Somerset.gov.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
92% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
51% 
Link structure
78% 
Server
90% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.59 s
File size
61.00 kB
Words
871
Media files
6
Number of links
67 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Somerset Council
The page title is too short. (161 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Find and access your council services
The length of the meta description is perfect. (236 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.somerset.gov.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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
descriptionFind and access your council services
keywordsSomerset Council, Council, SC, SCC, Somerset County Council, Somerset County
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
robotsmax-image-preview:large
langen-us
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 871 words. That's ok.
34.4% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.8 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
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)
1 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
/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newLogo.pngNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/climateIcon.svgClimate and Ecological Emergency icon
...ent/uploads/2023/09/waste-white-icon.pngCheck my collection days icon
...es/scc-core/assets/image/icons/share.svgShare post
...ent/themes/scc-core/assets/image/ogl.svgOpen Government Licence v3.0 logo
/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newLogo.pngSomerset Council logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Cookies on our website
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 32 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 Cookies on our website
H1 Welcome to somerset.gov.uk
H2 Our Services
H2 Our latest vacancies
H2 Latest news
H2 E-newsletters and alerts
H3 Essential maintenance works get underway in West Street Bridgwater
H3 Thank you for your feedback
H3 Thank you for your feedback Duplicate text
H4 Climate and Ecological Emergency
H4 Check my collection days
H4 Beaches, ports and flooding
H4 Benefits and payments
H4 Bins, recycling and waste
H4 Births, ceremonies and deaths
H4 Business, economy and licences
H4 Care and support for adults
H4 Children, families and education
H4 Community, leisure and tourism
H4 Council and democracy
H4 Council Tax
H4 Environmental Health and Food Safety
H4 Finance, performance and legal
H4 Health, safety and wellbeing
H4 Housing and homelessness
H4 Jobs and careers
H4 Libraries
H4 Planning, buildings and land
H4 Roads, travel and parking
H4 Up to date news from around the council
H4 Is this page useful?
H4 Get in touch
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
There are 10 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.somerset.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
/cookies/View cookies
https://www.somerset.gov.uk/Subdomain No Text
/beaches-ports-and-flooding/Subdomain Beaches, ports and floodingIncludes coastlines, inland waterways and harbours
/benefits-and-payments/Subdomain Benefits and paymentsIncludes making a payment, welfare rights and low income benefits
/bins-recycling-and-waste/Subdomain Bins, recycling and wasteIncludes recycling centres, kerbside collections and permits
/births-ceremonies-and-deaths/Subdomain Births, ceremonies and deathsIncludes registration, marriages and copies of certificates
/business-economy-and-licences/Subdomain Business, economy and licencesIncludes advice, grants, economic development and regeneration
/care-and-support-for-adults/Subdomain Care and support for adultsIncludes adult social care, information for carers and help to live at home
/children-families-and-education/Subdomain Children, families and educationIncludes schools, childcare and our Local Offer for ages 0 to 25
/community-leisure-and-tourism/Subdomain Community, leisure and tourismIncludes things to do, places to go and community safety
/council-and-democracy/Subdomain Council and democracyIncludes how the council works, council meetings and have your say
/council-tax/Subdomain Council TaxIncludes paying for your Council Tax, change in circumstance and support
/environment-and-food-safety/Subdomain Environmental Health and Food SafetyIncludes Environmental Health, noise and nuisance and climate emergency
/finance-performance-and-legal/Subdomain Finance, performance and legalIncludes Freedom of Information, Data Protection and procurement
/health-safety-and-wellbeing/Subdomain Health, safety and wellbeingIncludes health checks, campaigns and mental health support
/housing-support/Subdomain Housing and homelessnessIncludes paying your rent, repairs, allocation and advice
/jobs-and-careers/Subdomain Jobs and careersIncludes our current vacancies and pension information
/libraries/Subdomain LibrariesIncludes library services, learning and events
/newsroom/Subdomain NewsroomGet the latest updates from around the council
/planning-buildings-and-land/Subdomain Planning, buildings and landIncludes planning permission, building control, countryside and open spaces
/roads-travel-and-parking/Subdomain Roads, travel and parkingIncludes parking, transport and problems on the road
/?s=Bin dayBin day
/?s=Pay Council TaxPay Council Tax
/?s=RoadworksRoadworks
/?s=Planning permissionPlanning permission
https://www.somerset.gov.uk/Subdomain Home
A-TITLE Somerset Council
/council-tax/pay-your-council-...Subdomain Pay your Council Tax
/housing-support/council-and-s...Subdomain Pay your rent or service charge
/bins-recycling-and-waste/gard...Subdomain Garden waste collections
/environment-and-food-safety/c...Subdomain Climate and Ecological Emergency Working towards a climate resilient Somerset
IMG-ALT Climate and Ecological Emergency icon
/bins-recycling-and-waste/chec...Subdomain Check my collection days Check your bin collection days with our online calendar
IMG-ALT Check my collection days icon
/beaches-ports-and-flooding/Subdomain Beaches, ports and flooding Includes coastlines, inland waterways and harbours
/benefits-and-payments/Subdomain Benefits and payments Includes making a payment, welfare rights and low income benefits
/bins-recycling-and-waste/Subdomain Bins, recycling and waste Includes information on collections, recycling centres, policy and regulations
/births-ceremonies-and-deaths/Subdomain Births, ceremonies and deaths Includes registration, marriages and copies of certificates
/business-economy-and-licences/Subdomain Business, economy and licences Includes advice, grants, economic development and regeneration
/care-and-support-for-adults/Subdomain Care and support for adults Includes adult social care, information for carers and help to live at home
/children-families-and-education/Subdomain Children, families and education Includes schools, childcare and our Local Offer for ages 0 to 25
/community-leisure-and-tourism/Subdomain Community, leisure and tourism Includes things to do, places to go, parks and volunteering
/council-and-democracy/Subdomain Council and democracy Includes how the council works, council meetings and election information
/council-tax/Subdomain Council Tax Includes paying for your Council Tax, change in circumstance and support
/environment-and-food-safety/Subdomain Environmental Health and Food Safety Includes noise, nuisance, pollution and pest control
/finance-performance-and-legal/Subdomain Finance, performance and legal Includes Freedom of Information, Data Protection and procurement
/health-safety-and-wellbeing/Subdomain Health, safety and wellbeing Includes community safety and support, health checks, campaigns and mental health support
/housing-support/Subdomain Housing and homelessness Includes paying your rent, repairs, housing allocation, emergency and temporary accommodation and housing advice
/jobs-and-careers/Subdomain Jobs and careers Includes our current vacancies and pension information
/libraries/Subdomain Libraries Includes library services, learning and events
/planning-buildings-and-land/Subdomain Planning, buildings and land Includes planning permission, building control, countryside and climate emergency
/roads-travel-and-parking/Subdomain Roads, travel and parking Includes problems on the road, road closures, Rights of Way and sponsorship
/jobs-and-careersSubdomain Find your place with us
/news/essential-maintenance-wo...Subdomain No Text
/news/essential-maintenance-wo...Subdomain Essential maintenance works get underway in West Street Bridgwater Vital preparation and resurfacing works are being carried out on West Street in Bridgwater...
/news/on-your-marks-get-set-fo...Subdomain On your marks, get set – foster!
/news/a38-resurfacing-works-sc...Subdomain A38 resurfacing works scheduled for Bridgwater
/news/somerset-businesses-enco...Subdomain Somerset businesses encouraged to make the most of free help to reduce their carbon emissions
/news/somerset-council-announc...Subdomain Somerset Council announces ‘top table’ changes – and a substantial £36k saving
/newsroomFind more news and events
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe to news
https://service.somerset.gov.u...New window External Subdomain Report a problem with this page
https://service.somerset.gov.u...New window External Subdomain Start now
https://service.somerset.gov.u...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Start now
/contact-usVisit our Contact us
/jobs-and-careers/Subdomain Jobs and careers
/newsroom/Subdomain News and updates
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Sign-up to our e-newsletters
/my-account/What happened to my council account?
/our-customer-panel/Subdomain Our customer panel
https://www.facebook.com/Somer...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Social media link facebook-f
https://twitter.com/SomersetCo...New window External A-TITLE Social media link twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Social media link linkedin
https://www.instagram.com/some...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Social media link instagram
https://www.nationalarchives.g...External Subdomain Open Government Licence v3.0
/accessibility/Subdomain Accessibility
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact us
/cookies/Subdomain Cookies
/finance-performance-and-legal...Subdomain Privacy notices

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.somerset.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 of 0.59 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (61 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-permitted-cross-domain-policies"master-only"
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
dateFri, 23 Aug 2024 07:21:28 GMT
serverLiteSpeed
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 3,580 referring domains.
This page has 768,038 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,639 different ip addresses.

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Council68%Check
Somerset Council68%Check
Somerset65%Check
council services60%Check
gov54%Check
Council Tax54%Check
council works54%Check
council meetings52%Check
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services50%Check

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