Boston.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
92% 
Page quality
91% 
Page structure
94% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
77% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.90 s
File size
151.50 kB
Words
846
Media files
23
Number of links
85 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage | Boston.gov
The length of the page title is perfect. (218 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to the official homepage for the City of Boston.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (347 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.boston.gov/homepage-bostongov
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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)
The alternate link to the page itself is invalid.
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
descriptionWelcome to the official homepage for the City of Boston.
generatorDrupal 9 (http://drupal.org)
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
site-priority5
google-site-verificationDo93qJZE2c5ibJnBWowjyjeIzVD6he_ZSCJU2J6eHn8
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:descriptionWelcome to the official homepage for the City of Boston.
og:site_nameBoston.gov
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.boston.gov
og:titleHomepage | Boston.gov
og:descriptionWelcome to the official homepage for the City of Boston.
og:imagehttp://patterns.boston.gov/images/global/icons/seal_dark_1000x1000.png
og:image:secure_urlhttps://patterns.boston.gov/images/global/icons/seal_dark_1000x1000.png
og:localityBoston
og:regionMassachusetts
og:country_nameUnited States
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
These Typos were found:
  • availiable => available
This page contains 846 words. That's ok.
22.1% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
8 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.42 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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 17 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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
.../images/public/logo-white_red.png?sdaxyvBoston.gov
patterns.boston.gov/images/b-dark.svgCity of Boston
...boston.gov/images/public/logo.svg?sdaxyvBoston.gov
...boston.gov/images/public/seal.svg?sdaxyvCity of Boston Seal
...05/teachers and nurses.JPG?itok=3HerPhuRteachers and nurses week
...05/black women veteran.JPG?itok=ueFFXylaVeterans' Day
...os/2024/05/Jazz Boston.JPG?itok=o8fF-J_pJazz
...4/05/Mentrual products.JPG?itok=2D4Pn7jcmenstrual products
.../photos/2021/11/wu-headshot-homepage.jpgMayor Michelle WuMayor Michelle Wu
...jeune_Ruthzee_web_2024.jpg?itok=zUSYoc4PNo alt attribute provided
...24/01/santana-headshot.jpg?itok=yRz3r_ZyHenry Santana
...3/Mejia_Julia_web 2024.jpg?itok=9gUDUT2rNo alt attribute provided
...022/01/murphy-headshot.jpg?itok=0XQB0P3VCouncilor Erin Murphy
...05/Coletta_Gabriela sm.jpg?itok=dSK024aAGabriela Coletta Photo
...2018/01/flynn-headshot.jpg?itok=H5DBRdu8Edward Flynn
...023/12/FitzGerald_John.jpg?itok=96E7IJ2xNo alt attribute provided
...12/Brian_Worrell (sqd).jpg?itok=TJ-WtT-iBrian Worrell Photo
.../2023/12/Enrique_Pepen.jpg?itok=H979ws8mNo alt attribute provided
...otos/2023/12/Ben_Weber.jpg?itok=gPQ4P1oVNo alt attribute provided
...rnandes_Anderson (Sqd).jpg?itok=sGtwNZoLTania Fernandes Anderson Headshot
...Durkan_Sharon_headshot.jpg?itok=wDJRHcmrCouncilor Sharon Durkan
...1/12/Liz_Breadon (sqd).jpg?itok=iYxMEP4aLiz Breadon Photo
...custom/bos_theme/images/back_top_btn.pngBack to top

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Boston.gov
The H1 heading is too short (10 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Boston.gov
H2 Sunday, May 12
H2 Featured resources
H2 Latest news
H2 Featured videos
H2 BOS:311 service requests
H2 Stay Connected
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Boston Mayor Michelle Wu
H2 Boston City Council
H3 Council Celebrates Teachers and Nurses
H3 Council Recognizes Black Women Veterans
H3 International Jazz Day
H3 Affordable Connectivity Program
H4 Meet the Mayor
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.boston.gov/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://www.boston.gov/IMG-ALT City of Boston
A-TITLE Go to home page
/departments/boston-311Subdomain Help / 311
/homepage-bostongovHome
https://www.boston.gov/guidesGuides to Boston
/departmentsDepartments
/public-noticesPublic Notices
/city-boston-services-applicat...Pay and apply
/career-centerJobs and careers
https://www.boston.gov/eventsEvents
https://www.boston.gov/newsNews
https://www.boston.gov/cemeteriesCemeteries
/community-centersCommunity centers
/departments/landmarks-commissionSubdomain Anchor Historic Districts
https://www.bpl.org/External Subdomain Libraries
/neighborhoodsNeighborhoods
/parks-and-playgroundsParks and playgrounds
http://www.bostonpublicschools...External Subdomain Schools
/departments/mayors-officeThe Mayor's Office
/departments/city-clerkCity Clerk
/departments/city-councilSubdomain City Council
/departments/electionElections
/civic-engagement/boards-and-c...Subdomain Boards and commissions
/departments/311/city-boston-g...City government overview
https://www.boston.gov/IMG-ALT Boston.gov
https://www.boston.gov/mayorMayor Michelle Wu
https://www.boston.gov/IMG-ALT City of Boston Seal
A-TITLE Homepage | City of Boston Seal
/city-boston-services-applicat...Information and Services
/public-noticesPublic notices
/form/website-feedback-formFeedback
https://www.boston.gov/Anchor English Español Soomaali Português français 简体中文
A-TITLE Translate
/departments/mayors-office/con...Subdomain City Hall Operating Hours Boston City Hall is closed to the public on the weekend.
/departments/public-works/tras...Subdomain Trash and recycling There is no residential trash and recycling pickup during the weekend.
/departments/public-works/stre...Subdomain Street Cleaning Street cleaning is on a normal schedule.
/departments/parking-clerk/how...Subdomain Parking meters Parking meters are free with no time limit on Sundays.
/departments/transportation/ho...Subdomain Tow lot The tow lot is only open Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. Automated kiosks are availiable 24 hours a day, seven days a week for vehicl...
/departments/disabilities-comm...New window Subdomain ADA Curb Ramp Requests
/career-centerNew window Apply for a City Job
/boston-permits-and-licensesNew window Building Permits and Licenses
http://www.cityofboston.gov/as...New window External Subdomain City Property Information Search
/departments/parking-clerk/how...New window Get a Resident Parking Permit
https://www.boston.gov/metrolistNew window Subdomain Find Affordable Housing
/departments/public-works/matt...New window Subdomain Mattress Recycling
https://registry.boston.gov/birthNew window External Subdomain Order Birth Certificates Online
/departments/parking-clerk/how...New window Pay a Parking Ticket
/departments/tax-collection/ho...New window Subdomain Pay Your Real Estate Taxes
/my-neighborhoodNew window Subdomain Search Resources and Elected Officials for Your Neighborhood
/departments/boston-311New window Subdomain Report an Issue with 311
/visiting-boston1 Guide: Visiting Boston
/trash-and-recycling2 Guide: Trash and Recycling
/renting-boston3 Guide: Renting in Boston
/getting-around-boston4 Guide: Getting around Boston
/news/council-celebrates-teach...Subdomain May 10 Council Celebrates Teachers and Nurses City Council
IMG-ALT teachers and nurses week
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/news/council-celebrates-teachers-and-nurses
/news/council-recognizes-black...Subdomain May 10 Council Recognizes Black Women Veterans City Council
IMG-ALT Veterans' Day
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/news/council-recognizes-black-women-veterans
/news/international-jazz-daySubdomain May 10 International Jazz Day City Council
IMG-ALT Jazz
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/news/international-jazz-day
/news/affordable-connectivity-...Subdomain May 10 Affordable Connectivity Program City Council
IMG-ALT menstrual products
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/news/affordable-connectivity-program-1
https://www.boston.gov/newsMore City news
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain We Are Black Boston Honoring the legacy, contributions, and presence of Black Bostonians.
https://www.youtube.com/user/c...External Subdomain City of Boston YouTube Channel Check out our latest videos on the City of Boston's YouTube account.
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain Boston City TV YouTube Channel Boston City TV can also be viewed on your local cable TV provider: Xfinity 24, RCN 13, and Fios 962.
http://www.cityofboston.gov/311/External Subdomain All BOS:311 requests
http://www.cityofboston.gov/ma...External Subdomain Improper storage of trash barrels
http://www.cityofboston.gov/ma...External Subdomain Request a bulk item pickup
https://boston2-production.spo...External Subdomain Request sidewalk repair
http://www.cityofboston.gov/ma...External Subdomain Tree maintenance
https://boston2-production.spo...External Subdomain Report a pothole
http://www.cityofboston.gov/ma...External Subdomain Report a parking violation
http://www.cityofboston.gov/ma...External Subdomain Report a missing or damaged street sign
http://www.cityofboston.gov/ma...External Subdomain Report a streetlight outage
/public-notices/16165701Subdomain UP Academy Charter School of Boston Committee Meeting May 13
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/public-notices/16165701
/public-notices/16158991Subdomain City Council Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Dockets #0670-0678 and #0693-0694, FY25 Budget: Boston Police Department May 13
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/public-notices/16158991
/public-notices/16165346Subdomain City Council Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Dockets #0744-0745 May 13
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/public-notices/16165346
/calendar/rise-youth-mental-he...Subdomain Rise Up for Youth Mental Health: Bridging Gaps and Sparking Change - Youth Summit! May 13
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/calendar/rise-youth-mental-health-bridging-gaps-and-sparking-change-youth-summit
/public-notices/16159006Subdomain City Council Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Dockets #0670-0678, FY25 Budget: Boston Police Department May 13
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/public-notices/16159006
/public-notices/16165786Subdomain City on a Hill Charter Public School Meeting May 13
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/public-notices/16165786
/public-notices/16164476Subdomain BERDO Review Board Public Hearing May 13
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/public-notices/16164476
/calendar/parks-fitness-virtua...Subdomain Parks Fitness: Virtual Afrobeats Dance class with Shari May 13
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/calendar/parks-fitness-virtual-afrobeats-dance-class-shari
/public-notices/16164466Subdomain UAD/UAB Full Board meeting 5/13/2024 May 13
A-TITLE https://www.boston.gov/public-notices/16164466
https://www.boston.gov/eventsNew window Subdomain Find more City events
/contact/mayors-officeMayor's Office
https://www.boston.gov/node/396Learn about Mayor Wu
/contact/city-councilText duplicate City Council
/departments/city-council/ruth...Ruthzee Louijeune City Council President; City Councilor, At-Large
/departments/city-council/henr...Henry Santana City Councilor, At-Large
IMG-ALT Henry Santana
/departments/city-council/juli...Julia Mejia City Councilor, At-Large
/departments/city-council/erin...Erin J. Murphy City Councilor, At-Large
IMG-ALT Councilor Erin Murphy
/departments/city-council/gabr...Gabriela Coletta City Councilor, District 1
IMG-ALT Gabriela Coletta Photo
/departments/city-council/edwa...Edward M. Flynn City Councilor, District 2
IMG-ALT Edward Flynn
/departments/city-council/john...John FitzGerald City Councilor, District 3
/departments/city-council/bria...Brian J. Worrell City Councilor, District 4
IMG-ALT Brian Worrell Photo
/departments/city-council/enri...Enrique J. Pepén City Councilor, District 5
/departments/city-council/benj...Benjamin J. Weber City Councilor, District 6
/departments/city-council/tani...Tania Fernandes Anderson City Councilor, District 7
IMG-ALT Tania Fernandes Anderson Headshot
/departments/city-council/shar...Sharon Durkan City Councilor, District 8
IMG-ALT Councilor Sharon Durkan
/departments/city-council/liz-...Liz Breadon City Councilor, District 9
IMG-ALT Liz Breadon Photo
/form/website-feedback-form?so...Provide Your Feedback
https://www.boston.gov/Anchor IMG-ALT Back to top
/departments/innovation-and-te...Privacy Policy
/departments/mayors-office/con...Contact us
/career-centerSubdomain Jobs
https://bostonma.govqa.us/WEBA...External Subdomain Public records
/departments/language-and-comm...Subdomain Language and Disability Access
http://www.cityofboston.gov/311/External Subdomain BOS:311 - Report an issue

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.boston.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.90 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (152 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateMon, 13 May 2024 00:01:24 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
cache-controlmax-age=300, public
varyCookie,Origin
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsALLOW-FROM https://translate.googleusercontent.com
last-modifiedSun, 12 May 2024 23:40:41 GMT
etag"1715557241"
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-drupal-cacheMISS
content-encodinggzip
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x-ah-environmentprod
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x-cacheHIT
x-cache-hits13
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set-cookie184 Characters
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
x-cdnImperva
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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 13,654 referring domains.
This page has 1,377,090 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 8,080 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 10429 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

You can find more links using Wikipedia search

Robots.txt

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# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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Homepage | Boston.gov
Welcome to the official homepage for the City of Boston.

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gov77%Check
City Boston74%Check
BOS 31167%Check
Boston Public66%Check
Boston City TV61%Check
City52%Check
City Council50%Check
Mayor46%Check
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