Townofbrandon.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
77% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.55 s
File size
62.00 kB
Words
340
Media files
1
Number of links
85 internal / 4 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Brandon, VT
The page title is too short. (186 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.townofbrandon.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-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
msapplication-TileImagehttps://www.townofbrandon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-favicon-01-270x270.png
google-site-verificationCnvAufMgRj-88_eakIh9k29fuzWJI1dlJ7sQuFrw2PU
article:modified_time2024-10-16T18:16:55+00:00
langen-us
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome - Brandon, VT
og:descriptionBrandon, Vermont is a quintessential small town with a village feel, conveniently situated in west-central Vermont, midway between Middlebury and Rutland. At the foothills of the Green Mountains and close to Lake Dunmore, Brandon is centered on the Neshobe River. This is the official website of the Town of Brandon, Vermont. The town offices and…
og:urlhttps://www.townofbrandon.com/
og:site_nameBrandon, VT
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 340 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
16.5% of the text are stop words.
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 18.6 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)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 7 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
...content/uploads/2014/03/Brandon-Logo.pngTown of Brandon logoBrandon-Logo

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.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H3 Notices
H3 Recent News
H3 MEETINGS
H3 Planning Commission
H3 Energy Committee
H3 BRAVO
H4 Brandon Town Offices
H5 2024 General Election Results
H5 Budget Advisory Committee Members Sought
H5 Grove St Water Shutdown Friday 9 Aug 2024
H5 Invitation to Bid – Demolition of FEMA Buyout
H5 Forest Dale Shared Use Path- PUBLIC INPUT SOUGHT
H5 Invitation to Bid: Paving Sidewalks
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.
6 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 4 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.townofbrandon.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.townofbrandon.com/IMG-ALT Town of Brandon logo
/resources/elections/Subdomain Elections
/visit-brandon/Subdomain Visitors
/live-brandon/Subdomain Relocating
/?page_id=334Subdomain Calendars
/contact/Subdomain Contact Us Page
/departments/Subdomain Departments
/departments/assessor/Subdomain Assessor
/departments/economic-developm...Subdomain Economic Development
/departments/economic-developm...Subdomain Downtown Brandon Alliance
/departments/health-officer/Subdomain Health Officer
/departments/police/Subdomain Police
/departments/police/police-con...Subdomain Contact Information
/departments/police/employment/Subdomain Employment
/departments/policeSubdomain Anchor Information Request
/departments/policeSubdomain Anchor Sheepdog Program
/departments/public-works/Subdomain Public Works
/departments/recreation-depart...Subdomain Recreation Department
/departments/rental-housing-of...Subdomain Rental Housing
/departments/town-clerk/Subdomain Town Clerk
/departments/town-manager/Subdomain Town Manager
/departments/transfer-station-...Subdomain Transfer Station and Recycling
/departments/zoning-planning-c...Subdomain Zoning and Planning
/town-committees/Subdomain Town Committees
/town-committees/board-abatement/Subdomain Board of Abatement
/town-committees/board-cannabi...Subdomain Board of Cannabis Control Commissioners
/town-committees/board-civil-a...Subdomain Board of Civil Authority
/town-committees/board-liquor-...Subdomain Board of Liquor Control Commissioners
/town-committees/board-sewer-c...Subdomain Board of Sewer Commissioners
/town-committees/bravo/Subdomain BRAVO: Restorative Justice
/town-committees/energy-commit...Subdomain Energy Committee
/town-committees/development-r...Subdomain Development Review Board
/town-committees/historic-pres...Subdomain Historic Preservation Commission
/town-committees/planning-comm...Subdomain Planning Commission
/town-committees/planning-comm...Subdomain Brandon Town Plan
/town-committees/select-board/Subdomain Select Board
/town-committees/budget-adviso...Subdomain Budget Advisory Committee
/town-committees/trustees-publ...Subdomain Trustees of Public Funds
/town-committees/election-town...Subdomain Town Meeting
/resources/Subdomain Resources
/resources/vermont-open-meetin...Subdomain Vermont Open Meeting Law
/resources/applications/Subdomain Applications
/resources/policies-ordinances/Subdomain Policies & Ordinances
/resources/town-reports/Subdomain Reports
/brandon-tax-maps/Subdomain Maps
/resources/green-mountain-pass...Subdomain Green Mountain Passports
/resources/elections/Subdomain Text duplicate Elections
/resources/licenses/Subdomain Licenses
/resources/records/Subdomain Records
/resources/tax-billing-and-qua...Subdomain Tax Billing and Quarterly Payments
/about/notices/Subdomain News & Notices
/about/Subdomain About Brandon
/about/history-brandon/Subdomain History
/about/community/Subdomain Community
/visit-brandon/Subdomain Visitor Info
/live-brandon/Subdomain Relocating?
/contact/Subdomain Contact Us
https://main.govpilot.com/web/...External Subdomain Click here to Report a Concern!
/2024-general-election-results/Subdomain 2024 General Election Results
A-TITLE 2024 General Election Results
/budget-advisory-committee-mem...Subdomain Budget Advisory Committee Members Sought
A-TITLE Budget Advisory Committee Members Sought
/grovewater/Subdomain Grove St Water Shutdown Friday 9 Aug 2024
A-TITLE Grove St Water Shutdown Friday 9 Aug 2024
/invitation-to-bid-demolition-...Subdomain Invitation to Bid – Demolition of FEMA Buyout
A-TITLE Invitation to Bid – Demolition of FEMA Buyout
/forest-dale-shared-use-path-l...Subdomain Forest Dale Shared Use Path- PUBLIC INPUT SOUGHT
A-TITLE Forest Dale Shared Use Path- PUBLIC INPUT SOUGHT
/invitation-to-bid-paving-side...Subdomain Invitation to Bid: Paving Sidewalks
A-TITLE Invitation to Bid: Paving Sidewalks
/meetings/planning-commission-25/Subdomain Text duplicate Planning Commission
A-TITLE Planning Commission
/meetings/energy-committee-21/Subdomain Text duplicate Energy Committee
A-TITLE Energy Committee
/meetings/bravo-12/Subdomain BRAVO
A-TITLE BRAVO
/resources/tax-billing-and-qua...Subdomain No Text
/resources/tax-billing-and-qua...Subdomain Online Payments
/resources/applications/Subdomain No Text
/resources/applications/Subdomain Forms & Permits
/departments/transfer-station-...Subdomain No Text
/departments/transfer-station-...Subdomain Transfer Station
/departments/recreation-depart...Subdomain No Text
/departments/recreation-depart...Subdomain Text duplicate Recreation Department
/departments/town-clerk/for-re...Subdomain No Text
/departments/town-clerk/for-re...Subdomain For Researchers
/contact/Subdomain No Text
/contact/Subdomain Contact Directory
/departments/Subdomain Text duplicate Departments
/town-committees/Subdomain Text duplicate Town Committees
/resources/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
/about/notices/Subdomain Text duplicate News & Notices
/about/Text duplicate About Brandon
/contact/Text duplicate Contact Us
https://goo.gl/maps/BWAsrRxVrx...New window External No Text
https://goo.gl/maps/BWAsrRxVrx...New window External 49 Center Street, Brandon, VT 05733
https://terriertenacity.com/New window Nofollow External Terrier Tenacity

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.townofbrandon.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.55 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 (62 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateFri, 08 Nov 2024 03:23:28 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
link<https://www.townofbrandon.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
x-powered-byWP Engine
x-cacheablebot
cache-controlmax-age=10800, must-revalidate
x-cacheHIT: 5
x-cache-groupbot
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 60 referring domains.
This page has 109 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 55 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Brandon68%Check
Brandon Town63%Check
Town58%Check
Town Clerk49%Check
town offices48%Check
Small Town46%Check
Committee43%Check
Sought43%Check
Invitation43%Check
Bid43%Check
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