Itcontracting.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
50% 
Link structure
61% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.69 s
File size
115.70 kB
Words
828
Media files
19
Number of links
152 internal / 1 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
IT Contracting - Contractor Guides for UK Contractors
The length of the page title is perfect. (483 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
IT contractor guides - how to deal with IR35, accountants, umbrella companies, and clients. Essential advice for UK contractors.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (786 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.itcontracting.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
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
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Rel next URL https://www.itcontracting.com/page/2/
The rel next and prev tags are set correctly.
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
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionIT contractor guides - how to deal with IR35, accountants, umbrella companies, and clients. Essential advice for UK contractors.
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majestic-site-verificationMJ12_184d59c0-0e14-4cdc-8744-a1c032f76140
msapplication-TileImagehttps://www.itcontracting.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/favicon.png
langen-gb
og:localeen_GB
og:typewebsite
og:titleIT Contracting - Limited, Umbrella and IR35 Guides for Contractors
og:descriptionIT contractor guides - how to deal with IR35, accountants, umbrella companies, and clients. Essential advice for UK contractors.
og:urlhttps://www.itcontracting.com/
og:site_nameIT Contracting - Limited, Umbrella and IR35 Guides for Contractors
nexthttps://www.itcontracting.com/page/2/
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 828 words. That's ok.
31.2% 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.
11 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 19.53 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 usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 17 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
8 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)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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
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/images/it-contractor.jpgIT Contractors
...01/it-contracting-national-insurance.jpgnational insurance contractor
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data:[...] Base64companies house small limited company accounts
data:[...] Base64force use umbrella PSL
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64budget 2024 contractors
data:[...] Base64payslip umbrella
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64compare umbrella fees margins
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data:[...] Base64IT Contractor Ltd
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
IT Contracting - Limited, Umbrella and IR35 Guides for Contractors
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 IT Contracting - Limited, Umbrella and IR35 Guides for Contractors
H1 First Timer or Veteran IT Contractor?
H2 Calculators
H2 IR35
H2 Limited or Umbrella?
H2 Contractor Accountants
H2 National Insurance guide for contractors – updated for 2024/5
H2 The optimum salary for limited company directors in 2024/25
H2 Employment Allowance – is your limited company eligible?
H2 2024/5 dividend tax guide for limited company directors
H2 How much is the tax free dividend allowance in 2024/25?
H2 What type of accounts do small companies file with Companies House?
H2 Can my agent force me to use a particular umbrella company?
H2 How dividend waivers work – guide for company directors
H2 March 2024 Budget – little to cheer for most contractors
H2 Understand your umbrella company payslip – including an example
H4 Start Here
H4 Guides
H4 Tax-efficient life insurance
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
5 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 1 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.itcontracting.com/Subdomain IT Contracting - Limited, Umbrella and IR35 Guides for Contractors
https://my.qdoscontractor.com/...Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT qdos pi insurance
/it-contractor-guides/Subdomain Guides
/category/news/Subdomain News
/category/starting/Subdomain Starting Up
/category/limited-company/Subdomain Limited Company
/category/umbrella/Subdomain Umbrella Company
/category/tax/Subdomain Tax
/category/accounting/Subdomain Accounting
/category/expenses/Subdomain Expenses
/category/ir35/Subdomain IR35
/category/legal/Subdomain Legal
/category/living/Subdomain Life / Work
/calculators/Subdomain Calculators
/calculators/Subdomain All Calculators
/calculators/dividend-tax-calc...Subdomain Dividend Tax Calculator
/calculators/corporation-tax-c...Subdomain April 2023 Corporation Tax Rise Calculator
/calculators/ir35-calculator/Subdomain IR35 Calculator
/calculators/umbrella-company-...Subdomain Umbrella Company Pay Calculator
/calculators/limited-company-p...Subdomain Limited Company Tax Calculator
/calculators/limited-umbrella-...Subdomain Limited vs. Umbrella Tax Calculator
/calculators/self-employed-tax...Subdomain Self Employed Tax Calculator
/rate-checker/Subdomain Rates
/contractor-mortgages/Subdomain Mortgages
/contractor-mortgages/Subdomain Contractor Mortgage Basics
/contractor-mortgages/top-10-t...Subdomain Contractor mortgages – 10 tips for getting the best rates in 2023
/contractor-mortgages/mortgage...Subdomain Mortgage products for contractors
/contractor-mortgages/mortgage...Subdomain Mortgage FAQ
/contractor-mortgages/applicat...Subdomain Mortgage application process
/financial-services/contractor...Subdomain Pensions
/financial-services/contractor...Subdomain Contractor Pension Basics
/financial-services/pension-co...Subdomain Pension contributions and tax relief – how it works
/financial-services/common-con...Subdomain Common contractor pension FAQs – by Jarvis
/financial-services/consolidat...Subdomain Should you combine your old pensions?
/financial-services/Subdomain Protection
/financial-services/Subdomain All Financials
/financial-services/relevant-l...Subdomain Relevant Life Insurance
/financial-services/relevant-l...Subdomain Relevant Life Cover – 8 key facts
/financial-services/income-pro...Subdomain Income Protection
/financial-services/critical-i...Subdomain Critical Illness Cover
/financial-services/keyman-ins...Subdomain Keyman Insurance
/financial-services/critical-i...Subdomain Critical Illness vs. Income Protection
/insurance/private-medical-ins...Subdomain Private Medical Insurance
/business-banking/Subdomain Banking
/business-banking/Subdomain All Banking Guides
/business-banking/business-ban...Subdomain Business Bank Savings Accounts
/business-banking/the-tide-bus...Subdomain Tide Bank Account
/business-banking/the-cashplus...Subdomain Cashplus Business Bank Account
/insurance/Subdomain Insurance
/insurance/Subdomain All Insurance
/insurance/ir35-insurance/Subdomain IR35 Insurance
/insurance/professional-indemn...Subdomain Professional Indemnity
/insurance/pl-cover-it-contrac...Subdomain Public Liability (PL)
/insurance/el-cover-it-contrac...Subdomain Employers’ Liability (EL)
/insurance/tax-investigation-i...Subdomain Tax Investigation Cover
/limited-company-accountants/Subdomain Accountants
/limited-company-accountants/Subdomain List of Accountants
/limited-company-accountants/a...Subdomain Aardvark Accounting
/limited-company-accountants/c...Subdomain Clever Accounts
/limited-company-accountants/i...Subdomain Integro Accounting
/limited-company-accountants/i...Subdomain Intouch Accounting
/limited-company-accountants/s...Subdomain SG Accounting
/umbrella-companies/Subdomain Umbrellas
/umbrella-companies/Subdomain List of Umbrella Companies
/umbrella-companies/parasol/Subdomain Parasol Umbrella Company
/umbrella-companies/ucuk/Subdomain Umbrella Company UK
/about/Subdomain About Us
/about/Subdomain About ITContracting
/calculators/Subdomain Contractor Calculators
/calculators/ir35-calculator/Subdomain Text duplicate IR35 Calculator
/calculators/dividend-tax-calc...Subdomain Dividend Calculator
/overview-of-ir35/Subdomain What is IR35?
/insurance/ir35-protection/Subdomain IR35 insurance
/history-of-ir35/Subdomain IR35 History
/ir35-contract-template-resour...Subdomain IR35 Contract Templates
/10-step-contracting-guide/Subdomain Become a Contractor
/10-things-need-know-form-limi...Subdomain Set Up a Company
/limited-umbrella-which-route/Subdomain Limited vs. Umbrella
/contractor-accountants/Subdomain Text duplicate List of Accountants
/change-contractor-accountant/Subdomain How to switch providers
/limited-company-do-i-need-an-...Subdomain Do you need one?
/national-insurance-it-contrac...Subdomain National Insurance guide for contractors – updated for 2024/5
/author/admin/Subdomain James Leckie
/national-insurance-it-contrac...Subdomain Anchor [more]
/limited-company-director-opti...Subdomain The optimum salary for limited company directors in 2024/25
/author/admin/Subdomain Text duplicate James Leckie
/limited-company-director-opti...Subdomain No Text
/limited-company-director-opti...Subdomain Text duplicate [more]
/employment-allowance/Subdomain Employment Allowance – is your limited company eligible?
/author/admin/Subdomain Text duplicate James Leckie
/employment-allowance/Subdomain No Text
/employment-allowance/Subdomain Text duplicate [more]
/limited-company-dividends/Subdomain 2024/5 dividend tax guide for limited company directors
/author/admin/Subdomain Text duplicate James Leckie
/limited-company-dividends/Subdomain No Text
/limited-company-dividends/Subdomain Text duplicate [more]
/tax-free-dividend-allowance/Subdomain How much is the tax free dividend allowance in 2024/25?
/author/admin/Subdomain Text duplicate James Leckie
/tax-free-dividend-allowance/Subdomain IMG-ALT dividend allowance £2000 april 2018
/tax-free-dividend-allowance/Subdomain Text duplicate [more]
/accounts-companies-house-small/Subdomain What type of accounts do small companies file with Companies House?
/author/admin/Subdomain Text duplicate James Leckie
/accounts-companies-house-small/Subdomain IMG-ALT companies house small limited company accounts
/accounts-companies-house-small/Subdomain Text duplicate [more]
/can-my-agent-force-me-to-use-...Subdomain Can my agent force me to use a particular umbrella company?
/author/admin/Subdomain Text duplicate James Leckie
/can-my-agent-force-me-to-use-...Subdomain IMG-ALT force use umbrella PSL
/can-my-agent-force-me-to-use-...Subdomain Text duplicate [more]
/what-is-a-dividend-waiver/Subdomain How dividend waivers work – guide for company directors
/author/admin/Subdomain Text duplicate James Leckie
/what-is-a-dividend-waiver/Subdomain No Text
/what-is-a-dividend-waiver/Subdomain Text duplicate [more]
/march-2024-budget-main-announ...Subdomain March 2024 Budget – little to cheer for most contractors
/author/admin/Subdomain Text duplicate James Leckie
/march-2024-budget-main-announ...Subdomain IMG-ALT budget 2024 contractors
/march-2024-budget-main-announ...Subdomain Text duplicate [more]
/umbrella-company-payslip/Subdomain Understand your umbrella company payslip – including an example
/author/admin/Subdomain Text duplicate James Leckie
/umbrella-company-payslip/Subdomain IMG-ALT payslip umbrella
/umbrella-company-payslip/Subdomain Text duplicate [more]
https://www.itcontracting.com/Subdomain 1
/page/2/Subdomain 2
/page/3/Subdomain 3
/page/34/Subdomain 34
/page/2/Subdomain Next Page »
/limited-company-director-opti...Subdomain Text duplicate The optimum salary for limited company directors in 2024/25
/limited-company-director-opti...Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE The optimum salary for limited company directors in 2024/25
/limited-company-dividends/Subdomain Text duplicate 2024/5 dividend tax guide for limited company directors
/limited-company-dividends/Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE 2024/5 dividend tax guide for limited company directors
/umbrella-company-fees/Subdomain Umbrella company fees – the lowdown on costs
/umbrella-company-fees/Subdomain IMG-ALT compare umbrella fees margins
A-TITLE Umbrella company fees – the lowdown on costs
/limited-umbrella-which-route/Subdomain Limited or Umbrella Company – which is best?
/limited-umbrella-which-route/Subdomain IMG-ALT limited vs umbrella company
A-TITLE Limited or Umbrella Company – which is best?
/set-up-a-limited-company/Subdomain Setting up a limited company – 10 essential steps to take
/set-up-a-limited-company/Subdomain IMG-ALT IT Contractor Ltd
A-TITLE Setting up a limited company – 10 essential steps to take
/overview-of-ir35/Subdomain What is IR35? – the impact on contractors
/overview-of-ir35/Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE What is IR35? – the impact on contractors
/category/news/Subdomain Text duplicate News
/category/starting/Subdomain Text duplicate Starting Up
/category/tax/Subdomain Text duplicate Tax
/category/expenses/Subdomain Text duplicate Expenses
/category/accounting/Subdomain Text duplicate Accounting
/category/limited-company/Subdomain Text duplicate Limited Company
/category/umbrella/Subdomain Text duplicate Umbrella Company
/category/ir35/Subdomain Text duplicate IR35
/category/legal/Subdomain Text duplicate Legal
/category/living/Subdomain Text duplicate Life / Work
/financial-services/relevant-l...Subdomain No Text
/financial-services/relevant-l...Subdomain Life Cover
/about/Text duplicate About Us
/cookie-policy/Cookie Policy
/terms/Terms & Conditions
/privacy/Privacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.itcontracting.com/"
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 0.69 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.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (116 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
link<https://www.itcontracting.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
cache-controlpublic, max-age=2592000
expiresThu, 09 May 2024 21:40:29 GMT
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
dateTue, 09 Apr 2024 21:40:29 GMT
serverLiteSpeed
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN,SAMEORIGIN
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
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statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 400 referring domains.
This page has 1,796 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 333 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/

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www.itcontracting.com
IT Contracting - Contractor Guides for UK Contractors
IT contractor guides - how to deal with IR35, accountants, umbrella companies, and clients. Essential advice for UK contractors.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Contractor81%Check
Contractors80%Check
contractor guides79%Check
Guides77%Check
Contracting75%Check
UK Contractors71%Check
Umbrella70%Check
Limited or Umbrella69%Check
IR3568%Check
Contractor Accountants67%Check
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