Gov.wales - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
97% 
Page quality
51% 
Page structure
99% 
Link structure
98% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.35 s
File size
29.20 kB
Words
469
Media files
10
Number of links
57 internal / 3 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | GOV.WALES
The page title is too short. (187 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Welsh Government is the devolved Government for Wales
The length of the meta description is perfect. (384 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.gov.wales/
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)
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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traceparentEmpty
GeneratorDrupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
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langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:titlegov.wales | gov.wales
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twitter:descriptionThe Welsh Government is the devolved Government for Wales
og:site_nameGOV.WALES
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://gov.wales
og:imagehttps://www.gov.wales//themes/custom/govwales/images/content/og-global-1200.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 469 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 8.75 words is low.
25.2% of the text are stop words.
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.
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 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
8 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
...es/custom/govwales/images/print/logo.pngWelsh Government
...govwales/images/logos/logo-gov-wales.pngGOV.WALES
.../files/cta-blocks/2022-05/help-thumb.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...2022-03/in-focus-ukraine-wales-thumb.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...iles/cta-blocks/2024-12/budget-thumb.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ocks/2022-03/wg-in-focus-blog-cta-en.pngNo alt attribute provided
...fault/files/cta-blocks/2017-09/about.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...blocks/2018-12/WG RED LOGO 503 X 336.pngNo alt attribute provided
...fault/files/cta-blocks/2017-10/job-2.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s/cta-blocks/2021-06/pfg-cta-600x400.jpgNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
GOV.WALES GOV.WALES
The H1 heading is too short (19 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 GOV.WALES GOV.WALES
H2 Welsh Government services and information
H2 Share this page
H3 Announcements
H3 Browse by
H3 Organisations
H3 In focus
H3 Welsh government
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 3 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.gov.wales/Anchor Skip to main content
/help/cookiesAbout cookies
https://www.gov.wales/Subdomain Home
A-TITLE Welsh Government
https://www.gov.wales/English
https://www.llyw.cymru/External Subdomain Cymraeg
/arts-culture-sportArts, culture and sport
/building-planningBuilding and planning
/business-economy-innovationBusiness, economy and innovation
/children-familiesChildren and families
/communities-regenerationCommunities and regeneration
https://www.gov.wales/coronavirusCoronavirus (COVID-19)
https://www.gov.wales/digitalDigital
/education-skillsEducation and skills
/employment-workEmployment and work
/environment-climate-changeEnvironment and climate change
/equality-human-rightsEquality and human rights
/farming-countrysideFarming and countryside
/health-social-careHealth and social care
https://www.gov.wales/housingHousing
/international-euInternational and EU
/justice-and-lawJustice and law
/marine-fisheriesMarine and fisheries
/public-sectorPublic sector
https://www.gov.wales/transportTransport
/welsh-languageWelsh language
/deputy-first-minister-feasts-...Deputy First Minister Feasts on Success at Royal Welsh Show Food Showcase
/expert-panel-meets-shape-ethi...Expert panel meets to shape the ethical and effective adoption of AI in Welsh public sector delivery
/making-wood-work-walesMaking wood work for Wales
/announcementsSubdomain View more announcements
/announcements/searchSubdomain Announcements
/consultationsSubdomain Consultations
/publicationsSubdomain Publications
/statistics-and-researchSubdomain Statistics and research
/organisations272 organisations including:
/welsh-revenue-authorityWelsh Revenue Authority
/transport-walesTransport for Wales
/welsh-language-commissionerWelsh Language Commissioner
/qualifications-walesQualifications Wales
/cafcass-cymruCafcass Cymru
/organisationsView all organisations
/help-cost-livingGet help with the cost of living
https://www.gov.wales/ukraineWales stands with Ukraine
/welsh-government-budgetsWelsh Budgets
/welsh-government-blogsWelsh Government blogs
https://www.gov.wales/about-usAbout us
/cabinet-secretaries-and-minis...Cabinet
https://www.gov.wales/vacanciesJobs
/our-prioritiesOur priorities
https://twitter.com/intent/twe...External Share this page via X
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain Share this page via Facebook
https://www.gov.wales/Anchor Back to top
https://www.gov.wales/contact-usContact us
/accessibility-statement-govwalesAccessibility
/copyright-statementCopyright statement
/help/cookiesCookies
/website-privacy-policyPrivacy
/terms-and-conditionsTerms and conditions
/welsh-government-modern-slave...Modern slavery statement
/alternative-languagesAlternative languages
https://www.gov.wales/Subdomain Text duplicate Home

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.gov.wales/"
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 0.35 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (29 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateWed, 23 Jul 2025 07:04:46 GMT
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
content-encodinggzip
servernginx
cache-controlmax-age=300, public, stale-if-error=10800, stale-while-revalidate=600
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheHIT
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedWed, 23 Jul 2025 07:04:46 GMT
etagW/"1753254286"
x-generatorDrupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
varyAccept-Encoding,Cookie
x-cacheMiss from cloudfront
via1.1 3a3c1dcacd115187f53f40028ae4bd24.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-amz-cf-popFRA56-P2
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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 1,790 referring domains.
This page has 1,206,031 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,201 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /*simple-view$
Disallow: /bydtermcymru/search/term/
Disallow: /sites/default/files/pdf-versions/
Disallow: /chwilio/

Sitemap: https://gov.wales/sitemap.xml

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Home | GOV.WALES
The Welsh Government is the devolved Government for Wales

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WALES87%Check
Welsh56%Check
Government56%Check
Welsh Government56%Check
Local Government47%Check
Welsh language47%Check
Royal Welsh47%Check
page38%Check
organisations38%Check
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