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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.14 s
File size
218.30 kB
Words
973
Media files
38
Number of links
140 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home -The City of Vancouver, WA
The length of the page title is perfect. (307 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.cityofvancouver.us/
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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robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
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article:modified_time2024-09-27T16:55:59+00:00
langen-us
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twitter:site@vancouverUS
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome -
og:urlhttps://www.cityofvancouver.us/
og:site_nameThe City of Vancouver, WA
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 973 words. That's ok.
20.2% 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.
9 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 15.52 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" 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 19 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.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Old Apple Tree Festival Oct. 5
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 49 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Old Apple Tree Festival Oct. 5
H1 Police Chief Recruitment
H1 Police Services Levy, Proposition 4
H1 Learn about PFAS
H2 Latest News
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Upcoming Meetings
H3 City Council votes to oppose four statewide initiatives
H3 City releases 2023 Greenhouse Gas Inventory
H3 City Council Proclaims “Week Without Driving” to highlight importance of mobility access
H3 Police Chief recruitment
H3 Weigh in on the future of the Interstate Bridge
H3 Connecting across cultures wellness fair
H3 Fruit Tree Gleaning
H3 Ivy Removal at Behrens Woods
H3 Transportation and Mobility Commission Meeting
H3 Healthcare Benefit Program Governing Board Meeting
H3 City Council Workshop
H3 City Council Meeting
H3 Sign Up for Vancouver Connects
H4 Apply for a Job
H4 Building Permits
H4 City Council
H4 Find a Park
H4 Garbage and Recycling
H4 Report a Concern
H4 Payments
H4 Public Records Request
H4 Agenda
H5 September 27, 2024
H5 September 27, 2024 Duplicate text
H5 September 20, 2024
H5 September 28, 2024
H5 September 28, 2024 Duplicate text
H5 September 28, 2024 Duplicate text
H5 Tue, Oct 1, 2024 4:00 pm - 7:30 PM
H5 Wed, Oct 2, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 PM
H5 Mon, Oct 7, 2024 4:00 pm - 6:00 PM
H5 Mon, Oct 7, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:30 PM
H5 RESOURCES
H5 COMMUNITY
H5 DEPARTMENTS
H6 City News
H6 City News Duplicate text
H6 City News Duplicate text
H6 City
H6 Events
H6 Events Duplicate text
H6 Agenda Summary link
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
3 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 22 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.cityofvancouver.us/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.cityofvancouver.us/Anchor Skip to search
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IMG-ALT bill pay icon
/government/calendar/Subdomain Anchor Calendar
IMG-ALT calendar icon
/services/Subdomain Services
/services/utility-billing/Subdomain Utility Billing
/economic-prosperity-and-housi...Subdomain Parking
/economic-prosperity-and-housi...Subdomain Downtown Parking
/economic-prosperity-and-housi...Subdomain Parking Tickets
https://cityofvancouver.t2host...External Subdomain Parking Portal
/government/department/public-...Subdomain Water, Sewer and Stormwater
/services/garbage-recycling/Subdomain Garbage and Recycling
/government/department/parks-r...Subdomain Event Planning and Permits
/government/department/public-...Subdomain Urban Forestry
/services/report-concern/Subdomain Report a concern
/business/Subdomain Business
/departments/economic-prosperi...Economic Development
/business/permits-licenses-and...Subdomain Building Permits, Licenses, Inspections
/business/permits-licenses-and...Subdomain ePermits
/business/permits-licenses-and...Subdomain ePlans
/business/building-construction/Subdomain Building and Construction
/business/building-constructio...Subdomain Residential Building Permits
/business/building-constructio...Subdomain Commercial Building Permits
/business/permits-licenses-and...Subdomain Business and Special Licenses
/planning-development-and-zoning/Planning, Development and Zoning
/business/planning-development...Subdomain Land Use and Planning Applications
/long-range-planning/Long Range Planning
/business/planning-development...Subdomain Comprehensive Plan
/business/procurement-services/Subdomain Procurement Services
https://cityofvancouver.bonfir...New window External Subdomain Bids and Proposals
/government/Subdomain Government
/community/Subdomain Community
https://www.beheardvancouver.org/External Subdomain Be Heard Vancouver
/community/news/Subdomain Newsroom
/government/department/parks-r...Subdomain Special Events
/government/department/parks-r...Subdomain Recreation Activities
/community/parks-trails/parkfi...Subdomain Parks and Trails
/government/department/parks-r...Subdomain Community Gardens
https://city-of-vancouver-wa-g...External Subdomain Public Art Map
/government/department/parks-r...Subdomain Culture, Arts and Heritage
/community/community-centers/Subdomain Community Centers
/community/community-centers/f...Subdomain Firstenburg Community Center
/community/community-centers/m...Subdomain Marshall/Luepke Community Center
/government/department/public-...Subdomain Water Resources Education Center
/government/department/parks-r...Subdomain Volunteer Programs
/community/neighborhoods/Subdomain Neighborhood Associations
/city-managers-office/homeless/Subdomain Homelessness
/community/emergency-preparedn...Subdomain Emergency Preparedness
/about-vancouver/sister-city-j...Subdomain Sister City Joyo, Japan
https://city-of-vancouver-wa-g...New window External Subdomain Data
/departments/mayor-city-council/Mayor and City Council
/government/mayor-and-city-cou...Subdomain Agendas and Minutes
/government/calendar/Subdomain Council Meetings
/departments/mayor-city-council/Subdomain Anchor Community Testimony
/departments/mayor-city-council/Anchor Contact Council
/departments/city-managers-off...City Manager’s Office
/city-managers-office/city-lia...Subdomain City Liaison
/city-managers-office/climate-...Subdomain Climate Action
/city-managers-office/communic...Subdomain Communications
/government/strategic-plan/Subdomain Strategic Plan
/government/department-directory/Subdomain Departments
/departments/city-attorney/Subdomain City Attorney’s Office
/departments/community-develop...Subdomain Community Development
/departments/economic-prosperi...Subdomain Economic Prosperity and Housing
/departments/financial-managem...Subdomain Financial and Management Services
/departments/fire-department/Subdomain Vancouver Fire Department
/departments/hr/Subdomain Human Resources
/departments/parks-recreation-...Subdomain Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services
/departments/police/Subdomain Vancouver Police Department
/departments/public-works/Subdomain Public Works
/government/boards-commissions/Subdomain Boards and Commissions
/government/city-center-redeve...Subdomain City Center Redevelopment Authority
/government/downtown-redevelop...Subdomain Downtown Redevelopment Authority
/government/public-facilities-...Subdomain Public Facilities District Board
/business/planning-development...Subdomain Transportation Benefit District
/government/department/financi...Subdomain Interlocal Agreements
https://vancouver.municipal.co...External Subdomain Municipal Code
/government/city-charter/Subdomain City Charter
/government/public-records-req...Subdomain Public Records Request
/government/department/financi...Subdomain Budget
/about-vancouver/awards-recogn...Subdomain Awards and Recognition
/events/old-apple-tree-festiva...Subdomain Old Apple Tree Festival Oct. 5 Celebrate the history of the old apple tree with music, cider pressing, food and family fun.
https://www.beheardvancouver.o...External Subdomain Police Chief Recruitment We want to hear what the community values in police leadership.
/city-managers-office/proposit...Subdomain Police Services Levy, Proposition 4 City Council approves resolution to place police services levy, Proposition 4, on November ballot.
/government/department/public-...Subdomain Learn about PFAS View recent sampling results from August and read about actions being taken to protect water quality.
https://www.cityofvancouver.us/Anchor IMG-ALT arrow left
https://www.cityofvancouver.us/Anchor IMG-ALT arrow right
/government/department/human-r...Apply for a Job
IMG-ALT jobs icon
/business/permits-licenses-and...Building Permits
IMG-ALT building permit icon
/departments/mayor-city-council/City Council
IMG-ALT council icon
/parks-trails-and-biking/parkf...Find a Park
IMG-ALT park icon
/services/garbage-recycling/Text duplicate Garbage and Recycling
IMG-ALT recycling icon
/services/report-concern/Report a Concern
IMG-ALT report a concern icon
/services/utility-billing/Payments
IMG-ALT bill pay icon
/government/public-records-req...Text duplicate Public Records Request
IMG-ALT public records icon
/city-council-votes-to-oppose-...Subdomain No Text
/city-council-votes-to-oppose-...Subdomain City News City Council votes to oppose four statewide initiatives September 27, 2024 On Monday, Sept. 16, the Vancouver City Council accepted public testimon...
/city-releases-2023-greenhouse...Subdomain No Text
/city-releases-2023-greenhouse...Subdomain City News City releases 2023 Greenhouse Gas Inventory September 27, 2024 Steady progress on municipal emissions, but significant community-wide reductions st...
/city-council-proclaims-week-w...Subdomain No Text
/city-council-proclaims-week-w...Subdomain City News City Council Proclaims “Week Without Driving” to highlight importance of mobility access September 20, 2024 On Monday, Sept. 16, the Vancouver City...
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/page/86/Subdomain Last »
/news/View All News
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https://www.beheardvancouver.o...New window External Subdomain Police Chief recruitment What do you want to see in Vancouver’s next police chief? Take our survey.
https://www.interstatebridge.o...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.interstatebridge.o...External Subdomain Weigh in on the future of the Interstate Bridge The Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Interstate Bridge Replacement program is availa...
/events/connecting-across-cult...Subdomain City Connecting across cultures wellness fair September 28, 2024 Learn about the richness and diversity of other cultures in Vancouver, address health gaps t...
IMG-ALT People attending an event
/events/fruit-tree-gleaning/Subdomain Registration Required Events Fruit Tree Gleaning September 28, 2024 Advance registration is recommended. RSVP today! Join the City of Vancouver’s Parks, Recr...
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/events/ivy-removal-at-behrens...Subdomain Registration Required Events Ivy Removal at Behrens Woods September 28, 2024 Registration is required. Sign up today! Join the City of Vancouver’s Volunteer ...
IMG-ALT Ivy removal
/government/calendar/View All Events
/events/transportation-and-mob...Subdomain Meeting Details
/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/10...New window Subdomain Agenda Summary
IMG-ALT link
/events/healthcare-benefit-pro...Subdomain Text duplicate Meeting Details
/events/city-council-workshop-32/Subdomain Text duplicate Meeting Details
/events/city-council-meeting-44/Subdomain Text duplicate Meeting Details
https://vancouverwa.portal.civ...New window External Subdomain View All Meetings
https://www.cityofvancouver.us/Subdomain No Text
http://www.facebook.com/Vancou...New window External Subdomain Facebook
IMG-ALT facebook icon
http://twitter.com/vancouverUSNew window External Twitter
IMG-ALT twitter icon
https://instagram.com/VancouverUSNew window External Instagram
IMG-ALT instagram icon
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
IMG-ALT linked in icon
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...External Subdomain YouTube
IMG-ALT youtube icon
https://www.google.com/maps?q=...External Subdomain City Hall 415 W. 6th St. Vancouver, WA 98660
/contact/CONTACT
/city-managers-office/accessib...Subdomain Accessibility
/business/permits-licenses-and...Subdomain Text duplicate ePlans
https://cityofvancouver.us/jobs/Jobs with the City
/pay-bills-manage-accounts/Make a Payment
https://city-of-vancouver-wa-g...External Subdomain Maps
https://vancouver.municipal.co...External Subdomain Text duplicate Municipal Code
/business/permits-licenses-and...Permit Center
/government/public-records-req...Public Records
/about-vancouver/Subdomain About Vancouver
/city-managers-office/climate-...Subdomain Text duplicate Climate Action
/community/community-centers/f...Subdomain Text duplicate Firstenburg Community Center
/community/community-centers/m...Subdomain Text duplicate Marshall/Luepke Community Center
/community/neighborhoods/Subdomain Text duplicate Neighborhood Associations
https://city-of-vancouver-wa-g...External Subdomain Text duplicate Public Art Map
/government/department/public-...Subdomain Text duplicate Water Resources Education Center
/government/department/city-at...Subdomain Text duplicate City Attorney’s Office
/city-managers-office/Subdomain Text duplicate City Manager’s Office
/government/community-developm...Subdomain Text duplicate Community Development
/economic-prosperity-and-housing/Subdomain Text duplicate Economic Prosperity and Housing
/government/department/financi...Subdomain Text duplicate Financial and Management Services
/government/department/vancouv...Subdomain Fire
/government/department/human-r...Subdomain Text duplicate Human Resources
/government/department/parks-r...Subdomain Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services
/government/department/vancouv...Subdomain Police
/departments/public-works/Text duplicate Public Works
/employee-portal/Employee Portal
/website-feedback/Subdomain Website Feedback
/policies/Policies

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cityofvancouver.us/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
A Content Delivery Network like Bootstrap CDN can save bandwidth for Bootstrap front-end component library.
The page response time is excellent with 0.14 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (218 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,405 referring domains.
This page has 87,271 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,837 different ip addresses.

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Vancouver65%Check
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Tree60%Check
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Apple Tree57%Check
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Old Apple Tree56%Check
City News55%Check
Oct54%Check
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