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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
100% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.15 s
File size
280.00 kB
Words
649
Media files
33
Number of links
59 internal / 36 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Counselling Directory - Find a Counsellor Near You
The length of the page title is perfect. (456 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Find the support you deserve with Counselling Directory - your bridge to skilled counsellors and therapists near you. Part of the Happiful family.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (878 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
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
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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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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theme-color#ffffff
descriptionFind the support you deserve with Counselling Directory - your bridge to skilled counsellors and therapists near you. Part of the Happiful family.
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Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 649 words. That's ok.
35.1% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
11 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 19.81 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" 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 13 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
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Find the right counsellor or therapist for you
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Find the right counsellor or therapist for you
H2 Connecting you with help for your mental health
H2 I need mental health support
H2 Finding the right counsellor
H2 Can I have online counselling?
H2 Counselling articles
H2 We're PIF TICK certified
H2 Not sure where to start?
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.
There are too many external links (36) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
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/adv-search.htmlSubdomain Find a counsellor
/topicsSubdomain What's worrying you?
/articles/Subdomain Articles
/self-help.htmlSubdomain Self-helpnew
/podcasts.htmlSubdomain Podcast
/worried-about-someone.htmlSubdomain Worried about someone?
/what-is-counselling.htmlSubdomain What is counselling?
/types-of-therapySubdomain Types of therapy
/psychiatrists-psychologists-p...Subdomain Types of therapist
/importantinfo.htmlSubdomain FAQs
/events.htmlSubdomain Events
/about.htmlSubdomain About us
/profile_shortlist.htmlNofollow Subdomain bookmark
/adv-search.htmlNofollow Subdomain search
https://secure.counselling-dir...External Subdomain Join us
https://secure.counselling-dir...Nofollow External Subdomain Log in
https://secure.counselling-dir...Nofollow External Subdomain Welcome back
IMG-ALT Logged in
https://secure.counselling-dir...Nofollow External Subdomain Log out
/Nofollow Anchor menu
/Nofollow Anchor close
/adv-search.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Find a counsellor
/topicsSubdomain Text duplicate What's worrying you?
/articles/Subdomain Text duplicate Articles
/self-help.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Self-helpnew
/podcasts.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Podcast
/worried-about-someone.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Worried about someone?
/what-is-counselling.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate What is counselling?
/types-of-therapySubdomain Text duplicate Types of therapy
/psychiatrists-psychologists-p...Subdomain Text duplicate Types of therapist
/importantinfo.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate FAQs
/events.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Events
/about.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate About us
https://www.facebook.com/Couns...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/coun...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.twitter.com/Counse...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/@Happi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://secure.counselling-dir...Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Log in
https://secure.counselling-dir...External Subdomain Text duplicate Join us
https://secure.counselling-dir...Nofollow External Subdomain Members Area
https://secure.counselling-dir...External Subdomain Log out logout
/New window Anchor help
A-TITLE More Information
/verifiedseal.htmlSubdomain verified professionals
/verifiedseal.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate verified professionals
/topicsText duplicate What's worrying you?
/blog/2018/09/24/how-to-find-a...How to find a counsellor
/search/session-type/onlineSubdomain Find an online therapist
/articles/how-dialectical-beha...Subdomain How dialectical behaviour therapy can support emotional wellbeing Explore how dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) helps with emotion regulation, self-harm, t...
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/articles/understanding-gender...Subdomain Understanding gender dysphoria through psychodynamic therapy Explore how psychodynamic therapy can support individuals experiencing gender dysphoria by foste...
IMG-ALT Understanding gender dysphoria through psychodynamic therapy
/articles/understanding-migrat...Subdomain Understanding migratory grief: How therapy can help Explore how migratory grief affects mental health and how culturally sensitive counselling can support he...
IMG-ALT Understanding migratory grief: How therapy can help
/articles/unexpected-outcomes-...Subdomain Unexpected outcomes of using DNA genetic testing Discover the hidden psychological effects of DNA testing, including grief, identity loss and how counselling...
IMG-ALT Unexpected outcomes of using DNA genetic testing
/articles/Subdomain View all articles
/press/counselling-directory-e...Subdomain What does this mean?
/site-help.htmlSite help
https://happiful.com/digital-s...New window External Subscribe outbound
https://happiful.com/about-us/...New window External Find out more outbound
/adv-search.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Find a counsellor
/browse.htmlSubdomain Browse by region
/storiesSubdomain Your stories
/helplines.htmlSubdomain Helplines
/site-help.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Site help
/sitemap.htmlSubdomain Site map
https://secure.counselling-dir...External Subdomain Text duplicate Join us
https://secure.counselling-dir...External Subdomain Text duplicate Log in
/search-supervisor.htmlSubdomain Find a supervisor
/accreditation.htmlSubdomain Professional bodies
/verifiedseal.htmlSubdomain Proof policy
/how-to-become-a-counsellor.htmlSubdomain How to become a counsellor
/about.htmlSubdomain About
https://memiah.co.uk/careers/New window External Careersoutbound
/contact.htmlSubdomain Contact
/cookie-policy.htmlSubdomain Cookies policy
/legalterms.htmlSubdomain Legal
/press/Subdomain Press
/privacy.htmlSubdomain Privacy notice
https://secure.counselling-dir...Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Log in
https://secure.counselling-dir...Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Join us
https://secure.counselling-dir...External Subdomain Manage my profile
https://secure.counselling-dir...External Subdomain Noticeboard
https://secure.counselling-dir...External Subdomain Profile statistics
https://secure.counselling-dir...External Subdomain logoutLog out
https://www.facebook.com/Couns...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/coun...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.twitter.com/Counse...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/@Happi...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://happiful.com/?utm_sour...New window Nofollow External IMG-ALT Happiful
https://happiful.com/happiful-...New window Nofollow External IMG-ALT Happiful is proud to be a B Corporation
https://www.hypnotherapy-direc...New window Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT Hypnotherapy Directory
https://www.lifecoach-director...New window Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT Life Coach Directory
https://www.nutritionist-resou...New window Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT Nutritionist Resource
https://www.therapy-directory....New window Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT Therapy Directory
https://memiah.co.uk/New window External Memiah Limited
/cookie-policy.htmlNew window Subdomain cookies

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/"
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 0.15 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (280 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 808 referring domains.
This page has 6,370 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 678 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Find the support you deserve with Counselling Directory - your bridge to skilled counsellors and therapists near you. Part of the Happiful family.

Most important keywords

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

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counsellor or84%Check
Counselling81%Check
Counselling Directory79%Check
counsellor or therapist78%Check
Find77%Check
Directory Find77%Check
counsellor76%Check
Counsellor near69%Check
right counsellor65%Check
therapist63%Check
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