Ci.cumberland.md.us - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
45% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.88 s
File size
119.90 kB
Words
581
Media files
11
Number of links
91 internal / 2 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Cumberland, MD | Official Website
The length of the page title is perfect. (308 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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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-color#af4044
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
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are 6 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland will meet in public work sess...
  • Duplicate 2: The City of Cumberland is launching a limited time relocation package ...
  • Duplicate 3: The City of Cumberland Engineering Department, on behalf of Columbia G...
This page contains 581 words. That's ok.
23.9% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 14.13 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 15 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: farmer's market
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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)
The HTTPS protocol for secure data transmission is not used.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=3780Home Page
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=3786Search button
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=3786Search button
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4255PUBLIC NOTICE Image
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=5050Document
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4257ENGINEERING PUBLIC NOTICE
/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=4255PUBLIC NOTICE Image
data:[...] Base64Document
data:[...] Base64ENGINEERING PUBLIC NOTICE
data:[...] Base64FIRE PUBLIC NOTICE

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Popular Links
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (13 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Popular Links
H1 City Spotlights
H3 October 2024
H3 October 2024 Duplicate text
H3 Contact Us
H3 Quick Links
H3 FAQs
H3 Site Links
H4 Cumberland City Council Holding a Work Session on 10/8
H4 News Release: Choose Cumberland Relocation Package Program
H4 Press Release - Columbia Gas Work in Louisiana Avenue Area
H4 Tue, Oct. 8
H4 Wed, Oct. 9
H4 Thu, Oct. 10
H4 Thu, Oct. 17
H4 Cumberland City Council Holding a Work Session on 10/8 Duplicate text
H4 News Release: Choose Cumberland Relocation Package Program Duplicate text
H4 Press Release - Columbia Gas Work in Louisiana Avenue Area Duplicate text
H4 Public Notice from CFD - Discarded Smoke Alarms
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 2 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
http://ci.cumberland.md.us/Anchor Skip to Main Content
/MyAccount/ProfileCreateCreate a Website Account
/MyAccountWebsite Sign In
http://ci.cumberland.md.us/IMG-ALT Home Page
/Search/ResultsIMG-ALT Search button
/27/GovernmentGovernment
/101/ServicesServices
/35/BusinessBusiness
/31/VisitorsVisitors
/9/How-Do-IHow Do I...
/Search/ResultsText duplicate IMG-ALT Search button
/list.aspxSubscribe to Alerts
/131/Online-PaymentsOnline Bill Pay
/requesttracker.aspxConcerns? Issues?
/129/Agendas-MinutesAgendas & Minutes
/Jobs.aspxEmployment
/252/utility-billingUtility Billing
/253/Police-DepartmentPolice Department
/172/tax-inquiryTax Inquiry
/733/Grant-ProgramsSubdomain Grant Programs
/320/mayor-councilMayor and City Council
/730/Lead-Service-Line-SurveySubdomain Lead Service Line Survey
/619/City-Surplus-Properties-f...Subdomain City Surplus Property Sales
/Bids.aspxBid Postings
/1787/Choose-Cumberland-Reloca...Subdomain Choose Cumberland Relocation Program
/724/Features-of-Cumberland-Ma...Subdomain Features About Cumberland
/180/FireFire Department
/729/ParkMobileNew window Subdomain ParkMobile
http://ci.cumberland.md.us/Anchor News
http://ci.cumberland.md.us/Anchor Facebook
http://ci.cumberland.md.us/Anchor Text duplicate News
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1259IMG-ALT PUBLIC NOTICE Image
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1259Cumberland City Council Holding a Work Session on 10/8
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1259Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1248IMG-ALT Document
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1248News Release: Choose Cumberland Relocation Package Program
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1248Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1204IMG-ALT ENGINEERING PUBLIC NOTICE
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1204Press Release - Columbia Gas Work in Louisiana Avenue Area
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1204Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=8View All News
http://ci.cumberland.md.us/Anchor Text duplicate Facebook
http://ci.cumberland.md.us/Anchor City
http://ci.cumberland.md.us/Anchor Events
http://ci.cumberland.md.us/Anchor Text duplicate City
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...8
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...9
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...14
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...15
/Calendar.aspx?EID=709Mayor and City Council Open Work Session - City Hall
/Calendar.aspx?EID=709Mayor and City Council Open Work Session - City HallRead On
/Calendar.aspx?EID=715Historic Preservation Commission
/Calendar.aspx?EID=715Historic Preservation Commission Read On
/calendar.aspx?CID=24,22,26,28,25View All Events
http://ci.cumberland.md.us/Anchor Text duplicate Events
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...10
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...17
/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=...24
/Calendar.aspx?EID=767Farmer's Market
/Calendar.aspx?EID=767Farmer's MarketRead On
/Calendar.aspx?EID=768Text duplicate Farmer's Market
/Calendar.aspx?EID=768Text duplicate Farmer's MarketRead On
/calendar.aspx?CID=14Text duplicate View All Events
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1259Text duplicate IMG-ALT PUBLIC NOTICE Image
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1259Text duplicate Cumberland City Council Holding a Work Session on 10/8
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1259Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1248Text duplicate IMG-ALT Document
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1248Text duplicate News Release: Choose Cumberland Relocation Package Program
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1248Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1204Text duplicate IMG-ALT ENGINEERING PUBLIC NOTICE
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1204Text duplicate Press Release - Columbia Gas Work in Louisiana Avenue Area
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1204Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1143IMG-ALT FIRE PUBLIC NOTICE
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1143Public Notice from CFD - Discarded Smoke Alarms
/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1143Text duplicate Read on...
/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=21View All Spotlights
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=57Quick Links
/directoryStaff Directory
/412/volunteer-opportunitiesVolunteer Opportunities
/355/public-meetingsPublic Meetings
/252/utility-billingText duplicate Utility Billing
/Faq.aspx?TID=25FAQs
/Faq.aspx?QID=144Are building permits required?
/Faq.aspx?QID=145Why do I need to license my rental property?
/Faq.aspx?QID=146Who do I contact with a problem?
/Faq.aspx?QID=147How can I pay my utility bill?
/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=58Site Links
http://ci.cumberland.md.us/Home
/sitemapSite Map
/accessibilityAccessibility
https://www.cumberlandmd.gov/4...External Subdomain Photo Credits
/site/copyrightCopyright Notices
https://connect.civicplus.com/...External Subdomain CivicPlus®

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
The checked page does not redirect to another URL.
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 of 0.88 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.
This page loads 7 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 15 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (120 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 *
dateSun, 06 Oct 2024 02:44:20 GMT
content-length36092
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 40 referring domains.
This page has 62 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 36 different ip addresses.

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

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Cumberland66%Check
Links54%Check
Site50%Check
Popular50%Check
Choose Cumberland Relocation50%Check
City47%Check
Work47%Check
Council47%Check
Session47%Check
City Council47%Check

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