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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
53% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
98% 
Server
74% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.95 s
File size
56.50 kB
Words
499
Media files
12
Number of links
70 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Barnet Council | Barnet Council
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (281 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Borough of Barnet online: apply or register to use our services, report a problem, pay Council Tax or a parking ticket, find out what we do and much more.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (970 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.barnet.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

NameValue
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
descriptionThe Borough of Barnet online: apply or register to use our services, report a problem, pay Council Tax or a parking ticket, find out what we do and much more.
langen
og:site_nameBarnet Council
og:typeHomepage
og:urlhttps://www.barnet.gov.uk/
og:titleBarnet Council
og:updated_time2025-10-01T14:30:33+0100
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 499 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
23.8% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
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=1.0" 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)
1 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...s/images/png_icons/barnet-logo-green.pngLondon Borough of Barnet homepage
...et_council/assets/images/logos/green.pngBarnet Council
...e crime awareness 2025.jpg?itok=YDKvWMsvHate Crime Awareness Week 2025
...5-10/CCTV screenshot_0.png?itok=wBDzRN8wCCTV screenshot
...Town Hall General Pic.jpeg?itok=kILsmrhUHendon Town Hall
...ic/NEWS ITEMS - PRESSB.JPG?itok=s7Lk7KWQNo alt attribute provided
...-07/Town Hall general.jpeg?itok=w9hFUYSgHendon Town Hall
...ages/svg_icons/social_media/facebook.svgFacebook logo
...mages/svg_icons/social_media/twitter.svgTwitter logo
...ges/svg_icons/social_media/instagram.svgInstagram logo
...mages/svg_icons/social_media/youtube.svgYouTube logo
...s/images/png_icons/barnet-logo-green.pngLondon Borough of Barnet homepage

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 40 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 Stay up to date with Barnet First eNewsletter
H2 Council Tax
H2 Benefits and financial advice
H2 Planning and building
H2 Schools and education
H2 Your council
H2 Recycling and waste
H2 Parking
H2 Libraries
H2 Children and families
H2 Housing
H2 Adult social care
H2 Jobs, training and skills
H2 Roads and pavements
H2 Environmental problems
H2 Elections and voting
H2 Births, deaths and certificates
H2 Parks, sport and leisure
H2 Licences, permits and registrations
H2 Business
H2 Health and wellbeing
H2 Community
H2 Young People
H2 Regeneration
H2 Ceremonies and venues
H2 Digital Barnet
H2 Sustainability - BarNET Zero
H2 Welcome to Barnet
H2 Promoted news and events carousel
H2 Working together to ensure ‘Hate Has No Place in Barnet’
H2 Two years on, expanded CCTV network is showing its value
H2 Barnet, Haringey and Hackney councils unite to mark anniversary of 7 October attacks
H2 Council Leader marks second anniversary of 7 October attacks
H2 Leader of Barnet Council responds to Greater Manchester synagogue attack
H2 Featured consultations
H2 A to Z of Services
H2 Follow us
H3 Stay up to date with the council's news and consultation on local issues
H3 Get involved
H3 What's on
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 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.barnet.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.barnet.gov.uk/IMG-ALT London Borough of Barnet homepage
A-TITLE London Borough of Barnet homepage
/accessibilityAccessibility tools
https://account.barnet.gov.uk/...External Subdomain Sign in/Register to My Account
https://confirmsubscription.co...External Sign up now
/council-tax1Council Tax Payments, support, discounts, changing address
/benefits-and-financial-adviceBenefits and financial advice Housing Benefit, grants, food banks
/planning-and-building-controlPlanning and building Planning permission, Building Control, breaches
/schools-and-educationSchools and education Admissions, school meals, term dates, attendance
/your-councilYour council Contact us, councillors, policies, meetings
/recyclingRecycling and waste Bin collections, garden waste, bulky waste
https://www.barnet.gov.uk/parkingParking Permits, Tickets/PCNs, Blue Badges
/librariesLibraries Find and join a library, renewals, computer access, eBooks
/children-and-familiesChildren and families Child safety, child care, fostering and adoption
https://www.barnet.gov.uk/housingHousing Council and social housing, tenants, landlords
/adult-social-careAdult social care Keeping safe, Specialist support, Caring for someone
/jobs-training-and-skillsJobs, training and skills Employment in Barnet, training and skills support
/roads-and-pavementsRoads and pavements Street and road works, potholes, lowered kerbs
/environmental-problemsEnvironmental problems Fly-tipping, Dog fouling, Noise pollution
/elections-and-votingElections and voting Register to vote, Election results, Electoral Register
/births-deaths-and-certificatesBirths, deaths and certificates Register a birth or death, order certificates
/parks-sport-and-leisureParks, sport and leisure Find a park, play sport, explore open spaces
/licences-permits-and-registra...Licences, permits and registrations Apply for a licence, check licensing register
/businessBusiness Business rates, Consumer advice, Trading standards
/health-and-wellbeingHealth and wellbeing Keeping active, Sexual health, Children's health
/communityCommunity Your safety, arts and culture, community and faith groups
/young-peopleYoung People Youth activities, Youth and democracy
/regenerationRegeneration Regeneration schemes, Growth areas
/ceremonies-and-venuesCeremonies and venues Marriages and civil partnerships, citizenship, venues
/digital-barnetDigital Barnet Learn digital skills and get online
/sustainability-barnet-zeroSustainability - BarNET Zero Help us become one of London's most sustainable boroughs
/welcome-barnetWelcome to Barnet Essential services for new residents
/news/allnews
https://www.engage.barnet.gov.uk/External Subdomain consultation on local issues
/news/working-together-ensure-...More on the "Working together to ensure ‘Hate Has No Place in Barnet’" Article
/news/two-years-expanded-cctv-...More on the "Two years on, expanded CCTV network is showing its value" Article
/news/barnet-haringey-and-hack...More on the "Barnet, Haringey and Hackney councils unite to mark anniversary of 7 October attacks" Article
/news/council-leader-marks-sec...More on the "Council Leader marks second anniversary of 7 October attacks" Article
/news/leader-barnet-council-re...More on the "Leader of Barnet Council responds to Greater Manchester synagogue attack" Article
https://www.engage.barnet.gov.uk/External Subdomain Engage Barnet
/node/5197Volunteering opportunities
/node/10936Events in Barnet
A-TITLE events in Barnet
/glossaryA
A-TITLE A
/glossaryB
A-TITLE B
/glossaryC
A-TITLE C
/glossaryD
A-TITLE D
/glossaryE
A-TITLE E
/glossaryF
A-TITLE F
/glossaryG
A-TITLE G
/glossaryH
A-TITLE H
/glossaryI
A-TITLE I
/glossaryJ
A-TITLE J
/glossaryK
A-TITLE K
/glossaryL
A-TITLE L
/glossaryM
A-TITLE M
/glossaryN
A-TITLE N
/glossaryO
A-TITLE O
/glossaryP
A-TITLE P
/glossaryR
A-TITLE R
/glossaryS
A-TITLE S
/glossaryT
A-TITLE T
/glossaryU
A-TITLE U
/glossaryV
A-TITLE V
/glossaryW
A-TITLE W
/glossaryY
A-TITLE Y
https://www.facebook.com/Barne...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook logo
https://x.com/barnetcouncilExternal IMG-ALT Twitter logo
https://www.instagram.com/barn...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram logo
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube logo
https://www.barnet.gov.uk/Text duplicate IMG-ALT London Borough of Barnet homepage
A-TITLE Home
/your-council/contact-councilContact us
A-TITLE Different ways to contact us, including online and using our contact centre
http://www.barnet.gov.uk/news/allNews stories
/directories/council-buildingsCouncil offices
/events/allAll Events
/your-council/contact-council/...Complaints
/your-council/policies-plans-a...Accessibility statement
/your-council/policies-plans-a...Cookies
https://www.gov.uk/External GOV.UK
https://fa-exnu-saasfaprod1.fa...External Subdomain Jobs at Barnet
/your-council/policies-plans-a...Privacy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.barnet.gov.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 (57 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSun, 12 Oct 2025 16:59:28 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie178 Characters
servernginx
cache-controlmax-age=86400, public
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE (poor cacheability)
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedSun, 12 Oct 2025 16:59:28 GMT
etag"1760288368"
varyCookie
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
x-cdnImperva
content-encodinggzip
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statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 410 referring domains.
This page has 143,443 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 290 different ip addresses.

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The Borough of Barnet online: apply or register to use our services, report a problem, pay Council Tax or a parking ticket, find out what we do and much more.

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Barnet Council75%Check
Council68%Check
Council Tax59%Check
council services59%Check
services50%Check
Tax50%Check
Parking50%Check
news49%Check
Local News47%Check
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