Manchester-ia.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
71% 
Page quality
72% 
Page structure
91% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.24 s
File size
71.00 kB
Words
820
Media files
12
Number of links
117 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
City of Manchester
The page title is too short. (170 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
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)
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
apple-itunes-appapp-id=1618451996
google-play-appapp-id=net.socs.manchester_ia
langen
og:typewebsite
og:titleCity of Manchester
og:imagehttps://www.manchester-ia.org/opengraph.png?v=180717
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
The average number of words per sentence of 28.5 words is high.
This page contains 820 words. That's ok.
17.8% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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.
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, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...st.weather.gov/newimages/medium/nsct.pngFair
/vimages/L17/logo.pngReturn to home
...st.weather.gov/newimages/medium/nsct.pngFair
...er/vbanner.v?type=img&gbid=62155ac506bd3delaware county economic development logo
...er/vbanner.v?type=img&gbid=62155aed74a49delaware county tourism logo
...er/vbanner.v?type=img&gbid=62155aff92ec7kmch logo
...er/vbanner.v?type=img&gbid=62155b12d8349manchester area chamber of commerce logo
...ocs.net/sharedimages/app-store-badge.pngDownload on the App Store
...s.net/sharedimages/google-play-badge.pngGet it on Google Play
...s.net/sharedimages/socs_banner_white.pngSOCS-Simplified Online Communication System (socs03)
...s.net/sharedimages/socs_banner_black.pngSOCS-Simplified Online Communication System (socs03)
Video URLWidthHeight
...modestbranding=1&rel=0&autoplay=1&mute=1

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
City of Manchester Logo
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 City of Manchester Logo
H2 City of Manchester
H3 Sign up for Email & Text Alerts!
H3 Fair
H3 Fair Duplicate text
H3 Information
H3 Next Regular City Council Meeting to be Held Monday, September 30th
H3 Council Agendas & Packets
H3 2024 I City Council Meeting Video Recordings
H3 2024 Fall Leaf Pick Up
H3 Year of Kindness
H3 Lead & Copper Service Line Inventory
H3 Homelessness & Housing Instability
H3 Iowa Flood Resilient
H3 Social
H3 Upcoming Events
H4 Sign up for Email & Text Alerts! Duplicate text
H4 Download Our App. Stay Informed.
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.
There are 8 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 21 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.manchester-ia.org/Anchor Skip to main content
A-TITLE Skips to the main content.
https://www.manchester-ia.org/Anchor Skip to navigation
A-TITLE Skips to the main menu.
/vnews/display.v?page=vlist_si...Sign up for Email & Text Alerts!
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=Nav_SigninSign In Link
A-TITLE Sign In
https://www.manchester-ia.org/City of Manchester Logo
IMG-ALT Return to home
A-TITLE Home
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=Nav_SigninText duplicate Sign In Link
A-TITLE Sign In
https://www.manchester-ia.org/Home
A-TITLE Home Link
/vnews/display.v/SEC/GovernmentGovernment
/vnews/display.v/SEC/GovernmentText duplicate Government
/vnews/display.v/SEC/GovernmentGo to Government...
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Governmen...Government - Affirmative Fair Housing Policy
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Governmen...Government - City Council
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Governmen...Government - Go to City Council...
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Governmen...Government - City Council - Agendas & Minutes
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Governmen...Government - City Council - Audits & Budget
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Governmen...Government - City Council - City Council Meeting Recordings
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Governmen...Government - Boards & Commissions
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Governmen...Government - Elections
https://codelibrary.amlegal.co...New window External Subdomain Government - Municipal Code
/vnews/display.v/SEC/DepartmentsDepartments
/vnews/display.v/SEC/DepartmentsText duplicate Departments
/vnews/display.v/SEC/DepartmentsGo to Departments...
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Administration
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Airport
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Animal Control
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Building & Zoning
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Employment
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Improvement Projects
https://www.manchesterlibraryi...New window External Subdomain Departments - Library
/vnews/display.v/ART/62029540c...New window Subdomain Departments - Police Department
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Public Safety
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Public Works
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Utilities
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Go to Utilities...
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Utilities - Utility Billing
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Utilities - Water
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Utilities - Wastewater
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departmen...Departments - Sommers, Maggie
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Economic ...Economic Development
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Economic ...Text duplicate Economic Development
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Economic ...Go to Economic Development...
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Economic ...Economic Development - Urban Revitalization Program
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Parks & R...Parks & Recreation
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Parks & R...Text duplicate Parks & Recreation
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Parks & R...Go to Parks & Recreation...
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Parks & R...Parks & Recreation - Parks, Recreation, and Culture
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Parks & R...Parks & Recreation - Kramer Aquatic Center
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Parks & R...Parks & Recreation - Recreation
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Parks & R...Parks & Recreation - Trails
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Parks & R...Parks & Recreation - Whitewater Park
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Parks & R...Parks & Recreation - Freedom is Not Free Memorial
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Parks & R...Parks & Recreation - Parks & Shelters
/vnews/display.v/ART/60f9e1555...New window Subdomain Parks & Recreation - Seibert Park & Memorial Hall
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Living in Manchester
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Text duplicate Living in Manchester
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Go to Living in Manchester...
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Living in Manchester - For the Residents
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Living in Manchester - Go to For the Residents...
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Living in Manchester - For the Residents - Education
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Living in Manchester - For the Residents - Grants & Programs
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Living in Manchester - For the Residents - Nice Neighbor
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Living in Manchester - For the Residents - Garbage & Recycling
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Living in Manchester - For the Residents - Permits & Licensing
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Living in Manchester - For the Residents - Winter: Helpful Tips
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/s...New window External Subdomain Living in Manchester - Manchester, Iowa: Good to Great
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Living in...Living in Manchester - Year of Kindness
/vnews/display.v/SEC/Forms/App...Forms/Applications/Permits
/vnews/display.v/SEC/NewsNews
/vnews/display.v/ContactUsContact Us
/vnews/display.v/SEC/NewsText duplicate News
/vcalendarCalendar
/vnews/display.v/StaffDirectoryStaff
https://www.municipalonlinepay...New window External Subdomain Bill Pay
/vnews/display.v/ART/610441f1d...FAQ
https://codelibrary.amlegal.co...New window External Subdomain City Code of Ordinances
https://beacon.schneidercorp.c...New window External Subdomain Delaware County Beacon
http://www.delawarecountyiowat...New window External Subdomain Delaware County Tourism
/pages/uploaded_files/Manchest...New window Manchester Street Map
/vnews/display.v?page=vlist_si...New window Subdomain Sign Up For Email/Text Alerts
A-TITLE Sign Up For Email/Text Alerts
https://campscui.active.com/or...New window External Subdomain Swim Lesson & Rec Program Registration
/vnotifier/?page=listmessages&...View More
/vnews/display.v/ART/66e99f961...Next Regular City Council Meeting to be Held Monday, September 30th
/vnews/display.v/ART/66e99f961...Trivial anchor text
read more
/vnews/display.v/ART/6103190ed...Council Agendas & Packets
/vnews/display.v/ART/6103190ed...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/vnews/display.v/ART/659eff186...2024 I City Council Meeting Video Recordings
/vnews/display.v/ART/659eff186...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/vnews/display.v/ART/66f17efb9...2024 Fall Leaf Pick Up
/vnews/display.v/ART/66f17efb9...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/vnews/display.v/ART/6509a5f2d...Year of Kindness
/vnews/display.v/ART/6509a5f2d...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/vnews/display.v/ART/646ce3ade...Lead & Copper Service Line Inventory
/vnews/display.v/ART/646ce3ade...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/vnews/display.v/ART/6579ea0b0...Homelessness & Housing Instability
/vnews/display.v/ART/6579ea0b0...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/vnews/display.v/ART/6571e229e...Iowa Flood Resilient
/vnews/display.v/ART/6571e229e...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
https://www.manchester-ia.org/View More News
https://www.facebook.com/Manch...External Subdomain City of Manchester
https://www.facebook.com/Manch...New window External Subdomain Manchester Fire & Rescue
https://www.facebook.com/Manch...External Subdomain Manchester Police Department
https://www.facebook.com/krame...New window External Subdomain Kramer Aquatic Center
https://www.facebook.com/Manch...External Subdomain Manchester Parks & Rec
https://www.facebook.com/Manch...New window External Subdomain Manchester Public Library
/vcalendar/New window View Calendar
/vcalendar/?Ctype=weekly&D=172...September 5, 2024
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=View_Even...9:30am to 12:00pm
/vcalendar/?Ctype=weekly&D=172...September 9, 2024
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=View_Even...5:00pm to 6:00pm
/vcalendar/?Ctype=weekly&D=172...September 12, 2024
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=View_Even...7:30am to 8:30am
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=View_Even...Text duplicate 9:30am to 12:00pm
/vcalendar/?Ctype=weekly&D=172...September 18, 2024
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=View_Even...12:00pm to 1:00pm
/vcalendar/?Ctype=weekly&D=172...September 19, 2024
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=View_Even...Text duplicate 9:30am to 12:00pm
/vcalendar/?Ctype=weekly&D=172...September 23, 2024
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=View_Even...Text duplicate 5:00pm to 6:00pm
/vcalendar/?Ctype=weekly&D=172...September 25, 2024
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=View_Even...6:30pm to 7:30pm
/vcalendar/?Ctype=weekly&D=172...September 26, 2024
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=View_Even...Text duplicate 9:30am to 12:00pm
/vcalendar/?FROMPAGE=View_Even...Text duplicate 12:00pm to 1:00pm
/vbanner/vbanner.v?type=loc&gb...New window IMG-ALT delaware county economic development logo
/vbanner/vbanner.v?type=loc&gb...New window IMG-ALT delaware county tourism logo
/vbanner/vbanner.v?type=loc&gb...New window IMG-ALT kmch logo
/vbanner/vbanner.v?type=loc&gb...New window IMG-ALT manchester area chamber of commerce logo
/vnews/display.v?page=vlist_si...Text duplicate Sign up for Email & Text Alerts!
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection[email protected]
https://www.municipalonlinepay...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Bill Pay
/vnews/display.v/ART/6109a7841...Online Bill Payment Terms and Conditions & Privacy Policy
https://itunes.apple.com/us/ap...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Download on the App Store
https://play.google.com/store/...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Get it on Google Play
https://www.filamentservices.o...New window External Subdomain SOCS Logo Link
IMG-ALT SOCS-Simplified Online Communication System (socs03)
A-TITLE SOCS-Simplified Online Communication System (socs03)
https://www.manchester-ia.org/© 2024 City of Manchester
https://www.filamentservices.o...New window External Subdomain Accessibility
https://www.filamentservices.o...New window External Subdomain Privacy Pledge
https://www.filamentservices.o...New window External Subdomain This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.manchester-ia.org/"
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 slow (1.24 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 (71 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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pragmano-cache
expiresSun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00:01 GMT
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set-cookie61 Characters
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servercloudflare
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 232 referring domains.
This page has 686 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 153 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

#Exclude SOCS areas that either don't need indexed or just have too many cross-links:
User-agent: *
#Note: Google ical subscriptions can be blocked by robots.txt.
#      Allow is an extension that google supports to fix this.
Disallow: /survey
Disallow: /vfeedback
Disallow: /vcalendar
Disallow: /vnews/email-friend.v
Disallow: /vnews/display.v/search
Disallow: /vnews/display.v/browse
Disallow: /vnews/display.v?TARGET=archive
Disallow: /vnews/display.v?TARGET=printable
Disallow: /*?in_archive=1
Disallow: /csi_control_panel
Allow: /*?template=m$
Allow: /*&template=m$
Disallow: /*?template=
Disallow: /*&template=

# Disallow this poorly behaved bot that creates invalid session ID's
User-agent: findfiles.org
Disallow: /

# Disallow this bot that sucks bandwidth at all times of day:
# http://www.searchme.com/support/spider/
User-Agent: Charlotte
Disallow: /

# Disallow this bandwidth-consuming Russian spider: spider36.yandex.ru
#(oh noes - russians may not find our schools...)
User-Agent: Yandex
Disallow: /

# Bad bot that creates tons of email-a-friend links
# http://www.majestic12.co.uk/projects/dsearch/mj12bot.php
User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

Search preview

www.manchester-ia.org
City of Manchester

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Manchester79%Check
Manchester City72%Check
City66%Check
Manchester Parks58%Check
City Council54%Check
Logo54%Check
2024 City54%Check
City Council Meeting50%Check
City Council meeting20450%Check
Sign47%Check

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