Glasgowlife.org.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
73% 
Page quality
63% 
Page structure
47% 
Link structure
65% 
Server
79% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
6.46 s
File size
68.10 kB
Words
736
Media files
34
Number of links
89 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Glasgow Life - Home
The page title is too short. (189 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Get the low-down on culture, art, music, sport, libraries and events in Glasgow. Information about museums, galleries, communities and young people for residents and visitors.
The meta description is too long: 1079 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 736 words. That's ok.
18.3% 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 17 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 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
10 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
/static/img/logo-gl-mono.svgGlasgow Life
...&width=1600&height=900&v=1db7990282ed150External view of the front of Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum with a bright blue sky in the background with a tree and grass lawn to the front of the building
...crop&center=0.5,0.5&width=800&height=450Adam Ant
...9,0.514473684210526&width=800&height=450Leanne Ross - Dirty Dancing Flowers
...33,0.41096480520148&width=800&height=450Mel Young Home Game: The True Story of the Homeless World Cup
...9&width=800&height=450&v=1db926a22f917204 people on a stage, 2 of them singing whilst one also plays keyboard and the other 2 playing guitars. There is spotlights shining on the stage and a large bright screen in the background
...4&width=700&height=400&v=1db7990282ed150External view of the front of Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum with a bright blue sky in the background with a tree and grass lawn to the front of the building
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db798cad186100No alt attribute provided
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db798dba9c0ba0Swimming pool
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db798dbfa5def0No alt attribute provided
...8&width=700&height=400&v=1db798fef0618c0Tramway front door - a large archway with the venue name across the top
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db7990ced6d980No alt attribute provided
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db799000490ac0Three colourful chairs are sat around a small wooden table in Partick, with rows of full bookcases visible in the background.
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db798f37c47df0No alt attribute provided
...5&width=700&height=400&v=1db798cc143f400Large crowd at Old Fruitmarket music venue with atmospheric lighting
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db798f8f73b250large museum in the middle of a city square. there are grand pillars around the building
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db798d7fdd70d0Glasgow Club Tolcross Pool
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db798cb37fa170No alt attribute provided
...7&width=700&height=400&v=1db798fd51578c0City Halls exterior.
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db798b31dfd7d0No alt attribute provided
...g?width=672&height=379&v=1db798d71aacc10montage of showing showing little girl in pink jacket standing next to a museum object staring straight into the camera, two men tackling each other whilst playing walking football outdoor, three women sitting at a desk reading and writing whilst another women leans over them, an older man sitting at a computer with a younger female sitting in the background, two men chatting sitting on a bench outdoors, a man standing in front of a goal & a man sitting at a computer whilst a women leans over him.
...g?width=672&height=379&v=1db799132428280No alt attribute provided
...5&width=672&height=379&v=1db798e971d7a50Exhibition promotion poster saying Banksy Cut and Run in black spray paint effect on red writing saying GoMA Glasgow 15 Jun - 28 Aug
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db81ecc44235a0No alt attribute provided
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db7ed104a3cd30No alt attribute provided
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db798b7c6069f0Footballers wearing orange and yellow bibs enjoy a game of walking football
...g?width=700&height=400&v=1db798a72e9bc10No alt attribute provided
...crop&center=0.5,0.5&width=800&height=450 Mini Museum Explorers: Space – Take a journey to the stars
...9,0.456661184210526&width=800&height=450Discover - Make, create, handle and discuss objects
...4,0.477631578947368&width=800&height=450Bookbug
...crop&center=0.5,0.5&width=800&height=450Saturday Art Club
...crop&center=0.5,0.5&width=800&height=450Art for Baby
...crop&center=0.5,0.5&width=800&height=450Kids Craft Sessions
/static/img/logo-gl-mono-light.svgGlasgow Life

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Glasgow Life
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
There are 36 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 Glasgow Life
H2 What's on across Glasgow Life
H2 A song for Glasgow Life
H2 Glasgow Life venues
H2 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
H2 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
H2 Glasgow Club Scotstoun
H2 The Mitchell Library
H2 Tramway
H2 Emirates Arena
H2 Partick Library
H2 Glasgow Club Bellahouston
H2 Old Fruitmarket
H2 Library at GoMA
H2 Tollcross International Swimming Centre
H2 Baillieston Library
H2 City Halls
H2 Bridgeton Library
H2 Chat - Ask us a question
H2 Our impacts
H2 Glasgow Life venue hire
H2 Glasgow Life shop
H2 Glasgow Life news
H2 New action plan will strengthen Gaelic arts and culture in Glasgow
H2 Glasgow Club celebrates 25 years of spreading love for health and fitness on Valentine's Day
H2 Glasgow Life Sport football pitches to receive £850,000 refresh
H2 Glasgow Life announces retirement of Chief Executive Susan Deighan
H2 Family friendly events
H2 Mini Museum Explorers: Space – Take a journey to the stars
H2 Discover - Make, create, handle and discuss objects
H2 Bookbug
H2 Saturday Art Club
H2 Art for Baby
H2 Kids Craft Sessions
H2 Sign up for our Glasgow Life newsletter
H2 Contact us
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 7 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://glasgowlife.org.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://glasgowlife.org.uk/IMG-ALT Glasgow Life
/whats-on/What's on
/arts-music-and-culture/Arts and music
/museums/Museums
https://glasgowlife.org.uk/sport/Sport
/libraries/Libraries
/communities/Communities
/whats-on/glasgow-life-tickets/Tickets
https://shop.glasgowlife.org.uk/External Subdomain Shop
/support-us/Support us!
https://glasgowlife.org.uk/Home
/whats-on/Text duplicate What's on
/venue-finder/Find venues
/arts-music-and-culture/Text duplicate Arts and music
/museums/Text duplicate Museums
/libraries/Text duplicate Libraries
/communities/Text duplicate Communities
https://glasgowlife.org.uk/sport/Text duplicate Sport
/whats-on/glasgow-life-tickets/Text duplicate Tickets
/about-us/About us
/about-us/our-impacts/Our impacts
/about-us/what-we-do-for-glasgow/What we do for Glasgow
/support-us/Support us
/join-our-team/Join our team
https://shop.glasgowlife.org.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Shop
/venue-hireSubdomain Venue hire
/health-and-wellbeing/Health and wellbeing
/volunteer-with-us/Volunteer with us
/young-scot-and-national-entit...NEC and Young Scot Card
https://glasgowlife.org.uk/news/News
/ask-us-a-question/Ask us a question
/contact-us/Contact us
/about-us/Text duplicate About us
/whats-on/Featured
/whats-on?channel=Arts, Music ...Arts and Music
/whats-on?channel=MuseumsText duplicate Museums
/whats-on?channel=SportText duplicate Sport
/whats-on?channel=LibrariesText duplicate Libraries
/whats-on?channel=CommunitiesCommunity
/event/5/adam-antAdam Ant
/event/1/leanne-ross-dirty-dan...Leanne Ross - Dirty Dancing Flowers
/event/1/mel-young-home-game-t...Mel Young Home Game: The True Story of the Homeless World Cup
/a-song-for-glasgow/Learn more about A Song for Glasgow
/venue-finder/View all Glasgow Life venues
/museums/venues/kelvingrove-ar...Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
/arts-music-and-culture/venues...Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
/sport/venues/glasgow-club-sco...Glasgow Club Scotstoun
/libraries/venues/the-mitchell...The Mitchell Library
/arts-music-and-culture/venues...Tramway
/sport/venues/emirates-arena/Emirates Arena
/libraries/venues/partick-libr...Partick Library
/sport/venues/glasgow-club-bel...Glasgow Club Bellahouston
/arts-music-and-culture/venues...Old Fruitmarket
/libraries/venues/library-at-g...Library at GoMA
/sport/venues/tollcross-intern...Tollcross International Swimming Centre
/libraries/venues/baillieston-...Baillieston Library
/arts-music-and-culture/venues...City Halls
/libraries/venues/bridgeton-li...Bridgeton Library
/ask-us-a-question/Chat now
/about-us/our-impacts/Text duplicate Our impacts
IMG-ALT montage of showing showing little girl in pink jacket standing next to a museum object staring straight into the camera, two men tackling each other whilst p...
/venue-hire/Glasgow Life venue hire
https://shop.glasgowlife.org.uk/External Subdomain Glasgow Life shop
IMG-ALT Exhibition promotion poster saying Banksy Cut and Run in black spray paint effect on red writing saying GoMA Glasgow 15 Jun - 28 Aug
https://glasgowlife.org.uk/news/View all news
/news/new-action-plan-will-str...New action plan will strengthen Gaelic arts and culture in Glasgow
/news/glasgow-club-celebrates-...Glasgow Club celebrates 25 years of spreading love for health and fitness on Valentine's Day
/news/glasgow-life-sport-footb...Glasgow Life Sport football pitches to receive £850,000 refresh
/news/glasgow-life-announces-r...Glasgow Life announces retirement of Chief Executive Susan Deighan
/whats-onSubdomain Full list of what's on
/event/1/mini-museum-explorers...Mini Museum Explorers: Space – Take a journey to the stars
/event/1/discover-make-create-...Discover - Make, create, handle and discuss objects
/event/20/bookbugBookbug
/event/28/saturday-art-clubSaturday Art Club
/event/5/art-for-babyArt for Baby
/event/3/kids-craft-sessionsKids Craft Sessions
/newsletter-signup/Newsletter signup
/whats-on/Text duplicate What's on
/about-us/Text duplicate About us
/support-us/Text duplicate Support us
/join-our-team/Text duplicate Join our team
/volunteer-with-us/Text duplicate Volunteer with us
https://glasgowlife.org.uk/news/Text duplicate News
/venue-hireSubdomain Text duplicate Venue hire
https://shop.glasgowlife.org.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Shop
/ask-us-a-question/Chat - Ask us a question
/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact us
/the-small-print/accessibility/Accessibility
/contact-us/freedom-of-informa...Freedom of Information
/privacy/Privacy
/cookie-policy/Cookie Policy
/glaschu-beo-gaelic-at-glasgow...Glaschu Beò - Gaelic at Glasgow Life
/about-us/colleague-information/Colleague information
https://www.facebook.com/glasg...External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/glasgowlifeExternal Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/c/Glas...External Subdomain You Tube
https://glasgowlife.org.uk/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Glasgow Life

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://glasgowlife.org.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 is very slow (6.46 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (68 kB).

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 7,424 referring domains.
This page has 259,787 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,461 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

sitemap: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/sitemap.xml

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disallow: /bin/
disallow: /config/
disallow: /install/
disallow: /umbraco/
disallow: /usync/

user-agent: GLchatbot
disallow: /about-us/colleague-information
disallow: /news/glasgow-life-appoints-susan-deighan-as-new-chief-executive

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glasgowlife.org.uk
Glasgow Life - Home
Get the low-down on culture, art, music, sport, libraries and events in Glasgow. Information about museums, galleries, communities and young people for residents and visitors.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Glasgow85%Check
Life81%Check
Glasgow Life80%Check
Glasgow Life venues64%Check
Glasgow Club61%Check
Art56%Check
Museum56%Check
Sport52%Check
Art Gallery50%Check
Welcome50%Check

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