Cantonohio.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
51% 
Page structure
45% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.21 s
File size
165.20 kB
Words
403
Media files
5
Number of links
85 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Canton, OH | Official Website
The length of the page title is perfect. (265 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 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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
category0Home
theme-colorrgb(0, 56, 122)
descriptionEmpty
keywordsHome
langen
Content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 403 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
12.9% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 11.2 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 usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 8 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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=6169No alt attribute provided
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=5011Search
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=605622250_Image Graphic Button
/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=5025OH Canton Logo stacked
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=5022Facebook

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
How Can I...
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (12 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 How Can I...
H1 Popular Pages
H3 Latest News
H3 Upcoming Events
H3 October 2024
H3 Contact Us
H3 Quick Links
H3 Helpful Links
H3 Elected Officials
H4 NEFCO releases draft Clean Water Plan
H4 Mayor Sherer Issues Statement on Termination of Police Detective
H4 Tuscarawas Street West Corridor Safety Project Public Meeting Open House
H4 City of Canton Introduces Mobile Alerts
H4 Mon, Oct. 28
H4 Tue, Oct. 29
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 23 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Anchor Skip to Main Content
/MyAccount/ProfileCreateCreate a Website Account
/MyAccountWebsite Sign In
/Search/ResultsIMG-ALT Search
/9/How-Do-IHow Do I ...
/31/Community-ResourcesCommunity Resources
/35/Business-ResourcesBusiness Resources
/1911/DepartmentsDepartments
/27/City-GovernmentCity Government
/527/Service-RequestsReport a ConcernWith SeeClickFix
https://www.cantonutilities.co...External Subdomain Bill Pay / Manage ServicesView Available Transactions
/166/Permits-Licenses-InspectionsPermits / LIcensesApply Now
https://cantonoh.portal.civicc...New window External Subdomain Agendas & MinutesPublic Meetings
https://vrapp.vendorregistry.c...New window External Subdomain BidsExplore Updated Info
/516/City-CouncilCity CouncilLearn About the Council
https://www.governmentjobs.com...New window External Subdomain Job OpeningsView & Apply
/Calendar.aspxPublic EventsStay Up to Date
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Anchor Apply For
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Anchor Contact
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Anchor Pay
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Anchor View
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Apply For
/167/Download-FormsBuilding Permit
https://www.governmentjobs.com...External Subdomain Employment
/384/Incident-Report-InquiryIncident Report Inquiry
https://www.starkcountyohio.go...New window External Subdomain Marriage License
https://vrapp.vendorregistry.c...External Subdomain Open Bids
https://app.cantonohio.gov/eng...New window External Subdomain Oversize Load Permit
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Parking Permit
/424/Application-for-Public-Ev...Public Event/Sound Variance
/605/Records-RequestsPublic Records Request
/FormCenter/Canton-Curbside-Re...Recycling Container
/2300/Safety-Forces-JobsSafety Forces Jobs
/170/Permits-FeesZoning/Planning
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Contact
/Directory.aspxDepartment Phone Directory
/FacilitiesFacility Locations
https://www.starkcountyohio.go...New window External Subdomain Stark County Auditor (Real Estate)
https://cantonhealth.org/eh/?p...External Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Recycling Center
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Anchor Text duplicate Pay
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Building Permits
https://www.cantoncourt.org/External Subdomain Court Fees
/803/Online-PaymentsSubdomain Income Tax
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Rental Registration Fees
https://www.cantoncourt.org/External Subdomain Traffic Ticket
https://www.cantonutilities.co...New window External Subdomain Utilities
/170/Permits-FeesZoning/Planning Fees
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Anchor Text duplicate View
/sitemapSubdomain A-Z City Directory
/AgendaCenterAgendas/Minutes
https://codelibrary.amlegal.co...External Subdomain City Ordinances
/701/Comprehensive-PlanSubdomain Comprehensive Plan
/567/City-ProjectsProjects
/621/Holiday-ScheduleSubdomain Sanitation Calendar
/518/VisitorsVisitor Information
/533/Find-Your-WardWard Map
/2251/Alerts-NotificationsSign Up For Mobile Alerts
https://cantoncentennialplaza....New window External Centennial Plaza
https://www.cantonchamber.org/New window External Subdomain Chamber of Commerce
https://www.visitcanton.com/New window External Subdomain Visit Canton
/160/Building-Code-EnforcementBuilding Code
https://www.cantoncourt.org/Fo...New window External Subdomain Courts
/292/FireFire
https://cantonhealth.org/New window External Health
https://cantonparksandrec.com/New window External parks & Rec
/324/PolicePolice
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=1,9Latest News
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=136New window NEFCO releases draft Clean Water Plan
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=136New window Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=135Mayor Sherer Issues Statement on Termination of Police Detective
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=135Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=134Tuscarawas Street West Corridor Safety Project Public Meeting Open House
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=134Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=126IMG-ALT 22250_Image Graphic Button
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=126City of Canton Introduces Mobile Alerts
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=126Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=1,9View All News
/calendar.aspx?CID=33,32,30,27...Upcoming Events
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...28
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...29
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...1
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...2
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2068City Council Regular Meeting Agenda (PDF)
/Calendar.aspx?EID=2061One Time Event
/calendar.aspx?CID=33,32,30,27...View All Events
https://www.cantonohio.gov/IMG-ALT OH Canton Logo stacked
https://www.facebook.com/Cityo...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
/1947/City-Hall-HoursCity Hall Hours
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=12Quick Links
/490/Canton-GreatsCanton Greats
/518/VisitorsText duplicate Visitor Information
/813/Utility-Information-Pay-Y...Subdomain Pay Utility Bill Online
/515/Things-to-See-and-DoSubdomain Things to See and Do
/424/Application-for-Public-Ev...Subdomain Public Event Application
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=11Helpful Links
https://www.cantonohio.gov/Home
/sitemapSite Map
/directory.aspxDepartment Directory
/accessibilityWebsite Accessibility
/privacyPrivacy Policy
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=60Elected Officials
/158/AuditorAuditor
/516/City-CouncilCity Council
/291/Law-DepartmentLaw Director
/334/MayorMayor
https://www.cantoncourt.org/New window External Subdomain Municipal Court/Judges
/800/TreasurerTreasurer
https://connect.civicplus.com/...External Subdomain CivicPlus®

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cantonohio.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 (1.21 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 (165 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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, 28 Oct 2024 10:47:29 GMT
content-length41506
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 773 referring domains.
This page has 8,784 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 591 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /OJA
Disallow: /support
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Disallow: /search.asp
Disallow: /currenteventsview.aspx
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Disallow: /currentevents.aspx
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Disallow: /CurrentEventsView.asp
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Disallow: /map.aspx
Disallow: /map.asp
Disallow: /Map.aspx
Disallow: /Map.asp
Sitemap: /sitemap.xml
Disallow: /RSS.aspx
User-agent: Siteimprove
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Crawl-delay: 20
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Website46%Check
Official Website45%Check
City43%Check
Event43%Check
links43%Check
Meeting43%Check
City Council41%Check
City Hall41%Check
Public Event41%Check
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