Spotlight.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.35 s
File size
103.30 kB
Words
615
Media files
33
Number of links
37 internal / 15 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Spotlight: The Home of Casting
The length of the page title is perfect. (282 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Since 1927, Spotlight has connected performers with roles in theatre, television, and film productions around the world.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (732 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.spotlight.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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

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article:modified_time2024-03-25T15:27:17+00:00
langen-gb
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:localeen_GB
og:typewebsite
og:titleSpotlight: The Home of Casting
og:descriptionSince 1927, Spotlight has connected performers with roles in theatre, television, and film productions around the world.
og:urlhttps://www.spotlight.com/
og:site_nameSpotlight
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 615 words. That's ok.
36.7% of the text are stop words.
7 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 17.12 words is good.
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 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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
...ntent/uploads/2023/10/spotlight-logo.pngSpotlight logo
...ina-Performer-Type-Desktop-750x652-2.jpgPerformers
...ung-Performer-Type-Desktop-750x652-1.jpgYoung Performers
...tina-Graduate-Type-Desktop-750x652-1.jpgGraduates
...ting-Director-Type-Desktop-750x652-1.jpgCasting Professionals
...Retina-Agent-Type-Desktop-750x652_V3.jpgAgents
...ent/uploads/2024/03/boost_menu_image.pngBoost Events
.../uploads/2024/03/workshop_menu_image.pngWorkshop Rental Library
..._Images_Carousel_Desktop_02-1-scaled.jpgHero
...page-Hero-Desktop-2880x1590-1-scaled.jpgHome Page - Hero
...762e5aedba3a578fc870c76bed02-scaled.jpegNo alt attribute provided
...epage_Hero_Images_Carousel_Mobile_02.jpgActor in the spotlight
...tina-Homepage-Hero-Mobile-750x1146-1.jpgHome Page - Hero
...11/a2b8be111ba4e9515d51fa6783b8d98c.jpegNo alt attribute provided
...ina-Performer-Type-Desktop-750x652-1.jpgActors and performers.
...Retina-Agent-Type-Desktop-750x652_V3.jpgTalent agents and representatives.
...ting-Director-Type-Desktop-750x652-1.jpgCasting directors.
...ung-Performer-Type-Desktop-750x652-1.jpgChild actors and young performers.
...tina-Graduate-Type-Desktop-750x652-1.jpgDrama school graduates.
...Spotlight-Contacts-Desktop-700x720-1.jpgSpotlight Contacts connects you to the entertainment industry.
...Spotlight-Podcasts-Desktop-700x720-1.jpgSpotlight podcasts keep you current.
...-Spotlight-Support-Desktop-700x720-1.jpgSpotlight offers mental health and wellbeing services.
...potlight-Identity-Competition-scaled.jpgActor Lucas Albion performing a monologue on-stage at the Spotlight Prize 2023
...-Methods-for-Mastering-Acting-scaled.jpgActor George MacKay as 'Toby' in 'I Came By' sitting in a doorway with 'Lizzie' standing behind him
...r-Hollyoaks-Finest-Young-Performers.jpegRoom of young performers holding scripts participating in a Spotlight workshop
/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/logo-1.pngAmazon Prime
/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/logo-2.pngDisney
/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/logo-3.pngNetflix
/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/logo-5.pngParamount+
/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/logo-4.pngBBC
/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/logo-6.png4
.../2023/10/spotlight-logo-with-subtext.pngSpotlight logo
Video URLWidthHeight
...com/5727_3C_Spotlight_R03_MR01_NoTag.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to the home of casting
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to the home of casting
H2 By the numbers
H2 Calling all creatives
H2 Your story starts here
H2 Your passion. Our purpose.
H2 News & Advice
H2 Find your Spotlight
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.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 15 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.spotlight.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.spotlight.com/Subdomain IMG-ALT Spotlight logo
/join-us/performersSubdomain Performers
/join-us/young-performersSubdomain Young Performers
/join-us/graduatesSubdomain Graduates
/join-us/casting-professionalsSubdomain Casting Professionals
/join-us/agentsSubdomain Agents
/rooms-and-studios/studiosSubdomain Studios
/boost-events/Subdomain Boost Events
/workshop-rental-library/Subdomain Workshop Rental Library
https://app.spotlight.com/cont...New window External Subdomain Contacts Listing
/news-and-adviceSubdomain News & Advice
/about-usSubdomain About Us
https://support.spotlight.com/...New window External Subdomain Get In Touch
https://app.spotlight.com/myhomeExternal Subdomain Sign In
/join-us/performersSubdomain Performer
/join-us/young-performersSubdomain Young Performer
/join-us/graduates/Subdomain Graduate
/join-us/casting-professionals/Subdomain Casting Professional
/join-us/agents/Subdomain Agent
/join-us/performers/Subdomain Actors and Performers
IMG-ALT Actors and performers.
/join-us/agents/Subdomain Talent Agents
IMG-ALT Talent agents and representatives.
/join-us/casting-professionals/Subdomain Casting Directors
IMG-ALT Casting directors.
/join-us/young-performers/Subdomain Young 
Performers
IMG-ALT Child actors and young performers.
/join-us/graduates/Subdomain Text duplicate Graduates
IMG-ALT Drama school graduates.
https://app.spotlight.com/cont...External Subdomain Spotlight Contacts Connecting you with a career in entertainment Learn more
IMG-ALT Spotlight Contacts connects you to the entertainment industry.
/news-and-advice/?category=The...Spotlight Podcasts Stories and advice from industry experts Learn more
IMG-ALT Spotlight podcasts keep you current.
/news-and-advice/supporting-yo...Supporting Our Members Mental health and wellbeing resources catered to creatives Learn more
IMG-ALT Spotlight offers mental health and wellbeing services.
/news-and-advice/into-the-spot...Subdomain Spotlight The Winner and Finalists for the ‘Into the Spotlight’ Identity Competition It’s time to reveal the winner and finalists for the latest ‘Into the Sp...
IMG-ALT Actor Lucas Albion performing a monologue on-stage at the Spotlight Prize 2023
/news-and-advice/acting-advice...Subdomain The Essentials 2 Minutes with George MacKay How ‘1917’ and ‘I Came By’ actor George MacKay started acting, and his top tips for fellow performers. George Mac...
IMG-ALT Actor George MacKay as 'Toby' in 'I Came By' sitting in a doorway with 'Lizzie' standing behind him
/news-and-advice/casting-direc...Subdomain Young Performers Peter’s Hunt for Hollyoaks’ Finest Young Performers Casting director Peter Hunt CDG shares his casting process for ‘Hollyoaks’, what he look...
IMG-ALT Room of young performers holding scripts participating in a Spotlight workshop
/news-and-adviceSubdomain see more +
https://www.youtube.com/spotli...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.twitter.com/spotli...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/spotl...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/spot...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@spotli...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://support.spotlight.com/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Get In Touch
/about-usSubdomain Text duplicate About Us
https://app.spotlight.com/cont...New window External Subdomain Contact Listings
/our-partnersSubdomain Our Partners
https://calendar.spotlight.com/New window External Subdomain Spotlight Performance Calendar
/contacts-infoSubdomain Get Listed on Contacts
https://status.spotlight.com/New window External Subdomain Website Status Page
/the-small-print/new-on-spotlightSubdomain What's New on Spotlight
/the-small-print/promoting-inc...Subdomain Promoting Inclusivity in Our Industry
/the-small-print/terms-conditionsSubdomain Terms & Conditions
/the-small-print/privacy-policySubdomain Privacy Policy
/help-and-faqsSubdomain Help & FAQs
/the-small-print/safeguarding-...Subdomain Safeguarding Policy
https://www.google.com/maps/pl...New window External Subdomain 16 Garrick Street, London WC2E 9BA

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.spotlight.com/"
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 0.35 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (103 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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last-modifiedFri, 28 Jun 2024 05:58:48 GMT
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 5,244 referring domains.
This page has 11,757,215 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,802 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 4462 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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Spotlight: The Home of Casting
Since 1927, Spotlight has connected performers with roles in theatre, television, and film productions around the world.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
spotlight77%Check
Casting65%Check
Spotlight competition56%Check
Casting Director52%Check
Casting Directors51%Check
Performers50%Check
Welcome50%Check
roles46%Check
productions46%Check
film46%Check
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