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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
77% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
97% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.23 s
File size
52.10 kB
Words
750
Media files
7
Number of links
171 internal / 20 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Bradford Council
The length of the page title is perfect. (220 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Bradford Council
The meta description is too short. (104 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
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: Canada
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
descriptionBradford Council
authorBradford Metropolitan District Council
langen-gb
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twitter:siteEmpty
twitter:creatorEmpty
fb:pages145878302161029
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og:titleBradford Council
og:urlEmpty
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og:site_nameBradford Metropolitan District Council
og:imageEmpty
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
These Typos were found:
  • accessable => accessible
This page contains 750 words. That's ok.
26.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 19 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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 15 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
/css/images/symbolGovDelivery.pngNo alt attribute provided
/css/images/transparent.gifBradford Council Facebook Link
/css/images/transparent.gifBradford Council X Link
/css/images/transparent.gifBradford Council Instagram Link
/css/images/transparent.gifBradford Council Linkedin Link
/css/images/transparent.gifBradford Council WhatsApp Link
/css/images/logos/AccessAble_FullColour.pngAccessAble

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Bradford Council
The H1 heading is too short (16 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Bradford Council
H2 Website maintenance
H2 Homepage
H2 Jobs
H2 Clean Air Zone
H2 Council Tax
H2 Recycling and waste
H2 Adult Social Care
H2 Benefits
H2 Births, deaths and marriages
H2 Business
H2 Children, young people and families
H2 Consultations
H2 Education and skills
H2 Health
H2 Housing
H2 Libraries
H2 Parking, roads and transport
H2 Planning and building control
H2 Sport and activities
H2 Your Council
H2 Stay connected
H2 a to z of services
H2 What's on in the Bradford District
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 20 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://bradford.gov.uk/No Text
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/our-websites/website-systems-...more »
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/jobs/apply-for-a-council-job/...Council vacancies
/paying-for-services/i-want-to...Online payments
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/jobs/jobs/Jobs
/jobs/apply-for-a-council-job/...Bradford Council vacancies
/jobs/working-with-children/so...Social care jobs
https://www.prospectsonline.co...External Subdomain Teaching jobs
/breathe-better-bradford/breat...Clean Air Zone
/breathe-better-bradford/check...How to pay the CAZ penalty charge
/breathe-better-bradford/check...How to pay the daily CAZ charge
/breathe-better-bradford/where...Where is the Clean Air Zone?
/council-tax/council-tax/Council Tax
/council-tax/tell-us-about-a-c...Tell us about a change
/council-tax/contact-the-counc...Contact the Council Tax team
/council-tax/payments-arrangem...Pay your Council Tax bill
/council-tax/apply-for-discoun...Reduce your bill
/recycling-and-waste/recycling...Recycling and waste
https://onlineforms.bradford.g...External Subdomain Check your bin collection dates
/recycling-and-waste/garden-wa...Garden waste collection service
/recycling-and-waste/wheeled-b...New bins or repairs
/adult-social-care/adult-socia...Adult Social Care
/adult-social-care/i-want-an-a...I want an assessment
/adult-social-care/living-inde...Living independently
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/benefits/benefits/Benefits
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/benefits/universal-credit/uni...Universal Credit
/benefits/applying-for-benefit...What benefits are available?
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Births, deaths and marriages
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Certificate and ceremony fees
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Get a copy certificate
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Marriages and Civil Partnerships
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Register a birth
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Register a death
/business/business/Business
/business/licensing/licensing-...Licensing register
/business/business-rates/pay-y...Pay your Business Rates bill
/business/doing-business-with-...Procurement
/business/commercial-waste/tra...Trade waste
/children-young-people-and-fam...Children, young people and families
/children-young-people-and-fam...Bradford's Special Education Needs and Disabilities Local Offer
/children-young-people-and-fam...Support for families and young people
https://www.bradfordcft.org.uk...External Subdomain Talk to us about a child
/consultations/consultations/Consultations
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/education-and-skills/educatio...Education and skills
/education-and-skills/school-a...Apply for a place at school
/education-and-skills/school-h...School closures
/education-and-skills/school-h...School holidays and term dates
/education-and-skills/find-a-s...Schools finder
/health/health/Health
/health/about-public-health/ab...About public health
/health/getting-help/getting-h...Getting help
/health/improving-your-health/...Improving your health
/housing/housing/Housing
/housing/homelessness/how-to-g...Housing Options - if you are homeless or about to be
/housing/finding-a-home/how-ca...How can I find a home?
/libraries/libraries/Libraries
/libraries/find-your-local-lib...Find your local library
/libraries/local-and-family-hi...Local and family history
https://bradford.ent.sirsidyni...External Subdomain Log in to your library account
/libraries/library-services-on...Renew, borrow and reserve items
/transport-and-travel/parking-...Parking, roads and transport
/transport-and-travel/roadwork...Map of roadworks
/transport-and-travel/parking/...Parking permits
/transport-and-travel/parking/...Pay your parking, bus lane or littering from vehicle penalty
/planning-and-building-control...Planning and building control
/planning-and-building-control...Building Control
/planning-and-building-control...Comment on or object to a planning application
/planning-and-building-control...Apply for planning
/planning-and-building-control...The Local Plan for the Bradford District
/planning-and-building-control...View or check the progress of planning applications
/sport-and-activities/sport-an...Sport and activities
/sport-and-activities/clubacti...ClubActive health and fitness
/sport-and-activities/sports-c...Sports centres and pools
/your-council/your-council/Your Council
/your-council/council-budgets-...Council budgets and spending
/your-council/committees-meeti...Meetings, reports and agendas
/your-council/elections-and-vo...Current political composition
http://bradford.moderngov.co.u...External Subdomain Find your councillor by name
/jobs/jobs/Jobs home page
/jobs/apply-for-a-council-job/...Text duplicate Bradford Council vacancies
/jobs/working-with-children/so...Text duplicate Social care jobs
https://www.prospectsonline.co...External Subdomain Text duplicate Teaching jobs
/breathe-better-bradford/breat...Clean Air Zone home page
/breathe-better-bradford/check...Text duplicate How to pay the CAZ penalty charge
/breathe-better-bradford/check...Text duplicate How to pay the daily CAZ charge
/breathe-better-bradford/where...Text duplicate Where is the Clean Air Zone?
/council-tax/council-tax/Council Tax home page
/council-tax/tell-us-about-a-c...Text duplicate Tell us about a change
/council-tax/contact-the-counc...Text duplicate Contact the Council Tax team
/council-tax/payments-arrangem...Text duplicate Pay your Council Tax bill
/recycling-and-waste/recycling...Recycling and waste home page
https://onlineforms.bradford.g...External Subdomain Text duplicate Check your bin collection dates
/recycling-and-waste/wheeled-b...Text duplicate New bins or repairs
/adult-social-care/adult-socia...Adult Social Care home page
/adult-social-care/i-want-an-a...Text duplicate I want an assessment
/adult-social-care/adult-abuse...Text duplicate Report a safeguarding adults concern
/benefits/benefits/Benefits home page
/benefits/applying-for-benefit...Text duplicate Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction
/benefits/universal-credit/uni...Text duplicate Universal Credit
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Births, deaths and marriages home page
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Text duplicate Certificate and ceremony fees
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Text duplicate Get a copy certificate
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Text duplicate Register a birth
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Text duplicate Register a death
/business/business/Business home page
/business/licensing/licensing-...Text duplicate Licensing register
/business/business-rates/pay-y...Text duplicate Pay your Business Rates bill
/business/commercial-waste/tra...Text duplicate Trade waste
/children-young-people-and-fam...Children, young people and families home page
/children-young-people-and-fam...Text duplicate Bradford's Special Education Needs and Disabilities Local Offer
/children-young-people-and-fam...Text duplicate Support for families and young people
https://www.bradfordcft.org.uk...External Subdomain Text duplicate Talk to us about a child
/consultations/consultations/Consultations home page
/consultations/current-consult...Text duplicate Consultation and engagement
/education-and-skills/educatio...Education and skills home page
/education-and-skills/school-a...Text duplicate Apply for a place at school
/education-and-skills/school-h...Text duplicate School closures
/education-and-skills/school-h...Text duplicate School holidays and term dates
/education-and-skills/find-a-s...Text duplicate Schools finder
/health/health/Health home page
/housing/housing/Housing home page
/housing/finding-a-home/how-ca...Text duplicate How can I find a home?
/libraries/libraries/Libraries home page
/libraries/find-your-local-lib...Text duplicate Find your local library
https://bradford.ent.sirsidyni...External Subdomain Text duplicate Log in to your library account
/libraries/library-services-on...Text duplicate Renew, borrow and reserve items
/transport-and-travel/parking-...Parking, roads and transport home page
/transport-and-travel/roadwork...Text duplicate Map of roadworks
/transport-and-travel/parking/...Text duplicate Parking permits
/transport-and-travel/parking/...Text duplicate Pay your parking, bus lane or littering from vehicle penalty
/planning-and-building-control...Planning and building control home page
/planning-and-building-control...Text duplicate Comment on or object to a planning application
/planning-and-building-control...Text duplicate Apply for planning
/planning-and-building-control...Text duplicate View or check the progress of planning applications
/sport-and-activities/sport-an...Sport and activities home page
/sport-and-activities/clubacti...Text duplicate ClubActive health and fitness
/sport-and-activities/sports-c...Text duplicate Sports centres and pools
/your-council/your-council/Your Council home page
/your-council/committees-meeti...Text duplicate Meetings, reports and agendas
/your-council/elections-and-vo...Text duplicate Current political composition
http://bradford.moderngov.co.u...External Subdomain Text duplicate Find your councillor by name
/site-navigationbrowse all council services
https://news.bradford.gov.uk/External Subdomain News stories
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https://whatson.bradford.gov.uk/External Subdomain See all events in Bradford
https://www.bradford-theatres....External Subdomain See all shows
https://www.visitbradford.com/External Subdomain Visit Bradford
/contact-us/contact-us-now/con...Subdomain Contact us now
https://www.facebook.com/bradf...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Bradford Council Facebook Link
https://x.com/bradfordmdcExternal IMG-ALT Bradford Council X Link
https://www.instagram.com/brad...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Bradford Council Instagram Link
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Bradford Council Linkedin Link
https://www.whatsapp.com/chann...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Bradford Council WhatsApp Link
https://bradford.gov.uk/cookies/Cookies
/privacy-notice/Privacy notice
https://bradford.gov.uk/a-to-z/A to Z
/our-websites/accessibility/ac...Accessibility statement
https://www.accessable.co.uk/o...External Subdomain IMG-ALT AccessAble

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://bradford.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 is excellent with 0.23 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (52 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateThu, 26 Jun 2025 17:20:05 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
cache-controlprivate
varyAccept-Encoding
set-cookie74 Characters
x-frame-optionssameorigin
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server-timingcfCacheStatus;desc="DYNAMIC"
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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 123 referring domains.
This page has 561 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 102 different ip addresses.

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