Downtownithaca.com - SEO Checker

Sign up for free! PDF Export
Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
92% 
Page quality
77% 
Page structure
57% 
Link structure
66% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
3.02 s
File size
200.30 kB
Words
801
Media files
25
Number of links
59 internal / 42 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Downtown Ithaca, New York – Restaurants, Shopping, Events, etc.
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 599 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Downtown Ithaca New York provides a variety of specialty shops, fine dining and casual restaurants, extraordinary theaters and more!
The length of the meta description is perfect. (822 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.downtownithaca.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 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=1.0
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1, noarchive, nosnippet
descriptionDowntown Ithaca New York provides a variety of specialty shops, fine dining and casual restaurants, extraordinary theaters and more!
google-site-verificationx0zTsBlkHQTpV0_TDBaPzsGp4Sd9SQhzGkYWnnGbmp0
et-api-versionv1
et-api-originhttps://www.downtownithaca.com
tec-api-versionv1
tec-api-originhttps://www.downtownithaca.com
facebook-domain-verificationieyjz7wkk18lmxpdk596lr2wbnao5e
generatorPowered by Slider Revolution 6.7.14 - responsive, Mobile-Friendly Slider Plugin for WordPress with comfortable drag and drop interface.
msapplication-TileImagehttps://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-300x300.png
article:publisherhttp://facebook.com/downtownithaca
article:modified_time2024-01-04T16:41:49+00:00
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@downtownithaca
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleDowntown Ithaca Home
og:urlhttps://www.downtownithaca.com/
og:site_nameDowntown Ithaca
og:imagehttps://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/City-Center-post-the-Ithaca-Commons.jpg
og:image:width1079
og:image:height727
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
charsetUTF-8

Test up to 1.000 webpages of downtownithaca.com with our free plan!

Try For Free
No trial. It's just free!

Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 801 words. That's ok.
28.1% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 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 16.11 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)
Some tags are too long. With 74 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"the organization behind the ithaca downtown business improvement district."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
10 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
/wp-content/uploads/logo.pngDowntown Ithaca
...ns/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.pngNo alt attribute providedDowntown Ithaca Home
/wp-content/uploads/Web-Button-Version.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/Artboard-1-50.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...content/uploads/IthacaPromise-Slider.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/Wear-a-Mask.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...BikeRack_initiatives_peeps-1-600x311.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/SHOP_900.jpgShopping Directory Link
/wp-content/uploads/DINE_900.jpgDining Directory Link
/wp-content/uploads/PLAY_900.jpgEvents Directory Link
/wp-content/uploads/VISIT_900.jpgVisitor Information Link
...ugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.pngWhat a great show! Thank you @runningtoplaces for such a wonderful evening of music and fun! Thank you @mycfcu, @community_arts_partnership for your support.
...ugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.pngInstagram post 17851487622196114
...ugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.pngCFCU Sidewalk Showcase going in now! Get in down to the Downtown Ithaca Commons!
...ugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.pngDon't miss Running to Places Theater Company, performing tomorrow, Live, in the Downtown Ithaca Commons from 5:00 to 7:00pm. #whatsnewithaca #liveperformance #followusformore
...ugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.pngInstagram post 18039036340860047
...ugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.pngGet ready for a summer of excitement at downtown Ithaca commons! Starting May 17th, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., experience a vibrant array of street performers showcasing their talents every third friday. Don't miss out on this diverse and entertaining lineup! #whatsnewithaca #sidewalkshowcase #liveperformance #followus
...s/giftcard-for-web-noboarder-600x390.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ent/uploads/TCAT_logo-e1504807712641.pngNo alt attribute provided
...oads/ILNYlogo_hor_web-e1504807790798.pngNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/Visit-Ithaca-Logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ntent/uploads/2022-Event-Graphics-43.pngTompkins County Chamber of Commerce Logo
...s/IthacaPromisePARTNERLOGO-01-scaled.jpgCity of Ithaca Seal
...lugins/bloom/images/premade-image-05.pngSubscribe To Our Newsletter
...lugins/bloom/images/premade-image-05.pngSubscribe To Our Newsletter

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Business Resources
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
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 Business Resources
H2 Events in Downtown Ithaca
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Community Initiatives & Programs
H2 News in Downtown
H2 Friendly Faces of Downtown Ithaca
H2 Downtown Ithaca is a Community for Everyone
H2 Downtown Ithaca is a Community for Everyone Duplicate text
H2 Downtown Hotels
H2 Downtown B&Bs
H2 Don't miss a moment - check us out on social media!
H2 Growth & Business Development in Downtown Ithaca
H2 Subscribe To Our Newsletter
H2 You have Successfully Subscribed!
H2 Subscribe To Our Newsletter Duplicate text
H2 You have Successfully Subscribed! Duplicate text
H3 Seeing Ithaca: through the eyes of artists
H3 Seeing Ithaca Through the Eyes of Artists
H3 The Raging Erie: Life and Labor Along the Erie Canal
H3 CFCU Summer Concert Series
H3 Resonance: A Multisensory Art Experience
H3 DOWNTOWN ITHACA ALLIANCE DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSIVITY STATEMENT OF POLICY & PRACTICES
H3 Bike Repair Station now available in Press Bay Court
H3 Tompkins Together
H3 Downtown Ithaca COVID Recovery Small Business Grant Program
H3 Ithaca reps reveals plans to add Sky Pods Transportation Network- APRIL FOOLS!!
H3 Downtown’s Chili Cook-Off is ready to spice things up in March
H3 Business Improvement District Director Announces Retirement
H3 25th Annual Dinner Awardees
H3 TCAT winter holiday service 12/24/22-1/20/23
H3 Holiday Window Display Competition Starts Today
H3 Business Resources Duplicate text
H3 Where to Stay
H3 Where to Park
H3 The Downtown Ithaca Alliance is in charge of business and economic development within the downtown district. We play an integral role as a facilitator to businesses and investors interested in down...
H3 What is Downtown Ithaca Alliance?
H3 Downtown Gift Cards
H3 Resources
H4 We are Inclusive!
H4 Follow us on Instagram
H4 Like us on Facebook
H4 Follow us on Twitter
H4 Tune in on the webcam
H4 Share this page!
H4 Our Strategic Partners
H4 Get our E-News!
H5 Surrounded by waterfalls, lakes, and forests, nowhere else in the region can you find such an impressive variety of specialty shops, fine dining and casual restaurants, extraordinary theaters, worl...
H5 Discover Downtown
H5 Search the Site:
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (42) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.facebook.com/downt...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://twitter.com/downtownit...New window External A-TITLE X / Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE LinkedIn
http://www.youtube.com/downtow...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/down...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Instagram
/about-dia/Subdomain About The Downtown Ithaca Alliance
https://www.downtownithaca.com/Subdomain IMG-ALT Downtown Ithaca
/directory/shopping/Shop
/directory/dining/Dine
/events/Subdomain Events
/visit-downtown/Subdomain Visit
/living-in-downtown-ithaca/Subdomain Live
/businessdevelopment/Subdomain Do Business
/directory/shopping/Text duplicate Shop
/directory/dining/Text duplicate Dine
/events/Subdomain Text duplicate Events
/visit-downtown/Subdomain Text duplicate Visit
/living-in-downtown-ithaca/Subdomain Text duplicate Live
/businessdevelopment/Subdomain Text duplicate Do Business
/directory/shopping/Stores
/directory/dining/Restaurants
/visit-downtown/accommodations/Hotels
/event/seeing-ithaca-through-t...Subdomain Seeing Ithaca: through the eyes of artists
A-TITLE Seeing Ithaca: through the eyes of artists
/venue/state-of-the-art-gallery/Subdomain State of the Art Gallery
/series/seeing-ithaca-through-...Subdomain A-TITLE Event Series
/event/seeing-ithaca-through-t...Subdomain Seeing Ithaca Through the Eyes of Artists
A-TITLE Seeing Ithaca Through the Eyes of Artists
/venue/state-of-the-art-gallery/Subdomain Text duplicate State of the Art Gallery
/event/the-raging-erie-life-an...Subdomain The Raging Erie: Life and Labor Along the Erie Canal
A-TITLE The Raging Erie: Life and Labor Along the Erie Canal
/venue/buffalo-street-books/Subdomain Buffalo Street Books
/series/cfcu-summer-concert-se...Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Event Series
/event/cfcu-summer-concert-ser...Subdomain CFCU Summer Concert Series
A-TITLE CFCU Summer Concert Series
/venue/bernie-milton-pavilion/Subdomain Bernie Milton Pavilion
/event/resonance-a-multisensor...Subdomain Resonance: A Multisensory Art Experience
A-TITLE Resonance: A Multisensory Art Experience
/venue/community-school-of-mus...Subdomain Community School of Music and Arts
/events/Subdomain View Calendar
A-TITLE View more events.
https://www.ithacagallerynight...New window External Subdomain No Text
/tompkinstogether/New window Subdomain No Text
http://ithacapromise.com/New window External No Text
https://youtu.be/hkc2WTE1IroExternal No Text
/deistatementofpolicypractices/Subdomain DOWNTOWN ITHACA ALLIANCE DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSIVITY STATEMENT OF POLICY & PRACTICES February 28, 2022
A-TITLE Permalink to: "DOWNTOWN ITHACA ALLIANCE DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSIVITY STATEMENT OF POLICY & PRACTICES"
/bikerepairstation/Subdomain Bike Repair Station now available in Press Bay Court November 16, 2021
A-TITLE Permalink to: "Bike Repair Station now available in Press Bay Court"
/tompkinstogether/Subdomain Tompkins Together October 29, 2021
A-TITLE Permalink to: "Tompkins Together"
/dicrsbg/Subdomain Downtown Ithaca COVID Recovery Small Business Grant Program June 17, 2021
A-TITLE Permalink to: "Downtown Ithaca COVID Recovery Small Business Grant Program"
/category/initiatives/Subdomain See all initiatives & campaigns
/skypodsithaca/Subdomain Ithaca reps reveals plans to add Sky Pods Transportation Network- APRIL FOOLS!! March 31, 2023
/downtowns-chili-cook-off/Subdomain Downtown’s Chili Cook-Off is ready to spice things up in March February 20, 2023
/edretirement/Subdomain Business Improvement District Director Announces Retirement February 8, 2023
/annual-dinner-awardees/Subdomain 25th Annual Dinner Awardees January 17, 2023
/tcatwinterholidayservice/Subdomain TCAT winter holiday service 12/24/22-1/20/23 December 20, 2022
/2022holiday-window-display-co...Subdomain Holiday Window Display Competition Starts Today November 21, 2022
/news-archive/Subdomain See all news items
/meet-awura-abena-ansah-at-alt...New window Subdomain Meet Awura-Abena Ansah at Alta Spa
/businessdevelopment/Subdomain Business Resource Site
/job-listings/Subdomain Click Here To See Current Downtown Job Openings
/directory/shoppingIMG-ALT Shopping Directory Link
/directory/diningIMG-ALT Dining Directory Link
A-TITLE directory/dining
/events/Subdomain IMG-ALT Events Directory Link
A-TITLE https://www.downtownithaca.com/events/
/visit-downtown/Subdomain IMG-ALT Visitor Information Link
A-TITLE https://www.downtownithaca.com/visit-downtown/
https://argosinn.com/External Argos Inn
http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton...External Subdomain The Hilton Garden Inn Ithaca
http://www.thehotelithaca.com/External Subdomain Hotel Ithaca
https://www.marriott.com/hotel...External Subdomain Ithaca Marriott Downtown on the Commons
http://millerinn.com/External William Henry Miller Inn
http://columbiabb.com/External The Inn on Columbia
/visit-downtown/accommodations/Subdomain Accommodations
A-TITLE https://www.downtownithaca.com/visit-downtown/accommodations/
https://parkithaca.com/off-str...External Seneca Street Garage
http://www.allproparking.com/c...External Subdomain Cayuga Street Garage
https://cityofithaca.org/705/p...New window External Parking
A-TITLE https://cityofithaca.org/705/parking-information
https://www.instagram.com/down...New window External Subdomain Hide this link
A-TITLE https://www.instagram.com/downtownithaca/
https://www.facebook.com/downt...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Hide this link
A-TITLE https://www.facebook.com/downtownithaca/
https://twitter.com/downtownit...New window External Text duplicate Hide this link
A-TITLE https://twitter.com/downtownithaca
https://awpny.com/webcam/New window External Text duplicate Hide this link
A-TITLE https://awpny.com/webcam/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7...New window Nofollow External Subdomain What a great show! Thank you @runningtoplaces for
IMG-ALT What a great show! Thank you @runningtoplaces for such a wonderful evening of music and fun! Thank you @mycfcu, @community_arts_partnership for your support.
https://www.instagram.com/reel...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Instagram post 17851487622196114
IMG-ALT Instagram post 17851487622196114
https://www.instagram.com/reel...New window Nofollow External Subdomain CFCU Sidewalk Showcase going in now! Get in down t
IMG-ALT CFCU Sidewalk Showcase going in now! Get in down to the Downtown Ithaca Commons!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Don't miss Running to Places Theater Company, perf
IMG-ALT Don't miss Running to Places Theater Company, performing tomorrow, Live, in the Downtown Ithaca Commons from 5:00 to 7:00pm. #whatsnewithaca #liveperformance...
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Instagram post 18039036340860047
IMG-ALT Instagram post 18039036340860047
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Get ready for a summer of excitement at downtown I
IMG-ALT Get ready for a summer of excitement at downtown Ithaca commons! Starting May 17th, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., experience a vibrant array of street perform...
/businessdevelopment/Subdomain Find out more
A-TITLE Business Development in downtown Ithaca
/about-diaLearn More
A-TITLE https://www.downtownithaca.com/about-dia/
https://downtown-ithaca-allian...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://downtown-ithaca-allian...External Subdomain Purchase Gift Card
A-TITLE https://downtown-ithaca-alliance.square.site/
/employeediscountprogram/Subdomain Downtown Employee Discount Program
A-TITLE https://www.downtownithaca.com/employeediscountprogram/
https://www.addtoany.com/add_t...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Facebook
https://www.addtoany.com/add_t...New window Nofollow External Subdomain A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.addtoany.com/shareExternal Subdomain No Text
https://www.tcatbus.com/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.iloveny.com/New window External Subdomain No Text
http://www.visitithaca.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Logo
https://www.facebook.com/downt...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Facebook
https://twitter.com/downtownit...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE X / Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE LinkedIn
http://www.youtube.com/downtow...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/down...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Instagram
/about-dia/Subdomain About DIA
https://downtown-ithaca-allian...External Subdomain Store
/news-archive/Subdomain News
https://www.cityofithaca.org/7...External Subdomain Text duplicate Parking
/?page_id=5773Subdomain Business
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.downtownithaca.com/"
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 is very slow (3.02 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 (200 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateThu, 01 Aug 2024 04:42:35 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
link<https://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
x-et-api-versionv1
x-et-api-roothttps://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-json/tribe/tickets/v1/
x-et-api-originhttps://www.downtownithaca.com
x-tec-api-versionv1
x-tec-api-roothttps://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-json/tribe/events/v1/
x-tec-api-originhttps://www.downtownithaca.com
x-cache-nxaccelBYPASS
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 518 referring domains.
This page has 22,159 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 379 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

#****************************************************************************
# robots.txt
#     : Robots, spiders, and search engines use this file to detmine which 
#       content they should *not* crawl while indexing your website.
#     : This system is called "The Robots Exclusion Standard."
#     : It is strongly encouraged to use a robots.txt validator to check
#       for valid syntax before any robots read it!
#
# Examples:
#
# Instruct all robots to stay out of the admin area.
#     : User-agent: *
#     : Disallow:   /admin/
#
# Restrict Google and MSN from indexing your images.
#     : User-agent: Googlebot
#     : Disallow:   /images/
#     : User-agent: MSNBot
#     : Disallow:   /images/
#****************************************************************************

User-agent: *
Disallow:

Similar sites

Search preview

www.downtownithaca.com
Downtown Ithaca, New York – Restaurants, Shopping, Events, etc.
Downtown Ithaca New York provides a variety of specialty shops, fine dining and casual restaurants, extraordinary theaters and more!

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Downtown88%Check
Ithaca88%Check
Downtown Ithaca88%Check
Downtown Business73%Check
Downtown Ithaca Alliance72%Check
Ithaca Downtown Business Improvement70%Check
Discover Downtown65%Check
Seeing Ithaca65%Check
New York64%Check
Shop64%Check
Show more keywords and terms

Test up to 1.000 webpages of downtownithaca.com with our free plan!

Try For Free
No trial. It's just free!

Cookie Policy

We use cookies to make our site work and also for analytics and advertising purposes. You can enable or disable optional cookies as desired. See the following links for more information.

Contact | Privacy

We need these so the site can function properly

So we can better understand how visitors use our website

So we can serve you tailored ads and promotions