cic.org.uk | Website SEO Review

Response time

1.06 s

File size

182.30 kB

Words

986

Media files

77

Number of links

125 internal / 9 external

Meta specifications 91% achieved

Title

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The Construction Industry Council... | Construction Industry Council

The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 602 pixels long. Optimize title

There are word repetitions in the page title.

Meta Title

Meta description

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The CIC is the representative forum for professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the UK construction industry.

The length of the meta description is perfect. (935 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)

Meta Description

Crawlability

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There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

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https://www.cic.org.uk/

There is a valid canonical link specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

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Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en-gb

Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

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There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

Other meta tags

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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.

There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.

Meta Tags

Domain

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The domain is no subdomain.

The domain length is good.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

Page URL

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No parameters were found in the URL.

No session ID was found in the URL.

The URL does not have too many subdirectories.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

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The favicon is linked correctly.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
viewport	width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
keywords	home
description	The CIC is the representative forum for professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the UK construction industry.
referrer	no-referrer-when-downgrade
robots	all
lang	en-gb
twitter:card	summary_large_image
twitter:site	@CICtweet
twitter:creator	@CICtweet
twitter:title	The Construction Industry Council... \| Construction Industry Council
twitter:description	The CIC is the representative forum for professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the UK construction industry.
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twitter:image:width	800
twitter:image:height	418
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og:locale	en_GB
og:site_name	Construction Industry Council
og:type	website
og:url	https://www.cic.org.uk/
og:title	The Construction Industry Council... \| Construction Industry Council
og:description	The CIC is the representative forum for professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the UK construction industry.
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og:image:width	1200
og:image:height	630
og:image:alt	Construction Industry Council (CIC) Logo
og:see_also	https://x.com/CICtweet
x-ua-compatible	ie=edge
charset	UTF-8

Page quality 61% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.

There are 2 text duplicates on this page:

Duplicate: CIC uses expertise to shape a built environment that delivers a better...

This page contains 986 words. That's ok.

26.1% 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.

7 paragraphs were found on this page.

No placeholders texts or images were found.

The average number of words per sentence of 20.27 words is good.

Content is King

Frames

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This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

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No Apple touch icon is specified.

A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 20 tags for this page.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

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75 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.

Image SEO

There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.

Social Sharing

Additional markup

(Nice to have)

No additional page markup was found.

HTTPS

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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

HTTPS

Media list

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/brand/cic-logo-colour.png	CIC

Page structure 100% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

Delivering a better society

The H1 heading is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

(Important)

The heading structure is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	Delivering a better society
H2	JCT Construct
H2	CIC Heath & Safety Certification
H2	Risk Management Briefings
H2	Latest Updates
H2	Upcoming Events
H2	Built Environment Professions Together
H3	The University of the Built Environment launched
H3	Building a Safer, Healthier, and More Sustainable Future – is Government on the right track?
H3	Cross-sector Building Safety Alliance publishes golden thread tools
H3	Landscape Institute launch briefing on landscape-led development
H3	Adaptation & Resilience: Exploring the Role of Water through Nature-led Strategies and Co-design
H3	Designing for Everyone: Breaking Barriers in Inclusive Architecture
H3	July Economic and Policy Briefing
H3	September Economic and Policy Briefing

Link structure 65% achieved

Internal links

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Baselink: /

Some internal link anchor texts are too long.

Some anchor texts are used more than once.

The number of internal links is ok.

All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are 9 external links on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://www.cic.org.uk/	Subdomain Anchor	Skip to main content
https://www.cic.org.uk/projects	Subdomain	Projects
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Climate Change
/committees-and-networks	Subdomain	Committees & Networks
https://www.cic.org.uk/training	Subdomain	Training
https://www.cic.org.uk/contact	Subdomain	Contact
https://twitter.com/CICtweet	New window Nofollow External	No Text
http://www.linkedin.com/compan...	New window Nofollow External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...	New window Nofollow External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.cic.org.uk/		IMG-ALT CIC
https://www.cic.org.uk/search		A-TITLE Search
https://www.cic.org.uk/shop/cart		A-TITLE Cart
/shop/customer		A-TITLE My Account
https://www.cic.org.uk/members		Member Area
https://www.cic.org.uk/	Subdomain	Home
https://www.cic.org.uk/about	Subdomain	About
https://www.cic.org.uk/about	Subdomain Text duplicate	About
/about/memberships	Subdomain	Become a Member
/about/memberships/cic-corpora...	Subdomain	CIC Corporate Affiliates
/about/cic-members	Subdomain	CIC Members
/about/governance	Subdomain	Governance
/about/governance/strategic-pr...	Subdomain	Strategic Priorities
/about/governance/council	Subdomain	Council
/about/governance/board	Subdomain	CIC Board
/about/governance/finance-and-...	Subdomain	Finance & Governance Committee
/about/governance/meet-the-team	Subdomain	CIC Staff
https://www.cic.org.uk/services	Subdomain	Services
https://www.cic.org.uk/services	Subdomain Text duplicate	Services
/services/adjudication	Subdomain	Adjudication
/services/adjudication/appoint...	Subdomain	Appoint an Adjudicator
/services/adjudication/becomin...	Subdomain	Becoming an Adjudicator
/services/adjudication/cic-use...	Subdomain	CIC Users Guide to Adjudication
/services/adjudication/cic-low...	Subdomain	CIC Low Value Disputes Adjudication
/services/appeals-tribunal	Subdomain	Appeals Tribunal
/services/contracts	Subdomain	Contracts
/services/the-design-quality-i...	Subdomain	The Design Quality Indicator (DQI)
/services/the-design-quality-i...	Subdomain	Design Quality Indicator for Health 2 (DQIfH2)
/services/inclusive-environmen...	Subdomain	Inclusive Environments Recognition Certification
/services/mediation	Subdomain	Mediation
/shop/downloads	Subdomain	Risk Management Briefings
https://www.cic.org.uk/news	Subdomain	News
/news/the-university-of-the-bu...	Subdomain	The University of the Built Environment launched
/news/cross-sector-building-sa...	Subdomain	Cross-sector Building Safety Alliance publishes golden thread tools
/news/landscape-institute-laun...	Subdomain	Landscape Institute launch briefing on landscape-led development
/news/cabes-new-president-inau...	Subdomain	CABE’s new President inaugurated at the House of Lords
/news/mental-health-support-on...	Subdomain	Mental health support on the rise but workers still struggling
https://www.cic.org.uk/blog	Subdomain	Blog
/blog/building-a-safer-healthi...	Subdomain	Building a Safer, Healthier, and More Sustainable Future – is Government on the right track?
/blog/are-you-looking-to-inspi...	Subdomain	Are you looking to inspire the next generation?
/blog/surveying-the-future-has...	Subdomain	Surveying the Future: Hassan Ahmed's Journey into Teaching Civil Engineering in Further Education
/blog/apprenticeships-the-futu...	Subdomain	Apprenticeships - The future of our Built Environment
/blog/it-takes-time-to-build-w...	Subdomain	It takes time to build – why we need a strategy for construction
https://www.cic.org.uk/events	Subdomain	Events
/events/adaptation-resilience-...	Subdomain	Adaptation & Resilience: Exploring the Role of Water through Nature-led Strategies and Co-design
/events/designing-for-everyone...	Subdomain	Designing for Everyone: Breaking Barriers in Inclusive Architecture
/events/july-economic-and-poli...	Subdomain	July Economic and Policy Briefing
/events/september-economic-and...	Subdomain	September Economic and Policy Briefing
/events/november-economic-and-...	Subdomain	November Economic and Policy Briefing
/policy-and-public-affairs	Subdomain	Policy & Public Affairs
/policy-and-public-affairs	Subdomain Text duplicate	Policy & Public Affairs
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain Text duplicate	Climate Change
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Workstream 1: Education and Qualification
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	CIC Climate Action Plan Toolkit: Education and Qualification
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Making the case for sustainability and climate literacy
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Embedding sustainable practice and climate literacy within accreditation requirements for education and training programmes
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Professional qualification: Embedding sustainable practice and climate literacy within standards and assessment requirements
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Placing sustainable practice and climate literacy at the forefront
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Workstream 2: Standards and regulations
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Workstream 3: Operational energy and whole-life carbon
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Workstream 4: Resource use and embodied carbon
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Workstream 5: Land use, transport and infrastructure
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Workstream 6: Finance and risk
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Workstream 7: In-use performance
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Workstream 8: Adaptation and resilience
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Workstream 8: Adaptation and resilience Webinars
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Workstream 9: Emergency response
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain	Workstream 10: Competence/ethics/advocacy
/policy-and-public-affairs/media	Subdomain	Media
/policy-and-public-affairs/app...	Subdomain	APPG for Excellence in the Built Environment
/policy-and-public-affairs/app...	Subdomain	Inquiry into achieving best value in the procurement
/policy-and-public-affairs/app...	Subdomain	Inquiry into sustainable construction and the Green Deal
/policy-and-public-affairs/app...	Subdomain	Inquiry into Flood Mitigation and Resilience
/policy-and-public-affairs/app...	Subdomain	Inquiry into the Quality of New Build Housing in England
/policy-and-public-affairs/app...	Subdomain	Inquiry into the impact of Brexit on future skill needs
/policy-and-public-affairs/app...	Subdomain	Inquiry into the New Homes Ombudsman
/policy-and-public-affairs/app...	Subdomain	Reports
/policy-and-public-affairs/con...	Subdomain	Construction Leadership Council
/policy-and-public-affairs/bui...	Subdomain	Building Safety
/policy-and-public-affairs/bui...	Subdomain	Competence Steering Group (CSG)
/policy-and-public-affairs/wor...	Subdomain	Working With Government
/policy-and-public-affairs/div...	Subdomain	Diversity and Inclusion
https://www.cic.org.uk/shop		Shop
https://www.cic.org.uk/projects	Subdomain Text duplicate	Projects
/policy-and-public-affairs/cli...	Subdomain Text duplicate	Climate Change
/committees-and-networks	Subdomain Text duplicate	Committees & Networks
https://www.cic.org.uk/training	Subdomain Text duplicate	Training
https://www.cic.org.uk/contact	Subdomain Text duplicate	Contact
https://www.cic.org.uk/members	Text duplicate	Member Area
/shop/customer	Text duplicate	My Account
https://www.cic.org.uk/shop/cart	Text duplicate	Cart
https://www.cic.org.uk/search	Text duplicate	Search
https://www.cic.org.uk/about	Subdomain	Find Out More
https://www.jctltd.co.uk/jct-c...	New window External Subdomain	Learn more and choose your subscription
/training/health-safety-certif...	Subdomain Text duplicate	Find Out More
/shop/downloads	Subdomain Text duplicate	Find Out More
https://www.cic.org.uk/blog		View blog
https://www.cic.org.uk/news	Subdomain	See all news
/news/the-university-of-the-bu...	Subdomain	News Posted 9th June 2025 The University of the Built Environment launched Posted 9th June 2025 UCEM has changed its name. Find out more
/blog/building-a-safer-healthi...	Subdomain	Blog Posted 29th May 2025 Building a Safer, Healthier, and More Sustainable Future – is Government on the right track? Posted 29th May 2025 Matt Mahony, Poli...
/news/cross-sector-building-sa...	Subdomain	News Posted 27th May 2025 Cross-sector Building Safety Alliance publishes golden thread tools Posted 27th May 2025 Detailed guidance around the golden thread...
/news/landscape-institute-laun...	Subdomain	News Posted 22nd May 2025 Landscape Institute launch briefing on landscape-led development Posted 22nd May 2025 Briefing report to outline the key benefits o...
https://www.cic.org.uk/events	Subdomain	See all events
/events/adaptation-resilience-...	Subdomain	Events Begins 11th June 2025 Adaptation & Resilience: Exploring the Role of Water through Nature-led Strategies and Co-design Begins 11th June 2025 Join us f...
/events/designing-for-everyone...	Subdomain	Events Begins 11th June 2025 Designing for Everyone: Breaking Barriers in Inclusive Architecture Begins 11th June 2025 CIAT is participating in this year’s L...
/events/july-economic-and-poli...	Subdomain	Events Begins 2nd July 2025 July Economic and Policy Briefing Begins 2nd July 2025 2 July CIC Webinar bringing together leaders in the construction industry ...
/events/september-economic-and...	Subdomain	Events Begins 17th September 2025 September Economic and Policy Briefing Begins 17th September 2025 17 September CIC Webinar bringing together leaders in the...
https://www.cic.org.uk/	Text duplicate	IMG-ALT CIC
https://goo.gl/maps/jj5xPMdQdm...	New window External	Get Directions
https://www.cic.org.uk/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Home
https://www.cic.org.uk/about	Subdomain Text duplicate	About
https://www.cic.org.uk/services	Subdomain Text duplicate	Services
https://www.cic.org.uk/news	Subdomain Text duplicate	News
https://www.cic.org.uk/events	Subdomain Text duplicate	Events
https://www.cic.org.uk/projects	Subdomain Text duplicate	Projects
https://www.cic.org.uk/contact	Subdomain Text duplicate	Contact
/committees-and-networks	Subdomain Text duplicate	Committees & Networks
https://www.cic.org.uk/training	Subdomain Text duplicate	Training
/policy-and-public-affairs	Subdomain Text duplicate	Policy & Public Affairs
/privacy-policy	Subdomain	Privacy Policy
/terms-and-conditions	Subdomain	Terms & Conditions
https://twitter.com/CICtweet	New window Nofollow External	No Text
http://www.linkedin.com/compan...	New window Nofollow External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...	New window Nofollow External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.madebybridge.com/	New window External Subdomain	Made by Bridge

Server configuration 86% achieved

HTTP redirects

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This page redirects to "https://www.cic.org.uk/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

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No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.

HTTP headers

Performance

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The page response time is slow (1.06 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.

The file size of the HTML document is fine (182 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
expires	0
pragma	no-cache
cache-control	no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
x-robots-tag	all
link	<https://www.cic.org.uk/>; rel='canonical'
referrer-policy	no-referrer-when-downgrade
content-type	text/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie	338 Characters
content-encoding	br
vary	Accept-Encoding
date	Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:03:18 GMT
server	LiteSpeed
x-ua-compatible	IE=edge
alt-svc	h3=":443"; ma=2592000, h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000, h3-Q050=":443"; ma=2592000, h3-Q046=":443"; ma=2592000, h3-Q043=":443"; ma=2592000, quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="43,46"
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 100% achieved

Backlinks

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This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 96 referring domains.

This page has 34,535 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 92 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

# robots.txt for https://www.cic.org.uk/

sitemap: https://www.cic.org.uk/sitemaps-1-sitemap.xml

# live - don't allow web crawlers to index cpresources/ or vendor/

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cpresources/
Disallow: /vendor/
Disallow: /.env
Disallow: /cache/

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The Construction Industry Council... | Construction Industry Council

The CIC is the representative forum for professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the UK construction industry.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

Keyword	Result	Recheck
CIC	65%	Check
construction	58%	Check
industry	58%	Check
Construction Industry	58%	Check
Construction Industry Council	54%	Check
Industry Council	52%	Check
better	50%	Check
society	50%	Check
better society	50%	Check
JCT Construct	50%	Check
Council	46%	Check
Professional	46%	Check
representative forum	46%	Check
professional bodies	46%	Check
research organisations	46%	Check
specialist business associations	46%	Check
Building	44%	Check
Design	44%	Check
News and Events	44%	Check
CIC Webinar bringing	44%	Check
Built	43%	Check
Environment	43%	Check
Policy	43%	Check
briefing	43%	Check
built environment	43%	Check

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Link structure 65% achieved

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External factors 100% achieved

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