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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
72% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.29 s
File size
72.40 kB
Words
689
Media files
6
Number of links
96 internal / 38 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
South Hams | South Hams District Council
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (380 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.southhams.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

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MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
msapplication-configfavicons/browserconfig.xml
msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
theme-color#ffffff
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 689 words. That's ok.
26.6% 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.
7 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 23.25 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-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 14 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
...default/files/SH_logo_landscape-21_0.pngSouth Hams District Council
...1-13-Pano_0.jpg?h=a9581205&itok=4Op1RSX3An high elevation view of Kingsbridge looking north
.../AdobeStock_367831388.jpeg?itok=HKNTJ1gvA photo of Salcombe Estuary and Town, as viewed from Snapes Point on a sunny day, with bright blue skies.
...Dartmouth (March 2024).PNG?itok=FgeCG2Mxa boat being lifted out of the water surrounded by multiple boats on jetty
...c/2024-08/DJI_0281-min.JPG?itok=Esz3Z71kAn aerial view of the Locks Hill development site. In the distance, you can see the uncompleted houses on the site.
...ublic/2024-08/DJI_0302.JPG?itok=YHGw2AKhAn aerial shot of Holywell Meadow, the new housing development on the edge of St Ann's Chapel. The development is surrounded by lush green fields and the houses look modern and bright.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
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
H2 Main navigation
H2 Services menu
H2 Service Update - Online Forms
H2 Waste and Recycling
H2 Council Tax
H2 Planning
H2 Ferry and Harbour
H2 Parking
H2 Your Council
H2 Benefits and Support
H2 Housing
H2 Business Rates
H2 Trade Waste
H2 Communities
H2 Licensing
H2 Elections and Voting
H2 Land and Property
H2 Trees
H2 Food Hygiene and Safety
H2 Environment and Nuisance
H2 Health and Safety
H2 Have your say
H2 Partners
H2 Latest Council News
H2 Contact Us
H2 Accessibility
H2 About this website
H3 Visit our engagement portal
H3 The future looks bright for vessel recycling
H3 Locks Hill developer & director convicted of planning breaches
H3 We've welcomed our new tenants to Holywell Meadow
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 too many external links (38) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.southhams.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.southhams.gov.uk/IMG-ALT South Hams District Council
https://www.southhams.gov.uk/Anchor Enable Accessibility Tools
A-TITLE Open Accessibility
/your-councilYour Council
/recruitmentJobs
/benefits-and-supportBenefits and Support
/business-ratesBusiness Rates
/climate-changeSubdomain Climate Change and Biodiversity
/communitiesCommunities
/council-taxCouncil Tax
/environment-and-nuisanceEnvironmental Health and Nuisance
/food-hygiene-and-safetyFood Hygiene and Safety
/health-and-safetyHealth and Safety
/housingHousing
/land-and-propertyLand and Premises
/landlords-and-seamoor-lettingsLandlords and SeaMoor Lettings
/leisure-and-outdoor-spacesLeisure and Outdoors
/licensingLicensing
/parkingParking
/planningPlanning
/treesTrees
/waste-and-recyclingWaste and Recycling
A-TITLE Information about domestic waste and recycling
/report-itReport a Problem
https://waste.southhams.gov.uk...External Subdomain Report a missed bin
https://southhams.planning-reg...External Subdomain Search Planning Applications
/your-council/our-place-and-pr...Our Place and Priorities
/report-itReport a problem
https://pay.southhams.gov.uk/l...External Subdomain Make a Payment
https://www.southhams.gov.uk/newsCouncil News
https://southhams.tarantoporta...External Subdomain Pay a parking fine
https://waste.southhams.gov.uk/External Subdomain Check bin day
https://letstalksouthwestdevon...External Subdomain Consultation Portal
/waste-and-recyclingText duplicate Waste and Recycling
/waste-and-recycling/guide-was...About waste, recycling and garden waste
https://waste.southhams.gov.uk...External Subdomain Find my Collection Day
https://waste.southhams.gov.uk...External Subdomain Report a Missed Collection
/council-taxText duplicate Council Tax
https://espws.necsws.com/ords/...External Subdomain Log in to your account
/council-tax/reductions-discou...Reductions, discounts and exemptions
/council-tax/how-payHow to pay your council tax
/PlanningText duplicate Planning
https://southhams.planning-reg...External Subdomain Search applications
/planning/planning-application...Apply for planning
/planning/conservation-and-lis...Heritage and Conservation
/ferry-and-harbourFerry and Harbour
/ferry-and-harbour/dartmouth-l...Dartmouth Lower Ferry
https://www.salcombeharbour.co...External Subdomain Salcombe Harbour
/ferry-and-harbour/plymouth-an...Plymouth and South Devon Freeport
/parkingText duplicate Parking
/parking/car-parksCar Parks
/parking/parking-permitsParking Permits
https://southhams.tarantoporta...External Subdomain Pay or appeal a PCN
/your-councilText duplicate Your Council
/your-council/councillors-and-...Your Councillors
/your-council/councillors-and-...Committees, Boards and Meetings
/climate-changeText duplicate Climate Change and Biodiversity
/benefits-and-supportText duplicate Benefits and Support
/benefits-and-support/housing-...Housing Benefit
/benefits-and-support/council-...Council Tax Reduction
/benefits-and-support/other-av...Other available support
/HousingText duplicate Housing
/housing/housing-support/housi...Housing Advice and Support
/housing/affordable-housingAffordable Housing
https://www.devonhomechoice.com/External Subdomain Devon Home Choice
/business-ratesText duplicate Business Rates
/business-rates/new-business-r...New Business Rates Customers
https://espws.necsws.com/ords/...External Subdomain View your Business Rates Account online
https://swd-central.swdevon.go...External Subdomain Tell us about a change
/trade-waste-and-recyclingTrade Waste
https://swd-central.swdevon.go...External Subdomain Report a missed trade waste collection
https://swd-central.swdevon.go...External Subdomain Sign up for Trade Waste
https://swd-central.swdevon.go...External Subdomain Order Trade Waste sacks
/communitiesText duplicate Communities
/communities/localism-and-comm...Localism and Community Rights
/communities/community-grants-...Grants and Funding
/communities/localism-and-comm...Community Assets
/licensingText duplicate Licensing
/licensing/alcohol-and-enterta...Alcohol and Entertainment Licensing
/licensing/licensing-and-envir...Licensing Fees
/licensing/animal-licencesAnimal Licences
/elections-and-votingElections and Voting
https://www.gov.uk/register-to...External Register to Vote
https://www.gov.uk/how-to-vote...External Apply for a postal vote
/elections-and-voting/voter-id...Voter identification
/land-and-propertyLand and Property
/land-and-property/using-counc...Using Council Land
/land-and-property/temporary-p...Pavement Licences
/land-and-property/land-ownershipLand Ownership
/TreesSubdomain Text duplicate Trees
/trees/protected-treesProtected Trees
/trees/tree-ownership-and-main...Tree Ownership
/trees/ash-dieback-diseaseAsh Dieback
/food-hygiene-and-safetyText duplicate Food Hygiene and Safety
/food-hygiene-and-safety/start...Register a Food Business
/food-hygiene-and-safety/food-...Food Hygiene Ratings
/food-hygiene-and-safety/food-...Make a food safety complaint
/environment-and-nuisanceEnvironment and Nuisance
/environment-and-nuisance/nuis...Nuisance
/environment-and-nuisance/air-...Air Quality
/environment-and-nuisance/dogsDogs
/health-and-safetyText duplicate Health and Safety
/health-and-safety/health-and-...Health and Safety at Work
/health-and-safety/health-and-...Report a safety concern
/health-and-safety/swimming-po...Swimming Pool Safety
https://letstalksouthwestdevon...External Subdomain Visit the Consultation Portal Now
https://businessinfopoint.co.uk/External Business Information Point
https://southhamscab.org.uk/External Citizens Advice South Hams
https://www.dartmoor.gov.uk/External Subdomain Dartmoor National Park
https://www.devon.gov.uk/External Subdomain Devon County Council
https://pasdfreeport.com/External Text duplicate Plymouth and South Devon Freeport
https://www.seamoorlotto.co.uk/External Subdomain SeaMoor Lotto
https://www.sdce.org.uk/External Subdomain South Dartmoor Community Energy
https://www.southdevonaonb.org...External Subdomain South Devon National Landscapes
https://www.southhamscvs.org.uk/External Subdomain South Devon CVS
https://www.sussh.org/External Subdomain Sustainable South Hams
/your-council/councillors-and-...Town and Parish Councils
https://westdevon.gov.uk/External West Devon Borough Council
https://www.southhams.gov.uk/newsLatest Council News
A-TITLE News
/news/2024/future-looks-bright...The future looks bright for vessel recycling
/news/2024/locks-hill-develope...Locks Hill developer & director convicted of planning breaches
/news/2024/weve-welcomed-our-n...We've welcomed our new tenants to Holywell Meadow
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe now
https://twitter.com/@SouthHams_DCExternal Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/south...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/user/S...External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/sout...External Subdomain Instagram
/contact-usSend us a message
A-TITLE Contact us
/accessibilityRead our accessibility statement.
A-TITLE Accessibility
/your-council/freedom-informat...Freedom of Information
A-TITLE Freedom of Information
/your-council/council-plans-po...Equality
A-TITLE Equality
/mappingInteractive Mapping
/how-we-use-cookiesCookies
A-TITLE How we use cookies
https://localgovdrupal.org/External LocalGov Drupal
/your-council/freedom-informat...Privacy and Personal Data
A-TITLE Privacy and Personal Data

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.southhams.gov.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 is excellent with 0.29 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (72 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
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varyAccept-Encoding
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 999 referring domains.
This page has 171,558 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 475 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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# you save bandwidth and server resources.
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# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
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# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
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: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# 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
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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Hams59%Check
South Hams59%Check
South Hams District Council57%Check
Council55%Check
District Council53%Check
Council News48%Check
South Devon47%Check
Council Tax47%Check
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