Manchester.gov.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
50% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
98% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.23 s
File size
37.80 kB
Words
402
Media files
11
Number of links
67 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Manchester City Council Homepage
The length of the page title is perfect. (323 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Find and use Manchester City Council services and information online. Including council tax, bins, benefits and support, parking and more.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (851 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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
authorManchester City Council
generatorhttp://www.jadu.net
DC.languageen
DC.created2005-04-01
DC.creatorManchester City Council
DC.publisherManchester City Council, Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 2LA, UK
KeywordsManchester, UK, England, local authority, council, local government, services, citizen, councillor, community, leisure, tourist, tourism, social services, education, enviroment, fire, emergency planning, road safety, transport, motorways, library, libraries, archive, public record, record office, parish councils, county councillors
DescriptionFind and use Manchester City Council services and information online. Including council tax, bins, benefits and support, parking and more.
DC.titleManchester City Council - Tel: 0161 234 5000
DC.descriptionFind and use Manchester City Council services and information online. Including council tax, bins, benefits and support, parking and more.
langen
fb:app_id114334369523
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 402 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 27 words is high.
24.6% 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.
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, 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 8 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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Manchester City Council home page
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Manchester City Council home page
H1 New Homepage
H2 Council Services
H2 Our Budget 2025/26
H2 Help with rent, food, bills, benefits or getting online
H2 Warm Welcome Spaces available across Manchester
H2 Christmas in Manchester
H2 Christmas bin collection dates
H2 Latest News
H2 Upcoming Events
H3 Council Tax
H3 Bins
H3 Work
H3 Benefits and support
H3 Illegal vapes seized as city centre trader ordered to shut up shop
H3 The million-pound boost for Manchester community groups tackling the cost-of-living crisis
H3 Tens of thousands turn out for Manchester Christmas Parade - the heartwarming event of the season
H3 Zip World Manchester at Heaton Park
H3 Heaton Park Astronomy Group
H3 Manchester Cathedral Charity Carol Concert
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 7 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.manchester.gov.uk/Subdomain Manchester City Council home page
https://www.manchester.gov.uk/Subdomain Anchor Skip to main content
/accessibility/settingsSubdomain Accessibility
/youraccountSubdomain Sign in or register
/info/200028/council_taxCouncil Tax
/info/200028/council_tax/6407/...Subdomain Pay council tax
/info/500332/money_off_and_exe...Subdomain Council tax discounts and exemptions
/info/200028/council_tax/3942/...Subdomain Change your details
/info/200084/bins_rubbish_and_...Bins
/info/200084/bins_rubbish_and_...Subdomain Order a bin, box or bags
/bulkywasteGet rid of a large unwanted item
/bincollectionsCheck your bin day
/info/100008/work_jobs_trainin...Work
/info/100008/work_jobs_trainin...Subdomain See job vacancies
/info/100008/work_jobs_trainin...Subdomain Get job-seeking advice
/apprenticeshipsApprenticeships
/info/200008/benefits_and_supportBenefits and support
/info/200008/benefits_andamp_s...Subdomain Claim benefits
/info/500180/housing_benefitSubdomain Housing Benefit
https://connect.revbens.manche...External Subdomain View benefit claims
/info/100011/parkingSubdomain Parking
/educationSubdomain Schools, education and childcare
/paymentsSubdomain Make a payment
/environmentSubdomain Environmental problems
/sportleisurecultureSubdomain Parks, leisure and the arts
/info/200062/librariesSubdomain Libraries
/planningSubdomain Planning and regeneration
/homesSubdomain Homes and property
/taxiSubdomain Taxis and private hire
/birthsmarriagesdeathsSubdomain Births, marriages and deaths
/healthSubdomain Health and wellbeing
/socialservicesSubdomain Social services
/info/500344/roads_and_transportSubdomain Roads and transport
/councildemocracySubdomain The Council and democracy
/marketsSubdomain Markets
/licensingSubdomain Licences and permissions
/communitySubdomain People and communities
/crimeSubdomain Crime and antisocial behaviour
/businessSubdomain Business and investment
/info/200024/consultationsSubdomain Consultations and surveys
/info/200024/consultations_and...Subdomain Our Budget 2025/26
/budgetSubdomain Take part in our consultation
/coladviceSubdomain Help with rent, food, bills, benefits or getting online
/coladviceSubdomain Find out about help with the cost of living
/info/10050/help_with_the_cost...Subdomain Warm Welcome Spaces available across Manchester
/info/10050/help_with_the_cost...Subdomain Find your Warm Welcome Space
/homepage/1019/christmas_2024Subdomain Christmas in Manchester
/homepage/1019/christmas_2024Subdomain Discover what's happening this Christmas
/christmasrecyclingSubdomain Christmas bin collection dates
/christmasrecyclingSubdomain Get bins and recycling advice
/news/article/9603/illegal_vap...Subdomain Illegal vapes seized as city centre trader ordered to shut up shop
/news/article/9602/the_million...Subdomain The million-pound boost for Manchester community groups tackling the cost-of-living crisis
/news/article/9601/tens_of_tho...Subdomain Tens of thousands turn out for Manchester Christmas Parade - the heartwarming event of the season
/news/Read all news
/events/event/5144/zip_world_m...Subdomain Zip World Manchester at Heaton Park
/events/event/3689/heaton_park...Subdomain Heaton Park Astronomy Group
/events/event/5618/manchester_...Subdomain Manchester Cathedral Charity Carol Concert
/eventsSubdomain List all events
https://www.manchester.gov.uk/Subdomain Text duplicate Manchester City Council home page
/ebulletinsSubdomain Social media and email updates
/ebulletinsSubdomain Sign up for our bulletin
IMG-ALT Bulletin icon
https://twitter.com/ManCityCou...External Follow us on X
IMG-ALT X icon
https://www.facebook.com/manci...External Subdomain Follow us on Facebook
IMG-ALT Facebook icon
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Follow us on Linked In
IMG-ALT Linked In icon
https://www.youtube.com/user/M...External Subdomain Subscribe to us on YouTube
IMG-ALT YouTube icon
https://www.instagram.com/manc...External Subdomain Follow us on Instagram
IMG-ALT Instagram icon
/contactusSubdomain Contact us
/site_mapSubdomain Site map
/emergency-numbersSubdomain Emergency contacts
/termsSubdomain Terms & Conditions
/complaintsSubdomain Complaints
/cookiesSubdomain Privacy & Cookies
/accessibilitySubdomain Accessibility Statement
https://jadu.net/External Jadu

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.manchester.gov.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 is excellent with 0.23 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (38 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 12 Dec 2024 23:16:52 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length6783
serverWeb Server
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=2592000
set-cookie102 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
nodejadu-web-1
srvscec178
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
envmcc-live-aws
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 6,664 referring domains.
This page has 375,323 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,492 different ip addresses.

Search preview

www.manchester.gov.uk
Manchester City Council Homepage
Find and use Manchester City Council services and information online. Including council tax, bins, benefits and support, parking and more.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Manchester87%Check
Manchester City81%Check
Manchester City Council81%Check
Council77%Check
City77%Check
City Council77%Check
Manchester City Council Homepage73%Check
City Council Homepage70%Check
Council Homepage65%Check
Council Tax65%Check

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