counselling-directory.org.uk | Website SEO Review

Response time

0.28 s

File size

255.70 kB

Words

599

Media files

26

Number of links

58 internal / 34 external

Meta specifications 98% achieved

Title

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Counselling Directory - Find a Counsellor Near You

The length of the page title is perfect. (457 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)

There are no duplicate words in the title

Meta Title

Meta description

(Critically important)

Find the support you deserve with Counselling Directory - your bridge to skilled counsellors and therapists near you. Part of the Happiful family.

The length of the meta description is perfect. (879 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)

Meta Description

Crawlability

(Critically important)

There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

(Important)

https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/

There is a valid canonical link specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

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Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en-gb

Server location: United States of America

The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

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There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

Other meta tags

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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.

There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.

Meta Tags

Domain

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The domain name is very long.

The domain is no subdomain.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

Page URL

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No parameters were found in the URL.

No session ID was found in the URL.

The URL does not have too many subdirectories.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

The favicon is linked correctly.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
msapplication-TileColor	#ffffff
theme-color	#ffffff
description	Find the support you deserve with Counselling Directory - your bridge to skilled counsellors and therapists near you. Part of the Happiful family.
p:domain_verify	ae90a1722ff8405f9784899465aa16f2
viewport	width=device-width,initial-scale=1
lang	en-gb
og:image	https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/resources/images/opengraph/counselling-directory.png
Content-Type	text/html; charset=UTF-8
X-UA-Compatible	IE=edge

Page quality 94% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

This page contains 599 words. That's ok.

34.2% 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.

10 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 19.86 words is good.

Content is King

Frames

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This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

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A viewport "width=device-width,initial-scale=1" is provided.

At least one Apple touch icon is specified.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 tags for this page.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

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Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.

Image SEO

There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.

Social Sharing

Additional markup

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No additional page markup was found.

HTTPS

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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
...s/images/logos/counselling-directory.png	Counselling Directory
data:[...] Base64	Logged in
data:[...] Base64	Image
data:[...] Base64	Image
data:[...] Base64	Image
data:[...] Base64	Image
data:[...] Base64	Image
data:[...] Base64	Image
data:[...] Base64	Intergenerational trauma in Indian Mauritians: A case for support
data:[...] Base64	Tina Chummun
data:[...] Base64	Trauma recovery: Overcoming shame and embracing healing
data:[...] Base64	Dr Holly Shahverdi-Cartlidge
data:[...] Base64	Why its helpful to think about why you have sex
data:[...] Base64	Jess Hoar
data:[...] Base64	Why do I always feel like I'm to blame?
data:[...] Base64	Fern Mayo
data:[...] Base64	We're PIF TICK certified
data:[...] Base64	Image
data:[...] Base64	Logged in
...s/images/logos/counselling-directory.png	Counselling Directory
data:[...] Base64	Happiful
data:[...] Base64	Happiful is proud to be a B Corporation
data:[...] Base64	Hypnotherapy Directory
data:[...] Base64	Life Coach Directory
data:[...] Base64	Nutritionist Resource
data:[...] Base64	Therapy Directory

Page structure 100% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

Find the right counsellor or therapist for you

The H1 heading is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

(Important)

The heading structure is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	Find the right counsellor or therapist for you
H2	Connecting you with help for your mental health
H2	I need mental health support
H2	Finding the right counsellor
H2	Can I have online counselling?
H2	Counselling articles
H2	We're PIF TICK certified
H2	Not sure where to start?

Link structure 68% achieved

Internal links

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Some internal link anchor texts are too long.

Some anchor texts are used more than once.

There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.

The number of internal links is ok.

All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are too many external links (34) on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
/		Counselling Directory IMG-ALT Counselling Directory
/adv-search.html	Subdomain	Find a counsellor
/topics	Subdomain	What's worrying you?
/articles/	Subdomain	Articles
/self-help.html	Subdomain	Self-helpnew
/podcasts.html	Subdomain	Podcast
/worried-about-someone.html	Subdomain	Worried about someone?
/what-is-counselling.html	Subdomain	What is counselling?
/types-of-therapy	Subdomain	Types of therapy
/psychiatrists-psychologists-p...	Subdomain	Types of therapist
/importantinfo.html	Subdomain	FAQs
/events.html	Subdomain	Events
/about.html	Subdomain	About us
/profile_shortlist.html	Nofollow Subdomain	bookmark
/adv-search.html	Nofollow Subdomain	search
https://secure.counselling-dir...	External Subdomain	Join us
https://secure.counselling-dir...	Nofollow External Subdomain	Log in
https://secure.counselling-dir...	Nofollow External Subdomain	Welcome back IMG-ALT Logged in
https://secure.counselling-dir...	Nofollow External Subdomain	Log out
/	Nofollow Anchor	menu
/	Nofollow Anchor	close
/adv-search.html	Subdomain Text duplicate	Find a counsellor
/topics	Subdomain Text duplicate	What's worrying you?
/articles/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Articles
/self-help.html	Subdomain Text duplicate	Self-helpnew
/podcasts.html	Subdomain Text duplicate	Podcast
/worried-about-someone.html	Subdomain Text duplicate	Worried about someone?
/what-is-counselling.html	Subdomain Text duplicate	What is counselling?
/types-of-therapy	Subdomain Text duplicate	Types of therapy
/psychiatrists-psychologists-p...	Subdomain Text duplicate	Types of therapist
/importantinfo.html	Subdomain Text duplicate	FAQs
/events.html	Subdomain Text duplicate	Events
/about.html	Subdomain Text duplicate	About us
https://www.facebook.com/Couns...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.instagram.com/coun...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.twitter.com/Counse...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.youtube.com/@Happi...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://secure.counselling-dir...	Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate	Log in
https://secure.counselling-dir...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Join us
https://secure.counselling-dir...	Nofollow External Subdomain	Members Area
https://secure.counselling-dir...	External Subdomain	Log out logout
/	New window Anchor	help A-TITLE More Information
/verifiedseal.html	Subdomain	verified professionals
/verifiedseal.html	Subdomain Text duplicate	verified professionals
/topics	Text duplicate	What's worrying you?
/blog/2018/09/24/how-to-find-a...		How to find a counsellor
/online-counselling.html		Find an online therapist
/articles/intergenerational-tr...	Subdomain	Intergenerational trauma in Indian Mauritians: A case for support Indian Mauritians, shaped by dual migrations and layered identities, face unique cultural c... IMG-ALT Intergenerational trauma in Indian Mauritians: A case for support
/articles/trauma-recovery-over...	Subdomain	Trauma recovery: Overcoming shame and embracing healing Heal from trauma with therapy. Overcome shame, process your experiences, and move forward with resili... IMG-ALT Trauma recovery: Overcoming shame and embracing healing
/articles/why-its-helpful-to-t...	Subdomain	Why its helpful to think about why you have sex Transform your approach to sex by exploring your needs, enhancing communication, and addressing unhelpful pat... IMG-ALT Why its helpful to think about why you have sex
/articles/why-do-i-always-feel...	Subdomain	Why do I always feel like I'm to blame? Understand how insecure attachments, internalised messages, and self-blame impact self-worth and the paths to healing... IMG-ALT Why do I always feel like I'm to blame?
/articles/	Subdomain	View all articles
/press/counselling-directory-p...	Subdomain	Trivial anchor text Read more
/site-help.html		Site help
/adv-search.html	Subdomain Text duplicate	Find a counsellor
/browse.html	Subdomain	Browse by region
/stories	Subdomain	Your stories
/helplines.html	Subdomain	Helplines
/site-help.html	Subdomain Text duplicate	Site help
/sitemap.html	Subdomain	Site map
https://secure.counselling-dir...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Join us
https://secure.counselling-dir...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Log in
/search-supervisor.html	Subdomain	Find a supervisor
/accreditation.html	Subdomain	Professional bodies
/verifiedseal.html	Subdomain	Proof policy
/about.html	Subdomain	About
https://memiah.co.uk/careers/	New window External	Careersoutbound
/contact.html	Subdomain	Contact
/cookie-policy.html	Subdomain	Cookies policy
/legalterms.html	Subdomain	Legal
/press/	Subdomain	Press
/privacy.html	Subdomain	Privacy notice
https://secure.counselling-dir...	Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate	Log in
https://secure.counselling-dir...	Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate	Join us
https://secure.counselling-dir...	External Subdomain	Manage my profile
https://secure.counselling-dir...	External Subdomain	Noticeboard
https://secure.counselling-dir...	External Subdomain	Profile statistics
https://secure.counselling-dir...	External Subdomain	logoutLog out
https://www.facebook.com/Couns...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.instagram.com/coun...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.twitter.com/Counse...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.youtube.com/@Happi...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://happiful.com/?utm_sour...	New window Nofollow External	IMG-ALT Happiful
https://happiful.com/happiful-...	New window Nofollow External	IMG-ALT Happiful is proud to be a B Corporation
https://www.hypnotherapy-direc...	New window Nofollow External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Hypnotherapy Directory
https://www.lifecoach-director...	New window Nofollow External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Life Coach Directory
https://www.nutritionist-resou...	New window Nofollow External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Nutritionist Resource
https://www.therapy-directory....	New window Nofollow External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Therapy Directory
https://memiah.co.uk/	New window External	Memiah Limited
/cookie-policy.html	New window Subdomain	these cookies

Server configuration 100% achieved

HTTP redirects

(Critically important)

This page redirects to "https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

(Important)

No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.

HTTP headers

Performance

(Somewhat important)

The page response time is excellent with 0.28 seconds.

The file size of the HTML document is fine (256 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

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vary	Accept-Encoding
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statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 100% achieved

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 6,580 referring domains.

This page has 376,957 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 3,953 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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User-agent: Baiduspider
User-Agent: AhrefsBot
User-agent: SemrushBot-SA
Disallow: /ajax/
Disallow: /xhr/
Disallow: /search.php
Disallow: /search.html
Disallow: /uploads/
Disallow: /reportenquiry.php
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: bingbot
Disallow: /ajax/
Disallow: /xhr/
Disallow: /search.php
Disallow: /search.html
Disallow: /uploads/
Disallow: /reportenquiry.php
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: *
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Counselling Directory - Find a Counsellor Near You

Find the support you deserve with Counselling Directory - your bridge to skilled counsellors and therapists near you. Part of the Happiful family.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

Keyword	Result	Recheck
counsellor or	84%	Check
Counselling	81%	Check
Counselling Directory	79%	Check
Find	77%	Check
counsellor or therapist	77%	Check
Directory Find	77%	Check
counsellor	76%	Check
Counsellor near	69%	Check
right counsellor	65%	Check
therapist	62%	Check
Counselling Online	62%	Check
near	56%	Check
right	56%	Check
PIF	54%	Check
support	52%	Check
health support	49%	Check
Mental Health Support	47%	Check
PIF TICK	47%	Check
therapists	46%	Check
health	43%	Check
mental	43%	Check
Mental Health	43%	Check
help	40%	Check
Online	40%	Check
TICK	40%	Check

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Link structure 68% achieved

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