Thespark.org.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
97% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.10 s
File size
234.30 kB
Words
604
Media files
26
Number of links
90 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Spark - Igniting Change
The length of the page title is perfect. (253 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Counselling and mental health support services for individuals, couples, families, children and young people in Scotland and the UK.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (811 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.thespark.org.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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionCounselling and mental health support services for individuals, couples, families, children and young people in Scotland and the UK.
geo.placenameGlasgow
geo.position55.86141225055155;-4.259862690321343
geo.regionUnited Kingdom (UK)
yandex-verificationa3efc2ed7829432f
msapplication-TileImagehttps://www.thespark.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-270x270.png
langen-gb
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@SparkScotland
og:localeen_GB
og:typewebsite
og:titleThe Spark - Igniting Change
og:descriptionCounselling and mental health support services for individuals, couples, families, children and young people in Scotland and the UK.
og:urlhttps://www.thespark.org.uk/
og:site_nameThe Spark
og:imagehttps://www.thespark.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/default-OG-logo.jpg
og:image:width1200
og:image:height675
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
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 604 words. That's ok.
32.3% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 20.75 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)
11 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)
The HTML has georegion information: Glasgow
The HTML has geoposition information: 55.86141225055155;-4.259862690321343
The HTML has geoname information: United Kingdom (UK)
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
...04/The-Spark_Horizontal_no-strap_RGB.pngThe Spark
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...23/08/The-Spark_Generic_no-strap_RGB.pngNo alt attribute provided
...uploads/2022/12/Depression-2-768x512.jpgAn woman looking forlornly out a window
...erstrom-ciUUTJfFmI0-unsplash-768x512.jpgA couple hugging
...022/12/AdobeStock_368317086-768x512.jpegA teen male in face-to-face counselling
...022/12/AdobeStock_224657551-768x512.jpegTwo young parents with a baby
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Tips for Parenting Teenagers
data:[...] Base64Relationship Tips for Stepfamilies
data:[...] Base64Tips to Rekindle the Spark
data:[...] Base64Social Enterprise Awards Scotland Winner
data:[...] Base64Recognised by COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland)
data:[...] Base64SQA Approve Centre
data:[...] Base64Cyber Essentials
data:[...] Base64Disability Confident Committed
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland Member
data:[...] Base64Live Chat logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Igniting Change
The H1 heading is too short (15 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Igniting Change
H2 Our Counselling Services
H2 Our Courses & Training
H2 Diploma in Relational Counselling
H2 From our blog
H2 Tips for Parenting Teenagers
H2 Relationship Tips for Stepfamilies
H2 Tips to Rekindle the Spark
H3 BACP Approved PDA in Counselling Supervision
H3 COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills
H3 HND Counselling
H3 BACP Approved PDA in Online and Telephone Counselling
H3 Contact Us
H3 Our Services
H3 About Us
H3 Legal Stuff
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 3 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.thespark.org.uk/Subdomain IMG-ALT The Spark
/counselling/Subdomain Counselling
/counselling/for-individuals/Subdomain Individual Counselling
/counselling/fast-access-singl...Subdomain Fast Access Therapy‬
/counselling/for-couples/Subdomain Couples Counselling
/counselling/marriage-counsell...Subdomain Marriage Counselling
/counselling/for-families/Subdomain Family Counselling
/counselling/for-parents/Subdomain Parenting Counselling
/counselling/for-young-people/Subdomain Youth Counselling
/counselling/for-children/Subdomain Child Counselling
/counselling/school-based-coun...Subdomain School Counselling
/counselling/for-employees/Subdomain Employee Counselling
/courses/Subdomain Training
/course/diploma-in-relational-...Subdomain Diploma in Relational Counselling
/course/professional-developme...Subdomain PDA in Counselling Supervision
/course/cosca-certificate-in-c...Subdomain COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills
/course/hnd-counselling/Subdomain HND Counselling
/course/train-the-trainer-for-...Subdomain Train the Trainer for Counsellors
/courses/Subdomain Anchor CPD Courses
/employer-services/Subdomain Employers
/counselling/for-employees/Subdomain Text duplicate Employee Counselling
/employer-services/professiona...Subdomain Professional Reflective Practice
/employer-services/short-cours...Subdomain Short Courses
/about-us/Subdomain About Us
/about-us/contact-us/Subdomain Enquire
https://www.thespark.org.uk/blog/Subdomain The Spark Blog
/about-us/frequently-asked-que...Subdomain Frequently Asked Questions
/about-us/support-us/Subdomain Donate Today
/about-us/work-with-us/Subdomain Work With Us
/about-us/room-hire/Subdomain Room Hire
/about-us/meet-the-team/Subdomain Meet the Team
/about-us/opening-hours/Subdomain Opening Hours
/about-us/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Enquire
/counselling-for-individuals/Subdomain individuals
/counselling-for-couples/Subdomain couples
/counselling/for-families/Subdomain families
/counselling/for-children/Subdomain children
/counselling/for-young-people/Subdomain young people
/employer-services/Subdomain employers
/counselling/school-based-coun...Subdomain schools
/about-us/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/about-us/support-us/Subdomain Support Us
/counselling-for-individuals/Subdomain IMG-ALT An woman looking forlornly out a window
/counselling-for-individuals/Subdomain Learn more
/counselling-for-couples/Subdomain IMG-ALT A couple hugging
/counselling-for-couples/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/counselling-for-children-and-...Subdomain IMG-ALT A teen male in face-to-face counselling
/counselling-for-children-and-...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/counselling-for-parents-and-f...Subdomain IMG-ALT Two young parents with a baby
/counselling-for-parents-and-f...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/counselling/Subdomain View All Services
/course/diploma-in-relational-...Subdomain Text duplicate Diploma in Relational Counselling
/course/professional-developme...Subdomain BACP Approved PDA in Counselling Supervision
/course/cosca-certificate-in-c...Subdomain Text duplicate COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills
/course/hnd-counselling/Subdomain Text duplicate HND Counselling
/course/bacp-approved-pda-in-o...Subdomain BACP Approved PDA in Online and Telephone Counselling
/courses/Subdomain View All Courses
/blog/tips-for-parenting-teena...Subdomain IMG-ALT Tips for Parenting Teenagers
/blog/tips-for-parenting-teena...Subdomain Text duplicate Tips for Parenting Teenagers
/blog/tips-for-parenting-teena...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
read more
/blog/relationship-tips-for-st...Subdomain IMG-ALT Relationship Tips for Stepfamilies
/blog/relationship-tips-for-st...Subdomain Text duplicate Relationship Tips for Stepfamilies
/blog/relationship-tips-for-st...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/blog/tips-to-rekindle-the-spark/Subdomain IMG-ALT Tips to Rekindle the Spark
/blog/tips-to-rekindle-the-spark/Subdomain Text duplicate Tips to Rekindle the Spark
/blog/tips-to-rekindle-the-spark/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
https://www.thespark.org.uk/blog/Subdomain View All Posts
https://socialenterprise.scot/...New window External IMG-ALT Social Enterprise Awards Scotland Winner
http://www.cosca.org.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Recognised by COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland)
https://www.sqa.org.uk/External Subdomain IMG-ALT SQA Approve Centre
https://www.cyberessentials.nc...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Cyber Essentials
https://disabilityconfident.ca...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Disability Confident Committed
https://www.alliance-scotland....New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland Member
https://www.chatbot.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Live Chat logo
/about-us/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/about-us/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://twitter.com/sparkscotlandNew window Nofollow External X
https://www.facebook.com/Spark...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/spar...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window Nofollow External Subdomain LinkedIn
/counselling/for-individuals/Subdomain Text duplicate Individual Counselling
/counselling/fast-access-singl...Subdomain Fast Access Therapy
/counselling/for-couples/Subdomain Text duplicate Couples Counselling
/counselling/marriage-counsell...Subdomain Text duplicate Marriage Counselling
/counselling/for-families/Subdomain Text duplicate Family Counselling
/counselling/for-young-people/Subdomain Text duplicate Youth Counselling
/counselling/for-children/Subdomain Counselling for Children
/courses/Subdomain Training Courses
https://www.thespark.org.uk/blog/Subdomain Text duplicate The Spark Blog
/about-us/frequently-asked-que...Subdomain Text duplicate Frequently Asked Questions
/about-us/support-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Support Us
/about-us/work-with-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Work With Us
/about-us/meet-the-team/Subdomain Text duplicate Meet the Team
/about-us/opening-hours/Subdomain Text duplicate Opening Hours
/counselling/locations/Subdomain Counselling Locations
/about-us/legal-stuff/Subdomain Legal Stuff
/about-us/legal-stuff/confiden...Subdomain Confidentiality Promise
/about-us/legal-stuff/privacy-...Subdomain Privacy Policy
/about-us/legal-stuff/cookie-p...Subdomain Cookie Policy
/about-us/legal-stuff/terms-an...Subdomain Terms & Conditions
/about-us/legal-stuff/complain...Subdomain Complaints Procedure

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.thespark.org.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.10 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (234 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
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last-modifiedFri, 04 Apr 2025 07:52:38 GMT
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servercloudflare
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content-encodingzstd
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 162 referring domains.
This page has 731 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 146 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/*
Sitemap: https://www.thespark.org.uk/sitemap_index.xml

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The Spark - Igniting Change
Counselling and mental health support services for individuals, couples, families, children and young people in Scotland and the UK.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Spark65%Check
Igniting62%Check
Change62%Check
Igniting Change62%Check
services54%Check
Support Services54%Check
Counselling Services53%Check
Counselling52%Check
families52%Check
support51%Check
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