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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
70% 
Page quality
54% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.16 s
File size
33.80 kB
Words
160
Media files
16
Number of links
76 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Durham County Council
The length of the page title is perfect. (286 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.durham.gov.uk/
https://durham.gov.uk/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
There is more than one canonical link on this page.
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
descriptionEmpty
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
generatorGOSS iCM - Intelligent Content Management
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:titleHome - Durham County Council
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome - Durham County Council
og:urlhttps://durham.gov.uk/
og:site_nameDurham County Council
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 160 words on this page. Use at least 250 words to provide useful information.
No paragraphs were detected.
27.5% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" 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 6 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
/images/static/dcc-logo.pngDurham County Council Logo
...ere-2025/carouselmob.jpg?m=1738061726560Durham Cathedral at Lumiere - mobile version
...re-2025/carouselmain.jpg?m=1738061726560Durham Cathedral at Lumiere
...ds-CGI1/carouselfive.jpg?m=1634808988260Aykley Heads CGI1
...-Warmer/carouselfive.jpg?m=1477929693703Winter Warmer
...d-waste/carouselfive.jpg?m=1737479795267Food waste and statistics
...aphone/carouselfive.jpeg?m=1736778884797Let's Talk County Durham
/images/share-facebook.pngShare this page on Facebook
/images/share-twitter.pngShare this page on Twitter
/images/share-print.pngPrint this page
/images/static/facebook-blue-bg.pngFacebook Footer Icon
/images/static/twitter-blue-bg.pngTwitter Footer Icon
/images/static/youtube-blue-bg.pngYouTube Footer Icon
/images/static/linkedin-blue-bg.pngLinkedIn Footer Icon
/images/static/insta-blue-bg.pngInstagram Footer Icon
/images/static/DCC-white-Logo.pngDCC logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Explore more...
H3 Council Tax
H3 Rubbish and recycling
H3 Schools and learning
H3 Benefits and support
H3 Roads and transport
H3 Leisure and culture
H3 Emergencies
H3 Social care and health
H3 Planning, property and environment
H3 Libraries and archives
H3 Children and families
H3 Environmental issues
H3 Housing
H3 Crime and community safety
H3 Jobs and careers
H3 Births, marriages and deaths
H3 Elections and voting
Baselink: https://durham.gov.uk/
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.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://durham.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to content
https://doitonline.durham.gov.uk/External Subdomain Do it online
https://doitonline.durham.gov....External Subdomain Login
/article/1958Have your say
/article/26877/My-Durham-searchMy Durham
https://durham.gov.uk/IMG-ALT Durham County Council Logo
A-TITLE Link to home page
/article/1869/ResidentsResidents
/article/1873/News-EventsNews & Events
https://durham.gov.uk/businessBusiness
/article/1872/CouncilCouncil
https://durham.gov.uk/Durham.gov.uk
A-TITLE Link to home page
/article/1869/ResidentsText duplicate Residents
/article/1873/News-EventsText duplicate News & Events
https://durham.gov.uk/businessText duplicate Business
/article/1872/CouncilText duplicate Council
https://doitonline.durham.gov.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Do it online
https://doitonline.durham.gov....External Subdomain Text duplicate Login
/article/1958Text duplicate Have your say
/article/26877/My-Durham-searchText duplicate My Durham
/article/32430/News-Save-the-d...IMG-ALT Durham Cathedral at Lumiere - mobile version
/article/32430/News-Save-the-d...News- Save the date! Lumiere Durham returns in 2025
A-TITLE News- Save the date! Lumiere Durham returns in 2025 - carousel
/article/32592/News-Joint-vent...IMG-ALT Aykley Heads CGI1
/article/32592/News-Joint-vent...News-Joint venture partner selected to deliver new innovation district
A-TITLE News-Joint venture partner selected to deliver new innovation district - carousel
https://durham.gov.uk/warmandwellIMG-ALT Winter Warmer
https://durham.gov.uk/warmandwellStay warm, well and safe this winter
A-TITLE Stay warm, well and safe this winter - carousel
/article/32414/Mandatory-food-...IMG-ALT Food waste and statistics
/article/32414/Mandatory-food-...Mandatory food waste collections for businesses from April
A-TITLE Mandatory food waste collections for businesses from April - carousel
/article/32387/News-Let-s-Talk...IMG-ALT Let's Talk County Durham
/article/32387/News-Let-s-Talk...News-Let's Talk County Durham
A-TITLE News-Let's Talk County Durham - carousel
https://durham.gov.uk/counciltaxCouncil Tax
A-TITLE Council Tax - explore
https://durham.gov.uk/recyclingRubbish and recycling
A-TITLE Rubbish and recycling - explore
https://durham.gov.uk/educationSchools and learning
A-TITLE Schools and learning - explore
https://durham.gov.uk/benefitsBenefits and support
A-TITLE Benefits and support - explore
https://durham.gov.uk/transportRoads and transport
A-TITLE Roads and transport - explore
/article/1935/Leisure-and-cultureLeisure and culture
A-TITLE Leisure and culture - explore
https://durham.gov.uk/emergenciesEmergencies
A-TITLE Emergencies - explore
/careandsupportSocial care and health
A-TITLE Social care and health - explore
https://durham.gov.uk/planningPlanning, property and environment
A-TITLE Planning, property and environment - explore
/article/1994/Libraries-and-ar...Libraries and archives
A-TITLE Libraries and archives - explore
/article/2074/Children-and-fam...Children and families
A-TITLE Children and families - explore
https://durham.gov.uk/environmentEnvironmental issues
A-TITLE Environmental issues - explore
https://durham.gov.uk/housingHousing
A-TITLE Housing - explore
/article/3863/Crime-and-commun...Crime and community safety
A-TITLE Crime and community safety - explore
/jobsandcareersJobs and careers
A-TITLE Jobs and careers - explore
https://durham.gov.uk/RegistrarsBirths, marriages and deaths
A-TITLE Births, marriages and deaths - explore
https://durham.gov.uk/electionsElections and voting
A-TITLE Elections and voting - explore
https://www.facebook.com/share...New window External Subdomain Share this page on Facebook
IMG-ALT Share this page on Facebook
https://twitter.com/share?url=...New window External Share this page on Twitter
IMG-ALT Share this page on Twitter
/article/4004/A-to-ZA to Z
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=AA
A-TITLE Letter A
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=BB
A-TITLE Letter B
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=CC
A-TITLE Letter C
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=DD
A-TITLE Letter D
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=EE
A-TITLE Letter E
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=FF
A-TITLE Letter F
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=GG
A-TITLE Letter G
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=HH
A-TITLE Letter H
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=II
A-TITLE Letter I
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=JJ
A-TITLE Letter J
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=KK
A-TITLE Letter K
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=LL
A-TITLE Letter L
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=MM
A-TITLE Letter M
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=NN
A-TITLE Letter N
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=OO
A-TITLE Letter O
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=PP
A-TITLE Letter P
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=QQ
A-TITLE Letter Q
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=RR
A-TITLE Letter R
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=SS
A-TITLE Letter S
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=TT
A-TITLE Letter T
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=UU
A-TITLE Letter U
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=VV
A-TITLE Letter V
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=WW
A-TITLE Letter W
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=XX
A-TITLE Letter X
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=YY
A-TITLE Letter Y
/article/4004/A-to-Z?tag=ZZ
A-TITLE Letter Z
/article/3157/Accessibility-st...Accessibility statement
https://durham.gov.uk/enquiriesContact the council
https://durham.gov.uk/legalinfoLegal info
/article/2414/Site-helpSite help
/article/2425/Gov-ukGov.uk
/article/4004/A-to-ZText duplicate A to Z
https://www.facebook.com/durha...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook Footer Icon
A-TITLE DCC on Facebook
https://twitter.com/DurhamCouncilExternal IMG-ALT Twitter Footer Icon
A-TITLE DCC on Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/D...External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube Footer Icon
A-TITLE DCC on YouTube
http://linkedin.com/company/du...External IMG-ALT LinkedIn Footer Icon
A-TITLE DCC on LinkedIn
https://instagram.com/durham_c...External IMG-ALT Instagram Footer Icon
A-TITLE DCC on Instagram
https://durham.gov.uk/IMG-ALT DCC logo

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://durham.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.16 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (34 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlno-cache, no-store
pragmano-cache
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-encodinggzip
expires-1
varyAccept-Encoding
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
x-ua-compatibleIE=Edge
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
report-to{"group":"csp-endpoint","max_age":10886400,"endpoints":[{"url":"csp-reports"}]}
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self'; report-uri csp-reports; report-to csp-endpoint;
link<https://durham.gov.uk/>; rel="canonical"
server
x-powered-by
dateSun, 23 Mar 2025 01:06:41 GMT
content-length7451
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 7,014 referring domains.
This page has 534,621 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,234 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Durham61%Check
County Durham55%Check
Durham County Council53%Check
Council52%Check
County Council50%Check
gov48%Check
environment43%Check
Share38%Check
Print38%Check
Lumiere38%Check
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