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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
86% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.31 s
File size
44.40 kB
Words
924
Media files
25
Number of links
94 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
St Albans City and District Council
The length of the page title is perfect. (307 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
This is the website for St Albans City & District Council, Hertfordshire, UK.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (456 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
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
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
descriptionThis is the website for St Albans City & District Council, Hertfordshire, UK.
abstractThis is the website for St Albans City & District Council, Hertfordshire, UK.
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
google-site-verificationEmpty
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 29.73 words is high.
This page contains 924 words. That's ok.
30.3% 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.
12 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.
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)
Some tags are too long. With 76 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"the council has received a ‘designation’ for non-major planning applications"
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
/themes/sadc/images/mystalbans.svgmystalbans
/themes/sadc/logo.svgHome
/themes/sadc/images/stalbans-logo-white.svgHome
...LBDC/2022/05/5920339/letter_original.pngNo alt attribute provided
...public/2024-04/Runners.jpg?itok=muUGa-ZRTeam mates Lily Tse (left) and Kate Dixon compete at the Abbey View Community Athletics Track
...-04/Register To Vote 2.png?itok=o7FTbXJyRegister To Vote campaign poster
...rpenden Leisure Centre.png?itok=s_jtpsSwHarpenden Leisure Centre
...24-03/Register To Vote.png?itok=hdZuxag4Register To Vote campaign graphic
...ic/2024-03/King Offa 3.png?itok=_17O6eQ-How the King Offa development may look
...4-03/Cunningham Hill 1.jpg?itok=ggYDud1xMayor opening playground
...ublic/2024-03/Market_0.png?itok=cT9XCUO5Stall at the market
...2024-03/Judge Wood Web.png?itok=QD7A_zdOJudge Wood, 2nd from right, takes up her appointment as Honorary Recorder
...24-03/Community Pantry.png?itok=sdKy5oEUCommunity Pantry winners
...PXL_20230321_164545156.jpg?itok=RoOHwo9YSt Albans City and District Council Offices
...-03/Quote 6 - J Taylor.png?itok=vh3_PoRIQuote on temporary hotel accommodation funding from Cllr Jacqui Taylor
...24-03/Mayor Open Door.jpeg?itok=wNGbD3vOMayor handing over cheque to Open Door charity
...c/2024-02/Council logo.JPG?itok=Ww1Y5UU9Council sign
.../2024-02/Sust Strategy.png?itok=qZ7_Pk7qClimate Crisis Strategy poster
...ublic/2024-02/Police 2.png?itok=m-ddkLQpPolice officers at work
...Farno Twinning cropped.png?itok=ZFiXYQwUCllr Rowlands, Mayor of St Albans City and District, 2nd right, presents his gift to Fano Mayor, Massimo Seri
.../2022-03/logo-header_0.png?itok=RXn48m0XCommunity Lottery
...mages/homepage/Webcast.jpg?itok=Qsb2UGmLwebcasts
...eumOpeningWeekend10.06.jpg?itok=Dqtq2MJRSt Albans Museums
...s/homepage/attractions.png?itok=jCX_rIbaAttractions
/themes/sadc/logo_footer.svglogo footer

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 54 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Main navigation two
H2 Service menu
H2 MyStAlbans District Account
H2 Local information
H2 District mapping service
H2 Latest news
H2 Council meetings
H2 What’s on
H2 We are here to help
H2 We are here to listen
H2 We respect your privacy
H3 Visitor parking permits - we are experiencing technical issues with our parking system this morning. Please see Visitor Permits for advice to follow.
H3 Quick links
H3 Cost of living support
H3 Garden waste subscription service
H3 Recycling, rubbish, street cleaning
H3 Council Tenants
H3 Climate and Sustainability
H3 Planning and building control
H3 Parking, roads and transport
H3 Council tax
H3 Council and elections
H3 Benefits
H3 Housing
H3 Emergency support
H3 Business and licensing
H3 Environmental Services
H3 Food, hygiene and safety
H3 Jobs and careers
H3 Community and living
H3 News, media enquiries and what’s on
H3 The Healthy Hub
H3 Working together
H3 Estates services
H3 Unemployment advice
H3 Cemeteries and funerals
H3 Fraud
H3 Management of Abbey View Athletics Track handed over to St Albans Athletic Club to secure its future
H3 Elections on Thursday 2 May: make sure you are registered to vote and have photo ID
H3 Council gains £173,000 grant to make major leisure centre more energy efficient
H3 Keep a look out for poll cards – and check the details
H3 Full steam ahead with King Offa social housing development as new contractor appointed
H3 New playground opens at Cunningham Hill Open Space
H3 Discussions to be held on plans for additional market days in St Albans City Centre
H3 Judge Lana Wood’s appointment as Honorary Recorder of St Albans is marked at a special ceremony
H3 St Albans Mayor’s Pride Awards 2024 – the winners are revealed
H3 Council receives ‘designation’ for non-major planning applications
H3 Government urged to raise housing benefit cap for people placed in temporary hotel accommodation
H3 St Albans Mayor raises £1,635 for Open Door charity
H3 St Albans City and District Councillors approve a budget for 2024/25 in the face of tough financial challenges
H3 Sustainability and Climate Crisis Strategy for St Albans District is launched
H3 Crime Prevention in St Albans District – Please Give Your Views!
H3 Mayor’s town twinning visit to Fano, Italy, “strengthens ties”
H4 St Albans City and District Council
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.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
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IMG-ALT mystalbans
/search/node?keysSearchOpen Site Search
https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/IMG-ALT Home
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/pay-onlinePay Online
/do-it-onlineDo it Online
/benefitsBenefits
/business-and-licensingBusiness and licensing
/cemeteries-and-funeralsCemeteries and funerals
/council-and-electionsCouncil and elections
/council-taxCouncil tax
/emergency-supportEmergency support
/food-hygiene-and-safetyFood, hygiene and safety
/housingHousing
/jobs-and-careersJobs and careers
/news-and-whatsNews and what's on
/parking-roads-and-transportParking roads and transport
/planning-and-building-controlPlanning and building control
/recycling-and-rubbishRecycling and rubbish
/working-togetherWorking together
/node/17Subdomain ShortLink for current page
/node/11977Visitor Permits
/node/3439Sign up for a MyStAlbans Account
A-TITLE MyStAlbans District Account Sign up
/node/1001Energy Efficiency
A-TITLE Energy Efficiency
/node/543Homelessness
/apply-resident-parking-permitNew window Subdomain Apply for a Resident Parking Permi
/elections-thursday-2-may-2024Subdomain Elections on 2 May
/cost-living-supportCost of living support
/garden-waste-subscription-ser...Garden waste subscription service
/recycling-and-rubbishRecycling, rubbish, street cleaning
/council-tenantsCouncil Tenants
/sustainability-and-climateClimate and Sustainability
/planning-and-building-controlText duplicate Planning and building control
/parking-roads-and-transportParking, roads and transport
/council-taxText duplicate Council tax
/council-and-electionsText duplicate Council and elections
/benefitsText duplicate Benefits
/housingText duplicate Housing
/emergency-supportText duplicate Emergency support
/business-and-licensingText duplicate Business and licensing
/environmental-servicesEnvironmental Services
/food-hygiene-and-safetyText duplicate Food, hygiene and safety
/jobs-and-careersText duplicate Jobs and careers
/community-and-livingCommunity and living
/news-and-whatsNews, media enquiries and what’s on
/healthy-hubThe Healthy Hub
/working-togetherText duplicate Working together
/estates-servicesEstates services
/unemployment-adviceUnemployment advice
/cemeteries-and-funeralsText duplicate Cemeteries and funerals
https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/fraudFraud
https://gis.stalbans.gov.uk/No...New window External Subdomain Postcode search
A-TITLE External Website - GIS Mapping Notice board
https://gis.stalbans.gov.uk/We...New window External Subdomain Mapping search
A-TITLE External Website - GIS Mapping Service
/news/management-abbey-view-at...IMG-ALT Team mates Lily Tse (left) and Kate Dixon compete at the Abbey View Community Athletics Track
/news/management-abbey-view-at...Management of Abbey View Athletics Track handed over to St Albans Athletic Club to secure its future
/news/elections-thursday-2-may...IMG-ALT Register To Vote campaign poster
/news/elections-thursday-2-may...Elections on Thursday 2 May: make sure you are registered to vote and have photo ID
/news/council-gains-ps173000-g...IMG-ALT Harpenden Leisure Centre
/news/council-gains-ps173000-g...Council gains £173,000 grant to make major leisure centre more energy efficient
/news/keep-look-out-poll-cards...IMG-ALT Register To Vote campaign graphic
/news/keep-look-out-poll-cards...Keep a look out for poll cards – and check the details
/news/full-steam-ahead-king-of...IMG-ALT How the King Offa development may look
/news/full-steam-ahead-king-of...Full steam ahead with King Offa social housing development as new contractor appointed
/news/new-playground-opens-cun...IMG-ALT Mayor opening playground
/news/new-playground-opens-cun...New playground opens at Cunningham Hill Open Space
/news/discussions-be-held-plan...IMG-ALT Stall at the market
/news/discussions-be-held-plan...Discussions to be held on plans for additional market days in St Albans City Centre
/news/judge-lana-woods-appoint...IMG-ALT Judge Wood, 2nd from right, takes up her appointment as Honorary Recorder
/news/judge-lana-woods-appoint...Judge Lana Wood’s appointment as Honorary Recorder of St Albans is marked at a special ceremony
/news/st-albans-mayors-pride-a...IMG-ALT Community Pantry winners
/news/st-albans-mayors-pride-a...St Albans Mayor’s Pride Awards 2024 – the winners are revealed
/news/council-receives-designa...IMG-ALT St Albans City and District Council Offices
/news/council-receives-designa...Council receives ‘designation’ for non-major planning applications
/news/government-urged-raise-h...IMG-ALT Quote on temporary hotel accommodation funding from Cllr Jacqui Taylor
/news/government-urged-raise-h...Government urged to raise housing benefit cap for people placed in temporary hotel accommodation
/news/st-albans-mayor-raises-p...IMG-ALT Mayor handing over cheque to Open Door charity
/news/st-albans-mayor-raises-p...St Albans Mayor raises £1,635 for Open Door charity
/news/st-albans-city-and-distr...IMG-ALT Council sign
/news/st-albans-city-and-distr...St Albans City and District Councillors approve a budget for 2024/25 in the face of tough financial challenges
/news/sustainability-and-clima...IMG-ALT Climate Crisis Strategy poster
/news/sustainability-and-clima...Sustainability and Climate Crisis Strategy for St Albans District is launched
/news/crime-prevention-st-alba...IMG-ALT Police officers at work
/news/crime-prevention-st-alba...Crime Prevention in St Albans District – Please Give Your Views!
/news/mayors-town-twinning-vis...IMG-ALT Cllr Rowlands, Mayor of St Albans City and District, 2nd right, presents his gift to Fano Mayor, Massimo Seri
/news/mayors-town-twinning-vis...Mayor’s town twinning visit to Fano, Italy, “strengthens ties”
https://stalbans.moderngov.co....New window External Subdomain Meeting calendar
https://stalbans.public-i.tv/c...External Subdomain View a meeting online
https://www.stalbansdistrictlo...External Subdomain Community Lottery
https://stalbans.public-i.tv/c...External Subdomain Webcasts - View a meeting online
https://www.stalbansmuseums.or...External Subdomain St Albans Museums
https://www.enjoystalbans.com/...External Subdomain Attractions
/mystalbans-tutorialsMyStAlbans tutorials
/accessibility-statementAccessibility Statement
/find-usHelp planning your journey
A-TITLE St Albans City and District Council Address
/contact-usContact us
/contact-us-out-hoursContact us out of hours
/consultationsConsultations
/complaints-and-complimentsComplaints and compliments
https://stalbans.moderngov.co....External Subdomain Contact Councillors
/general-data-protection-regul...General Data Protection Regulation
/cookiesCookies
/privacy-noticePrivacy notice
/privacy-statementsPrivacy statements
https://facebook.com/StAlbansC...External Facebook
https://twitter.com/StAlbansCo...External Twitter
/find-usText duplicate Help planning your journey
A-TITLE St Albans City and District Council Offices Directions

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.stalbans.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 is excellent with 0.31 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (44 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateWed, 10 Apr 2024 12:53:54 GMT
serverApache
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-drupal-cacheHIT
varyX-Forwarded-Protocol,Accept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
x-xss-protection1
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
content-length11186
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,565 referring domains.
This page has 174,897 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 780 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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# 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.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
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
# 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

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