Nmc.org.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
62% 
Page quality
63% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
80% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.29 s
File size
51.60 kB
Words
612
Media files
35
Number of links
99 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Nursing & Midwifery Council - The Nursing and Midwifery Council
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 626 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
We’re the independent regulator for nurses, midwives and nursing associates. We hold a register of nurses and midwives who can practice in the UK, and nursing associates who can practice in England
The meta description is too long: 1244 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.nmc.org.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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=0
titleThe Nursing & Midwifery Council
descriptionWe’re the independent regulator for nurses, midwives and nursing associates. We hold a register of nurses and midwives who can practice in the UK, and nursing associates who can practice in England
langen-gb
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 612 words. That's ok.
32.7% 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.
5 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 20.75 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
33 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/refresh/logo-color-stacked.svgThe Nursing and Midwifery Council
/static/img/refresh/arrow-right.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/arrow-right-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/arrow-right.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/arrow-right-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/search-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/search.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/arrow-right.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/arrow-right-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/arrow-right.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/arrow-right-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/search-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/search.svgNo alt attribute provided
https://www.nmc.org.uk/static/img/info.svgNo alt attribute provided
.../news-and-blog-icons-v1-03.png?h=91&w=91No alt attribute provided
.../news-and-blog-icons-v1-03.png?h=91&w=91No alt attribute provided
.../news-and-blog-icons-v1-03.png?h=91&w=91No alt attribute provided
.../news-and-blog-icons-v1-03.png?h=91&w=91No alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/print.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/mail.svgNo alt attribute provided
...tion-thumbnails/code-web-graphics-02.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ner.jpg?h=325&w=650&scale=both&mode=cropIllustration of a female midwife, male nurse and female nursing associate who are all smiling. The words caring with confidence: The code in action is written below them.
...320.jpg?h=325&w=650&scale=both&mode=cropNo alt attribute provided
...325.jpg?h=325&w=650&scale=both&mode=cropNo alt attribute provided
...325.jpg?h=325&w=650&scale=both&mode=cropNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/chevron-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/chevron-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/chevron-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/chevron-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/chevron-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
/static/img/refresh/chevron-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
...ns/facebook-icon.png?h=40&w=0&scale=bothNo alt attribute provided
...dia-icons/x-icon.png?h=40&w=0&scale=bothNo alt attribute provided
...s/instagram-icon.png?h=40&w=0&scale=bothNo alt attribute provided
...ns/linkedin-icon.png?h=40&w=0&scale=bothNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
We are the nursing and midwifery regulator for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 We are the nursing and midwifery regulator for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
H2 Menu
H2 Confirm a nurse, midwife or nursing associate’s registration
H2 News
H2 I want to...
H3 About us
H3 Standards
H3 Education
H3 Concerns
H3 Registration
H3 News Duplicate text
H3 Please note
H3 Find out more about our work and role
H3 Caring with Confidence
H3 Revalidation
H3 Ensuring fitness to practise
H3 Our role in education
H4 Download the Code
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 10 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.nmc.org.uk/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.nmc.org.uk/IMG-ALT The Nursing and Midwifery Council
A-TITLE Return to homepage
/about-us/our-role/ein-rol/Cymraeg
/concerns-nurses-midwives/hear...Latest hearings
A-TITLE go to hearings
https://online.nmc-uk.org/Acco...External Subdomain NMC Online
A-TITLE NMC Online
/contact-us/Contact us
/registration/search-the-regis...Search the register
/registration/employer-confirm...Employer confirmations
https://www.nmc.org.uk/Anchor Menu
https://www.nmc.org.uk/Anchor Search
/registration/search-the-regis...Text duplicate Search the register
/registration/employer-confirm...Text duplicate Employer confirmations
https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/About us
https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/Text duplicate About us
/about-us/our-role/What we do
/about-us/governance/Governance
/about-us/reports-and-accounts/Reports and accounts
/about-us/nmc-insights/NMC Insights
https://nmc.pinpointhq.com/External Subdomain Careers
/about-us/consultations/Consultations
/about-us/policy/Policy
/about-us/equality-diversity-a...Equality, diversity and inclusion
/about-us/who-we-work-with/Who we work with
https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/Standards
https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/Text duplicate Standards
/standards/code/The Code
/revalidation/Revalidation
/standards/standards-for-nurses/Standards for nurses
/standards/standards-for-midwi...Standards for midwives
/standards/standards-for-nursi...Standards for nursing associates
/standards/standards-for-post-...Standards for post registration
/standards/how-we-develop-our-...How we develop our standards
/standards/guidance/Guidance and Supporting Information
https://www.nmc.org.uk/education/Education
https://www.nmc.org.uk/education/Text duplicate Education
/education/approved-programmes/Approved programmes
/education/our-role-in-education/Our role in education
/education/developing-our-educ...Developing our education requirements
/education/becoming-a-nurse-mi...Becoming a nurse, midwife or nursing associate
/education/quality-assurance-o...Quality assurance of education
/education/lead-midwifery-educ...Contacts at education institutions
/education/information-for-stu...Resources for students
/concerns-nurses-midwives/Concerns
/concerns-nurses-midwives/Text duplicate Concerns
/concerns-nurses-midwives/what...What is fitness to practise
/concerns-nurses-midwives/supp...Information for patients, families and the public
/concerns-nurses-midwives/info...Information for professionals on our register
/concerns-nurses-midwives/info...Information for witnesses
/employer-resource/Managing Concerns: A resource for employers
/concerns-nurses-midwives/hear...Hearings
/concerns-nurses-midwives/our-...Our plan for fitness to practise
/ftp-library/Fitness to Practise library
/concerns-nurses-midwives/make...Raise a concern
/registration/Registration
/registration/Text duplicate Registration
/registration/search-the-regis...Text duplicate Search the register
/registration/employer-confirm...Text duplicate Employer confirmations
/registration/nmc-online/Text duplicate NMC Online
/registration/joining-the-regi...Joining the register
/registration/your-registration/Manage your registration
/registration/returning-to-the...Returning to the register
/registration/information-for-...Information for internationally trained applicants
/registration/registration-app...Registration appeals
/registration/guidance-for-emp...Guidance for employers
https://www.nmc.org.uk/news/News
https://www.nmc.org.uk/news/Text duplicate News
/news/news-and-updates/News and updates
/news/events/Events
/news/media-enquiries/Media enquiries
/news/email-newsletters/Email newsletters
/concerns-nurses-midwives/hear...Text duplicate Latest hearings
https://online.nmc-uk.org/Acco...External Subdomain Text duplicate NMC Online
/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact us
https://www.nmc.org.uk/Anchor Text duplicate Search
/news/news-and-updates/nmc-lau...NMC launches forum to support international nursing and midwifery workforce
/news/news-and-updates/joint-s...Joint Statement on Martha’s Rule from the NMC, GMC and CQC
/news/news-and-updates/nmc-tha...NMC thanks professionals as Covid-19 temporary registration comes to an end
/news/news-and-updates/council...Council approves regulation of nursing associates in Wales
/news/news-and-updates/View all NMC news
/tools/email-a-friend/?page=/&...Nofollow Email this page
http://revalidation.nmc.org.uk/External Subdomain Know more about revalidation
/registration/nmc-online/Check my renewal date on NMC Online
/news/email-newsletters/Sign up to our newsletters
/standards/code/Download
A-TITLE Download the Code
/standards/code/code-in-action/Learn more
http://revalidation.nmc.org.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/link/0578367b4c3a4bd8a185272d...Text duplicate Learn more
/education/our-role-in-education/Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/Text duplicate About us
https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/Text duplicate Standards
https://www.nmc.org.uk/education/Text duplicate Education
/concerns-nurses-midwives/Text duplicate Concerns
/registration/Text duplicate Registration
https://nmc.pinpointhq.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Careers
https://www.facebook.com/nmcukNew window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/nmcnewsNew window External X
https://www.instagram.com/nmcn...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
/accessibility/Accessibility
/terms-and-conditions/cookies/Cookies
/terms-and-conditions/Terms & conditions
/modern-slavery-statement/Modern slavery statement
/link/95ff4fc0d18441d7be647761...Environmental Sustainability Plan
/contact-us/data-protection/pu...Publication scheme
/contact-us/data-protection/pr...Privacy notice
/contact-us/data-protection/FOI and Data Protection requests
/about-us/who-we-work-with/pro...Procurement
/staff-area/Staff area and webmail
/tone-of-voice/Our tone of voice guidelines

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nmc.org.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.29 seconds.
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (52 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
serverMicrosoft-IIS/8.5
set-cookie74 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
dateMon, 15 Apr 2024 03:57:03 GMT
ntcoent-length52819
content-encodinggzip
content-length9481
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 3,360 referring domains.
This page has 37,078 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,245 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Search preview

www.nmc.org.uk
The Nursing & Midwifery Council - The Nursing and Midwifery Cou...
We’re the independent regulator for nurses, midwives and nursing associates. We hold a register of nurses and midwives who can practice in the UK, and nursing associates who can practice in England

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
nursing79%Check
Nursing and Midwifery76%Check
midwife or nursing76%Check
nursing midwifery73%Check
or nursing associate72%Check
midwife or nursing associate71%Check
Nursing Midwifery Council65%Check
nursing associates64%Check
midwifery63%Check
regulator62%Check

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