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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
71% 
Page quality
85% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
40% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.55 s
File size
64.80 kB
Words
731
Media files
11
Number of links
50 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home :: Connect
The page title is too short. (151 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
At Connect, we're committed to making family engagement in children's learning and school lives as good as it can be. We work with parents/carers, parent groups and educators, providing information, advice and training.
The meta description is too long: 1358 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://connect.scot/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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

NameValue
descriptionAt Connect, we're committed to making family engagement in children's learning and school lives as good as it can be. We work with parents/carers, parent groups and educators, providing information, advice and training.
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msapplication-TileImagehttps://connect.scot/application/files/4615/1152/0857/favicon.png
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 27.35 words is high.
This page contains 731 words. That's ok.
36.8% of the text are stop words.
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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=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 15 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)
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
...ion/themes/connect_theme/images/logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ion/files/7916/9701/9222/search-icon.svgSearchSearch
...ion/files/7916/9701/9222/search-icon.svgSearchSearch
...16/9701/6629/parents_parent_groups_S.pngParents
.../files/9616/9701/5860/membership_3_S.pngNo alt attribute provided
...816/9701/6582/events_info_sessions_S.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ils/a8f8bc02d2be64642dcef1e5a018d2b9.pngFundraising
...ils/79d6dd99598cb3ba50616092ad6f97fd.pngNewsletter
...ils/89dc13e19309db5633dbf56efe6e7817.pngVoices
...ion/themes/connect_theme/images/logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ils/d681c7dfea2da7312b7ea386f5ae605f.pngNo alt attribute providedCheck our charity status at OSCR

Page structure

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

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 At Connect, we're committed to making family engagement in children's learning and school lives as good as it can be.
H2 Parents and Parent Groups
H2 Connect Membership
H2 News
H2 News Duplicate text
H2 Policy
H2 Resource
H2 Events
H2 Event
H2 Event Duplicate text
H2 Event Duplicate text
H3 We work with parents/carers, parent groups and educators, providing information, advice and training.
H3 Must do better: Audit Scotland publishes report on additional support for learning provision in Scottish schools
H3 Scottish Government's Programme for Government 2025-26
H3 New to Connect Membership: Getting Started
H3 Chat with Connect – Role of the Chair: Online, 27 May
H3 Talking Points - Learning Through Play & Kindergarten with Upstart: 3 June, Online
H3 For Connect Members - Parent Group Drop-In Clinic: Online, 10 June
H3 easyfundraising
H3 Newsletter
H3 Parents' Voice
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 4 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 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://connect.scot/registerRegister
https://connect.scot/loginLogin
/top-nav/resourcesResources
/top-nav/become-a-memberBecome a Member
/top-nav/aboutAbout
/top-nav/contactContact
https://connect.scot/searchNo Text
https://connect.scot/No Text
/top-nav/resourcesText duplicate Resources
/top-nav/become-a-memberText duplicate Become a Member
/top-nav/aboutText duplicate About
/top-nav/contactText duplicate Contact
https://connect.scot/parentParents & Parent Groups
/teacher-professionalEducators
https://connect.scot/membershipMembership
https://connect.scot/resourcesText duplicate Resources
https://connect.scot/eventsEvents
https://connect.scot/newsNews
https://connect.scot/policyPolicy
https://connect.scot/aboutText duplicate About
https://connect.scot/contactText duplicate Contact
https://connect.scot/parentText duplicate Parents & Parent Groups
/teacher-professionalText duplicate Educators
https://connect.scot/membershipText duplicate Membership
https://connect.scot/resourcesText duplicate Resources
https://connect.scot/eventsText duplicate Events
https://connect.scot/newsText duplicate News
https://connect.scot/policyText duplicate Policy
https://connect.scot/aboutText duplicate About
https://connect.scot/contactText duplicate Contact
https://connect.scot/aboutTrivial anchor text
More
https://connect.scot/parentFind Out More
https://connect.scot/membershipSee all benefits
/membership/become-a-memberText duplicate Become a Member
/membership/become-directorBecome a Director
/news/must-do-better-audit-sco...Trivial anchor text
READ MORE
/news/scottish-governments-pro...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
READ MORE
/resources/new-connect-members...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
READ MORE
https://connect.scot/newsView More
/events/chat-connect-role-chai...View Event
/events/talking-points-learnin...Text duplicate View Event
/events/connect-members-parent...Text duplicate View Event
https://connect.scot/eventsView All Events
https://www.easyfundraising.or...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Find Out More
/news/newsletter-subscriptionSubscribe
/parent/parents-voiceSign Up
https://connect.scot/Anchor No Text
https://connect.scot/No Text
https://www.facebook.com/Conne...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/connect_scotNew window External No Text
https://bsky.app/profile/conne...New window External No Text
https://bsky.app/profile/conne...New window External No Text
/accessibilityAccessibility
/privacy-policyPrivacy & Cookies
https://connect.scot/loginLog in
https://www.oscr.org.uk/External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://connect.scot/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The used PHP version is outdated and may be a security risk.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.55 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 (65 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 24 May 2025 11:44:57 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
serverApache
x-powered-byPHP/5.6.40
cache-controlno-cache, private
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
set-cookie54 Characters
x-provided-byStackCDN
expiresMon, 23 Jun 2025 11:44:56 GMT
x-origin-cache-statusEXPIRED
content-encodinggzip
x-viaLHR5
x-cdn-node-is-at-origin1
x-cdn-cache-statusEXPIRED
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 63 referring domains.
This page has 291 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 58 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /application/attributes
Disallow: /application/authentication
Disallow: /application/bootstrap
Disallow: /application/config
Disallow: /application/controllers
Disallow: /application/elements
Disallow: /application/helpers
Disallow: /application/jobs
Disallow: /application/languages
Disallow: /application/mail
Disallow: /application/models
Disallow: /application/page_types
Disallow: /application/single_pages
Disallow: /application/tools
Disallow: /application/views

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Home :: Connect
At Connect, we're committed to making family engagement in children's learning and school lives as good as it can be. We work with parents/carers, parent groups and educators, providing information, advice and training.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Connect79%Check
Connect Membership62%Check
Parent58%Check
Parents58%Check
Parent Groups57%Check
Parents Parent Groups57%Check
group56%Check
Groups56%Check
New Connect Membership56%Check
parents carers55%Check
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