Churchofscotland.org.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
92% 
Page structure
87% 
Link structure
56% 
Server
76% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.92 s
File size
45.60 kB
Words
591
Media files
22
Number of links
86 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Church of Scotland
The length of the page title is perfect. (212 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Church of Scotland seeks to inspire the people of Scotland and beyond with the Good News of Jesus Christ through worshiping and serving communities.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (971 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
Server location: Australia
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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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)
This page contains 591 words. That's ok.
35.2% 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.
14 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 18.82 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 12 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
...ssets/file/0011/29468/logo_cofs_bold.svgThe Church of Scotland
...ssets/image/0018/137124/varieties/lg.jpgRt Rev Rosie Frew, Moderator
...ssets/image/0019/135703/varieties/sm.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ssets/image/0018/130392/varieties/sm.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ssets/image/0009/127899/varieties/sm.jpgRev Rosie Frew
...ssets/image/0014/114710/varieties/sm.jpgAn aerial view of St Andrew's Church in Jerusalem
...ssets/image/0004/122197/vivid-vision.jpgVivid Vision: A vivid vision for the Church of Scotland
...ets/image/0019/44092/church_interior.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...e/0010/28981/varieties/asset_listing.jpgThe Guild
.../0004/113656/varieties/asset_listing.jpgTowards Ministry
...e/0005/59234/varieties/asset_listing.jpgPriority Areas
...ssets/image/0018/137124/varieties/sm.jpgRt Rev Rosie Frew, Moderator
...ssets/image/0010/137089/varieties/sm.jpgPeace Vigil Faslane
...ssets/image/0007/136924/varieties/sm.jpgA crowd worshipping in the big top
...ssets/image/0004/136849/varieties/sm.jpgJohn Williams
...ssets/image/0016/130039/varieties/sm.pngNo alt attribute provided
...e/0009/81558/varieties/asset_listing.jpgTwo pairs of hands raised in prayer
...ssets/image/0010/136918/varieties/sm.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...assets/image/0018/12609/map-scotland.pngMap of Scotland
...assets/image/0011/67718/varieties/sm.jpgSupport your local church
...ssets/image/0003/110847/varieties/sm.jpgLife events
...9/110115/life-and-work-cover-stacked.jpgLife and Work magazine

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Moderator holds constructive talks with the leaders of Scotland's biggest political parties
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 29 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 Moderator holds constructive talks with the leaders of Scotland's biggest political parties
H2 Prayers for peace
H2 Bearing Fruit: A Financial Health-Check for Growth
H2 Featured
H2 Nominations are open for the 2026-27 Moderator
H2 Church of Scotland in Israel and Palestine
H2 Vivid Vision
H2 Register of Controlled Interest in Land
H2 Get involved
H2 Find your local church
H2 Support your local church
H2 Life events
H2 Life and Work
H3 The Guild
H3 Towards Ministry
H3 Priority Areas
H3 News
H3 Moderator holds constructive talks with the leaders of Scotland's biggest political parties Duplicate text
H3 The world is in a “warring mess” says Moderator at No to Nuclear Weapons peace vigil
H3 Magnitude 2025: A transformational week for Scotland’s youth
H3 Tributes - General Assembly stalwart John Williams 'inspired and enriched lives hugely'
H3 Events
H3 Peace building in a world of conflict
H3 Intergenerational Faith Formation
H3 'Going Forward' See! I am doing a new thing!
H3 Donate online
H3 Baptisms, weddings and funerals
H3 The magazine of the Church of Scotland
H4 Copyright, sitemap and technical information
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
5 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 12 links with a trivial anchor text.
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 7 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
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/get-involved/donateSubdomain Donate
/homeSubdomain Home
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/about-usSubdomain About us
A-TITLE Who we are and how we are organised
/worshipSubdomain Worship
/get-involvedSubdomain Get involved
A-TITLE How we spread our message
/news-and-eventsSubdomain News and events
A-TITLE Latest news and events
/resourcesSubdomain Resources
/Subdomain Text duplicate Home
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/Anchor 1
/home/nested/main-feature/caro...Nofollow Subdomain 2
/home/nested/main-feature/caro...Nofollow Subdomain 3
/home/nested/main-feature/caro...Nofollow Subdomain 4
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain IMG-ALT Rt Rev Rosie Frew, Moderator
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain Moderator holds constructive talks with the leaders of Scotland's biggest political parties
/worship/prayers/prayers-for-p...Subdomain No Text
/worship/prayers/prayers-for-p...Subdomain Prayers for peace
/worship/prayers/prayers-for-p...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/departments/stewards...Subdomain No Text
/about-us/departments/stewards...Subdomain Bearing Fruit: A Financial Health-Check for Growth
/about-us/departments/stewards...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain IMG-ALT Rev Rosie Frew
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain Nominations are open for the 2026-27 Moderator
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/our-views/church-of-...Subdomain IMG-ALT An aerial view of St Andrew's Church in Jerusalem
/about-us/our-views/church-of-...Subdomain Church of Scotland in Israel and Palestine
/about-us/our-views/church-of-...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/departments/faith-ac...Subdomain IMG-ALT Vivid Vision: A vivid vision for the Church of Scotland
/about-us/departments/faith-ac...Subdomain Vivid Vision
/about-us/departments/faith-ac...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/departments/law-depa...Subdomain No Text
/about-us/departments/law-depa...Subdomain Register of Controlled Interest in Land
/about-us/departments/law-depa...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/get-involved/the-guildSubdomain IMG-ALT The Guild
/get-involved/the-guildSubdomain Text duplicate The Guild
/get-involved/the-guildSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/get-involved/serve/vocationsSubdomain IMG-ALT Towards Ministry
/get-involved/serve/vocationsSubdomain Text duplicate Towards Ministry
/get-involved/serve/vocationsSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/departments/faith-ac...Subdomain IMG-ALT Priority Areas
/about-us/departments/faith-ac...Subdomain Text duplicate Priority Areas
/about-us/departments/faith-ac...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/Anchor News
/Anchor Events
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Rt Rev Rosie Frew, Moderator
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain Text duplicate Moderator holds constructive talks with the leaders of Scotland's biggest political parties
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain IMG-ALT Peace Vigil Faslane
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain The world is in a “warring mess” says Moderator at No to Nuclear Weapons peace vigil
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain IMG-ALT A crowd worshipping in the big top
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain Magnitude 2025: A transformational week for Scotland’s youth
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain IMG-ALT John Williams
/news-and-events/news/articles...Subdomain Tributes - General Assembly stalwart John Williams 'inspired and enriched lives hugely'
/news-and-events/events/peace-...Subdomain No Text
/news-and-events/events/peace-...Subdomain Peace building in a world of conflict
/news-and-events/events/interg...Subdomain IMG-ALT Two pairs of hands raised in prayer
/news-and-events/events/interg...Subdomain Intergenerational Faith Formation
/news-and-events/events/going-...Subdomain No Text
/news-and-events/events/going-...Subdomain 'Going Forward' See! I am doing a new thing!
/contact/find-your-local-churchSubdomain IMG-ALT Map of Scotland
A-TITLE Find your nearest church
/contact/find-your-local-churchSubdomain church finder.
/get-involved/donateSubdomain IMG-ALT Support your local church
/get-involved/donateSubdomain Donate online
/get-involved/donateSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/worship/weddings-baptisms-and...Subdomain IMG-ALT Life events
/worship/weddings-baptisms-and...Subdomain Baptisms, weddings and funerals
/worship/weddings-baptisms-and...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news-and-events/life-and-workSubdomain IMG-ALT Life and Work magazine
/news-and-events/life-and-workSubdomain The magazine of the Church of Scotland
/news-and-events/life-and-workSubdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/get-involved/vacancies-and-vo...Subdomain Vacancies and volunteering
/about-us/departments/property...Subdomain Properties for sale
/about-us/our-faith/historical...Subdomain Historical records
/worship/weddings-baptisms-and...Subdomain Text duplicate Life events
/about-us/departments/faith-ac...Subdomain Forums, committees and departments
/about-us/general-assemblySubdomain General Assembly
/about-us/departments/safeguar...Subdomain Safeguarding Service
/about-us/departments/stewardshipSubdomain National Stewardship Programme
/site/privacy-centreSubdomain Privacy centre
/site/privacy-centre/data-prot...Subdomain Data Protection
/site/privacy-centre/your-righ...Subdomain Your rights and choices
https://cos.churchofscotland.o...External Subdomain Cookie policy and settings
/contactSubdomain Contact us
/contact/department-contactsSubdomain Departmental contacts
/contact/media-centreSubdomain Media enquiries
/contact/complaintsSubdomain Complaints
https://www.facebook.com/churc...External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE Church of Scotland Facebook
https://x.com/churchscotlandExternal X
A-TITLE Follow us on X
https://www.instagram.com/chur...External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE Church of Scotland Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/church...External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE Church of Scotland YouTube
/feeds/newsSubdomain News feed (RSS)
A-TITLE Church of Scotland news feed (RSS)
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Linkedin
A-TITLE Church of Scotland on Linkedin

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.churchofscotland.org.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 0.92 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 (46 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 164 referring domains.
This page has 30,728 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 144 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Sitemap: https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/sitemap

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The Church of Scotland seeks to inspire the people of Scotland and beyond with the Good News of Jesus Christ through worshiping and serving communities.

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Church Scotland87%Check
Church81%Check
local church63%Check
News and Events58%Check
Moderator56%Check
new54%Check
holds54%Check
constructive54%Check
talks54%Check
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