Bedfordcollegegroup.ac.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
58% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
77% 
Link structure
77% 
Server
22% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.90 s
File size
169.60 kB
Words
971
Media files
35
Number of links
98 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Bedford College Group | The Bedford College Group | Further and Higher Education
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 751 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
Here you can find out about our courses, get inspired by looking at all the subjects we offer and discover what makes our campuses outstanding places to study. You can also find out about our upcoming events or keep up-to-date with the latest news.
The meta description is too long: 1535 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://bedfordcollegegroup.ac.uk/
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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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
robotsindex,follow, max-image-preview:large
descriptionHere you can find out about our courses, get inspired by looking at all the subjects we offer and discover what makes our campuses outstanding places to study. You can also find out about our upcoming events or keep up-to-date with the latest news.
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twitter:cardsummary
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twitter:titleBedford College Group | The Bedford College Group | Further and Higher Education
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og:typewebsite
og:titleBedford College Group | The Bedford College Group | Further and Higher Education
og:descriptionHere you can find out about our courses, get inspired by looking at all the subjects we offer and discover what makes our campuses outstanding places to study. You can also find out about our upcoming events or keep up-to-date with the latest news.
og:site_nameThe Bedford College Group
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 25.11 words is high.
This page contains 971 words. That's ok.
24.1% 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.
7 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" 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 19 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
...pg?fit=2048,1536&ssl=1&w=1000&quality=85Student sat at computer
...roup/img/themes/bedford-college/logo.pngThe Bedford College Group Logo
...g/themes/bedford-college/logo-colour.pngThe Bedford College Group Logo
...0317_f38e3bbb26_k.jpg?fit=1024,683&ssl=1Menu Image Download a Prospectus
...3-1-2500x2000-1-1.jpg?fit=1024,614&ssl=1Menu Image What's going on at Bedford College?
...Day-2000x1500-1-1.jpg?fit=1024,614&ssl=1Menu Image Bedford College
...3/02/rsz_dscn0353.jpg?fit=1024,768&ssl=1Menu Image Central Bedfordshire College
...761-1500x1500-1-1.jpg?fit=1024,614&ssl=1Menu Image National College for Motorsport
...2/General-SC-37-1.jpg?fit=1024,768&ssl=1Menu Image Shuttleworth College
...2021/02/50A9242-1.jpg?fit=1024,768&ssl=1Menu Image Tresham College
...arning_centre_2-1.jpg?fit=1024,683&ssl=1Menu Image The Learning Centres
...3-1-2500x2000-1-1.jpg?fit=1024,614&ssl=1Menu Image News
...42_8e0f4c644f_o-1.jpg?fit=1024,614&ssl=1Menu Image Life at College
...-e1613570357239-1.jpg?fit=914,1024&ssl=1Menu Image Events
...9820_261077bbf2_k.jpg?fit=1024,768&ssl=1Menu Image New & Returning Students 2024
...pg?fit=2048,1536&ssl=1&w=2500&quality=85Student sat at computer
...pg?fit=2048,1365&ssl=1&w=2500&quality=85Childcare at The Bedford College Group
...pg?fit=2048,1475&ssl=1&w=2500&quality=85Aerial view of Wellingborough Campus.
...pg?fit=5152,3864&ssl=1&w=2500&quality=85Central Bedfordshire College Campus (Dunstable).
...pg?fit=2048,1365&ssl=1&w=2500&quality=85Student smiling and pointing at a Apple Mac.
data:[...] Base64Exterior of the Buchanan Centre at our Bedford College Campus.
data:[...] Base64Central Bedfordshire College Campus (Dunstable).
data:[...] Base64Exterior of our National College for Motorsport campus.
data:[...] Base64Exterior of our Shuttleworth College campus.
data:[...] Base64Student outside of the Tresham College Kettering Campus.
data:[...] Base64Two students looking at a laptop
data:[...] Base64Spirol - staff and students
data:[...] Base64Art Exhibition Wicksteed Park -student and staff group.
data:[...] Base64Student smiling proudly whilst holding their artwork.
...1.png?fit=240,101&ssl=1&w=500&quality=85Collab Group Logo
...1.png?fit=100,100&ssl=1&w=500&quality=85Chartered Institution for Further Education Badge
...-1.png?fit=94,100&ssl=1&w=500&quality=85ESF Logo.
...-1.png?fit=183,89&ssl=1&w=500&quality=85Matrix Standard Badge
...O.png?fit=794,475&ssl=1&w=500&quality=85Advance HE membership logo.
...1.png?fit=850,596&ssl=1&w=500&quality=85Tes FE College of the year award

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Apply now for university level courses
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 26 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 Apply now for university level courses
H2 01. How would you like to study?
H2 02. What are you interested in?
H2 03. Where do you want to study?
H2 Exam Results & Appeals
H2 Visit our campuses
H2 Our Colleges
H2 T Levels - The next level qualification
H2 The Bedford College Group
H3 Clearing 2024
H3 Latest News
H3 Upcoming Events
H3 I have the freedom to explore ideas
H3 Cookies
H4 Bedford College
H4 Central Bedfordshire College
H4 National College for Motorsport
H4 Shuttleworth College
H4 Tresham College
H4 The Bedford College Group helps hundreds of students improve their GCSE grades
H4 Aspiring engineer success at Spirol
H4 Creative talent on display in Kettering
H4 Central Bedfordshire College GCSE Advice Day
H4 Zoological Club at Shuttleworth Session 4
H4 Zoological Club at Shuttleworth Session 3
H6 Connect with us
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 8 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Open CTA Modal
/clearing-2024/Find out more about Clearing
/Anchor Skip to main content
/about/events/Events
/about/news/News
/study/employers/Employers
/work-for-us/Work for us
/contact/Contact
/the-bedford-college-group-uni...University Centre
/student-life/financial-support/Financial Support
/online-store/Online Store
/search-by-career/Career Search
/IMG-ALT The Bedford College Group Logo
/Text duplicate IMG-ALT The Bedford College Group Logo
/about-us-2/our-group/Our Group
/leadership-team/Leadership team
/about/strategic-plan/Strategic Plan
/about/our-purpose-vision-and-...Our Purpose, Vision & Values
/facts-and-figures/Facts and figures
/achievements-awards-accredita...Achievements, Awards & Accreditations
/our-community/Our community
/about/social-responsibility/Social responsibility
/about/corporate-governance/Corporate Governance
/public-information/Public information
/prospectus/Download a Prospectus
IMG-ALT Menu Image Download a Prospectus
/about/news/What’s going on at Bedford College?
IMG-ALT Menu Image What's going on at Bedford College?
/study/school-leavers/Post 16 Education
/study/adult-students/Adult Education
/the-bedford-college-group-uni...University Degree Level Courses
/study/apprenticeships/Apprenticeships
/study/adult-students/distance...Distance Learning courses
/study/school-leavers/schools-...Services for Schools
/colleges-and-campuses/bedford...Bedford College
IMG-ALT Menu Image Bedford College
/central-bedfordshire-college/Central Bedfordshire College
IMG-ALT Menu Image Central Bedfordshire College
/colleges-and-campuses/nationa...National College for Motorsport
IMG-ALT Menu Image National College for Motorsport
/colleges-and-campuses/shuttle...Shuttleworth College
IMG-ALT Menu Image Shuttleworth College
/colleges-and-campuses/tresham...Tresham College
IMG-ALT Menu Image Tresham College
/colleges-and-campuses/the-lea...The Learning Centres
IMG-ALT Menu Image The Learning Centres
/about/news/Text duplicate News
IMG-ALT Menu Image News
/student-life/life-at-college/Life at College
IMG-ALT Menu Image Life at College
/student-life/student-support/Student Support
/student-life/the-library-lrc/The Library (LRC)
/student-life/l-i-v-e/L I V E
/student-life/course-fees/Course Fees
/student-life/safeguarding/Safeguarding
/student-life/financial-support/Financial support
https://form.jotform.com/22143...New window External Subdomain Financial Support Eligibility Checker
/student-life/term-dates/Term Dates
/student-life/student-support/...Additional Learning Support
/student-life/information-for-...Information for Parents/Carers
/report-support/Report & Support
/student-life/faqs/FAQs
https://www.yourspaceonline.net/External Subdomain Student Services Website
/about/events/Text duplicate Events
IMG-ALT Menu Image Events
/about/student-info-2024/New & Returning Students 2024
IMG-ALT Menu Image New & Returning Students 2024
/about/student-info-2024/Text duplicate New & Returning Students 2024
/student-life/financial-support/Text duplicate Financial Support
/online-store/Text duplicate Online Store
/search-by-career/Text duplicate Career Search
/about/events/Text duplicate Events
/about/news/Text duplicate News
/study/employers/Text duplicate Employers
/work-for-us/Text duplicate Work for us
/contact/Text duplicate Contact
/the-bedford-college-group-uni...Text duplicate University Centre
/clearing-2024/Text duplicate Find out more about Clearing
/exam-results-and-appeals-summ...Find out more
/about/events/Sign up for an open day
/colleges-and-campuses/View now
/study/school-leavers/tlevels/Text duplicate Find out more
/colleges-and-campuses/bedford...Bedford College View campuses
IMG-ALT Exterior of the Buchanan Centre at our Bedford College Campus.
/central-bedfordshire-college/Central Bedfordshire College View campuses
IMG-ALT Central Bedfordshire College Campus (Dunstable).
/colleges-and-campuses/nationa...National College for Motorsport View campus
IMG-ALT Exterior of our National College for Motorsport campus.
/colleges-and-campuses/shuttle...Shuttleworth College View campus
IMG-ALT Exterior of our Shuttleworth College campus.
/colleges-and-campuses/tresham...Tresham College View campuses
IMG-ALT Student outside of the Tresham College Kettering Campus.
/about/news/View all
/about/news/the-bedford-colleg...22 Aug 2024 The Bedford College Group helps hundreds of students improve their GCSE grades The Bedford College Group is proud to announce that 750 students a...
IMG-ALT Two students looking at a laptop
/about/news/aspiring-engineer-...27 Jun 2024 Aspiring engineer success at Spirol Corby based engineering company Spirol are celebrating over ten years of working with engineering apprentices...
IMG-ALT Spirol - staff and students
/about/news/creative-talent-on...19 Jun 2024 Creative talent on display in Kettering Tresham College creative students have shared their exceptional work at an end-of-year display. Read more
IMG-ALT Art Exhibition Wicksteed Park -student and staff group.
/about/events/Text duplicate View all
/about/events/central-bedfords...More details
/about/events/zoological-club-...Text duplicate More details
/about/events/zoological-club-...Text duplicate More details
/connect-with-us/View social channels
/accessibility-statement/Accessibility statement
/apply-now/Apply now
/contact/Text duplicate Contact
/cookies-and-re-marketing-policy/Cookies
/data-protection/Data protection
/disclaimer/Disclaimer
/complaints-and-feedback/Complaints and Feedback
https://moodle.bedford.ac.uk/External Subdomain Moodle (Bedford College)
https://hemoodle.bedford.ac.uk/External Subdomain Moodle (University Centre)
https://moodle.tresham.ac.uk/External Subdomain Moodle (Tresham College)
/about/news/Text duplicate News
/payment-of-fees/Online Payments
/about/policies-procedures/Policies & Procedures
https://proportal.bedford.ac.uk/External Subdomain ProPortal
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
/sitemap/Sitemap
http://www.yourspaceonline.net/External Subdomain Student Services website
/student-life/student-support/Text duplicate Student Support
/student-life/term-dates/Text duplicate Term Dates
/terms-and-conditions/Terms and conditions
https://thehideout.co.uk/New window External The Hideout
/cookies-and-re-marketing-policy/Trivial anchor text
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://bedfordcollegegroup.ac.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.90 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (170 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,076 referring domains.
This page has 219,312 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 635 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

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Bedford College Group | The Bedford College Group | Further and Hig...
Here you can find out about our courses, get inspired by looking at all the subjects we offer and discover what makes our campuses outstanding places to study. You can also find out about our upcoming events or keep up-to-date with the latest news.

Most important keywords

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

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Bedford70%Check
Group70%Check
Bedford College Group68%Check
Bedford College66%Check
College64%Check
courses62%Check
level courses60%Check
university level courses57%Check
level54%Check
Events54%Check
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