What technology does columbus.gov use?

columbus.gov is built with jQuery, Google Analytics.

Is columbus.gov secure (HTTPS)?

Yes. columbus.gov uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Aug 31, 2026.

Who hosts columbus.gov?

Hosting provider information for columbus.gov is not available yet.

What is columbus.gov's SEO score?

columbus.gov scored 70/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (fair).

What is columbus.gov's overall website score?

columbus.gov has an overall SiteGraph score of 84/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.

columbus.gov

Home - City of Columbus, Ohio

Last scanned Jul 26, 2026, 11:19 AM

Overall score

Great

Summary

Welcome to the new Columbus.gov! We are thrilled to present a revamped digital experience that caters to the needs of all users. This website uses Google Analytics. SEO is fair (70/100) and accessibility is excellent (100/100). Security scores good (80/100) and performance excellent (90/100). Top issue: Meta description longer than 160 characters.

Welcome to the new Columbus.gov! We are thrilled to present a revamped digital experience that caters to the needs of all users. Discover a website that offers improved access to valuable information and services. Whether you are a resident, business owner, or visitor, we are committed to providing a better online platform to meet your needs. Explore the updated Columbus.gov and embrace a more user-friendly and efficient online experience.

Top issues to fix

8 issues found · 1 high priority

Missing Content-Security-Policy header
Security
Add a CSP to control which sources can run scripts — the strongest single defense against XSS.
Missing X-Frame-Options header
Security
Add X-Frame-Options (or a CSP frame-ancestors rule) to prevent clickjacking via hidden iframes.
Meta description longer than 160 characters
SEO
Trim the meta description to under 160 characters to avoid truncation in search results.
Multiple H1 headings found
SEO
Keep a single H1 per page and demote the others to H2/H3.
No structured data (JSON-LD) found
SEO
Add JSON-LD (Organization, Article, Product…) to become eligible for rich results.
robots.txt not found
SEO
Publish /robots.txt with a Sitemap: directive to guide crawlers.

+2 more issues — details in the sections below.

SEO

5 issue(s) found

Performance

2.18 s

Security

HTTPS & header checks

100

Accessibility

0 issue(s) found

Not enough scan history yet to show a trend — check back after this site has been re-scanned a few more times.

Organization

Company details published in this site's own structured data.

Facebook YouTube X (Twitter)Instagram X (Twitter)

Contact

Email, phone, and address published on this site's own pages.

Phone: 614-645-3111

Meta tags

Title: Home - City of Columbus, Ohio
Description: Welcome to the new Columbus.gov! We are thrilled to present a revamped digital experience that caters to the needs of all users. Discover a website that offers improved access to valuable information and services. Whether you are a resident, business owner, or visitor, we are committed to providing a better online platform to meet your needs. Explore the updated Columbus.gov and embrace a more user-friendly and efficient online experience.
Canonical: https://www.columbus.gov/Home
Language: en-US
Charset: utf-8
Viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
Robots meta
Manifest: https://www.columbus.gov/files/ocfavicon/City/site.webmanifest?V=638245850234448667

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

jQuery Google Analytics

Hosting & CDN

Hosting provider: —
CDN provider: —
IP address: —
ASN: —

DNS records

Type	Value
A	—
AAAA	—
MX	—
TXT	—
NS	—
CAA	—
CNAME	—
IPv6 support	No

TLS / SSL certificate

Version: TLS 1.3
Issuer: Let's Encrypt
Subject: san-h2.granicusgovaccess.net
Valid from: Jun 2, 2026
Valid to: Aug 31, 2026
Days until expiry: 33
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Security headers

Strict-Transport-SecurityEnabled
Content-Security-PolicyMissing
X-Frame-OptionsMissing
X-Content-Type-OptionsEnabled
Referrer-PolicyEnabled
Permissions-PolicyMissing

Compression: gzip · 2 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 3 · H2 13 · H3 5

Links

193 internal · 13 external · 20 broken

Images

6 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

26 scripts · 4 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

11.1 KB · 151 B

Page size

105 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

robots.txt: Not found
Disallow rules: 0
sitemap.xml: Not found
URLs in sitemap: 0

SEO issues

Meta description longer than 160 characters
Multiple H1 headings found
No structured data (JSON-LD) found
robots.txt not found
sitemap.xml not found

Scan details

Requested URL: https://columbus.gov
Final URL: https://www.columbus.gov/Home
HTTP status: 200
HTTP version: HTTP/2
Response time: 2.18 s
HTML size: 105 KB
Redirect chain: https://columbus.gov → https://www.columbus.gov/ → https://www.columbus.gov/Home

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Frequently asked questions

What technology does columbus.gov use?: columbus.gov is built with jQuery, Google Analytics.
Is columbus.gov secure (HTTPS)?: Yes. columbus.gov uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Aug 31, 2026.
Who hosts columbus.gov?: Hosting provider information for columbus.gov is not available yet.
What is columbus.gov's SEO score?: columbus.gov scored 70/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (fair).
What is columbus.gov's overall website score?: columbus.gov has an overall SiteGraph score of 84/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.