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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
100% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
53% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.68 s
File size
120.90 kB
Words
2882
Media files
58
Number of links
106 internal / 34 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
CICM Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM)
The length of the page title is perfect. (499 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) is the world's largest recognised professional body for the credit management community.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (859 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: Canada
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

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descriptionChartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) is the world's largest recognised professional body for the credit management community.
authorChartered Institute of Credit Management
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og:urlhttps://www.cicm.com/
og:descriptionChartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) is the world's largest recognised professional body for the credit management community.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 2882 words. That's ok.
29.6% 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.
52 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 20.14 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 58 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
https://www.cicm.com/assets/img/logo.svgCICM Logo
..._4a7c7e45a350/Professional-Man-Happy.pngProfessional Man Happy.png
...45a350/Development-PartnershipsCICMQ.pngDevelopment PartnershipsCICMQ.png
...7c7e45a350/CICMQ-Accreditation-Small.pngProfessional Woman Smiling with Gold Gradient Shapes - CICMQ Accreditation
...2707eacf0ce7677a0ab20_4a7c7e45a350/6.pngPuzzle pieces
...45a350/Professionals-at-a-conference.pngProfessionals at a conference
...a7c7e45a350/New-Home-Page-Image-main.pngNew Home Page Image - main
...232bbf94_4a7c7e45a350/Quals-Dark-ver.pngQuals Dark ver
...4a7c7e45a350/training-image-dark-ver.pngtraining image dark ver
...2bbf94_4a7c7e45a350/Q-Image-Dark-Ver.pngQ Image Dark Ver
...1320x880q85cropsubsampling-2upscale.webpeu_flags.jpg__1320x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.webp
...7c7e45a350/Overlay-Home-Banner-Image.pngProfessional Woman in suit jacket smiling
...arms-crossed-training-homepage-image.pngProfessional man in shirt with arms crossed
...e__4a7c7e45a350/CICMQ-Homepage-image.pngOlder gentleman with arms crossed
...a7c7e45a350/Can-you-avoid-the-risk-1.pngCan you avoid the risk (1).png
...2bbf94_4a7c7e45a350/thumbnailIMG3113.jpgthumbnail_IMG_3113.jpg 2
...ts-and-resources-banner-984-x-676-px.pngEvents and resources banner (984 x 676 px).png 5
...ts-and-resources-banner-984-x-676-px.pngEvents and resources banner (984 x 676 px).png 11
...ts-and-resources-banner-984-x-676-px.pngEvents and resources banner (984 x 676 px).png 13
...and-resources-banner-984-x-676-px-20.pngEvents and resources banner (984 x 676 px) (20).png
...d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/bottomline.pngBottomline
...b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Corcentric-logo.pngCorcentric
...c7e45a350/Court-Enforcement-Services.pngCourt Enforcement Services
...5a1d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Credica.pngCredica
...4a7c7e45a350/dun-and-bradstreet-logo.pngDun & Bradstreet
...d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Logo-Posts.pngEsker
...d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Logo-Posts.pngFIS
...78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Genius-Logo.pngGenius Software Solutions Limited
...6b45a1d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Hays.pngHays Credit Management
...45a1d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/KeyIVR.pngKey IVR
...8e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Menzies-logo.pngMenzies
...e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/MyDso-manager.pngMy DSO Manager
...e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Redflag-Alert.pngRedflag Alert
...c_4a7c7e45a350/Shakespeare-Martineau.pngShakespeare Martineau
...d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Logo-Posts.pngSTA International
...76b45a1d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/TCN.pngTCN
...52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Top-Service-logo.pngTop Service
...d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/bottomline.pngBottomline
...b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Corcentric-logo.pngCorcentric
...c7e45a350/Court-Enforcement-Services.pngCourt Enforcement Services
...5a1d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Credica.pngCredica
...4a7c7e45a350/dun-and-bradstreet-logo.pngDun & Bradstreet
...d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Logo-Posts.pngEsker
...d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Logo-Posts.pngFIS
...78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Genius-Logo.pngGenius Software Solutions Limited
...6b45a1d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Hays.pngHays Credit Management
...45a1d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/KeyIVR.pngKey IVR
...8e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Menzies-logo.pngMenzies
...e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/MyDso-manager.pngMy DSO Manager
...e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Redflag-Alert.pngRedflag Alert
...c_4a7c7e45a350/Shakespeare-Martineau.pngShakespeare Martineau
...d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Logo-Posts.pngSTA International
...76b45a1d78e4b52192c_4a7c7e45a350/TCN.pngTCN
...52192c_4a7c7e45a350/Top-Service-logo.pngTop Service
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...nce__4a7c7e45a350/Credit-Fest-Banner.pngCredit Fest Banner
Video URLWidthHeight
https://www.youtube.com/embed/M4lC1Vysgk4560315

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The H1 heading is empty
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 58 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Empty heading
H1 Latest News
H2 Empty heading
H2 Our Corporate Partners
H3 Membership
H3 Develop your Team
H3 CICMQ
H3 Explore Credit Management and Collections Resources
H3 Check out all of our events
H3 Welcome
H3 Get Qualified
H3 Upskill with Training
H3 Get Accredited
H3 Change your life with CICM Qualifications
H3 Get Qualified Duplicate text
H3 Upskill with Training Duplicate text
H3 Best Practice
H3 Bottomline
H3 Corcentric
H3 Court Enforcement Services
H3 Credica
H3 Dun & Bradstreet
H3 Esker
H3 FIS
H3 Genius Software Solutions Limited
H3 Hays Credit Management
H3 Key IVR
H3 Menzies
H3 My DSO Manager
H3 Redflag Alert
H3 Shakespeare Martineau
H3 STA International
H3 TCN
H3 Top Service
H3 Credit Fest 2025...Its back!
H4 Have Your Say: Tackling Late Payment Across Europe
H4 Resources and Events
H4 Can you identify the Credit Risk? | Interactive Guide
H4 Yorkshire Grit, Legal Grip: A Real-World Look at Legal Recovery in 2025
H4 Collaboration, Compliance & Innovation: Highlights from the CICM and APA Birmingham Conference
H4 Credit Walk and Talk
H4 Yorkshire Grit, Legal Grip: Practical Strategies for Recoveries That Stick
H4 CICM East Midlands Summer Social Event! Lost City Adventure Golf, Nottingham City Centre
H4 Bottomline Duplicate text
H4 Corcentric Duplicate text
H4 Court Enforcement Services Duplicate text
H4 Credica Duplicate text
H4 Dun & Bradstreet Duplicate text
H4 Esker Duplicate text
H4 FIS Duplicate text
H4 Genius Software Solutions Limited Duplicate text
H4 Hays Credit Management Duplicate text
H4 Key IVR Duplicate text
H4 Menzies Duplicate text
H4 My DSO Manager Duplicate text
H4 Redflag Alert Duplicate text
H4 Shakespeare Martineau Duplicate text
H4 STA International Duplicate text
H4 TCN Duplicate text
H4 Top Service Duplicate text
H6 Empty heading
H6 Empty heading
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 too many external links (34) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.cicm.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.cicm.com/Subdomain IMG-ALT CICM Logo
/membership/join.htmlSubdomain Join as a new member
https://www.cicm.com/login.htmlSubdomain Login
/membership.htmlSubdomain Membership
/membership/benefits-of-member...Subdomain Benefits of Membership
/membership/application-proces...Subdomain Application Process
/membership/join.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Join as a new member
/membership/professional-stand...Subdomain Professional Standards
/membership/renew.htmlSubdomain Renew
/membership/upgrade.htmlSubdomain Upgrade your current membership
/membership/member-support.htmlSubdomain Member Support
/membership/enforcement-agent-...Subdomain Enforcement Agent Membership
/membership.htmlSubdomain IMG-ALT Professional Man Happy.png
/membership.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Membership
/membership.htmlSubdomain Become a Member
/learning-development.htmlSubdomain Learning & Development
/learning-development/costs-an...Subdomain Costs and Packages
/learning-development/qualific...Subdomain Qualifications
/learning-development/study-me...Subdomain Study Methods
/learning-development/training...Subdomain Training
/learning-development/assessme...Subdomain Assessments
/learning-development/study-te...Subdomain Buy Study Text
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain IMG-ALT Development PartnershipsCICMQ.png
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Develop your Team
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Explore Development Partnerships
https://www.cicm.com/cicmq.htmlSubdomain CICMQ
/cicmq/apply.htmlSubdomain Apply
/cicmq/excellence-in-credit-ma...Subdomain Excellence in Credit Management
https://www.cicm.com/cicmq.htmlSubdomain IMG-ALT Professional Woman Smiling with Gold Gradient Shapes - CICMQ Accreditation
https://www.cicm.com/cicmq.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate CICMQ
https://www.cicm.com/cicmq.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate CICMQ
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Resources
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Career Hub
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Student Connect
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Branch Network
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Partnerships
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Credit Management Magazine
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Member Exclusive Resources
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain IMG-ALT Puzzle pieces
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Explore Credit Management and Collections Resources
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Explore
/cicmevents.htmlSubdomain Events
/cicmevents/britishcreditaward...Subdomain British Credit Awards
/cicmevents/credit-fest.htmlSubdomain Credit Fest
/cicmevents.htmlSubdomain IMG-ALT Professionals at a conference
/cicmevents.htmlSubdomain Check out all of our events
/cicmevents.htmlSubdomain See All Events
/about-us.htmlSubdomain About
/about-us/contact.htmlSubdomain Contact
/about-us/working-for-cicm.htmlSubdomain Working for CICM
/about-us/frequently-asked-que...Subdomain Frequently asked questions
/about-us/governance.htmlSubdomain Governance
/membership/join.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Join as a new member
https://www.cicm.com/login.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Login
/membership.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Become a Member
A-TITLE Become a Member
/learning-development/qualific...Subdomain Get Qualified
A-TITLE Find out more
/learning-development/training...Subdomain Upskill Now
A-TITLE Training
https://www.cicm.com/cicmq.htmlSubdomain Get Accredited
A-TITLE CICMQ
https://oeil.secure.europarl.e...External Subdomain Have Your Say: Tackling Late Payment Across Europe
/learning-development/study-me...Subdomain Anchor See upcoming Virtual Classes
A-TITLE Enrol today
/learning-development/qualific...Subdomain Find out more
A-TITLE Find out more
/learning-development/training...Subdomain Explore Training
A-TITLE Training
https://www.cicm.com/cicmq.htmlSubdomain Get started
A-TITLE CICMQ
/resource/can-you-identify-the...Subdomain IMG-ALT Can you avoid the risk (1).png
/resource/can-you-identify-the...Subdomain Can you identify the Credit Risk? | Interactive Guide
/resource-library-search.html?...Subdomain Template
/resource/yorkshire-grit-legal...Subdomain IMG-ALT thumbnail_IMG_3113.jpg 2
/resource/yorkshire-grit-legal...Subdomain Yorkshire Grit, Legal Grip: A Real-World Look at Legal Recovery in 2025
/resource-library-search.html?...Subdomain News
/resource/collaboration-compli...Subdomain IMG-ALT Events and resources banner (984 x 676 px).png 5
/resource/collaboration-compli...Subdomain Collaboration, Compliance & Innovation: Highlights from the CICM and APA Birmingham Conference
/resource-library-search.html?...Subdomain Text duplicate News
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain See resources
/ems-event-calendar/credit-wal...Subdomain IMG-ALT Events and resources banner (984 x 676 px).png 11
/ems-event-calendar/credit-wal...Subdomain Credit Walk and Talk
/ems-event-calendar/yorkshire-...Subdomain IMG-ALT Events and resources banner (984 x 676 px).png 13
/ems-event-calendar/yorkshire-...Subdomain Yorkshire Grit, Legal Grip: Practical Strategies for Recoveries That Stick
/ems-event-calendar/cicm-east-...Subdomain IMG-ALT Events and resources banner (984 x 676 px) (20).png
/ems-event-calendar/cicm-east-...Subdomain CICM East Midlands Summer Social Event! Lost City Adventure Golf, Nottingham City Centre
/ems-event-calendar.htmlSubdomain View more
https://gbr01.safelinks.protec...External Subdomain www.bottomline.com
A-TITLE Original URL: http://www.bottomline.com/. Click or tap if you trust this link.
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection[email protected]
https://www.bottomline.com/ukNew window External Subdomain www.bottomline.com/uk
https://linkedin.com/company/b...New window External URL anchor text
https://linkedin.com/company/bottomline-payments/
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://twitter.com/https://x....New window External URL anchor text
https://x.com/corcentric?lang=en-GB
https://www.corcentric.com/New window External www.corcentric.com
https://linkedin.com/company/c...New window External URL anchor text
https://linkedin.com/company/corcentric/,
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.courtenforcementse...New window External Subdomain www.courtenforcementservices.co.uk
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.credica.co.uk/New window External Subdomain www.credica.co.uk
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.dnb.co.uk/New window External Subdomain www.dnb.co.uk
https://linkedin.com/company/d...New window External URL anchor text
https://linkedin.com/company/dun-&-bradstreet/
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.esker.co.uk/New window External Subdomain www.esker.co.uk/
https://fisglobal.com/New window External FISglobal.com
https://linkedin.com/company/fis/New window External URL anchor text
https://linkedin.com/company/fis/
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.geniusssl.com/New window External www.geniusssl.com
https://linkedin.com/company/g...New window External URL anchor text
https://linkedin.com/company/genius-software-solutions-limited
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.hays.co.uk/New window External Subdomain www.hays.co.uk/
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.keyivr.com/New window External Subdomain www.keyivr.com/
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.menzies.co.uk/cred...New window External Subdomain www.menzies.co.uk/creditor-services
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.mydsomanager.com/New window External Subdomain www.mydsomanager.com
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.redflagalert.com/New window External Subdomain www.redflagalert.com/
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.shma.co.uk/New window External Subdomain www.shma.co.uk
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.stainternational.com/New window External Subdomain www.stainternational.com
https://linkedin.com/company/s...New window External URL anchor text
https://linkedin.com/company/sta-international-uk/
https://www.tcn.com/New window External Subdomain www.tcn.com/
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.top-service.co.uk/New window External Subdomain www.top-service.co.uk
https://linkedin.com/company/t...New window External URL anchor text
https://linkedin.com/company/top-service-ltd
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
/privacy-notice.htmlSubdomain Privacy Notice
A-TITLE Privacy Notice
/membership.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Membership
/learning-development/qualific...Subdomain Text duplicate Qualifications
/creditandcollectionsresources...Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
/asset/00F07789-DFE1-47A9-B914...Subdomain Terms and Conditions
/asset/C18E9D5B-CA7C-45D0-876F...Subdomain Code of Conduct
/privacy-notice/safeguarding-p...Subdomain Safeguarding Policy
/about-us/governance/complaint...Subdomain Complaints Handling Policy
https://pixl8.com/en/External Pixl8
https://readymembership.com/External ReadyMembership
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/CICM_HQExternal No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/hq_c...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.hays.co.uk/External Subdomain Hays
/membership.htmlSubdomain CICM Members.
/cicmevents/credit-fest.htmlSubdomain Book your place now
A-TITLE Book your place now

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cicm.com/"
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 0.68 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 (121 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-download-optionsnoopen
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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 126 referring domains.
This page has 1,033 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 110 different ip addresses.

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CICM Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM)
Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) is the world's largest recognised professional body for the credit management community.

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Credit74%Check
Credit Management73%Check
Management71%Check
CICM Chartered Institute67%Check
Hays Credit63%Check
CICM Yorkshire62%Check
CICM Qualifications61%Check
CICM East61%Check
Credit Risk60%Check
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