Bankofengland.co.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
86% 
Page structure
76% 
Link structure
60% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.19 s
File size
87.20 kB
Words
1148
Media files
5
Number of links
192 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Bank of England
The length of the page title is perfect. (217 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Bank of England (BoE) is the UK's central bank. Our mission is to deliver monetary and financial stability for the people of the United Kingdom.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (902 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.bankofengland.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 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 28.38 words is high.
This page contains 1148 words. That's ok.
23.9% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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.
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 23 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The Bank of England
The H1 heading is too short (19 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 34 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 The Bank of England
H2 Our use of cookies
H2 Bank Rate reduced to 4% - August 2025
H2 Monetary Policy Report - August 2025
H2 The future of the multilateral economic system, and some news on the UK payments infrastructure - speech by Andrew Bailey
H2 Featured
H2 News & Events
H3 Necessary cookies
H3 Analytics cookies
H3 Banknotes
H3 Education
H3 Financial stability
H3 Markets
H3 Monetary policy
H3 Payment and settlement
H3 Prudential regulation
H3 Research
H3 Statistics
H3 Explainers
H3 The Future of Money
H3 Our History
H3 Market Participants Survey results - August...
H3 Market Participants Survey results - August 2025
H3 Derivative reporting requirements under UK...
H3 Derivative reporting requirements under UK EMIR: additional draft Q&As
H3 Amendments to the UK EMIR Trade Repository...
H3 Amendments to the UK EMIR Trade Repository reporting requirements – August 2025
H3 Bank of England Weekly Report 6 August 2025
H3 Bank of England Weekly Report 6 August 2025 Duplicate text
H3 Follow us Follow us
H3 Museum
H3 Useful links Useful links
H3 Bank of England
H3 Bank of England Museum
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 12 external links on this page.
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https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/IMG-ALT Bank of England home
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/banknotes/counterfeit-banknotesCounterfeit banknotes
/banknotes/current-banknotesCurrent banknotes
/banknotes/damaged-and-contami...Damaged and contaminated banknotes
/banknotes/exchanging-old-bank...Exchanging old banknotes
/banknotes/note-circulation-sc...Note Circulation Scheme
/banknotes/retailers-and-busin...Advice for retailers and businesses
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/banknotes/wholesale-cash-supe...Wholesale cash supervision
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/careers/career-returnerCareer Returner Programme
/careers/early-careersFuture talent
/careers/our-locationsOur locations
/careers/research-careersResearch careers
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/education/school-visitsRequest a speaker for your school
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/prudential-regulation/prudent...Prudential and Resolution Policy Index
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/research/bank-of-england-agen...Bank of England Agenda for Research, 2025-2028
/research/fintechFintech
/research/future-financeThe Future of Finance - our response
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/research/research-funding-and...Research funding and fellowships
/research/researchersResearchers
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/statistics/tablesBankstats tables
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/statistics/exchange-ratesExchange rates
/statistics/goldGold statistics
/statistics/gdp-real-time-data...Gross Domestic Product Real-Time Database
/statistics/option-implied-pro...Option-implied probability density functions
/statistics/research-datasetsResearch datasets
/statistics/statistics-request...Statistics requested by users
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/about/get-involved/community-...Community Forums
/about/get-involved/community-...Partners
/about/get-involved/insight-forumInsights Forum
/about/get-involved/youth-forumYouth voice
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/about/governance-and-funding/...Staff codes and policies
/about/historyHistory
/about/peopleOur people
/about/people/agentsAgents
/about/people/chief-cashiersChief Cashiers
/about/people/court-of-directorsCourt of Directors
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/about/people/financial-policy...Financial Policy Committee
/about/people/fmi-committeeFinancial Market Infrastructure Committee
/about/people/governorsGovernors
/about/people/monetary-policy-...Monetary Policy Committee
/about/people/prudential-regul...Prudential Regulation Committee
/newsNews and publications
/news/eventsEvents
/news/newsNews and minutes
/news/prudential-regulationPrudential regulation publications
/news/publicationsPublications
/news/speechesSpeeches
/news/statisticsStatistical releases
/news/upcomingUpcoming
/museumMuseum
/contactContact
/monetary-policy-report/2025/a...Monetary Policy Report - August 2025
/monetary-policy/the-interest-...4% Current Bank Rate Next due: 18 September 2025
/monetary-policy/inflation3.6% Current inflation rate Target: 2%
/monetary-policy-summary-and-m...Bank Rate reduced to 4% - August 2025 The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is responsible for making decisions about Bank Rate. Read more about Ba...
/monetary-policy-report/2025/a...Monetary Policy Report - August 2025 Our quarterly Monetary Policy Report sets out the economic analysis and inflation projections that the Monetary Policy C...
/speech/2025/july/andrew-baile...The future of the multilateral economic system, and some news on the UK payments infrastructure - speech by Andrew Bailey Given at the Financial and Professi...
/banknotesText duplicate Banknotes
/banknotes/exchanging-old-bank...Text duplicate Exchanging old banknotes
/banknotes/current-banknotesText duplicate Current banknotes
/banknotes/withdrawn-banknotesText duplicate Withdrawn banknotes
/banknotes/counterfeit-banknot...How to check your banknotes
/educationText duplicate Education
/explainersExplainers
/education/education-resourcesText duplicate Education resources
/education/education-resources...Money and me
/ccbsCentre for Central Banking Studies
/financial-stabilityText duplicate Financial stability
/stress-testingStress testing
/financial-stability/resolutionText duplicate Resolution
/financial-stability/financial...Text duplicate Financial market infrastructure supervision
/financial-stability/operation...Operational resilience
/marketsText duplicate Markets
/markets/bank-of-england-marke...Text duplicate Bank of England Market Operations Guide
/markets/transition-to-sterlin...Transition to sterling risk free rates from LIBOR
/markets/sonia-benchmarkText duplicate SONIA interest rate benchmark
/markets/bank-of-england-marke...Results and usage data
/monetary-policyText duplicate Monetary policy
/monetary-policy/inflation/inf...Inflation calculator
/monetary-policy/the-interest-...Text duplicate Interest rates and Bank Rate
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/monetary-policy/inflationText duplicate Inflation and the 2% target
/payment-and-settlementText duplicate Payment and settlement
/payment-and-settlement/chapsText duplicate CHAPS
/payment-and-settlement/rtgs-r...Text duplicate RTGS Renewal Programme
/payment-and-settlement/paymen...Text duplicate Payment and settlement statistics
/payment-and-settlement/bankin...Text duplicate Banking services
/prudential-regulationText duplicate Prudential regulation
/prudential-regulation/authori...Which firms does the PRA regulate?
/prudential-regulation/regulat...Regulatory reporting - banking sector
/prudential-regulation/prudent...Text duplicate Prudential and Resolution Policy Index
/climate-changeText duplicate Climate change
/researchText duplicate Research
/research/researchersOur researchers
/research/bank-of-england-agen...Bank of England Agenda for Research (BEAR)
/working-paper/staff-working-p...Staff Working Papers
https://bankunderground.co.uk/New window External Bank Underground
/statisticsText duplicate Statistics
/boeapps/database/New window Subdomain Our database
/statistics/exchange-ratesText duplicate Exchange rates
/statistics/yield-curvesText duplicate Yield curves
/statistics/tablesText duplicate Bankstats tables
/explainersExplainers Learn more about money and how the economy works
/museum/whats-on/the-future-of...The Future of Money Find out about our free exhibition
/about/historyOur History Key moments from the last 330 years
/markets/market-intelligence/s...Publication // Market Participants Survey 08 August 2025 Market Participants Survey results - August... Market Participants Survey results - August 2025
/paper/2025/cp/derivative-repo...Publication // Consultation paper 08 August 2025 Derivative reporting requirements under UK... Derivative reporting requirements under UK EMIR: additional dr...
/paper/2025/ps/amendments-to-t...Publication // Policy statement 08 August 2025 Amendments to the UK EMIR Trade Repository... Amendments to the UK EMIR Trade Repository reporting requirement...
/weekly-report/2025/06-august-...Publication // Weekly report 07 August 2025 Bank of England Weekly Report 6 August 2025 Bank of England Weekly Report 6 August 2025
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https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Connect with us on LinkedIn
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https://www.instagram.com/bank...New window External Subdomain Follow us on Instagram
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https://tiktok.com/@bankofenglandNew window External Follow us on TikTok
https://www.youtube.com/user/b...New window External Subdomain Watch us on Youtube
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/...New window External Subdomain Find us on Flickr
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https://www.facebook.com/boemu...New window External Subdomain Like the Bank of England museum on Facebook
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https://instagram.com/boemuseumNew window External Follow the Bank of England museum on Instagram
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/careersText duplicate Careers
/contactContact us
/explainersText duplicate Explainers
/faqFAQs
/freedom-of-informationFreedom of Information
/glossaryGlossary
/museumText duplicate Museum
/subscribe-to-emailsSubscribe to emails
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/accessibilityAccessibility statement
/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policyCookies
/about/gymraegCymraeg
/legalLegal
/legal/privacyPrivacy
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 is excellent with 0.19 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (87 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 4,989 referring domains.
This page has 137,377 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,386 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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www.bankofengland.co.uk
Home | Bank of England
The Bank of England (BoE) is the UK's central bank. Our mission is to deliver monetary and financial stability for the people of the United Kingdom.

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