Churchofscotland.org.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
87% 
Link structure
50% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.49 s
File size
44.10 kB
Words
563
Media files
22
Number of links
86 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Church of Scotland
The length of the page title is perfect. (212 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Church of Scotland seeks to inspire the people of Scotland and beyond with the Good News of Jesus Christ through worshiping and serving communities.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (971 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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 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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 563 words. That's ok.
36.6% 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.
14 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 17.56 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
9 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
...ssets/file/0011/29468/logo_cofs_bold.svgThe Church of Scotland
...ssets/image/0007/132937/varieties/lg.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ssets/image/0004/132349/varieties/sm.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ssets/image/0018/130392/varieties/sm.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ssets/image/0007/128194/varieties/sm.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ssets/image/0014/114710/varieties/sm.jpgAn aerial view of St Andrew's Church in Jerusalem
.../105362/girl-in-front-of-church-door.jpgSmiling girl in front of wooden door
...ge/0004/44446/calculator-385506_1920.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...e/0010/28981/varieties/asset_listing.jpgThe Guild
.../0004/113656/varieties/asset_listing.jpgTowards Ministry
...e/0005/59234/varieties/asset_listing.jpgPriority Areas
...ssets/image/0007/132937/varieties/sm.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ssets/image/0007/132919/varieties/sm.jpgRt Rev Shaw Paterson Condorrat Parish Church
...assets/image/0010/47899/varieties/sm.jpgJane Haining
...ssets/image/0008/132695/varieties/sm.jpgHope Church Kirkcaldy
...ssets/image/0016/132910/varieties/sm.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ssets/image/0007/132838/varieties/sm.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ssets/image/0015/130551/varieties/sm.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...assets/image/0018/12609/map-scotland.pngMap of Scotland
...assets/image/0004/66892/varieties/sm.jpgSupport your local church
...ssets/image/0003/110847/varieties/sm.jpgLife events
...9/110115/life-and-work-cover-stacked.jpgLife and Work magazine

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
No taxing matter for newly ordained minister
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 29 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 No taxing matter for newly ordained minister
H2 Talking Ministry
H2 Bearing Fruit: A Financial Health-Check for Growth
H2 Featured
H2 The Moderator's Challenge
H2 Church of Scotland in Israel and Palestine
H2 Safeguarding handbook
H2 Guide to Financial Accounting
H2 Get involved
H2 Find your local church
H2 Support your local church
H2 Life events
H2 Life and Work
H3 The Guild
H3 Towards Ministry
H3 Priority Areas
H3 News
H3 No taxing matter for newly ordained minister Duplicate text
H3 Moderator helps mark 150th anniversary of North Lanarkshire church
H3 New documentary about Scots Holocaust heroine made for schools
H3 Ambitious plans to develop 'beacon of faith and love' in Kirkcaldy to meet community need
H3 Events
H3 Passion Play in a Day
H3 Presbytery Conversations: Our Voice in the Public Square
H3 Study and Sing: Hymns
H3 Donate online
H3 Baptisms, weddings and funerals
H3 The magazine of the Church of Scotland
H4 Copyright, sitemap and technical information
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
8 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 12 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 7 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://cos.churchofscotland.o...External Subdomain No, take me to settings
/homeSubdomain IMG-ALT The Church of Scotland
A-TITLE Church of Scotland homepage
/Anchor Skip to content
/get-involved/donateSubdomain Donate
/homeSubdomain Home
A-TITLE The Church of Scotland homepage
/about-usSubdomain About us
A-TITLE Who we are and how we are organised
/worshipSubdomain Worship
/get-involvedSubdomain Get involved
A-TITLE How we spread our message
/news-and-eventsSubdomain News and events
A-TITLE Latest news and events
/resourcesSubdomain Resources
/Subdomain Text duplicate Home
A-TITLE The Church of Scotland homepage
/Anchor 1
/home/nested/main-feature/caro...Nofollow Subdomain 2
/home/nested/main-feature/caro...Nofollow Subdomain 3
/home/nested/main-feature/caro...Nofollow Subdomain 4
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain No Text
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain No taxing matter for newly ordained minister
/get-involved/serve/vocations/...Subdomain No Text
/get-involved/serve/vocations/...Subdomain Talking Ministry
/get-involved/serve/vocations/...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/departments/stewards...Subdomain No Text
/about-us/departments/stewards...Subdomain Bearing Fruit: A Financial Health-Check for Growth
/about-us/departments/stewards...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/get-involved/current-appeals/...Subdomain Text duplicate Donate
/get-involved/current-appeals/...Subdomain The Moderator's Challenge
/get-involved/current-appeals/...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/our-views/church-of-...Subdomain IMG-ALT An aerial view of St Andrew's Church in Jerusalem
/about-us/our-views/church-of-...Subdomain Church of Scotland in Israel and Palestine
/about-us/our-views/church-of-...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/departments/safeguar...Subdomain IMG-ALT Smiling girl in front of wooden door
/about-us/departments/safeguar...Subdomain Safeguarding handbook
/about-us/departments/safeguar...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/departments/stewards...Subdomain No Text
/about-us/departments/stewards...Subdomain Guide to Financial Accounting
/about-us/departments/stewards...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/get-involved/the-guildSubdomain IMG-ALT The Guild
/get-involved/the-guildSubdomain Text duplicate The Guild
/get-involved/the-guildSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/get-involved/serve/vocationsSubdomain IMG-ALT Towards Ministry
/get-involved/serve/vocationsSubdomain Text duplicate Towards Ministry
/get-involved/serve/vocationsSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/departments/faith-ac...Subdomain IMG-ALT Priority Areas
/about-us/departments/faith-ac...Subdomain Text duplicate Priority Areas
/about-us/departments/faith-ac...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/Anchor News
/Anchor Events
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain No Text
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain Text duplicate No taxing matter for newly ordained minister
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain IMG-ALT Rt Rev Shaw Paterson Condorrat Parish Church
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain Moderator helps mark 150th anniversary of North Lanarkshire church
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain IMG-ALT Jane Haining
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain New documentary about Scots Holocaust heroine made for schools
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain IMG-ALT Hope Church Kirkcaldy
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain Ambitious plans to develop 'beacon of faith and love' in Kirkcaldy to meet community need
/news-and-events/events/passio...Subdomain No Text
/news-and-events/events/passio...Subdomain Passion Play in a Day
/news-and-events/events/presby...Subdomain No Text
/news-and-events/events/presby...Subdomain Presbytery Conversations: Our Voice in the Public Square
/news-and-events/events/study-...Subdomain No Text
/news-and-events/events/study-...Subdomain Study and Sing: Hymns
/contact/find-your-local-churchSubdomain IMG-ALT Map of Scotland
A-TITLE Find your nearest church
/contact/find-your-local-churchSubdomain church finder.
/get-involved/donateSubdomain IMG-ALT Support your local church
/get-involved/donateSubdomain Donate online
/get-involved/donateSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/worship/weddings-baptisms-and...Subdomain IMG-ALT Life events
/worship/weddings-baptisms-and...Subdomain Baptisms, weddings and funerals
/worship/weddings-baptisms-and...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news-and-events/life-and-workSubdomain IMG-ALT Life and Work magazine
/news-and-events/life-and-workSubdomain The magazine of the Church of Scotland
/news-and-events/life-and-workSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/get-involved/vacancies-and-vo...Subdomain Vacancies and volunteering
/about-us/departments/property...Subdomain Properties for sale
/about-us/our-faith/historical...Subdomain Historical records
/worship/weddings-baptisms-and...Subdomain Text duplicate Life events
/about-us/departments/faith-ac...Subdomain Forums, committees and departments
/about-us/general-assemblySubdomain General Assembly
/about-us/departments/safeguar...Subdomain Safeguarding Service
/about-us/departments/stewardshipSubdomain National Stewardship Programme
/site/privacy-centreSubdomain Privacy centre
/site/privacy-centre/data-prot...Subdomain Data Protection
/site/privacy-centre/your-righ...Subdomain Your rights and choices
https://cos.churchofscotland.o...External Subdomain Cookie policy and settings
/contactSubdomain Contact us
/contact/department-contactsSubdomain Departmental contacts
/contact/media-centreSubdomain Media enquiries
/contact/complaintsSubdomain Complaints
https://www.facebook.com/churc...External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE Church of Scotland Facebook
https://x.com/churchscotlandExternal X
A-TITLE Follow us on X
https://www.instagram.com/chur...External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE Church of Scotland Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/church...External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE Church of Scotland YouTube
/feeds/newsSubdomain News feed (RSS)
A-TITLE Church of Scotland news feed (RSS)
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Linkedin
A-TITLE Church of Scotland on Linkedin

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.49 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (44 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 164 referring domains.
This page has 30,728 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 144 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /notices/*
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KeywordResultRecheck
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Scotland81%Check
Church Scotland81%Check
new66%Check
local church63%Check
News and Events59%Check
taxing54%Check
matter54%Check
newly54%Check
ordained54%Check
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