Manchester.gov.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
56% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
98% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.20 s
File size
35.40 kB
Words
325
Media files
8
Number of links
62 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Manchester City Council Homepage
The length of the page title is perfect. (321 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Find and use Manchester City Council services and information online. Including council tax, bins, benefits and support, parking and more.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (849 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
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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
authorManchester City Council
generatorhttp://www.jadu.net
DC.languageen
DC.created2005-04-01
DC.creatorManchester City Council
DC.publisherManchester City Council, Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 2LA, UK
KeywordsManchester, UK, England, local authority, council, local government, services, citizen, councillor, community, leisure, tourist, tourism, social services, education, enviroment, fire, emergency planning, road safety, transport, motorways, library, libraries, archive, public record, record office, parish councils, county councillors
DescriptionFind and use Manchester City Council services and information online. Including council tax, bins, benefits and support, parking and more.
DC.titleManchester City Council - Tel: 0161 234 5000
DC.descriptionFind and use Manchester City Council services and information online. Including council tax, bins, benefits and support, parking and more.
langen
fb:app_id114334369523
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 325 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
24.6% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
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 7 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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
/images/OMS_WebCarousel.jpgThree people standing
..._Col_support_web_carousel_1200x760_2.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...mages/footer-icons/footer-icon-email.svgBulletin icon
...ges/footer-icons/footer-icon-twitter.svgX icon
...es/footer-icons/footer-icon-facebook.svgFacebook icon
...es/footer-icons/footer-icon-linkedin.svgLinked In icon
...ges/footer-icons/footer-icon-youtube.svgYouTube icon
...s/footer-icons/footer-icon-instagram.svgInstagram icon

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Manchester City Council home page
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Manchester City Council home page
H1 New Homepage
H2 Council Services
H2 Our Manchester Strategy 2025-35
H2 Help with rent, food, bills, benefits or getting online
H2 Latest News
H2 Upcoming Events
H3 Council Tax
H3 Bins
H3 Work
H3 Benefits and support
H3 Get ready to embark on an exciting digital journey with Wallace and Gromit and Vaughan Williams this summer
H3 Funding for Wythenshawe Park improves accessibility for visitors
H3 Foster carers with over 700 years' fostering experience between them recognised at annual awards in Manchester
H3 Zip World Manchester at Heaton Park
H3 Funfair at Debdale Park
H3 May Funfair
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 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.manchester.gov.uk/Subdomain Manchester City Council home page
https://www.manchester.gov.uk/Subdomain Anchor Skip to main content
/accessibility/settingsSubdomain Accessibility
/youraccountSubdomain Sign in or register
/info/200028/council_taxCouncil Tax
/info/200028/council_tax/6407/...Subdomain Pay council tax
/info/500332/money_off_and_exe...Subdomain Council tax discounts and exemptions
/info/200028/council_tax/3942/...Subdomain Change your details
/info/200084/bins_rubbish_and_...Bins
/info/200084/bins_rubbish_and_...Subdomain Order a bin, box or bags
/bulkywasteGet rid of a large unwanted item
/bincollectionsCheck your bin day
/info/100008/work_jobs_trainin...Work
/info/100008/work_jobs_trainin...Subdomain See job vacancies
/info/100008/work_jobs_trainin...Subdomain Get job-seeking advice
/apprenticeshipsApprenticeships
/info/200008/benefits_and_supportBenefits and support
/info/200008/benefits_andamp_s...Subdomain Claim benefits
/info/500180/housing_benefitSubdomain Housing Benefit
/info/200008/benefits_and_supp...Subdomain View benefit claims
/info/100011/parkingSubdomain Parking
/educationSubdomain Schools, education and childcare
/paymentsSubdomain Make a payment
/environmentSubdomain Environmental problems
/sportleisurecultureSubdomain Parks, leisure and the arts
/info/200062/librariesSubdomain Libraries
/planningSubdomain Planning and regeneration
/homesSubdomain Homes and property
/taxiSubdomain Taxis and private hire
/birthsmarriagesdeathsSubdomain Births, marriages and deaths
/healthSubdomain Health and wellbeing
/socialservicesSubdomain Social services
/info/500344/roads_and_transportSubdomain Roads and transport
/councildemocracySubdomain The Council and democracy
/marketsSubdomain Markets
/licensingSubdomain Licences and permissions
/communitySubdomain People and communities
/crimeSubdomain Crime and antisocial behaviour
/businessSubdomain Business and investment
/info/200024/consultationsSubdomain Consultations and surveys
/ourmanchesterSubdomain Our Manchester Strategy 2025-35
/ourmanchesterSubdomain Read about Manchester's future
/coladviceSubdomain Help with rent, food, bills, benefits or getting online
/coladviceSubdomain Find out about help with the cost of living
/news/article/9703/get_ready_t...Subdomain Get ready to embark on an exciting digital journey with Wallace and Gromit and Vaughan Williams this summer
/news/article/9702/funding_for...Subdomain Funding for Wythenshawe Park improves accessibility for visitors
/news/article/9701/foster_care...Subdomain Foster carers with over 700 years' fostering experience between them recognised at annual awards in Manchester
/news/Read all news
/events/event/5144/zip_world_m...Subdomain Zip World Manchester at Heaton Park
/events/event/5631/funfair_at_...Subdomain Funfair at Debdale Park
/events/event/5638/may_funfairSubdomain May Funfair
/eventsSubdomain List all events
https://www.manchester.gov.uk/Subdomain Text duplicate Manchester City Council home page
/ebulletinsSubdomain Social media and email updates
/ebulletinsSubdomain Sign up for our bulletin
IMG-ALT Bulletin icon
https://twitter.com/ManCityCou...External Follow us on X
IMG-ALT X icon
https://www.facebook.com/manci...External Subdomain Follow us on Facebook
IMG-ALT Facebook icon
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Follow us on Linked In
IMG-ALT Linked In icon
https://www.youtube.com/user/M...External Subdomain Subscribe to us on YouTube
IMG-ALT YouTube icon
https://www.instagram.com/manc...External Subdomain Follow us on Instagram
IMG-ALT Instagram icon
/contactusSubdomain Contact us
/site_mapSubdomain Site map
/emergency-numbersSubdomain Emergency contacts
/termsSubdomain Terms & Conditions
/complaintsSubdomain Complaints
/cookiesSubdomain Privacy & Cookies
/accessibilitySubdomain Accessibility Statement
https://jadu.net/External Jadu

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.manchester.gov.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 excellent with 0.20 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (35 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 26 May 2025 06:54:16 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length6584
serverWeb Server
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=2592000
set-cookie100 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
nodejadu-web-1
srvscec178
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
envmcc-live-aws
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 747 referring domains.
This page has 9,432 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 566 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent:*
Disallow: /images
Disallow: /javascript
Disallow: /jadu
Disallow: /blogAdmin
Disallow: /preview
Disallow: /search

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Find and use Manchester City Council services and information online. Including council tax, bins, benefits and support, parking and more.

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
Manchester91%Check
Manchester City83%Check
Manchester City Council81%Check
Council77%Check
City Council77%Check
Manchester City Council Homepage75%Check
City Council Homepage68%Check
Council Homepage65%Check
Council Tax65%Check
Council Services65%Check
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