Hfea.gov.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
87% 
Server
69% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.49 s
File size
54.80 kB
Words
588
Media files
3
Number of links
85 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
HFEA: UK fertility regulator
The length of the page title is perfect. (242 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
We are the UK's independent regulator of fertility treatment and research using human embryos.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (590 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: 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 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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
descriptionWe are the UK's independent regulator of fertility treatment and research using human embryos.
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twitter:creator@HFEA
twitter:titleHFEA: UK fertility regulator
twitter:descriptionWe are the UK's independent regulator of fertility treatment and research using human embryos.
twitter:imagehttps://www.hfea.gov.uk/theme/assets/images/open-graph-meta-tags/hfea-homepage.jpg
twitter:image:altImage for Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA)
twitter:site@HFEA
twitter:domainhfea.gov.uk
twitter:urlhttps://www.hfea.gov.uk/
og:urlhttps://www.hfea.gov.uk/
og:typewebsite
og:titleHFEA: UK fertility regulator
og:descriptionWe are the UK's independent regulator of fertility treatment and research using human embryos.
og:imagehttps://www.hfea.gov.uk/theme/assets/images/open-graph-meta-tags/hfea-homepage.jpg
og:image:altImage for Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA)
og:localeen_GB
og:site_nameHuman Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA)
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 588 words. That's ok.
37.6% 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.
7 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 23.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 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
/theme/assets/images/logos/Logo.pngHuman Fertilisation & Embryology Authority | Home
/theme/assets/images/logos/stickyLogo.jpgHuman Fertilisation & Embryology Authority | Home
...ts/HFEA internal tracking/hfea-pixel.pngHuman Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA)

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
HFEA: UK fertility regulator
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 HFEA: UK fertility regulator
H2 Latest information
H2 What we do
H2 Work for us
H2 Publications
H2 Our people
H2 Working with others
H2 Media centre
H2 Get information
H2 About the HFEA
H2 For clinics
H2 Research and data
H3 HFEA.gov.uk uses cookies to deliver content and make improvements to the website.
H3 Read our statement on the news that babies have been born after mitochondrial donation treatment.
H3 Around one child in every classroom is now born from IVF.
H3 Read our accurate and impartial information on egg donation in the UK.
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 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/umbraco/surface/cookieaccepta...Configure cookies
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/IMG-ALT Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority | Home
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/Menu toggle
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/Home
/contact-usContact us
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/i-am/I am...
/i-am/heterosexual-couples/In a heterosexual couple
/i-am/fertility-treatment-for-...LGBT+
/i-am/single-women/A single woman
/i-am/women-over-38/A woman over 38
/i-am/i-have-a-genetic-disease...Researching a genetic disease in my family
/treatments/Treatments
/treatments/explore-all-treatm...Explore fertility treatments
/treatments/fertility-preserva...Fertility preservation
/treatments/embryo-testing-and...Embryo testing and treatments for disease
/treatments/covid-19-and-ferti...COVID-19 and fertility treatment
/treatments/treatment-add-ons/Treatment add-ons
/treatments/hiv/Sperm, egg and embryo donation from people living with HIV with an undetectable viral load
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/donation/Donation
/donation/donors/Donors
/donation/finding-out-about-yo...Finding out about your donor
/donation/talking-to-your-fami...Talking to your family about your donation
/donation/donors/donating-to-r...Donating to research
/choose-a-clinic/Choose a clinic
/choose-a-clinic/clinic-search/Fertility clinic search
/choose-a-clinic/rate-your-cli...Rate your clinic
/choose-a-clinic/latest-decisi...Latest decisions on clinics
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/About us
/about-us/how-we-regulate/How we regulate
/about-us/our-authority-commit...Our Authority, committees and panels
/about-us/our-people/Our people
/about-us/working-with-others/Our partners
/about-us/publications/Publications
/about-us/news-and-press-relea...News and press releases
/about-us/our-campaign-to-redu...Our campaign to reduce multiple births
/about-us/data-research/Data research
/about-us/our-blog/Our blog
/about-us/a-z-fertility-glossary/A-Z fertility glossary
/about-us/modernising-the-regu...Modernising Fertility Law
/about-us/hfea-dashboard/HFEA dashboard
/about-us/media-centre/Media centre
/about-us/working-with-others/...Patient Engagement Forum
/privacy-policy-cookies-and-ac...New window Privacy policy and cookie settings
A-TITLE Visit the ‘Privacy policy and cookies’ page
/about-us/publications/researc...New window Read our new annual Fertility Trends 2023 report here.
/i-am/heterosexual-couples/heterosexual couples
/i-am/fertility-treatment-for-...same sex couples
/i-am/single-women/single women
/i-am/women-over-38/women over 38
/i-am/i-have-a-genetic-disease...researching a genetic disease in my family
/about-us/hfea-dashboard/I want to find out the latest data on fertility treatment
/donation/finding-out-about-yo...I want to find out about my donor
/treatments/explore-all-treatm...I want to understand funding
/treatments/fertility-preserva...I want to know about egg freezing
/choose-a-clinic/rate-your-cli...I want to rate my clinic
/choose-a-clinic/latest-decisi...I want to see the latest regulatory decisions
/about-us/news-and-press-relea...Read our statement on the news that babies have been born after mitochondrial donation treatment.
/about-us/news-and-press-relea...Around one child in every classroom is now born from IVF.
/about-us/media-centre/egg-don...Read our accurate and impartial information on egg donation in the UK.
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/Text duplicate About us
/work-for-us/Work for us
/about-us/publications/Text duplicate Publications
/about-us/our-people/Text duplicate Our people
/about-us/working-with-others/Working with others
/about-us/media-centre/Text duplicate Media centre
https://twitter.com/hfeaNew window External X (Twitter)Opens in a new window
/contact-us/Get in touch
https://www.facebook.com/HFEAo...New window External Subdomain FacebookOpens in a new window
https://www.instagram.com/hfea...New window External Subdomain InstagramOpens in a new window
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain LinkedInOpens in a new window
https://www.youtube.com/@hfea?...New window External Subdomain YouTubeOpens in a new window
/choose-a-clinic/clinic-search/Find a Clinic
/treatments/explore-all-treatm...Treatment options
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/donation/Donors and donation
/treatments/fertility-preserva...Text duplicate Fertility preservation
/about-us/a-z-fertility-glossary/Text duplicate A-Z fertility glossary
A-TITLE A-Z fertility glossary
/contact-us/frequently-asked-q...Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
A-TITLE Visit the 'Frequently asked questions' page
/about-us/media-centre/Text duplicate Media centre
A-TITLE Media centre
/about-us/news-and-press-relea...Text duplicate News and press releases
/privacy-policy-cookies-and-ac...Privacy, cookies and accessibility
/privacy-policy-cookies-and-ac...Accessibility statement
/about-us/freedom-of-information/Freedom of information
/contact-us/making-a-complaint...Complaints
A-TITLE More information about making a complaint
/work-for-us/Text duplicate Work for us
https://portal.hfea.gov.uk/kno...External Subdomain Clinic Portal
/about-us/applying-for-a-clini...Applying for a clinic licence
/about-us/applying-for-a-resea...Applying for a research licence
/pgt-m-conditions/PGT-M conditions
/about-us/data-research/Text duplicate Data research
A-TITLE Data research
/about-us/publications/researc...Research publications
/about-us/hfea-dashboard/Text duplicate HFEA dashboard
A-TITLE HFEA dashboard

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.hfea.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 of 0.49 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 1 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (55 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
dateFri, 25 Jul 2025 06:10:32 GMT
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
cache-controlno-cache,no-store
content-encodinggzip
expires-1
pragmano-cache
set-cookie226 Characters
transfer-encodingchunked
varyAccept-Encoding
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 786 referring domains.
This page has 65,105 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 551 different ip addresses.

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