Citizens-initiative-forum.europa.eu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
92% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
63% 
Server
100% 
External factors
21% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.28 s
File size
67.20 kB
Words
617
Media files
7
Number of links
51 internal / 17 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | European Citizens´ Initiative Forum
The length of the page title is perfect. (383 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://citizens-initiative-forum.europa.eu/_en
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Germany
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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 617 words. That's ok.
32.7% 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.
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 23.14 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 85 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"planning to launch a european citizens' initiative or just curious about the process?"
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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
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...t_an_initiative_banner.png?itok=cURotlWkColorful banner with dark blue backend and three cloud shapes: 1 in yellow, 1 in light blue and 1 in light green
...graphic_2025_Thumbnail.png?itok=qx7u_R19 A map of Europe showing the number of reported signatures for European Citizens' Initiatives (ECIs) in each EU Member State from 2020 to 2025. Countries are shaded by five signature volume categories: Light blue (<10,000), Sky blue (10,000–49,999), Medium blue (50,000–199,999), Dark blue (200,000–500,000), Black (>500,000)
...lic/2025-06/Picture1_0.jpg?itok=Dd50EjG3From waste to worth: the award-winning vision of HouseEurope now needs one million citizens to succeed!
...ublic/2025-06/Picture4.jpg?itok=Q6o2lnU-Unlocking psychedelic therapy: How one European citizens’ initiative aims to help transform mental health across the EU
...ndensed-version/positive/logo-eu--en.svgEuropean Union flag

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H3 In the spotlight
H3 Find out about initiatives
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 17 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/_enAnchor Skip to main content
https://european-union.europa....External Subdomain IMG-ALT European Union flag
/register_enRegister
/privacy-policy_enProtection of your personal data
/log_in_enLog in
/_enSubdomain English
/_enHome
/practical-guidance_enPractical guidance
/practical-guidance/european-c...The European Citizens' Initiative - The basics
/practical-guidance/how-collec...How to collect signatures
/practical-guidance/how-prepar...How to prepare an initiative for registration
/practical-guidance/how-look-p...How to look for partners
/practical-guidance/how-organi...How to organise a campaign
/practical-guidance/how-raise-...How to raise and report funds
/practical-guidance/success-st...Success stories
/practical-guidance/webinars_enSubdomain Webinars
/practical-guidance_enSee all
/citizens-experiences_enCitizens' experiences
/citizens-experiences/blogs_enBlogs
/citizens-experiences_enText duplicate See all
/discussion-forum_enDiscussion forum
/eci-community_enECI community
/ask-expert_enAsk an expert
/sign-initiatives_enSign initiatives
/register_enSubdomain register
/log_in_enSubdomain login
/practical-guidance/european-c...Text duplicate The European Citizens' Initiative - The basics
/practical-guidance/how-prepar...Text duplicate How to prepare an initiative for registration
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/practical-guidance/how-collec...Text duplicate How to collect signatures
/practical-guidance/how-organi...Text duplicate How to organise a campaign
/practical-guidance/how-raise-...Text duplicate How to raise and report funds
/seek-advice_enSubdomain Find out more
https://citizens-initiative.eu...External Subdomain Visit the European citizens' initiative website
/sites/default/files/2025-04/E...Subdomain Download
/citizens-experiences/blogs/wa...From waste to worth: the award-winning vision of HouseEurope now needs one million citizens to succeed!
/search_en?f[0]=categories:417New initiatives and milestones
/search_en?f[0]=categories:341Signature collection
/citizens-experiences/blogs/un...Unlocking psychedelic therapy: How one European citizens’ initiative aims to help transform mental health across the EU
/search_en?f[0]=categories:418Good practices
/search_en?f[0]=categories:423Participatory democracy
/search_en?f[0]=categories:324Consumers and health
/discussion-forum/idea/copyrig...Copyright Infragment - Cultural Imperialism & Legal
/search_en?f[0]=categories:417Text duplicate New initiatives and milestones
/search_en?f[0]=categories:331External trade and relations
/search_en?f[0]=categories:332Justice and fundamental rights
https://citizens-initiative.eu...External Subdomain European citizens' initiative website
https://ec.europa.eu/info/even...External Subdomain Calendar of events
https://ec.europa.eu/info/even...External Subdomain Check the calendar
/_enSubdomain European Citizens´ Initiative Forum
/accessibility-statement_enAccessibility
/feedback_enGive us your feedback
/newsletter/subscribe_enSubscribe to newsletter
/moderation-policy_enModeration policy
/privacy-policy_enPrivacy policy
/sitemap_enSitemap
https://european-union.europa....External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT European Union flag
https://europa.eu/External europa.eu
https://european-union.europa....External Subdomain Use other telephone options
https://european-union.europa....External Subdomain Write to us via our contact form
https://european-union.europa....External Subdomain Meet us at one of the EU centres
https://european-union.europa....External Subdomain Search for EU social media channels
https://european-union.europa....External Subdomain Languages on our websites
https://european-union.europa....External Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy policy
https://european-union.europa....External Subdomain Legal notice
https://european-union.europa....External Subdomain Cookies
https://commission.europa.eu/l...External Subdomain Report an IT vulnerability
https://european-union.europa....External Subdomain Search all EU institutions and bodies

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://citizens-initiative-forum.europa.eu/_en"
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 0.28 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (67 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 7 referring domains.
This page only has 17 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 7 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Allow: /core/*.css?
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Allow: /core/*.js?
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Disallow: /user/register
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Home | European Citizens´ Initiative Forum

Most important keywords

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Citizens Initiative62%Check
Initiative Forum61%Check
Citizens60%Check
European Citizens Initiative59%Check
Forum57%Check
European Citizens56%Check
European52%Check
ECI Forum49%Check
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