Motors.co.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
78% 
Server
94% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.52 s
File size
386.30 kB
Words
978
Media files
14
Number of links
112 internal / 17 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
MOTORS - buy and sell nearly new & used cars simply
The length of the page title is perfect. (493 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Find your next used car for sale in the UK. Use MOTORS Smart Search and browse effortlessly through thousands of the latest cars.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (817 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.motors.co.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)
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
DescriptionFind your next used car for sale in the UK. Use MOTORS Smart Search and browse effortlessly through thousands of the latest cars.
RobotsNOODP,NOYDIR
Keywordsused cars, car, buy, dealer, cheap, prices, online, search, buying, uk, second hand, sales, for sale, pricing, sale
viewportwidth=device-width, height=device-height, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0
theme-color#000000
format-detectiontelephone=no
langen-gb
fb:page_id170446389638761
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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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 978 words. That's ok.
34.6% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
15 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 18.23 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, height=device-height, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-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 20 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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
...8838/ux/images/home/hero-480-rebrand.jpgSearch Panel
...624B08838/ux/icons/logo/motors-white.svgMOTORS
...8838/ux/images/home/smart-search-cta.jpgSmart Serach
...08838/ux/images/home/home-perfectcar.jpgcar driving
...838/ux/images/home/home-historycheck.jpgcars in showroom
...38/ux/images/home/marketing-promo-wk.jpgSearch Less, Live More
...ges/home/marketing-promo-safe-buying.jpgcars in showroom
...me/marketing-promo-electric-vehicles.jpgcars in showroom
...s-cdn/ux/images/pre-loader/preloader.svgNo alt attribute provided
...s-cdn/ux/images/pre-loader/preloader.svgNo alt attribute provided
...s-cdn/ux/images/pre-loader/preloader.svgNo alt attribute provided
...24b08838/ux/images/advertise_with_us.jpgadvertise with us
...751896624b08838/ux/icons/logo/motors.svgMOTORS
...icons/partner-logos/britishmotorshow.pngBritish Motor Show logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Search used cars for sale
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Search used cars for sale
H2 We know MOTORS
H2 All you need car search
H2 Popular makes
H2 Why choose MOTORS to find your next car?
H2 We know MOTORS Duplicate text
H2 Taking the stress out of car buying
H2 Reviews and advice
H2 Popular second hand cars
H2 Top used car manufacturers
H3 Don't know what you want?
H3 Find the perfect used car
H3 Vehicle history checks for cars & vans
H3 All you need car search.
H3 Not sure where to start, watch our car buying guide video
H3 Helping you to buy safely
H3 Electric vehicle know-how
H3 The 2024 Used Car Buying Report
H3 Future Classic Cars to Buy in the UK
H3 The Best Small Vans in 2024
H3 MOTORS for dealers
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 17 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.motors.co.uk/Subdomain A-TITLE Home
/account/signin/Sign in
https://dealer.motors.co.uk/mo...New window External Subdomain Advertise With Us
/used-cars/Used cars
/used-cars/local/CarsBy location
/used-cars/manufacturers/CarsBy manufacturer
/used-cars/dealers/CarsBy dealer
/used-cars/finance/On finance
/used-cars/Browse all used cars
/used-cars/fuel/full-electric/Electric
/used-cars/fuel/petrol/Petrol
/used-cars/fuel/diesel/Diesel
/used-cars/fuel/hybrid---diese...Hybrid - Diesel / Electric
/used-cars/fuel/hybrid---petro...Hybrid - Petrol / Electric
/used-cars/fuel/lpg/LPG
/all-makes/Popular makes
https://www.motors.co.uk/audi/Audi
https://www.motors.co.uk/bmw/BMW
https://www.motors.co.uk/ford/Ford
/mercedes-benz/Mercedes-Benz
https://www.motors.co.uk/nissan/Nissan
https://www.motors.co.uk/peugeot/Peugeot
https://www.motors.co.uk/toyota/Toyota
/vauxhall/Vauxhall
/volkswagen/Volkswagen
/all-makes/Other Makes
/used-vans/local/Used vans
/used-vans/local/VansBy location
/used-vans/manufacturers/VansBy manufacturer
/used-vans/dealers/VansBy dealer
/used-vans/finance/Text duplicate On finance
/used-vans/local/Browse all used vans
/sell-my-car/Sell homepage
/sell-my-car/car-valuation/Car valuation
/sell-my-car/part-exchange/Part exchange
/sell-my-car/car-selling-tips/Car selling tips
/audi/a3/reviews/Audi A3Reviews
/bmw/1-series/reviews/BMW 1 SeriesReviews
/ford/fiesta/reviews/Ford FiestaReviews
/audi/a4/reviews/Audi A4Reviews
/bmw/3-series/reviews/BMW 3 SeriesReviews
/ford/focus/reviews/Ford FocusReviews
/honda/civic/reviews/Honda CivicReviews
/mercedes-benz/c-class/reviews/Mercedes Benz C ClassReviews
/vauxhall/astra/reviews/Vauxhall AstraReviews
/vauxhall/corsa/reviews/Vauxhall CorsaReviews
/volkswagen/golf/reviews/Volkswagen GolfReviews
/volkswagen/polo/reviews/Volkswagen PoloReviews
https://www.motors.co.uk/reviews/See ALL Reviews
https://news.motors.co.uk/External Subdomain Guides hub
https://news.motors.co.uk/advice/External Subdomain Advice
https://news.motors.co.uk/elec...External Subdomain Electric & Hybrid cars
https://news.motors.co.uk/best...External Subdomain Best cars
https://news.motors.co.uk/safe...External Subdomain Safe buying advice
/used-cars/Used car smart search
/car-finance-calculator/Car finance calculator
/car-price-guide/Car price guide
/used-cars/Don't know what you want? With 'Smart Search' you can search for your next car by requirements; whether you want a car that's big on fuel efficiency, need so...
IMG-ALT Smart Serach
/ford/used-cars/Text duplicate A-TITLE Ford
/audi/used-cars/Text duplicate A-TITLE Audi
/bmw/used-cars/Text duplicate A-TITLE BMW
/volkswagen/used-cars/Text duplicate A-TITLE Volkswagen
/mercedes-benz/used-cars/A-TITLE Mercedes Benz
/vauxhall/used-cars/Text duplicate A-TITLE Vauxhall
/nissan/used-cars/Text duplicate A-TITLE Nissan
/toyota/used-cars/Text duplicate A-TITLE Toyota
/peugeot/used-cars/Text duplicate A-TITLE Peugeot
/citroen/used-cars/A-TITLE Citroen
/used-cars/Find the perfect used car Whether you're searching for what's available in your local area or performing a quick search by make and model, the Used Cars page...
IMG-ALT car driving
/history-check/Vehicle history checks for cars & vans For your peace of mind while searching, nine out of ten cars listed on MOTORS have been given a basic History Check. T...
IMG-ALT cars in showroom
https://www.motors.co.uk/aboutus/All you need car search. We know what's important when searching for the right used car. And we know how car jargon can make things confusing, it's why we ke...
IMG-ALT Search Less, Live More
https://news.motors.co.uk/safe...New window External Subdomain Helping you to buy safely We know that buying a car is a major purchase and you want to get it right. So, we've compiled some handy resources to help make yo...
IMG-ALT cars in showroom
https://news.motors.co.uk/elec...New window External Subdomain Electric vehicle know-how From step-by-step EV charging and buying guides to the best EVs for your budget, we have everything you need to know about EVs all ...
IMG-ALT cars in showroom
https://news.motors.co.uk/used...New window External Subdomain The 2024 Used Car Buying Report Whether you are looking to buy a used car or ready to sell your current one, used car market trends can significantly impact ...
https://news.motors.co.uk/futu...New window External Subdomain Future Classic Cars to Buy in the UK Finding Future Classic Cars Picking out a future classic is no mean feat, but we’ve scoured the best of what Motors has ...
https://news.motors.co.uk/best...New window External Subdomain The Best Small Vans in 2024 Best Used Small Vans Versatility is the name of the game with the best small vans in 2024, meaning we’ve picked out a list of mod...
/ford/fiesta/used-cars/Ford Fiesta
/vauxhall/corsa/used-cars/Vauxhall Corsa
/ford/focus/used-cars/Ford Focus
/volkswagen/golf/used-cars/Volkswagen Golf
/nissan/qashqai/used-cars/Nissan Qashqai
/nissan/juke/used-cars/Nissan Juke
/bmw/3-series/used-cars/BMW 3 Series
/fiat/500/used-cars/Fiat 500
/bmw/1-series/used-cars/BMW 1 Series
/audi/a3/used-cars/Audi A3
/mercedes-benz/a-class/used-cars/Mercedes-Benz A-Class
/volkswagen/polo/used-cars/Volkswagen Polo
/ford/kuga/used-cars/Ford Kuga
/vauxhall/astra/used-cars/Vauxhall Astra
/mini/hatch/used-cars/MINI Hatch
/mercedes-benz/c-class/used-cars/Mercedes-Benz C-Class
/land-rover/range-rover-evoque...Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
/kia/sportage/used-cars/Kia Sportage
/toyota/yaris/used-cars/Toyota Yaris
/peugeot/208/used-cars/Peugeot 208
/ford/used-cars/Text duplicate Ford
/volkswagen/used-cars/Text duplicate Volkswagen
/vauxhall/used-cars/Text duplicate Vauxhall
/audi/used-cars/Text duplicate Audi
/bmw/used-cars/Text duplicate BMW
/mercedes-benz/used-cars/Text duplicate Mercedes-Benz
/nissan/used-cars/Text duplicate Nissan
/land-rover/used-cars/Land Rover
/toyota/used-cars/Text duplicate Toyota
/peugeot/used-cars/Text duplicate Peugeot
/kia/used-cars/Kia
/citroen/used-cars/Text duplicate Citroen
/renault/used-cars/Renault
/hyundai/used-cars/Hyundai
/skoda/used-cars/Skoda
/mini/used-cars/MINI
/fiat/used-cars/Fiat
/seat/used-cars/SEAT
/honda/used-cars/Honda
/used-cars/manufacturers/View all car manufacturers
https://youtube.com/user/Motor...New window Nofollow External No Text
https://twitter.com/motorscoukNew window Nofollow External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/motor...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/moto...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.motors.co.uk/contact/Contact Us
https://www.motors.co.uk/jobs/Jobs
https://www.motors.co.uk/aboutus/About Us
/terms-of-use/Terms of Use
/security/Safety Guide
https://www.motors.co.uk/privacy/User Privacy Notice
/cookies-policy/Cookie Notice
https://dealer.motors.co.uk/mo...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Advertise With Us
https://dealer.motors.co.uk/mo...New window External Subdomain Advertise with us

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.motors.co.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 0.52 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 (386 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 24 May 2024 06:14:00 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
cache-controlno-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
content-encodinggzip
expires-1
varyAccept-Encoding
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
set-cookie129 Characters
access-control-allow-origin*
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 1,597 referring domains.
This page has 1,037,484 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,143 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: *

#Block Used Car Detail Pages
Disallow: /newcar-*
Disallow: /car-*
Allow: /car-hacks*
Allow: /car-finance-calculator*
Allow: /car-price-guide*
Allow: /car-tax*

#Temporary Block Of New Cars Section
Disallow: */new-cars/*

#Block Other Redundant URLs and Sections
Disallow: /*redirect
Disallow: /sellnow*
Disallow: /content/CMSHelp/*
Disallow: /styleguide*
Disallow: /Templates/*
Disallow: /news/author*
Disallow: /vehicle/*
Disallow: /sorry*
Disallow: /StaticHtml/*
Disallow: /*/loader/id*
Disallow: /ga-virtual/*
Disallow: */vehicle-list/*

#Block Catch Vehicle Details Case Sensitivity
Disallow: /VehicleDetails.aspx?*
Disallow: /vehicledetails.aspx?*

#Block Pagination and Sort
Disallow: /*?page=*
Disallow: /*?sort=*

#Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://www.motors.co.uk/sitemaps/motors/global-sitemap.xml

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Allow: /

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
MOTORS81%Check
cars78%Check
Used Cars78%Check
Used77%Check
Search used cars74%Check
search70%Check
smart search61%Check
Used Vans60%Check
Cars Vans60%Check
Classic Cars59%Check
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