Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
82% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
68% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.18 s
File size
124.10 kB
Words
1313
Media files
25
Number of links
141 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

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There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
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Language
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Language defined in HTML: en-gb
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Other meta tags
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The domain is no subdomain.
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The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
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The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
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Favicon
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Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 1313 words. That's ok.
29.3% 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.
15 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
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The average number of words per sentence of 22.29 words is good.
Frames
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Mobile optimization
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At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 26 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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Social Networks
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Additional markup
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HTTPS
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
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Media list

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Page structure

H1 heading
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Year-to-date borrowing remains above forecast due to higher-than-expected local authority borrowing
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
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There are 53 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

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H1 Year-to-date borrowing remains above forecast due to higher-than-expected local authority borrowing
H2 News
H2 Featured
H2 Articles
H2 Key publications
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H3 Commentary on the public sector finances – December 2024
H3 March 2025 forecast timetable
H3 Information on agricultural and business property relief and capital gains tax measures costings in the October 2024 Budget
H3 Revisions push year-to-date borrowing above forecast
H3 Spring 2025 forecast date announced
H3 Welsh taxes outlook – December 2024
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H3 Supplementary forecast information on our carbon price and environmental levies forecasts
H3 The Chair’s presentation on our October 2024 economic and fiscal forecast
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H3 Exchange of correspondence between Richard Hughes and Shadow Chancellor Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP
H3 Forecast evaluation report 2024
H3 Rising incapacity benefits caseloads driven mainly by a higher proportion of initial claims being approved
H3 Departmental spending keeps borrowing above forecast
H3 The Chair’s presentation on our third Fiscal risks and sustainability report
H3 Public investment and potential output
H3 Year-to-date borrowing remains above forecast
H3 Ready reckoner and supplementary forecast information release
H3 The Budget Responsibility Bill
H3 Third external review of the OBR
H3 Supplementary forecast information release: Long-term economic determinants – March 2024
H3 Public investment and growth
H3 5 things you should know about our forecast
H3 Review of the March 2024 DEL forecast
H3 How health status affects labour market participation
H3 Income tax and the earnings distribution
H3 Trends in labour market inactivity for caring purposes
H3 Dynamic scoring of policy measures in OBR forecasts
H3 The OBR ready reckoner
H3 300 years of UK public finance data
H3 Medium-term forecasts
H3 Fiscal risks and long-term projections
H3 Forecast evaluation
H3 Welfare spending trends
H3 Monthly commentary
H3 Welsh taxes
H3 Briefing papers
H3 Working papers
H3 Discussion papers
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H4 Fiscal risks and sustainability – September 2024
H4 Forecast evaluation report – October 2024
H4 Welfare trends report – October 2024
H4 Publications
H4 Forecasts in-depth
H4 About the OBR
H4 Transparency
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The number of internal links is ok.
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