Leeds.gov.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
88% 
Page quality
77% 
Page structure
37% 
Link structure
56% 
Server
60% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.05 s
File size
73.60 kB
Words
524
Media files
3
Number of links
36 internal / 4 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to LEEDS.GOV.UK - Leeds City Council
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (471 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.leeds.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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
GENERATORMicrosoft SharePoint
theme-color#ffffff
keywordscouncil, leeds, local, authority, yorkshire, LCC
descriptionLeeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire.
langen
og:imagehttps://www.leeds.gov.uk/_catalogs/masterpage/public/images/leeds-city-council-logo.jpg
og:image:width1080
og:image:height1080
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
ExpiresEmpty
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 524 words. That's ok.
32.1% 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.
10 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 11.29 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 14 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Leeds
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (16 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to Leeds
H1 Welcome to LEEDS.GOV.UK - Leeds City Council
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 Popular on Leeds.gov.uk
H2 Our services
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 Message us
H3 Antisocial behaviour and crime
H3 Benefits and support
H3 Bins, waste and recycling
H3 Births, marriages, deaths and citizenship
H3 Business and licensing
H3 Children and families
H3 Council and democracy
H3 Council tax
H3 Environmental health
H3 Health and social care
H3 Housing
H3 Jobs, skills and training
H3 Leisure and attractions
H3 Libraries
H3 Parking, roads and travel
H3 Planning and building
H3 Public health
H3 Schools and education
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 4 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/Leeds.gov.uk Go to home page
A-TITLE Go to the homepage
/apply-report-or-payApply, report or pay
A-TITLE Apply, report or pay
/council-tax/how-to-pay-your-c...Register to pay your council tax
/residents/bins-and-recycling/...Check your bin day
/planning/planning-permission/...View and comment on planning applications
/community-hubsCommunity hubs
/antisocial-behaviour-and-crimeAntisocial behaviour and crime Make a noise complaint, report antisocial behaviour, report fly tipping and other types of antisocial behaviour and crime
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/benefitsBenefits and support Information and advice on Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support and Free School Meals
/residents/bins-and-recyclingBins, waste and recycling Bin collections, what to do with unwanted items and how to recycle
/births-deaths-and-marriagesBirths, marriages, deaths and citizenship Register births and deaths, book ceremonies and find out how to become British and settle in the UK
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/businessBusiness and licensing Pay business rates, apply for licenses and find land and property for sale or to let
/children-and-familiesChildren and families Find out about activities for children, childcare, adoption, fostering and keeping children safe
/your-councilCouncil and democracy View data and council strategies and take part in consultations and elections
/council-taxCouncil tax Includes payments, bands, change of circumstance, exemptions and discounts
/environmental-healthEnvironmental health Arrange pest control, report a road that needs cleaning, air pollution, abandoned vehicles or problems with roads and pavements
/health-and-social-careHealth and social care Find out about social care and health services for adults and children, and how to access them
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/housingHousing Housing for council tenants, private tenants and landlords
/jobs-skills-and-trainingSubdomain Jobs, skills and training Search and apply for jobs, apprenticeships and volunteering opportunities
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisureLeisure and attractions Get involved in local sport and events, and enjoy museums, parks and the countryside
https://libraries.leeds.gov.uk/External Subdomain Libraries Find a library, renew and reserve books, use online resources and browse local and family history collections
/parking-roads-and-travelParking, roads and travel Get the latest updates on roadworks, Blue Badge, parking fines and permits, cycling and road improvement schemes
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/planningPlanning and building Apply for planning permission, appeal an existing planning application and read Leeds building regulations and conservation policies
/public-healthPublic health Find information and resources on health and wellbeing for members of the public and professionals
/schools-and-educationSchools and education Apply for a school place, check school holidays and closures, and find out about transport and free school meals
/Lists/Mega promo/DispForm.asp...Subdomain Voting by post at the elections on 2 May
/Lists/Mega promo/DispForm.asp...Subdomain 2 May polling date! Bring an accepted form of photo ID
/Lists/Mega promo/DispForm.asp...Subdomain Helping with the cost of living
/fvDrVr4yvhDHfJM_jzOOr1BiY-ITP...fvDrVr4yvhDHfJM_jzOOr1BiY-ITPuyxea2pypv2NQY=.html
https://www.facebook.com/Leeds...External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/LeedsCC_helpExternal Twitter
/_layouts/15/FIXUPREDIRECT.ASP...Contact us
/_layouts/15/FIXUPREDIRECT.ASP...British Sign Language
/_layouts/15/FIXUPREDIRECT.ASP...Languages and translation
https://news.leeds.gov.uk/External Subdomain News and press office
/_layouts/15/FIXUPREDIRECT.ASP...Accessibility statement
/_layouts/15/FIXUPREDIRECT.ASP...Privacy
/termsandconditionsTerms and conditions
/_layouts/15/FIXUPREDIRECT.ASP...Feedback
/fvDrVr4yvhDHfJM_jzOOr1BiY-ITP...Text duplicate fvDrVr4yvhDHfJM_jzOOr1BiY-ITPuyxea2pypv2NQY=.html

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.leeds.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 very slow (2.05 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.
This page loads 7 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 14 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (74 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
expiresThu, 25 Apr 2024 08:11:33 GMT
vary*
x-sharepointhealthscore0
sprequestguidb06722a1-ae63-70f0-9e18-380abd68b200
request-idb06722a1-ae63-70f0-9e18-380abd68b200
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
sprequestduration13
spiislatency0
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-ms-invokeapp1; RequireReadOnly
dateThu, 25 Apr 2024 08:10:18 GMT
strict-transport-securitymax-age=15552000; includeSubDomains; preload
set-cookie143 Characters
transfer-encodingchunked
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 6,522 referring domains.
This page has 665,099 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,187 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 14950 shares and comments on Facebook.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /fvDrVr4yvhDHfJM_jzOOr1BiY-ITPuyxea2pypv2NQY=.html
User-agent: *

Disallow: /_layouts/
Disallow: /_vti_bin/
Disallow: /_catalogs/



Sitemap: https://server2-www.leeds.gov.uk:443/sitemap.xml

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www.leeds.gov.uk
Welcome to LEEDS.GOV.UK - Leeds City Council
Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Leeds89%Check
Leeds City77%Check
Leeds City Council73%Check
gov66%Check
Welcome66%Check
council65%Check
City Council65%Check
city62%Check
council tax53%Check
local46%Check

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