Durban.gov.za - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
61% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
64% 
Link structure
58% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.54 s
File size
70.10 kB
Words
626
Media files
33
Number of links
70 internal / 32 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY - By 2030 eThekwini will be Africa's most caring and Liveable City
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 848 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
There are more than one meta descriptions on the page. Only one is allowed.
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

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
descriptionEmpty
keywordsEmpty
authorEmpty
langen
twitter:titleEmpty
twitter:imageEmpty
twitter:urlEmpty
twitter:cardEmpty
og:titleEmpty
og:imageEmpty
og:urlEmpty
og:site_nameEmpty
og:descriptionEmpty
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 626 words. That's ok.
20.9% of the text are stop words.
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 22.44 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
25 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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

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...g-drop/Ethekwini_Municipality_logo14.pngHome Page
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/assets/icons/youtube.pngNo alt attribute provided
/assets/icons/facebook.pngNo alt attribute provided
/assets/icons/twitter.pngNo alt attribute provided
/assets/icons/whatsapp.pngNo alt attribute provided
Video URLWidthHeight
...eats-enterme-2983nhj-bus6gx-jjahsi9u.mp4
https://www.youtube.com/embed/vGgwQJ-N5-M560315
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ecv0vqezvYI100%411

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 32 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Follow us on Youtube
H3 More News
H3 #ReDiscover Durban
H3 #Connect with Durban
H4 Accounts & Payments
H4 Tenders
H4 Load Shedding
H4 E-Recruitment
H4 E-Services
H4 Report Fraud & Corruption
H4 e-Services
H4 eThekwini Electricity Meter Reading Info Lookup
H4 Fresh Produce Price Reporting
H4 Quality of Electricity Supply
H4 Supplier Self Service
H4 eThekwini Municipality GIS
H4 Indigenous Plants for your Garden
H4 Potable Water Quality
H4 Scheduled Trade & Trade Effluent Permits
H4 NGO Database
H4 Beach Water Quality
H4 General Valuation
H4 Resident / Ratepayer Forms
H4 Community Profiles 2005-2010
H4 Community Profiles 2011 - 2016
H4 CONTACT US
H4 Share & Connect
H4 Visit Our Other Sites
H5 City issues prohibition notice to s...
H5 All roads lead to Moses Mabhida Sta...
H5 City Manager conducts unannounced v...
H6 COVID-19 Updates Mayor's Blog
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 too many external links (32) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://sacoronavirus.co.za/External COVID-19 Updates
/pages/government/mayors_blog/Subdomain Mayor's Blog
https://durban.gov.za/IMG-ALT Logo
https://durban.gov.za/IMG-ALT Home Page
/pages/residents/EThekwini-Int...EThekwini Integrated Development Plan
/pages/residents/accounts_paym...Accounts & Payments
/pages/residents/applications-...Applications, Licenses & Permits
/pages/residents/cleansing-sol...Cleansing & Solid Waste Services
/pages/residents/city-integrit...City Integrity and Investigations
/pages/residents/community-hea...Community Health Services
/pages/residents/community_ser...Community Services
/pages/residents/development-p...Development Planning, Environment and Management
/pages/residents/electricity-s...Electricity Services
/pages/residents/community-par...Community Participation
/pages/residents/Durban Munici...Durban Municipal Thrift Fund
/pages/residents/environmental...Environmental Planning & Climate Protection
/pages/residents/engineeringEngineering Services
/pages/residents/human-settlem...Human Settlements
/pages/residents/disaster-mana...Public Safety & Emergency Services
/pages/residents/transportatio...Transportation Services
/pages/residents/general-valua...Valuation Roll
/pages/residents/sizakala-cust...Sizakala Customer Services
/pages/residents/water-and-san...Water & Sanitation
/storage/Documents/Spaza Shops...New window Subdomain Spaza Shops Query - English
/storage/Documents/Spaza Shops...New window Subdomain Spaza Shops Query - IsiZulu
https://icc.co.za/New window External Durban ICC
http://gis.durban.gov.za/gis_W...New window External Subdomain eThekwini Municipality GIS
/pages/business/economic-devel...Economic Development
/pages/business/markets-unitDurban Fresh Produce Market
/pages/business/catalytic-proj...Catalytic Projects
/pages/business/smme-developmentSMME Development
/pages/business/supply-chain-m...Supply Chain Management (SCM)
/storage/PDF Documents/Beaches...New window Subdomain Beaches Status
https://visitdurban.travel/New window External Durban Tourism
https://durbangreencorridor.co...New window External Green Corridor
https://www.mmstadium.com/New window External Subdomain Moses Mabhida Stadium
https://icc.co.za/New window External Text duplicate Durban ICC
/pages/visitors/parks-recreati...Parks, Recreation & Culture
https://ushakamarineworld.co.za/New window External uShaka Marine
/pages/jobs/careersJOBS
/pages/government/about-ethekwiniAbout eThekwini
/pages/government/clustersAdministrative/Clusters
/pages/government/documents?d=...New window Subdomain By-Laws
/pages/government/documents?d=...New window Subdomain Performance Monitoring & Evaluation
/pages/government/CouncilCouncil
/pages/government/documentsDocuments
/pages/government/media?year=2025New window Subdomain Press Statements
/pages/government/SDGSustainable Development Goals
/pages/government/reports-and-...Publications
/pages/government/documents?d=...New window Subdomain Annual Reports
/pages/government/public_acces...Public Access to information
/pages/government/documents?d=...New window Subdomain Budget
/storage/Documents/Integrated ...New window Tariffs Book 2025 - 2026
/storage/Documents/Integrated ...New window Draft IDP 2025 - 2026
/pages/government/documents?d=...New window Subdomain Speeches
/pages/faults/report-a-problemREPORT A PROBLEM
/storage/PDF Documents/Beaches...New window Subdomain Beach Status
/pages/residents/accounts_paym...New window Subdomain Text duplicate Accounts & Payments
/pages/business/procurementNew window Subdomain Tenders
/storage/Load Shedding Schedul...New window Subdomain Load Shedding
/pages/jobs/careersNew window Subdomain E-Recruitment
https://eservices.durban.gov.z...New window External Subdomain E-Services
https://durban.gov.za/Anchor NEWS & UPDATES
https://durban.gov.za/Anchor DO IT ONLINE
https://durban.gov.za/Anchor SOCIAL
/news/City+issues+prohibition+...City issues prohibition notice to s... The City’s Environmental Health Practitioners from the North 6 Office have served a...
IMG-ALT ...
/news/All+roads+lead+to+Moses+...All roads lead to Moses Mabhida Sta... Durban will be bringing the energy as the Moses Mabhida Stadium lights up for the hig...
IMG-ALT ...
/news/City+Manager+conducts+un...City Manager conducts unannounced v... EThekwini City Manager, Musa Mbhele, conducted a successful unannounced site visit to...
IMG-ALT ...
/pages/government/newsMore News
https://eservices.durban.gov.z...External Subdomain e-Services Register your profile here to receive accounts by email, print copy accounts and view account details for any linked account. N.B. eServices repla...
https://ethekwini.maps.arcgis....External Subdomain eThekwini Electricity Meter Reading Info Lookup Find your suburbs meter reading emailing information in two simple step
http://196.35.122.147:152/External Subdomain Fresh Produce Price Reporting View recent vegetable & fruit market prices issued by the Durban Fresh Produce Market..
/pages/government/quality-of-e...Subdomain Quality of Electricity Supply eThekwini Electricity strives to provide a high quality of supply and recognises the effects that any disturbance on the electr...
https://rfq.durban.gov.za/jde/...External Subdomain Supplier Self Service Supply Chain Operations has developed an online Request for Quotation Application which allows suppliers to view quotes and also view a...
https://gis.durban.gov.za/gis_...External Subdomain eThekwini Municipality GIS We provide technology-based services to enable business and the public achieve their objectives thus leading to improve service de...
/pages/business/indigenous-pla...Subdomain Indigenous Plants for your Garden Find out about the best local vegetation for your garden..
/pages/government/potable-wate...Subdomain Potable Water Quality Drinking Water Quality statistics for eThekwini Waterworks, Boreholes and Distribution system.
/pages/government/scheduled-tr...Subdomain Scheduled Trade & Trade Effluent Permits Apply for Scheduled Trade permits, or Trade Effluent permits online..
http://internetapps.durban.gov...External Subdomain NGO Database Search the NGO Database for civil society organisations rendering vital services within the eThekwini Municipality.
http://beachwater.durban.gov.za/External Subdomain Beach Water Quality With more than 100 kilometers of coastline, the eThekwini (Durban) region offers beaches for everybody's taste.
/pages/residents/general-valua...Subdomain General Valuation A general valuation is required to be undertaken at least once every 4 years in terms of the Municipal Property Rates Act.
/pages/residents/ratepayer-formsSubdomain Resident / Ratepayer Forms eThekwini residents can download Municipal forms online..
/pages/residents/community-pro...Subdomain Community Profiles 2005-2010 View Ward and Planning information for areas within the municipality..
/pages/residents/community-pro...Subdomain Community Profiles 2011 - 2016 View Ward and Planning information for areas within the municipality for the period between 2011 - 2016.
https://www.facebook.com/eThek...External Subdomain EThekwini Municipality
https://twitter.com/eThekwiniM...External Tweets by eThekwiniM
https://www.youtube.com/user/e...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/eThek...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/eThekwiniM...New window External No Text
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r...External Subdomain Submit Feedback about Ethekwini Municipality
https://www.facebook.com/eThek...External Subdomain Like us on Facebook
https://twitter.com/eThekwiniM...External Follow us on Twitter
https://za.linkedin.com/compan...External Subdomain Reach us on LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/user/e...External Subdomain Youtube Channel
https://www.instagram.com/ethe...External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.mmstadium.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Moses Mabhida Stadium
https://icc.co.za/External Text duplicate Durban ICC
https://www.durbanfilmoffice.c...External Subdomain Durban Film Office
https://ushakamarineworld.co.za/External UShaka Marine World
https://mile.org.za/External Subdomain Municipal Institute of Learning
/pages/government/privacy-policySubdomain Privacy Policy
/pages/government/privacy-policySubdomain Terms & Conditions

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://durban.gov.za/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.54 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.
This page loads 25 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (70 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 12 May 2025 02:56:44 GMT
serverApache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
cache-controlno-cache, private
set-cookie428 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
transfer-encodingchunked
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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 117 referring domains.
This page has 195 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 93 different ip addresses.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
EThekwini61%Check
eThekwini Municipality60%Check
Durban56%Check
Municipality56%Check
City53%Check
eThekwini Electricity51%Check
ReDiscover Durban49%Check
City Manager47%Check
City Hall45%Check
Durban Fresh Produce45%Check

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