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Meta information
78% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
77% 
Link structure
52% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.61 s
File size
50.30 kB
Words
724
Media files
14
Number of links
88 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
St Albans Cathedral
The page title is too short. (180 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
St Albans Cathedral, Shrine to Britain's first saint, is the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in Britain. It is a place of worship, music, learning, heritage and events.
The meta description is too long: 1044 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.stalbanscathedral.org/
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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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
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keywordscharity
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og:titleSt Albans Cathedral
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og:image:width1200
og:image:height630
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X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 724 words. That's ok.
24.7% 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.
5 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 16.78 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" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The amount of tags is very high (29). We recommend using a maximum of 14 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: start:
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)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
...-452e-94f1-5aa78c335629&w=1600&h=900&f=1Welcome to St Albans Cathedral
...-45df-ac5c-6fd3b5c5a5aa&w=1600&h=900&f=1Worship
...-4cc2-84c5-f4d0724c0fcb&w=1600&h=900&f=1Daily Guided Tours
...58-ace4-616911a83892&w=1499&h=999&src=mcNo alt attribute provided
...f-4222-9c30-e0af7ad52a5d&w=760&h=760&f=1 Musical Beasts
...9-44bc-b243-cfecf0cd03d0&w=760&h=760&f=1Four Weddings and a Funeral
...d-4a80-a154-47a924846bb9&w=760&h=760&f=1Grease Sing-A-Long
...f-454a-b21b-d1e149667c23&w=760&h=760&f=1St Albans Choral Society: Bach Magnificat & Duruflé Requiem
...7-425e-b459-c92d02b041ab&w=760&h=760&f=1New Virgers Welcomed in Joyous Ceremony
...2-4b0c-add6-dce4d183f0d4&w=760&h=760&f=1Andrew Lucas receives Honorary Doctorate
...1-4c24-bc4d-9551a4c343dc&w=760&h=760&f=1Book St Albans Fireworks Spectacular 2024 now
...6-4627-8172-400402d40795&w=760&h=760&f=1Bishop Alan shares insights on House of Lords Role with 20 and 30s Group.
...0-47f7-96b6-201be4921fa5&w=680&h=400&f=1Visit us
...2-4a92-ad5d-29c7834495de&w=680&h=400&f=1Worship with us

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 26 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 Welcome to St Albans Cathedral
H2 Worship
H2 Daily Guided Tours
H2 Highlight what’s on
H2 A warm welcome to all
H2 Following Christ in Alban's footsteps
H2 Help us sustain our Cathedral and support the future
H2 News & updates
H2 Join our growing community and keep up to date with everything going on at the Cathedral
H3 Events
H3 Musical Beasts
H3 Four Weddings and a Funeral
H3 Grease Sing-A-Long
H3 St Albans Choral Society: Bach Magnificat & Duruflé Requiem
H3 News
H3 New Virgers Welcomed in Joyous Ceremony
H3 Andrew Lucas receives Honorary Doctorate
H3 Book St Albans Fireworks Spectacular 2024 now
H3 Bishop Alan shares insights on House of Lords Role with 20 and 30s Group.
H3 Warm Welcome
H3 Visit us
H3 Worship with us
H3 Useful links
H3 Where we are
H3 Find us on social media
H6 Our impact
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip over main navigation
/login?ReturnURL=/Nofollow Log in
A-TITLE Log in to contribute or update your details
/checkoutBasket: (0 items)
A-TITLE View your basket
/Pages/Events/Category/peace-d...Events
/St Albans Cathedral
A-TITLE Home
https://www.facebook.com/stalb...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/stal...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://twitter.com/stalbanscathNew window External Twitter
https://www.tiktok.com/@stalba...New window External Subdomain TikTok
https://www.youtube.com/user/s...New window External Subdomain YouTube
/donate/donateSubdomain Donate
/Anchor Menu
/Pages/Category/services/Services
/Pages/Category/music/Music
/childrenChildren and Young People
/Pages/Category/pilgrimage/Pilgrimage
/Pages/Category/life-events/Life Events
/welcome-from-the-deanWelcome from The Dean
/Pages/FAQs/Category/plan-your...Plan Your Visit
/Pages/FAQs/Category/visitor-h...Visitor Highlights
/Pages/Category/tours-and-trails/Tours and Trails
/Pages/FAQs/Category/cathedral...Cathedral Closures
/Listing/Default.aspx?Category...Group Visits
/Pages/Events/Category/events/All Events
/Pages/Category/whats-on-guide/What's On Guide
/the-alban-film-weekThe Alban Film Week
/my-accountMy Bookings
/Listing/Default.aspx?Category...Schools
/Pages/Category/adult-learning/Adult Learning
/Pages/Category/learning-resou...Library and Archives
/Listing/Default.aspx?Category...Our Community
/Pages/Category/support-us/Support Us
/Listing/Default.aspx?Category...The Friends
/volunteer-for-usVolunteering
/the-story-of-albanWho was Alban?
/Pages/Category/our-history/Our History
/our-visionOur Vision
/Pages/Category/cathedral-people/Our People
/Pages/Category/organisation/How We Work
/login?ReturnURL=/Nofollow Text duplicate Log in
A-TITLE Log in to contribute or update your details
/Pages/Events/Category/peace-d...Text duplicate Events
/checkoutText duplicate Basket: (0 items)
A-TITLE View your basket
/carousel-image-1IMG-ALT Welcome to St Albans Cathedral
A-TITLE Read: Welcome to St Albans Cathedral
/carousel-image-1Text duplicate Welcome to St Albans Cathedral
/carousel-image-2IMG-ALT Worship
A-TITLE Read: Worship
/carousel-image-2Text duplicate Worship
/daily-toursIMG-ALT Daily Guided Tours
A-TITLE Read: Daily Guided Tours
/daily-toursText duplicate Daily Guided Tours
/carousel-image-1Text duplicate Welcome to St Albans Cathedral
/carousel-image-2Text duplicate Worship
/daily-toursText duplicate Daily Guided Tours
/visitor-informationOpen daily, 9am - 5pm
/donate/donateNo charge. Donations welcome
/appeal/join-the-friendsBecome a Friend
/support-our-learningSupport our Learning
/support-our-musicSupport our Music
/events/musical-beastsIMG-ALT Musical Beasts
A-TITLE Read: Musical Beasts
/events/musical-beastsText duplicate Musical Beasts
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionEmail
https://www.facebook.com/share...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/intent/twe...New window External Text duplicate Twitter
/events/four-weddings-and-a-fu...IMG-ALT Four Weddings and a Funeral
A-TITLE Read: Four Weddings and a Funeral
/events/four-weddings-and-a-fu...Text duplicate Four Weddings and a Funeral
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate Email
https://www.facebook.com/share...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/intent/twe...New window External Text duplicate Twitter
/events/grease-sing-a-longIMG-ALT Grease Sing-A-Long
A-TITLE Read: Grease Sing-A-Long
/events/grease-sing-a-longText duplicate Grease Sing-A-Long
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate Email
https://www.facebook.com/share...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/intent/twe...New window External Text duplicate Twitter
/events/st-albans-choral-socie...IMG-ALT St Albans Choral Society: Bach Magnificat & Duruflé Requiem
A-TITLE Read: St Albans Choral Society: Bach Magnificat & Duruflé Requiem
/events/st-albans-choral-socie...St Albans Choral Society: Bach Magnificat & Duruflé Requiem
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate Email
https://www.facebook.com/share...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/intent/twe...New window External Text duplicate Twitter
/news/new-virgers-welcomed-in-...IMG-ALT New Virgers Welcomed in Joyous Ceremony
A-TITLE Read: New Virgers Welcomed in Joyous Ceremony
/news/new-virgers-welcomed-in-...Text duplicate New Virgers Welcomed in Joyous Ceremony
/news/andrew-lucas-receives-ho...IMG-ALT Andrew Lucas receives Honorary Doctorate
A-TITLE Read: Andrew Lucas receives Honorary Doctorate
/news/andrew-lucas-receives-ho...Text duplicate Andrew Lucas receives Honorary Doctorate
/news/book-st-albans-fireworks...IMG-ALT Book St Albans Fireworks Spectacular 2024 now
A-TITLE Read: Book St Albans Fireworks Spectacular 2024 now
/news/book-st-albans-fireworks...Text duplicate Book St Albans Fireworks Spectacular 2024 now
/news/bishop-alan-shares-insig...IMG-ALT Bishop Alan shares insights on House of Lords Role with 20 and 30s Group.
A-TITLE Read: Bishop Alan shares insights on House of Lords Role with 20 and 30s Group.
/news/bishop-alan-shares-insig...Text duplicate Bishop Alan shares insights on House of Lords Role with 20 and 30s Group.
/visit-usIMG-ALT Visit us
A-TITLE Read: Visit us
/visit-usText duplicate Visit us
/worship-with-usIMG-ALT Worship with us
A-TITLE Read: Worship with us
/worship-with-usText duplicate Worship with us
https://stalbanscathedral.eu.r...New window External Subdomain Safeguarding
/office-contactsContact Us
/our-dioceseSubdomain St Albans Diocese
/sitemapSitemap
/terms-and-conditionsTerms & Conditions
/Pages/Category/job-vacancyJob Vacancies
/accessibilityAccessibility
/privacy-policyPrivacy policy
/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=e...No Text
/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=4...New window Complaints policy
/login?ReturnURL=/Admin login
/my-detailsMy details
/logout?ReturnURL=/Log out
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/stalb...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/stal...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Instagram
https://twitter.com/stalbanscathNew window External Text duplicate Twitter
https://www.tiktok.com/@stalba...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate TikTok
https://www.youtube.com/user/s...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.stalbanscathedral.org/"
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 very slow (1.61 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (50 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 20 Sep 2024 10:43:06 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
cf-ray8c613661de8165e1-FRA
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
expires-1
strict-transport-securitymax-age=15552000; preload
access-control-expose-headersRequest-Context
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self';
pragmano-cache
request-contextappId=cid-v1:41a1386f-21c5-4910-962f-f343eaf534f2
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-html-edge-cache-statusMISS
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
varyAccept-Encoding
servercloudflare
content-encodinggzip
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 1,170 referring domains.
This page has 6,940 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 600 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

Sitemap: https://www.stalbanscathedral.org/sitemap.xml
User-agent: *
    Disallow: /payments/donate
User-agent: *
	Disallow: /getimage.aspx
	Disallow: /images/*/cropped
	Disallow: /pages/postcounter.aspx
	Disallow: /pages/search.aspx
	Disallow: /Pages/Search.aspx
	Disallow: /services/
	Disallow: /Services/
	Disallow: /Pages/DisplayNot.aspx
	Disallow: /lobby/
	Disallow: /Lobby/
	Disallow: /handlers/
	Disallow: /Handlers/
	Disallow: /Handlers/Download.ashx
	Disallow: /login
	Disallow: /Login 
	Disallow: /pages/payment/complete.aspx
	Disallow: /BaseUI/v2_4/Handlers/

User-agent: dotbot
	Disallow: /

User-agent: Twitterbot
User-agent: facebookexternalhit
User-agent: facebookexternalhit/1.1
User-agent: facebookexternalhit/1.1 (+http://www.facebook.com/externalhit_uatext.php)
User-agent: Facebot
	Allow: /handlers/getimage.ashx

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St Albans Cathedral, Shrine to Britain's first saint, is the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in Britain. It is a place of worship, music, learning, heritage and events.

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
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St Albans Cathedral81%Check
Cathedral79%Check
Albans79%Check
Albans Cathedral79%Check
St Albans Choral Society63%Check
Worship56%Check
Music52%Check
Events50%Check
Visit Us50%Check
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