nct.org.uk | Website SEO Review

Response time

0.14 s

File size

75.00 kB

Words

689

Media files

18

Number of links

73 internal / 12 external

Meta specifications 100% achieved

Title

(Critically important)

The UK's leading charity for parents | NCT

The length of the page title is perfect. (380 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)

There are no duplicate words in the title

Meta Title

Meta description

(Critically important)

We are the charity that supports people as they become parents. We're here for you through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.

The length of the meta description is perfect. (813 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)

Meta Description

Crawlability

(Critically important)

There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

(Important)

https://www.nct.org.uk/

There is a valid canonical link specified.

Canonical Tag

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

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

(Somewhat important)

There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

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.

Meta Tags

Domain

(Somewhat important)

The domain is no subdomain.

The domain length is good.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

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.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

(Somewhat important)

The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

The favicon is linked correctly.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
description	We are the charity that supports people as they become parents. We're here for you through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
Generator	Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimized	width
HandheldFriendly	true
viewport	width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
mobile-web-app-capable	yes
dcterms.title	The UK's leading charity for parents \| NCT
dcterms.creator	NCT (National Childbirth Trust)
dcterms.created	2017-04-03T17:16:25+01:00
dcterms.modified	2024-08-21T16:20:18+01:00
dcterms.issued	2024-08-21T16:20:18+01:00
dcterms.format	HTML
dcterms.identifier	https://www.nct.org.uk/
msapplication-TileColor	#ffffff
theme-color	#ffffff
article:published_time	2024-08-21T16:20:18+01:00
article:modified_time	2024-08-21T16:20:18+01:00
lang	en
twitter:card	summary
twitter:site	@NCTcharity
twitter:title	The UK's leading charity for parents \| NCT
twitter:description	We are the charity that supports people as they become parents. We're here for you through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
twitter:image	https://www.nct.org.uk/themes/custom/nct2/assets/images/logo_thumbnail.png
og:title	The UK's leading charity for parents \| NCT
og:type	website
og:url	https://www.nct.org.uk/
og:image	https://www.nct.org.uk/themes/custom/nct2/assets/images/logo_thumbnail.png
og:description	We are the charity that supports people as they become parents. We're here for you through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
og:site_name	NCT (National Childbirth Trust)
charset	utf-8

Page quality 80% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content

This page contains 689 words. That's ok.

32.7% of the text are stop words.

The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.

11 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 17.69 words is good.

Content is King

Frames

(Critically important)

This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

(Somewhat important)

This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.

A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.

At least one Apple touch icon is specified.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

(Somewhat important)

The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 14 tags for this page.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

(Somewhat important)

Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.

Image SEO

There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.

Social Sharing

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.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
/themes/custom/nct2/logo.svg	Home
data:[...] Base64	Soon-to-be parents at an Antenatal course	Soon-to-be parents at an Antenatal course
data:[...] Base64	Mum holding baby at New Baby course	NCT New Baby Course
data:[...] Base64	For Every Parent 23-28 strategy	For Every Parent 23-28 strategy
data:[...] Base64	Mother and Baby	Find out about our Infant Feeding Line
data:[...] Base64	Two volunteers and their babies	Two volunteers and their babies
...anners-landingpage (1).jpg?itok=k2L9JUNo	Illustration of new and expectant parents	Illustration of new and expectant parents
...public/2019-04/970x400.jpg?itok=Ot6PlTq2	Antenatal courses	Antenatal courses
...es/inline-images/Antenatal thumbnail.jpg	Antenatal courses
...es/inline-images/Postnatal thumbnail.jpg	Postnatal courses
...l-activities-home-temp.jpg?itok=EH7GYzmE	Local activities	Local activities
...t/files/2022-03/feeding-support-icon.png	Feeding support
...default/files/2024-10/walk-talk-icon.png	Pram Illustration
.../default/files/2018-12/nearlyNewIcon.png	NCT Nearly New Sales
...s/default/files/2018-12/Rectangle_19.png	Baby First Aid
/sites/default/files/2018-12/Layer_9.png	Local parent support
/sites/default/files/2018-12/2-layers.png	Local NCT community
.../2019-06/Membership-parent-group (1).jpg	NCT Membership	NCT Membership

Page structure 94% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

We are NCT

The H1 heading is too short (10 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

(Important)

The heading structure is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	We are NCT
H2	Primary menu
H2	Information for parents
H2	Courses and workshops
H2	Local activities and meet-ups
H3	Get ready to connect
H3	Want to feel more confident as a new parent? We can help.
H3	Together, we can ensure every parent feels confident, connected, and safe
H3	Questions about feeding?
H3	Get involved
H3	Antenatal courses
H3	Postnatal courses
H3	Sign up for our exclusive NCT Pregnancy & Baby Guide
H3	Support line
H3	About
H3	News & views
H3	Support us
H3	Professionals
H3	Bottom links nct2

Link structure 90% achieved

Internal links

(Important)

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.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are 12 external links on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://www.nct.org.uk/	Anchor	Skip to main content
https://www.nct.org.uk/		IMG-ALT Home A-TITLE Home
/courses-workshops/nct-antenat...		Book your antenatala course A-TITLE Book your antenatal course
/support-us/donate		Make a donation A-TITLE Make a donation
https://www.facebook.com/natio...	External Subdomain	A-TITLE Follow us on Facebook
https://twitter.com/nctcharity/	External	A-TITLE Follow us on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/nctc...	External Subdomain	A-TITLE Follow us on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...	External Subdomain	A-TITLE Follow us on LinkedIn
/courses-workshops		Courses & workshops A-TITLE NCT Courses & Workshops
/information		Pregnancy & parenting information
/information/pregnancy		Pregnancy A-TITLE Evidenced-based information on Pregnancy
/information/labour-birth		Labour & birth A-TITLE Evidenced-based information on Labour & birth
/information/baby-toddler		Baby & toddler A-TITLE Evidenced-based information on babies & toddlers
/information/life-parent		Life as a parent A-TITLE Evidenced-based information about life as a parent
/local-activities-meet-ups		Local activities & meet-ups A-TITLE Local NCT events and meet-ups
/get-involved		Get involved
/get-involved/volunteering		Volunteer with us A-TITLE Volunteer with us
https://www.cloudonlinerecruit...	External Subdomain	Work with us A-TITLE Work at NCT
https://www.nct.org.uk/support-us		Support us A-TITLE How you can support NCT
/support-us/donate	Text duplicate	Make a donation A-TITLE Donate to NCT
/support-us/membership		Become a member A-TITLE Become an NCT member
/support-us/fundraising-activi...		Fundraise for NCT A-TITLE Fundraise for us
/support-us/partner-with-us		Partner with us
https://www.nct.org.uk/about-us		About us
/about-us/our-impact		Our impact
/about-us/our-strategy		Our strategy A-TITLE Our For Every Parent 5-year strategy
/about-us/our-board-trustees		Our trustees A-TITLE Find out about our trustees
/about-us/our-leadership-team		Our leadership team
/about-us/our-course-leaders		Our course leaders
/about-us/our-commitment-equit...		Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
/about-us/community-support-pr...		Community support programmes
/about-us/media/news		Latest news A-TITLE Read latest news from NCT
/about-us/contact-us		Contact us
https://www.facebook.com/natio...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	A-TITLE Follow us on Facebook
https://twitter.com/nctcharity/	External Text duplicate	A-TITLE Follow us on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/nctc...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	A-TITLE Follow us on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	A-TITLE Follow us on LinkedIn
/node/162186		Book your antenatal course
/courses-workshops/nct-new-bab...		Learn more
/about-us/our-strategy		Find out more
/baby-toddler/feeding/early-da...	Subdomain Text duplicate	Find out more
/get-involved/volunteering	Text duplicate	Find out more
https://www.nct.org.uk/about-us	Text duplicate	About us
/information		Explore pregnancy & parenting information A-TITLE Explore pregnancy and parenting information
/courses-workshops		IMG-ALT Antenatal courses
/courses-workshops	Text duplicate	Antenatal courses
/courses-workshops		View courses
/courses-workshops		IMG-ALT Postnatal courses
/courses-workshops	Text duplicate	Postnatal courses
/courses-workshops	Text duplicate	View courses
/courses-workshops		View all courses & workshops
/local-activities-meet-ups/fee...		IMG-ALT Feeding support
/local-activities-meet-ups/fee...	Text duplicate	Feeding support
/local-activities-meet-ups/nct...		IMG-ALT Pram Illustration
/local-activities-meet-ups/nct...		NCT Walk and Talk
/local-activities-meet-ups/nct...		IMG-ALT NCT Nearly New Sales
/local-activities-meet-ups/nct...	Text duplicate	NCT Nearly New Sales
/local-activities-meet-ups/bab...		IMG-ALT Baby First Aid
/local-activities-meet-ups/bab...		Baby & Child First Aid
/local-activities-meet-ups/par...		IMG-ALT Local parent support
/local-activities-meet-ups/par...		Parent and baby groups
/local-activities-meet-ups/loc...		IMG-ALT Local NCT community
/local-activities-meet-ups/loc...	Text duplicate	Local NCT community
/get-involved/membership		find out more about NCT Membership A-TITLE Find out more about membership
https://members.nct.org.uk/sig...	External Subdomain	Join today
https://www.nct.org.uk/privacy		privacy policy
https://nct.org.uk/privacy	Text duplicate	privacy policy
https://www.nct.org.uk/	Anchor	See all costs
/about-us/our-board-trustees		Trustees
https://www.cloudonlinerecruit...	External Subdomain	Careers
/about-us/contact-us	Text duplicate	Contact us
/about-us/media/news		News
/support-us/donate		Donate
/support-us/membership		Membership A-TITLE Become an NCT member
/get-involved/volunteering		Volunteering A-TITLE Volunteer for NCT
/get-involved/partner-with-us		Partnerships
/support-us/fundraising-activi...		Fundraising
/about-us/community-support-pr...		Breastfeeding Support Services
/about-us/community-support-pr...		Community Support Services A-TITLE Community support services
https://www.cloudonlinerecruit...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Work with us
/safeguarding		Safeguarding
/about-us/media		Media
https://www.nct.org.uk/privacy		Privacy and cookies
/about-us/contact-us	Text duplicate	Contact us
https://www.nct.org.uk/user/login		Editor login A-TITLE Editor login

Server configuration 73% achieved

HTTP redirects

(Critically important)

This page redirects to "https://www.nct.org.uk/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

(Important)

The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.

No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.

HTTP headers

Performance

(Somewhat important)

This page loads 6 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.

This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.

The page response time is excellent with 0.14 seconds.

The file size of the HTML document is fine (75 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
date	Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:57:19 GMT
server	Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu)
x-frame-options	SAMEORIGIN, SAMEORIGIN, SAMEORIGIN, SAMEORIGIN, SAMEORIGIN, SAMEORIGIN, SAMEORIGIN, SAMEORIGIN, SAMEORIGIN, SAMEORIGIN, SAMEORIGIN, SAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-options	nosniff
cache-control	max-age=21600, public
x-drupal-dynamic-cache	MISS
content-language	en
expires	Sun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modified	Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:18:40 GMT
etag	"1729700320-gzip"
vary	Cookie,Origin,Accept-Encoding
x-drupal-cache	HIT
content-encoding	gzip
transfer-encoding	chunked
content-type	text/html; charset=UTF-8
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/1.1

External factors 100% achieved

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This page is referenced by wikipedia.

This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 5,241 referring domains.

This page has 49,963 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 3,587 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

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Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
Disallow: /sites/default/files/*.pdf
# Paths (clean URLs)
Allow: /course/*
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
Disallow: /event/*?
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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www.nct.org.uk

The UK's leading charity for parents | NCT

We are the charity that supports people as they become parents. We're here for you through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.

Most important keywords

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

Keyword	Result	Recheck
NCT	87%	Check
parent	72%	Check
parents	65%	Check
Support	58%	Check
charity	58%	Check
NCT Nearly New Sales	58%	Check
early	54%	Check
new	53%	Check
parent feels confident	52%	Check
Pregnancy	50%	Check
early parenthood	50%	Check
Supporting Parents	50%	Check
New Baby	50%	Check
Community support	49%	Check
birth early parenthood	49%	Check
Support Services	48%	Check
Emotional Support	48%	Check
people as	48%	Check
Postnatal	47%	Check
Pregnancy Baby	47%	Check
supports people as	47%	Check
Courses	46%	Check
birth	46%	Check
parenthood	46%	Check
people	46%	Check

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Page quality 80% achieved

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Page structure 94% achieved

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Link structure 90% achieved

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Server configuration 73% achieved

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External factors 100% achieved

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