26
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...30
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...1
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...Text duplicate 2
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...3
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2071Historic Preservation Review Committee
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2071Historic Preservation Review CommitteeRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2151Town Council Meeting
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2151Town Council MeetingRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2020Development Review Committee
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2020Development Review CommitteeRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2163Law Enforcement Citizens Advisory Committee
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2163Law Enforcement Citizens Advisory CommitteeRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2072Text duplicate Historic Preservation Review Committee
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2072Text duplicate Historic Preservation Review CommitteeRead on...
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2021Development Review Committee - CANCELLED
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2021Development Review Committee - CANCELLED Read on...
/calendar.aspx?CID=24Text duplicate View Full Calendar
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=447New window IMG-ALT Bluffton Music Series flyer
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=447New window Bluffton Concert Series
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=447New window Additional Info...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=446IMG-ALT DRAFT Resiliency Analysis Public Input Flyer (1)
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=446Have you experienced Flooding within the Town of Bluffton?
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=446Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=441IMG-ALT Copy of Copy of Facebook Banner Hurricane Season 2024 (3)
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=441Hurricane Season 2024
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=441Text 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.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.19 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 (136 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate, s-maxage=600,no-transform
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-encodinggzip
etag" "
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 *
dateMon, 09 Sep 2024 14:29:56 GMT
content-length37998
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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 495 referring domains.
This page has 8,464 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 365 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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

Search preview

www.townofbluffton.sc.gov
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 1160%Check
Bluffton River57%Check
Town55%Check
Sat47%Check
Town Council47%Check
Website46%Check
11 Ceremony45%Check
Wed Thu Fri Sat44%Check
Wed43%Check

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