Bedford.gov.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
52% 
Page structure
64% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
45% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.21 s
File size
54.90 kB
Words
340
Media files
7
Number of links
94 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage | Bedford Borough Council
The length of the page title is perfect. (340 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.bedford.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

NameValue
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
msapplication-configfavicons/browserconfig.xml
msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
theme-color#ffffff
langen
og:imagehttps://www.bedford.gov.uk/media/7184
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 340 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
20.6% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
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 7 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
/themes/custom/bbc_theme/bedfordlogo.pngBedford Borough Council
...wer display April 2024.JPG?itok=X4qQOtSNBedford Embankment floral diplay
...4-07-11 at 15.53.57 sm.jpg?itok=QfvGjgRcMayor Tom Wootton and Simon Clewlow
...ic/2024-07/IMG_7351 sm.jpg?itok=O9KPeW6RBuses
...armesh Bhogal DSC_7284.JPG?itok=p46bfAwVHarmesh Bhogal
.../thumbnail_Mayor Tom Wootton 9.05.23.jpgmayor
/sites/default/files/Gov.uk_logo-mono.pnggov uk logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Bedford Borough Council
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 26 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Bedford Borough Council
H1 Homepage
H1 Homepage Duplicate text
H2 Services Menu
H2 Bedford and Milton Keynes waterway project celebrates launch event
H2 Travel options to reach Bedford River Festival 2024
H2 Bedford’s new Director of Children's Services reveals his vision
H2 Footer
H2 Footer Bottom
H3 Bins and Recycling
H3 Schools, Education and Childcare
H3 Council Tax
H3 Parking, Roads and Travel
H3 Planning and Building Control
H3 Benefits and Support
H3 Business
H3 Your Council
H3 Leisure, Parks and Sport
H3 Environmental Issues
H3 Social Care and Health
H3 Licensing
H3 Housing
H3 Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
H3 Libraries
H3 Sign up for latest news
H3 Contact the Mayor
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 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/IMG-ALT Bedford Borough Council
/your-council/manage-council-s...Login / Register
/benefits-and-supportBenefits and support
/bins-and-recyclingBins & Recycling
/businessBusiness
/environmental-issuesEnvironmental issues
/council-taxCouncil Tax
/housingHousing
/leisure-parks-and-sportLeisure, parks and sport
/librariesLibraries
/licensingLicensing
/parking-roads-and-travelParking, roads and travel
/planning-and-building-controlPlanning and building control
/schools-education-and-childcareSchools, education and childcare
/social-care-and-healthSocial care and health
/your-councilYour Council
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships
/council-taxText duplicate Council Tax
/your-council/elections-and-vo...General Election 4 July
/benefits-and-support/grants-a...Help with the cost of living
/your-council/have-your-say/co...Subdomain Have your say
/bins-and-recycling/household-...Check your bin day
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/jobsJobs
/save-time-do-it-onlinePay, report, request online
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/newsLatest news
/bins-and-recyclingBins and Recycling
/bins-and-recycling/household-...Text duplicate Check your bin day
A-TITLE Check your bin day
/rubbish-recycling-and-waste-s...What can I recycle?
/rubbish-recycling-and-waste-s...Missed bin collection
/schools-education-and-childcareSchools, Education and Childcare
/schools-education-and-childca...Term dates
/schools-education-and-childca...Apply for a school place
https://localoffer.bedford.gov...External Subdomain Find childcare
/council-taxText duplicate Council Tax
/council-tax-information/manag...Pay your Council Tax
/council-tax-information/manag...Manage your Council Tax online
/council-tax-information/manag...Change of address or tenancy
/parking-roads-and-travelParking, Roads and Travel
/parking-roads-and-travel/park...Find parking
/parking-roads-and-travel/road...Report a pothole
https://parking.bedford.gov.uk/External Subdomain Pay your parking ticket
/planning-and-building-controlPlanning and Building Control
/planning-and-building/plannin...View planning applications
/planning-and-building/plannin...Apply for planning permission
/planning-and-building/buildin...Building control
/benefits-and-supportBenefits and Support
/benefits-and-support/housing-...Help with rent and Council Tax
/benefits-and-support/benefits...Make a benefit claim
/benefits-and-support/housing-...Report a change in circumstances
/businessText duplicate Business
/business/business-ratesBusiness rates
/business/commercial-land-and-...Commercial land and property
A-TITLE Commercial land and property
/business/invest-bedfordInvest in Bedford
/your-councilText duplicate Your Council
https://councillorsupport.bedf...External Subdomain Your local Councillor
/council-and-democracy/decisio...Committee meetings
/your-council/elections-and-vo...Register to vote
A-TITLE Register to vote
/leisure-parks-and-sportLeisure, Parks and Sport
/leisure-parks-and-sport/sport...Find a leisure centre
/leisure-parks-and-sport/parks...Parks and play areas
/leisure-parks-and-sport/sport...Sports and physical activity
A-TITLE Sports and physical activity
/environmental-issuesEnvironmental Issues
/environment-and-planning/keep...Report fallen leaves
/environment-and-planning/keep...Request street cleaning
/environment-and-planning/pest...Book pest control
/social-care-and-healthSocial Care and Health
/social-care-and-health/adopti...Fostering and adoption
/social-care-and-health/childr...Concerned about a child?
/social-care-and-health/adult-...Concerned about an adult?
/licensingText duplicate Licensing
/licensing/taxi-licensingTaxi licensing
/licensing/alcohol-and-enterta...Alcohol licensing
/licensing/animal-welfare-lice...Animal welfare licensing
/housingText duplicate Housing
/housing/housing-adviceHousing advice
/housing/homelessness-or-threa...Homelessness advice
A-TITLE Homelessness or threat of homelessness
/benefits-and-support/housing-...Apply for Housing Benefit
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Register a birth
A-TITLE Register a birth
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Book a registrar for a wedding
A-TITLE Book a marriage or civil partnership in Bedford Borough
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Register a death
A-TITLE Register a death
/librariesText duplicate Libraries
https://beds-arena.culturalser...External Subdomain Renew and request
/libraries/your-local-library-...Library opening hours
A-TITLE Your local library - opening times, facilities and activities
http://virtual-library.cultura...External Subdomain eBooks, eAudio and eMagazines
/BandMKWaterway24Image Bedford and Milton Keynes waterway project celebrates launch event
IMG-ALT Mayor Tom Wootton and Simon Clewlow
/RFParking24Image Travel options to reach Bedford River Festival 2024
IMG-ALT Buses
/HarmeshAppointmentImage Bedford’s new Director of Children's Services reveals his vision
IMG-ALT Harmesh Bhogal
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/newsSee More News
/your-council/about-council/co...Contact us
/your-council/website-informat...Digital help
/your-council/data-protection-...Privacy and cookies
/all-servicesA-Z of services
/your-council/councillors-and-...Find my Councillor
/save-time-do-it-onlinePay, report, request it
/your-council/website-informat...Accessibility statement
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/newsNews from the Council
/your-council/councillors-and-...Contact the Mayor
IMG-ALT mayor
https://www.facebook.com/bedfo...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/BedfordTweetsExternal No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/bedf...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.gov.uk/External IMG-ALT gov uk logo

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.bedford.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 excellent with 0.21 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (55 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
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content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
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content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self' https://*.bedfordborough.gov.uk; report-uri /report-csp-violation
accept-rangesbytes
dateSun, 14 Jul 2024 15:01:28 GMT
age169409
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x-cacheHIT
x-cache-hits1
x-timerS1720969289.763176,VS0,VE1
varyCookie
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31557600
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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 2,158 referring domains.
This page has 246,372 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,184 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Bedford81%Check
Bedford Borough74%Check
Bedford Borough Council72%Check
Council68%Check
Borough Council67%Check
Homepage54%Check
Council Tax54%Check
Services43%Check
travel43%Check
Footer43%Check
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