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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
62% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
60% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.18 s
File size
106.30 kB
Words
1201
Media files
26
Number of links
133 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Austin Monitor - Austin and Central Texas, MonitoredAustin Monitor | Austin and Central Texas, Monitored
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 944 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
Austin and Central Texas, Monitored
The length of the meta description is perfect. (226 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.austinmonitor.com/
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 prev meta tag on this page.
Rel next URL https://www.austinmonitor.com/page/2/
The rel next and prev tags are set correctly.
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
The average number of words per sentence of 26.7 words is high.
This page contains 1201 words. That's ok.
29.2% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
15 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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 24 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
25 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

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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 38 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 Council tells staff to find funds for continued use of Marshalling Yard
H2 In an unusual hearing, Ethics Commission advances complaints against Greco and Watson to next phase
H2 Delayed CapMetro Rapid routes to launch next year with slower service and diesel buses
H2 City taps Rally Austin for funds to buy historic cultural spaces
H2 Broadnax considers service adjustments as ‘tough’ budget awaits
H2 UT looks to promote music throughout campus with Longhorn Live initiative
H2 Council work sessions slated to resume, with some changes
H2 Travis County approves 6.5% tax rate increase for Central Health budget amid financial controversy
H2 All five mayoral candidates take the stage at forum
H2 TipSheet: Austin City Council, 9.26.24
H2 Austin Energy still pondering new generation plan
H2 Austin's police union, city agree to a $218 million, five-year labor contract
H2 Incentive programs, cultural district framework headed back to Council after postponement
H2 Nonprofit spotlight: Four questions for American Gateways
H2 Most Popular Stories
H2 Popular Whispers
H3 Sections
H3 About Us
H3 Latest Headlines for Sunday, September 29
H3 City Council • By Jo Clifton • Sep 27, 2024
H3 Elections • By Amy Smith • Sep 27, 2024
H3 Transit • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Sep 27, 2024
H3 Preservation • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 27, 2024
H3 Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 26, 2024
H3 City Council • By Mina Shekarchi • Sep 26, 2024
H3 Subscribe to our newsletter
H3 Budget • By Lina Fisher • Sep 26, 2024
H3 Elections • By Madeline de Figueiredo • Sep 26, 2024
H3 TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 26, 2024
H3 Energy • By Jo Clifton • Sep 25, 2024
H3 Police • By Andrew Weber, KUT • Sep 25, 2024
H3 City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 25, 2024
H3 Newsletter Signup
H3 Discover News By District
H3 Austin Monitor
H3 Pages
H3 Sections Duplicate text
H3 Connect
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/stories/category/city-hall/Subdomain City Hall
/stories/category/development/Subdomain Development
/stories/category/transportation/Subdomain Transportation
/stories/category/education/Subdomain Education
/stories/category/environment/Subdomain Environment
/stories/category/public-safety/Subdomain Public Safety
/stories/category/elections/Subdomain Elections
/stories/whispers/Subdomain Whispers
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/about-us/Subdomain About Us
/who-funds-us/Subdomain Who Funds Us?
/memberships-access-and-faq/Subdomain Memberships Access and FAQ
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/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/donate/Make a Donation
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A-TITLE Austin Monitor
/donate/Donate
https://www.austinmonitor.com/Anchor Skip to content
A-TITLE Skip to content
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/stories/category/development/Subdomain Text duplicate Development
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/stories/category/environment/Subdomain Text duplicate Environment
/stories/category/public-safety/Subdomain Text duplicate Public Safety
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/stories/2024/09/council-tells...Subdomain A-TITLE Council tells staff to find funds for continued use of Marshalling Yard
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/stories/author/jo-clifton/Subdomain Jo Clifton
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/stories/author/amysmith311/Subdomain Amy Smith
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/stories/2024/09/delayed-capme...Subdomain A-TITLE Delayed CapMetro Rapid routes to launch next year with slower service and diesel buses
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/stories/category/transportati...Subdomain Transit
A-TITLE Austin News Stories on Transit
/stories/author/nathan-bernier/Subdomain Nathan Bernier, KUT
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/stories/2024/09/city-taps-ral...Subdomain A-TITLE City taps Rally Austin for funds to buy historic cultural spaces
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/stories/category/development/...Subdomain Preservation
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/stories/author/chad-swiatecki/Subdomain Chad Swiatecki
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/become-an-austin-monitor-spon...Subdomain Text duplicate Become one
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/ads/greater-austin-business-a...New window Nofollow Subdomain No Text
/stories/2024/06/broadnax-cons...Subdomain A-TITLE Broadnax considers service adjustments as ‘tough’ budget awaits
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/stories/2024/09/austins-polic...Subdomain Austin’s police union, city agree to a $218 million, five-year labor contract
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/stories/2024/08/lisa-davis-na...Subdomain Lisa Davis named sole finalist for Austin police chief
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/stories/2024/07/the-two-final...Subdomain The two finalists in Austin’s police chief search are from Cincinnati and Milwaukee
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/stories/2024/07/city-to-consi...Subdomain City to consider selling its district cooling system
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A-TITLE Become a sponsor
/ads/our-future-35-9-28-open-h...New window Nofollow Subdomain No Text
/stories/2024/09/ut-looks-to-p...Subdomain A-TITLE UT looks to promote music throughout campus with Longhorn Live initiative
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/stories/category/music-entert...Subdomain Music & Entertainment
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/stories/2024/09/council-work-...Subdomain A-TITLE Council work sessions slated to resume, with some changes
/stories/2024/09/council-work-...Subdomain Text duplicate Council work sessions slated to resume, with some changes
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/stories/category/city-hall/ci...Subdomain Text duplicate City Council
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/stories/author/mina-shekarchi-2/Subdomain Mina Shekarchi
A-TITLE Austin News Stories by Mina Shekarchi
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/stories/2024/09/travis-county...Subdomain A-TITLE Travis County approves 6.5% tax rate increase for Central Health budget amid financial controversy
/stories/2024/09/travis-county...Subdomain Text duplicate Travis County approves 6.5% tax rate increase for Central Health budget amid financial controversy
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/stories/category/city-hall/bu...Subdomain Budget
A-TITLE Austin News Stories on Budget
/stories/author/lina-fisher/Subdomain Lina Fisher
A-TITLE Austin News Stories by Lina Fisher
/stories/2024/09/all-five-mayo...Subdomain A-TITLE All five mayoral candidates take the stage at forum
/stories/2024/09/all-five-mayo...Subdomain Text duplicate All five mayoral candidates take the stage at forum
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/stories/category/elections/Subdomain Text duplicate Elections
A-TITLE Austin News Stories on Elections
/stories/author/madeline-de-fi...Subdomain Madeline de Figueiredo
A-TITLE Austin News Stories by Madeline de Figueiredo
/become-an-austin-monitor-spon...Subdomain Text duplicate Become one
A-TITLE Become a sponsor
/ads/our-future-35-9-28-open-h...New window Nofollow Subdomain No Text
/stories/2024/09/tipsheet-aust...Subdomain TipSheet: Austin City Council, 9.26.24
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/stories/category/city-hall/ti...Subdomain TipSheets
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/stories/author/elizabeth-pagano/Subdomain Elizabeth Pagano
A-TITLE Austin News Stories by Elizabeth Pagano
/stories/2024/09/austin-energy...Subdomain A-TITLE Austin Energy still pondering new generation plan
/stories/2024/09/austin-energy...Subdomain Text duplicate Austin Energy still pondering new generation plan
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/stories/category/environment/...Subdomain Energy
A-TITLE Austin News Stories on Energy
/stories/author/jo-clifton/Subdomain Text duplicate Jo Clifton
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/stories/2024/09/austins-polic...Subdomain A-TITLE Austin's police union, city agree to a $218 million, five-year labor contract
/stories/2024/09/austins-polic...Subdomain Text duplicate Austin's police union, city agree to a $218 million, five-year labor contract
A-TITLE Austin's police union, city agree to a $218 million, five-year labor contract
/stories/category/public-safet...Subdomain Police
A-TITLE Austin News Stories on Police
/stories/author/andrew-weber/Subdomain Andrew Weber, KUT
A-TITLE Austin News Stories by Andrew Weber, KUT
/stories/2024/09/incentive-pro...Subdomain A-TITLE Incentive programs, cultural district framework headed back to Council after postponement
/stories/2024/09/incentive-pro...Subdomain Text duplicate Incentive programs, cultural district framework headed back to Council after postponement
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/stories/category/city-hall/ci...Subdomain Text duplicate City Council
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/stories/author/chad-swiatecki/Subdomain Text duplicate Chad Swiatecki
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/become-an-austin-monitor-spon...Subdomain Text duplicate Become one
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/ads/our-future-35-9-28-open-h...New window Nofollow Subdomain No Text
/page/2/Subdomain Next Page »
/nonprofits/nonprofit-spotligh...Subdomain A-TITLE Nonprofit spotlight: Four questions for American Gateways
/nonprofits/NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT
/nonprofits/nonprofit-spotligh...Subdomain Text duplicate Nonprofit spotlight: Four questions for American Gateways
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/stories/2024/09/police-state-...Subdomain Police, state ready to intervene on after-hours bars operating downtown
/stories/2024/09/travis-county...Subdomain Travis County sues Paxton over voter registration efforts
/stories/2024/09/san-antonio-t...Subdomain San Antonio, Travis County and Mexico officials urge Legislature to fund passenger rail next session
/stories/2024/09/fuentes-airs-...Subdomain Fuentes airs budget concerns over move to keep Marshalling Yard shelter open indefinitely
/stories/2024/09/major-upzonin...Subdomain Major upzoning in Zilker neighborhood draws opposition
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/ads/2024-pathways-to-removing...New window Nofollow Subdomain No Text
/ads/2024-small-business-conne...New window Nofollow Subdomain No Text
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/community-engagement/Subdomain No Text
/news-by-district/See which district you live in
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https://www.abor.com/External Subdomain No Text
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/stories/whispers/50-community...Subdomain 50+ Community Job Fair to be held Sept. 25
/stories/whispers/proposed-pol...Subdomain Proposed police contract made public
/stories/whispers/city-and-pol...Subdomain City and police reach a tentative agreement on new contract
/stories/whispers/composting-w...Subdomain Composting will soon be required in multifamily communities
/stories/whispers/opponents-fi...Subdomain Opponents file ethics complaints over candidates’ failures to comply with law
/data-graphic/Subdomain No Text
https://www.austinmonitor.com/Anchor Back to Top
/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate About Us
/donate/New window Text duplicate Make a Donation
/become-an-austin-monitor-spon...Subdomain Become a sponsor
/who-funds-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Who Funds Us?
/memberships-access-and-faq/Subdomain Text duplicate Memberships Access and FAQ
/republishing-guidelines/Subdomain Republishing Guidelines
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy Policy
/austin-monitor-terms-service/Subdomain Terms of Service
/site-map/Subdomain Site Map
/stories/category/city-hall/Subdomain Text duplicate City Hall
/stories/category/development/Subdomain Text duplicate Development
/stories/category/transportation/Subdomain Text duplicate Transportation
/stories/category/education/Subdomain Text duplicate Education
/stories/category/environment/Subdomain Text duplicate Environment
/stories/category/public-safety/Subdomain Text duplicate Public Safety
/stories/category/elections/Subdomain Text duplicate Elections
/stories/whispers/Subdomain Text duplicate Whispers
/nonprofits/Subdomain Nonprofit Spotlight
/stories/category/monitor-news...Subdomain Monitor News & Media
https://twitter.com/austinmonitorNew window External Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/pages...New window External Subdomain Facebook
http://www.willardinteractive....New window External Subdomain WordPress Developer
A-TITLE WordPress Developer
http://www.willardinteractive....New window External Subdomain Web Designer
A-TITLE Web Designer

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HTTP redirects
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This page redirects to "https://www.austinmonitor.com/"
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The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.18 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 (106 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,012 referring domains.
This page has 26,956 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,634 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
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The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /wp-admin/
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