Home.barclays - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
53% 
Link structure
68% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.05 s
File size
125.40 kB
Words
919
Media files
18
Number of links
96 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Barclays Group corporate website | Barclays
The length of the page title is perfect. (399 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Barclays is a British universal bank. Our businesses include consumer banking, as well as a top-tier, global corporate and investment bank.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (856 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://home.barclays/
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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 919 words. That's ok.
27.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
19 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 22.15 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)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 18 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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
UK unlocked
The H1 heading is too short (11 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 44 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 UK unlocked
H2 News
H2 Insights
H2 Who We Are
H2 Investors
H2 Sustainability
H2 Careers
H2 Our news
H2 Our UK unlocked insights
H2 Our Sustainability insights
H2 Investment Bank insights
H2 About Barclays
H3 News and Media
H3 Insights Duplicate text
H3 Our Strategy
H3 About Us
H3 Leadership and governance
H3 Investor Relations
H3 Shareholders
H3 Fixed Income Investors
H3 Investor News
H3 Addressing Climate Change
H3 Supporting our communities
H3 ESG Resource Hub
H3 Careers Duplicate text
H3 Completion of the acquisition of Tesco's retail banking business and commencement of long-term strategic partnership with Tesco
H3 General Motors and Barclays sign long-term credit card partnership agreement
H3 The Barclays Business Prosperity Index
H3 Retail recovery and enduring entertainment prop up non-essential spending
H3 ‘Finfluencers’: the rise and risks of investment content creators
H3 Turning the UK’s hydrogen ambitions into a reality
H3 COP16 – expert view: the role of private finance
H3 Transition finance: leading from the front
H3 Q4 2024 Global Outlook: As goes America, so goes the world
H3 150 Trends to 2030: Adjusting for the effect of AI
H3 Shareholder activism continues at record pace in 2024
H3 Our Strategy Duplicate text
H3 Our Structure
H3 Addressing climate change
H3 Setting the record straight on Barclays links to the defence sector
H4 Policies
H4 News Duplicate text
H4 Important information
H4 Other sites
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 12 links with a trivial anchor text.
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 12 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://home.barclays/Barclays Home
IMG-ALT Eagle logo
https://home.barclays/contact-usContact Us
https://bank.barclays.co.uk/ol...External Subdomain Online Banking
https://home.barclays/results/Search
/defence-setting-the-record-st...Setting the record straight on Barclays' links to the defence sector
/news/press-releases/News & Press Releases
/investor-relations/investor-n...Investor News
/news/spend-reports/Barclays Consumer Spend Index
/investor-relations/investor-n...Regulatory News
/insights/uk-unlocked/UK unlocked
/insights/sustainability-insig...Sustainability insights
/insights/barclays-insights/Barclays' insights
/who-we-are/our-strategy/Our Strategy Explained
/who-we-are/structure-and-lead...Our five business areas
/investor-update-2024/Investor Update 2024
/who-we-are/our-strategy/purpo...Purpose and Values
/who-we-are/our-strategy/perfo...Performance Measures
/who-we-are/our-history/Our history
/who-we-are/our-strategy/diver...Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
/who-we-are/sponsorship/Sponsorship
/who-we-are/our-suppliers/Suppliers
/who-we-are/innovation/Innovation
/who-we-are/structure-and-lead...Board and leadership team
/who-we-are/our-governance/our...Our framework, code and rules
/who-we-are/our-governance/boa...Board Responsibilities
/who-we-are/our-governance/boa...Board Committees
/who-we-are/our-governance/aud...Auditor independence
/who-we-are/our-governance/sha...Shareholder communication guidelines
/who-we-are/our-governance/sec...Section 172 statements
/investor-update-2024/Text duplicate Investor Update 2024
/investor-relations/reports-an...Financial results
/investor-relations/reports-an...Annual Reports
/investor-relations/reports-an...Financial calendar, events and presentations
/investor-relations/reports-an...Annual General Meetings
/investor-relations/reports-an...Barclays Consensus
/contact-us/group/investor-rel...Investor Relations Contacts
/investor-relations/share-pric...Share price and calculator
/investor-relations/shareholde...Dividends and Share Buybacks
/investor-relations/shareholde...Barclays Sharestore
/investor-relations/shareholde...Shareholder forms
/investor-relations/shareholde...Shareview
/investor-relations/shareholde...Tax information
/investor-relations/shareholde...Barclays Smart Investor
/investor-relations/shareholde...American Depository Receipts
/investor-relations/shareholde...Lost shareholders
/investor-relations/shareholde...Shareholder security
/investor-relations/shareholde...FAQs
/investor-relations/fixed-inco...Prospectuses and documents
/investor-relations/fixed-inco...Credit ratings
/investor-relations/fixed-inco...Fixed income news and presentations
/investor-relations/fixed-inco...Green & Social Bonds
/investor-relations/investor-n...Regulatory news
/investor-relations/investor-n...Regulatory news alerts
/investor-relations/investor-n...SEC Filings
/investor-relations/investor-n...Barclays US LLC Filings
/sustainability/addressing-cli...Addressing Climate Change
/sustainability/addressing-cli...Achieving net zero operations
/sustainability/addressing-cli...Reducing our financed emissions
/sustainability/addressing-cli...Financing the transition
/insights/sustainability-insig...Text duplicate Sustainability insights
/sustainability/supporting-our...LifeSkills
/sustainability/supporting-our...Unreasonable Impact
/who-we-are/sponsorship/Milita...Military & Veterans Outreach
/news/2022/09/cost-of-living/Rising cost of living
/sustainability/esg-resource-h...Reporting and disclosures
/sustainability/esg-resource-h...Statements and policy positions
/sustainability/esg-resource-h...Our approach to sustainable finance
https://home.barclays/careers/Careers Hub
/insights/uk-unlocked/Visit our hub
/news/press-releases/2024/11/c...Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news/press-releases/2024/10/g...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news/press-releases/Visit our news section
/insights/business-prosperity-...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news/press-releases/2024/11/r...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/insights/2024/10/finfluencers...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/insights/uk-unlocked/Visit our UK unlocked hub
/insights/2024/11/Turning-UK-h...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
A-TITLE Read more
/insights/2024/11/COP16-expert...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
A-TITLE Read more
/insights/2024/10/how-the-UK-c...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
A-TITLE Read more about transition finance
/insights/sustainability-insig...Read more insights
A-TITLE More Sustainability insights
https://www.ib.barclays/our-in...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
A-TITLE Open in new window
https://www.ib.barclays/our-in...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
A-TITLE Open in new window
https://www.ib.barclays/our-in...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
A-TITLE Open in new window
https://www.ib.barclays/our-in...New window External Subdomain Our IB Insights hub
A-TITLE Open in new window
/who-we-are/our-strategy/New window Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
A-TITLE Open in new window
/who-we-are/structure-and-lead...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/sustainability/addressing-cli...New window Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
A-TITLE Open in new window
/defence-setting-the-record-st...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
/cookie-policy/Cookie policy
/website-accessibility/Website Accessibility
/terms-of-use/Terms of Use
/investor-relations/reports-an...Text duplicate Financial results
/investor-relations/reports-an...Text duplicate Annual Reports
/news/press-releases/Press Releases
/investor-relations/investor-n...Text duplicate Regulatory news
/important-information/the-gen...The General Data Protection Regulation
A-TITLE Opens in a new window
/important-information/regulat...Regulatory information
/content/dam/home-barclays/doc...Modern Slavery Statement (PDF 602KB)
A-TITLE Opens in a new window
/terms-of-use/Text duplicate Terms of Use
https://www.barclays.co.uk/New window External Subdomain Personal Banking
A-TITLE Opens in a new window
https://www.barclays.co.uk/bus...New window External Subdomain Business Banking
A-TITLE Opens in a new window
https://www.ib.barclays/New window External Subdomain Investment Bank
A-TITLE Opens in a new window
https://www.barclayscorporate....New window External Subdomain Corporate Banking
A-TITLE Opens in a new window
https://cards.barclaycardus.com/New window External Subdomain US Consumer Bank
A-TITLE Opens in a new window
https://home.barclays/New window Anchor Private Bank
A-TITLE Opens in a new window
https://international.barclays...New window External Subdomain International Bank
A-TITLE Opens in a new window
https://www.barclays.co.uk/wea...New window External Subdomain Wealth
A-TITLE Opens in a new window

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://home.barclays/"
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 0.05 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (125 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 7,922 referring domains.
This page has 1,743,779 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,386 different ip addresses.

Search preview

home.barclays
Barclays Group corporate website | Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. Our businesses include consumer banking, as well as a top-tier, global corporate and investment bank.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Barclays81%Check
Barclays Bank68%Check
Barclays Investment68%Check
Barclays Bank UK PLC59%Check
Bank56%Check
unlocked56%Check
UK unlocked56%Check
Investment Bank55%Check
Corporate Banking55%Check
investment54%Check

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