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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
67% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
54% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
4.11 s
File size
120.70 kB
Words
2354
Media files
2
Number of links
7 internal / 155 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
GOV.UK blogs
The page title is too short. (132 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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 25.33 words is high.
This page contains 2354 words. That's ok.
34.5% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
33 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, viewport-fit=cover" 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 47 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
...oads/sites/169/2023/10/SmokingVaping.jpgText graphic: Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping
...5/2024/04/Childminder_Hubheader_0424.pngChildminder and child working at a desk

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
GOV.UK blogs
The H1 heading is too short (12 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 148 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 GOV.UK blogs
H2 Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping: what you need to know
H2 How to register as a childminder and receive a grant worth up to £1,200
H2 Find a blog
H2 136blogs
H2 Useful links
H3 Latest blog posts
H3 A Modern Civil Service
H3 APHA Science Blog
H3 Accelerated Capability Environment
H3 Accessibility in government
H3 Actuaries in government
H3 BEIS Digital
H3 Buying for Schools
H3 Cabinet Office Digital
H3 Central Digital and Data Office
H3 Charity Commission
H3 Children’s social care
H3 Civil Service
H3 Civil Service Fast Stream
H3 Civil Service Fast Track
H3 Civil Service Local
H3 Civil Service Quarterly
H3 Cleaning up our nuclear past: faster, safer and sooner
H3 Commission for Countering Extremism
H3 Committee on Standards in Public Life
H3 Community Interest Companies
H3 Companies House
H3 Competition and Markets Authority
H3 Creating a better place
H3 DCMS Libraries
H3 DHSC Healthcare leaders
H3 DVLA digital services
H3 DVSA digital
H3 DWP Digital
H3 Data in government
H3 Defence Digital
H3 Defra digital, data, technology and security
H3 Defra in the media
H3 Department for Transport digital
H3 Department of Health and Social Care Media Centre
H3 Design in government
H3 Design102
H3 Despatch for driver and rider trainers
H3 DfE Digital, Data and Technology
H3 Digital Skills Partnership
H3 Digital Skills and Inclusion
H3 Digital health and social care
H3 Digital people
H3 Digital trade
H3 Dragons' Den: the Intellectual Property blog
H3 ESFA Digital
H3 Enabling digital identity
H3 Environment
H3 Equality Hub
H3 Farming
H3 Fisheries Management Plans
H3 Food Standards Agency
H3 Forestry Commission
H3 Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning
H3 Geospatial Commission
H3 Government Data Architecture
H3 Government Digital Service
H3 Government Geography Profession
H3 Government Grants Community
H3 Government Internal Audit Agency
H3 Government Office for Technology Transfer
H3 Government Science and Engineering
H3 Government Shared Services
H3 Government Vets
H3 Government security
H3 Great British Nuclear blog
H3 HM Land Registry
H3 History of government
H3 Home Office Digital, Data and Technology
H3 Home Office in the media
H3 ICS Digital
H3 Infrastructure and Projects Authority
H3 Inside DIO
H3 Inside DVLA
H3 Inside GOV.UK
H3 Inside HMCTS
H3 Insolvency Service
H3 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
H3 Intellectual Property Office blog
H3 Justice Digital
H3 Legal aid
H3 Levelling Up Advisory Council
H3 Life Chance Recruitment - Going Forward into Employment (GFiE)
H3 Life at HMRC
H3 Low Pay Commission
H3 MHCLG Digital
H3 MHCLG in the Media
H3 MHRA Inspectorate
H3 Marine Science
H3 Marine developments
H3 Matters of Testing
H3 MedRegs
H3 Moving On
H3 Natural England
H3 No 10 media blog
H3 ONS Digital, Data and Technology
H3 Office for Product Safety and Standards
H3 Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
H3 Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation
H3 Office of the Public Guardian
H3 Ofsted: early years
H3 Ofsted: schools and further education & skills (FES)
H3 Ofsted: social care
H3 Online Safety Data Initiative
H3 PHE Screening
H3 Planning Inspectorate
H3 Policy Lab
H3 Public Policy Design
H3 Regulatory Policy Committee
H3 Responsible Technology Adoption Unit Blog
H3 Rural payments
H3 Services in government
H3 Social Security Advisory Committee
H3 Social care
H3 Social work with adults
H3 Strategic Command
H3 Supporting Families Programme
H3 Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s Office
H3 Systems thinking
H3 Teaching
H3 Technology in government
H3 The Disability Unit
H3 The Education Hub
H3 The King’s Awards for Enterprise
H3 The Ofqual blog
H3 The Prison Leavers Project
H3 Trade Remedies Authority
H3 UK Government Sustainable ICT
H3 UK Health Security Agency
H3 UK Hydrographic Office
H3 UK National Screening Committee
H3 UK Space Agency blog
H3 User research in government
H3 Valuation Office Agency
H3 Veterans Today
H3 Veterinary Medicines Directorate
H3 Working in the Prison and Probation Service
H3 No blogs found
H4 Data Pipeline Challenges of Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning
H4 Designing a user-centred cyber assessment service for local government
H4 Understanding the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) rotational actions declaration
H4 How generative AI is accelerating outcomes in DBT
There are too few (7) internal links on this page.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (155) on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.gov.uk/External A-TITLE Go to the GOV.UK homepage
https://www.blog.gov.uk/Subdomain GOV.UK blogs
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https://healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department of Health and Social Care Media Centre
https://healthmedia.blog.gov.u...External Subdomain Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping: what you need to know
https://educationhub.blog.gov....External Subdomain IMG-ALT Childminder and child working at a desk
https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain The Education Hub
https://educationhub.blog.gov....External Subdomain How to register as a childminder and receive a grant worth up to £1,200
https://rtau.blog.gov.uk/2024/...External Subdomain Data Pipeline Challenges of Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning
https://rtau.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Responsible Technology Adoption Unit Blog
https://mhclgdigital.blog.gov....External Subdomain Designing a user-centred cyber assessment service for local government
https://mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain MHCLG Digital
https://ruralpayments.blog.gov...External Subdomain Understanding the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) rotational actions declaration
https://ruralpayments.blog.gov...External Subdomain Rural payments
https://digitaltrade.blog.gov....External Subdomain How generative AI is accelerating outcomes in DBT
https://digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Digital trade
/all-posts/Subdomain See all blog posts
https://moderncivilservice.blo...External Subdomain A Modern Civil Service
https://aphascience.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain APHA Science Blog
https://ace.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Accelerated Capability Environment
https://accessibility.blog.gov...External Subdomain Accessibility in government
https://actuaries.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Actuaries in government
https://beisdigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain BEIS Digital
https://buyingforschools.blog....External Subdomain Buying for Schools
https://codigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Cabinet Office Digital
https://cddo.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Central Digital and Data Office
https://charitycommission.blog...External Subdomain Charity Commission
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https://civilservice.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Civil Service
https://faststream.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Civil Service Fast Stream
https://fasttrack.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Civil Service Fast Track
https://civilservicelocal.blog...External Subdomain Civil Service Local
https://quarterly.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Civil Service Quarterly
https://nda.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Cleaning up our nuclear past: faster, safer and sooner
https://extremismcommission.bl...External Subdomain Commission for Countering Extremism
https://cspl.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Committee on Standards in Public Life
https://communityinterestcompa...External Subdomain Community Interest Companies
https://companieshouse.blog.go...External Subdomain Companies House
https://competitionandmarkets....External Subdomain Competition and Markets Authority
https://environmentagency.blog...External Subdomain Creating a better place
https://dcmslibraries.blog.gov...External Subdomain DCMS Libraries
https://healthcareleaders.blog...External Subdomain DHSC Healthcare leaders
https://dvladigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain DVLA digital services
https://dvsadigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain DVSA digital
https://dwpdigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain DWP Digital
https://dataingovernment.blog....External Subdomain Data in government
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https://defradigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Defra digital, data, technology and security
https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Defra in the media
https://dftdigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department for Transport digital
https://healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Department of Health and Social Care Media Centre
https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Design in government
https://design102.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Design102
https://despatch.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Despatch for driver and rider trainers
https://dfedigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain DfE Digital, Data and Technology
https://digitalskillspartnersh...External Subdomain Digital Skills Partnership
https://digitalinclusion.blog....External Subdomain Digital Skills and Inclusion
https://digitalhealth.blog.gov...External Subdomain Digital health and social care
https://digitalpeople.blog.gov...External Subdomain Digital people
https://digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Digital trade
https://dragonsden.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Dragons' Den: the Intellectual Property blog
https://sfadigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain ESFA Digital
https://enablingdigitalidentit...External Subdomain Enabling digital identity
https://defraenvironment.blog....External Subdomain Environment
https://equalities.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Equality Hub
https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Farming
https://defrafmp.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Fisheries Management Plans
https://food.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Food Standards Agency
https://forestrycommission.blo...External Subdomain Forestry Commission
https://foresightprojects.blog...External Subdomain Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning
https://geospatialcommission.b...External Subdomain Geospatial Commission
https://dataarchitecture.blog....External Subdomain Government Data Architecture
https://gds.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Government Digital Service
https://geography.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Government Geography Profession
https://grantscommunity.blog.g...External Subdomain Government Grants Community
https://giaa.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Government Internal Audit Agency
https://gott.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Government Office for Technology Transfer
https://governmentscienceanden...External Subdomain Government Science and Engineering
https://sharedservices.blog.go...External Subdomain Government Shared Services
https://vets.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Government Vets
https://securityprofession.blo...External Subdomain Government security
https://greatbritishnuclear.bl...External Subdomain Great British Nuclear blog
https://hmlandregistry.blog.go...External Subdomain HM Land Registry
https://history.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain History of government
https://hodigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Home Office Digital, Data and Technology
https://homeofficemedia.blog.g...External Subdomain Home Office in the media
https://icsdigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain ICS Digital
https://ipa.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Infrastructure and Projects Authority
https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Inside DIO
https://insidedvla.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Inside DVLA
https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Inside GOV.UK
https://insidehmcts.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Inside HMCTS
https://insolvencyservice.blog...External Subdomain Insolvency Service
https://apprenticeships.blog.g...External Subdomain Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
https://ipo.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Intellectual Property Office blog
https://mojdigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Justice Digital
https://legalaid.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Legal aid
https://levellingupadvisorycou...External Subdomain Levelling Up Advisory Council
https://gfie.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Life Chance Recruitment - Going Forward into Employment (GFiE)
https://lifeathmrc.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Life at HMRC
https://minimumwage.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Low Pay Commission
https://mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate MHCLG Digital
https://mhclgmedia.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain MHCLG in the Media
https://mhrainspectorate.blog....External Subdomain MHRA Inspectorate
https://marinescience.blog.gov...External Subdomain Marine Science
https://marinedevelopments.blo...External Subdomain Marine developments
https://mattersoftesting.blog....External Subdomain Matters of Testing
https://medregs.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain MedRegs
https://movingon.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Moving On
https://naturalengland.blog.go...External Subdomain Natural England
https://no10media.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain No 10 media blog
https://onsdigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain ONS Digital, Data and Technology
https://opss.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Office for Product Safety and Standards
https://ofsi.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
https://otsi.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation
https://publicguardian.blog.go...External Subdomain Office of the Public Guardian
https://earlyyears.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Ofsted: early years
https://educationinspection.bl...External Subdomain Ofsted: schools and further education & skills (FES)
https://socialcareinspection.b...External Subdomain Ofsted: social care
https://onlinesafetydata.blog....External Subdomain Online Safety Data Initiative
https://phescreening.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain PHE Screening
https://planninginspectorate.b...External Subdomain Planning Inspectorate
https://openpolicy.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Policy Lab
https://publicpolicydesign.blo...External Subdomain Public Policy Design
https://rpc.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Regulatory Policy Committee
https://rtau.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Responsible Technology Adoption Unit Blog
https://ruralpayments.blog.gov...External Subdomain Text duplicate Rural payments
https://services.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Services in government
https://ssac.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Social Security Advisory Committee
https://socialcare.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Social care
https://socialworkwithadults.b...External Subdomain Social work with adults
https://stratcommand.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Strategic Command
https://supportingfamilies.blo...External Subdomain Supporting Families Programme
https://videosurveillance.blog...External Subdomain Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s Office
https://systemsthinking.blog.g...External Subdomain Systems thinking
https://teaching.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Teaching
https://technology.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Technology in government
https://disabilityunit.blog.go...External Subdomain The Disability Unit
https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate The Education Hub
https://kingsawards.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain The King’s Awards for Enterprise
https://ofqual.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain The Ofqual blog
https://prisonleaversproject.b...External Subdomain The Prison Leavers Project
https://traderemedies.blog.gov...External Subdomain Trade Remedies Authority
https://sustainableict.blog.go...External Subdomain UK Government Sustainable ICT
https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain UK Health Security Agency
https://ukhodigital.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain UK Hydrographic Office
https://nationalscreening.blog...External Subdomain UK National Screening Committee
https://space.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain UK Space Agency blog
https://userresearch.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain User research in government
https://valuationoffice.blog.g...External Subdomain Valuation Office Agency
https://veteranstoday.blog.gov...External Subdomain Veterans Today
https://vmd.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Veterinary Medicines Directorate
https://prisonjobs.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Working in the Prison and Probation Service
https://www.blog.gov.uk/Subdomain All GOV.UK blogs
/all-posts/Subdomain All GOV.UK blog posts
https://www.gov.uk/External GOV.UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/...External All departments
/accessibility-statement/Subdomain Accessibility statement
https://www.blog.gov.uk/cookiesSubdomain Cookies
https://www.nationalarchives.g...External Subdomain Open Government Licence v3.0
https://www.nationalarchives.g...External Subdomain © Crown copyright

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.blog.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
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No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (4.11 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 (121 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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