Hughjames.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
61% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
52% 
Server
77% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.89 s
File size
126.30 kB
Words
913
Media files
18
Number of links
201 internal / 3 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Hugh James | Top 100 Full Service UK Law Firm
The length of the page title is perfect. (432 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Hugh James is a full service, top 100 UK law firm offering specialist legal and financial advice. We have the expertise to deliver a service you can trust.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (926 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.hughjames.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: Canada
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
descriptionHugh James is a full service, top 100 UK law firm offering specialist legal and financial advice. We have the expertise to deliver a service you can trust.
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langen-gb
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleHugh James | Top 100 Full Service UK Law Firm
twitter:descriptionHugh James is a full service, top 100 UK law firm offering specialist legal and financial advice. We have the expertise to deliver a service you can trust.
twitter:site@hughjameslegal
twitter:creator@hughjameslegal
twitter:label1Written by
twitter:data1spindogs
twitter:label2Time to read
twitter:data2Less than a minute
og:localeen_GB
og:typewebsite
og:titleHugh James | Top 100 Full Service UK Law Firm
og:descriptionHugh James is a full service, top 100 UK law firm offering specialist legal and financial advice. We have the expertise to deliver a service you can trust.
og:urlhttps://www.hughjames.com/
og:site_nameHugh James
og:updated_time2025-06-11T22:09:37+01:00
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: Hugh James is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Au...
This page contains 913 words. That's ok.
22.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 9.96 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 18 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
7 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
...uploads/2024/04/HughJames-white-logo.svgHugh James Logo
/app/themes/v1/images/logo-colour.svgHugh James Logo
...gh-James_Website_hero-header_Desktop.svgHero section fallback image
/app/uploads/2024/04/HJ-Homepage-MOBILE.svgNo alt attribute provided
...s/2024/04/HJ-AboutUs-690x0-c-default.jpgMembers of the Hugh James London office have a meeting on the sofas of our London office
...kMu-QwI0M-unsplash-510x285-c-default.jpgNo alt attribute providedCuro housing disrepair ruling offers clear guidance and a costs warning for tenant solicitors
...v4LtEw9GM-unsplash-510x285-c-default.jpgNo alt attribute providedHugh James returns to Court of Appeal to fight in landmark case on anonymity protection for vulnerable children
...8vbsN6ryA-unsplash-510x285-c-default.jpgNo alt attribute providedCross-border disputes in sport: What the Lions v Rugby Australia clash teaches rights-holders
.../iStock-1796950195-510x285-c-default.jpgNo alt attribute providedWhy women with spinal cord injuries deserve better: A call to prioritise women’s health in the NHS
...XEqJ_qxtQ-unsplash-510x285-c-default.jpgNo alt attribute providedWhat can I do if I have a Family Protection Trust prepared by McClure Solicitors?
...stadium-with-crowd-510x285-c-default.jpgNo alt attribute providedSafe Sport: A legal perspective on the UK’s new blueprint for safeguarding in sport
...2024/04/HJ-OurPeople-690x0-c-default.jpgthe Hugh James London team in our Kings Arms Yard office
...loads/2024/04/Hugh-James-Careers-CTA.svgCareers CTA background
...uploads/2024/04/HughJames-white-logo.svgHugh James Logo
...03/Acceditation_Marque_ISO_9001_Mono.pngCfA Centre for Assessment ISO 9001 16/4640. UKAS Management systems 0120
...07/New-Lexcel-Accredited-logo-resize.pngLexcel legal practice quality mark. Law Society Accredited
...7/Law-Society-CQS-logo-2025-resize-2.pngAccredited Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) The Law Society

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
When a problem needs unravelling
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 When a problem needs unravelling
H2 We never shy away from a challenge
H2 How can we help?
H2 Specialist sectors
H2 What do you need to know?
H2 Get to know us
H2 Ready for your next challenge?
H2 Next steps
H3 Legal services for
H3 Sector expertise
H3 Something else?
H3 Curo housing disrepair ruling offers clear guidance and a costs warning for tenant solicitors
H3 Hugh James returns to Court of Appeal to fight in landmark case on anonymity protection for vulnerable children
H3 Cross-border disputes in sport: What the Lions v Rugby Australia clash teaches rights-holders
H3 Why women with spinal cord injuries deserve better: A call to prioritise women’s health in the NHS
H3 What can I do if I have a Family Protection Trust prepared by McClure Solicitors?
H3 Safe Sport: A legal perspective on the UK’s new blueprint for safeguarding in sport
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.hughjames.com/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.hughjames.com/Subdomain IMG-ALT Hugh James Logo
https://www.hughjames.com/about/Subdomain About
/about/charities-communities-csr/Subdomain Charities, communities & CSR
/about/charities-communities-c...Subdomain Our charity partnerships
/about/cardiff-office/Cardiff office
/about/london-office/London office
/about/manchester-office/Manchester office
/about/plymouth-office/Plymouth office
/about/southampton-office/Southampton office
/about/cymraeg/Subdomain Yr iaith Gymraeg
/about/our-prices/Subdomain Our prices
/about/our-prices/alcohol-lice...Alcohol licensing
/about/our-prices/conveyancing...Conveyancing
/about/our-prices/employment-t...Employment tribunal
/about/our-prices/estate-admin...Estate administration
/about/our-prices/motoring-off...Motoring offences
/about/legal-network/Subdomain Legal network
/about/trust-corporation-limited/Subdomain Hugh James Trust Corporation Limited
/for-business/Subdomain For Business
/services/banking-and-finance/Subdomain Banking & finance
/services/commercial/Subdomain Commercial
/services/competition-law/Subdomain Competition law
/services/commercial-property/Subdomain Commercial property
/services/construction-solicit...Subdomain Construction
/services/corporate-and-ma/Subdomain Corporate and M&A
/services/dispute-resolution-s...Subdomain Dispute resolution
/services/employment-law-solic...Subdomain Employment
/services/energy-renewables/Subdomain Energy & renewables
/services/health-safety-solici...Health & safety
/services/information-law-soli...Information law
/services/insolvency/Subdomain Insolvency
/services/insurance-corporate-...Subdomain Insurance & corporate risk
/services/intellectual-property/Subdomain Intellectual property
/services/licensing/Subdomain Licensing
/services/mining-minerals-and-...Subdomain Mining, minerals, & land resources
/services/private-wealth-servi...Subdomain Private wealth services for law firms
/services/public-law-procureme...Subdomain Procurement
/services/professional-neglige...Subdomain Professional negligence
/services/projects-ppp-pfi-mim/Subdomain Projects (PPP, PFI, MIM)
/services/dispute-resolution-s...Property litigation
/services/banking-and-finance/...Real estate finance
/services/technology-it/Subdomain Technology & IT
/for-individuals/Subdomain For Individuals
/services/court-of-protection-...Subdomain Court of Protection
/services/class-action-litigat...Subdomain Competition litigation
/services/dispute-resolution-s...Defamation
/services/dispute-resolution-s...Subdomain Text duplicate Dispute resolution
/services/employment-individuals/Subdomain Employment - individuals
/services/environmental-compen...Subdomain Environmental nuisance
/services/family/Subdomain Family
/services/inquests-solicitors/Subdomain Inquests
/services/motoring-offences/Subdomain Text duplicate Motoring offences
/services/nursing-care-fee-rec...Subdomain Nursing care fee recovery
/services/powers-of-attorney/Subdomain Powers of attorney
/services/contested-wills-trus...Subdomain Private wealth disputes
/services/estate-administration/Subdomain Probate and estate administration
/services/professional-neglige...Subdomain Text duplicate Professional negligence
/services/professional-regulat...Subdomain Professional regulation
/services/dispute-resolution-s...Text duplicate Property litigation
/services/residential-property/Subdomain Residential property
/services/trusts/Subdomain Trusts
/services/hugh-james-will-writ...Subdomain Wills & estate planning
/for-personal-injury-claims/Subdomain For Personal Injury & Claims
/services/asbestos-claims/Asbestos claims
/services/court-of-protection-...Subdomain Text duplicate Court of Protection
/services/criminal-injury-comp...Subdomain Criminal injury compensation
/services/environmental-compen...Subdomain Environmental claims
/services/fatal-claims-inquests/Subdomain Fatal inquest claims
/services/mis-sold-investment-...Subdomain Financial mis-selling
/services/harmful-product-claims/Subdomain Harmful product claims
/services/class-action-litigat...Subdomain Group actions
/services/holiday-accident-cla...Subdomain Holiday accident claims
/services/medical-negligence-s...Subdomain Medical negligence
/services/military-legal-servi...Subdomain Military legal services
/services/personal-injury-comp...Subdomain Personal injury compensation
/services/catastrophic-injury-...Serious injury claims
/services/sexual-abuse-claims-...Subdomain Sexual abuse compensation
/services/workplace-disease-an...Subdomain Work related illness compensation
/for-public-third-sector/Subdomain For Public & Third Sector
/services/adult-social-services/Subdomain Adult social services
/services/banking-and-finance/Subdomain Text duplicate Banking & finance
/services/charity-law/Subdomain Charities
/services/childrens-social-ser...Subdomain Children's social services
/services/commercial/Subdomain Text duplicate Commercial
/services/commercial-property/Subdomain Text duplicate Commercial property
/services/construction-solicit...Subdomain Text duplicate Construction
/services/corporate-and-ma/Subdomain Text duplicate Corporate and M&A
/services/dispute-resolution-s...Subdomain Text duplicate Dispute resolution
/services/education-sector-leg...Subdomain Education
/services/employment-law-solic...Subdomain Text duplicate Employment
/services/fire-safety-solicitors/Fire safety
/services/health-safety-solici...Text duplicate Health & safety
/services/dispute-resolution-s...Housing management
/services/information-law-soli...Text duplicate Information law
/services/insurance-corporate-...Subdomain Text duplicate Insurance & corporate risk
/services/contested-wills-trus...Legacy protection services for charities
/services/mining-minerals-and-...Subdomain Text duplicate Mining, minerals, & land resources
/services/planning/Subdomain Planning law
/services/public-law-procureme...Subdomain Text duplicate Procurement
/services/professional-regulat...Subdomain Text duplicate Professional regulation
/services/projects-ppp-pfi-mim/Subdomain Text duplicate Projects (PPP, PFI, MIM)
/services/dispute-resolution-s...Text duplicate Property litigation
/public-authority-training-con...Subdomain Public authority training consortium
/services/public-inquiries/Subdomain Public inquiries
/services/regulatory/Subdomain Regulatory
/services/social-housing/Subdomain Social housing
/for-banks-financial-instituti...Subdomain For Banks & Financial Institutions
/services/banking-and-finance/Subdomain Text duplicate Banking & finance
/services/banking-and-finance/...Development of processes and systems for volume work
/services/insurance-corporate-...Subdomain Text duplicate Insurance & corporate risk
/services/planning/Subdomain Planning
/services/contested-wills-trus...Professional trust & estate dispute services
/services/insurance-corporate-...Subdomain Subrogated recovery
/services/volume-wills-probate...Subdomain Volume wills, probate, & trusts
/for-property-construction/Subdomain For Property & Construction
/services/banking-and-finance/Subdomain Text duplicate Banking & finance
/services/commercial-property/Subdomain Text duplicate Commercial property
/services/construction-solicit...Subdomain Text duplicate Construction
/services/dispute-resolution-s...Subdomain Text duplicate Dispute resolution
/services/insurance-corporate-...Subdomain Text duplicate Insurance & corporate risk
/services/mining-minerals-and-...Subdomain Text duplicate Mining, minerals, & land resources
/services/planning/Subdomain Text duplicate Planning
/services/professional-neglige...Subdomain Text duplicate Professional negligence
/services/projects-ppp-pfi-mim/Subdomain Text duplicate Projects (PPP, PFI, MIM)
/services/dispute-resolution-s...Text duplicate Property litigation
/services/banking-and-finance/...Text duplicate Real estate finance
/services/residential-property/Subdomain Text duplicate Residential property
/services/social-housing/Text duplicate Social housing
/services/insurance-corporate-...Subdomain Text duplicate Subrogated recovery
/for-tech-media-telecoms/Subdomain For Tech, Media, & Telecoms
/services/licensing/gambling-l...Gambling licensing
/services/gaming-gambling-law/Subdomain Gaming (Gambling & Non-Gambling)
/services/media-entertainment/Subdomain Media & entertainment
/services/technology-it/Subdomain Text duplicate Technology & IT
/services/telecommunications/Subdomain Telecommunications
/services/agriculture/Subdomain Agriculture
/services/charity-law/Subdomain Text duplicate Charities
/services/cryptocurrency-digit...Subdomain Cryptocurrency & digital assets
/services/education-sector-leg...Text duplicate Education
/services/energy-renewables/Subdomain Text duplicate Energy & renewables
/services/gaming-gambling-law/Subdomain Text duplicate Gaming (Gambling & Non-Gambling)
/services/healthcare-solicitors/Healthcare
/services/hospitality-leisure/Subdomain Hospitality & leisure
/services/mining-minerals-and-...Subdomain Text duplicate Mining, minerals, & land resources
/services/rail/Subdomain Rail
/services/social-housing/Subdomain Text duplicate Social housing
/services/sport/Subdomain Sport
/services/hugh-james-independe...Financial advice
https://www.hughjames.com/people/Our people
https://www.hughjames.com/blog/Subdomain Blog
https://www.hughjames.com/events/Events
/careers/Careers
/contact-us/Contact
https://www.hughjames.com/Anchor Make enquiry
https://www.hughjames.com/about/Find out more
https://www.hughjames.com/about/More about us
/for-business/Businesses
/for-individuals/Individuals
/for-personal-injury-claims/Personal injury & claims
/for-public-third-sector/Public & third sector
/for-banks-financial-instituti...Banks & financial institutions
/for-property-construction/Property & construction
/for-tech-media-telecoms/Tech, media, & telecoms
/services/agriculture/Text duplicate Agriculture
/services/charity-law/Text duplicate Charities
/services/cryptocurrency-digit...Text duplicate Cryptocurrency & digital assets
/services/education-sector-leg...Text duplicate Education
/services/energy-renewables/Text duplicate Energy & renewables
/services/healthcare-solicitors/Text duplicate Healthcare
/services/hospitality-leisure/Text duplicate Hospitality & leisure
/services/mining-minerals-and-...Text duplicate Mining, minerals, & land resources
/services/rail/Text duplicate Rail
/services/social-housing/Text duplicate Social housing
/services/sport/Text duplicate Sport
/services/hugh-james-independe...Independent financial advice
https://www.hughjames.com/people/Meet our experts
/careers/Text duplicate Careers
https://www.hughjames.com/blog/Subdomain See all articles
/blog/curo-housing-disrepair-g...Subdomain Curo housing disrepair ruling offers clear guidance and a costs warning for tenant solicitors
/blog/court-of-appeal-to-fight...Subdomain Hugh James returns to Court of Appeal to fight in landmark case on anonymity protection for vulnerable children
/blog/cross-border-disputes-in...Subdomain Cross-border disputes in sport: What the Lions v Rugby Australia clash teaches rights-holders
/blog/women-spinal-cord-injuri...Subdomain Why women with spinal cord injuries deserve better: A call to prioritise women’s health in the NHS
/blog/what-can-i-do-if-i-have-...Subdomain What can I do if I have a Family Protection Trust prepared by McClure Solicitors?
/blog/safe-sport-safeguarding-...Subdomain Safe Sport: A legal perspective on the UK’s new blueprint for safeguarding in sport
https://www.hughjames.com/blog/Subdomain Text duplicate See all articles
https://www.hughjames.com/people/Your key contacts
/careers/Build your career with us
https://www.hughjames.com/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Hugh James Logo
https://www.hughjames.com/about/Subdomain Text duplicate About
https://www.hughjames.com/blog/Subdomain Text duplicate Blog
/careers/Subdomain Text duplicate Careers
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact us
https://www.hughjames.com/events/Subdomain Text duplicate Events
https://www.hughjames.com/people/Subdomain Text duplicate Our people
https://facebook.com/HughJames...External No Text
https://x.com/hughjameslegalExternal No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.hughjames.com/tcs/Subdomain Terms & conditions
/policies-notices/Subdomain Policies & notices
/policies-notices/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy policy
/partners/Subdomain Partners
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact us
/sitemap/Subdomain Sitemap

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.hughjames.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 of 0.89 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (126 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 245 referring domains.
This page has 3,683 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 200 different ip addresses.

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