West-lothian.ac.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
95% 
Page quality
61% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
78% 
Server
90% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.34 s
File size
140.20 kB
Words
524
Media files
35
Number of links
82 internal / 27 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
West Lothian College | Where You Can | Explore Your Future Now
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 592 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Study at West Lothian College and achieve your potential with us
The length of the meta description is perfect. (400 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.west-lothian.ac.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 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

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descriptionStudy at West Lothian College and achieve your potential with us
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twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:siteEmpty
twitter:titleHome
twitter:descriptionWest Lothian College, based in Livingston, offers a wide range of further and higher education courses to over 9,000 students each year. The college
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twitter:image:srcEmpty
twitter:domainhttps://www.west-lothian.ac.uk/
fb:app_idEmpty
og:titleHome
og:descriptionWest Lothian College, based in Livingston, offers a wide range of further and higher education courses to over 9,000 students each year. The college
og:urlhttps://www.west-lothian.ac.uk/
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og:site_nameWest Lothian College
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charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
The average number of words per sentence of 30.8 words is high.
This page contains 524 words. That's ok.
28.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
5 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=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 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
18 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
/media/1290/logo.pngWest Lothian College
...th=480&height=400&rnd=133577493210000000College’s Student Association recognised for tackling student poverty
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/images/icons/carousel-right.pngnext
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...th=480&height=309&rnd=132276356610000000home page
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...th=300&height=300&rnd=133493666190000000No alt attribute provided
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/media/6112/afc_logo.pngArmed Forces Covenance Logo
/media/1298/accreditation-cosca.pngNo alt attribute provided
...02/accreditation-investors-in-people.pngNo alt attribute provided
/media/1303/accreditation-living-wage.pngNo alt attribute provided
/media/1301/accreditation-gtc.pngNo alt attribute provided
...1297/accreditation-colleges-scotland.pngNo alt attribute provided
/media/4165/imageedit_1_4241642989.pngCDN
...1/accreditation-disability-confident.pngDisability Confidence Leader Logo
/media/1304/accreditation-oscr.pngNo alt attribute provided
/media/6933/award-seal-gold.pngNo alt attribute provided
/media/3302/hwl-silver.pngHealthy working lives silver
/media/4195/imageedit_1_4745376868.pngEpilepsy Friendly

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The H1 heading is empty
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Empty heading
H1 Empty heading
H1 Empty heading
H1 Empty heading
H1 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H4 Empty heading
H4 Empty heading
H4 For applicants
H4 For students
H5 Empty heading
H5 Empty heading
H5 Empty heading
H6 Find Courses
H6 Browse Courses
H6 For Applicants
H6 For Students
H6 News
H6 Events
H6 Students
H6 Useful links
H6 Corporate and Governance
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 1 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 too many external links (27) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.west-lothian.ac.uk/IMG-ALT West Lothian College
/about-us/Subdomain About Us
https://moodle.west-lothian.ac...External Subdomain Moodle
https://mycollege.west-lothian...External Subdomain MyCollege
/courses/Courses
/courses/course-finder/Find a course
/courses/full-time-courses/Full-time courses
/courses/part-time-courses/Part-Time Courses
/news-events/latest-news/apply...Apply for January 2024 Courses
/courses/browse-by-subject/hig...Higher Education for Adult Learners (SWAP)
/courses/courses-for-schools/Courses for schools
/foundation-apprenticeships/fo...Foundation Apprenticeships
/apprenticeships/Apprenticeships
/courses/svqs/SVQs
/courses/skills-boost-courses/Skills Boost courses
/courses/browse-by-subject/Browse by Subject
/news-events/latest-news/prosp...Prospectus 23-24
/students-applicants/Students & Applicants
/students-applicants/how-to-fi...How to find your ideal course
/students-applicants/qualifica...Qualifications Explained
/students-applicants/applicati...Application Process
/students-applicants/student-f...Student Fees
/students-applicants/interview...Interview Tips
/students-applicants/informati...Information for Parents & Carers
/students-applicants/campus-fa...Campus & Facilities
/faqs/applicant-faqs/Applicant FAQs
/students-applicants/student-f...Student Funding Advice 2023-24
/students-applicants/student-s...Student Support Services
/students-applicants/career-su...Career Support & Advice
/students-applicants/routes-fr...Routes from College to University
/students-applicants/term-dates/Term Dates
/students-applicants/learning-...Learning Centre
/students-applicants/student-a...Student Association
/students-applicants/the-trust/The Trust
https://mycollege.west-lothian...External Subdomain Text duplicate MyCollege
https://moodle.west-lothian.ac...External Subdomain Text duplicate Moodle
https://studentadvantage.west-...External Subdomain Student Advantage
/news-events/latest-news/timet...Timetables 2023-24
/faqs/student-faqs/Student FAQs
/students-applicants/student-f...Text duplicate Student Funding Advice 2023-24
/students-applicants/internati...International Students
/students-applicants/estranged...Estranged Students
/news-events/News & Events
/news-events/latest-news/Latest News
/news-events/upcoming-events/Upcoming Events
/news-events/lothian-lectures/Lothian Lectures
/news-events/latest-news/ecoho...ECOHOUSE
/contact-us/Contact Us
/courses/course-finder/Text duplicate Find a course
/news-events/latest-news/colle...Read more here
/news-events/latest-news/natio...Text duplicate Read more here
/news-events/latest-news/apply...Find out more
/news-events/latest-news/colle...Text duplicate Read more here
/news-events/latest-news/anoth...Text duplicate Read more here
/courses/course-finder/2024/25 Courses Apply today and start your journey at West Lothian College
/news-events/upcoming-events/Events Find out the latest events at West Lothian College
/news-events/latest-news/News Find out the latest news at West Lothian College
/case-studies/Trivial anchor text
here
A-TITLE Case Studies
https://contactscotland-bsl.org/External ContactSCOTLAND-BSL website
/business-hub/Business
/students-applicants/applicati...Text duplicate Application Process
/students-applicants/how-to-fi...Text duplicate How to find your ideal course
/students-applicants/student-f...Text duplicate Student Fees
/students-applicants/interview...Text duplicate Interview Tips
/case-studies/Case Studies
/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact Us
/students-applicants/open-lear...Open Learning
/faqs/applicant-faqs/Text duplicate Applicant FAQs
/students-applicants/term-dates/Text duplicate Term Dates
/students-applicants/career-su...Text duplicate Career Support & Advice
/students-applicants/student-s...Text duplicate Student Support Services
/students-applicants/learning-...Text duplicate Learning Centre
https://mycollege.west-lothian...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MyCollege
https://moodle.west-lothian.ac...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Moodle
/faqs/student-faqs/Text duplicate Student FAQs
https://mycollege.west-lothian...External Subdomain Text duplicate MyCollege
https://moodle.west-lothian.ac...External Subdomain Text duplicate Moodle
/students-applicants/term-dates/Text duplicate Term Dates
/students-applicants/learning-...Text duplicate Learning Centre
https://www.chsacademy.org.uk/...External Subdomain Children's Hearings Scotland (CHS) Academy Online
/students-applicants/how-to-fi...How to find us
/students-applicants/campus-fa...Text duplicate Campus & Facilities
/work-for-us/Work for us
/about-us/international-projects/International Projects
/about-us/stem/STEM
https://bit.ly/2z09l39External Staff & Student Email Access
https://saml-in2.clickview.co....External Subdomain ClickView
/corporate-and-governance/Corporate and Governance
/corporate-and-governance/free...Freedom of Information and Complaints
/corporate-and-governance/equa...Equality and Diversity
/privacy-policy/Privacy policy
/terms-and-conditions/Terms and Conditions
/cookies/Cookies
/accessibility-statement/Accessibility Statement
https://twitter.com/WestLoCollegeNew window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/westl...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.armedforcescovenan...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Armed Forces Covenance Logo
http://www.cosca.org.uk/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.investorsinpeople....New window External Subdomain No Text
https://scottishlivingwage.org/New window External No Text
http://www.gtcs.org.uk/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://collegesscotland.ac.uk/New window External No Text
https://www.cdn.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT CDN
https://disabilityconfident.ca...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Disability Confidence Leader Logo
http://www.oscr.org.uk/New window External Subdomain No Text
/news-events/latest-news/west-...No Text
https://www.epilepsyscotland.o...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Epilepsy Friendly

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.west-lothian.ac.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.34 seconds.
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (140 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
x-frame-optionssameorigin
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
content-security-policymanifest-src report-only 'self'
permissions-policyaccelerometer=(), ambient-light-sensor=(), geolocation=(), gyroscope=(), microphone=(), midi=(), payment=()
dateSun, 21 Apr 2024 02:02:28 GMT
content-length22193
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 422 referring domains.
This page has 3,984 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 258 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /aspnet_client/
Disallow: /bin/
Disallow: /config/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /Handlers/
Disallow: /install/
Disallow: /masterpages/
Disallow: /umbraco/
Disallow: /umbraco_client/
Disallow: /usercontrols/
Disallow: /_uploads/
Disallow: /xslt/

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West Lothian College | Where You Can | Explore Your Future Now
Study at West Lothian College and achieve your potential with us

Most important keywords

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Lothian71%Check
West71%Check
West Lothian71%Check
West Lothian College68%Check
College61%Check
achieve51%Check
potential51%Check
Student46%Check
Student Association44%Check
Courses43%Check
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