Midlothian.gov.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
65% 
Link structure
97% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.32 s
File size
55.70 kB
Words
334
Media files
1
Number of links
62 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Midlothian Council Homepage
The length of the page title is perfect. (270 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Midlothian Council's main homepage
The length of the meta description is perfect. (229 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
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
msapplication-TileColor#da532c
msapplication-TileImage//www.midlothian.gov.uk/site/assets/mstile-144x144.png
theme-color#ffffff
authorMidlothian Council
generatorhttp://www.jadu.net
revisit-after2 days
robotsindex,follow
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
dcterms.creatorMidlothian Council
dcterms.coverageLoanhead, Bonnyrigg, Gorebridge, Penicuik, Roslin, Rosewell, Dalkeith, Newtongrange, Danderhall, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe, worldwide
dcterms.formattext/html
dcterms.identifierhttps://www.midlothian.gov.uk/
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherMidlothian Council
dcterms.rightsHolderCopyright Midlothian Council
dcterms.descriptionMidlothian Council's main homepage
dcterms.subjectmidlothian, council, jobs, planning, environment, education, learning, housing, councillor, council tax, business, trading licences, library, leisure, school, community, social care, transport, rubbish, recycling>
dcterms.titleMidlothian Council - Tel:
descriptionMidlothian Council's main homepage
keywordsmidlothian, council, jobs, planning, environment, education, learning, housing, councillor, council tax, business, trading licences, library, leisure, school, community, social care, transport, rubbish, recycling
langen

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 334 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 55 words is high.
27.5% of the text are stop words.
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 7 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
/site/images/logo-white.pngLogo: Midlothian Council

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Midlothian Council
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Midlothian Council
H1 Midlothian Council Duplicate text
H2 Most visited
H2 Services
H2 Schools and learning
H2 Bins and recycling
H2 Council Tax and benefits
H2 Sport and leisure
H2 Your council
H2 Libraries
H2 More services
H2 More service 1
H2 More service 2
H2 More services 3
H2 Have your say
H2 A to Z of services
H2 Where's my nearest ...
H3 Unlock Midlothian Doors Open Day
H3 Second Penicuik High redevelopment drop-in
H3 Tweets Follow
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 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/Subdomain Midlothian Council
/info/200301/cost_of_living/64...Subdomain Support with rising living costs ➜
https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/paySubdomain Pay
/reportSubdomain Report
/requestSubdomain Request
/accountSubdomain myaccount
/info/878/schools/2/school_ter...Subdomain School term dates
A-TITLE School term dates
https://www.myjobscotland.gov....External Subdomain Latest vacancies
A-TITLE Latest vacancies
/info/670/have_your_say/315/co...Subdomain Contact us
A-TITLE Contact us
/info/1054/bins_and_recycling/...Subdomain Garden waste collection
A-TITLE Garden waste collection
/info/917/housingSubdomain Housing
A-TITLE Housing
/info/200167/planning_applicat...Subdomain Planning applications
A-TITLE Planning applications
/info/200281/snowsports_centreSubdomain Midlothian Snowsports Centre
A-TITLE Midlothian Snowsports Centre
/info/200303/leisure_centres_a...Subdomain Leisure centres and pools
A-TITLE Leisure centres and pools
/info/427/librariesSubdomain Libraries
A-TITLE Libraries
/info/878/schoolsSubdomain Schools
/info/878/schools/2/school_ter...Subdomain School term dates and holidays
/info/851/nurseries_and_childcareSubdomain Early learning, nurseries and childcare
/info/827/schools_and_learningSubdomain More from Schools and learning
/info/1054/bins_and_recycling/...Subdomain Find bin collection days
/info/1054/bins_and_recycling/...Subdomain Bulky uplifts
/info/1054/bins_and_recycling/...Subdomain Text duplicate Garden waste collection
/info/1054/bins_and_recyclingSubdomain More from Bins and recycling
/info/606/council_tax/107/coun...Subdomain Council Tax charges
/info/606/council_tax/105/pay_...Subdomain Pay by direct debit or online
/info/606/council_tax/282/repo...Subdomain Report a change of address
/info/701/council_tax_and_bene...Subdomain More from Council Tax and benefits
/info/200281/snowsports_centreSubdomain Text duplicate Midlothian Snowsports Centre
/info/521/sport_and_leisure/38...Subdomain Book a fitness class
/info/200226/walking_and_cyclingSubdomain Walking and cycling
/info/521/sport_and_leisureSubdomain More from Sport and leisure
https://midlothian.cmis.uk.com...External Subdomain Find your councillor
/info/799/elections_and_votingSubdomain Elections and voting
/info/811/councillors_committe...Subdomain Meetings and minutes
/info/591/your_councilSubdomain More from Your council
https://midlothian.spydus.co.uk/External Subdomain Search library catalogue
/info/427/libraries/446/mobile...Subdomain Mobile library
/directory/6/librariesSubdomain Find library opening hours
/info/427/librariesSubdomain More from Libraries
/info/1347/health_and_social_careSubdomain Health and social care
/info/1210/planning_and_buildingSubdomain Planning and building
/info/1/businessSubdomain Business
/info/640/birth_marriage_and_d...Subdomain Birth, marriage and death
/info/200284/your_communitySubdomain Your community
/info/917/housingSubdomain Text duplicate Housing
/info/200279/roads_and_travelSubdomain Roads and travel
/info/200285/access_to_informa...Subdomain Access to information
/homepage/68/communities_and_l...Subdomain Communities and Lifelong Learning
/info/1084/jobs_and_trainingSubdomain Jobs and training
/info/396/emergencies_safety_a...Subdomain Emergencies, safety and crime
/info/1231/environmentSubdomain Environment
/info/670/have_your_say/341/co...Subdomain Consultations and surveys
/info/670/have_your_say/316/co...Subdomain Complaints and feedback
/info/670/have_your_saySubdomain More from Have your say
/a_to_zSubdomain Search A to Z
/news/article/3757/unlock_midl...Subdomain Unlock Midlothian Doors Open Day
/news/article/3756/second_peni...Subdomain Second Penicuik High redevelopment drop-in
/news/archiveSubdomain Newsroom
http://twitter.com/midgovExternal Tweets
https://twitter.com/intent/fol...External Follow
/info/670/have_your_say/315/co...Nofollow Subdomain Contact Us
/accountNofollow Subdomain Text duplicate myaccount
/site_mapNofollow Subdomain Site map
/a_to_zNofollow Subdomain A-Z of services
/accessibilityNofollow Accessibility
/info/200285/access_to_informa...Nofollow Subdomain Privacy and cookies
https://www.jadu.net/External Subdomain Jadu
http://www.facebook.com/Midlot...External Subdomain Facebook
http://twitter.com/midgovExternal Twitter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/m...External Subdomain Flickr
http://www.youtube.com/user/mi...External Subdomain Youtube

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the SFW Object files.
The page response time is excellent with 0.32 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (56 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 16 Aug 2024 00:04:27 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length13574
serverApache
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=2592000
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
set-cookie134 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
nodejadu-web-1
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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 1,189 referring domains.
This page has 166,441 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 852 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent:*
Disallow: /images
Disallow: /javascript
Disallow: /jadu
Disallow: /blogAdmin
Disallow: /preview
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /site/scripts/google_results.php
Disallow: /directory/35/

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www.midlothian.gov.uk
Midlothian Council Homepage
Midlothian Council's main homepage

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Midlothian93%Check
Midlothian Council86%Check
Council79%Check
Midlothian Council Homepage67%Check
Council Tax60%Check
Council Homepage52%Check
main46%Check
Services43%Check
site40%Check
learning38%Check
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