Stcg.ac.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
61% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
69% 
Link structure
71% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.70 s
File size
67.90 kB
Words
524
Media files
39
Number of links
60 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
South Thames Colleges Group (STCG) - Further Education London Colleges Group
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 749 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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

NameValue
referrerunsafe-url
robotsindex,follow
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
facebook-domain-verification1qvbufmvk2uvht0w3ich1unj6ndj9a
theme-color#000000
msapplication-TileColor#000000
msapplication-TileImage/templates/qlue/icons/ms-icon-144x144.png
generatorJoomla! - Open Source Content Management
apple-mobile-web-app-titleSouth Thames Colleges Group
application-nameSouth Thames Colleges Group
langen-gb
og:urlhttps://stcg.ac.uk/
og:site_nameSouth Thames Colleges Group
og:titleSouth Thames Colleges Group (STCG) - Further Education London Colleges Group
og:typewebsite
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 524 words. That's ok.
22.9% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 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 19 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: *
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
12 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
/images/logos/stcg_full_white.svgSouth Thames College Group
/images/logos/stcg_full_black.svgSouth Thames College Group
/images/logos/logo-mark/carshalton.svgNo alt attribute provided
...olleges/our-colleges_CC-bw_699x377px.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images/logos/logo-mark/kingston.svgNo alt attribute provided
...olleges/our-colleges_KC-bw_699x377px.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images/logos/logo-mark/merton.svgNo alt attribute provided
...olleges/our-colleges_MC-bw_699x377px.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images/logos/logo-mark/stc.svgNo alt attribute provided
...eges/our-colleges_STC-2-bw_699x377px.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...mepage/Colleges/CC-2_STCG-home_521px.jpgStudents in corridor
...epage/Colleges/CC-1_STCG-home_1042px.jpgA young man in a carpentry workshop uses a level to check for true vertical
...epage/Colleges/KC-5_STCG-home_1042px.jpgSomething off-camera catches the eye of a group of students on the campus grounds
...page/Colleges/KC-7_STCG-home_P-521px.jpgA young woman in a TV control room gets the giggles
...mepage/Colleges/KC-9_STCG-home_521px.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...mepage/Colleges/MC-1_STCG-home_521px.jpga young man with an expression of deep concentration sits at a workstation in a computing lab
...epage/Colleges/MC-4_STCG-home_1042px.jpgA smiling young man sits with friends under trees shaded from the sun outside the college
...mepage/Colleges/MC-2_STCG-home_521px.jpgA young woman in a lab coat works with care and concentration in a science lab
...page/Colleges/STC-5_STCG-home_1042px.jpgA young woman at a recording mixing desk with an expression of intense concentration
...ge/Colleges/STC-2_STCG-home_sq-521px.jpgTwo cool guys look amazed at some surprising news from a friend
...epage/Colleges/STC-6_STCG-home_521px.jpgA young man gets his mind into the zone as he prepares to serve in a game of softball on court in the sports hall
...ges/kingston/kc_news/Pejman_low_res3.JPGNo alt attribute provided
/images/Carshalton/fht2.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...d_USP_visit_Serial_Killer_Exhibition.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images/logos/logo-mark/stcg.svgstcg Logo
/images/logos/stcg_footer.svgstcg footer
...d_seftranslate/tmpl/flags/flat/64/EN.pngEnglishEnglish
...d_seftranslate/tmpl/flags/flat/64/FR.pngFrenchFrench
...d_seftranslate/tmpl/flags/flat/64/DE.pngGermanGerman
...d_seftranslate/tmpl/flags/flat/64/PT.pngBrazilBrazil
...d_seftranslate/tmpl/flags/flat/64/ES.pngSpanishSpanish
/images/accreditations/aoc.pngAssociation of Colleges Logo
...ditations/british-council-white-logo.pngBritish Council Logo
/images/accreditations/eng-uk.pngEnglish UK Logo
/images/accreditations/ofsted-good.pngOfsted Logo (Good)
/images/accreditations/tef-bronze-75.pngTEF Bronze Logo
/images/accreditations/matrix.pngMatrix Logo
...reditations/sustainabilitylogo-small.pngPlatinum Sustainability Award Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Carshalton College
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Carshalton College
H1 Kingston College
H1 Merton College
H1 South Thames College
H2 Our Colleges
H2 Get in touch
H3 Latest News
Baselink: https://stcg.ac.uk/
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.
There are 3 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://stcg.ac.uk/new-yearNew Year, New Start
/students/apply-nowApply Now
https://stcg.ac.uk/Home
https://stcg.ac.uk/coursesCourses
https://stcg.ac.uk/studentsStudents
https://stcg.ac.uk/about/parentParents
https://stcg.ac.uk/aboutAbout
https://stcg.ac.uk/eventsEvents
https://stcg.ac.uk/newsNews
https://stcg.ac.uk/contactContact Us
/downloadable-document-enrichm...Downloadable Document - Environmental strategy
https://stcg.ac.uk/full-timeSchool Leaver - Full Time
/access-part-timeAdult Training for Work
https://stcg.ac.uk/undergraduateUniversity Centre and Access
/adult-educationAdult Short Courses
/adult-education/apply-todayApply Today
/apprenticeshipsApprenticeships
https://stcg.ac.uk/employersEmployers
/foundation-learner-sendFoundation Learner/SEND
/english-esol-eflEnglish (ESOL / EFL)
/carshalton-collegeCarshalton College
/kingston-collegeKingston College
https://stcg.ac.uk/merton-collegeMerton College
/south-thames-collegeSouth Thames College
https://stcg.ac.uk/South Thames Colleges Group
https://stcg.ac.uk/coursesAll Courses
/students/safeguardingSafeguarding
https://stcg.ac.uk/IMG-ALT South Thames College Group
https://stcg.ac.uk/full-timeText duplicate School Leaver - Full Time
/access-part-timeAdult training for work
https://stcg.ac.uk/undergraduateUniversity Centre/Access
/adult-educationAdult short courses
/apprenticeshipsText duplicate Apprenticeships
https://stcg.ac.uk/employersText duplicate Employers
/students/choosing-and-applyin...T Levels
/english-esol-eflEnglish ESOL/EFL
/foundation-learner-sendFoundation/SEND
/students/international-studyInternational
https://stcg.ac.uk/net-zeroNet Zero
/carshalton-collegeText duplicate Carshalton College
/kingston-collegeText duplicate Kingston College
https://stcg.ac.uk/merton-collegeText duplicate Merton College
/south-thames-collegeText duplicate South Thames College
/courses?course_subject_id[10]...Carshalton College Courses
/courses?course_subject_id[11]...Kingston College Courses
/courses?course_subject_id[12]...Merton College Courses
/courses?course_subject_id[13]...South Thames College Courses
/news/meet-former-esol-student...Meet former ESOL student Pejman, who is now studying English & Maths GCSEs at Kingston College, and who is impressing his managers at South Western Railway
/news/meet-former-esol-student...Trivial anchor text
Read More
/news/inspirational-speaker-pr...Inspirational Speaker Presents to Beauty Therapy Students
/news/inspirational-speaker-pr...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/news/policing-and-uniformed-s...Policing and Uniformed Services students visit London's Serial Killer Exhibition as part of a criminology project
/news/policing-and-uniformed-s...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://stcg.ac.uk/IMG-ALT stcg footer
https://stcg.ac.uk/contactContact us
https://careers.stcg.ac.uk/External Subdomain Careers
https://stcg.ac.uk/disclaimerDisclaimer
/about/policies-and-proceduresPolicies
/students/term-datesTerm Dates
/students/safeguardingText duplicate Safeguarding
https://studentsouththamesac.s...External Subdomain Staff
https://application.stcg.ac.uk...External Subdomain Ebs
https://studentsouththamesac.s...External Subdomain Student Portal
https://stcg.ac.uk/about/parentParent Portal
https://moodle.stcg.ac.uk/External Subdomain STCG VLE
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://stcg.ac.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 0.70 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (68 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 10 Dec 2024 02:17:21 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
expiresWed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
pragmano-cache
set-cookie77 Characters
last-modifiedTue, 10 Dec 2024 02:17:21 GMT
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,061 referring domains.
This page has 44,317 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 608 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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# eg www.example.com/robots.txt
# AND the joomla folder name MUST be prefixed to all of the
# paths.
# eg the Disallow rule for the /administrator/ folder MUST
# be changed to read
# Disallow: /joomla/administrator/
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
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#
# For syntax checking, see:
# http://tool.motoricerca.info/robots-checker.phtml

User-agent: *
Disallow: /administrator/
Disallow: /bin/
Disallow: /cache/
Disallow: /cli/
Disallow: /components/
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /installation/
Disallow: /language/
Disallow: /layouts/
Disallow: /libraries/
Disallow: /logs/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /plugins/
Disallow: /tmp/

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
College67%Check
STCG58%Check
Carshalton College58%Check
South Thames College55%Check
Colleges54%Check
Carshalton College South Thames53%Check
South52%Check
Thames52%Check
Carshalton52%Check
South Thames52%Check
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