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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
70% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
45% 
Link structure
28% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.14 s
File size
65.20 kB
Words
696
Media files
7
Number of links
74 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Hello, welcome to Southwark | Southwark Council
The title contains the word welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
There are word repetitions in the page title.
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.southwark.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)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 8.4 words is low.
This page contains 696 words. That's ok.
27.3% 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.
13 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
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)
1 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
/themes/custom/bbd_localgov/logo.svgSouthwark Council - Home
...market_0247.jpg?h=6c2f0471&itok=O2lAsqBSFour people at fruit stand in East Street Market Walworth
...nail_200125.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=8-Gb5YHIHouses
...nail_201224.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=Ud_vXdjbSouthwark Leisure Centres
...nt_2025_-26.jpg?h=3eed97fe&itok=JC_E6PKcCulture Together Grant 2025/36
.../2024-04/southwark-presents-logo_1_4.pngSouthwark Presents: logo
...4-10/reaching_net-zero.png?itok=HY9KuiOONo alt attribute providedreaching_net-zero.png

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Hello, welcome to Southwark
The H1 heading contains the words welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 35 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 Hello, welcome to Southwark
H2 BBD Cludo Search block
H2 Main navigation
H2 Services menu
H2 Stay informed
H2 Across the borough
H2 News in Southwark
H2 Breadcrumbs
H2 Two-thirds of councils fear collapse of housing budgets
H2 Southwark’s leisure centres get £2 million makeover in time for the New Year
H2 Our services
H2 Culture Together Grants Fund 2025/26 in person workshop 1
H2 What's happening
H2 Event neighbourhood
H2 Climate emergency
H2 Council
H2 Services
H2 Stay connected
H2 Utility
H3 About the council
H3 Adult social care
H3 Benefits and support
H3 Business and licences
H3 Children, young people and families
H3 Community engagement
H3 Council Tax
H3 Culture and sport
H3 Housing
H3 Life events
H3 Parking, streets and transport
H3 Planning, environment and building control
H3 Public health and safety
H3 Schools and education
H3 Waste and recycling
H3 Culture Together Grants Fund 2025/26 in person workshop 1 Duplicate text
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 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/IMG-ALT Southwark Council - Home
https://services.southwark.gov...External Subdomain My Account
/about-councilAbout the council
/adult-social-careAdult social care
/benefits-and-supportBenefits and support
/business-and-licencesBusiness and licences
/children-young-people-and-fam...Children, young people and families
/council-taxCouncil Tax
/culture-and-sportCulture and sport
/schools-and-educationEducation and training
/housingHousing
/life-eventsLife events
/parking-streets-and-transportParking, streets and transport
/planning-environment-and-buil...Planning, environment and building control
/public-health-and-safetyPublic health and safety
/waste-and-recyclingWaste and recycling
/your-communityYour Community
/southwark-presentsSouthwark Presents
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/newsNews in Southwark
/about-council/make-paymentMake a payment
/parking-streets-and-transport...Get a parking permit
/waste-and-recycling/bin-colle...Check your bin day
/waste-and-recycling/household...Book a bulky waste collection
/council-tax/paying-council-ta...Pay Council Tax
/housing/council-tenants/rentPay your rent
/planning-environment-and-buil...View planning applications
/public-health-and-safety/comm...Report a noise issue
/your-communityYour community
/news/2025/two-thirds-councils...News Two-thirds of councils fear collapse of housing budgets Two thirds of council housing budgets are on the brink of collapse – reporting a risk of being u...
IMG-ALT Houses
/news/2024/southwarks-leisure-...News Southwark’s leisure centres get £2 million makeover in time for the New Year Southwark Council has completed a £2 million refurbishment of its leisure c...
IMG-ALT Southwark Leisure Centres
/about-councilAbout the council Contact us. Voting and elections. Jobs and careers. Council plans, objectives and strategies.
/adult-social-careAdult social care Support for adults needing help with day-to-day living because of illness or disability, and their carers. Report a safety concern about an...
/benefits-and-supportBenefits and support How to claim benefits, who to contact if you need financial help and where to get further advice.
/business-and-licencesBusiness and licences Includes business rates, trading standards, health and safety and employing people. Doing business with us.
/children-young-people-and-fam...Children, young people and families Parenting and childcare, early help and children’s social care. Report a child at risk. Adoption, fostering and special g...
/community-engagementCommunity engagement Consultations, community involvement, have your say, volunteering, funding, community forums and community right to bid.
/council-taxCouncil Tax Find out about Council Tax bands, payments, refunds, getting money off. Changes you must report, like moving home.
/culture-and-sportCulture and sport Information about parks, open spaces, leisure and sport centres. Libraries, archives and heritage. Local events and culture. Leisure projec...
/housingHousing Report a repair, pay rent, get housing advice, emergency support or homelessness help. Find properties for sale or rent.
/life-eventsLife events Register a birth or death. Plan a burial or cremation. Weddings and civil partnerships. Citizenship ceremonies. Historical certificates.
/parking-streets-and-transportParking, streets and transport Parking including permits. Street care. Report neighbourhood problems like litter. Public toilets.
/planning-environment-and-buil...Planning, environment and building control The current and future development of Southwark.
/public-health-and-safetyPublic health and safety Health and wellbeing. Community safety. Report a noise issue or antisocial behaviour. Dog control and welfare. Pest control.
/schools-and-educationSchools and education Nurseries, pre-schools, primary and secondary schools, higher education and adult learning.
/waste-and-recyclingWaste and recycling Check bin day. What to do with different types of waste. Book a collection. Report a missed collection. Southwark Reuse and Recycle Centr...
/southwark-presents/culture-to...14 January 2025 Borough Culture Together Grants Fund 2025/26 in person workshop 1 Date 1:30pm - 4:00pm How often 2 Location Southwark Council 160 Tooley Stre...
IMG-ALT Culture Together Grant 2025/36
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Bankside
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Bermondsey
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Borough
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Camberwell
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Denmark Hill
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Dulwich
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Elephant and Castle
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Nunhead
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Peckham
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Rotherhithe
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Surrey Quays
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...Walworth
/southwark-presents?f[0]=check...East Dulwich
/southwark-presentsBrowse all events
/planning-environment-and-buil...Find out more about what we're doing
/about-council/contact-usContact us
/about-council/how-council-worksHow the council works
https://moderngov.southwark.go...External Subdomain Your councillors
/about-council/jobs-and-career...Jobs at Southwark Council
/council-taxText duplicate Council Tax
/housingText duplicate Housing
/parking-streets-and-transport...Parking
/planning-environment-and-buil...Planning
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...External Subdomain A-TITLE Flickr
https://x.com/lb_southwarkExternal A-TITLE X
https://www.facebook.com/south...External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/sout...External Subdomain A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/s...External Subdomain A-TITLE Youtube
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Sign up to our newsletter
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/newsSouthwark Council newsroom
https://translate.google.com/New window External Subdomain No Text
/translation-disclaimerTranslation disclaimer
A-TITLE Translation disclaimer
/about-council/transparency/ac...Accessibility statement
/brandingBranding
/about-council/transparency/fr...Cookies Policy
/about-council/transparency/fr...Data protection and freedom of information
https://www.bigbluedoor.net/External Subdomain Big Blue Door

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.southwark.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 0.14 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (65 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-drupal-cacheHIT
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 5,950 referring domains.
This page has 885,923 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,222 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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# 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

# Custom paths for Southwark Council.
Disallow: /moderngov-template
Disallow: /moderngov-template/

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Southwark Council70%Check
Hello62%Check
welcome62%Check
council57%Check
Council Tax48%Check
gov48%Check
Culture46%Check
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