Ofcom.org.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
0% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
61% 
Link structure
71% 
Server
84% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.73 s
File size
120.30 kB
Words
1132
Media files
14
Number of links
72 internal / 31 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Ofcom
The page title is too short. (133 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
This site is blocked from indexing.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ofcom.org.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)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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
MetaTitleHome
MetaDescriptionOfcom is the UK’s regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day. We regulate broadband, home phone and mobile services, TV, radio and video on demand services, oversee the universal postal service, look after the airwaves used by wireless devices, and help make online services safer for the people who use them.
MetaKeywordsOfcom UK’s communications regulator
MetaAuthorEmpty
MetaCopyrightEmpty
MetaRobotsEmpty
robotsnofollow, noindex
article:published_time7/10/2023 11:29:22 AM
langen
og:urlhttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome
og:descriptionOfcom is the UK’s regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day. We regulate broadband, home phone and mobile services, TV, radio and video on demand services, oversee the universal postal service, look after the airwaves used by wireless devices, and help make online services safer for the people who use them.
og:imagehttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/globalassets/images/ofcom-mobile-street.jpg
og:image:width1200
og:image:height675
og:image:altPerson using a mobile phone whilst sitting in a park
og:localeen
og:site_namewww.ofcom.org.uk
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1132 words. That's ok.
31.3% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
19 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 23 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" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 23 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
/globalassets/images/logonostrap.svgOfcom
...on.jpg?width=1920&height=1085&quality=80Three people in a meeting room in conversation
...px.jpg?width=1920&height=1085&quality=80Holidaymaker looking at mobile phone
...ne.jpg?width=1920&height=1085&quality=80Young woman outdoors listening to a podcast on her smartphone
...px.jpg?width=1920&height=1085&quality=80Telegraph pole HERO (1336 × 560px)
...e.webp?width=1920&height=1444&quality=80Roaming Homepage
...e.webp?width=1920&height=1444&quality=80Broadband Switch Homepage
...e.webp?width=1920&height=1444&quality=80News App Homepage
...on.jpg?width=1920&height=1085&quality=80Three people in a meeting room in conversation
...px.jpg?width=1920&height=1085&quality=80Holidaymaker looking at mobile phone
...ne.jpg?width=1920&height=1085&quality=80Young woman outdoors listening to a podcast on her smartphone
...px.jpg?width=1920&height=1085&quality=80Telegraph pole HERO (1336 × 560px)
...b1.jpg?width=1920&height=1085&quality=80bbc ceefax web1
Video URLWidthHeight
...t-does-ofcom-do/what-does-ofcom-do-2.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Ofcom home
The H1 heading is too short (10 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 31 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Ofcom home
H2 New roaming alerts for UK holidaymakers
H2 Simpler and quicker broadband switching is here
H2 TV loses its crown as main source for news
H2 Our research
H2 Resources for industry
H2 Follow us
H2 About Ofcom
H2 About this website
H3 Building our capabilities: Ofcom's first in-house online trial
H3 New roaming alerts for UK holidaymakers Duplicate text
H3 Top listening trends for International Podcast Day
H3 Ofcom investigates broadband network BRSK’s installation of telegraph poles
H3 Broadband and mobile coverage checker
H3 How to report scam texts and mobile calls to 7726
H3 Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin
H3 Telephone area codes: Find UK dialling codes for numbers starting 01 and 02
H3 Latest news See more news
H3 Building our capabilities: Ofcom's first in-house online trial Duplicate text
H3 New roaming alerts for UK holidaymakers Duplicate text
H3 Top listening trends for International Podcast Day Duplicate text
H3 Ofcom investigates broadband network BRSK’s installation of telegraph poles Duplicate text
H3 Marking 50 years since Ceefax - the ‘horse-drawn internet’ - was launched
H3 Media Nations 2024
H3 Public attitudes towards offensive language on TV and radio
H3 Report: Choosing the best home broadband, mobile and landline provider
H3 A summary of Ofcom's rules for phone and broadband providers
H3 The Ofcom Broadcasting Code (with the Cross-promotion Code and the On Demand Programme Service Rules)
H3 The United Kingdom Frequency Allocation Table
H4 Quick links
H4 Latest news
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 too many external links (31) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/IMG-ALT Ofcom
A-TITLE Ofcom
/about-ofcom/About Ofcom
/internet-based-services/Internet-based services
/media-use-and-attitudes/Media use and attitudes
/online-safety/Online safety
/phones-and-broadband/Phones and broadband
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/post/Post
/spectrum/Spectrum
/tv-radio-and-on-demand/TV, radio and on-demand
https://x.com/ofcomExternal A-TITLE x-twitter
https://www.facebook.com/ofcomExternal Subdomain A-TITLE facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain A-TITLE linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/ofcomExternal Subdomain A-TITLE youtube
https://www.instagram.com/ofco...External Subdomain A-TITLE instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@ofcom....External Subdomain A-TITLE tiktok
/advice-for-businesses/Advice for businesses
/advice-for-consumers/Advice for consumers
/consultations-and-statements/Consultations and statements
/enforcement/Enforcement
/information-for-industry/Information for industry
/licence-information/Licence information
/news-and-updates/News and updates
/research-statistics-and-data/Research, statistics and data
https://x.com/ofcomExternal Text duplicate A-TITLE x-twitter
https://www.facebook.com/ofcomExternal Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/ofcomExternal Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE youtube
https://www.instagram.com/ofco...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@ofcom....External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE tiktok
/make-a-complaint/Complaints
/make-a-complaint/complain-abo...Complain about mobile, phone or internet services
/make-a-complaint/complain-abo...Complain about TV, radio or on demand services
/make-a-complaint/complain-abo...Complain about postal services
/make-a-complaint/complain-abo...Complain about wireless interference
/make-a-complaint/complain-abo...Complain about online services, websites or apps
/make-a-complaint/complaints-o...The types of complaint we deal with
/make-a-complaint/get-in-touch/Get in touch by phone or post
https://x.com/ofcomExternal Text duplicate A-TITLE x-twitter
https://www.facebook.com/ofcomExternal Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/ofcomExternal Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE youtube
https://www.instagram.com/ofco...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@ofcom....External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE tiktok
/licences/Licences
/licences/spectrum/Spectrum licences
/licences/radio-broadcast/Radio broadcast licences
/licences/tv-broadcast/TV broadcast licences
/spectrum/electromagnetic-fiel...Help with your spectrum licence
/tv-radio-and-on-demand/analog...Help with your broadcast licence
https://x.com/ofcomExternal Text duplicate A-TITLE x-twitter
https://www.facebook.com/ofcomExternal Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/ofcomExternal Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE youtube
https://www.instagram.com/ofco...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@ofcom....External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE tiktok
/phones-and-broadband/coverage...Broadband and mobile coverage checker
/phones-and-broadband/saving-m...Social tariffs: Cheaper broadband and phone packages
/phones-and-broadband/phone-nu...Telephone area codes: Find UK dialling codes for numbers starting 01 and 02
/spectrum/radio-equipment/onli...Ofcom licensing portal for aircraft, amateur and ships radio
/phones-and-broadband/access-t...Building our capabilities: Ofcom's first in-house online trial 4 October 2024
IMG-ALT Three people in a meeting room in conversation
/phones-and-broadband/bills-an...New roaming alerts for UK holidaymakers 1 October 2024
IMG-ALT Holidaymaker looking at mobile phone
/media-use-and-attitudes/media...Top listening trends for International Podcast Day 30 September 2024
IMG-ALT Young woman outdoors listening to a podcast on her smartphone
/phones-and-broadband/telecoms...Ofcom investigates broadband network BRSK’s installation of telegraph poles 30 September 2024
IMG-ALT Telegraph pole HERO (1336 × 560px)
/cy/?language=cyCymraeg
A-TITLE Switch to Welsh
/phones-and-broadband/bills-an...Find out more
/phones-and-broadband/switchin...Text duplicate Find out more
/media-use-and-attitudes/attit...Text duplicate Find out more
/link/9cb33e815a5c4eeaa3460f20...What does Ofcom do?
/phones-and-broadband/coverage...Broadband and mobile coverage checker Published: 17 August 2022 Enter a postcode to view mobile coverage by provider, or availability of broadband services (...
/phones-and-broadband/scam-cal...How to report scam texts and mobile calls to 7726 Published: 14 February 2024 Find out how to report an unwanted or scam text or mobile call to your provider...
/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadc...Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin Published: 4 March 2024 Last updated: 23 September 2024 The Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin reports on investigations into ...
/phones-and-broadband/phone-nu...Telephone area codes: Find UK dialling codes for numbers starting 01 and 02 Published: 31 March 2022 Look up UK dialling codes (or ‘STD codes’) by geographic...
/news-and-updates/See more news
/phones-and-broadband/access-t...Building our capabilities: Ofcom's first in-house online trial Published: 4 October 2024
IMG-ALT Three people in a meeting room in conversation
/phones-and-broadband/bills-an...New roaming alerts for UK holidaymakers Published: 1 October 2024
IMG-ALT Holidaymaker looking at mobile phone
/media-use-and-attitudes/media...Top listening trends for International Podcast Day Published: 30 September 2024
IMG-ALT Young woman outdoors listening to a podcast on her smartphone
/phones-and-broadband/telecoms...Ofcom investigates broadband network BRSK’s installation of telegraph poles Published: 30 September 2024
IMG-ALT Telegraph pole HERO (1336 × 560px)
/tv-radio-and-on-demand/bbc/ma...Marking 50 years since Ceefax - the ‘horse-drawn internet’ - was launched Published: 23 September 2024
IMG-ALT bbc ceefax web1
/media-use-and-attitudes/media...Media Nations 2024 Published: 31 July 2024 Ofcom’s annual Media Nations report is a research report for industry, policymakers, academics and consumers. Our ...
/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadc...Public attitudes towards offensive language on TV and radio Published: 22 September 2021 Last updated: 3 January 2024 Ofcom commissioned this research to inf...
/phones-and-broadband/service-...Report: Choosing the best home broadband, mobile and landline provider Published: 18 May 2023 Last updated: 10 August 2023 This is Ofcom’s seventh annual rep...
/phones-and-broadband/accessib...A summary of Ofcom's rules for phone and broadband providers Published: 19 July 2023 Last updated: 1 October 2024 A guide to some of Ofcom’s most important t...
/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadc...The Ofcom Broadcasting Code (with the Cross-promotion Code and the On Demand Programme Service Rules) Published: 31 December 2020 Last updated: 12 June 2023 ...
/spectrum/frequencies/uk-fat/The United Kingdom Frequency Allocation Table Published: 22 June 2017 Last updated: 16 March 2023 The United Kingdom Frequency Allocation Table (UKFAT) detai...
/email-updates/Subdomain Subscribe to email updates
https://x.com/ofcomExternal Text duplicate x-twitter
A-TITLE x-twitter
https://www.facebook.com/ofcomExternal Subdomain Text duplicate facebook
A-TITLE facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Text duplicate linkedin
A-TITLE linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/ofcomExternal Subdomain Text duplicate youtube
A-TITLE youtube
https://www.instagram.com/ofco...External Subdomain Text duplicate instagram
A-TITLE instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@ofcom....External Subdomain Text duplicate tiktok
A-TITLE tiktok
/about-ofcom/what-we-do/what-i...What is Ofcom?
A-TITLE What is Ofcom?
/about-ofcom/what-we-do/contac...Contact us
A-TITLE Contact us
/about-ofcom/structure-and-lea...Nations and regions
A-TITLE Ofcom in the nations and regions
https://ofcom.wd3.myworkdayjob...External Subdomain Jobs
A-TITLE Jobs at Ofcom
/about-ofcom/corporate-policie...General Privacy Statement
A-TITLE General Privacy Statement
/about-ofcom/corporate-policie...Modern slavery statement
A-TITLE Modern slavery statement
/about-ofcom/structure-and-lea...Our work in Welsh
A-TITLE Our work in the Welsh language
/about-ofcom/accessibility/acc...Accessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility of Ofcom's website
/about-ofcom/our-website/cooki...Cookies policy
A-TITLE Cookies policy
/about-ofcom/our-website/terms...Terms of use
A-TITLE Terms of use
/about-ofcom/our-website/copyr...Copyright and information re-use
A-TITLE Copyright and information re-use

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ofcom.org.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 0.73 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 (120 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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set-cookie146 Characters
servercloudflare
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 17,777 referring domains.
This page has 1,304,762 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 11,703 different ip addresses.

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or broadcast50%Check
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