Welcometosheffield.co.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
68% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
31% 
Link structure
41% 
Server
74% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.95 s
File size
182.40 kB
Words
1672
Media files
29
Number of links
170 internal / 5 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to Sheffield - the official destination website for the city
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Outdoor City, where nature meets culture. We are the UK's greenest city, blending arts, music, food & drink and heritage with 61% greenspace, 5 rivers, and The Peak District National Park.
The meta description is too long: 1188 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.welcometosheffield.co.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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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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descriptionThe Outdoor City, where nature meets culture. We are the UK's greenest city, blending arts, music, food & drink and heritage with 61% greenspace, 5 rivers, and The Peak District National Park.
keywordsSheffield, visit Sheffield, culture, greenspace, city break, The Outdoor City, UK cities, biggest, nature, weekend away, city, invest, business, Business Sheffield, Invest Sheffield, Conference Sheffield, conference, live, living, liveability, family, start up, tech, health and wellbeing, digital, craft beer, craft ale, microbrewery, street food, Kelham Island, UK city break, Visit England, Visit Britain, South Yorkshire, Northern England, England, Europe, getaway, city trip, visit, tourism, destination, welcome to Sheffield website, Welcome to Sheffield
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og:titleWelcome to Sheffield - the official destination website for the city
og:typewebsite
og:site_nameWelcome To Sheffield
og:urlhttps://www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/?
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og:descriptionThe Outdoor City, where nature meets culture. We are the UK's greenest city, blending arts, music, food & drink and heritage with 61% greenspace, 5 rivers, and The Peak District National Park.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 1672 words. That's ok.
33.9% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
29 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 20.29 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)
Some tags are too long. With 137 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"sheffield's new augmented reality art trail is turning rooftops of some of the city's most iconic buil..."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
data:[...] Base64A woman in a headscarf is sat outside a shop holding a cup of coffee. She is smiling at the camera.
data:[...] Base64A panorama shot of the Sheffield skyline at sunrise.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Make yourself at home in our Outdoor City
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
There are 44 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 Make yourself at home in our Outdoor City
H1 Welcome to Sheffield - we'd love to show you around!
H2 Inventive, inclusive, unexpected...
H2 What's happening in Sheffield?
H2 What can we help you with?
H2 Could this be the next place for your business?
H2 Get to know some Sheffield folk
H3 Visit
H3 Business
H3 Conference
H3 Living
H3 Weekend Away?
H3 Festival of the Outdoors 2025
H3 Big Events and Festivals 2025
H3 Look Up!
H3 Support for your business?
H3 Organising a conference?
H3 Figuring out where to go to university?
H3 Home to McLaren, Boeing & Rolls Royce
H3 Incubation & Acceleration
H3 Health & Wellbeing
H3 Sign up to receive our newsletter
H4 Sheffield street art named 2nd best in the World for 2024
H4 JÖRO 2.Ö to Open at Oughtibridge Mill in January 2025
H4 Sheffield Street listed second in the Top 10 Hotspots for indie shops
H4 Sheffield comes top in TimeOut's most underrated city breaks
H4 Transforming Sheffield City Centre
H4 Sheffield spotlighted as UK travel destination on German Breakfast TV
H4 Sheffield’s new independent retail hub opens to the public
H4 Europe's largest purpose-built food hall, Cambridge Street Collective opens in Sheffield
H4 Sheffield retains ‘real ale capital of the world’ title
H4 Sheffield crowned UK Foodie Capital
H5 Sir Michael Palin, actor & comedian
H5 Manjit Sareen, Co-founder and CEO of Natterhub
H5 Finn Warman, artistic director and CEO of Andro & Eve
H5 Jerry Cheung, Managing Director of New Era Development
H5 Andreea Huidan
H5 Jon Seaton, Twinkl founder and CEO
H5 Bilal Jamil, public speaking coach
H5 Paul Dimitri
H5 Steve Peat, MTB World Cup Champion
H5 Amber Jardine, TwinklHive Manager
H5 Jules Gray, founder of Sheffield Beer Week
H5 Phlegm, renowned street artist
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
22 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 5 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
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/visit/city-breaks/City Breaks
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/visit/city-breaks/quality-tim...Quality time together
/visit/city-breaks/eat-drink/Eat & drink
/visit/city-breaks/get-outdoors/Get outdoors
/visit/look-up-ar-art-trail/Look Up AR art trail
/visit/what-s-on/What's On
/visit/what-s-on/all-events/All Events
/visit/what-s-on/music/Music
/visit/what-s-on/exhibitions/Exhibitions
/visit/what-s-on/markets/Markets
/visit/things-to-see-and-do/Things to See and Do
/visit/things-to-see-and-do/fa...Families
/visit/things-to-see-and-do/co...Couples
/visit/things-to-see-and-do/gr...Groups
/visit/things-to-see-and-do/sh...Shopping
/visit/things-to-see-and-do/to...Top 10 Things to See
/visit/things-to-see-and-do/ex...Experiences
/visit/areas-to-explore/Areas to Explore
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/visit/areas-to-explore/sheffi...Sheffield City Centre
/visit/areas-to-explore/castle...Castlegate
/visit/areas-to-explore/bradfi...Bradfield
/visit/areas-to-explore/eccles...Ecclesall Road
/visit/outdoors-nature/Outdoors & nature
/visit/outdoors-nature/climbing/Climbing
/visit/outdoors-nature/mountai...Mountain biking
/visit/outdoors-nature/running/Running
/visit/outdoors-nature/walking/Walking
/visit/outdoors-nature/road-cy...Road cycling
/visit/outdoors-nature/outdoor...Outdoor activity providers
/visit/headline-events/Headline Events
/visit/accommodation/Accommodation
/visit/food-drink/Food & Drink
/visit/nightlife/Nightlife
/visit/an-alternative-lgbtq-gu...An alternative LGBTQ+ guide
/visit/getting-to-sheffield/Getting to Sheffield
/visit/isu-european-figure-ska...ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2026
/business/Business
/business/help-for-local-busin...Help for local businesses
/business/help-for-local-busin...Start or grow a business
/business/help-for-local-busin...Workshops, webinars & networking
/business/help-for-local-busin...Meet our team
/business/help-for-local-busin...Grants
/business/help-for-local-busin...Success stories
/business/help-for-local-busin...Blog and news
/business/sector-specialisms/Sector specialisms
/business/incubate-accelerate/Incubate & accelerate
/business/sheffield-innovation...Sheffield Innovation Spine
/business/move-your-business-h...Move your business here
/business/move-your-business-h...Why here?
/business/move-your-business-h...Meet the team
/business/move-your-business-h...Partnership & collaboration
/business/move-your-business-h...Case studies
/business/move-your-business-h...Redundancy Support
/business/move-your-business-h...Relocate your business
/business/move-your-business-h...Commercial Property Search
/business/move-your-business-h...Tech Welcome Grants
/business/future-talent/Future Talent
/business/economic-recovery-fund/Economic Recovery Fund
/business/innovation-in-action/Innovation In Action
/conference/Conference
/conference/reasons-to-choose-...Reasons to choose Sheffield
/conference/meet-the-conferenc...Meet the conference team
/conference/meet-the-conferenc...Get in touch
/conference/discover-our-venues/Discover our venues
/conference/discover-our-venue...Search and browse
/conference/information-for-ev...Information for Event Organisers
/conference/information-for-ev...Event services
/conference/information-for-de...Information for delegates
/conference/ambassador-programme/Ambassador programme
/living/Living
/living/city-culture/City culture
/living/city-culture/music/Text duplicate Music
/living/city-culture/the-pione...The pioneering city of electronic music
/living/city-culture/festivals/Festivals
/living/city-culture/street-art/Street Art
/living/city-culture/our-12th-...Our 12th century heritage
/living/city-culture/the-home-...The Home of Football
/living/city-culture/theatres-...Theatres, museums and galleries
/living/city-culture/an-explod...An exploding food & drink scene
/living/city-culture/gaming/Gaming
/living/city-culture/friendlin...Friendliness
/living/student-life/Student life
/living/nature-and-greenspace/Nature and greenspace
/living/nature-and-greenspace/...Outdoor Cityzens: Looking after our world
/living/civil-society/Civil society
/living/people/People
/living/transforming-sheffield...Transforming Sheffield City Centre
/university-city/University City
/visit/headline-events/festiva...Festival of the Outdoors
/visit/Visit Sheffield is a vibrant city bursting with character and creativity. Search for things to do and find out what's on to make the most of your visit.
/business/Business Whether you’re a digital SME, artisan producer, or FTSE 100 you’re in good company in Sheffield. There’s no shortage of sharp minds here, connection...
/conference/Conference Sheffield makes for a smart event move. Search for venues, delegate experiences and access expert advice.
/living/Living Looking to balance your outdoor lifestyle with the buzz of a thriving city? Make yourself at home here, amongst our famously friendly hills.
/visit/Fancy a visit?
/visit/city-breaks/Weekend Away?
/content/articles/timeout-name...2nd best City Break destination in Europe
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/content/articles/sheffield-cr...UK Foodie Capital in a report by Accor.
A-TITLE Sheffield crowned UK Foodie Capital
/visit/city-breaks/See more
/visit/headline-events/festiva...Festival of the Outdoors 2025
/visit/outdoors-nature/Subdomain The Outdoor City
A-TITLE Outdoors & nature
/visit/headline-events/festiva...Subdomain Festival of the Outdoors.
A-TITLE Festival of the Outdoors
/visit/headline-events/festiva...More info
/content/articles/sheffield-s-...New window Big Events and Festivals 2025
/content/articles/sheffield-s-...Text duplicate See more
/content/articles/sheffield-st...Sheffield street art named 2nd best in the World for 2024
/content/articles/sheffield-st...No Text
/content/articles/joro-2-o-to-...JÖRO 2.Ö to Open at Oughtibridge Mill in January 2025
/content/articles/joro-2-o-to-...No Text
/content/articles/sheffield-st...Sheffield Street listed second in the Top 10 Hotspots for indie shops
/content/articles/sheffield-st...No Text
/content/articles/sheffield-co...Sheffield comes top in TimeOut's most underrated city breaks
/content/articles/sheffield-co...No Text
/living/transforming-sheffield...Text duplicate Transforming Sheffield City Centre
/living/transforming-sheffield...No Text
/content/articles/sheffield-sp...Sheffield spotlighted as UK travel destination on German Breakfast TV
/content/articles/sheffield-sp...No Text
/content/articles/sheffield-s-...Sheffield’s new independent retail hub opens to the public
/content/articles/sheffield-s-...No Text
/content/articles/europe-s-lar...Europe's largest purpose-built food hall, Cambridge Street Collective opens in Sheffield
/content/articles/europe-s-lar...No Text
/content/articles/sheffield-re...Sheffield retains ‘real ale capital of the world’ title
/content/articles/sheffield-re...No Text
/content/articles/sheffield-cr...Sheffield crowned UK Foodie Capital
/content/articles/sheffield-cr...No Text
/visit/look-up-ar-art-trail/New window Look Up!
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/...New window External Subdomain IOS
https://play.google.com/store/...New window External Subdomain Android
/visit/look-up-ar-art-trail/Text duplicate More info
/business/Business Sheffield
/conference/Conference Sheffield
/university-city/The University City
/business/move-your-business-h...Making waves
https://startups.co.uk/analysi...New window External startups.co.uk
/business/incubate-accelerate/Growing the future
/content/editorials/the-sport-...Making things better
/content/people/sir-michael-pa...Sir Michael Palin, actor & comedian
/content/people/sir-michael-pa...No Text
/content/people/manjit-sareen/Manjit Sareen, Co-founder and CEO of Natterhub
/content/people/manjit-sareen/No Text
/content/people/finn-warman/Finn Warman, artistic director and CEO of Andro & Eve
/content/people/finn-warman/No Text
/content/people/jerry-cheung/Jerry Cheung, Managing Director of New Era Development
/content/people/jerry-cheung/No Text
/content/people/andreea-huidan...Andreea Huidan
/content/people/andreea-huidan...No Text
/content/people/jon-seaton/Jon Seaton, Twinkl founder and CEO
/content/people/jon-seaton/No Text
/content/people/bilal-jamil/Bilal Jamil, public speaking coach
/content/people/bilal-jamil/No Text
/content/people/paul-dimitri/Paul Dimitri
/content/people/paul-dimitri/No Text
/content/people/steve-peat-mtb...Steve Peat, MTB World Cup Champion
/content/people/steve-peat-mtb...No Text
/content/people/amber-jardine/Amber Jardine, TwinklHive Manager
/content/people/amber-jardine/No Text
/content/people/jules-gray/Jules Gray, founder of Sheffield Beer Week
/content/people/jules-gray/No Text
/content/people/phlegm/Phlegm, renowned street artist
/content/people/phlegm/No Text
/Text duplicate Welcome To Sheffield Logo
/cookies-privacy/Cookies/Privacy
/accessibility/Accessibility
/contact-us/Contact
/submit-your-event/Add event
/submit-your-business-venue/Add business
/blogs-and-news/Blogs/news
/contact-us/marketing-sheffield/About us
https://www.instagram.com/visi...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/visit...New window External Subdomain Facebook

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.95 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 (182 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
dateWed, 05 Mar 2025 15:08:57 GMT
cache-controlprivate
content-encodinggzip
set-cookie135 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
content-length35375
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-frame-optionssameorigin
referrer-policyno-referrer
permissions-policygeolocation=(), midi=(), sync-xhr=(), microphone=(), camera=(), magnetometer=(), gyroscope=(), fullscreen=(self), payment=()
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 108 referring domains.
This page has 17,558 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 103 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Disallow: /aspnet_client/
Disallow: /bin/
Disallow: /config/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /install/
Disallow: /macroScripts/
Disallow: /masterpages/
Disallow: /umbraco/
Disallow: /umbraco_client/
Disallow: /usercontrols/
Disallow: /xslt/

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www.welcometosheffield.co.uk
Welcome to Sheffield - the official destination website for the city
The Outdoor City, where nature meets culture. We are the UK's greenest city, blending arts, music, food & drink and heritage with 61% greenspace, 5 rivers, and The Peak District National Park.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
City83%Check
Sheffield City78%Check
Sheffield74%Check
Outdoor City73%Check
city UK70%Check
Outdoor66%Check
Sheffield City Centre66%Check
greenest city65%Check
art63%Check
Welcome62%Check
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