Nrscotland.gov.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
73% 
Page quality
66% 
Page structure
41% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.40 s
File size
39.10 kB
Words
452
Media files
15
Number of links
69 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
National Records of Scotland | Preserving the past, Recording the present, Informing the future
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 851 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
National Records of Scotland
The meta description is too short. (181 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.nrscotland.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
DC.titleNational Records of Scotland
descriptionNational Records of Scotland
DC.date.issued2013-05-31 00:00:00
DC.date.created2013-05-31 00:00:00
DC.date.modified2013-05-31 00:00:00
DC.creatorNational Records of Scotland Web Team
DC.coverage.spatialScotland
DepartmentNational Records of Scotland Web Team
DC.Formattext/html
DC.languageEnglish
DC.locationN/A
DC.publisherNational Records of Scotland
DC.rights.copyrightCrown Copyright
DC.sourceNational Records of Scotland
DC.TypeDocument
DC.Identifier2
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 452 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
25.4% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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 22.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=2, minimum-scale=1, user-scalable=yes" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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
/files//NRS-Logo.svgNational Records of Scotland
/files//images/COVID_wide.pngNo alt attribute provided
/files/images/quick-links1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/files/images/quick-links-research.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/files/images/quick-links-statistics.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/files/images/quick-links-records.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ems/public/grh-front_3.jpg?itok=q60MZkJ-General Register House
.../census-news-release_0.jpg?itok=x66V05DgGraph
...raphy-news-release_132.jpg?itok=f6g_gQ67demography news release imagedemography news release image
...raphy-news-release_131.jpg?itok=G4is4BI1demography news release imagedemography news release image
...raphy-news-release_130.jpg?itok=T5nmf2dndemography news release imagedemography news release image
...raphy-news-release_129.jpg?itok=sYMctxi1demography news release imagedemography news release image
/files/images/twitter.pngTwitter logo
/files/images/scottish-government--min.svgScottish Government logoLink to Scottish Government website
/files/images/ogl-symbol-white.pngOpen Government Licence logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
National Records of Scotland
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 National Records of Scotland
H1 Home
H2 Search form
H2 Main menu
H2 Main menu Duplicate text
H2 Quick Links
H2 Home Duplicate text
H2 COVID-19 Data
H2 Registration
H2 Research
H2 Statistics & Data
H2 Record Keeping
H2 News, Features and Events
H2 Our Websites
H2 About This Website
H2 Practical Information
H6 Preserving the past, Recording the present, Informing the future
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.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
/about-us/where-to-find-usWhere To Find Us
/about-us/contact-usContact Us
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/IMG-ALT National Records of Scotland
A-TITLE National Records of Scotland
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/Text duplicate National Records of Scotland
/registrationRegistration
/statistics-and-dataStatistics & Data
/researchResearch
/record-keepingRecord Keeping
/about-usAbout Us
/registrationText duplicate Registration
/statistics-and-dataText duplicate Statistics & Data
/researchText duplicate Research
/record-keepingText duplicate Record Keeping
/about-usText duplicate About Us
/covid19statsDeaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland
/registration/i-want-to-get-ma...Getting Married in Scotland
/registration/i-want-to-have-a...Registering a Civil Partnership
/registration/how-to-order-an-...Ordering a Certificate
/registration/royal-anniversar...Royal Anniversary Messages
/registration/remote-registrat...Remote registration of Births or Deaths
/registration/registering-a-birthRegistering a Birth
/registration/registration-of-...Registering a Death or Still-birth
/registration/adoptionAdoption Information
/registration/recording-change...Recording a Change of Name
/registration/memorial-book-of...Memorial Book of Pregnancy and Baby Loss Prior to 24 Weeks
/research/catalogues-and-indexesCatalogues and Indexes
/research/research-guidesResearch Guides
/research/visit-usVisit Us
/research/visit-us/historical-...Historical & Digital Archive Search Rooms
/research/visit-us/scotlandspe...ScotlandsPeople Centre
/research/visit-us/legal-searc...Legal Search Services
/research/researching-onlineResearching Online
/research/learningLearning
/research/family-historyFamily History
/eventsEvents, Talks and Visits
/research/learning/hall-of-fam...Hall of Fame A-Z
/research/image-galleryImage Gallery
/statistics-and-data/statistic...Statistics A-Z
/statistics-and-data/statistic...Statistics at a Glance
/statistics-and-data/statistic...Statistics by Theme
/statistics-and-data/statistic...Babies' First Names
/statistics-and-data/statistic...Population Estimates
/statistics-and-data/future-pu...Future and Recent Publications
/statistics-and-data/nhs-centr...1939 National Identity Register
/statistics-and-data/geography...Scottish Postcode Directory
/record-keeping/records-manage...Records Management
/record-keeping/conservationConservation
/record-keeping/guidance-for-d...Guidance for Depositors
/record-keeping/public-records...Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011
/record-keeping/national-regis...National Register of Archives for Scotland
/record-keeping/electronic-rec...Electronic Records Management
/record-keeping/records-policiesRecords Policies
/news/2024/nrs-data-in-nhs-dum...NRS data in NHS Dumfries and Galloway criminal attack
/news/2024/latest-results-from...Religion and ethnic group results published
/news/2024/number-of-registere...Number of registered voters stable
/news/2024/luca-leapfrogs-noah...Luca leapfrogs Noah to top Baby Names chart
/news/2024/mid-year-population...Mid-year population estimates for Scotland in 2022
/news/2024/number-of-births-co...Number of births continues to fall
/newsAll News
A-TITLE All News
https://twitter.com/natrecords...New window External IMG-ALT Twitter logo
http://blog.nrscotland.gov.uk/New window External Subdomain Our Blog
A-TITLE Link to Our Blog
https://www.scotlandscensus.go...New window External Subdomain Scotland's Census
A-TITLE Link to Scotland's Census website
https://www.scotlandspeople.go...New window External Subdomain ScotlandsPeople
A-TITLE Link to ScotlandsPeoplel website
https://www.scotlandsplaces.go...New window External Subdomain ScotlandsPlaces
A-TITLE Link to ScotlandsPlaces website
https://www.scottisharchivesfo...New window External Subdomain Scottish Archives for Schools
A-TITLE Link to Scottish Archives for Schools website
https://www.scan.org.uk/New window External Subdomain The Scottish Archive Network
A-TITLE Link to The Scottish Archive Network website
https://www.tartanregister.gov...New window External Subdomain The Scottish Register of Tartans
A-TITLE Link to The Scottish Register of Tartans website
/accessibilityAccessibility Statement
/about-us/complaints-procedureComplaints Procedure
/copyright-and-disclaimerCopyright and Disclaimer
/about-us/requesting-informationRequesting Information
/glossary-of-termsGlossary of Terms
/privacyPrivacy
/sitemapSite Map
/about-us/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionContact Webmaster
https://www.gov.scot/New window External Subdomain Scottish Government website
IMG-ALT Scottish Government logo
https://www.nationalarchives.g...New window External Subdomain Open Government Licence v3.0
A-TITLE Link to Open Government Licence v3.0

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.40 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (39 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 6,025 referring domains.
This page has 1,223,878 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,786 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 426 shares and comments on Facebook.

Robots.txt

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# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /misc/*.css$
Allow: /misc/*.css?
Allow: /misc/*.js$
Allow: /misc/*.js?
Allow: /misc/*.gif
Allow: /misc/*.jpg
Allow: /misc/*.jpeg
Allow: /misc/*.png
Allow: /modules/*.css$
Allow: /modules/*.css?
Allow: /modules/*.js$
Allow: /modules/*.js?
Allow: /modules/*.gif
Allow: /modules/*.jpg
Allow: /modules/*.jpeg
Allow: /modules/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /themes/*.css$
Allow: /themes/*.css?
Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
Allow: /themes/*.gif
Allow: /themes/*.jpg
Allow: /themes/*.jpeg
Allow: /themes/*.png
# Directories
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/
# Files
Disallow: /CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /?q=admin/
Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /?q=node/add/
Disallow: /?q=search/
Disallow: /?q=user/password/
Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
Disallow: /?q=user/logout/

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www.nrscotland.gov.uk
National Records of Scotland | Preserving the past, Recording the p...
National Records of Scotland

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Scotland89%Check
Records Scotland83%Check
Records77%Check
National Records76%Check
National75%Check
Records Management56%Check
National Register56%Check
Public Records56%Check
National Archives55%Check
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