Dorsetcouncil.gov.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
48% 
Page structure
74% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
74% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.96 s
File size
117.30 kB
Words
320
Media files
6
Number of links
74 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Dorset Council
The length of the page title is perfect. (206 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Dorset council - online services for the unitary authority of Dorset Council
The length of the meta description is perfect. (450 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/
There is a valid canonical link 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)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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
viewportinitial-scale=1.0, width=device-width
descriptionDorset council - online services for the unitary authority of Dorset Council
langen-gb
og:descriptionDorset council - online services for the unitary authority of Dorset Council
og:localeen_GB
og:locale:alternateen_GB
og:site_nameDorset Council
og:titleHome - Dorset Council
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 320 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
29.1% 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width" is provided.
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
..._set_logo?img_id=3219019&t=1730009944159Dorset Council
data:[...] Base64Find my nearest
...ra-small/Borrow+an+iPad+Social+Media.pngBorrow and iPad for up to six weeks
.../West+Moors+EV+Charging+4+-+cropped.jpegthree individual pose for picture next to electric vehicle and charge point, one of the individuals is charging a car.
...tra-small/HealthCycleRid-1-Newsroom.jpeggroup of individuals ride bikes on trail through woods, the person at the back has a t-shirt on that reads 'volunteer leader'
..._set_logo?img_id=3219019&t=1730009944159Dorset Council

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Popular services
The H1 heading is too short (16 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 34 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 Popular services
H2 General Election results
H2 All services
H2 Find my nearest
H2 Newsroom
H3 Benefits
H3 Bins, recycling and litter
H3 Births, deaths and marriages
H3 Business, consumers and licences
H3 Care and support for adults
H3 Children and families
H3 Climate and ecological emergency
H3 Council Tax
H3 Councillors, committees and elections
H3 Countryside, coast and parks
H3 Education and training
H3 Emergencies and severe weather
H3 Environmental Health
H3 Housing
H3 Jobs and careers
H3 Libraries, history and culture
H3 Parking
H3 Planning, building control and land
H3 Roads, highways and maintenance
H3 Sport and leisure
H3 Tourist information
H3 Travel information
H3 Your community
H3 Your council
H3 Latest news from Dorset Council
H3 Borrow an iPad for free from Dorset Libraries
H3 Borrow an iPad for free from Dorset Libraries Duplicate text
H3 Dorset villages benefit from new charging points thanks to boost from council
H3 Help for Weymouth residents to ‘get back in the saddle’
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 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to Content
/sign-in-to-a-serviceLog in to my account
/benefits/benefitsSubdomain Benefits
/bins-recycling-and-litter/bin...Subdomain Bins, recycling and litter
/births-deaths-marriages/birth...Subdomain Births, deaths and marriages
/business-consumers-licences/b...Subdomain Business, consumers and licences
/care-and-support-for-adults/c...Subdomain Care and support for adults
/children-families/children-an...Subdomain Children and families
/protecting-our-environmentClimate and ecological emergency
/council-tax/council-taxSubdomain Council Tax
/councillors-committees-electi...Subdomain Councillors, committees and elections
/countryside-coast-parks/count...Subdomain Countryside, coast and parks
/education-and-training/educat...Subdomain Education and training
/emergencies-severe-weather/em...Subdomain Emergencies and severe weather
/environmental-health/environm...Subdomain Environmental Health
/housing/housingSubdomain Housing
/jobs-and-careers/jobs-and-car...Subdomain Jobs and careers
/libraries-history-culture/lib...Subdomain Libraries, history and culture
/parking/parkingSubdomain Parking
/planning-buildings-land/plann...Subdomain Planning, building control and land
/roads-highways-maintenance/ro...Subdomain Roads, highways and maintenance
/sport-leisure/sport-and-leisureSubdomain Sport and leisure
/travelSubdomain Travel information
https://www.visit-dorset.com/External Subdomain Tourist information
/your-community/your-communitySubdomain Your community
/your-council/your-councilSubdomain Your council
/my-local-informationSubdomain My local information
/w/cost-of-living-helpSubdomain Cost of living help
/your-community/refugee-servicesSubdomain Help for refugees
/newsroomNews
/sign-in-to-a-serviceText duplicate Log in to my account
https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/Subdomain IMG-ALT Dorset Council
A-TITLE Go to Dorset Council
/sign-in-to-a-serviceYour account
/council-tax/council-tax-payme...Subdomain Pay your Council Tax
/travel/travel-dorset/live-tra...Live travel news
/my-local-informationCheck your bin day
/education-and-training/school...Check school term dates
/planning-buildings-land/plann...Search for a planning application
/housing-registerSubdomain Apply to be on the Housing Register
/w/uk-parliamentary-general-el...Subdomain View the results
/benefits/benefitsSubdomain Text duplicate Benefits
/bins-recycling-and-litter/bin...Subdomain Text duplicate Bins, recycling and litter
/births-deaths-marriages/birth...Subdomain Text duplicate Births, deaths and marriages
/business-consumers-licences/b...Subdomain Text duplicate Business, consumers and licences
/care-and-support-for-adults/c...Subdomain Text duplicate Care and support for adults
/children-families/children-an...Subdomain Text duplicate Children and families
/protecting-our-environmentText duplicate Climate and ecological emergency
/council-tax/council-taxSubdomain Text duplicate Council Tax
/councillors-committees-electi...Subdomain Text duplicate Councillors, committees and elections
/countryside-coast-parks/count...Subdomain Text duplicate Countryside, coast and parks
/education-and-training/educat...Subdomain Text duplicate Education and training
/emergencies-severe-weather/em...Subdomain Text duplicate Emergencies and severe weather
/environmental-health/environm...Subdomain Text duplicate Environmental Health
/housing/housingSubdomain Text duplicate Housing
/jobs-and-careers/jobs-and-car...Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs and careers
/libraries-history-culture/lib...Subdomain Text duplicate Libraries, history and culture
/parking/parkingSubdomain Text duplicate Parking
/planning-buildings-land/plann...Subdomain Text duplicate Planning, building control and land
/roads-highways-maintenance/ro...Subdomain Text duplicate Roads, highways and maintenance
/sport-leisure/sport-and-leisureSubdomain Text duplicate Sport and leisure
https://www.visit-dorset.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Tourist information
/travelSubdomain Text duplicate Travel information
/your-community/your-communitySubdomain Text duplicate Your community
/your-council/your-councilSubdomain Text duplicate Your council
/my-local-informationVisit My Local
/newsroomNewsroom
/news/borrow-an-ipad-for-free-...Subdomain Borrow an iPad for free from Dorset Libraries
/news/dorset-villages-benefit-...Subdomain Dorset villages benefit from new charging points thanks to boost from council
/news/help-for-weymouth-reside...Subdomain Help for Weymouth residents to ‘get back in the saddle’
https://dorset-self.achieveser...New window External Subdomain Is there anything wrong with this page?
/footer/html-sitemap.aspxSubdomain Sitemap
/footer/about-this-websiteSubdomain About this website
/footer/accessibility-statementSubdomain Accessibility statement
/contact/contactsSubdomain Contact us
/footer/privacy-and-cookies-po...Subdomain Privacy and Cookies
/footer/terms-and-conditionsSubdomain Terms and Conditions
https://translate.google.com/New window External Subdomain Translate
https://dorsetcouncil.us1.list...New window External Subdomain E-newsletter sign up
https://www.facebook.com/dorse...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/dorsetcoun...New window External Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/c/dors...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/dors...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Dorset Council
A-TITLE Go to Dorset Council

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.dorsetcouncil.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 of 0.96 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 (117 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 07 Nov 2024 17:34:59 GMT
content-typetext/html;charset=UTF-8
content-length26838
serverPlacecube
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubdomains;
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-permitted-cross-domain-policiesnone
cache-controlprivate, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
expires0
pragmano-cache
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
set-cookie98 Characters
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,844 referring domains.
This page has 458,507 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,460 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-Agent: *
Disallow: /web/guest/w/coastal-access-in-dorset
Disallow: /documents/35024/4052151/
Disallow: /w/thank-you-send-survey
Disallow: /w/safeguarding-portal
Disallow: /care-and-support-for-adults/adult-abuse/safeguarding-portal
Disallow: /w/summer-holiday-activities
Disallow: /dorset-council-induction/
Disallow: /w/pension-scheme
Disallow: /w/forms-to-complete
Disallow: /w/trade-unions
Disallow: /w/digital-champion-training-for-frontline-workers

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www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
Home - Dorset Council
Dorset council - online services for the unitary authority of Dorset Council

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Council81%Check
Dorset81%Check
Dorset Council81%Check
Council services73%Check
services66%Check
Council Tax61%Check
Popular50%Check
Borrow46%Check
iPad46%Check
News44%Check
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