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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.23 s
File size
70.20 kB
Words
618
Media files
6
Number of links
109 internal / 24 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
West Devon | West Devon Borough Council
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (392 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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.westdevon.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 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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MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
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msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
theme-color#ffffff
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 25.4 words is high.
This page contains 618 words. That's ok.
27.2% 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.
5 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.
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 usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
...iles/WD_logo_landscape_recruitment_0.pngWest Devon Borough Council
...ock - Help for Housing.jpg?itok=tpXFXRRWAn aerial view of Tavistock, showing the town on a sunny day, nestled in green fields with Dartmoor visible in the distance.
...8/Dartmeet - Our Place.jpg?itok=8AuUiGJDA photograph showing a stone arch bridge spanning the river Dart, near to where it rises on Dartmoor.
...lic/2024-09/Blue tit 1.jpg?itok=tJCQXtYeA blue tit eating food from a feeder. The bird is perched on a feeder, looking out at things around him as he eats.
...AdobeStock_65096606_1.jpeg?itok=zAESXwGSA blonde woman is riding a bicycle in a town centre, heading from right to left. A young couple, both with brown hair, walk in the opposite direction. They are deep in discussion.
...024-09/Video Thumbnail.jpg?itok=P4rMdSQaA brown Dartmoor pony, grazing on lush green grass. Next to the pony is a young foal. The foal, with a brown face and white patches on its body, is lying on the grass, relaxing. In the background is long reed-like grass.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 31 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Main navigation
H2 Services menu
H2 Breadcrumbs
H2 Waste and Recycling
H2 Council Tax
H2 Planning
H2 Parking
H2 Your Council
H2 Benefits and Support
H2 Housing
H2 Business Rates
H2 Communities
H2 Licensing
H2 Elections and Voting
H2 Land and Property
H2 Trees
H2 Food Hygiene and Safety
H2 Environment and Nuisance
H2 Health and Safety
H2 Leisure and Outdoors
H2 Landlords and SeaMoor Lettings
H2 Have your say
H2 Business
H2 Latest Council News
H2 Contact us
H2 Accessibility
H2 About this website
H3 Visit our engagement portal
H3 We've launched our volunteer wildlife warden scheme
H3 We want to hear from you about cycling, wheeling and walking
H3 West Devon launching new wildlife warden scheme
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 24 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.westdevon.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.westdevon.gov.uk/IMG-ALT West Devon Borough Council
https://www.westdevon.gov.uk/Anchor Enable Accessibility Tools
A-TITLE Open Accessibility
/your-councilYour Council
/recruitmentJobs
/benefits-and-supportBenefits and Support
/business-ratesBusiness Rates
/climate-changeSubdomain Climate Change and Biodiversity
/communitiesCommunities
/council-taxCouncil Tax
/elections-and-votingElections and Voting
/environment-and-nuisanceEnvironmental Health and Nuisance
/food-hygiene-and-safetyFood Hygiene and Safety
/health-and-safetyHealth and Safety
/HousingHousing
/land-and-propertyLand and Premises
/landlords-and-seamoor-lettingsLandlords and SeaMoor Lettings
/leisure-and-outdoorsLeisure and Outdoors
/licensingLicensing
/parkingParking
/planningPlanning
/treesTrees
/waste-and-recyclingWaste and Recycling
/report-itReport a Problem
https://www.westdevon.gov.uk/Home
https://westdevon.fccenvironme...External Subdomain Report a Missed Bin
https://westdevon.planning-reg...External Subdomain Search Planning Applications
/your-council/our-place-and-pr...Our Place and Priorities
/report-itText duplicate Report a Problem
https://pay.westdevon.gov.uk/l...External Subdomain Make a Payment
https://www.westdevon.gov.uk/newsCouncil News
https://westdevon.tarantoporta...External Subdomain Pay a Parking Fine
https://westdevon.fccenvironme...External Subdomain Check bin day
https://letstalksouthwestdevon...External Subdomain Consultation Portal
/waste-and-recyclingText duplicate Waste and Recycling
https://westdevon.fccenvironme...External Subdomain Report a Missed Collection
/waste-and-recycling/guide-was...About waste, recycling and garden waste
https://westdevon.fccenvironme...External Subdomain Find my collection day
/council-taxText duplicate Council Tax
https://espws.necsws.com/ords/...External Subdomain Log in to your account
/council-tax/reductions-discou...Reductions, discounts and exemptions
/council-tax/how-payHow to pay your council tax
/planningText duplicate Planning
https://westdevon.planning-reg...External Subdomain Search for a planning application
/planning/planning-applicationsPlanning Applications
/planning/conservation-and-lis...Conservation and Listed Buildings
/parkingText duplicate Parking
/parking/car-parksCar Parks
/parking/parking-permitsParking Permits
https://westdevon.tarantoporta...External Subdomain Challenge a Parking Ticket
/your-councilText duplicate Your Council
/your-council/councillors-and-...Your Councillors
https://democracy.swdevon.gov....External Subdomain Committees, boards and meetings
/climate-changeSubdomain Text duplicate Climate Change and Biodiversity
/benefits-and-supportText duplicate Benefits and Support
/benefits-and-support/housing-...Housing Benefit
/benefits-and-support/council-...Council Tax Reduction
/benefits-and-support/other-av...Other available support
/HousingText duplicate Housing
/housing/housing-supportHousing Advice and Support
/housing/affordable-housingAffordable Housing
https://www.devonhomechoice.com/External Subdomain Devon Home Choice
/business-ratesText duplicate Business Rates
/business-rates/new-business-r...New Business Rates Customer
https://espws.necsws.com/ords/...External Subdomain View your business rates account online
https://swd-central.swdevon.go...External Subdomain Tell us about a change
/communitiesText duplicate Communities
/communities/localism-and-comm...Localism and Community Rights
/communities/community-grants-...Grants and Funding
/communities/localism-and-comm...Community Assets
/licensingText duplicate Licensing
/licensing/alcohol-and-enterta...Alcohol and Entertainment Licensing
/licensing/licensing-and-envir...Licensing Fees
/licensing/animal-licences/ani...Animal Licences
/elections-and-votingText duplicate Elections and Voting
https://www.gov.uk/register-to...External Register to vote
https://www.gov.uk/how-to-vote...External Apply for a postal vote
/statutory-review-polling-dist...Statutory review of polling districts and places
/land-and-propertyLand and Property
/land-and-property/using-counc...Using Council Land
/land-and-property/temporary-p...Temporary Pavement Licences
/land-and-property/land-ownershipLand Ownership
/treesText duplicate Trees
/trees/protected-treesProtected Trees
/trees/tree-ownership-and-main...Tree ownership
/trees/ash-dieback-diseaseAsh dieback
/food-hygiene-and-safetyText duplicate Food Hygiene and Safety
/food-hygiene-and-safety/start...Register a Food Business
/food-hygiene-and-safety/food-...Food Safety
/food-hygiene-and-safety/food-...Make a food safety complaint
/environment-and-nuisanceEnvironment and Nuisance
/environment-and-nuisance/nuis...Nuisance
/environment-and-nuisance/air-...Air Quality
/environment-and-nuisance/dogsDogs
/health-and-safetyText duplicate Health and Safety
/health-and-safety/health-and-...Health and Safety in the Workplace
/health-and-safety/health-and-...Report a Safety Concern
/health-and-safety/swimming-po...Swimming Pool Safety
/leisure-and-outdoorsText duplicate Leisure and Outdoors
/leisure-and-outdoors/leisure-...Leisure centres
/leisure-and-outdoors/playing-...Playing pitch strategy
/environment-and-nuisance/dogsText duplicate Dogs
/leisure-and-outdoorsText duplicate Landlords and SeaMoor Lettings
/landlords-and-seamoor-letting...SeaMoor Lettings
/housing/housing-support/housi...Rental Housing Standards
/housing/houses-multiple-occup...Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
https://letstalksouthwestdevon...External Subdomain Visit the Consultation Portal now
/business-ratesText duplicate Business Rates
/licensingText duplicate Licensing
/food-hygiene-and-safetyText duplicate Food Hygiene and Safety
/health-and-safetyText duplicate Health and Safety
/land-and-property/commercial-...Room Hire
/brexit-business-informationBrexit
/landlords-and-seamoor-letting...Text duplicate SeaMoor Lettings
/tavistock-bidTavistock BID
/okehampton-bidOkehampton BID
https://www.westdevon.gov.uk/newsLatest Council News
A-TITLE News
/news/2024/weve-launched-our-v...We've launched our volunteer wildlife warden scheme
/news/2024/we-want-hear-you-ab...We want to hear from you about cycling, wheeling and walking
/news/2024/west-devon-launchin...West Devon launching new wildlife warden scheme
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe now
https://twitter.com/@WestDevon_BCExternal Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/westd...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/west...External Subdomain Instagram
/contact-usSend us a message
A-TITLE Contact Us
/accessibilityRead our accessibility statement here
A-TITLE Accessibility
/freedom-informationFreedom of Information
A-TITLE Freedom of Information
/your-council/council-plans-po...Equality
A-TITLE Equality
/mappingInteractive Mapping
/how-we-use-cookiesCookies
A-TITLE How we use cookies
https://localgovdrupal.org/External LocalGov Drupal
/freedom-information-and-data-...Privacy and personal data
A-TITLE Privacy and Personal Data

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.westdevon.gov.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 is excellent with 0.23 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (70 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 544 referring domains.
This page has 93,181 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 343 different ip addresses.

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Allow: /core/*.css?
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Disallow: /index.php/user/login
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Devon63%Check
West63%Check
West Devon63%Check
West Devon Borough Council59%Check
Council56%Check
Borough Council53%Check
Council News50%Check
Council Tax49%Check
Land44%Check
Safety43%Check
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