Wigan.gov.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
64% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.58 s
File size
60.60 kB
Words
497
Media files
5
Number of links
144 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Wigan Council - Residents
The length of the page title is perfect. (241 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Information for local residents, visitors and local businesses
The length of the meta description is perfect. (367 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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
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DescriptionInformation for local residents, visitors and local businesses
Keywordswigan council
HandheldFriendlyTrue
MobileOptimized320
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=6
langen-gb
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 497 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
27% 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.
4 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 20.4 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=6" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 10 tags for this page.
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
...-roads-and-travel/Parking-web-slider.pngParking web slider
/Images/slider/here-for-you-slider.pnghere-for-you-slider
/ImportedImages/good.pnggreen smiley (good)
/ImportedImages/average.pngorange smiley (average)
/ImportedImages/poor.pngred smiley (poor)

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Wigan Council - Residents
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Wigan Council - Residents
H2 Find my Nearest
H2 NEWS
H3 Enjoy free weekend parking
H3 Cost of living support
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.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/index.aspxAnchor Skip to content
/SitePages/Accessibility.aspxAccessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility
https://forms.wigan.gov.uk/External Subdomain Login
/index.aspxWigan Council
/index.aspxResident
/Business/index.aspxBusiness
A-TITLE index
/Council/index.aspxCouncil
A-TITLE index
/MyAccount/My-Account.aspxMyAccount
https://www.visitwigan.com/ind...External Subdomain Visit Us
A-TITLE Visit Wigan
/Resident/Crime-Emergencies/Em...Subdomain Emergency contact
A-TITLE Emergency contact
/Council/Voting-and-Elections/...Local Election Results
A-TITLE Election results - 2nd May 2024
/Council/Voting-and-Elections/...Greater Manchester Mayoral Election Result 2024
A-TITLE Greater Manchester Mayoral Election 2024
/Council/The-Deal/Deal-Communi...Cost of living support: Here for you
A-TITLE Here for you
/index.aspxAnchor Bins and recycling
/index.aspxAnchor Planning and building control
/index.aspxAnchor Council Tax
/index.aspxAnchor Jobs and skills
https://apps.wigan.gov.uk/MyNe...External Subdomain Bin collection dates
A-TITLE Bin collection dates
/Resident/Bins-Recycling/Misse...Report a missed bin
A-TITLE Report a missed bin
/Resident/Bins-Recycling/Which...Which bin do I use?
A-TITLE Which bin do I use?
/Resident/Bins-Recycling/Waste...Find a recycling centre
A-TITLE Find a recycling centre
/Resident/Bins-Recycling/Bulky...Bulky waste collection
A-TITLE Bulky waste collections
/Resident/Bins-Recycling/Putti...Putting your bin out
A-TITLE Putting your bin out
/Resident/Bins-Recycling/Bins-...More bins and recycling
A-TITLE More bins and recycling
/Resident/Planning-and-Buildin...Planning
A-TITLE Planning
/Resident/Planning-and-Buildin...Building control
A-TITLE Building control
/Resident/Planning-and-Buildin...Search planning applications
A-TITLE Search and comment on planning applications
/Resident/Planning-and-Buildin...Apply for planning permission
A-TITLE Apply for planning permission
https://wigan.maps.arcgis.com/...External Subdomain Interactive map
A-TITLE Planning interactive map
/Resident/Council-Tax/Pay-your...Pay your Council Tax
A-TITLE Pay your Council Tax
/Resident/Council-Tax/How-much...How much is my Council Tax?
A-TITLE How much is my Council Tax?
/Resident/Council-Tax/Discount...Discounts, reductions and exemptions
A-TITLE Discounts, reductions and exemptions
/MyAccount/My-Account.aspxSubdomain Text duplicate MyAccount
A-TITLE MyAccount
/Resident/Council-Tax/Council-...More Council Tax
A-TITLE More Council Tax
/Resident/Jobs-Careers/Search-...Search for a job
A-TITLE Search for a job
/Resident/Jobs-Careers/Adult-L...Learning, courses and training
A-TITLE Adult Learning and Skills
/Resident/Jobs-Careers/Become-...Apprenticeships
A-TITLE Apprenticeships
/Council/The-Deal/Volunteering...Volunteering
A-TITLE Volunteering
/Resident/Jobs-Careers/index.aspxMore jobs and skills
A-TITLE More jobs and skills
/index.aspxAnchor Benefits and grants
/index.aspxAnchor Parking, roads and travel
/index.aspxAnchor Libraries, museums and archives
/index.aspxAnchor Leisure
/Resident/Benefit-Grants/Housi...Housing Benefit
A-TITLE Housing Benefit
/Resident/Benefit-Grants/Counc...Council Tax Reduction
A-TITLE Council Tax Reduction
/Resident/Benefit-Grants/Welfa...Welfare reform
A-TITLE Welfare reform
/Resident/Benefit-Grants/Free-...Free school meals and pupil premium
A-TITLE Free school meals and pupil premium
/Resident/Benefit-Grants/Benef...More benefits and grants
A-TITLE More benefits and grants
/Resident/Parking-Roads-Travel...Roadworks
A-TITLE Roadworks
/Resident/Parking-Roads-Travel...Parking
A-TITLE Wigan car parks
/Resident/Parking-Roads-Travel...Apply/renew a permit
A-TITLE Parking permits
/Council/Winter/Winter-Service...Winter services and advice
A-TITLE Winter services and advice
/Resident/Parking-Roads-Travel...More parking, roads and travel
A-TITLE More parking roads and travel
/Resident/Libraries/index.aspxLibraries
A-TITLE More libraries
/Resident/Museums-archives/Mus...Museum
A-TITLE Museum
/Resident/Museums-archives/Wig...Archives
A-TITLE Archives
/Resident/Leisure/Arts-and-fes...Arts and culture
A-TITLE Arts and culture
/BeWell/index.aspxBe Well
A-TITLE Be Well
/Resident/Leisure/Greenheart/G...Greenheart
A-TITLE Greenheart
/Resident/Leisure/Parks/Index....Parks
A-TITLE Parks
/Resident/Leisure/Sport-and-he...Sport, health living and keeping fit
A-TITLE Sport and healthy living
/Resident/Leisure/Leisure-acti...Activities for young people
A-TITLE Leisure activities and information for young people
/Resident/Leisure/index.aspxMore leisure
A-TITLE More Leisure
/index.aspxAnchor Education and families
/index.aspxAnchor Crime and emergencies
/index.aspxAnchor Environmental problems
/index.aspxAnchor Births, marriages and deaths
/Resident/Education/Schools/Sc...School term dates
A-TITLE School term dates
/Resident/Education/Schools/Sc...School admissions
A-TITLE School admissions
/Resident/Education/Special-Ed...Special educational needs and disabilities
A-TITLE Special educational needs and disabilities
https://directory.wigan.gov.uk...External Subdomain Our Town Directory
A-TITLE Our Town Directory
/Resident/Education/Education....More education
A-TITLE More education
/Resident/Crime-Emergencies/Em...Emergencies
A-TITLE Emergencies
/Resident/Crime-Emergencies/AS...Anti-social behaviour
A-TITLE Anti-social behaviour
/Resident/Crime-Emergencies/Do...Domestic abuse
A-TITLE Domestic abuse
/Resident/Crime-Emergencies/Fl...Flooding
A-TITLE Flooding
/Resident/Crime-Emergencies/Co...COVID-19
A-TITLE COVID-19 information
/Resident/Crime-Emergencies/Cr...More crime and emergencies
A-TITLE More crime and emergencies
/Resident/Environmental-Proble...Pests
A-TITLE Pests
/Resident/Environmental-Proble...Neighbourhood nuisance
A-TITLE Neighbourhood nuisance
/Resident/Environmental-Proble...Rubbish and litter
A-TITLE Rubbish and litter
/Resident/Environmental-Proble...Dogs
A-TITLE Dogs
/Resident/Environmental-Proble...More environmental problems
A-TITLE Dog problems
/Resident/Births-Marriage-Deat...Births
A-TITLE Register a birth
/Resident/Births-Marriage-Deat...Marriages and civil partnerships
A-TITLE Marriages and civil partnerships
/Resident/Births-Marriage-Deat...Deaths
A-TITLE Deaths
/Resident/Births-Marriage-Deat...Copies of certificates
A-TITLE Copy of certificates
/Resident/Births-Marriage-Deat...More births, marriages and deaths
A-TITLE More births, marriages and deaths
/index.aspxAnchor Health and social care
/index.aspxAnchor Consumer and money advice
/index.aspxAnchor Housing
/index.aspxAnchor Report it / Pay it / Apply for it
/Resident/Health-Social-Care/C...Children and young people
A-TITLE Children and young people
/Resident/Health-Social-Care/A...Adults
A-TITLE Adults
/Resident/Education/Special-Ed...Text duplicate Special educational needs and disabilities
A-TITLE Special educational needs and disabilities
/Resident/Health-Social-Care/i...More health and social care
A-TITLE More health and social care
/Resident/Consumer-Advice/Mone...Money advice
A-TITLE Money advice
/Resident/Consumer-Advice/Good...Good Trader Scheme
A-TITLE Good Trader Scheme
/Resident/Consumer-Advice/Trad...Trading standards
/Business/Environmental-Health...Food hygiene ratings
A-TITLE Food hygiene ratings
/Resident/Consumer-Advice/Cons...More consumer advice
A-TITLE Consumer advice
/Resident/Housing/Council-home...Apply for housing
A-TITLE Apply for housing
/Resident/Housing/Council-home...Council Homes
A-TITLE Council Homes
/Resident/Housing/Buying/index...Buying a home
A-TITLE Buying a home
/Resident/Housing/Private-Hous...Renting privately
A-TITLE Renting a home
/Resident/Housing/index.aspxMore housing
A-TITLE More housing information
/Report-it/Report-a-problem.aspxReport it
A-TITLE Report it
/Pay-for-it/PayCouncilBill.aspxPay it
A-TITLE Pay it
/Apply-for-it/Apply-for-it.aspxApply for it
A-TITLE Apply for it
/Pay-for-it/Council-invoices/i...Query a bill
A-TITLE Query a bill
https://apps.wigan.gov.uk/MyNe...External Subdomain Find my Nearest
A-TITLE Find my nearest
/News/Articles/2024/May/Unsung...Hunt begins for unsung heroes as nominations open for Believe Sports Awards
A-TITLE Hunt begins for unsung heroes as nominations open for Believe Sports Awards
/News/Articles/2024/April/Arch...Archive exhibition celebrates worldwide influence of local wrestling style
A-TITLE Archive exhibition celebrates worldwide influence of local wrestling style
/News/Borough-news.aspxMore news
A-TITLE Wigan Borough news
/Resident/Parking-Roads-Travel...Enjoy free weekend parking
A-TITLE Free parking
/Council/The-Deal/Deal-Communi...Cost of living support
A-TITLE Cost of living support: Here for you
/A-Z.aspx?WiganAtoZ_AtoZLetter=AA
/A-Z.aspx?WiganAtoZ_AtoZLetter=BB
/A-Z.aspx?WiganAtoZ_AtoZLetter=CC
/A-Z.aspx?WiganAtoZ_AtoZLetter=DD
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/A-Z.aspx?WiganAtoZ_AtoZLetter=YY
/A-Z.aspx?WiganAtoZ_AtoZLetter=ZZ
/SitePages/Accessibility-state...Accessibility Statement
A-TITLE Go to Accessibility Statement from here
/Council/The-Deal/index.aspxThe Deal
A-TITLE Go to The Deal from here
/Council/Mayoralty/Mayors-char...Mayor's charity
A-TITLE Go to Mayor's charity from here
/Council/Contact-us/index.aspxContact us
A-TITLE Go to Contact us from here
/SitePages/Cookies.aspxCookies
A-TITLE Go to Cookies from here
/SitePages/Disclaimer.aspxDisclaimer
A-TITLE Go to Disclaimer from here
/Resident/Crime-Emergencies/Em...Text duplicate Emergencies
A-TITLE Go to Emergencies from here
/SitePages/PrivacyPolicy.aspxPrivacy policy
A-TITLE Go to Privacy policy from here
https://www.facebook.com/Wigan...External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE Wigan Council on Facebook
https://twitter.com/wigancouncilExternal Twitter
A-TITLE Wigan Council on Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/w...External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE Wigan Council on YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/wiga...External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE Wigan Council on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Linkedin
A-TITLE Wigan Council on Linkedin
https://websurveys.govmetric.c...New window Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT green smiley (good)
A-TITLE please rate this page as GOOD
https://websurveys.govmetric.c...New window Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT orange smiley (average)
A-TITLE please rate this page as AVERAGE
https://websurveys.govmetric.c...New window Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT red smiley (poor)
A-TITLE please rate this page as POOR

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.wigan.gov.uk/index.aspx"
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 very slow (1.58 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (61 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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set-cookie82 Characters
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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 243 referring domains.
This page has 3,039 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 140 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Resident75%Check
Residents73%Check
Wigan68%Check
Wigan Council67%Check
Council66%Check
Council Tax50%Check
Local46%Check
Business46%Check
Visit46%Check
living43%Check
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