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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
82% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
48% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.17 s
File size
94.10 kB
Words
797
Media files
25
Number of links
134 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT | BCS
The length of the page title is perfect. (368 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, promotes wider social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology science and practice. BCS serve over 68,000 members including practitioners, businesses, academics and students, in the UK and internationally.
The meta description is too long: 1727 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.bcs.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
An URL is specified multiple times in alternate links.
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
descriptionBCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, promotes wider social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology science and practice. BCS serve over 68,000 members including practitioners, businesses, academics and students, in the UK and internationally.
keywordsbcs, british computer society, chartered, computing, computers, engineering, chartered institute for it, learning and development
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langen
og:titleEmpty
og:urlEmpty
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 797 words. That's ok.
28.5% 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.
5 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 18.67 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, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 16 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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
...94/black-logo-main.png?v=1db886bb5ecb9f0BCS logoaa
...g?width=130&height=160&v=1db886bb4c13240BCS logo
...g?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdaf2d3232c00Lady Smiling Nav
...g?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdb96d91c00b0CITP Logo (1)
...g?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdb8765de58a0Girl With Braids Nav
...g?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdbab0ba2c9b0Man Writing
...g?width=290&height=135&v=1dbe0727eb55c30Lady In Green Hijab Nav (1)
...g?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdbae3deb8800Group Of People Smiling
...g?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdbac12b76bb0Man On Tablet
...-photo-1.png?width=768&v=1dbdade50787cb0The professional body for computing
...?width=1522&height=645&v=1d9c523274faac0No alt attribute provided
...?width=1522&height=645&v=1d9c5232cb72e70No alt attribute provided
...?width=1522&height=645&v=1d9c52329d6a3c0No alt attribute provided
...?width=1522&height=645&v=1d9c52324575250No alt attribute provided
...4&width=555&height=400&v=1dbdaefdaf834a0No alt attribute provided
/media/sijht5cv/property-1-variant63.pngIndividuals
/media/sijht5cv/property-1-variant63.pngOrganisations
/media/tpvbzep1/property-1-variant29.pngGovernment
/media/sijht5cv/property-1-variant63.pngTraining providers
...12/crest.png?width=284&v=1db8384696e0020BCS Crest
https://www.bcs.org/media/8090/facebook.pngFacebook
/media/lz2lq1rc/x-logo-black.pngX
https://www.bcs.org/media/8091/linkedin.pngLinkedin
https://www.bcs.org/media/8093/youtube.pngYoutube
/media/8105/instagram.pngInstagram

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The professional body for computing
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 The professional body for computing
H1 Something for...
H2 Progress your career
H2 Featured
H3 Spending review boosts tech sector
H3 CIO Network: rethinking AI strategy for the enterprise
H3 Machine understanding: what is it and why is it vital?
H3 How ethical governance affects AI implementation
H3 Individuals Individuals
H3 Organisations Organisations
H3 Government Government
H3 Training providers Training providers
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 8 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.bcs.org/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.bcs.org/IMG-ALT BCS logoaa
A-TITLE Go to homepage
https://www.bcs.org/IMG-ALT BCS logo
A-TITLE Go to homepage
/membership-and-registrations/...Community
A-TITLE More about our member communities
https://www.bcs.org/about-us/About us
A-TITLE Find out more about us
/lets-change-the-story/Building a trusted profession
A-TITLE More about our campaign
/deliver-and-teach-qualificati...Training providers
A-TITLE Visit our training providers section
/develop-your-people/develop-y...Employers
A-TITLE Visit our employers section
/deliver-and-teach-qualificati...Educators
A-TITLE Visit our educators section
https://mybcs.bcs.org/External Subdomain Login to MyBCS
A-TITLE Go to our members area
/membership-and-registrations/...Join the global and diverse home for digital, technical and IT professionals.
IMG-ALT Lady Smiling Nav
A-TITLE BCS membership
/membership-and-registrations/...CITP validates technical expertise and professional behaviours in the tech industry
IMG-ALT CITP Logo (1)
A-TITLE Chartered IT Professional
/membership-and-registrations/...Become a member
/membership-and-registrations/...Member communities
/membership-and-registrations/...Get registered
/membership-and-registrations/...Membership for organisations
/membership-and-registrations/...Academic membership
/membership-and-registrations/...Register of BCS members
/membership-and-registrations/...Our members
/membership-and-registrations/...Volunteering with BCS
A-TITLE Volunteering with BCS
https://www.bcs.org/it-careers/Kick-start a career in IT, whether you're starting out or looking for a career change.
IMG-ALT Girl With Braids Nav
A-TITLE Starting your IT career
/it-careers/apprenticeships/Apprenticeships
/it-careers/continuing-profess...Continuing professional development (CPD)
/it-careers/sfiaplus-it-skills...SFIAplus - IT skills framework
/it-careers/tech-career-quiz/Tech Job Quiz
A-TITLE Tech job quiz
/qualifications-and-certificat...Over 100,000 professionals worldwide are certified with BCS.
IMG-ALT Man Writing
A-TITLE Software testing certification
/qualifications-and-certificat...Improve your digital skills so you can get on in today's workplace.
IMG-ALT Lady In Green Hijab Nav (1)
A-TITLE Essential digital skills
/qualifications-and-certificat...Certifications for professionals
/qualifications-and-certificat...Online IT professional development courses
/qualifications-and-certificat...Digital literacy qualifications
/qualifications-and-certificat...Higher education qualifications (HEQ)
/qualifications-and-certificat...Training and scholarships for teachers
/deliver-and-teach-qualificati...Home education
A-TITLE Home education
/qualifications-and-certificat...International Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) certification
A-TITLE International Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) certification
/events-calendar/View all of our upcoming events.
IMG-ALT Group Of People Smiling
A-TITLE Events calendar
/events/awards-and-competitions/Awards and competitions
/events/awards-and-competition...UK IT Industry Awards
/events/awards-and-competition...BCS IT & Digital Apprenticeship Awards
A-TITLE BCS IT & Digital Apprenticeship Awards
/events/awards-and-competition...Lovelace Medal
A-TITLE Lovelace Medal
/events/awards-and-competition...Subdomain Society Medal
A-TITLE Society Medal
/events/karen-sparck-jones-lec...Karen Spärck Jones Lecture
/events/awards-and-competition...Roger Needham Award
A-TITLE Roger Needham Award
/events-calendar/Events calendar
/articles-opinion-and-research/The latest insights, ideas and perspectives.
IMG-ALT Man On Tablet
A-TITLE Articles, opinion and research
/articles-opinion-and-research...Green IT and net zero
/articles-opinion-and-research...Computing in society
/articles-opinion-and-research...Security, data and privacy
/articles-opinion-and-research...Careers and skills
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Community
A-TITLE More about our member communities
https://www.bcs.org/about-us/Text duplicate About us
A-TITLE Find out more about us
/lets-change-the-story/Text duplicate Building a trusted profession
A-TITLE More about our campaign
/deliver-and-teach-qualificati...Text duplicate Training providers
A-TITLE Visit our training providers section
/develop-your-people/develop-y...Text duplicate Employers
A-TITLE Visit our employers section
/deliver-and-teach-qualificati...Text duplicate Educators
A-TITLE Visit our educators section
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Join the global and diverse home for digital, technical and IT professionals.
A-TITLE BCS membership
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate CITP validates technical expertise and professional behaviours in the tech industry
A-TITLE Chartered IT Professional
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Become a member
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Member communities
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Get registered
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Membership for organisations
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Academic membership
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Register of BCS members
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Our members
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Volunteering with BCS
A-TITLE Volunteering with BCS
https://www.bcs.org/it-careers/Text duplicate Kick-start a career in IT, whether you're starting out or looking for a career change.
A-TITLE Starting your IT career
/it-careers/apprenticeships/Text duplicate Apprenticeships
/it-careers/continuing-profess...Text duplicate Continuing professional development (CPD)
/it-careers/sfiaplus-it-skills...Text duplicate SFIAplus - IT skills framework
/it-careers/tech-career-quiz/Text duplicate Tech Job Quiz
A-TITLE Tech job quiz
/qualifications-and-certificat...Text duplicate Over 100,000 professionals worldwide are certified with BCS.
A-TITLE Software testing certification
/qualifications-and-certificat...Text duplicate Improve your digital skills so you can get on in today's workplace.
A-TITLE Essential digital skills
/qualifications-and-certificat...Text duplicate Certifications for professionals
/qualifications-and-certificat...Text duplicate Online IT professional development courses
/qualifications-and-certificat...Text duplicate Digital literacy qualifications
/qualifications-and-certificat...Text duplicate Higher education qualifications (HEQ)
/qualifications-and-certificat...Text duplicate Training and scholarships for teachers
/deliver-and-teach-qualificati...Text duplicate Home education
A-TITLE Home education
/qualifications-and-certificat...Text duplicate International Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) certification
A-TITLE International Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) certification
/events-calendar/Text duplicate View all of our upcoming events.
A-TITLE Events calendar
/events/awards-and-competitions/Text duplicate Awards and competitions
/events/awards-and-competition...Text duplicate UK IT Industry Awards
/events/awards-and-competition...Text duplicate BCS IT & Digital Apprenticeship Awards
A-TITLE BCS IT & Digital Apprenticeship Awards
/events/awards-and-competition...Text duplicate Lovelace Medal
A-TITLE Lovelace Medal
/events/awards-and-competition...Subdomain Text duplicate Society Medal
A-TITLE Society Medal
/events/karen-sparck-jones-lec...Text duplicate Karen Spärck Jones Lecture
/events/awards-and-competition...Text duplicate Roger Needham Award
A-TITLE Roger Needham Award
/events-calendar/Text duplicate Events calendar
/articles-opinion-and-research/Text duplicate The latest insights, ideas and perspectives.
A-TITLE Articles, opinion and research
/articles-opinion-and-research...Text duplicate Green IT and net zero
/articles-opinion-and-research...Text duplicate Computing in society
/articles-opinion-and-research...Text duplicate Security, data and privacy
/articles-opinion-and-research...Text duplicate Careers and skills
https://mybcs.bcs.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Login to MyBCS
A-TITLE Go to our members area
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Become a member
A-TITLE Become a member
https://www.bcs.org/about-us/Text duplicate About us
A-TITLE About us
/membership-and-registrations/...Membership Join the global home of professionals, business leaders and educators in tech.
/deliver-and-teach-qualificati...End Point Assessment Find out about working with the leading digital EPAO
https://www.bcs.org/it-careers/Tech careers Just starting out or looking for a new direction? Kickstart your IT career here.
/membership-and-registrations/...Discover membership
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Discover membership
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Discover membership
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Discover membership
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Discover membership
/articles-opinion-and-research...Article Spending review boosts tech sector The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced multi-billion-pound funding for tech initiatives in the Spending Review.
/articles-opinion-and-research...Article CIO Network: rethinking AI strategy for the enterprise 23 hours ago
/articles-opinion-and-research...Article Machine understanding: what is it and why is it vital? Yesterday
/articles-opinion-and-research...Article How ethical governance affects AI implementation 3 days ago
/articles-opinion-and-research/View all
/membership-and-registrations/Membership
/qualifications-and-certificat...Qualifications
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Community
/membership-and-registrations/...Text duplicate Membership
A-TITLE Membership for organisations
/membership-and-registrations/...Approved Organisations
/develop-your-people/develop-y...RoleModelplus - Developing digital talent
/policy-and-influence/Policy and influence
/articles-opinion-and-research...Expert opinion
/events-calendar/?tag=Governme...Events
/deliver-and-teach-qualificati...Text duplicate Apprenticeships
/deliver-and-teach-qualificati...Certification
/deliver-and-teach-qualificati...Digital skills
https://www.bcs.org/about-us/Text duplicate About us
/about-us/press-office/Press office
A-TITLE Press office
/about-us/our-royal-charter/Our royal charter
/about-us/bcs-academy-of-compu...Academy of Computing
/about-us/learned-publishing/Learned publishing
A-TITLE Link text
/membership-and-registrations/...Jobs board
/legal-and-privacy-notices/Legal and privacy notices
/contact-us/accessibility/Accessibility
/contact-us/policies/Policies
https://www.bcs.org/contact-us/Contact us
/policy-and-influence/Text duplicate Policy and influence
/about-us/careers-at-bcs/Careers at BCS
https://shop.bcs.org/External Subdomain BCS Bookshop
/about-us/our-royal-charter/IMG-ALT BCS Crest
A-TITLE More about our royal charter
/legal-and-privacy-notices/dat...Data privacy notice
/legal-and-privacy-notices/int...Copyright notice
/legal-and-privacy-notices/use...Use of cookies
https://www.facebook.com/IT.BCSNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook (link opens in a new tab)
https://twitter.com/bcsNew window External IMG-ALT X
A-TITLE X (link opens in a new tab)
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Linkedin
A-TITLE LinkedIn (link opens in a new tab)
https://www.youtube.com/user/b...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Youtube
A-TITLE YouTube (link opens in a new tab)
https://www.instagram.com/wear...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
A-TITLE Instagram (link opens in a new tab)

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.bcs.org/"
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 is excellent with 0.17 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (94 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,194 referring domains.
This page has 23,519 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,380 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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

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Chartered Institute58%Check
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professional body52%Check
tech50%Check
Progress47%Check
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