Legalservicesboard.org.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
97% 
Page quality
68% 
Page structure
45% 
Link structure
66% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.68 s
File size
80.90 kB
Words
840
Media files
5
Number of links
59 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - The Legal Services Board
The length of the page title is perfect. (303 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Legal Services Board is the oversight regulator of legal services in England and Wales. We are independent from the government.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (828 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/
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 next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 29.82 words is high.
This page contains 840 words. That's ok.
34.3% 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.
16 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width" 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)
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
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...sb/images/general/legal-choices-logo.svgLegal Choices Logo
.../uploads/2024/12/LSB-Bluesky-2-50x29.pngNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RLS-50x29.pngNo alt attribute provided
...sues-in-England-and-Wales-2023-50x29.pngIndividuals’ handling of legal issues in England and Wales 2023

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to the Legal Services Board
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 35 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to the Legal Services Board
H2 About us
H2 Our work
H2 Research
H2 News & media
H2 Subscribe to our newsletter
H2 Subscribe to our newsletter Duplicate text
H3 Reshaping Legal Services Conference 2025 – Register Today!
H3 Visit the Reshaping Legal Services platform
H3 Reshaping Legal Services - A sector-wide strategy
H3 Enquiries from the public
H3 Information on the Solicitor’s Indemnity Fund
H3 Our Board
H3 Corporate publications
H3 Our relationships
H3 Reshaping Legal Services strategy
H3 Business Plan 2024/25
H3 Statutory decision making
H3 Live rule-change applications
H3 Consultations and responses
H3 Regulatory performance
H3 Professional Ethics, Rule of Law, and Regulation
H3 Ongoing competence
H3 Increasing market transparency for consumers
H3 Legal technology and innovation
H3 Encouraging and promoting a diverse legal services sector
H3 Financial protection arrangements for consumers
H3 Economic crime regulatory objective
H3 Legal Needs of Individuals in England and Wales
H3 Small business legal needs survey
H3 Legal Expenses Insurance: Public Panel research
H3 Literature review: Diversity and Inclusion
H3 Diversity dashboard
H3 State of Legal Services Report 2020
H3 Market intelligence
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 7 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to content
A-TITLE Skip to content
/accessibilityAccessibility
/enquiriesEnquiries
/IMG-ALT The Legal Services Board Logo
/about-usAbout us
/newsNews
/our-workOur work
/researchResearch
/enquiriesText duplicate Enquiries
/croeso-ir-bwrdd-gwasanaethau-...Cymraeg
https://www.legalchoices.org.uk/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Legal Choices Logo
https://events.ringcentral.com...External Subdomain Featured article Reshaping Legal Services Conference 2025 – Register Today! Our next annual conference is on 6 March 2025. Join us to collaborate and reshape...
/about-usabout us
http://www.reshapinglegalservi...External Subdomain Visit the Reshaping Legal Services platform The platform tracks the sector's progress in improving the legal services market for consumers
/our-work/reshaping-legal-serv...Reshaping Legal Services - A sector-wide strategy The golden thread of the strategy is the need to reshape legal services to better meet society’s needs.
/enquiries/frequently-asked-qu...Enquiries from the public Including who to complain to if you have a problem with a lawyer or a regulator.
/enquiries/frequently-asked-qu...Information on the Solicitor’s Indemnity Fund The current position on key questions relating to the Solicitor’s Indemnity Fund
/about-us/our-boardOur Board Board member biographies, Board minutes, expenses
/about-us/corporate-publicationsCorporate publications Business Plan, Annual Report and Accounts, cost statement
/about-us/our-relationshipsOur relationships Legal Services Consumer Panel, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Office for Legal Complaints
https://reshapinglegalservices...External Featured article Reshaping Legal Services strategy We want to see fairer outcomes, stronger confidence and better services in the sector. Visit our microsite...
/our-workour work
/our-work/ongoing-work/current...Business Plan 2024/25 Our business plan outlines how we will contribute to reshaping legal services to better meet society’s needs
/our-work/statutory-decision-m...Statutory decision making Find out more about the LSB's range of approval and decision making powers.
/our-work/statutory-decision-m...Live rule-change applications See all current applications from regulators to change regulatory arrangements.
/our-work/consultations-pageConsultations and responses Have a look at our open and closed consultations.
/our-work/regulatory-performanceRegulatory performance Find out more about how we hold regulators to account.
/our-work/ongoing-work/profess...Professional Ethics, Rule of Law, and Regulation FInd out more about our project on ethics, rule of Law, and regulation
/our-work/ongoing-work/ongoing...Ongoing competence Five-year policy objective: The regulators have appropriate frameworks for continuing assurance of professional competence throughout the ...
/our-work/ongoing-work/increas...Increasing market transparency for consumers This project includes our response to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) legal services market study an...
/our-work/current-work/technol...Legal technology and innovation Find out more about our work in responding to the regulatory implications of technological innovation.
/our-work/ongoing-work/encoura...Encouraging and promoting a diverse legal services sector Find out more about our work to ensure legal services are accessible to all and promote diversity a...
/our-work/ongoing-work/financi...Financial protection arrangements for consumers Find out more about our project reviewing financial protection arrangements for consumers
/our-work/ongoing-work/economi...Economic crime regulatory objective Find out more about our economic crime- related regulatory objective.
/research/online-survey-of-ind...Featured article Legal Needs of Individuals in England and Wales Summary of the findings of the 2023 survey of the legal needs of individuals and topic reports
IMG-ALT Individuals’ handling of legal issues in England and Wales 2023
/researchText duplicate Research
/research/small-business-legal...Small business legal needs survey This research explores the legal needs of small businesses in England and Wales
/research/legal-expenses-insur...Legal Expenses Insurance: Public Panel research Public Panel research on Legal Expenses Insurance
/research/legal-regulation-to-...Literature review: Diversity and Inclusion A review into the extent of which regulators evaluate the impact of their diversity and inclusion initiatives
/research/diversity-dashboard-0Diversity dashboard This dashboard brings together the latest diversity and inclusion information collected by the legal services regulatory bodies.
/state-of-legal-services-repor...State of Legal Services Report 2020 Our State of Legal Services Report 2020 gives an in-depth review of the legal services sector following ten years of inde...
/research/market-intelligenceMarket intelligence Discover a range of data and information on the legal services market.
/news/chairs-blog-regulatory-o...Chair’s blog: regulatory oversight and professional ethics in focus Our first Board meeting of 2025 took place on Tuesday 21 January. It was a pleasure to be...
A-TITLE View Chair’s blog: regulatory oversight and professional ethics in focus
/news/were-hosting-a-board-app...We’re hosting a Board Apprentice in 2025 We’re excited to be part of the Board Apprentice programme in 2025 for the second time. Boardroom Apprentice is a …
A-TITLE View We’re hosting a Board Apprentice in 2025
/news/chairs-blog-priorities-f...Chair’s blog: priorities for 2025/26 On 26 November, we held our final Board meeting for 2024. More of that in a moment, but first I …
A-TITLE View Chair’s blog: priorities for 2025/26
/news/professional-ethics-and-...Professional ethics and consumer protections among future priorities for oversight regulator The Legal Services Board (LSB) has launched a consultation on it...
A-TITLE View Professional ethics and consumer protections among future priorities for oversight regulator
/news/join-us-at-the-2025-resh...Join Us at the 2025 Reshaping Legal Services Annual Conference! We are excited to announce that we are now open for bookings for our 2025 Reshaping Legal Ser...
A-TITLE View Join Us at the 2025 Reshaping Legal Services Annual Conference!
/news/consultation-launched-on...Consultation launched on how legal regulators can fight economic crime Draft proposals to underline the important role of legal services regulators in tackli...
A-TITLE View Consultation launched on how legal regulators can fight economic crime
/newsView all news
/news/newsletter-signupSign up to our newsletter
/about-usText duplicate About us
/newsText duplicate News
/our-workText duplicate Our work
/researchText duplicate Research
/enquiriesText duplicate Enquiries
/news/press-enquiriesContact details
/croeso-ir-bwrdd-gwasanaethau-...Text duplicate Cymraeg
/enquiries/site-mapSite Map
/disclaimerDisclaimer
/privacy-noticePrivacy notice
/cookies-statementCookies statement
/freedom-of-informationFreedom of Information
/accessibilityText duplicate Accessibility
https://twitter.com/LSB_EngandWalNew window External Follow us on Twitter (link opens in a new window)
A-TITLE The Twitter profile for The Legal Services Board
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Find us on LinkedIn (link opens in a new window)
A-TITLE The LinkedIn page for The Legal Services Board
https://www.etempa.co.uk/New window External Subdomain Etempa Web Soltuions

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
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 very slow (1.68 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 (81 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,041 referring domains.
This page has 17,812 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 524 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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legalservicesboard.org.uk
Home - The Legal Services Board
The Legal Services Board is the oversight regulator of legal services in England and Wales. We are independent from the government.

Most important keywords

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

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Services95%Check
Legal Services95%Check
Board95%Check
Legal Services Board95%Check
Reshaping Legal Services77%Check
reshape legal services77%Check
legal services market77%Check
legal services sector77%Check
legal needs68%Check

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