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Meta information
59% 
Page quality
92% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.34 s
File size
63.20 kB
Words
969
Media files
12
Number of links
66 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Companies House – We use our blog to talk about the work we’re doing, offering tips and advice on starting, running and closing a company. We also share the latest developments on the changes to UK company law.
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 1942 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
We use our blog to talk about the work we’re doing, offering tips and advice on starting, running and closing a company. We also share the latest developments on the changes to UK company law.
The meta description is too long: 1202 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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 969 words. That's ok.
33.4% 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 17.22 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, viewport-fit=cover" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: read more
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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
.../148/2025/02/Blog_960-x-6404-620x413.pngA smartly dressed man sits in an office, looking at a laptop screen
.../148/2025/02/Blog_960-x-6405-620x413.png'Company names' with a red strike through it
...48/2025/01/Fair-payment-code-620x349.pngA woman is sat in her workshop, talking on the phone with a notebook in front of her
...5/01/Louise-Smyth-1.GOV_.UK_-620x413.jpgLouise Smyth, Chief Executive of Companies House smiling.
.../Ads-Int-officer_960-x-640-1-620x413.pngNo alt attribute provided
...-comms_960-x-640_960-x-640-1-620x413.pngA formally dressed woman smiles as she types on a laptop
...2024/03/CH-Campus-1280x853-1-620x413.jpgFour colleagues are working together around a laptop, smiling. One of the colleagues is pointing at the screen.
...24/03/Company-names-blog-1-1-620x413.pngA woman wearing glasses looks at a computer screen
...er-brand-social-blog-patrick-620x413.jpgPatrick Gilligan holds his Civil Service Award trophy and certificate
...mployer-brand-social-blog3-1-620x413.jpgA woman writes with a pen, whilst two colleagues look on in a group setting
...or-changes-to-UK-company-law-620x465.pngCheck boxes with a question mark, tick and a cross
...s/sites/148/2024/10/Blog-BYC-310x310.pngA professional man and woman smile whilst working together

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Blog Companies House
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Blog Companies House
H2 Third-party providers: Get ready to register as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider
H2 Third-party providers: Get ready to register as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider Duplicate text
H2 Taking a responsible approach to company names
H2 Launching the Fair Payment Code: helping businesses get paid on time
H2 Reflecting on a landmark year for Companies House
H2 What it’s like to be an intelligence officer at Companies House
H2 Authorised Corporate Service Providers: what you need to know
H2 Companies House Campus: sharing user-centred thinking across the organisation
H2 Our new powers to challenge and change company names
H2 From retail to Rising Star: how I built a fulfilling career in the Civil Service
H2 Build your career at Companies House
H2 Improving the accuracy of the Companies House register
H2 Related content and links
H2 Useful links
H3 About Companies House blog
H3 Categories
H3 Changes to UK company law
H3 Jobs at Companies House
H3 Sign up and manage updates
H3 Follow Companies House
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.gov.uk/External A-TITLE Go to the GOV.UK homepage
https://www.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain Blog
/Subdomain Companies House
https://www.gov.uk/government/...External Text duplicate Companies House
/2025/03/13/third-party-provid...Subdomain Third-party providers: Get ready to register as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider
/2025/03/13/third-party-provid...Subdomain IMG-ALT A smartly dressed man sits in an office, looking at a laptop screen
/2025/03/13/third-party-provid...Subdomain Text duplicate Third-party providers: Get ready to register as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider
/2025/03/13/third-party-provid...Subdomain Read more of Third-party providers: Get ready to register as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider
/2025/02/10/taking-a-responsib...Subdomain Taking a responsible approach to company names
/author/justin-toland-media-pr...Subdomain Justin Toland - Media & PR Lead
A-TITLE Posts by Justin Toland - Media & PR Lead
/category/legislative-reform/Subdomain Changes to UK company law
/category/starting-a-company/Subdomain Starting a company
/2025/02/10/taking-a-responsib...Subdomain Read more of Taking a responsible approach to company names
/2025/02/10/taking-a-responsib...Subdomain Anchor 1 comment
/2025/01/28/launching-the-fair...Subdomain Launching the Fair Payment Code: helping businesses get paid on time
/author/liz-barclay-small-busi...Subdomain Liz Barclay - Small Business Commissioner
A-TITLE Posts by Liz Barclay - Small Business Commissioner
/category/running-a-company/Subdomain Running a company
/2025/01/28/launching-the-fair...Subdomain Read more of Launching the Fair Payment Code: helping businesses get paid on time
/2025/01/21/reflecting-on-a-la...Subdomain Reflecting on a landmark year for Companies House
/author/louise-smyth/Subdomain Louise Smyth CBE - Chief Executive and Registrar of Companies for England and Wales
A-TITLE Posts by Louise Smyth CBE - Chief Executive and Registrar of Companies for England and Wales
/category/legislative-reform/Subdomain Text duplicate Changes to UK company law
/category/companies-house-tran...Subdomain Companies House transformation
/2025/01/21/reflecting-on-a-la...Subdomain Read more of Reflecting on a landmark year for Companies House
/2025/01/21/reflecting-on-a-la...Subdomain Anchor 12 comments
/2024/10/11/what-its-like-to-b...Subdomain What it’s like to be an intelligence officer at Companies House
/author/intelligence-team-comp...Subdomain Intelligence Team - Companies House
A-TITLE Posts by Intelligence Team - Companies House
/category/working-at-companies...Subdomain Working at Companies House
/2024/10/11/what-its-like-to-b...Subdomain Read more of What it’s like to be an intelligence officer at Companies House
/2024/10/11/what-its-like-to-b...Subdomain Anchor 6 comments
/2024/09/13/authorised-corpora...Subdomain Authorised Corporate Service Providers: what you need to know
/author/mark-buckley/Subdomain Mark Buckley - Implementation Lead, ACSP
A-TITLE Posts by Mark Buckley - Implementation Lead, ACSP
/category/legislative-reform/Subdomain Text duplicate Changes to UK company law
/category/companies-house-tran...Subdomain Text duplicate Companies House transformation
/category/running-a-company/Subdomain Text duplicate Running a company
/2024/09/13/authorised-corpora...Subdomain Read more of Authorised Corporate Service Providers: what you need to know
/2024/09/13/authorised-corpora...Subdomain Anchor 56 comments
/2024/03/28/companies-house-ca...Subdomain Companies House Campus: sharing user-centred thinking across the organisation
/author/alkistis-geropoulou-he...Subdomain Alkistis Geropoulou - Head of User-Centred Design
A-TITLE Posts by Alkistis Geropoulou - Head of User-Centred Design
/category/working-at-companies...Subdomain Text duplicate Working at Companies House
/2024/03/28/companies-house-ca...Subdomain Read more of Companies House Campus: sharing user-centred thinking across the organisation
/2024/03/26/our-new-powers-to-...Subdomain Our new powers to challenge and change company names
/author/alun-howells-principal...Subdomain Alun Howells - Principal Policy Advisor
A-TITLE Posts by Alun Howells - Principal Policy Advisor
/category/legislative-reform/Subdomain Text duplicate Changes to UK company law
/category/companies-house-tran...Subdomain Text duplicate Companies House transformation
/category/running-a-company/Subdomain Text duplicate Running a company
/2024/03/26/our-new-powers-to-...Subdomain Read more of Our new powers to challenge and change company names
/2024/03/26/our-new-powers-to-...Subdomain Anchor 7 comments
/2024/03/11/from-retail-to-ris...Subdomain From retail to Rising Star: how I built a fulfilling career in the Civil Service
/author/patrick-gilligan-head-...Subdomain Patrick Gilligan - Head of Operations, Northern Ireland
A-TITLE Posts by Patrick Gilligan - Head of Operations, Northern Ireland
/category/working-at-companies...Subdomain Text duplicate Working at Companies House
/2024/03/11/from-retail-to-ris...Subdomain Read more of From retail to Rising Star: how I built a fulfilling career in the Civil Service
/2024/02/23/build-your-career-...Subdomain Build your career at Companies House
/author/katie-jones-recruitmen...Subdomain Katie Jones - Recruitment Manager
A-TITLE Posts by Katie Jones - Recruitment Manager
/category/working-at-companies...Subdomain Text duplicate Working at Companies House
/2024/02/23/build-your-career-...Subdomain Read more of Build your career at Companies House
/2024/02/23/build-your-career-...Subdomain Anchor 4 comments
/2024/02/14/improving-the-accu...Subdomain Improving the accuracy of the Companies House register
/author/sarah-whitehead-direct...Subdomain Sarah Whitehead - Director of Strategy, Policy and External Communications
A-TITLE Posts by Sarah Whitehead - Director of Strategy, Policy and External Communications
/category/legislative-reform/Subdomain Text duplicate Changes to UK company law
/category/companies-house-tran...Subdomain Text duplicate Companies House transformation
/2024/02/14/improving-the-accu...Subdomain Read more of Improving the accuracy of the Companies House register
/2024/02/14/improving-the-accu...Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate 6 comments
/page/2/Subdomain Page 2
/page/44/Subdomain Page 44
/page/2/Subdomain Next page
https://www.gov.uk/government/...External visit our guidance pages on GOV.UK.
/about-companies-house/Subdomain Find out more about this blog.
https://changestoukcompanylaw....External Subdomain Find out how this affects you and your company.
https://www.civilservicejobs.s...New window External Subdomain Civil Service Jobs
A-TITLE https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi
https://brand.companieshouse.g...External Subdomain Visit our careers hub
/subscribe/Email
/feed/Subdomain Atom
http://www.linkedin.com/compan...External Subdomain Companies House on Linkedin
http://www.youtube.com/user/Th...External Subdomain Companies House on YouTube
http://www.facebook.com/Compan...External Subdomain Companies House on Facebook
http://twitter.com/CompaniesHouseExternal Companies House on Twitter
https://www.blog.gov.uk/External Subdomain All GOV.UK blogs
https://www.blog.gov.uk/all-po...External Subdomain All GOV.UK blog posts
https://www.gov.uk/External GOV.UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/...External All departments
https://www.blog.gov.uk/access...External Subdomain Accessibility statement
https://www.blog.gov.uk/cookiesExternal Subdomain 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://companieshouse.blog.gov.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 is excellent with 0.34 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (63 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,491 referring domains.
This page has 8,418 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 838 different ip addresses.

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