Ifa.org.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
67% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
99% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.41 s
File size
39.90 kB
Words
436
Media files
8
Number of links
94 internal / 5 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Institute of Financial Accountants
The length of the page title is perfect. (298 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) is an internationally recognised professional accountancy membership body whose members work for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), or run or work in small and medium-sized accounting practices (SMPs) that advise SMEs.
The meta description is too long: 1738 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
keywordsAccounting; Financial; IFA; Financial Accountants; SME; SMP; Accounting practice; Tax; HMRC; Setting up in practice; practising certificate
descriptionThe Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) is an internationally recognised professional accountancy membership body whose members work for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), or run or work in small and medium-sized accounting practices (SMPs) that advise SMEs.
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 436 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
29.4% 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.
4 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 24.75 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" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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
/media/722148/IFA_Logo_Master_HR.pngIFA Logo Master HR
..._1012x585-ifa-direct-2022.jpg?width=1000IFA Direct
...-practice-webinar-sereis-.png?width=1000Future proofing your practice
...management-short-courses-.jpg?width=1000Business and management short courses
/media/2179829/header-image-.png?width=1000Get involved
/media/1979159/blank-350-x-225.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...022/ifa-direct-home-page-media-image.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...e?w=e9ba8736-ede5-4d80-8734-bc4b57a791fcLive Chat

Page structure

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

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 IFA Direct
H2 Future proofing your practice
H2 Business and management short courses
H2 Get involved
H2 IFA membership
H2 IFA CPD
H2 IFA learning
H2 Contact us
H2 About the IFA
H2 Acting in the public interest
H2 Setting up in practice with IFA Direct
H2 About the IFA Duplicate text
H2 Acting in the public interest Duplicate text
H2 Setting up in practice with IFA Direct Duplicate text
H3 SEARCH
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
3 links don't have an anchor text.
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 5 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ifa.org.uk/IMG-ALT IFA Logo Master HR
/portal/loginLOGIN
/find-an-accountantNew window FIND AN ACCOUNTANT
https://www.facebook.com/insti...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/I...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/thei...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.ifa.org.uk/about-usAbout us
/about-us/newsNews
/about-us/who-we-areWho we are
/about-us/governanceGovernance
/about-us/publicinterestActing in the public interest
/about-us/internationalInternational
/about-us/find-a-financial-acc...Find a financial accountant
/about-us/annualreviews-annual...Integrated and annual reports
/about-us/contactContact us
/about-us/complaints-against-t...Complaints against the IFA or IFA staff
https://www.ifa.org.uk/joinusJoin us
/joinus/routesRoutes to membership
/joinus/how-to-joinHow to join
/joinus/become-an-ifa-studentBecome an IFA student
/joinus/uk-membership-and-prac...UK membership and practising certificate fees 2025
/joinus/international-membersh...International membership fees 2025
/joinus/payment-methodsPayment methods
/joinus/re-admissionRe-admission
https://www.ifa.org.uk/membersMembers
/members/renewalsIFA renewals 2025 close on 1 January
/members/paymentmethodsRenewals 2025 Payment methods
/members/agm-2024AGM 2024
/members/referRefer a colleague
/members/membership,-firm,-aff...Membership, firm, affiliate and practising certificate fees 2025
/members/practisingcertificateIFA practising certificates & CAA-ATOL returns licence
/members/membershipgradesMembership grades
/members/upgradeUpgrade your membership
/members/memberfirmMember firm membership
/members/affiliateAffiliate membership
/members/memberbenefitsMember benefits
/members/memberlogo,-memberfir...Member logos
/members/update-your-detailsUpdate your details
/members/your-events-bookingsYour events bookings
/members/ifa-member-regulationsIFA member regulations
/members/cpdCPD
/members/change-in-circumstanceChanges in circumstance
/members/lapsing-and-relinquis...Lapsing and relinquishing
/members/readmission-to-ifa-me...Readmission to IFA membership
/technical-resourcesTechnical Resources
/technical-resources/amlAnti-money laundering (AML)
/technical-resources/charity-i...Charity independent examinations
/technical-resources/documents...Documents, records and liens
/technical-resources/engagemen...Engagement and disengagement letters
/technical-resources/ethicsEthics
/technical-resources/financial...Financial Reporting
/technical-resources/insolvencyInsolvency
/technical-resources/itIT
/technical-resources/pensionsPensions
/technical-resources/practice-...Practice management
/technical-resources/uk-visas-...UK visas and immigration
https://www.ifa.org.uk/learningLearning
/learning/ifadirectIFA Direct: online education programme
/learning/business-and-managem...Business and management short courses
/learning/msc-in-accountancy-a...MSc in Accountancy and Financial Management through WINC/University of Bolton
/learning/athe-qualifications-...ATHE qualifications levels 3, 4, 5 and 7
/learning/dipifrsThe IFA Diploma in IFRS for Accounting Professionals
/learning/ifa-endorsed-programmesIFA endorsed programmes
/learning/embeddedBecome a university embedded student
/learning/apprenticeships-and-...Apprenticeships and T Level qualifications
/learning/mba-deakin-universityMBA through Deakin University
https://www.ifa.org.uk/cpdText duplicate CPD
/cpd/webinarsWebinars
/cpd/face-to-faceFace to face
/cpd/cpdondemandCPD on demand
/cpd/cpd-requirementsCPD Requirements
/cpd/search-all-eventsSearch all events
/cpd/ifa-regional-ambassadorsIFA regional ambassadors
https://www.ifa.org.uk/magazineMagazine
/magazine/financial-accountant...Financial Accountant digital
/magazine/subscribeSubscribe
/magazine/advertiseAdvertise
/about-us/contactText duplicate Contact us
/learning/ifadirectIMG-ALT IFA Direct
/learning/ifadirectFind out more
A-TITLE IFA Direct
/cpd/webinars/future-proofing-...IMG-ALT Future proofing your practice
/cpd/webinars/future-proofing-...Find out more and register
A-TITLE Future proofing your practice
/learning/business-and-managem...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Business and management short courses
/learning/business-and-managem...Text duplicate Find out more
A-TITLE Business and management short courses
https://mycommunity.theipagrou...External Subdomain Explore MyCommunity
https://www.ifa.org.uk/joinusAPPLY NOW
https://www.ifa.org.uk/cpdSearch Now
https://www.ifa.org.uk/learningLEARN NOW
/about-us/contactContact now
/about-us/news/ifa-publishes-a...IFA publishes AML supervision and monitoring report 2023/24
/about-us/news/rssNo Text
/about-the-ifaNo Text
/about-us/publicinterestText duplicate Find out more
/setting-up-in-practice-with-i...No Text
https://www.ifa.org.uk/sitemapSitemap
A-TITLE Sitemap
/about-us/contactContact
A-TITLE Contact Us
/dataprotectionDisclaimer & Privacy
A-TITLE Privacy Policy
/terms-of-useTerms of use
A-TITLE Terms of Use

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ifa.org.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.41 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (40 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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servercloudflare
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 628 referring domains.
This page has 226,176 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 414 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cpd/search-all-events/

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www.ifa.org.uk
Institute of Financial Accountants
The Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) is an internationally recognised professional accountancy membership body whose members work for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), or run or work in small and medium-sized accounting practices (SMPs) that advise SMEs.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
IFA65%Check
financial58%Check
Practice58%Check
Institute58%Check
Accountants58%Check
Financial Accountants58%Check
Member55%Check
IFA membership55%Check
Practice Management52%Check
membership50%Check
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