Cheshireeast.gov.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
52% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
74% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.95 s
File size
39.90 kB
Words
270
Media files
5
Number of links
30 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Cheshire East Council
The length of the page title is perfect. (272 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
We provide local government services to around 398,800 residents in Cheshire East and are the 3rd largest Unitary Authority in the North West.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (884 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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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descriptionWe provide local government services to around 398,800 residents in Cheshire East and are the 3rd largest Unitary Authority in the North West.
keywordsCheshire East Borough Council,Knutsford,cec,cheshire council,cheshire east,cheshire east council,cheshire east unitary authority,congleton council,crewe and nantwich council,holmes chapel,home page,macclesfield,macclesfield council,middlewich,nantwich,poynton,sandbach,unitary authority
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 270 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 38 words is high.
28.5% 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.
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" 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 6 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
...es/non_user/cec-logo-colour-155x70px.pngCheshire East Council home pageHome page
...r/cheshire-east-masthead1-1500x400px.jpgVarious landmarks in Cheshire East
...jpg?width=500&height=301&fit=crop,centerelderly woman with walking frame
...jpg?width=500&height=301&fit=crop,centerCheshire East Council logo
...jpg?width=500&height=301&fit=crop,centerDigital newsletter

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Cheshire East Council
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Cheshire East Council
H2 Featured
H2 Have your say
H2 Latest news
H2 Using this site
H2 Follow us
H2 Cheshire East Council suggested links
H3 Falls prevention week
H3 New rail link statement
H3 Subscribe to digital news updates
H3 17/09/2024 - Fresh plans announced for former swimming pool site in Crewe
H3 16/09/2024 - Council encourages older residents to take a stand against falls
H3 13/09/2024 - New rail link between the Midlands and the North West
H3 12/09/2024 - Council workers' £2,000 boost for cancer charity
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 6 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/home.aspxAnchor Skip to content
/home.aspxCheshire East Council website home page
IMG-ALT Cheshire East Council home page
A-TITLE Home
/account/cheshire-east-account...Subdomain My account
/waste_and_recycling/bins-wast...Bins, waste and recycling
/planning/planning.aspxPlanning and building control
/council_tax/council-tax.aspxCouncil Tax
/highways_and_roads/roads-park...Roads, parking and travel
/schools/schools.aspxSchools and learning
/leisure,_culture_and_tourism/...Libraries and leisure
/business/business.aspxBusiness and consumer
/livewell/livewell.aspxHealth and social care
A-TITLE Live Well Cheshire East
/council_and_democracy/council...Council and democracy
A-TITLE Council and Democracy
/more-services/more-services.aspxMore services
/council_and_democracy/council...Subdomain Falls prevention week Council encourages older residents to take a stand against falls
IMG-ALT elderly woman with walking frame
/council_and_democracy/council...Subdomain New rail link statement Proposals for a new rail link between the Midlands and the North West welcomed
IMG-ALT Cheshire East Council logo
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe to digital news updates Sign up to receive weekly updates of council news and information
IMG-ALT Digital newsletter
/council_and_democracy/council...Consultations
A-TITLE Consultations in Cheshire East
/council_and_democracy/council...17/09/2024 - Fresh plans announced for former swimming pool site in Crewe New plans are being developed by the council for the former Crewe swimming pool site
/council_and_democracy/council...16/09/2024 - Council encourages older residents to take a stand against falls Falls Awareness Week, a national campaign dedicated to raising awareness about ...
/council_and_democracy/council...13/09/2024 - New rail link between the Midlands and the North West Proposals published for new rail link between the midlands and the north west
/council_and_democracy/council...12/09/2024 - Council workers' £2,000 boost for cancer charity Council staff have raised more than £2,000 for a cancer charity after completing the gruelling ...
/council_and_democracy/council...More news
A-TITLE Media Hub
/a_to_z_site_index/a_to_z_site...A to Z site index
/council_and_democracy/council...Accessibility
/council_and_democracy/council...Cookies
/council_and_democracy/council...Privacy policy
https://twitter.com/CheshireEastExternal X (Twitter)
A-TITLE (external link)
https://www.facebook.com/Chesh...External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE (external link)
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn
A-TITLE (external link)
https://www.instagram.com/ches...External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE (external link)
/council_and_democracy/council...All social media accounts
/council_and_democracy/custome...Contact us
/council_and_democracy/custome...at Cheshire East Council
/jobs_and_careers/jobs-and-car...Jobs - working for us
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Sign up to email updates
/council_and_democracy/council...© Cheshire East Council
A-TITLE Copyright and Disclaimer

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/home.aspx"
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 of 0.95 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 (40 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 142 referring domains.
This page has 413,291 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 123 different ip addresses.

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www.cheshireeast.gov.uk › home.aspx
Home | Cheshire East Council
We provide local government services to around 398,800 residents in Cheshire East and are the 3rd largest Unitary Authority in the North West.

Most important keywords

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

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Cheshire92%Check
East92%Check
Cheshire East92%Check
Cheshire East Council85%Check
Council72%Check
Council website55%Check
North50%Check
West50%Check
North West50%Check
residents50%Check

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