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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
90% 
Page quality
61% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
40% 
Server
72% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.81 s
File size
69.70 kB
Words
690
Media files
16
Number of links
119 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to our Event Venue | the NEC, Birmingham
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The NEC Birmingham is the UK’s No 1 venue for shows, exhibitions, meetings and events. We have all types of events and event hire space. Come on in...
The length of the meta description is perfect. (956 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.thenec.co.uk/
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

NameValue
keywordsthe nec,nec,home page,home
descriptionThe NEC Birmingham is the UK’s No 1 venue for shows, exhibitions, meetings and events. We have all types of events and event hire space. Come on in...
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
google-site-verificationDMgV0O4QP-TktmqopV7J21daUIYvPITJ72eKqUbUT8w
langen-gb
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:site@thenec
twitter:titleHome
twitter:descriptionThe NEC Birmingham is the UK’s No 1 venue for shows, exhibitions, meetings and events. We have all types of events and event hire space. Come on in...
twitter:imagewww.thenec.co.uk/media/6659/nec-exterior_trapezoids_day-panorama_01-mccann-2-lr.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=200&height=200&rnd=132761080070000000
og:titleHome
og:descriptionThe NEC Birmingham is the UK’s No 1 venue for shows, exhibitions, meetings and events. We have all types of events and event hire space. Come on in...
og:typewebsite
og:imagewww.thenec.co.uk/media/6659/nec-exterior_trapezoids_day-panorama_01-mccann-2-lr.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=200&height=200&rnd=132761080070000000
og:urlhttps://www.thenec.co.uk/
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Placeholders texts or images were found.
  • Filler text: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Find out more Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Fi...
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: By entering your details you will be indicating your consent for The N...
This page contains 690 words. That's ok.
34.3% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 paragraphs were found on this page.
The average number of words per sentence of 20.3 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 following tag is repeated too often: follow us
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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
/assets/images/logo.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/assets/images/nec-logo-new.svgThe NEC Birmingham
/assets/images/nec-group-secondary.svgnec group logo
/media/10112/axs_logo_white.pngNo alt attribute provided
https://www.thenec.co.uk/media/6302/icc.pngNo alt attribute provided
https://www.thenec.co.uk/media/6300/vox.pngNo alt attribute provided
/media/10184/bp-pulse_live_mono.svgNo alt attribute provided
...winner_best_uk_venue_year_more_20sqm.pngAwards Image
/media/2599/aeo-17.pngAwards Image
/media/4400/winner_2019-1-copy.pngAwards Image
/media/3222/national-venue-awards.pngAwards Image
/media/2598/en-17.pngAwards Image
/media/2596/ufi-awardv2.pngAwards Image
...ellenceawards2017_logo_circle_winner.pngAwards Image
/media/2597/en-elite.pngAwards Image
Video URLWidthHeight
...5/ne001425-looping-video-update-18mb.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 The NEC is the UK’s largest event space and home to your favourite shows
H2 Make every meeting an event
H2 Travel Updates
H2 Explore Destination NEC
H2 Stay in the loop
H3 Headline to go here
H3 A Place in the Sun Live
H3 Grand Designs Live
H3 The National Wedding Show
H3 NEC Sustain
H3 Visiting us soon?
H3 Safety & Security
H4 Stay in the loop Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
8 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 23 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.thenec.co.uk/No Text
/visitors/Visitors Home
/whats-on/What's On
/visitors/getting-here/Getting Here
/visitors/parking-at-the-nec/Parking at the NEC
/visitors/travel-updates/Travel Updates
/visitors/find-a-hotel/Find a Hotel
/visitors/facilities/Facilities
/visitors/food-and-drink/Food and Drink
/visitors/destination-nec/Destination NEC
/visitors/accessibility/Accessibility
/venue-protect/Venue Protect
/visitors/visitor-faqs/Visitor FAQs
/contact-us/Contact Us
/organisers/Organisers Home
/organisers/host-an-exhibition/Host an Exhibition
/organisers/meetings-and-events/Meetings & Events
/organisers/space-search/Space Search
/organisers/venue-protect/Text duplicate Venue Protect
/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact Us
/exhibitors/Exhibitors Home
/exhibitors/products-and-servi...Products and Services
/exhibitors/suppliers-directory/Suppliers Directory
/exhibitors/exhibitor-parking/Exhibitor Parking
/exhibitors/on-stand-hospitality/On Stand Hospitality
/visitors/travel-updates/Text duplicate Travel Updates
/visitors/find-a-hotel/Text duplicate Find a Hotel
/exhibitors/on-stand-hospitali...On-Stand Hospitality
/exhibitors/advertising-and-sp...Advertising
/exhibitors/exhibitor-faqs/Exhibitor FAQs
/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact Us
/visitors/find-a-hotel/Text duplicate Find a Hotel
https://www.facebook.com/NECBi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/thenecNew window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/t...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/necb...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.thenec.co.uk/IMG-ALT The NEC Birmingham
/whats-on/Text duplicate What's On
/visitors/Visitors
/visitors/Text duplicate Visitors Home
/visitors/getting-here/Text duplicate Getting Here
/visitors/parking-at-the-nec/Text duplicate Parking at the NEC
/visitors/travel-updates/Text duplicate Travel Updates
/visitors/food-and-drink/Text duplicate Food and Drink
/visitors/find-a-hotel/Text duplicate Find a Hotel
/visitors/destination-nec/Text duplicate Destination NEC
/visitors/facilities/Text duplicate Facilities
/visitors/accessibility/Text duplicate Accessibility
/visitors/visitor-faqs/Text duplicate Visitor FAQs
/organisers/Organisers
/organisers/Text duplicate Organisers Home
/organisers/host-an-exhibition/Text duplicate Host an Exhibition
/organisers/meetings-and-events/Text duplicate Meetings & Events
/organisers/festivals/Festivals
/organisers/space-search/Text duplicate Space Search
/visitors/find-a-hotel/Text duplicate Find a Hotel
/organisers/venue-protect/Text duplicate Venue Protect
/exhibitors/Exhibitors
/exhibitors/Text duplicate Exhibitors Home
/exhibitors/products-and-servi...Text duplicate Products and Services
/exhibitors/exhibitor-parking/Text duplicate Exhibitor Parking
/exhibitors/on-stand-hospitality/Text duplicate On Stand Hospitality
/exhibitors/advertising-and-sp...Text duplicate Advertising
/exhibitors/suppliers-directory/Text duplicate Suppliers Directory
/visitors/find-a-hotel/Text duplicate Find a Hotel
/exhibitors/exhibitor-faqs/Text duplicate Exhibitor FAQs
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/About
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/About Us
/press-and-news/Press and News
/about/venue-partners/Venue Partners
/about/sustainability/Sustainability
/downloads/Downloads
/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact Us
/whats-on/Discover my next event
/organisers/space-search/Subdomain Explore our Suites
/visitors/travel-updates/Find out more
/visitors/destination-nec/Explore the campus
/whats-on/good-food-show-winter/Good Food Show Winter 21 - 24 November Book your tickets to see top chefs including James Martin, Tom Kerridge, Gennaro Contaldo and many more!
/whats-on/horse-of-the-year/Horse of the Year Show 2024 9 - 13 October Join us for the 75th edition of the Horse of the Year Show
/whats-on/a-place-in-the-sun/A Place in the Sun Live Get expert advice for buying abroad
/whats-on/grand-designs-live/Grand Designs Live Gain inspiration for your home
/whats-on/national-wedding-show/The National Wedding Show Prepare for your special day
/whats-on/No Text
/whats-on/No Text
/whats-on/No Text
/whats-on/No Text
/about/sustainability/Text duplicate Find out more
https://bit.ly/3vePLN5External Pre-book your parking
/organisers/venue-protect/Text duplicate Find out more
https://www.necgroup.co.uk/pri...New window External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://www.necgroup.co.uk/pri...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
/about/venue-partners/No Text
/about/venue-partners/No Text
/about/venue-partners/No Text
/about/venue-partners/No Text
/whats-on/Text duplicate What's On
/visitors/Text duplicate Visitors
/organisers/Text duplicate Organisers
/exhibitors/Text duplicate Exhibitors
/press-and-news/Text duplicate Press and News
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Text duplicate About
https://thenec.co.uk/contact-us/Contact us
/downloads/Text duplicate Downloads
/about/careers/Careers
/visitors/facilities/Text duplicate Facilities
/visitors/food-and-drink/Text duplicate Food and Drink
/visitors/accessibility/Text duplicate Accessibility
/exhibitors/exhibitor-faqs/Text duplicate Exhibitor FAQs
/visitors/parking/Parking
/exhibitors/exhibitor-parking/Text duplicate Exhibitor Parking
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/NECBi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/thenecNew window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/necb...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/t...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/NECBi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/thenecNew window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/t...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/necb...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/IMG-ALT Awards Image
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/AEO Venue of the year 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018 & 2016
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Awards Image
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Venue team of the year 2018 & 2017
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Awards Image
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Best Customer Service Collaboration 2019
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Awards Image
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Winner Most Versatile Venue 2018
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Awards Image
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/EN Awards 2017 - Best venue
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Awards Image
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/UFI winner 2017
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Awards Image
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Innovation award.
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Awards Image
https://www.thenec.co.uk/about/EN Elite list 2016
https://www.necgroup.co.uk/pri...External Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
https://www.necgroup.co.uk/coo...External Subdomain Cookie Policy
https://www.necgroup.co.uk/mod...External Subdomain Modern Slavery Statement
https://www.necgroup.co.uk/ter...External Subdomain Terms of use
https://www.necgroup.co.uk/New window External Subdomain NEC Group

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.thenec.co.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.81 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 (70 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,739 referring domains.
This page has 308,124 backlinks.
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Welcome to our Event Venue | the NEC, Birmingham
The NEC Birmingham is the UK’s No 1 venue for shows, exhibitions, meetings and events. We have all types of events and event hire space. Come on in...

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
NEC81%Check
NEC Birmingham67%Check
event66%Check
Event Venue66%Check
Venue64%Check
NEC Group61%Check
Destination NEC61%Check
Event Space60%Check
Birmingham55%Check
Show54%Check
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