Metro.net - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
64% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
82% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.39 s
File size
157.60 kB
Words
725
Media files
23
Number of links
96 internal / 28 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Metro | Bus, Rail, Subway, Bike & Micro in Los Angeles
The length of the page title is perfect. (493 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Explore Los Angeles by public transit. Start with Metro schedules, maps, arrival times, parking info, trip planning, stations, and fares.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (813 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.metro.net/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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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descriptionExplore Los Angeles by public transit. Start with Metro schedules, maps, arrival times, parking info, trip planning, stations, and fares.
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article:modified_time2023-07-11T23:21:12+00:00
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og:site_nameLA Metro
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 725 words. That's ok.
26.8% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
11 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 18.06 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 35 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
9 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)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Meet our Metro Ambassadors
H2 Become a bus operator
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.
There are 2 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (28) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.metro.net/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.metro.net/IMG-ALT Metro Logo
/riding/nextrip/Nofollow Arrivals
/riding/schedules/Nofollow Maps & Schedules
/riding/trip-planner/Nofollow Where To?
/service/advisories/Nofollow Service Alerts
/riding/fares/Nofollow Fares
/riding/safety-security/Nofollow Safety
https://www.metro.net/projects/Nofollow Projects
/about/careers/Nofollow Careers
https://www.metro.net/aboutNofollow About Metro
/about/contacts/Nofollow Contact
https://www.metro.net/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Metro Logo
/riding/nextrip/Nofollow Text duplicate Arrivals
/riding/schedules/Nofollow Text duplicate Maps & Schedules
/riding/trip-planner/Nofollow Where to?
/service/advisories/Nofollow Text duplicate Service Alerts
/riding/guide/Nofollow Metro Rider’s Guide
/about/contacts/Nofollow Help & Contacts
/about/lostandfound/Nofollow Lost & Found
/riding/airport-routes/Nofollow Airport Routes
/riding/gameday/Nofollow Go Metro on Gameday
/riding/safety-security/Nofollow Text duplicate Safety
/riding/riders-disabilities/Nofollow Accessibility
/riding/fares/eapp/Nofollow Employer Pass Program
/riding/how-ride-bus/Nofollow Bus
/riding/how-ride-rail/Nofollow Rail
https://bikeshare.metro.net/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Metro Bike
https://micro.metro.net/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Metro Micro
https://metrovan.ridematch.inf...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Vanpool
https://www.metroexpresslanes....New window Nofollow External ExpressLanes
/riding/parking/Nofollow Parking
https://accessla.org/New window Nofollow External Access Services
https://www.metro.net/riding/fsp/Nofollow Freeway Service Patrol
/riding/rideshare/Nofollow Rideshare
https://www.metro.net/faresLearn More
/riding/fares/seniors/Get Discount
/riding/fares/gopass/Get GoPass
/riding/life/Get LIFE
/about/farecapping/What’s this?
/projects/westside/Nofollow Purple Line Extension
/projects/kline-northern-exten...Nofollow K Line Northern Extension
/projects/sepulvedacorridor/Nofollow Sepulveda Transit Corridor
/projects/east-sfv/Nofollow East SFV LRT
/projects/active-transportatio...Nofollow Active Transportation Strategic Plan
https://www.metro.net/projects/Nofollow All Projects
https://www.metro.net/calendar/Nofollow Connect with Us
/about_categories/resources-pr...Nofollow How We Plan and Build
/about/business-interruption-f...Nofollow Aid for Small Business
/about/careers/Text duplicate Careers
/about/contacts/Nofollow Customer Support
https://ccatsform.metro.net/cu...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Customer Comment Form
https://metrola.wufoo.com/form...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Employee Recognition Form
/about/lostandfound/Nofollow Text duplicate Lost & Found
/about/transit-court/Nofollow Transit Court
/about/media-relations/Nofollow Media Inquiries
https://metroprimaryresources....New window Nofollow External Subdomain Metro Library
https://art.metro.net/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Metro Art
https://shop.metro.net/?utm_so...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Metro Shop
/about/careers/Nofollow Text duplicate Careers
/about/students/Nofollow Student Opportunities
/about/doing-business-with-metro/Nofollow Doing Business with Metro
/about/partnerships-ups/Nofollow Partnerships & Unsolicited Proposals
/about/metro-filming-policy/Nofollow Advertising, Sponsorships & Filming
/about/funding-resources/Nofollow Funding and Resources
/about/plans/metro-strategic-p...Nofollow Strategic Plan
https://boardagendas.metro.net...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Metro Board of Directors
https://boardagendas.metro.net/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Metro Board Meetings & Agendas
/about/committees-subcommittees/Nofollow Committees & Subcommittees
/calendar/category/committees-...Nofollow Advisory Meetings
/about/civil-rights-policy/Nofollow Civil Rights Policy
https://thesource.metro.net/New window Nofollow External Subdomain The Source
https://elpasajero.metro.net/New window Nofollow External Subdomain El Pasajero
https://records.metro.net/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Public Records
http://opa.metro.net/MetroRide...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Ridership Stats
/about/facts-glance/Nofollow Facts at a Glance
/riding/nextrip/Nofollow Text duplicate Arrivals
/riding/schedules/Nofollow Text duplicate Maps & Schedules
/riding/trip-planner/Nofollow Text duplicate Where to?
/service/advisories/Nofollow Text duplicate Service Alerts
/riding/ambassadors/Learn more
/about/careers/busoperator/Text duplicate Learn more
https://thesource.metro.net/20...External Subdomain C Line bus shuttles replace rail service through Sep. 24
https://thesource.metro.net/20...External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/about/farecapping/New, simpler fares started July 1
/about/farecapping/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://metro.net/moredtlaNew window Three new rail stations are open in downtown LA
https://metro.net/moredtlaNew window Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://thesource.metro.net/External Subdomain All News
/calendar/ple-1-2-in-person-pu...PLE 1 & 2 in-person Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project Meeting for Beverly Hills stations
/calendar/ple-1-2-in-person-pu...See Event
/calendar/ple-1-2-lunch-with-u...PLE 1 & 2 Lunch with Us Webinar
/calendar/ple-1-2-lunch-with-u...Text duplicate See Event
/calendar/ple-12-3-lunch-and-l...PLE 1,2 & 3 Lunch and Learn Webinar
/calendar/ple-12-3-lunch-and-l...Text duplicate See Event
https://www.metro.net/calendar/See Full Calendar
/projects/grand-av-olive-st-bu...Grand Av and Olive St Bus Priority Lanes Project
/projects/grand-av-olive-st-bu...Text duplicate Learn more
/projects/connector-2/Regional Connector Transit Project
/projects/connector-2/Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.metro.net/projects/All Metro Projects
/about/plans/metro-strategic-p...Metro Strategic Plan
/about/plans/metro-strategic-p...View Plan
/about/plans/long-range-transp...Long Range Transportation Plan
/about/plans/long-range-transp...Text duplicate View Plan
/about/plans/nextgen-bus-plan/NextGen Bus Plan
/about/plans/nextgen-bus-plan/Text duplicate View Plan
/?s&post_type=planAll Metro Plans
/about/about-metro/Nofollow Text duplicate About Metro
/riding/fares/Nofollow Fares and Passes
/riding/guide/Nofollow How to Ride
/riding/riders-disabilities/New window Nofollow Text duplicate Accessibility
https://thesource.metro.net/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate The Source
https://elpasajero.metro.net/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate El Pasajero
http://fisesss.mta.net/OA_HTML...New window Nofollow External Employee Self Service
https://www.metro.net/mymetroNew window Nofollow Metro Intranet
https://developer.metro.net/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Developer.metro.net
http://www.facebook.com/losang...New window Nofollow External IMG-ALT Facebook Logo
https://www.instagram.com/metr...New window Nofollow External IMG-ALT Instagram Logo
https://www.youtube.com/user/l...New window Nofollow External IMG-ALT Youtube Logo
http://twitter.com/metrolosang...New window Nofollow External IMG-ALT Twitter Logo
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window Nofollow External IMG-ALT LinkedIn Logo Icon
/about/privacy-policy/Nofollow Privacy Policy
/about/copyright/Nofollow Terms of Use

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.metro.net/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 24 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 35 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.39 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (158 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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connectionkeep-alive
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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 13,308 referring domains.
This page has 4,281,026 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 8,057 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.
Listed on Webwiki
(Nice to have)
This website is listed on Webwiki.

Search preview

www.metro.net
Metro | Bus, Rail, Subway, Bike & Micro in Los Angeles
Explore Los Angeles by public transit. Start with Metro schedules, maps, arrival times, parking info, trip planning, stations, and fares.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Metro77%Check
Metro Rail61%Check
Metro Plan61%Check
Metro Board56%Check
Metro Projects56%Check
Angeles53%Check
Bus50%Check
East Los Angeles49%Check
Maps48%Check
Schedules48%Check

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