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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
68% 
Page quality
64% 
Page structure
97% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.18 s
File size
54.30 kB
Words
334
Media files
10
Number of links
46 internal / 17 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to croydon.gov.uk | Croydon Council
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
The domain is used in the page's title.
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://www.croydon.gov.uk/
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
GeneratorDrupal 10 (LocalGov Drupal | https://localgovdrupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
msapplication-configfavicons/browserconfig.xml
msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
theme-color#ffffff
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:site@yourcroydon
twitter:titleCroydon Council
twitter:descriptionDelivering 24 hour council services to residents, visitors and businesses in Croydon
twitter:creator@yourcroydon
twitter:imagehttps://www.croydon.gov.uk/themes/contrib/localgov_base_croydon/screenshot.png
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 334 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
30.5% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 23 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)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 7 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
...rib/localgov_base_croydon/print-logo.jpgCroydon Council
...s/contrib/localgov_base_croydon/logo.svgCroydon Council
...entre-at-night-hompage.jpg?itok=on5QOIvvCroydon Town Centre at night.
...5-06/town-hall-cropped.jpg?itok=zUMikX_ICroydon Town Hall and clock tower
...eferred_pic_march_2024.jpg?itok=vYMrS6ZLJason Perry Executive Mayor of Croydon
...ews_-_fly-tipped_doors.png?itok=1KrKMDQQA pile of fly-tipped doors on a green
...025-08/news-cars_towed.png?itok=DSwa3DfjA car on top of a tow truck
...8/news-wellness_centre.png?itok=qXJ11CyEA man standing outside The Wellness Centre
...er-2025-front-cover-v1.png?itok=dGNUWnZqOur Croydon Cover page - Crystal Palace supporters
..._base_croydon/assets/img/footer-logo.pngCroydon Council Footer Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
How can we help?
The H1 heading is too short (16 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 How can we help?
H2 Main navigation
H2 Services
H2 Do it online
H2 Report a missed bin collection
H2 Pay a parking fine
H2 Report fly-tipping
H2 Report a housing repair
H2 Pay your council tax
H2 Search for planning applications
H2 New Town Centre Vision and Growth Plan
H2 Government appoints commissioners at Croydon
H2 Updates from Jason Perry, Executive Mayor of Croydon
H2 Our Croydon newsletter
H2 Feedback
H2 Stay up to date
H2 Get in touch
H2 Accessibility
H2 Translation
H3 Man ordered to pay over £7,000 for fly-tipping
H3 Working with residents to tackle antisocial behaviour
H3 Croydon launches counselling to reach its diverse communities
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.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.croydon.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.croydon.gov.uk/IMG-ALT Croydon Council
/your-areaIn your area
A-TITLE In your area
/jobsatcroydon?src=D7Jobs
A-TITLE Jobs
https://news.croydon.gov.uk/External Subdomain News
A-TITLE News
/council-and-elections/communi...My Account
/council-and-elections/communi...Text duplicate My Account
A-TITLE My Account
/adult-health-and-social-careAdult health and social care
A-TITLE Adult health and social care
/benefitsBenefits
A-TITLE Benefits
/rubbish-and-recyclingBins and recycling
A-TITLE Bins and recycling
/births-deaths-marriages-and-c...Births, deaths, marriages and citizenship
A-TITLE Births, deaths, marriages and citizenship
/business-licences-and-tendersBusiness, licences and tenders
A-TITLE Business, licences and tenders
/children-young-people-and-fam...Children, young people and families
A-TITLE Children, young people and families
/community-and-safetyCommunity and safety
A-TITLE Community and safety
/council-taxCouncil Tax
A-TITLE Council Tax
/council-and-electionsCouncil and elections
A-TITLE Council and elections
/environmentEnvironment
A-TITLE Environment
/health-and-wellbeingHealth and wellbeing
A-TITLE Health and wellbeing
/housingHousing
A-TITLE Housing
/libraries-leisure-and-cultureLibraries, leisure and culture
A-TITLE Libraries, leisure and culture
/parkingParking
/planning-and-regenerationPlanning and regeneration
A-TITLE Planning and regeneration
/schools-and-educationSchools and education
A-TITLE Schools and education
/streets-roads-and-transportStreets, roads and transport
A-TITLE Parking, streets and transport
/rubbish-and-recycling/bins/ru...Report a missed bin collection
/parking/parking-fines-penalty...Pay a parking fine
/rubbish-and-recycling/fly-tip...Report fly-tipping
/housing/information-council-t...Report a housing repair
/council-tax/paying-your-counc...Pay your council tax
https://publicaccess3.croydon....External Subdomain Search for planning applications
/do-more-online-0Do more online
/council-and-elections/policie...More on the vision and plan
/council-and-elections/improvi...Find out more
/council-and-elections/mayors-...More from the Mayor
https://news.croydon.gov.uk/ma...External Subdomain Image
IMG-ALT A pile of fly-tipped doors on a green
https://news.croydon.gov.uk/ma...External Subdomain Man ordered to pay over £7,000 for fly-tipping
https://news.croydon.gov.uk/wo...External Subdomain Text duplicate Image
IMG-ALT A car on top of a tow truck
https://news.croydon.gov.uk/wo...External Subdomain Working with residents to tackle antisocial behaviour
https://news.croydon.gov.uk/cr...External Subdomain Text duplicate Image
IMG-ALT A man standing outside The Wellness Centre
https://news.croydon.gov.uk/cr...External Subdomain Croydon launches counselling to reach its diverse communities
https://lbc-app-w-localgov-cor...External Subdomain Anchor Read the Summer 2025 edition
https://news.croydon.gov.uk/External Subdomain Read more news
https://www.croydon.gov.uk/Anchor giving feedback
https://forms.croydon.gov.uk/f...External Subdomain website feedback form
/join-our-website-user-researc...user research group
A-TITLE Join our website user research group
/council-and-elections/communi...Subscribe to our newsletter
https://x.com/intent/user?scre...External Follow us on Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/ilove...External Subdomain Follow us on Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/user/c...External Subdomain Follow us on Youtube
https://www.instagram.com/your...External Subdomain Follow us on Instagram
https://www.whatsapp.com/chann...External Subdomain Contact us on WhatsApp
https://nextdoor.co.uk/agency-...External Follow us on Nextdoor
/contact-usContact us
/council-and-elections/make-co...Make a complaint or compliment
/accessibility-statement-croyd...accessibility statement
A-TITLE Accessibility statement for Croydon Council
/translating-our-pagestranslate our pages to BSL or to your preferred language
A-TITLE Translating our pages
https://www.croydon.gov.uk/IMG-ALT Croydon Council Footer Logo
A-TITLE Go to London Borough of Croydon Homepage
/council-and-elections/communi...Text duplicate My Account
/aboutusAbout us
/accessibilityAccessibility
/cookiesCookies
/privacyPrivacy
/webdisclaimerDisclaimer

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.croydon.gov.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 0.18 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (54 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 09 Aug 2025 16:10:36 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
content-encodinggzip
content-languageen
etag"1754584342-gzip"
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedThu, 07 Aug 2025 16:32:22 GMT
varyCookie,Accept-Encoding
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE (poor cacheability)
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-drupal-cacheHIT
x-azure-ref20250809T161036Z-16d4d7564f747kj7hC1DUSshkc00000002d000000000wxuz
x-fd-int-roxy-purgeid83665917
x-cache-infoL1_T2
x-cacheTCP_HIT
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,209 referring domains.
This page has 117,124 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 588 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# 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.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/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
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# 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
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

# Content under development.
Disallow: /another-service-info
Disallow: /page-not-found-404
Disallow: /delivering-croydon-projects
Disallow: /design-and-content-guidelines
Disallow: /design-and-content-guidelines/

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