Contractoruk.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
40% 
Server
61% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.35 s
File size
75.10 kB
Words
1001
Media files
20
Number of links
176 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Contractor UK: IT Contracting Resources for UK Contractors
The length of the page title is perfect. (543 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.contractoruk.com/
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 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

NameValue
GeneratorDrupal 8 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
referreralways
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 1001 words. That's ok.
25.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
14 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 20.81 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 12 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 82 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"freelancer financials: award-winning contractor mortgage and protection specialist"
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)
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
/themes/contractoruk_bootstrap/logo.pngContractor UK
/themes/contractoruk_bootstrap/logo.pngContractor UK
/themes/contractoruk_bootstrap/logo.pngContractor UK
...ges/hp-icons/cuk/ContractorMortgage1.jpgContractor Mortgages
...ges/hp-icons/cuk/ContractorPensions1.jpgContractor Pensions
/images/hp-icons/cuk/PIInsurance1.jpgPI Insurance
...es/hp-icons/cuk/ContractingOverseas1.jpgContracting Overseas
/images/hp-icons/cuk/BusinessBanking1.jpgBusiness Banking
...es/hp-icons/cuk/InsolvencySolutions1.jpgMVL Solution
...hp-icons/cuk/PrivateHealthInsurance1.jpgMedical Insurance
...ges/hp-icons/cuk/AccountingSoftware1.jpgAccounting Software
/images/hp-icons/cuk/ir35-1.jpgIR35 Insurance
/images/hp-icons/cuk/job.jpgIT contract jobs
...ntancy-150-x-50-Button-RESAVED (002).gifbutton
...iles/Smallads/SG-CUK-small-button-54.gifSG Accounting
...ebsite - Small Button - 150px x 50px.gifDanbro Accounting
...es/Small Button Giff - 150px-1 (002).gifThe Accounting Crew
...2.12.13-aardvark-CUK-banner-150x50-2.gifAardvark Accounting
...fault/files/inline-images/client-img.jpgFeatured Publications
/images/NL-signup.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Homepage
The H1 heading contains the words Homepage! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Homepage
H2 Sign up to our Weekly Newsletter
H2 Sign up to our newsletter
H3 Sidebar navigation
H3 Service Providers
H3 More News & Guides
H3 More Contractor Services
H3 Sidebar navigation Duplicate text
H3 Service Providers Duplicate text
H3 More News & Guides Duplicate text
H3 More Contractor Services Duplicate text
H3 Footer menu
H4 ContractorUK has featured in the following publications:
H4 Useful Links
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.contractoruk.com/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.contractoruk.com/IMG-ALT Contractor UK
A-TITLE Contractor UK
https://www.contractoruk.com/Anchor Toggle navigation
https://www.contractoruk.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Contractor UK
A-TITLE Contractor UK
/money/contractor-mortgages.htmlMortgages
/insuranceInsurance
/directory/contractor_accounta...Contractor Accountants
/directory/umbrella_companies....Umbrella Companies
/calculatorsCalculators
/money/free_business_bank_acco...Banking
/it_contract_jobs/Jobs
/money/contractor_pensions_adv...Pensions
/partnersPartners
/about/contracting_awards_2024...Subdomain Awards
https://www.contractoruk.com/Home
https://forums.contractoruk.com/External Subdomain Contractor Forum
/it_contract_jobs/IT Contractor Jobs
https://www.contractoruk.com/newsNews
/first_timersFirst Timer Guides
https://www.contractoruk.com/ir35IR35
/limited_companiesLimited Company Guides
/umbrella_companyUmbrella Company
/market_ratesContract Market Rates
/ebt/what-is-the-2019-loan-cha...2019 Loan Charge
/private_sector_ir35_reformPrivate Sector IR35 Reform April 2021
/directory/umbrella_companies....Text duplicate Umbrella Companies
/directory/contractor_accounta...Text duplicate Contractor Accountants
/directory/it_contractor_recru...IT Recruitment Agencies
/directory/online_accounting_s...Accounting Software
/directory/legal_and_ir35_advi...Legal & IR35 Services
/directory/financial_service_p...Financial Services
/directory/mvl_agencies.htmlLiquidation Services
/moneyMoney
/limited_companies/dividends_2...Dividends
/expensesContractor Expenses
/public_sector_contractingPublic Sector Contracting
/agency_workers_regulationsAgency Worker Regulations
https://www.contractoruk.com/vatVAT / Flat Rate VAT
https://www.contractoruk.com/ebtEmployee Benefit Trusts
/overseas_guidesContracting Overseas
https://www.contractoruk.com/mvlClosing a Company - MVL
/security_clearanceSecurity Clearance
https://www.contractoruk.com/cvCV Writing
/agenciesAgency Guides
/trainingTraining
/insuranceContractor Insurance
/money/contractor_mortgages.htmlContractor Mortgages
/money/free_business_bank_acco...Business Banking
/money/debt_recovery_services....Debt Recovery
/money/contractor_pensions_adv...Contractor Pensions
/insurance/medical_cover.htmlHealthcare insurance
/successful_contracting/life_c...Life Coaching
/money/self_assessment_tax_ret...Tax Returns
/online_company_formation/regi...Subdomain Company Formation
/urgent_contracts/Urgent Contracts
/vat/struggling_pay_your_vat.htmlSubdomain Contractor VAT
https://www.freelanceuk.com/fi...External Subdomain Freelance Directory
A-TITLE Freelance Directory
https://www.contractoruk.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Contractor UK
A-TITLE Contractor UK
/money/contractor-mortgages.htmlText duplicate Mortgages
/insuranceText duplicate Insurance
/directory/contractor_accounta...Text duplicate Contractor Accountants
/directory/umbrella_companies....Text duplicate Umbrella Companies
/calculatorsText duplicate Calculators
/money/free_business_bank_acco...Text duplicate Banking
/it_contract_jobs/Text duplicate Jobs
/money/contractor_pensions_adv...Text duplicate Pensions
/partnersText duplicate Partners
/about/contracting_awards_2024...Subdomain Text duplicate Awards
/money/contractor-mortgages.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Contractor Mortgages
/money/contractor-mortgages.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Contractor Mortgages
/money/streamline_your_retirem...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Contractor Pensions
/money/streamline_your_retirem...Subdomain Text duplicate Contractor Pensions
/insurance/professional_indemn...Subdomain IMG-ALT PI Insurance
/insurance/professional_indemn...Subdomain Text duplicate PI Insurance
/overseas_guidesSubdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Contracting Overseas
/overseas_guidesSubdomain Text duplicate Contracting Overseas
/money/starling-business-banki...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Business Banking
/money/starling-business-banki...Subdomain Text duplicate Business Banking
/mvl/need_close_your_company.htmlSubdomain IMG-ALT MVL Solution
/mvl/need_close_your_company.htmlSubdomain Closing your company
/insurance/medical_cover.htmlSubdomain IMG-ALT Medical Insurance
/insurance/medical_cover.htmlSubdomain Private Health Insurance
/directory/online_accounting_s...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Accounting Software
/directory/online_accounting_s...Subdomain Text duplicate Accounting Software
/insurance/ir35_insurance.htmlSubdomain IMG-ALT IR35 Insurance
/insurance/ir35_insurance.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate IR35 Insurance
/it_contract_jobs/Subdomain IMG-ALT IT contract jobs
/it_contract_jobs/Subdomain IT Contract Jobs
/ClickTrack/redirect.php?targe...New window Nofollow Subdomain IMG-ALT button
/ClickTrack/redirect.php?targe...New window Nofollow Subdomain IMG-ALT SG Accounting
/ClickTrack/redirect.php?targe...New window Nofollow Subdomain IMG-ALT Danbro Accounting
/ClickTrack/redirect.php?targe...New window Nofollow Subdomain IMG-ALT The Accounting Crew
/ClickTrack/redirect.php?targe...New window Nofollow Subdomain IMG-ALT Aardvark Accounting
/ClickTrack/redirect.php?targe...New window Nofollow Subdomain Freelancer Financials: Award-winning contractor mortgage and protection specialist
/news/0016373nobodys_our_chris...Nobody’s off our Christmas card list, except those umbrellas determined to make ‘due diligence’ a mockery of a requirement
/news/contracting_news/commentSubdomain Comment
/news/0016374hmrc_avoidance_li...HMRC avoidance ‘list of shame’ updates, with Alphasaint, Worx 4U, Solucionis, Acacia Management Services and Ultra Employment
/news/contracting_newsSubdomain Contracting News
/news/0016372contractors_new_m...Contractors, new Managed Service Company guidance from HMRC is incoming
/news/managed_service_companiesSubdomain Managed Service Companies
/news/0016370top_6_guilt_free_...Top six (guilt-free) ways to set boundaries as a contractor
/news/contracting_news/commentSubdomain Text duplicate Comment
/news/0016368taxmans_bitty_umb...The taxman’s bitty umbrella company market statement is more than meets the eye
/news/contracting_news/commentSubdomain Text duplicate Comment
/news/0016367hmrc_responds_pub...HMRC responds to Public Accounts Committee report, but ducks its 'IR35 reform deterring economic activity' charge
/news/ir35_newsSubdomain IR35 News
/news/0016365contractors_are_c...Contractors, are the Conservatives still the party of business?
/news/contracting_news/commentSubdomain Text duplicate Comment
/news/0016361you_probably_wont...You probably won’t like my take on umbrella regulation if you’re an IT contract recruiter like me, but here it is...
/news/contracting_news/commentSubdomain Text duplicate Comment
https://www.contractoruk.com/newsSubdomain More News
/money/contractor_mortgages_vs...Contractor mortgages vs. traditional mortgages: Five key differences to consider
/moneySubdomain Text duplicate Money
/successful_contracting/contra...As contractors often understandably ask, what is a Judicial Review?
/successful_contractingSubdomain Successful Contracting
/expenses/claiming_expenses_wh...Claiming expenses: What contractors need to know to save money
/expensesSubdomain Expenses
/ir35/eight_ways_help_stop_out...Eight ways to help stop outside IR35 turning into inside IR35
https://www.contractoruk.com/ir35Subdomain Text duplicate IR35
/limited_companies/understandi...Understanding sick pay benefits as a limited company contractor
/limited_companiesSubdomain Limited Companies
/vat/how_much_vat_do_contracto...How much VAT do contractors pay?
https://www.contractoruk.com/vatSubdomain VAT
/money/contractor_mortgages_de...Contractor mortgages demystified: Clearing up common misconceptions
/moneySubdomain Text duplicate Money
/private_sector_ir35_reform/wh...When contractors’ clients dispute IR35 status: how to handle a shock inside IR35 determination
/private_sector_ir35_reformSubdomain Private Sector IR35 Reform
/latest-guidesSubdomain More Guides
/limited_companies/free_invoic...Subdomain Free Invoice Template
/insurance/professional_indemn...Subdomain Professional Indemnity Insurance
https://www.technojobs.co.uk/New window External Subdomain IT Jobs
/mvl/contractor_mvl_solution_s...Subdomain Text duplicate Closing your company
https://www.contractoruk.com/Text duplicate Home
https://forums.contractoruk.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Contractor Forum
/it_contract_jobs/Text duplicate IT Contractor Jobs
https://www.contractoruk.com/newsText duplicate News
/first_timersText duplicate First Timer Guides
https://www.contractoruk.com/ir35Text duplicate IR35
/limited_companiesText duplicate Limited Company Guides
/umbrella_companyText duplicate Umbrella Company
/market_ratesText duplicate Contract Market Rates
/ebt/what-is-the-2019-loan-cha...Text duplicate 2019 Loan Charge
/private_sector_ir35_reformText duplicate Private Sector IR35 Reform April 2021
/directory/umbrella_companies....Text duplicate Umbrella Companies
/directory/contractor_accounta...Text duplicate Contractor Accountants
/directory/it_contractor_recru...Text duplicate IT Recruitment Agencies
/directory/online_accounting_s...Text duplicate Accounting Software
/directory/legal_and_ir35_advi...Text duplicate Legal & IR35 Services
/directory/financial_service_p...Text duplicate Financial Services
/directory/mvl_agencies.htmlText duplicate Liquidation Services
/moneyText duplicate Money
/limited_companies/dividends_2...Text duplicate Dividends
/expensesText duplicate Contractor Expenses
/public_sector_contractingText duplicate Public Sector Contracting
/agency_workers_regulationsText duplicate Agency Worker Regulations
https://www.contractoruk.com/vatText duplicate VAT / Flat Rate VAT
https://www.contractoruk.com/ebtText duplicate Employee Benefit Trusts
/overseas_guidesText duplicate Contracting Overseas
https://www.contractoruk.com/mvlText duplicate Closing a Company - MVL
/security_clearanceText duplicate Security Clearance
https://www.contractoruk.com/cvText duplicate CV Writing
/agenciesText duplicate Agency Guides
/trainingText duplicate Training
/insuranceText duplicate Contractor Insurance
/money/contractor_mortgages.htmlText duplicate Contractor Mortgages
/money/free_business_bank_acco...Text duplicate Business Banking
/money/debt_recovery_services....Text duplicate Debt Recovery
/money/contractor_pensions_adv...Text duplicate Contractor Pensions
/insurance/medical_cover.htmlText duplicate Healthcare insurance
/successful_contracting/life_c...Text duplicate Life Coaching
/money/self_assessment_tax_ret...Text duplicate Tax Returns
/online_company_formation/regi...Subdomain Text duplicate Company Formation
/urgent_contracts/Text duplicate Urgent Contracts
/vat/struggling_pay_your_vat.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Contractor VAT
https://www.freelanceuk.com/fi...External Subdomain Text duplicate Freelance Directory
A-TITLE Freelance Directory
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Linkedin
https://twitter.com/itcontractingExternal Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/Contr...External Subdomain Facebook
/about/about_us.htmlAbout
/about/contacts.htmlContact
/about/advertising.htmlAdvertising
/about/privacy_statement.htmlPrivacy
/about/terms_conditions.htmlTerms & Conditions
https://www.contractoruk.com/ContractorUK
https://www.free-work.com/New window External Subdomain Free-Work

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.contractoruk.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 7 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 12 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.35 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (75 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheHIT
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content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expires-1
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servercloudflare
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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 1,667 referring domains.
This page has 27,135 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,029 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

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password/
Disallow: /index.php/user/register/
Disallow: /index.php/user/login/
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout/

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