Gocardless.com - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
57% 
Page structure
62% 
Link structure
82% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.14 s
File size
421.20 kB
Words
1147
Media files
98
Number of links
103 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Online Payment Processing Solution | GoCardless
The length of the page title is perfect. (449 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://gocardless.com/
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)
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)
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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theme-color#f1f252
langen
twitter:titleOnline Payment Processing Solution
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twitter:imagehttps://gocardless.com/content-platform/static/816e9048c2a134da3e79b8677556ad0f/f8482/og-full.png
twitter:creatorGoCardless
og:titleOnline Payment Processing Solution
og:typewebsite
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x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are 6 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Let your customers pay directly from their bank account. It's quicker ...
  • Duplicate 2: Automatically collect payments on the due date, via Direct Debit. Even...
  • Duplicate 3: Let your customers securely share their bank account data with you. Fr...
This page contains 1147 words. That's ok.
30.2% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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.
The average number of words per sentence of 10.89 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, shrink-to-fit=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 23 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
57 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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
THE EASY WAY TO GET PAID
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 37 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 THE EASY WAY TO GET PAID
H2 For use case
H2 Our customers
H2 For small business
H2 For enterprise
H2 Process payments
H2 Protect revenue
H2 Open Banking
H2 Connect to GoCardless
H2 Help and support
H2 News and resources
H2 Used by 100,000+ businesses. Small to enterprise. Globally.
H2 Payments. But without the hassle.
H2 Everything your business needs
H2 Great on its own. Or connect to one of 350+ other systems.
H2 CUSTOMER STORY
H2 Start collecting payments now
H2 Ready for payments to be frustration-free?
H3 End late payments
H3 No more chasing
H3 Automate admin
H3 Forget expensive fees
H3 Instant, one-off payments
H3 Automated, recurring payments
H3 Access bank account data
H3 Instant, one-off payments Duplicate text
H3 Automated, recurring payments Duplicate text
H3 Access bank account data Duplicate text
H3 International payments made simple
H3 Intelligently retry failed payments
H3 Better for your customers, too
H3 How it works
H3 Help and resources
H3 About GoCardless
H3 Contact us
H3 Sales
H3 Support
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 21 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://gocardless.com/Anchor Skip to content
/g/no-fees-terms/New window T&Cs apply
https://manage.gocardless.com/...External Subdomain Sign up
https://manage.gocardless.com/...External Subdomain No Text
https://gocardless.com/Go to GoCardless Blog Homepage
IMG-ALT GoCardless
https://gocardless.com/pricing/Pricing
https://manage.gocardless.com/External Subdomain Login
https://manage.gocardless.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Sign up
https://gocardless.com/IMG-ALT Go to GoCardless homepage
/solutions/subscription-payments/Subscription paymentsRecurring payments built for subscriptions
/solutions/collect-instalment-...Instalment paymentsSplit payments into smaller, more manageable amounts over time.
/features/invoicing/Invoice paymentsCollect and reconcile invoice payments automatically
/industries/charities/CharitiesOptimise supporter conversion and collect donations
/bank-account-data/lending/LendingMake faster, lower-risk decisions on loans
/bank-account-data/business-fi...Business FinanceOffer the best business finance product
/g/capital-grow-your-business/Capital powered by PipeLeverage funding to help your business grow
https://gocardless.com/stories/Customer storiesHear from our customers
/solutions/customer-first/Customer successOur customer first approach
https://hub.gocardless.com/s/?...External Subdomain Customer HubTraining resources, documentation, and more
/small-business/OverviewFor small businesses
/solutions/improve-cash-flow/Improve your cashflow
/solutions/keep-track-of-payme...Keep track of payments
/solutions/reduce-costs/Reduce costs
/solutions/reduce-failed-payme...Reduce failed payments
/solutions/increase-conversions/Increase conversions
/enterprise/OverviewFor enterprise
/solutions/reduce-churn/Reduce churn
/solutions/reduce-internationa...Reduce international barriers
/solutions/reduce-operational-...Reduce operational costs
/solutions/reduce-time-to-get-...Reduce time to get paid
/solutions/reduce-conversion-r...Reduce conversion risk
/features/recurring-payments/One-off, subscriptions, invoices and instalmentsPowered by bank debit
/solutions/instant-bank-pay/Instant Bank PayIdeal for one-off payments
/solutions/outbound-payments/Outbound PaymentsSend payments instantly
/international-payments/International paymentsCollect from 30+ countries
/payment-builder/Try our Payment BuilderPersonalise your payment templates and customise your settings before signing up
/gc/success-plus/Success+Reduce payment failures
/solutions/protect-plus/Protect+Advanced fraud protection for recurring payments
/g/verified-mandates/Verified MandatesPayer authentication you can rely on
/open-banking/Open banking paymentsFast and secure straight from customers' bank accounts
/bank-account-data/Bank account dataMake decisions faster
https://gocardless.com/partners/Partner integrationsConnect to 350+ partner apps
/developers/API integrationsBuild a custom integration
/solutions/gocardless-embed/Payment provider integrationsEmbed bank payments into your platform
https://gocardless.com/partners/All Partners
/partners/chargebee/GoCardless for Chargebee
/partners/sageintacct/GoCardless for Sage
https://gocardless.com/xero/GoCardless for Xero
/partners/zuora/GoCardless for Zuora
https://gocardless.com/pricing/Text duplicate Pricing
https://hub.gocardless.com/s/?...External Subdomain Text duplicate Customer HubTraining resources, documentation, and more
/faq/merchants/FAQCommon questions answered
https://developer.gocardless.com/External Subdomain API documentationGuides for integrators
https://gocardless.com/resources/Latest articles and research
/guides/posts/open-banking/Guide to open banking
/direct-debit/introduction/Guide to Direct Debit
https://medium.com/gocardless-...External Tech @ GC
/g/mastering-payments/Mastering Payments webinars
/guides/posts/direct-debit-for...Direct Debit for small business
/payment-builder/No Text
https://manage.gocardless.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Login
https://manage.gocardless.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Sign up
https://manage.gocardless.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Sign up
/contact-sales/Contact Sales
/solutions/instant-bank-pay/New window See how one-off payments work
/features/recurring-payments/New window See how automated payments work
/bank-account-data/See how Bank Account Data works
/solutions/instant-bank-pay/New window Text duplicate See how one-off payments work
/features/recurring-payments/New window Text duplicate See how automated payments work
/bank-account-data/Text duplicate See how Bank Account Data works
/international-payments/Learn more
/solutions/success-plus/Text duplicate Learn more
/g/b2b-b2c-preference-b/Text duplicate Learn more
https://gocardless.com/partners/See all 350+ systems you can connect to
https://gocardless.com/stories/See what Perky Blenders and other businesses have to say
https://manage.gocardless.com/...External Subdomain Get started
https://gocardless.com/partners/350+ other systems
/contact-us/Reach out
https://hub.gocardless.com/s/?...External Subdomain Customer Hub
https://manage.gocardless.com/...External Subdomain Get Started
/contact-sales/?end-entry-ctaText duplicate Contact Sales
https://manage.gocardless.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Get Started
/contact-sales/?end-entry-ctaText duplicate Contact Sales
/features/invoicing/Invoice payments
A-TITLE Invoice payments
/features/recurring-payments/Recurring payments
A-TITLE Recurring payments
https://gocardless.com/partners/Partner integrations
A-TITLE Partner integrations
/developers/API
A-TITLE API
/payment-builder/Try our Payment Builder
A-TITLE Try our Payment Builder
https://hub.gocardless.com/s/?...External Subdomain Text duplicate Customer Hub
A-TITLE Customer Hub
https://gocardless.com/resources/Guides
A-TITLE Guides
/faq/merchants/FAQ
A-TITLE FAQ
https://developer.gocardless.com/External Subdomain API documentation
A-TITLE API documentation
https://gocardless.com/security/Security
A-TITLE Security
/content-platform/rss/resource...RSS
A-TITLE RSS
/guides/intro-to-direct-debit/...Direct Debit: Guide for payers
A-TITLE Direct Debit: Guide for payers
/solutions/dispute-resolution/Complaints
A-TITLE Complaints
https://gocardless.com/about/About us
A-TITLE About us
https://assets.ctfassets.net/4...External Subdomain Gender Pay Gap
A-TITLE Gender Pay Gap
/about/careers/Careers
A-TITLE Careers
/sustainability/Sustainability
A-TITLE Sustainability
https://gocardless.com/resources/Blog
A-TITLE Blog
/about/press/Press
A-TITLE Press
https://gocardless.com/privacy/Privacy
A-TITLE Privacy
https://gocardless.com/legal/Legal
A-TITLE Legal
https://privacy.gocardless.com...External Subdomain Cookies
A-TITLE Cookies
/partner-with-us/Partner with us
A-TITLE Partner with us
/g/affiliate-programme/Our affiliate programme
A-TITLE Our affiliate programme
https://assets.ctfassets.net/4...External Subdomain Modern slavery statement (PDF, 65 KB)
A-TITLE Modern slavery statement (PDF, 65 KB)
/editorial-guidelines/Our editorial guidelines
A-TITLE Our editorial guidelines
/contact-sales/Text duplicate Contact Sales
https://manage.gocardless.com/...External Subdomain Request support
/payment-lookup/Text duplicate Learn more
https://gocardless.com/en-au/Australia
A-TITLE Australia
https://gocardless.com/en-ca/Canada
A-TITLE Canada
/da-dk/priserDenmark
A-TITLE Denmark
/en-ie/pricingIreland
A-TITLE Ireland
https://gocardless.com/en-nz/New Zealand
A-TITLE New Zealand
https://gocardless.com/United Kingdom
A-TITLE United Kingdom
https://gocardless.com/es-es/Spain
A-TITLE Spain
/nl/handleidingen/sepa/wat-is-...Netherlands
A-TITLE Netherlands
https://gocardless.com/sv-se/Sweden
A-TITLE Sweden
https://gocardless.com/fr-fr/France
A-TITLE France
https://gocardless.com/de-de/Germany
A-TITLE Germany
https://gocardless.com/en-us/USA
A-TITLE USA

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://gocardless.com/"
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 0.14 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (421 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,166 referring domains.
This page has 15,541 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,672 different ip addresses.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
GoCardless66%Check
get56%Check
Card Payments55%Check
Connect GoCardless54%Check
get paid54%Check
paid50%Check
EASY50%Check
Online Payment49%Check
Payment Services47%Check
Get started47%Check

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