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Meta information
82% 
Page quality
55% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
70% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.25 s
File size
73.30 kB
Words
1729
Media files
42
Number of links
125 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to EPC - European Policy Centre
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to EPC - European Policy Centre
The length of the meta description is perfect. (383 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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
Server location: United States of America
The language is not specified in the HTML markup.
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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KeywordsEPC, European Policy Centre
DescriptionWelcome to EPC - European Policy Centre
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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 1729 words. That's ok.
36.1% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
21 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 21.69 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
The amount of tags is very high (45). We recommend using a maximum of 35 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: andrew duff
Some tags are too long. With 98 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"14-16 rue du trône, 1000 brussels, belgium | tel.: +32 (0)2 231 03 40 eu transparency register no."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
41 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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Publications
H2 Events
H2 Our Mission
H2 Our Topics
H2 Community
H2 Projects
H3 Uw login gegevens:
H5 Connect with us
H5 Media
H5 Testimonies
H5 New members
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.
14 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.epc.eu/en/web/ContactSubdomain Contact
https://www.epc.eu/enNo Text
https://www.epc.eu/en/eventsSubdomain events
https://www.epc.eu/en/aboutSubdomain about
/en/strategic-councilSubdomain strategic council
/en/governing-boardSubdomain governing board
/en/general-assemblySubdomain general assembly
https://www.epc.eu/en/partnersSubdomain partners
https://www.epc.eu/en/membersSubdomain members
https://www.epc.eu/en/financingSubdomain financing
/en/annual-reportSubdomain annual report
/en/think-tank-partnersSubdomain think tank partners
https://www.epc.eu/en/programmesAnalysis
https://www.epc.eu/en/programmesSubdomain Programmes
/en/publicationsSubdomain Publications
https://www.epc.eu/en/projectsSubdomain Projects
https://www.epc.eu/en/teamSubdomain team
/en/events-administrationSubdomain events & administration
https://www.epc.eu/en/managementSubdomain management
https://www.epc.eu/en/analystsSubdomain analysts
/en/communicationsSubdomain communications
https://www.epc.eu/en/membershipSubdomain membership
/en/external-expertsSubdomain external experts
https://www.epc.eu/en/web/contactContact us
/en/become-a-memberSubdomain become a member
/en/epc-in-the-newsSubdomain epc in the news
https://www.epc.eu/en/podcastSubdomain Podcast
https://www.epc.eu/en/vacanciesSubdomain vacancies
https://epc.eu/en/vacanciespolicy analyst vacancies
/en/open-call-for-policy-analystsSubdomain open call for policy analysts
/en/25th-anniversarySubdomain 25th anniversary
https://www.epc.eu/en/searchNo Text
/en/Publications/Ukraine-cease...Subdomain No Text
/en/search?tag=86Subdomain Security & defence
/en/Publications/Ukraine-cease...Subdomain Calm after the storm? A Trump-imposed ceasefire means doing much more to protect Ukraine and EUrope
/en/Publications/-Ukraines-mem...Subdomain No Text
/en/search?tag=568Subdomain Ukraine
/en/Publications/-Ukraines-mem...Subdomain How to fast-track Ukraine’s membership of the European Union
/en/Publications/After-Munich-...Subdomain No Text
/en/search?tag=740Subdomain Foreign policy
/en/Publications/After-Munich-...Subdomain After Munich: Europe needs more than strong words
/en/Publications/Building-Econ...Subdomain No Text
/en/search?tag=903Subdomain Economic Security
/en/Publications/Building-Econ...Subdomain Building Economic Security into Europe’s Clean Energy Agenda: Eight Recommendations for Europe’s Net-Zero Course Correction
/en/Publications/Thinking-outs...Subdomain No Text
/en/search?tag=107Subdomain Investment
/en/Publications/Thinking-outs...Subdomain Thinking outside the Multiannual Financial Framework: Financing Europe’s security priorities
/en/Publications/The-Paris-Sum...Subdomain No Text
/en/search?tag=542Subdomain Digital
/en/Publications/The-Paris-Sum...Subdomain The Paris Summit: Au Revoir, global AI Safety?
/en/Publications/Healthy-Compe...Subdomain No Text
/en/search?tag=564Subdomain Health
/en/Publications/Healthy-Compe...Subdomain Healthy Competition: How the EU can prepare for the demographic transition
/en/search?tag=917Subdomain Compendium
/en/Publications/Trump-returns...Subdomain Trump returns: The challenges ahead for the EU
/en/Publications/-Ukraines-mem...Subdomain No Text
/en/search?tag=568Subdomain Text duplicate Ukraine
/en/Publications/-Ukraines-mem...Subdomain Text duplicate How to fast-track Ukraine’s membership of the European Union
/en/Publications/If-Europe-wan...Subdomain No Text
/en/search?tag=740Subdomain Text duplicate Foreign policy
/en/Publications/If-Europe-wan...Subdomain If Europe wants a seat at the table, it must build geopolitical relevance!
/en/Publications/EUropes-Digit...Subdomain No Text
/en/search?tag=7Subdomain DIGITAL EU
/en/Publications/EUropes-Digit...Subdomain EUrope’s Digital Transition: Assessing the Effectiveness of the 2030 Digital Decade Policy Programme
/en/Publications/How-the-brain...Subdomain No Text
/en/search?tag=7Subdomain Text duplicate DIGITAL EU
/en/Publications/How-the-brain...Subdomain How the brain economy can unlock new approaches to AI
/en/publicationssee all
/en/search?tag=34Subdomain EPC Elections Monitor
/en/events/Turning-point-Germa...Subdomain Turning point? Germany’s elections and the future of Europe
/en/search?tag=26Subdomain Policy Dialogue
/en/events/Ending-Russias-full...Subdomain Ending Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine: What diplomatic and military role for Europe?
https://www.epc.eu/en/eventsText duplicate see all
https://www.epc.eu/en/aboutAbout EPC
/en/search?tag=6Subdomain Migration
/en/search?tag=60Subdomain Climate & energy
/en/search?tag=65Subdomain Single market
/en/search?tag=368Subdomain EU Governance
/en/search?tag=471Subdomain EU enlargement
/en/search?tag=498Subdomain Digitalisation
/en/search?tag=509Subdomain Future of work
/en/search?tag=517Subdomain Populism
/en/search?tag=559Subdomain Industrial policy
/en/search?tag=564Subdomain Text duplicate Health
/en/search?tag=596Subdomain Neighbourhood policy
/en/search?tag=599Subdomain Circular economy
/en/search?tag=617Subdomain Social Europe
/en/search?tag=702Subdomain Citizen participation
/en/search?tag=740Subdomain Text duplicate Foreign policy
/en/search?tag=764Subdomain Environment
/en/search?tag=886Subdomain Diversity
/en/search?tag=894Subdomain Strategic foresight
https://www.epc.eu/en/web/contactJOIN US
/en/search?tag=72Subdomain Agriculture
/en/Projects/Resolving-the-ene...Subdomain Resolving the energy-food-nature trilemma in land use: The role of digitalisation and EU policies
/en/search?tag=65Subdomain Text duplicate Single market
/en/Projects/Skills-for-Tomorr...Subdomain Skills for Tomorrow: Addressing Labour Shortages and Boosting Competitiveness in the EU
/en/search?tag=6Subdomain Text duplicate Migration
/en/Projects/Farming-Futures-L...Subdomain Farming Futures: Legal Migration and the Agricultural Green Transition in the EU and North Africa
/en/search?tag=243Subdomain Hungary
/en/Projects/CERV-ELEVATED-Reg...Subdomain CERV- ELEVATED Regranting: Project Presidency Grant
/en/Projects/Promoting-a-Dialo...Subdomain Promoting a Dialogue on Migration
/en/search?tag=682Subdomain European elections
/en/Projects/More-diverse-than...Subdomain More diverse than united? The European Parliament Election Project – A comparative analysis of the EU elections 2024
https://www.epc.eu/en/projectsText duplicate see all
https://www.epc.eu/en/aboutABOUT
/en/strategic-councilStrategic Council
/en/governing-boardGovernance
https://www.epc.eu/en/membersMembers
https://www.epc.eu/en/teamTeam
https://www.epc.eu/en/financingFinancing
/en/publicationsText duplicate Publications
https://www.epc.eu/en/programmesText duplicate Programmes
https://www.epc.eu/en/projectsText duplicate Projects
https://www.epc.eu/en/eventsEVENTS
https://www.epc.eu/en/eventsUpcoming
https://www.epc.eu/en/past-eventsPast
https://www.epc.eu/en/analystsEPC Analysts
/en/external-expertsExternal experts
https://www.epc.eu/en/web/contactText duplicate Contact us
/en/become-a-memberBecome a member
https://www.epc.eu/en/vacanciesVacancies
https://twitter.com/epc_euNew window External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/epcbr...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://wms.flexious.be/editor...New window External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://wms.flexious.be/editor...New window External Subdomain Use of Cookies
https://www.epc.eu/en/web/contactText duplicate Contact us
https://www.flexious.be/en/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT FleXious
https://www.epc.eu/en/web/ContactSubdomain No Text
https://www.epc.eu/en/profileSubdomain Registreren

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.epc.eu/en/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.25 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (73 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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This page has backlinks from 57 referring domains.
This page has 98 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 56 different ip addresses.

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