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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
63% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
97% 
Link structure
83% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.25 s
File size
65.30 kB
Words
655
Media files
45
Number of links
96 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home – Hull
The page title is too short. (110 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to Hull City Councils website. Here you can get involved and help shape your city and council services, and help influence decisions made on local issues that matter to you.
The meta description is too long: 1121 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)
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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
msapplication-TileColor#242424
msapplication-config/site/dist/images/favicons/browserconfig.xml?1.21.4
theme-color#242424
revisit-after2 days
robotsindex,follow
authorHull City Council
keywordscouncil, services, hull, bins, housing, tax, roads, benefits, children, births, democracy
descriptionWelcome to Hull City Councils website. Here you can get involved and help shape your city and council services, and help influence decisions made on local issues that matter to you.
dcterms:rightsHolderHull City Council
dcterms:coverageUK
dcterms:identifierhttps://www.hull.gov.uk/
dcterms:publisherHull City Council
dcterms:subjectcouncil, services, hull, bins, housing, tax, roads, benefits, children, births, democracy
dcterms:descriptionWelcome to Hull City Councils website. Here you can get involved and help shape your city and council services, and help influence decisions made on local issues that matter to you.
dcterms:titleHome
dcterms:formattext/html
dcterms:languageen
dcterms:created2023-07-11
dcterms:modified2023-07-11
dcterms:valid1970-01-01
langen
og:titleHome – Hull
og:site_nameHull
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.hull.gov.uk/
og:imagehttps://www.hull.gov.uk/site/dist/images/opengraph/opengraph.jpg?1.21.4
og:image:altHull
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 655 words. That's ok.
29.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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 18.8 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" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: *
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
36 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
/site/dist/images/site-logo.png?1.21.4Hull home
...ist/images/site-logo-reversed.svg?1.21.4Print Fallback Logo
...s/services/png/bins-recycling.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...s/services/png/bins-recycling.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...t/icons/services/png/benefits.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...t/icons/services/png/benefits.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...ices/png/health-and-wellbeing.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...ices/png/health-and-wellbeing.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...st/icons/services/png/housing.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...st/icons/services/png/housing.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...cons/services/png/council-tax.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...cons/services/png/council-tax.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...cons/services/png/council-tax.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...cons/services/png/council-tax.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...rvices/png/people-communities.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...rvices/png/people-communities.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...ons/services/png/your-council.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...ons/services/png/your-council.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
.../dist/icons/services/png/info.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
.../dist/icons/services/png/info.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...ces/png/environment-landscape.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...ces/png/environment-landscape.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...s/png/parking-transport-roads.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...s/png/parking-transport-roads.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...ervices/png/planning-building.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...ervices/png/planning-building.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...t/icons/services/png/business.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
...t/icons/services/png/business.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
.../dist/icons/services/png/info.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
.../dist/icons/services/png/info.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
.../services/png/leisure-culture.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
.../services/png/leisure-culture.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
.../dist/icons/services/png/info.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
.../dist/icons/services/png/info.png?1.21.4No alt attribute provided
/images/HEYCA_headers.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images/Legacy_banner.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images/Lowgate_1_777x437.jpegNo alt attribute provided
/images/Why_HCC_tile_640x427_1_1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s/govmetric/smiley-dark-green.svg?1.21.4green smiley face
...icons/govmetric/smiley-orange.svg?1.21.4green orange face
...ons/govmetric/smiley-dark-red.svg?1.21.4green red face
/site/dist/images/site-logo.png?1.21.4Hull home
...ist/images/site-logo-reversed.svg?1.21.4Print Fallback Logo
/site/dist/images/site-logo.png?1.21.4Hull home
...ist/images/site-logo-reversed.svg?1.21.4Print Fallback Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Hull - Home page
The H1 heading is too short (16 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Hull - Home page
H2 Popular pages
H2 Top Tasks
H2 Check your bin collection day
H2 Find out what goes in your blue bin
H2 Our council services
H2 Your Hull Maps
H2 Campaigns and articles
H2 How would you rate this page?
H2 Connect with us
H3 Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority to begin work
H3 Proposed memorial gardens
H3 Engagement with residents and businesses about safety improvements to Lowgate
H3 Become part of the Independent Remuneration Panel
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
https://www.hull.gov.uk/Nofollow Anchor Skip to content
https://www.hull.gov.uk/IMG-ALT Hull home
https://account.hull.gov.uk/External Subdomain MyAccount
/animals-petsAnimals and pets
/arts-leisureArts and leisure
/benefits-grantsBenefits and grants
/bins-recyclingBins and recycling
/births-deaths-ceremoniesBirths, deaths and ceremonies
/business-licensingBusiness and licensing
https://www.hull.gov.uk/councilCouncil and democracy
/council-taxCouncil Tax
/children-familiesChildren and families
/environment-neighbourhoodsEnvironment
/financial-legal-general-adviceFinancial, legal and general advice
/health-wellbeingHealth and wellbeing
https://www.hull.gov.uk/housingHousing
/neighbourhoods-1Neighbourhoods
/planning-developmentPlanning and development
/roads-parking-transportRoads, parking and transport
/parking/blue-badge/3Subdomain Blue Badges
/schools-2/school-holidays-ter...Subdomain School term dates
/planning-applications/plannin...Subdomain Planning applications
/household-collections/missed-...Subdomain Missed bins
/repairs-maintenance/repairsSubdomain Report a repair
/financial-legal-general-advic...Subdomain Cost of living support
/household-collections/bulky-c...Subdomain Bulky collections
/paying-council-billsSubdomain Make a payment
/homelessness/find-homeSubdomain Find a home
/household-collections/blue-binsAccess further information
/bins-recyclingSubdomain Text duplicate Bins and recycling
/household-collections/bulky-c...Subdomain Text duplicate Bulky collections
/household-collections/missed-...Subdomain Missed bin collection
/recycling/love-streetSubdomain Love your street
/financial-legal-general-adviceSubdomain Financial, legal, and general advice
/cost-living-support-1/cost-li...Subdomain Text duplicate Cost of living support
/debt-money/help-debt-moneySubdomain Help with debt and money
/general-advice-support/refuge...Subdomain Refugees and asylum seekers
/health-wellbeingSubdomain Text duplicate Health and wellbeing
/health-wellbeingSubdomain Care and support for adults
/disabled-adults/blue-badgeSubdomain Blue Badge
/safeguarding/worried-adultSubdomain Worried about an adult
https://www.hull.gov.uk/housingSubdomain Text duplicate Housing
/homelessness/find-homeSubdomain Text duplicate Find a home
/council-housing/council-housi...Subdomain My rent account
/council-housing/repairsSubdomain Text duplicate Report a repair
/council-taxSubdomain Text duplicate Council Tax
/accounts-charges/ways-pay-cou...Subdomain Pay your Council Tax
/accounts-charges/council-tax-...Subdomain Council Tax charges
/accounts-charges/report-changeSubdomain Report a change
/benefits-grantsSubdomain Text duplicate Benefits and grants
/debt-money/immediate-financia...Subdomain Immediate financial help
/housing-benefit/apply-housing...Subdomain Housing Benefit
/council-tax-reduction/council...Subdomain Discounts and disregards
/children-familiesSubdomain Text duplicate Children and families
/schools-2/school-holidays-ter...Subdomain School holidays and term dates
/applications-transfersSubdomain School applications
/schools-education/free-school...Subdomain Free school meals
https://www.hull.gov.uk/councilSubdomain Text duplicate Council and democracy
/open-data/publication-schemeSubdomain How the council works
/consultation-complaints-feedb...Subdomain Customer feedback and complaints
https://www.workingforhullcity...External Subdomain Working for Hull City Council
/births-deaths-ceremoniesSubdomain Text duplicate Births, deaths and ceremonies
/certificates/copy-certificatesSubdomain Copy certificates
/births/register-birth/3Subdomain Birth certificates
https://www.weddingsandceremon...External Subdomain Ceremonies
/environment-neighbourhoodsSubdomain Text duplicate Environment
/environmental-crime-pollution...Subdomain Fly-tipping
/environmental-crime-pollution...Subdomain Dog fouling
/grounds-trees-hedges/treesSubdomain Trees
/roads-parking-transportSubdomain Text duplicate Roads, parking and transport
/roads-pavements/highways-plan...Subdomain Planned maintenance work
/parking/car-parks-1Subdomain Car parks
/roads-pavements/bus-lanesSubdomain Bus lanes
/planning-developmentSubdomain Text duplicate Planning and development
/planning-applications/plannin...Subdomain Text duplicate Planning applications
/planning-applications/amendme...Subdomain Amend an application
/building-standards-regulation...Subdomain Planning enforcement
/business-licensingSubdomain Text duplicate Business and licensing
/business-rates/business-rates...Subdomain Business rates
/grants-funding/levelling-fund...Subdomain Levelling up fund
/licences-permits-registration...Subdomain Hackney Carriage - Driver application
/animals-petsSubdomain Text duplicate Animals and pets
/animals-pets/report-stray-roa...Subdomain Report a stray dog
/animals-pets/dog-neuteredSubdomain Have your dog neutered
/environment/dead-animal-colle...Subdomain Dead animal collections
/arts-leisureSubdomain Text duplicate Arts and leisure
/leisure/allotmentsSubdomain Allotments
https://www.hcandl.co.uk/libra...External Subdomain Library services
https://www.travelhull.co.uk/w...External Subdomain Walking routes
/neighbourhoods-1Subdomain Neighbourhoods and communities
/neighbourhood-teams-1/neighbo...Subdomain Neighbourhood teams
/communityresilienceSubdomain Community resilience
/customer-services/community-hubsSubdomain Community hubs
https://www.hull.gov.uk/Anchor Show more services
https://www.hullandeastyorkshi...External Subdomain Find out more: Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority to begin work
https://yoursay.hull.gov.uk/pr...External Subdomain Tell us what you think: Proposed memorial gardens
https://news.hull.gov.uk/06/02...External Subdomain Find out more: Engagement with residents and businesses about safety improvements to Lowgate
https://www.workingforhullcity...External Subdomain More information: Become part of the Independent Remuneration Panel
https://websurveys.govmetric.c...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Good
IMG-ALT green smiley face
A-TITLE rate this page as good
https://websurveys.govmetric.c...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Average
IMG-ALT green orange face
A-TITLE rate this page as average
https://websurveys.govmetric.c...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Poor
IMG-ALT green red face
A-TITLE rate this page as poor
https://www.hull.gov.uk/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Hull home
https://www.facebook.com/HullC...Nofollow External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/hull...Nofollow External Subdomain Instagram
https://uk.linkedin.com/compan...Nofollow External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://twitter.com/HullccnewsNofollow External Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/h...Nofollow External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.hull.gov.uk/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Hull home
/strategies-policies-plans-per...Subdomain Terms and disclaimer
/privacy-policySubdomain Privacy policy
/web-help/cookiesSubdomain Cookies
/web-help/accessibility-statementSubdomain Accessibility
https://www.hull.gov.uk/contactusSubdomain Contact us
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe to our eNewsletters
http://www.jadu.net/External Subdomain Jadu
A-TITLE Visit the Jadu website

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.hull.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 0.25 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (65 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateWed, 19 Mar 2025 23:44:37 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length12661
serverWeb Server
cache-controlmax-age=0, must-revalidate, private
expiresWed, 19 Mar 2025 23:44:37 GMT
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
strict-transport-securitymax-age=2592000
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
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 1,122 referring domains.
This page has 63,773 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 788 different ip addresses.

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www.hull.gov.uk
Home – Hull
Welcome to Hull City Councils website. Here you can get involved and help shape your city and council services, and help influence decisions made on local issues that matter to you.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Hull93%Check
Hull City71%Check
Hull City Council65%Check
page54%Check
Council52%Check
Services52%Check
council services52%Check
City Council49%Check
Help us47%Check
Help46%Check
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