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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
68% 
Link structure
51% 
Server
95% 
External factors
75% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.52 s
File size
88.10 kB
Words
838
Media files
12
Number of links
68 internal / 3 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Hastings – Hastings in East Sussex – Town Guide
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (446 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
Hastings is on the South Coast and grew from a small settlement between the East and West Hills
The length of the meta description is perfect. (602 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://hastingssussex.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 States of America
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 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
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robotsmax-image-preview:large
generatorwebp-uploads 2.6.0
msapplication-TileColor#da532c
msapplication-TileImagehttps://hastingssussex.uk/wp-content/plugins/tourist/favicon/favicon-144.png
descriptionHastings is on the South Coast and grew from a small settlement between the East and West Hills
langen-gb
twitter:titleHastings, East Sussex
twitter:descriptionHastings is on the South Coast and grew from a small settlement between the East and West Hills
twitter:imagehttps://hastingssussex.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hastings.jpg
og:titleHastings, East Sussex
og:typewebsite
og:descriptionHastings is on the South Coast and grew from a small settlement between the East and West Hills
og:imagehttps://hastingssussex.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hastings.jpg
og:urlhttps://hastingssussex.uk/
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: The Seadog is a vibrant freehouse pub and guest-house known for its ex...
This page contains 838 words. That's ok.
34.4% 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.
18 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 24.16 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 17 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
9 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
...ds/2025/10/artemis-marketing-100709.webpArtemis MarketingArtemis Marketing
...nt/uploads/2023/07/pissarros-190013.webpBen Maier and FriendsBen Maier and Friends
...mcniffs-folk-sundowner-poster-82409.webpMcNiff's Folk SundownerMcNiff's Folk Sundowner
.../2013/11/shipwreck-museum-1-1024x827.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...park-nature-reserve-134456-1024x777.jpegNo alt attribute provided
...3/white-rock-theatre-155906-1024x670.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s/2025/01/the-seadog-74625-1024x683.webpNo alt attribute provided
...ads/2025/04/moray-apartments-100045.webpNo alt attribute provided
...s/2016/06/badgers-den-1511-1024x682.webpNo alt attribute provided
...s/2025/01/the-seadog-74625-1024x683.webpNo alt attribute provided
...ploads/2020/02/seed-103716-1024x768.jpegNo alt attribute provided
...r-barn-holiday-park-130130-1024x731.webpNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Hastings
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 26 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 Hastings
H2 Hastings in East Sussex Town Guide
H3 About Hastings in East Sussex
H3 Attractions and Activities
H3 Accommodation
H3 Restaurants
H3 Towns and villages near Hastings …
H4 What’s new?
H4 What’s 🔥?
H4 Next event
H4 Message Board
H4 Shipwreck Museum
H4 Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve
H4 White Rock Theatre
H4 The Seadog
H4 Moray Apartments
H4 Badgers Den
H4 The Seadog Duplicate text
H4 Seed
H4 Shear Barn Holiday Park
H4 Explore Hastings ...
H5 Artemis Marketing
H5 Ben Maier and Friends
H5 McNiff's Folk Sundowner
H5 Carpet
H5 Oval Questions – Boogie by the Sea
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.
9 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 3 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.facebook.com/hasti...External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://hastingssussex.uk/events/Events
A-TITLE Events in 16
/directory/attractions/things-...Things to do
A-TITLE Things to do in 16
/directory/food-and-drink/pubs...Pubs & Bars
A-TITLE Pubs & Bars in 16
/directory/food-and-drink/rest...Restaurants
A-TITLE Restaurants in 16
/directory/accommodation/top-a...Accommodation
A-TITLE Accommodation in 16
/directory/businesses/marketin...IMG-ALT Artemis Marketing
A-TITLE Artemis Marketing
/directory/businesses/marketin...Text duplicate Artemis Marketing
A-TITLE Artemis Marketing
/directory/businesses/marketin...… more
A-TITLE Artemis Marketing
/directory/businesses/marketing/Marketing
A-TITLE Marketing
https://hastingssussex.uk/events/What’s 🔥?
A-TITLE Hastings Event Diary
/events/live-music/ben-maier-a...IMG-ALT Ben Maier and Friends
A-TITLE Ben Maier and Friends
/events/live-music/ben-maier-a...Text duplicate Ben Maier and Friends
A-TITLE Ben Maier and Friends
/events/26-december-2025/Fri, 26th Dec
A-TITLE 26th December 2025 events in Hastings
/directory/food-and-drink/pubs...Pissarro's
A-TITLE Pissarro's
/events/live-music/mcniffs-fol...IMG-ALT McNiff's Folk Sundowner
A-TITLE McNiff's Folk Sundowner
/events/live-music/mcniffs-fol...Text duplicate McNiff's Folk Sundowner
A-TITLE McNiff's Folk Sundowner
/events/26-december-2025/Text duplicate Fri, 26th Dec
A-TITLE 26th December 2025 events in Hastings
/directory/food-and-drink/pubs...The Jenny Lind
A-TITLE The Jenny Lind
/message-board/Message Board
A-TITLE Hastings Message Board
/message-board/discussion/carpet/Carpet
A-TITLE Carpet
/message-board/discussion/carpet/Text duplicate … more
A-TITLE Carpet
/message-board/discussion/oval...Oval Questions – Boogie by the Sea
A-TITLE Oval Questions - Boogie by the Sea
/message-board/discussion/oval...Text duplicate … more
A-TITLE Oval Questions - Boogie by the Sea
/directory/attractions/Attractions
A-TITLE Attractions in Hastings
/directory/activities/Activities
A-TITLE Activities in Hastings
/directory/attractions/museums...No Text
/directory/attractions/museums...Shipwreck Museum
A-TITLE Shipwreck Museum
/directory/attractions/parks/l...No Text
/directory/attractions/parks/l...Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve
A-TITLE Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve
/directory/attractions/parks/l...Text duplicate … more
A-TITLE Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve
/directory/attractions/theatre...No Text
/directory/attractions/theatre...White Rock Theatre
A-TITLE White Rock Theatre
/directory/attractions/theatre...Text duplicate … more
A-TITLE White Rock Theatre
/directory/accommodation/Text duplicate Accommodation
A-TITLE Accommodation in Hastings
/directory/food-and-drink/pubs...No Text
/directory/food-and-drink/pubs...The Seadog
A-TITLE The Seadog
/directory/food-and-drink/pubs...Text duplicate … more
A-TITLE The Seadog
/directory/accommodation/holid...No Text
/directory/accommodation/holid...Moray Apartments
A-TITLE Moray Apartments
/directory/accommodation/holid...Text duplicate … more
A-TITLE Moray Apartments
/directory/accommodation/holid...No Text
/directory/accommodation/holid...Badgers Den
A-TITLE Badgers Den
/directory/accommodation/holid...Text duplicate … more
A-TITLE Badgers Den
/directory/food-and-drink/rest...Text duplicate Restaurants
A-TITLE Restaurants in Hastings
/directory/food-and-drink/pubs...No Text
/directory/food-and-drink/pubs...Text duplicate The Seadog
A-TITLE The Seadog
/directory/food-and-drink/pubs...Text duplicate … more
A-TITLE The Seadog
/directory/food-and-drink/rest...No Text
/directory/food-and-drink/rest...Seed
A-TITLE Seed
/directory/food-and-drink/rest...Text duplicate … more
A-TITLE Seed
/directory/accommodation/holid...No Text
/directory/accommodation/holid...Shear Barn Holiday Park
A-TITLE Shear Barn Holiday Park
/directory/accommodation/holid...Text duplicate … more
A-TITLE Shear Barn Holiday Park
/terms-and-conditions/?locatio...Terms & Conditions
A-TITLE Terms & Conditions
/privacy-notice/?location=hast...Privacy Notice
A-TITLE Privacy Notice
/privacy-policy/?location=hast...Privacy Policy
A-TITLE Privacy Policy
https://tourist.org.uk/account...External Sign In
A-TITLE Sign In
https://tourist.org.uk/account...External Register
A-TITLE Register
https://hastingssussex.uk/Hastings
A-TITLE Hastings, East Sussex
https://hastingssussex.uk/events/Text duplicate Events
A-TITLE What's on in Hastings?
/message-board/Text duplicate Message Board
A-TITLE Message Board in Hastings
/directory/attractions/Text duplicate Attractions
A-TITLE Attractions in Hastings
/directory/activities/Text duplicate Activities
A-TITLE Activities in Hastings
/directory/accommodation/Text duplicate Accommodation
A-TITLE Accommodation in Hastings
/directory/food-and-drink/Food & Drink
A-TITLE Food & Drink in Hastings
/directory/businesses/Businesses
A-TITLE Businesses in Hastings
/directory/arts/The Arts
A-TITLE The Arts in Hastings
/directory/organisations/Organisations
A-TITLE Organisations in Hastings
/directory/property/Property
A-TITLE Property in Hastings
/directory/shopping/Shopping
A-TITLE Shopping in Hastings

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://hastingssussex.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 very slow (1.52 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 (88 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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content-encodingzstd
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 25 referring domains.
This page only has 13,067 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 21 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

Sitemap: https://hastingssussex.uk/wp-sitemap.xml

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Hastings – Hastings in East Sussex – Town Guide
Hastings is on the South Coast and grew from a small settlement between the East and West Hills

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Hastings95%Check
Hastings East83%Check
Hastings East Sussex79%Check
Sussex72%Check
Hastings Country72%Check
East Sussex71%Check
near Hastings71%Check
East70%Check
East Sussex Town66%Check
Hastings Country Park64%Check
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