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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
85% 
Page quality
64% 
Page structure
98% 
Link structure
87% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.36 s
File size
122.40 kB
Words
484
Media files
5
Number of links
99 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to Leeds | Leeds.gov.uk
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
A compassionate and caring city, with a strong economy.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (347 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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
descriptionA compassionate and caring city, with a strong economy.
robotsindex, follow
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
msapplication-configfavicons/browserconfig.xml
msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
theme-color#ffffff
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 484 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
24.4% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 21 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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 10 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
/sites/default/files/2024-11/icon-x.svgX icon
...default/files/2024-09/icon-instagram.svgInstagram
...efault/files/2024-11/icon-facebook_0.svgFacebook Icon
...default/files/2024-09/lcc-logo-white.svgLeeds City Council
Video URLWidthHeight
...fault/files/2024-12/lcc-hero-video_0.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Leeds City Council
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Leeds City Council
H2 Main navigation
H2 Services menu
H2 Just One More, 19 May to 27 June
H2 Help with the cost of living
H2 Footer legal
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 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/A-TITLE Leeds City Council
/apply-report-or-payApply, report or pay
/antisocial-behaviour-and-crimeAntisocial behaviour and crime
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/benefitsBenefits
/bins-and-recyclingBins, waste and recycling
/births-deaths-and-marriagesBirths, deaths, marriages and citizenship
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/businessBusiness and licensing
/children-and-familiesChildren and families
/your-councilCouncil and democracy
/council-taxCouncil tax
/environmental-healthEnvironmental health
/health-and-social-careHealth and social care
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/housingHousing
/jobs-skills-and-trainingJobs, skills and training
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisureLeisure and attractions
https://libraries.leeds.gov.uk/External Subdomain Libraries
/parking-roads-and-travelParking, roads and travel
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/planningPlanning and building
/public-healthPublic health
/schools-and-educationSchools and education
/bins-and-recyclingText duplicate Bins, waste and recycling
/residents/bins-and-recycling/...Check your bin day
/residents/bins-and-recycling/...Get rid of unwanted items
/residents/bins-and-recycling/...New or replacement bin
/residents/bins-and-recycling/...Bin collection problems
/council-taxText duplicate Council tax
/council-tax/how-to-pay-your-c...How to pay
/council-tax/manage-your-counc...Manage your council tax online
/council-tax/bands-and-chargesBands and charges
/council-tax/discounts-and-exe...Council tax support
/parking-roads-and-travelText duplicate Parking, roads and travel
/parking-roads-and-travel/road...Roadworks and closures
/parking-roads-and-travel/park...Pay a parking ticket or bus lane fine
/parking-roads-and-travel/parkingParking
/parking-roads-and-travel/park...Resident parking permits
/schools-and-educationText duplicate Schools and education
/schools-and-education/school-...School holidays and term dates
/schools-and-education/school-...Check a school's details
/schools-and-education/school-...School admissions
/schools-and-education/school-...Moving schools
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/housingText duplicate Housing
/housing/council-housing-infor...Report a repair
/housing/council-housing-infor...Ways to pay your rent
/housing/council-housing-infor...Manage your tenancy online
/housing/finding-a-home/apply-...Apply for council housing
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/benefitsText duplicate Benefits
/benefits/household-support-fundHousehold Support Fund
/benefits/housing-benefitsHousing benefit
/benefits/help-with-food-and-b...Help with food and bills
/benefits/discretionary-housin...Discretionary housing payments
/births-deaths-and-marriagesText duplicate Births, deaths, marriages and citizenship
/births-deaths-and-marriages/c...Booking a ceremony
/births-deaths-and-marriages/c...Ceremonies at Leeds Civic Hall
/births-deaths-and-marriages/c...Order copy certificates
/births-deaths-and-marriages/r...Register a birth
/jobs-skills-and-trainingText duplicate Jobs, skills and training
https://jobs.leeds.gov.uk/External Subdomain Working with us
/jobs-skills-and-training/appr...Apprenticeships
/jobs-skills-and-training/volu...Volunteering
/jobs-skills-and-training/jobs...Jobshops
/antisocial-behaviour-and-crimeText duplicate Antisocial behaviour and crime
/antisocial-behaviour-and-crim...Making a noise complaint
/antisocial-behaviour-and-crim...Report anti-social behaviour
/antisocial-behaviour-and-crim...Report fly tipping
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/businessText duplicate Business and licensing
/licensing/taxi-and-private-hi...Taxi and private hire licensing
/licensing/alcohol-and-enterta...Premises licences
/business-ratesBusiness rates
/children-and-familiesText duplicate Children and families
/children-and-families/keeping...Report a child protection concern
https://cfl.leeds.gov.uk/External Subdomain Child Friendly Leeds
/children-and-families/healthy...Healthy holidays
https://foster4.leeds.gov.uk/External Subdomain Fostering
/environmental-healthText duplicate Environmental health
/environmental-health/pest-con...Pest control
/environmental-health/report-a...Report a road that needs cleaning
/environmental-health/air-qual...Air quality
/health-and-social-careText duplicate Health and social care
/adult-social-careAdult social care
/children-and-families/keeping...Keeping children safe
https://www.leedsdirectory.org/External Subdomain Leeds Directory
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisureText duplicate Leisure and attractions
https://active.leeds.gov.uk/External Subdomain Active Leeds
/arts-and-eventsArts and events
https://museumsandgalleries.le...External Subdomain Museums and galleries
/parks-and-countrysideParks and countryside
https://libraries.leeds.gov.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Libraries
https://libraries.leeds.gov.uk...External Subdomain Central library
https://libraries.leeds.gov.uk...External Subdomain Find library events
https://libraries.leeds.gov.uk...External Subdomain Text duplicate Libraries
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/planningText duplicate Planning and building
/planning/building-regulations...Apply for building regulations approval
/planning/planning-permission/...Planning permission
/planning/planning-permission/...View and comment on planning applications
/public-healthText duplicate Public health
/public-health/healthy-livingHealthy living
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/phrcPublic health resource centre
/phrc/public-health-trainingPublic health training
/your-councilYour council
/consultations-and-feedbackConsultations and feedback
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/opendataCouncil data and information
/electionsElections
https://bit.ly/4jPybqQExternal Find out about Just One More activities and how you can join in
/campaign/cost-of-livingSubdomain Find advice and support available in Leeds
https://eforms.leeds.gov.uk/We...External Subdomain Give feedback
https://x.com/LeedsCC_helpExternal IMG-ALT X icon
https://www.instagram.com/leed...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/Leeds...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook Icon
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe to our newsletters
/contact-usContact us
/languages-and-translationLanguages and translation
https://news.leeds.gov.uk/External Subdomain News
/accessibilityAccessibility
/privacy-and-dataPrivacy
/terms-and-conditionsTerms and conditions
/consultations-and-feedback/co...Feedback

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.leeds.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.36 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (122 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateWed, 21 May 2025 15:08:39 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie178 Characters
serverApache
x-powered-byPHP/8.3.20
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
content-security-policyreport-uri /report-csp-violation; upgrade-insecure-requests
strict-transport-securitymax-age=1000; includeSubDomains; preload
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
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 776 referring domains.
This page has 22,721 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 585 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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Welcome to Leeds | Leeds.gov.uk
A compassionate and caring city, with a strong economy.

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
Leeds75%Check
Leeds City69%Check
City63%Check
City Council58%Check
caring city55%Check
Council52%Check
compassionate46%Check
caring46%Check
strong46%Check
economy46%Check
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