Vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
75% 
Page quality
64% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
71% 
Server
31% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.04 s
File size
110.10 kB
Words
723
Media files
31
Number of links
76 internal / 4 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage - Vehicle Certification Agency
The length of the page title is perfect. (366 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.vehicle-certification-agency.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 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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
application-nameVehicle Certification Agency
robotsall, index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
referrerstrict-origin
generatorElementor 3.22.3; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, e_optimized_css_loading, additional_custom_breakpoints; settings: css_print_method-external, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto
article:modified_time2024-04-12T08:40:10+00:00
langen
twitter:titleVehicle Certification Agency
twitter:urlhttps://www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/
twitter:imagehttps://www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/wp-content/themes/vca/images/meta-icon.png
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:titleHomepage - Vehicle Certification Agency
og:urlhttps://www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/
og:imagehttps://www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/VCA_3298_AW.jpg
og:site_nameVehicle Certification Agency
og:typewebsite
og:localeen_US
og:image:width1134
og:image:height990
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 723 words. That's ok.
33.5% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
16 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 21.1 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, shrink-to-fit=no" 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 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
15 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
/wp-content/themes/vca/images/logo.pngVehicle Certification Agency
...nt/uploads/2020/01/home_chevron_left.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../uploads/2020/01/home_chevron_middle.pngNo alt attribute provided
...t/uploads/2020/01/home_chevron_right.pngNo alt attribute provided
...nt/themes/vca/images/image-mask-home.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ontent/uploads/2020/01/type_approval.jpgType Approval
...nt/themes/vca/images/image-mask-home.pngNo alt attribute provided
...nt/uploads/2022/02/vehicle-headlight.jpgGB Type Approval
...nt/themes/vca/images/image-mask-home.pngNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/portal.jpgVCA
...nt/themes/vca/images/image-mask-home.pngNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cars.jpgCareers
...nt/themes/vca/images/image-mask-home.pngNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cop.jpgConformity of Production (CoP)
...nt/themes/vca/images/image-mask-home.pngNo alt attribute provided
...t/uploads/2022/07/connected-vehicles.jpgConnected and Automated Vehicles
...nt/themes/vca/images/image-mask-home.pngNo alt attribute provided
...tent/uploads/2020/03/dangerous-goods.jpgDangerous Goods
...nt/themes/vca/images/image-mask-home.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../uploads/2020/01/cars-vans-emissions.jpgFuel Consumption and CO<sub>2</sub>
...nt/themes/vca/images/image-mask-home.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../uploads/2020/01/other_certification.jpgOther Certification
...nt/themes/vca/images/image-mask-home.pngNo alt attribute provided
...nt/uploads/2020/03/vehicle-importing.jpgVehicle Importing
...nt/themes/vca/images/image-mask-home.pngNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/legislation.jpgLegislation
...content/themes/vca/images/image-mask.pngNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/contact-map.pngOur Offices
...emes/vca/images/triple-chevron-white.pngGo to Our Offices
...ontent/themes/vca/images/footer-logo.pngVehicle Certification Agency

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to the Vehicle Certification Agency
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to the Vehicle Certification Agency
H2 Popular on VCA
H2 Latest Publications
H2 Services & Information
H2 Useful Links
H3 Help us improve vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk
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 4 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to main content
/privacy-policy/privacy-and-co...Subdomain Privacy and cookies
/cookie-preferences/Subdomain View cookie settings
/vca-portal/Subdomain VCA Portal
/about-us/Subdomain About Us
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/complaints-and-appeals/Subdomain Complaints and Appeals
/cookie-preferences/Subdomain Cookies
/publications/Subdomain Publications
/careers/Subdomain Careers
https://www.civilservicejobs.s...External Subdomain Current Vacancies
/blog/Subdomain Updates from VCA
http://eepurl.com/ibEP-vExternal Subscribe to VCA news
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Follow us on LinkedIn
/?size=sSubdomain ADecrease font size
/?size=rSubdomain AReset font size
/?size=lSubdomain AIncrease font size
/searchSearch site
/information-for-cars/Subdomain Car
/information-for-light-good-ve...Subdomain Light Goods Vehicle
/information-for-heavy-goods-v...Subdomain Heavy Goods Vehicle
/information-for-agricultural-...Subdomain Agricultural
/information-for-caravans-moto...Subdomain Caravan/Motorhome
/vehicle-type-approval/Subdomain Type Approval
/conformity-of-production/Subdomain Conformity of Production (CoP)
/connected-and-automated-vehic...Subdomain Connected and Automated Vehicles
/other-certification/Subdomain Other Certification
/dangerous-goods/Subdomain Dangerous Goods
/fuel-consumption-co2/Subdomain Fuel Consumption and CO2
/vehicle-importing/Subdomain Vehicle Importing
/vca-europe-srl/Subdomain VCA Europe S.r.l.
/vehicle-type-approval/Subdomain Text duplicate Type Approval
/vehicle-type-approval/gb-type...Subdomain GB Type Approval
/vca-portal/Subdomain VCA's Self-Serve Digital Portal
/careers/Subdomain Text duplicate Careers
/conformity-of-production/Subdomain Text duplicate Conformity of Production (CoP)
/connected-and-automated-vehic...Subdomain Text duplicate Connected and Automated Vehicles
/dangerous-goods/Subdomain Text duplicate Dangerous Goods
/fuel-consumption-co2/Subdomain Text duplicate Fuel Consumption and CO2
/other-certification/Subdomain Text duplicate Other Certification
/vehicle-importing/Subdomain Text duplicate Vehicle Importing
/legislation-information-servi...Subdomain Legislation
/fuel-consumption-co2/the-worl...Subdomain The Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP)
/vehicle-type-approval/Subdomain Vehicle Type Approval
/vehicle-type-approval/what-is...Subdomain What is Vehicle Type Approval?
/fuel-consumption-co2/Subdomain Text duplicate Fuel Consumption and CO2
/information-for-cars/Subdomain Information for Cars
/vehicle-type-approval/gb-type...Subdomain GB Type Approval Scheme
/conformity-of-production/Subdomain Text duplicate Conformity of Production (CoP)
/vehicle-type-approval/what-is...Subdomain Type Approval Category Definitions
/publication/foi-disclosure-lo...Subdomain FOI Disclosure Log 2024
/download-publication/15617/vc...Subdomain VCA Digital Application Portal Webinar FAQs
/blog/expression-of-interest-g...Subdomain Expression of interest – GB Technical Services
/blog/vca-portal-now-live/Subdomain Digital portal now live for Type Approval enquiries and applications for all schemes
/blog/vca-portal-additional-we...Subdomain Additional webinar dates added to support VCA customers with the launch of our digital portal
/blog/non-executive-director-a...Subdomain Non-Executive Director Appointments – Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)
/blog/date-confirmed-for-launc...Subdomain Further information about our new digital self-serve portal for all type approval schemes
/contact-us/Subdomain Our Offices
IMG-ALT Go to Our Offices
/vehicle-type-approval/Subdomain Text duplicate Type Approval
/conformity-of-production/Subdomain Text duplicate Conformity of Production (CoP)
/other-certification/Subdomain Text duplicate Other Certification
/dangerous-goods/Subdomain Text duplicate Dangerous Goods
/vehicle-importing/Subdomain Text duplicate Vehicle Importing
/legislation-information-servi...Subdomain Text duplicate Legislation
/fuel-consumption-co2/Subdomain Text duplicate Fuel Consumption and CO2
/publications/Subdomain Text duplicate Publications
/use-of-the-vca-logo/Subdomain Use of the VCA Logo
/publication/vca-quality-polic...Subdomain VCA Quality Policy Statement
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/complaints-and-appeals/Subdomain Text duplicate Complaints and Appeals
/careers/Subdomain Text duplicate Careers
/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate About Us
/about-us/about-this-site/Subdomain About this site
https://www.gov.uk/government/...External Modern Slavery Statement
/disclaimer/Subdomain Disclaimer
/company-policies/accessibility/Subdomain Accessibility
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy Notice
/company-policies/Subdomain Company Policies
/transparency/Subdomain Transparency
/sitemap/Subdomain Sitemap

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.04 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 (110 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateWed, 10 Jul 2024 03:52:46 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length112699
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
link<https://www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/2>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json", <https://www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/>; rel=shortlink
set-cookie62 Characters
x-cache-statusMISS
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000;includeSubDomains;preload
x-frame-optionsdeny
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1;mode=block
x-ua-compatibleIE=Edge,chrome=1
content-security-policyscript-src 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' *.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk *.google.com *.gstatic.com *.googleapis.com *.googletagmanager.com *.google-analytics.com
x-permitted-cross-domain-policiesnone
referrer-policyno-referrer
expect-ctmax-age=86400,enforce
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 615 referring domains.
This page has 44,516 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 417 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

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www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk
Homepage - Vehicle Certification Agency

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Vehicle81%Check
Certification81%Check
Agency81%Check
Certification Agency81%Check
Vehicle Certification Agency81%Check
Goods Vehicle61%Check
Vehicle Type61%Check
Vehicle Type Approval54%Check
Welcome50%Check
page43%Check
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