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Meta information
66% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
18% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.45 s
File size
109.70 kB
Words
637
Media files
4
Number of links
92 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Sound Transit
The page title is too short. (126 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)
https://www.soundtransit.org/
There is a valid canonical link 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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GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 637 words. That's ok.
25.9% 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.
5 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.08 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 11 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)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 13 tags for this page.
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)
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
/themes/custom/soundtransit/images/logo.svgHomepage
...ustom/soundtransit/images/logo-white.svgHomepage
...ace-station.jpg?h=e2a147b4&itok=SU2K_KlgLink Light Rail Train Near Mountlake Terrace StationA Link light rail train travels through Mountlake Terrace.
/themes/custom/soundtransit/images/logo.svgSound Transit - Ride the Wave

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Homepage Homepage
The H1 heading is too short (17 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 34 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 Homepage Homepage
H2 Service Alerts
H2 Main menu
H3 Link light rail
H3 Sounder train
H3 ST Express bus
H3 Stations
H3 How to pay
H3 How to ride
H3 Service maps
H3 Say hello to a new way to get around
H3 System expansion
H3 Sound Transit Board
H3 Need assistance?
H3 Quick links
H3 Ride with us menu
H3 Get to know us menu
H3 System expansion menu
H3 Help and contacts menu
H4 Lynnwood – Angle Lake
H4 South Bellevue - Redmond Technology
H4 Tacoma Dome – St Joseph
H4 Everett – Seattle
H4 Seattle – Lakewood/Tacoma
H4 Elevator alerts
H4 Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos
H4 Community Oversight Panel Meeting
H4 Regional Contracting Forum
H4 Follow us
H5 Symphony
H5 Roosevelt
H5 1 Line extension to Lynnwood
H5 Building fast, reliable transit
H5 Upcoming events
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 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.soundtransit.org/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.soundtransit.org/IMG-ALT Homepage
https://soundtransit.microsoft...New window External Subdomain Feedback
/ride-with-us/service-alertsService Alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...1
A-TITLE 1 Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...Lynnwood – Angle Lake
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...2
A-TITLE 2 Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...South Bellevue - Redmond Technology
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...T
A-TITLE T Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...Tacoma Dome – St Joseph
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...N
A-TITLE N Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...Everett – Seattle
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...S
A-TITLE S Line alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...Seattle – Lakewood/Tacoma
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...512
A-TITLE Route 512 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...513
A-TITLE Route 513 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...522
A-TITLE Route 522 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...542
A-TITLE Route 542 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...545
A-TITLE Route 545 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...550
A-TITLE Route 550 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...554
A-TITLE Route 554 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...574
A-TITLE Route 574 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...577
A-TITLE Route 577 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...578
A-TITLE Route 578 alerts
/ride-with-us/routes-schedules...586
A-TITLE Route 586 alerts
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/s...Symphony
/ride-with-us/stops-stations/r...Roosevelt
/ride-with-us/service-alertsView all ongoing and upcoming alerts
/ride-with-us/how-to-payHow to pay
/ride-with-us/how-to-payPayment and fare information
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...How to ride
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...Riding transit in our region
/get-to-know-us/mapsService maps
/get-to-know-us/mapsLearn where Sound Transit services go
/snocolinkSay hello to a new way to get around
https://www.myorca.com/External Subdomain An ORCA card is the easiest way to pay
/ride-with-us/how-to-pay/faresSubdomain Anchor Fare info – reduced fares are available and kids ride free
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe to rider alerts
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...Subdomain Stay safe around tracks and trains
/snocolinkNow arriving, the 1 Line
/system-expansionExplore our projects
/get-to-know-us/board-directorsThe Sound Transit Board of Directors
/get-to-know-us/board-directorsSubdomain Learn more about the Board
/get-to-know-us/documents-repo...Subdomain Board documents
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos
A-TITLE Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Community Oversight Panel Meeting
A-TITLE Community Oversight Panel Meeting
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...Regional Contracting Forum
A-TITLE Regional Contracting Forum
/get-to-know-us/news-events/ca...See all events
A-TITLE See all events
/get-to-know-us/jobsJobs
/get-to-know-us/mapsSystem map
/help-contacts/translation-ser...Translation services
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...New to Sound Transit?
/get-to-know-us/news-eventsNews and events
/ride-with-us/parkingParking
/help-contacts/lost-foundLost and found
/get-to-know-us/office-civil-r...Civil rights and complaints
/ride-with-usRide with us
https://www.facebook.com/Sound...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/soundtransitExternal No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/S...External Subdomain No Text
http://instagram.com/soundtransitExternal No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
/help-contacts/business-inform...Terms, conditions and privacy policy
https://www.soundtransit.org/Home
/ride-with-usText duplicate Ride with us
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-...Text duplicate How to ride
/ride-with-us/how-to-payText duplicate How to pay
/tripplannerTrip planner
/schedulesRoutes and schedules
/ride-with-us/popular-destinat...Popular destinations
/ride-with-us/know-before-you-goKnow before you go
/ride-with-us/system-performan...System performance tracker
/get-to-know-usGet to know us
/get-to-know-us/news-eventsText duplicate News and events
/get-to-know-us/environment-su...Environment and sustainability
/get-to-know-us/mapsText duplicate Service maps
/get-to-know-us/board-directorsBoard of Directors
/get-to-know-us/doing-business...Doing business with us
/get-to-know-us/office-civil-r...Office of Civil Rights, Equity and Inclusion
/get-to-know-us/jobsText duplicate Jobs
/get-to-know-us/our-historyOur history
/get-to-know-us/our-brandOur brand
/get-to-know-us/panels-committeesPanels and committees
/get-to-know-us/paying-regiona...​Paying for regional transit
/get-to-know-us/documents-reportsDocuments and reports
/system-expansionSystem expansion
/system-expansionCurrent projects
/system-expansion/realignmentRealignment
/system-expansion-progress-reportSpring Progress Report
/system-expansion/building-systemBuilding the system
/system-expansion/creating-vib...Creating vibrant stations
/system-expansion/planning-fut...Planning future service
/system-expansion/innovation-t...Innovation and technology
/help-contactsHelp and contacts
/help-contacts/frequently-aske...Frequently asked questions
/help-contacts/translation-ser...Text duplicate Translation services
/help-contacts/lost-foundText duplicate Lost and found
/help-contacts/business-inform...Business information
/blog/lifestyleLifeSTyle
/blog/platformThe Platform blog
https://soundtransit.microsoft...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Feedback

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.soundtransit.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (2.45 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 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (110 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 02 Sep 2024 12:41:25 GMT
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
content-length112354
set-cookie97 Characters
access-control-allow-origin*
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
age2
strict-transport-securitymax-age=16070400; includeSubDomains
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.0

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 4,667 referring domains.
This page has 165,194 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,606 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# Ask all bots not to crawl any part of the site
# Comment out or remove the next line for production
# Disallow: /
# Uncomment the following for production
# by removing left-most pound sign from each line
## CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
## Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
## Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
## Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
## Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips/
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password/
Disallow: /index.php/user/register/
Disallow: /index.php/user/login/
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout/

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