Parliament.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
67% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.25 s
File size
129.90 kB
Words
1471
Media files
29
Number of links
61 internal / 59 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
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UK Parliament
The page title is too short. (131 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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The UK Parliament has two Houses that work on behalf of UK citizens to check and challenge the work of Government, make and shape effective laws, and debate/make decisions on the big issues of the day.
The meta description is too long: 1281 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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No canonical link is specified.
Language
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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
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The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
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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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Content
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  • Duplicate: ParliamentNow presents information from the UK Parliament annunciator ...
This page contains 1471 words. That's ok.
30.8% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
15 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 23.06 words is good.
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Mobile optimization
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No 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 29 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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8 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
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There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
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HTTPS
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

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...9-october-2024.jpg?width=1000&quality=85Full House of Commons Chamber with MPs attending PMQs
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/Content/img/illustration-wq.pngIllustration representing a written question
/Content/img/illustration-si.pngIllustration representing a Statutory Instrument
/Content/img/illustration-treaties.pngIllustration representing a treaty
/Content/img/illustration-dp.pngIllustration representing deposited papers
/Content/img/illustration-gtp.pngIllustration representing MPs next to a book
/Content/img/illustration-erskinemay.pngIllustration representing the Erskine May book
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Page structure

H1 heading
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UK Parliament
The H1 heading is too short (13 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 UK Parliament
H2 Featured news
H2 Quick links
H2 ParliamentNow
H2 Follow the latest business
H2 What's on
H2 Watch
H2 Developers
H2 Other Parliamentary resources
H2 Find Members of the House of Commons
H2 Find Members of the House of Lords
H2 Visit UK Parliament
H3 Wednesday 16 October 2024
H3 Parliament TV
H6 Popular
H6 Research
H6 Search Parliament
H6 Watch Parliament Live
H6 Follow Parliament
H6 Legal
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 too many external links (59) on this page.
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https://www.parliament.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.parliament.uk/No Text
https://www.shop.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Shop
/business/Parliamentary business home
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/business/publications/Publications & records
https://www.parliamentlive.tv/External Subdomain Parliament TV
/business/news/News from UK Parliament
https://hansard.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Hansard Read transcripts of debates in both Houses.
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/business/publications/researc...Next steps for the UK leaving the EU
/mps-lords-and-offices/MPs, Lords & offices home
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https://members.parliament.uk/...External Subdomain Members of the House of Lords
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/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/Parliamentary offices
/mps-lords-and-offices/members...Members' allowances
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https://members.parliament.uk/...External Subdomain Search for Members of the House of Lords Learn about their experience, knowledge and interests.
https://www.parliament.uk/about/About Parliament home
/about/how/How Parliament works
/about/mps-and-lords/About MPs, Lords & officers
/about/independent-complaints-...Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS)
/about/living-heritage/Living Heritage
/about/careers/Careers at Parliament
/about/faqs/Frequently Asked Questions
/about/sustainability/Sustainability and environmental performance in Parliament
/about/modernslavery/UK Parliament's Modern Slavery Programme
/about/parliament-and-women/Parliament and Women
/about/working/workplace-equal...Workplace Equality Networks Staff networks for people to discuss and consider issues.
/get-involved/Get involved home
/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or...Contact an MP or a Member of the Lords
/get-involved/education-progra...Join a learning programme
/get-involved/research-impact-...Research impact at the UK Parliament
/get-involved/have-your-say-on...Have your say: Laws & debates
/get-involved/welsh/Y Gornel Gymraeg
/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or...Contact an MP or Lord Contact your MP or a Member of the House of Lords about an issue that matters to you.
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/get-involved/sign-a-petition/Sign or create a petition
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/visiting/Visit Parliament home
/visiting/visiting-and-tours/Tours
/visiting/talks-and-events/Talks and events
/visiting/visiting-and-tours/w...Watch debates and committees
/visiting/access/Plan your visit
/visiting/virtualtour/360° virtual tour
/visiting/venue-hire/Venue hire
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https://parliament.us16.list-m...External Subdomain Visit newsletter Sign up to our newsletter to receive the latest news about visiting UK Parliament.
https://learning.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Learning home
https://learning.parliament.uk...External Subdomain About UK Parliament education
https://learning.parliament.uk...External Subdomain Teacher resources and lesson plans
https://learning.parliament.uk...External Subdomain CPD Training
https://learning.parliament.uk...External Subdomain Outreach
https://learning.parliament.uk...External Subdomain Visit
https://learning.parliament.uk...External Subdomain Inspire your students Book a school visit, classroom workshop or teacher-training session
https://learning.parliament.uk...External Subdomain Free teacher training resources Access videos, worksheets, lesson plans and games.
https://parliament.us16.list-m...External Subdomain Sign up to our education newsletter
https://www.shop.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Shop home
/business/newsView all UK Parliament news
/business/news/2024/october/co...Featured item: Coming up in the Commons 14-18 October Find out what's coming up in the House of Commons 14-18 October 11 October 2024
IMG-ALT Full House of Commons Chamber with MPs attending PMQs
/business/news/2024/october/wh...Featured item: What's on in the Lords 14-18 October Discover what's coming up in the House of Lords this week. 11 October 2024
/business/news/2024/january/vi...Featured item: Book a tour of the Palace of Westminster this autumn Visit the Palace of Westminster 27 September 2024
/business/commons/House of Commons Democratically elected house makes laws and checks the work of Government.
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/business/lords/House of Lords Checking and shaping draft laws and challenging the work of Government.
IMG-ALT UK Parliament Portcullis
https://members.parliament.uk/External Subdomain MPs and Lords Find Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of the House of Lords.
IMG-ALT Illustration of MPs and Lords
https://votes.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Votes in Parliament Find vote results from the House of Commons and House of Lords.
IMG-ALT Illustration of a ballot paper
https://hansard.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Hansard Read transcripts of debates and find business papers from both Houses.
IMG-ALT Illustration of Hansard volumes
https://bills.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Bills Keep up to date with the progress of current and draft Bills before Parliament.
IMG-ALT Illustration of Commons and Lords Bills
https://committees.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Committees Latest news, inquiries and reports from Parliamentary select committees.
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https://researchbriefings.parl...External Subdomain Research briefings Browse research, data and analysis from Parliament’s libraries and research bodies.
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https://now.parliament.uk/External Subdomain View full ParliamentNow website To view a version of ParliamentNow that is accessible using assistive technologies, please use this link.
https://guidetoprocedure.parli...External Subdomain annunciator system
https://guidetoprocedure.parli...External Subdomain Text duplicate annunciator system
https://www.parliament.uk/Anchor News
https://www.parliament.uk/Anchor Text duplicate What's on
https://committees.parliament....External Subdomain UK’s response to modern slavery has not kept up with the advances of other nations Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee publishes it report 'The Modern Slavery ...
/business/news/2024/october/te...Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: call for evidence Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: call for evidence 15 October 2024
/business/news/2024/october/cr...Lords begins detailed check of Crown Estate Bill Members discuss changes on borrowing as line by line examination of the bill begins. Catch up 15 October 2024
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https://committees.parliament....External Subdomain Aspiration and specialist support are key to young disabled people thriving in the workplace Public Services Committee publishes its report 'Think Work First...
/business/news/2024/october/re...Renters' Rights Bill: call for evidence Renters' Rights Bill: call for evidence 14 October 2024
/business/news/2024/october/wh...What's on in the Lords 14-18 October Discover what's coming up in the House of Lords this week. 11 October 2024
/business/news/Text duplicate View all UK Parliament news
https://calendar.parliament.uk/External Subdomain View the full Parliamentary calendar
https://parliamentlive.tv/New window External Watch on parliamentlive.tv
https://www.youtube.com/UKParl...New window External Subdomain UK Parliament YouTube Watch the latest videos about the work of Parliament on our official YouTube channel
https://developer.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Developer hub Resources for developers, including a directory of open data APIs which allow Parliamentary data to be shared publicly
IMG-ALT Illustration representing Parliamentary data coming down from the cloud
https://questions-statements.p...External Subdomain Written questions, answers and statements Find written questions and answers, as well as written statements
IMG-ALT Illustration representing a written question
https://statutoryinstruments.p...External Subdomain Statutory Instruments Find Statutory Instruments by title, paper number, and other criteria
IMG-ALT Illustration representing a Statutory Instrument
https://treaties.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Treaties Find treaties by title, command paper number, and other criteria
IMG-ALT Illustration representing a treaty
https://depositedpapers.parlia...External Subdomain Deposited papers Find deposited papers that have been deposited in both houses
IMG-ALT Illustration representing deposited papers
https://guidetoprocedure.parli...External Subdomain MPs' Guide to Procedure Practical, clearly written guidance on House of Commons procedure for MPs and their staff
IMG-ALT Illustration representing MPs next to a book
https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Erskine May Browse and search an online version of Erskine May’s treatise on the law, privileges, proceedings
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https://members.parliament.uk/...External Subdomain View all MPs
https://members.parliament.uk/...External Subdomain View all Members of the House of Lords
https://tickets.parliament.uk/...External Subdomain View all tours
https://whatson.parliament.uk/External Subdomain What's on in Parliament
https://petition.parliament.uk/External Subdomain Petitions
/about/careers/Text duplicate Careers at Parliament
/mps-lords-and-offices/offices...Commons Media Relations
/business/lords/media-centre/Lords Press Office
/site-information/contact-us/Contact us
https://commonslibrary.parliam...External Subdomain Commons Library
https://lordslibrary.parliamen...External Subdomain Lords Library
https://post.parliament.uk/External Subdomain POST
https://parliamentlive.tv/External Parliament Live TV
https://twitter.com/ukparliamentNew window External X
https://www.instagram.com/ukpa...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/ukpar...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://youtube.com/UKParliamentNew window External YouTube
/site-information/accessibility/Accessibility statement
/about/modernslavery/Modern slavery statement
/site-information/About this site
/site-information/data-protect...Privacy notice
/site-information/privacy/Cookie policy

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This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
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The page response time is excellent with 0.25 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (130 kB).

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 30,189 referring domains.
This page has 18,895,117 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 19,030 different ip addresses.

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UK Parliament
The UK Parliament has two Houses that work on behalf of UK citizens to check and challenge the work of Government, make and shape effective laws, and debate/make decisions on the big issues of the day.

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UK citizens70%Check
Members Parliament66%Check
visit UK66%Check
Parliament TV61%Check
Visit Parliament61%Check
Parliament Live61%Check
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