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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
67% 
Page structure
54% 
Link structure
71% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.06 s
File size
153.10 kB
Words
601
Media files
6
Number of links
131 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Brighton & Hove City Council
The length of the page title is perfect. (263 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Homepage for Brighton & Hove City Council. Find links to pay, report and apply for council services and find out what’s happening in Brighton & Hove.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (922 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.brighton-hove.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
descriptionHomepage for Brighton & Hove City Council. Find links to pay, report and apply for council services and find out what’s happening in Brighton & Hove.
google-site-verification3eV8LzPihTcgTfr0Z5ul2uyRp70nEJpt5OcbvA_-lEM
GeneratorDrupal 10 (LocalGov Drupal | https://localgovdrupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
msapplication-TileColor#000000
theme-color#000000
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:site@BrightonHoveCC
twitter:titleBrighton & Hove City Council
twitter:descriptionDelivering 24 hour council services to residents, visitors and businesses in Brighton & Hove
twitter:creator:id@BrightonHoveCC
twitter:imagehttps://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/themes/custom/bhcc_base/images/BHCC-Logo-twitter.jpg
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 601 words. That's ok.
26.1% 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 11.4 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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
/themes/custom/bhcc_base/images/logo.svgBrighton & Hove City Council
...lic/2022-03/home-pic-1.jpg?itok=dpATGcy5Brighton Beach
...b-climate-change (002).jpg?itok=YnywlQX_Hands holding a small EarthClimate change
...4-07/thumb-col-graphic.jpg?itok=fAJXx3RwGraphic representing support with the cost of living, with an illustration of a woman standing and a man sitting at a computer and icons representing money, food and energy
...st city newsroom (002).png?itok=S_j2iHmoA black square with white text reading Anti-racist city.Anti-racist city
/themes/custom/bhcc_base/images/logo.svgBrighton & Hove City Council

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Brighton & Hove
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
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
H1 Welcome to Brighton & Hove
H2 Services
H2 Services Duplicate text
H2 Issues with our telephone system
H2 How can we help?
H2 Find out more
H2 Contact
H3 Rubbish, recycling and streets
H3 Council Tax
H3 Parking
H3 Roads and travel
H3 Planning, building regulations and regeneration
H3 Jobs
H3 Libraries, leisure and arts
H3 Housing
H3 Children and learning
H3 Benefits and financial advice
H3 Adult Social Care
H3 Environment
H3 Births, deaths, marriages, civil partnership and citizenship
H3 Health and wellbeing
H3 Crematorium and cemeteries
H3 City support and grants
H3 Your council
H3 Easy read information
H3 Business
H3 Newsroom
H3 Climate action
H3 Cost of living support
H3 Becoming an anti-racist city
H3 Contact your councillor
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are 13 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
/about-websiteAbout this website
/adult-social-careAdult Social Care
/benefits-and-financial-adviceBenefits and financial advice
/business-and-tradeBusiness and Trade
/families-children-and-learningChildren and learning
/council-taxCouncil Tax
/environmentEnvironment
/health-and-wellbeingHealth
/housingHousing
/jobsJobs
/libraries-leisure-and-artsLeisure and libraries
/support-our-communitiesLife events and communities
/parkingParking
/planningPlanning
/rubbish-recycling-and-streetsRubbish, recycling and streets
/travel-and-road-safetySubdomain Travel and road safety
/council-and-democracyYour council
/newsNews
/myaccount-hubMyAccount
/about-websiteText duplicate About this website
/adult-social-careText duplicate Adult Social Care
/benefits-and-financial-adviceText duplicate Benefits and financial advice
/business-and-tradeText duplicate Business and Trade
/families-children-and-learningText duplicate Children and learning
/council-taxText duplicate Council Tax
/environmentText duplicate Environment
/health-and-wellbeingText duplicate Health
/housingText duplicate Housing
/jobsText duplicate Jobs
/libraries-leisure-and-artsText duplicate Leisure and libraries
/support-our-communitiesText duplicate Life events and communities
/parkingText duplicate Parking
/planningText duplicate Planning
/rubbish-recycling-and-streetsText duplicate Rubbish, recycling and streets
/travel-and-road-safetySubdomain Text duplicate Travel and road safety
/council-and-democracyText duplicate Your council
/newsText duplicate News
/myaccount-hubText duplicate MyAccount
/council-tax/paying-your-counc...Pay council tax
/node/2006716Check bin collection days
/parking/parking-permitsSubdomain Buy parking permits
https://planningapps.brighton-...External Subdomain Search planning applications
/council-and-democracy/feedbac...Report a problem
/node/2006601Apply for school
/schools-and-learning/brighton...Check school term dates
/parking/parking-and-bus-lane-...Pay your parking fine
/rubbish-recycling-and-streetsText duplicate Rubbish, recycling and streets
/node/2006591Report a missed collection
/rubbish-recycling-and-streets...Get garden waste collections
/node/2006701Request a clean up
/node/1706Text duplicate Council Tax
/council-tax/tell-us-about-cha...Tell us about a change of address or tenancy
/council-tax/council-tax-disco...Get a discount
/council-tax/paying-your-counc...Pay your Council Tax
/parkingText duplicate Parking
/parking/parking-and-bus-lane-...Pay or appeal a parking fine
/parking/parking-permits-0Get a parking permit
/parking/paid-parking/car-parksFind a car park
/travel-and-road-safetyRoads and travel
/parking/travel-transport-and-...Find public transport
/travel-and-road-safety/travel...Get a bus pass
https://new.brighton-hove.gov....External Subdomain Report road damage
/planningPlanning, building regulations and regeneration
/planning/planning-application...Subdomain Get advice before you build
/planning/planning-application...Apply for planning permission
/city-regenerationRegenerating our city
https://new.brighton-hove.gov....External Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs
/jobs/open-vacancies?num=10&pa...Find a council job
/jobs/apprenticeships-and-pre-...Find an apprenticeship
/jobs/council-jobs/why-work-usWhy work for us
/libraries-leisure-and-artsLibraries, leisure and arts
https://brighton-hove.spydus.c...External Subdomain Borrow library items
/node/351Subdomain Find sports clubs and activities
/node/1546Subdomain Find parks and green spaces
/housingText duplicate Housing
/node/2061Subdomain Apply for housing
/node/2151Subdomain Pay your rent
/node/2221Subdomain Ask for a repair
/families-children-and-learningSubdomain Text duplicate Children and learning
http://www.familyinfobrighton....External Subdomain Find childcare
/schools-and-learning/apply-sc...Text duplicate Apply for school
/special-educational-needs-and...Subdomain Help with special needs and disabilities
/benefits-and-financial-adviceText duplicate Benefits and financial advice
/benefits-and-financial-advice...Apply for housing benefit
/node/716Subdomain Get help in an emergency
/benefits-and-financial-advice...Tell us about a change
/adult-social-careSubdomain Text duplicate Adult Social Care
https://new.brighton-hove.gov....External Subdomain Get care and support
https://new.brighton-hove.gov....External Subdomain Report a concern
https://new.brighton-hove.gov....External Subdomain Support to improve your health
/environmentSubdomain Text duplicate Environment
/climate-change/becoming-carbo...Becoming carbon neutral
/environment/noise-pollution-a...Find out about noise, pollution and air quality
/environment/noise-pollution-a...Report a noise problem
/births-deaths-marriages-civil...Births, deaths, marriages, civil partnership and citizenship
/births-deaths-marriages-civil...Marriages and civil partnerships
/births-deaths-marriages-civil...Register a birth
/births-deaths-marriages-civil...Tell us someone has died
/health-and-wellbeingSubdomain Health and wellbeing
/health-and-wellbeing-draft/su...Subdomain Text duplicate Support to improve your health
/health-and-wellbeing-draft/su...Subdomain Get active
/adult-social-care/care-and-su...Subdomain Text duplicate Get care and support
/woodvale-crematorium-and-ceme...Subdomain Crematorium and cemeteries
/woodvale-crematorium-and-ceme...Subdomain Find a cemetery or crematorium
/woodvale-crematorium-and-ceme...Subdomain Arrange a memorial
/woodvale-crematorium-and-ceme...Subdomain Research your family history
/support-our-communitiesSubdomain City support and grants
/jobs/volunteeringSubdomain Volunteer in your area
/support-our-communities/migra...Support refugees
/content/life-events-and-commu...Subdomain Apply for funding
/council-and-democracySubdomain Text duplicate Your council
/council-and-democracy/voting-...Subdomain Register to vote
/council-and-democracy/consult...Your Voice
/council-and-democracy/your-vo...About council meetings
/easy-read-informationEasy read information
/easy-read-information/get-hea...Contact the learning disability team
/easy-read-information/get-hea...Get health and care advice
/easy-read-information/housing...Housing options
/business-and-tradeSubdomain Business
/business-and-trade/business-r...Subdomain Pay business rates
/business-and-trade/health-and...Subdomain Help with health and safety
/business-and-trade/contracts-...Subdomain Tendering for council work
/business-and-trade/food-safetySubdomain Food safety guidance
/content/leisure-and-libraries...Subdomain Find conference facilities
/business-and-trade/business-r...Subdomain Business rates
/newsNewsroom
/climate-actionSubdomain Climate action Be part of the city’s climate action for a cleaner, healthier and fair future. Find out what we’re doing and how you can help.
IMG-ALT Hands holding a small Earth
/cost-living-supportCost of living support Help is available for Brighton & Hove residents struggling with the cost of living.
IMG-ALT Graphic representing support with the cost of living, with an illustration of a woman standing and a man sitting at a computer and icons representing money, ...
/council-and-democracy/equalit...Becoming an anti-racist city Find out about our pledge and approach to becoming an anti-racist city.
IMG-ALT A black square with white text reading Anti-racist city.
/newsVisit the Newsroom
/node/3004941Get in touch
/about-websiteText duplicate About this website
/about-website/accessibility-s...Accessibility statement
/about-website/privacy-and-dataPrivacy and data
/about-website/how-we-use-cookiesCookies
/about-website/languagesLanguages
/council-and-democracy/modern-...Modern Slavery Statement
/contact-council/contact-councilContact Us
https://www.facebook.com/Brigh...New window External Subdomain Brighton and Hove City Council Facebook page (opens in new tab)
https://twitter.com/BrightonHo...New window External Brighton and Hove City Council Twitter page (opens in new tab)
https://www.youtube.com/user/B...New window External Subdomain Brighton and Hove City Council YouTube page (opens in new tab)
https://instagram.com/brighton...New window External Brighton and Hove City Council Instagram page (opens in new tab)
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Brighton and Hove City Council LinkedIn page (opens in new tab)

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.brighton-hove.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 0.06 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (153 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
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last-modifiedSat, 17 Aug 2024 11:29:11 GMT
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content-length27852
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dateSat, 17 Aug 2024 20:19:15 GMT
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x-cdnImperva
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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 4,510 referring domains.
This page has 128,172 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,538 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

# Custom robots.txt declerations.
Disallow: /directories/health-and-adult-social-care*
Disallow: /hasc*
Disallow: *healthy-living-times*pdf
Disallow: /jobs/redeployment-vacancies*
Disallow: /jobs/redeployment-search
Disallow: /allotments-waiting-list-orkastrate
Disallow: /user
Disallow: /news/search
crawl-delay: 10

# Block these robots
User-agent: SiteimproveBot
User-agent: SiteimproveBot-Crawler
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: Bytedance
User-agent: Turnitin
Disallow: /

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Brighton & Hove City Council
Homepage for Brighton & Hove City Council. Find links to pay, report and apply for council services and find out what’s happening in Brighton & Hove.

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Brighton Hove City83%Check
Hove City81%Check
Brighton Hove City Council80%Check
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