Communities-ni.gov.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
60% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
46% 
Server
45% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.13 s
File size
50.30 kB
Words
952
Media files
4
Number of links
61 internal / 50 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Department for Communities
The length of the page title is perfect. (325 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to the home page of the Department for Communities. Department for Communities is part of the Northern Ireland Executive.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (828 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/
There is a valid canonical link 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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 31.29 words is high.
This page contains 952 words. That's ok.
26.3% 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.
19 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
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)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 19 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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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...-minister-gordon-lyons.png?itok=76lwCAkAMinister Lyons sitting behind a desk

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Department for Communities
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
There are 46 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 Welcome to Department for Communities
H2 Main navigation
H2 Translation help
H2 Featured
H2 Quick links
H2 Follow us
H2 Our responsibilities
H2 Benefits and pensions
H2 Housing
H2 Support for children
H2 Regeneration
H2 Sport
H2 Museums and libraries
H2 Arts and culture
H2 Languages
H2 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
H2 Historic environment
H2 Statistics and research
H2 Voluntary and community
H2 Social inclusion
H2 Law and legislation
H2 Finding employment
H2 Finding staff
H2 Local government
H2 Appealing a decision
H2 We work with these bodies
H2 Our documents
H2 Access to information
H2 The Minister
H2 About us
H2 Corporate information
H2 Contact us
H2 Department footer links
H3 Select a language
H3 Suspended sentence for benefit fraud at Belfast Crown Court
H3 Community Service for benefit fraud
H3 Communities minister calls for full reinstatement of Winter Fuel Payment
H3 Our publications
H3 Our consultations
H3 Gordon Lyons MLA
H4 Knowledge of Sign Language in Northern Ireland 2023/24
H4 DfC Budget 2024-25 - Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) Final Decisions Report
H4 Market failure in heritage
H4 Consultation on Department for Communities Budget 2025-26 allocations
H4 Consultation on Disability Action Plan 2025-30
H4 Consultation on Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
There are too many external links (50) on this page.

Found links on this page

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/Anchor Skip to main content
/Subdomain Home
/topicsTopics
/publicationsPublications
/consultationsConsultations
/contactContact
/translations?urlTranslate this page
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Arabic — عربي
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Chinese (Simplified) — 中文简体
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Chinese (Traditional) — 中文繁體
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Dutch — Nederlands
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Filipino — Filipino
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain French — Français
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain German — Deutsch
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Hungarian — Magyar
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Irish — Gaeilge
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Italian — Italiano
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Latvian — Latviešu
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Lithuanian — Lietuvių kalba
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Polish — Polski
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Portuguese — Português
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Romanian — Română
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Russian — Русский
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Slovak — Slovenčina
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Spanish — Español
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Ukrainian — Українська
/news/suspended-sentence-benef...Subdomain Suspended sentence for benefit fraud at Belfast Crown Court 23 May 2025 One person was convicted at Belfast Crown Court today for claiming over £48,000 in be...
/news/community-service-benefi...Subdomain Community Service for benefit fraud 22 May 2025 One person was convicted at Coleraine Magistrates Court today for claiming over £2,000 in benefits he was not...
/news/communities-minister-cal...Subdomain Communities minister calls for full reinstatement of Winter Fuel Payment 21 May 2025 Communities minister Gordon Lyons has called for the full reinstatement ...
/newsMore news...
/articles/subscribe-email-updatesSubdomain Subscribe for email updates
/collections/housing-associati...Housing Association Guide
/articles/job-fairs-and-events...Job fairs and events calendar
/articles/river-notices-and-la...River notices
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/proniExternal Subdomain PRONI - Public Record Office
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/ca...External Subdomain Move to Universal Credit
https://www.jobapplyni.com/External Subdomain JobApplyNI
https://x.com/communitiesniExternal X
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain YouTube
/topics/benefits-and-pensionsSubdomain Benefits and pensions To find out more about benefits, pensions, benefit fraud, welfare changes, private pensions and legislation that governs our work
/topics/housingSubdomain Housing Social housing providers, reform of social housing, help and advice for private rented and social housing tenants, housing legislation
/topics/support-childrenSubdomain Support for children Impartial information about child support maintenance for employers and advisers
/topics/regenerationSubdomain Regeneration Programmes that target social need through social, economic and physical regeneration of cities, towns and villages, local government reform
/topics/sportSubdomain Sport Sport strategy, stadiums and sports grounds, sports projects, games legacy and concussion awareness.
/topics/museums-and-librariesSubdomain Museums and libraries Libraries NI, National Museums Northern Ireland and the NI Museums Council.
/topics/arts-and-cultureSubdomain Arts and culture Arts infrastructure and strategy, the creative industries, community festivals, architecture and built environment.
/topics/languagesSubdomain Languages The Language Strategies team is responsible for leading on the development and delivery of an Irish Language Strategy and an Ulster-Scots Language,...
/topics/public-record-office-n...Subdomain Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) PRONI is the official archive and record office for Northern Ireland with a statutory remit to receive, pres...
/topics/historic-environmentSubdomain Historic environment Historic Monuments; Historic Buildings; Historic Parks and Gardens; Maritime Heritage; Industrial Heritage; Defence Heritage and Archaeo...
/topics/statistics-and-researc...Subdomain Statistics and research Statistics and research that help guide the Department on policy, planning and decision making
/topics/voluntary-and-communitySubdomain Voluntary and community Policy and strategy in the voluntary and community sector, volunteering and community development advice and guidance
/topics/social-inclusionSubdomain Social inclusion Active Ageing; Anti-Poverty; Disability, Gender Equality; Sexual Orientation; and the Social Inclusion Strategies.
/topics/law-and-legislationSubdomain Law and legislation Information on the law relating to housing, social security and child support, decisions by Commissioners on social security benefits - a...
/topics/finding-employmentSubdomain Finding employment Jobseekers looking for work can get the help and support they need to find employment.
/topics/finding-staffSubdomain Finding staff If you want to recruit the right employees for your company, or access the range of support programmes and services available to you and your s...
/topics/local-governmentSubdomain Local government Details of how Local Government & Housing Regulation Division supports councils in delivering strong and effective local government along wi...
/topics/appealing-decisionSubdomain Appealing a decision Appealing against decisions made by the Department, including Child Maintenance Service, and also Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NI...
https://armagh.space/External Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/External Subdomain Arts Council NI
http://www.charitycommissionni...External Subdomain Charity Commission NI
http://www.copni.org/External Subdomain Commissioner for Older People NI
http://www.gaeilge.ie/External Subdomain Foras na Gaeilge
https://www.librariesni.org.uk/External Subdomain Libraries NI
http://www.lgsc.org.uk/External Subdomain Local Government Staff Commission for NI
https://www.nmni.com/External Subdomain National Museums NI
http://www.nimc.co.uk/External Subdomain NI Museums Council
/articles/northern-ireland-cen...NI Central Investment Fund for Charities
http://www.niccy.org/External Subdomain NI Commission for Children and Young People
https://www.nilgosc.org.uk/External Subdomain NI Local Government Officers Superannuation Committee
http://www.nihe.gov.uk/External Subdomain Northern Ireland Housing Executive
https://www.odscni.org.uk/External Subdomain Office of the Discretionary Support Commissioner
http://www.sportni.net/External Subdomain Sport NI
http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/External Subdomain Ulster Scots Agency
http://www.usel.co.uk/External Subdomain Ulster Supported Employment Limited
/vaughans-charitable-trustVaughan's Charitable Trust
/publications/knowledge-sign-l...Knowledge of Sign Language in Northern Ireland 2023/24 Published 22 May 2025
/publications/dfc-budget-2024-...DfC Budget 2024-25 - Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) Final Decisions Report Published 19 May 2025
/publications/market-failure-h...Market failure in heritage Published 16 May 2025
/publicationsSee all our publications
/consultations/consultation-de...Consultation on Department for Communities Budget 2025-26 allocations Closes 07 August 2025
/consultations/consultation-di...Consultation on Disability Action Plan 2025-30 Closes 30 May 2025
/consultations/consultation-pa...Consultation on Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper Closes 30 June 2025
/consultationsSee all our consultations
/articles/dfc-publication-sche...Freedom of Information (FOI)
/articles/dfc-publication-sche...Publication Scheme
/articles/right-access-requestRight of Access Request
/profiles/gordon-lyons-mlaSubdomain Gordon Lyons MLA Gordon Lyons MLA was appointed as the Minister for Communities on 3 February 2024.
IMG-ALT Minister Lyons sitting behind a desk
/about-department-communitiesRead more about the department
/articles/dfc-corporate-reportsCorporate reports
/topics/customer-serviceCustomer service
/articles/dfc-privacy-noticeDfC privacy notice
/dfc-equalityEquality
/articles/public-appointments-...Public appointments
/forms/feedbackfeedback form
/contactSee all contacts
/articles/crown-copyright-comm...Crown copyright
/articles/terms-and-conditions...Terms and Conditions
/articles/your-privacy-communi...Privacy
/articles/cookies-communitiesCookies
/articles/accessibility-statem...Accessibility
https://www.northernireland.go...External Subdomain The Northern Ireland Executive
https://www.executiveoffice-ni...External Subdomain The Executive Office
https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
/Subdomain Department for Communities
https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department for Education
https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department for the Economy
https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department of Finance
https://www.infrastructure-ni....External Subdomain Department for Infrastructure
https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department for Health
https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department of Justice
https://nidirect.gov.uk/External nidirect.gov.uk — the official government website for Northern Ireland citizens

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.13 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (50 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 397 referring domains.
This page has 214,763 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 308 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
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Disallow: /*.xls
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Disallow: /*.xlsm
Disallow: /*.ppt
Disallow: /*.pptx
Disallow: /*.odt
Disallow: /*.ods
Disallow: /*.odp
Disallow: /*.dot
Disallow: /*.zip
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Disallow: /news?*
Disallow: /press-releases?*
Disallow: /publications?*
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Allow: /news?page=*
Allow: /press-releases?page=*
Allow: /publications?page=*
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Disallow: /consultations/type/
Disallow: /consultations/topic/
Disallow: /consultations/date/
Disallow: /news/type/
Disallow: /news/topic/
Disallow: /news/date/
Disallow: /news/feed/
Disallow: /press-releases/type/
Disallow: /press-releases/topic/
Disallow: /press-releases/date/
Disallow: /publications/type/
Disallow: /publications/topic/
Disallow: /publications/date/
# TODO add sitemaps

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Home | Department for Communities
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