Civil-service-careers.gov.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
91% 
Page structure
87% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
96% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.48 s
File size
483.30 kB
Words
999
Media files
13
Number of links
71 internal / 15 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Civil Service Careers
The length of the page title is perfect. (261 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/
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 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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
googlenositelinkssearchbox
msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
msapplication-TileImage/ms-icon-144x144.png
theme-color#ffffff
robotsmax-image-preview:large
langen-us
twitter:titleCivil Service Careers
twitter:descriptionDiscover careers in the Civil Service
twitter:imagehttps://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/mainImageEdited7.png
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:titleCivil Service Careers
og:descriptionDiscover careers in the Civil Service
og:imagehttps://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/mainImageEdited7.png
og:urlhttps://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 999 words. That's ok.
38.5% 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.
15 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 15.89 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, shrink-to-fit=no" 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 20 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
/wp-content/uploads/csc_logo_2-1.pngCivil Service Careers logocsc_logo_2 (1)
...tent/uploads/Benefits-no-background.jpegIllustration of two people shaking handsbenefits
...loads/Exec-leadership-no-background.jpegillustration of 3 people walking up an arrow directed towards the centre of a target boardExecutive leadership
...easonable-adjustments-no-background.jpegillustration of a group of colleagues sat around a table, items such as message bubbles, clocks, calendars and location pins float above heir headsReasonable adjustments
/wp-content/uploads/Diverse-Homepage-.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ontent/uploads/Career-Matcher-scaled.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ds/Screenshot-2023-11-27-at-09.16.31.pngColleagues sit around a table looking at a whiteboard. Someone is stood up adding coloured sticky notes to the board
/wp-content/uploads/people-2557396_1280.jpgColleagues work around a table, collaborating on a design task
...ds/Screenshot-2023-11-28-at-09.04.29.pngImage of green rolling hills and countryside
...ds/Screenshot-2023-11-28-at-10.22.25.pngIllustration of two people standing beside a large piece of paper that has a list of CVs on it
...ds/Screenshot-2023-11-28-at-09.29.36.pngIllustration of a woman walking up stairs that she draws herself
...ssets/images/open-government-licence.pngOpen Government Licence
Video URLWidthHeight
...ube.com/embed/BpNtYBH7wDo?feature=oembed640360

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Find your fit in the Civil Service
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Find your fit in the Civil Service
H2 Cookies on Civil Service Careers Site
H2 The Civil Service
H2 What do Civil Servants say?
H2 Early Careers
H2 Experienced Hires
H2 Supported Schemes
H2 Applying for a Job
H2 Supported Schemes Duplicate text
H2 We’re always looking for brilliant people to join the Civil Service
H2 This map shows some of the job vacancies across the UK right now
H2 Where will a Career in the Civil Service take you?
H2 Life at the Civil Service
H2 Entry Routes
H2 Application Guidance
H2 Supported Schemes Duplicate text
H2 Contact us
H3 Departments
H3 Professions
H3 Locations
H3 Application Guidance Duplicate text
H3 Apprenticeships
H3 Follow us
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 15 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/cookies-setSubdomain View cookies
/cookies-setSubdomain change your cookie settings
/cookies-setSubdomain Text duplicate change your cookie settings
/Anchor Skip to main content
/Subdomain IMG-ALT Civil Service Careers logo
/departments/Subdomain Departments
/professions/Subdomain Professions
/about-us/Subdomain What is the Civil Service
/workingforthecivilserviceSubdomain Working for the Civil Service
/our-locations/Subdomain Our Locations
/civil-service-networks/Subdomain Civil Service Networks
/dfe-inderjit-sanghera/Subdomain Inderjit's life at DFE
/dwp-our-people/Subdomain Alfonso's life in Cyber Security
/hmrc-blogs-from-customer-stra...Subdomain Alison and Dave's life in HMRC
/civil-service-employee-benefits/Subdomain Benefits When you work for the Civil Service, we offer a wide range of benefits with you, your family, and your future in mind. Find out more about our excel...
IMG-ALT Illustration of two people shaking hands
/apprenticeships/Subdomain Apprenticeships
/civil-service-care-leavers-in...Subdomain Care Leavers Internship Scheme
https://www.faststream.gov.uk/New window External Subdomain Civil Service Fast Stream
https://www.faststream.gov.uk/...New window External Subdomain Summer Internship Programme
/moj-unlocked-graduate-scheme/Subdomain Ministry of Justice Unlocked Graduates
/executive-leadershipSubdomain Executive Leadership
/publicsectorresourcing/Subdomain Contracting Opportunities
/evidence-house/Subdomain Evidence House
/great-place-to-work-for-veter...Subdomain Great place to work for Veterans
/prison-leaver-recruitment/Subdomain Prison Leaver Recruitment
/disability-confident-scheme/Subdomain Disability Confident Scheme
/about-gfie/Subdomain Going Forward into Employment
/guide-to-job-sharing/Subdomain The Civil Service Guide to Job Sharing The Civil Service is an equal opportunities employer that positively promotes all forms of flexible working, including...
IMG-ALT illustration of 3 people walking up an arrow directed towards the centre of a target board
/how-to-apply/Subdomain About the application process
/how-to-write-your-cv/Subdomain How to write your CV
/how-to-write-your-ps/Subdomain How to write your Personal Statement
/behaviours/Subdomain Civil Service Behaviours
/assessments-and-interviews/Subdomain Assessments and Interviews
/great-place-to-work-for-veter...Subdomain Great Place to Work for Veterans
/prison-leaver-recruitment/Subdomain Text duplicate Prison Leaver Recruitment
/disability-confident-scheme/Subdomain Text duplicate Disability Confident Scheme
/reasonable-adjustments/Subdomain Reasonable Adjustments To help you during the recruitment process, we will take into account any adjustments that could help you. Read more about reasonable ...
IMG-ALT illustration of a group of colleagues sat around a table, items such as message bubbles, clocks, calendars and location pins float above heir heads
/career-matcherTry our career matcher
https://www.civilservicejobs.s...External Subdomain Apply for jobs
A-TITLE Visit the Civil Service job site to find and apply for jobs
https://www.civilservicejobs.s...External Subdomain Find a Civil Service Apprenticeship
A-TITLE Visit the Civil Service Apprenticeship site to find and apply for apprenticeships
https://civilserviceinsight.qu...External Subdomain feedback,
/career-matcher?start=trueSubdomain Try our Career Matcher
/civil-service-employee-benefits/Subdomain Read more about Benefits
/departments/Subdomain Find out more
/professions/Subdomain Text duplicate Find out more
/our-locations/Subdomain Text duplicate Find out more
/Anchor View Department page
A-TITLE View department page for more vacancy details
/how-to-apply/Subdomain Learn about the Application Process
/apprenticeships/Subdomain Explore Apprenticeships in the Civil Service
/Subdomain Home
/departments/Subdomain Text duplicate Departments
/professions/Subdomain Text duplicate Professions
/our-locations/Subdomain Text duplicate Our Locations
/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate What is the Civil Service
/workingforthecivilservice/Subdomain Text duplicate Working for the Civil Service
/civil-service-employee-benefits/Subdomain Employee Benefits
/civil-service-networks/Subdomain Text duplicate Civil Service Networks
/apprenticeships/Subdomain Text duplicate Apprenticeships
/civil-service-care-leavers-in...Subdomain Care Leavers Internship
https://www.faststream.gov.uk/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Summer Internship Programme
https://www.faststream.gov.uk/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Civil Service Fast Stream
/executive-leadership/Subdomain Text duplicate Executive Leadership
/publicsectorresourcing/Subdomain Text duplicate Contracting Opportunities
/how-to-apply/Subdomain Text duplicate About the application process
/how-to-write-your-cv/Subdomain Text duplicate How to write your CV
/how-to-write-your-ps/Subdomain Text duplicate How to write your Personal Statement
/behaviours/Subdomain Text duplicate Civil Service Behaviours
/assessments-and-interviews/Subdomain Text duplicate Assessments and Interviews
/reasonable-adjustments/Subdomain Reasonable Adjustments
https://www.civilservicejobs.s...New window External Subdomain Civil Service Jobs Support
/great-place-to-work-for-veter...Subdomain Text duplicate Great place to work for Veterans
/prison-leaver-recruitment/Subdomain Text duplicate Prison Leaver Recruitment
/disability-confident-scheme/Subdomain Text duplicate Disability Confident Scheme
/about-gfie/Subdomain Text duplicate Going Forward into Employment
https://en-gb.facebook.com/ukc...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/ukci...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window Nofollow External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://twitter.com/UKCivilSer...New window Nofollow External Twitter
/Anchor Back to top
/cookies/Subdomain Cookies
/privacy-notice/New window Subdomain Privacy notice
https://www.gov.uk/government/...External Disability Confident
http://civilservicecommission....External Subdomain Civil Service Commission
/accessibility-statement/Subdomain Accessibility statement
/terms-and-conditions/Subdomain Terms and conditions
https://www.nationalarchives.g...External Subdomain Open Government Licence v3.0

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.48 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 (483 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 12 Apr 2024 00:50:03 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length50111
set-cookie178 Characters
serverApache
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 485 referring domains.
This page has 8,975 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 432 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

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www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk
Home | Civil Service Careers

Most important keywords

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Civil81%Check
Service81%Check
Civil Service81%Check
Civil Service Careers77%Check
career70%Check
Careers70%Check
Civil Service Jobs68%Check
Civil Servants61%Check
careers site55%Check
fit54%Check
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