Lancashire.gov.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
95% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
97% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.84 s
File size
30.00 kB
Words
457
Media files
4
Number of links
72 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Lancashire County Council
The length of the page title is perfect. (313 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Find information on the services Lancashire County Council provides.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (428 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/
The specified canonical link points to a different 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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
ROBOTSINDEX, FOLLOW
authorLancashire County Council
publisherLancashire County Council
eGMS.accessibilityDouble-A
DC.languageeng
DC.publisherLancashire County Council
facebook-domain-verificationh7frmh8fgq0jnj8c17cnoo26x9iijo
descriptionFind information on the services Lancashire County Council provides.
PageID1189
msvalidate.016B13C63E3A0BBF2EE6308A4C18ED9F95
langen
og:site_nameLancashire.gov.uk
og:localeen_GB
og:titleHome
og:descriptionFind information on the services Lancashire County Council provides.
og:urlhttps://www.lancashire.gov.uk/
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 457 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
26.7% 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.
5 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 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 12 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" 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 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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/911809/lcc-logo.svgLancashire County Council Home
...7/9796-wraparound-lcc-header1500x350.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../9811-become-a-councillor-1500x350px.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...9602-homepage-carousel-1500-x-350px2.jpgNo alt attribute provided

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 Wraparound childcare
H2 Be a councillor
H2 Foster with us
H2 Services and information
H2 Latest news
H2 Keep updated
H3 Births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths
H3 Jobs and employment
H3 Children, education and families
H3 Health and social care
H3 Roads, parking and travel
H3 Libraries and Archives
H3 Council
H3 Waste and recycling
H3 Business
H3 Leisure and culture
H3 Consumer advice
H3 £27m funding boost to further improve bus services across Lancashire
H3 How social workers are helping keep vulnerable adults in Lancashire safe
H3 Braking Point: Powerful road safety show hits home with sixth form students
H3 Nine Lancashire groups receive the King's Award for Voluntary Service
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 16 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://lancashire.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/Subdomain IMG-ALT Lancashire County Council Home
/services/Subdomain All services
/services/Subdomain Text duplicate All services
/children-education-families/e...Subdomain Find out more about wraparound childcare
A-TITLE Wrapround childcare
/children-education-families/e...Subdomain Text duplicate Find out more about wraparound childcare
A-TITLE Wrapround childcare
/elections/be-a-councillor/Subdomain Attend our 'Be a Councillor' information evening
A-TITLE Be a councillor
/elections/be-a-councillor/Subdomain Find out how to be a councillor
A-TITLE Be a councillor
/fostering/Subdomain Find out more about fostering with us
A-TITLE fostering
https://lco.lancashire.gov.uk/...External Subdomain Pay an invoice
/roads-parking-and-travel/repo...Subdomain Report a highway fault
/flooding/Subdomain Flooding
A-TITLE Flooding
https://prism.librarymanagemen...External Subdomain Login to your library account
/children-education-families/s...Apply for a school place
/roads-parking-and-travel/park...Subdomain Apply for a blue badge
/births-marriages-and-deaths/Subdomain Births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths
A-TITLE Births marriages civil partnerships and deaths
/births-marriages-and-deaths/b...Subdomain births
A-TITLE Births
/births-marriages-and-deaths/d...Subdomain deaths
A-TITLE Deaths
/births-marriages-and-deaths/c...Subdomain copy certificates
A-TITLE Copy certificates
/births-marriages-and-deaths/c...Subdomain marriages and ceremonies
A-TITLE Ceremonies
/jobs/Subdomain Jobs and employment
A-TITLE Jobs employment and volunteering
https://schooljobs.lancashire....External Subdomain teacher vacancies
https://schooljobs.lancashire....External Subdomain school jobs
/jobs/Subdomain council jobs.
A-TITLE Jobs employment and volunteering
/children-education-families/Subdomain Children, education and families
/children-education-families/e...Subdomain childcare
A-TITLE Early years, childcare and family support
/children-education-families/s...Subdomain schools
A-TITLE Schools
/children-education-families/s...Subdomain SEND local offer
A-TITLE Special educational needs and disabilities
/children-education-families/p...Subdomain parenting
A-TITLE Pregnancy, baby and parenting
/youthzone/Subdomain young people
A-TITLE Youth Zone
/health-and-social-care/Subdomain Health and social care
A-TITLE Health and social care
/health-and-social-care/adult-...Subdomain adult social care
A-TITLE Adult Social Care
/health-and-social-care/your-h...Subdomain health and wellbeing
A-TITLE Your health and wellbeing
/health-and-social-care/benefi...Subdomain benefits and financial help
A-TITLE Benefits and financial help
/health-and-social-care/safegu...Subdomain report abuse
A-TITLE Safeguarding
/roads-parking-and-travel/Subdomain Roads, parking and travel
A-TITLE Roads parking and travel
/roads-parking-and-travel/repo...Subdomain report a highway fault
A-TITLE Report It
/roads-parking-and-travel/road...Subdomain roadworks
A-TITLE Roadworks and traffic regulation orders
/roads-parking-and-travel/park...Subdomain blue badges
A-TITLE Blue badges
/roads-parking-and-travel/park...Subdomain parking fines
A-TITLE Pay or challenge your penalty notice
/roads-parking-and-travel/publ...Subdomain bus timetables
A-TITLE Bus timetables
/roads-parking-and-travel/publ...Public rights of way
/libraries-and-archives/Subdomain Libraries and Archives
A-TITLE Libraries and Archives
/libraries-and-archives/librar...library at home
/libraries-and-archives/librar...Subdomain library catalogue
A-TITLE Library catalogues
/libraries-and-archives/librar...Subdomain renew your books
A-TITLE Borrowing, renewals and reservations
/libraries-and-archives/archiv...Subdomain Lancashire Archives
A-TITLE Archives and Record Office
/council/Subdomain Council
A-TITLE Council
/elections/Subdomain elections
A-TITLE Elections
/council/decision-making-and-m...Subdomain our meeting information
A-TITLE Council meetings
/council/decision-making-and-m...Subdomain watching meetings online
A-TITLE Watch council meetings
/council/decision-making-and-m...Subdomain decisions
A-TITLE How we make decisions
/council/county-councillors-an...Subdomain county councillors
A-TITLE County councillors and elections
/council/planning/Subdomain planning
A-TITLE Planning
/council/grants/Subdomain grants
A-TITLE Grants
/waste-and-recycling/Subdomain Waste and recycling
A-TITLE Waste and recycling
/waste-and-recycling/recycling...Subdomain find a recycling centre
A-TITLE Recycling centres
/waste-and-recycling/book-appo...Subdomain book van appointment
A-TITLE Book appointment
/waste-and-recycling/reduce-re...Subdomain reduce, reuse, recycle
A-TITLE Reduce, reuse, recycle
/business/Subdomain Business
A-TITLE Business
/business/business-services/Subdomain support for businesses
A-TITLE Business services
/business/finance-and-funding/Subdomain finance and funding options
A-TITLE Finance and funding
/business/business-premises/Subdomain business premises
A-TITLE Business premises
/business/tenders-and-procurem...Subdomain tender opportunities
A-TITLE Tenders and procurement
/leisure-and-culture/Subdomain Leisure and culture
/leisure-and-culture/cycling/Subdomain cycling
A-TITLE Cycling
/leisure-and-culture/walking/walking
/leisure-and-culture/countryside/Subdomain countryside sites
A-TITLE Countryside
/leisure-and-culture/museums/Subdomain museums
A-TITLE Museums
/consumer-advice/Subdomain Consumer advice
/consumer-advice/consumer-advice/Subdomain trading standards advice
A-TITLE Consumer advice
https://safetrader.org.uk/regi...External Safe Trader Scheme
https://news.lancashire.gov.uk/External Subdomain More news
https://news.lancashire.gov.uk...External Subdomain £27m funding boost to further improve bus services across Lancashire
https://news.lancashire.gov.uk...External Subdomain How social workers are helping keep vulnerable adults in Lancashire safe
https://news.lancashire.gov.uk...External Subdomain Braking Point: Powerful road safety show hits home with sixth form students
https://news.lancashire.gov.uk...External Subdomain Nine Lancashire groups receive the King's Award for Voluntary Service
https://news.lancashire.gov.uk/External Subdomain news pages
http://www.facebook.com/lancas...External Subdomain Facebook
http://www.twitter.com/Lancash...External Subdomain X (formally Twitter)
http://www.youtube.com/user/la...External Subdomain YouTube
http://www.flickr.com/photos/l...External Subdomain Flickr
https://news.lancashire.gov.uk...External Subdomain RSS
https://lancashire.gov.uk/about/About us
/about/privacy-statement/Privacy
/about/accessibility/Accessibility
/about/cookies/Cookies
/council/get-involved/contact/Contact us

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://lancashire.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.84 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.
This page loads 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 12 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (30 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
dateTue, 19 Nov 2024 17:17:20 GMT
connectionclose
content-length30700
set-cookie144 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-xss-protection0; mode=block
x-content-type-options'nosniff'
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 5,552 referring domains.
This page has 531,097 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,805 different ip addresses.

Search preview

lancashire.gov.uk
Home - Lancashire County Council
Find information on the services Lancashire County Council provides.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Lancashire79%Check
Lancashire County Council72%Check
council70%Check
County Council66%Check
services Lancashire66%Check
county59%Check
services54%Check
form54%Check
information50%Check
Sixth Form48%Check

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