Bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
96% 
Page quality
66% 
Page structure
66% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
83% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.57 s
File size
75.60 kB
Words
506
Media files
4
Number of links
139 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The length of the page title is perfect. (409 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Incorporating Bedford Hospital and Luton & Dunstable University Hospital
The length of the meta description is perfect. (742 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.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

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robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
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langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
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og:typewebsite
og:titleBedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
og:descriptionBedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Incorporating Bedford Hospital and Luton & Dunstable University Hospital
og:urlhttps://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/
og:site_nameBedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 506 words. That's ok.
19.2% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 20 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)
Some tags are too long. With 281 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"please do not attend for a hba1c retest if you have not been directly contacted by the hospital either..."
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
.../2020/03/Bedfordshire-Hospitals-logo.jpgBedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
...assets/img/placeholder-image-767x400.pngFarooq and team after the first Aquablation procedures
...assets/img/placeholder-image-767x400.pngBoth sites EDs
...assets/img/placeholder-image-767x400.pngcqc logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
H2 Bedford Hospital
H2 Luton & Dunstable University Hospital
H2 Working here
H2 Change / Cancel Appointment
H2 Get involved
H2 Ward information
H3 Patients & Visitors
H3 Patients & Visitors Duplicate text
H3 Aquablation: New treatment for benign enlarged prostates
H3 Medical lecture: Emergency Care (A&E and Ambulance Service) and How to Stay Healthy
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 6 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip down to content Skip down to content
/Subdomain IMG-ALT Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
A-TITLE Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
/Anchor Show Accessibility Toolbar
/Anchor Text duplicate Show Accessibility Toolbar
/browse-a-to-zBrowse A to Z
/Subdomain Home
/patients-visitors/Subdomain Patients & Visitors
/patients-visitors/information...Bedford Hospital
/patients-visitors/information...Luton and Dunstable University Hospital
/patients-visitors/staff-direc...Subdomain Staff Directory
/patients-visitors/ward-inform...Subdomain Ward Information
/our-services/Subdomain Services
/our-services/audiology/Subdomain Audiology
/our-services/anaesthetics-and...Subdomain Anaesthetics and Critical Care
/bariatrics/Subdomain Bariatrics (Obesity)
/our-services/blood-tests/Subdomain Blood Tests (Phlebotomy)
/our-services/blood-transfusion/Subdomain Blood Transfusion
/our-services/breast-screening/Subdomain Breast Screening
/our-services/breast-unit/Subdomain Breast Unit
/our-services/cancer-services/Subdomain Cancer
/our-services/cardiology/Subdomain Cardiology
/our-services/cardiovascular-r...Subdomain Cardiovascular Rehabilitation
/our-services/paediatrics-chil...Subdomain Childrens (Paediatrics)
/our-services/childrens-diabetes/Subdomain Children’s Diabetes
/our-services/community-diabet...Subdomain Community Diabetes Service
/our-services/dementia-care/Subdomain Dementia Care
/our-services/dermatology/Subdomain Dermatology
/our-services/diabetes-and-end...Subdomain Diabetes and Endocrinology service
/our-services/ear-nose-and-thr...Subdomain Ear, Nose and Throat
/our-services/early-pregnancy/Subdomain Early Pregnancy
/our-services/emergency-depart...Subdomain Emergency Department
/our-services/endoscopy/Subdomain Endoscopy
/our-services/enhanced-recover...Subdomain Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
/our-services/fertility-services/Subdomain Fertility Services
/our-services/gastroenterology/Subdomain Gastroenterology
/our-services/general-surgery/Subdomain General Surgery
/our-services/gynaecology-serv...Subdomain Gynaecology
/our-services/hepatology/Subdomain Hepatology
/our-services/imaging/Subdomain Imaging
/our-services/integrated-copd-...Subdomain Integrated COPD Service
/our-services/limb-fitting-and...Subdomain Limb Fitting and Orthotics
/our-services/luton-sexual-hea...Subdomain Luton Sexual Health
/our-services/maternity-2/Subdomain Maternity (Obstetrics)
/our-services/medicine-for-the...Subdomain Medicine for the Elderly
/our-services/neonatal-services/Subdomain Neonatal Services
/our-services/neurology/Subdomain Neurology
/our-services/neurophysiology/Subdomain Neurophysiology
/our-services/nutrition-and-di...Subdomain Nutrition and Dietetics Clinic
/our-services/nutrition-nurses/Subdomain Nutrition Nurses Clinic
/our-services/occupational-the...Subdomain Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy
/our-services/ophthalmology/Subdomain Ophthalmology
/our-services/oral-and-maxillo...Subdomain Oral and Maxillofacial
/our-services/orthodontics/Subdomain Orthodontics
/our-services/orthopaedics-and...Subdomain Orthopaedics and Trauma
/our-services/outpatients/Subdomain Outpatients
/our-services/pathology/Subdomain Pathology
/our-services/pharmacy/Subdomain Pharmacy
/our-services/pre-assessment/Subdomain Pre-Assessment
/our-services/private-patients/Subdomain Private Patients
/our-services/pulmonary-rehabi...Subdomain Pulmonary Rehabilitation
/our-services/research-and-dev...Subdomain Research and Development
/our-services/respiratory/Subdomain Respiratory
/our-services/restorative-dent...Subdomain Restorative Dentistry
/our-services/rheumatology/Subdomain Rheumatology
/our-services/stoma-care/Subdomain Stoma Care
/our-services/stroke/Subdomain Stroke
/our-services/termination-of-p...Subdomain Termination of Pregnancy
/our-services/urology/Subdomain Urology
/our-services/virtual-wards/Subdomain Virtual Wards
/gps-professionals/Subdomain GPs & Professionals
/gps-professionals/consultants...Subdomain Consultants and Services
/gps-professionals/gp-admin-up...Subdomain GP Admin Updates
/gps-professionals/gp-specialt...Subdomain GP Specialty Training
/gps-professionals/information...Subdomain Information for referring GPs
/gps-professionals/library-ser...Subdomain Library and Knowledge Services
/gps-professionals/pathways-an...Subdomain Pathways and Referral Guidance for GPs
/corporate-information/Subdomain Corporate Information
/corporate-information/trust-p...Subdomain Trust Publications
/corporate-information/board-m...Subdomain Board Meetings and Directors
/get-involved/ft-membership/co...Subdomain Council of Governors
/charityCharity
/corporate-information/cqc-rep...Subdomain CQC Report
/corporate-information/equalit...Subdomain Equality and Diversity
/corporate-information/freedom...Subdomain Freedom of Information
/corporate-information/infecti...Subdomain Infection Control
/corporate-information/merger-...Subdomain Merger Plans
/corporate-information/patient...Subdomain Patient Safety
/corporate-information/redevel...Subdomain Redevelopment Information
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/change-cancel-appointment/Subdomain Change/Cancel Appointment
/patients-visitors/information...Bedford Hospital Patients & Visitors
/patients-visitors/information...Luton & Dunstable University Hospital Patients & Visitors
/working-hereWorking here
/change-cancel-appointmentChange / Cancel Appointment
/get-involvedGet involved
/patients-visitors/ward-inform...Subdomain Ward information
/corporate-information/redevel...Subdomain Redevelopment
/corporate-information/hospita...Subdomain Hospital Charity
/our-services/maternity-2/earl...Subdomain Early Self-Referral to Maternity Services
/get-involved/ft-membership/be...Subdomain Become a member - It's Free
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=2A
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=3B
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=4C
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=5D
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=6E
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=7F
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=8G
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=9H
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=10I
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=11J
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=13L
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=14M
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=15N
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=16O
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=17P
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=19R
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=20S
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=21T
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=22U
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=23V
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=24W
/browse-a-to-z/?azid=25X
/newsRead all News
/news/aquablation-new-treatmen...Subdomain Aquablation: New treatment for benign enlarged prostates
IMG-ALT Farooq and team after the first Aquablation procedures
/news/medical-lecture-emergenc...Subdomain Medical lecture: Emergency Care (A&E and Ambulance Service) and How to Stay Healthy
IMG-ALT Both sites EDs
https://www.cqc.org.uk/provide...New window External Subdomain See the report
https://www.facebook.com/Bedfo...New window External Subdomain facebook-square- Bedford
https://twitter.com/bedfordhos...New window External twitter-square- Bedford
https://www.facebook.com/LandD...New window External Subdomain facebook-square - Luton
https://twitter.com/LandDHospitalNew window External twitter-square - Luton
/patients-visitors/tell-us-wha...Tell us what you think
/coronavirus-covid19-informati...Coronavirus (COVID19) information for the public
/patients-visitors/information...Car Parking, Directions and Maps – Bedford Hospital South Wing
/patients-visitors/information...PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service) Bedford Hospital
/patients-visitors/information...Car Parking, Directions and Maps
/change-cancel-appointment/cha...Cancel/change your appointment
/patients-visitors/information...Patient Advice Liaison Service (PALS)
/staff-executive-login/Subdomain Staff / Executive Login
/terms-conditions/Subdomain Terms & Conditions
/accessibility/Subdomain Accessibility
/sitemap/Subdomain Sitemap
/patients-visitors/information...Subdomain Full privacy notice
/cookie-policy-uk/Subdomain Cookie Policy (UK)
https://phew.org.uk/External Phew!
/news/hba1c-testing-information/New window Subdomain visit our hbA1C information page

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.57 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (76 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
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pragmano-cache
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set-cookie44 Characters
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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 671 referring domains.
This page has 7,434 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 499 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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Sitemap: https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/pathology/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/medical-education/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/practice-education/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.blmkdiabeticeyescreening.nhs.uk/sitemap_index.xml
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www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Incorporating Bedford Hospital and Luton & Dunstable University Hospital

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Hospital97%Check
Bedford97%Check
Bedford Hospital97%Check
NHS89%Check
Bedfordshire89%Check
Hospitals89%Check
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS89%Check
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation84%Check
Incorporating Bedford Hospital83%Check
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust81%Check

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