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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
82% 
Page structure
89% 
Link structure
41% 
Server
80% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.31 s
File size
76.90 kB
Words
929
Media files
19
Number of links
85 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
National Centre for Atmospheric Science - National Centre for Atmospheric Science
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 745 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
The National Centre for Atmospheric Science is a world leading research centre dedicated to the advancement of atmospheric science.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (830 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://ncas.ac.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 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 929 words. That's ok.
31.9% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 20.64 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 19 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 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

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...s-in-the-sky-and-sun-setting-720x480.jpgBlue ocean with clouds in the sky and sun setting over the water.
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...ric-Chemistry-Chamber-1280px-720x480.jpgPerson with long hair stands in a laboratory, wearing blue top and blue gloves. They reach upwards to adjust taps on the side of a large metal gas chamber.
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...oads/2025/02/line-managers-2-720x480.jpgTwo people sat at a desk looking at a laptop screen. There is a window in the background, some plants on a shelf on the right hand side, and a computer monitor in the foreground.
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...uting-Cluster-Lights-1280px-1024x576.jpgBlue and green lights arranged in columns on a computer system
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
A world-leading centre for atmospheric science
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 30 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 A world-leading centre for atmospheric science
H2 Our ambition
H2 Latest news
H2 Our training programme
H2 Latest jobs
H2 Equality, diversity and inclusion
H2 Latest events
H2 Our five-year strategy
H2 Our science
H2 Sustainability
H2 Our services
H2 Latest
H2 Quick Links
H2 Recent Posts
H3 Edinburgh supercomputing team joins National Centre for Atmospheric Science
H3 Healing the ozone hole could help the Southern Ocean take up carbon
H3 Has climate change contributed to the warm and dry spring in the UK?
H3 Job Opportunity: Research Scientist (PROMOTE WP3)
H3 Job Opportunity: Research Scientist – now closed
H3 Job Opportunity: Research Scientist (ACACIA and POWER) – now closed
H3 Join our FAAM Airborne Laboratory Ideas Workshop
H3 Level-up your expertise with our Climate Modelling Summer School
H3 Join the first UK Atmospheric Chemistry Conference in September
H3 Air Pollution
H3 Climate and High Impact Weather
H3 Long Term Global Change
H3 FAAM Airborne Laboratory
H3 Atmospheric Measurement and Observation Facility
H3 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
H3 Computational Modelling Services
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 3 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://ncas.ac.uk/No Text
https://ncas.ac.uk/about/About
https://ncas.ac.uk/people/People
https://ncas.ac.uk/publications/Publications
https://ncas.ac.uk/learn/Explainers
https://ncas.ac.uk/for-staff/For staff
https://ncas.ac.uk/contact/Contact
https://ncas.ac.uk/Home
https://ncas.ac.uk/our-science/Our Science
https://ncas.ac.uk/our-services/Our Services
https://ncas.ac.uk/work-with-us/Work with us
https://ncas.ac.uk/study-with-us/Study with us
https://ncas.ac.uk/news-events/Latest
https://ncas.ac.uk/Text duplicate Home
https://ncas.ac.uk/our-science/Text duplicate Our Science
https://ncas.ac.uk/our-services/Text duplicate Our Services
https://ncas.ac.uk/work-with-us/Text duplicate Work with us
https://ncas.ac.uk/study-with-us/Text duplicate Study with us
https://ncas.ac.uk/news-events/Text duplicate Latest
https://ncas.ac.uk/about/Text duplicate About
https://ncas.ac.uk/people/Text duplicate People
https://ncas.ac.uk/publications/Text duplicate Publications
https://ncas.ac.uk/learn/Text duplicate Explainers
https://ncas.ac.uk/for-staff/Text duplicate For staff
https://ncas.ac.uk/contact/Text duplicate Contact
/about/strategy/Our vision
/news-events/?category_name=newsSee all news
/edinburgh-supercomputing-team...IMG-ALT Coloured wires and lights as part of a supercomputer
/edinburgh-supercomputing-team...Edinburgh supercomputing team joins National Centre for Atmospheric Science
/healing-the-ozone-hole-could-...IMG-ALT Blue ocean with clouds in the sky and sun setting over the water.
/healing-the-ozone-hole-could-...Healing the ozone hole could help the Southern Ocean take up carbon
/has-climate-change-contribute...No Text
/has-climate-change-contribute...Has climate change contributed to the warm and dry spring in the UK?
/news-events/?category_name=newsText duplicate See all news
https://ncas.ac.uk/study-with-us/Course Options
/news-events/?category_name=jobsSee all jobs
/job-opportunity-research-scie...IMG-ALT Person wearing glasses and red top sits at a computer desk inside, they look towards a silver laptop on the table.
/job-opportunity-research-scie...Job Opportunity: Research Scientist (PROMOTE WP3)
/job-opportunity-research-scie...IMG-ALT A man in a checked shirt in a laboratory leans over a piece of scientific equipment looking at a computer screen
/job-opportunity-research-scie...Job Opportunity: Research Scientist – now closed
/job-opportunity-research-scie...IMG-ALT Person with long hair stands in a laboratory, wearing blue top and blue gloves. They reach upwards to adjust taps on the side of a large metal gas chamber.
/job-opportunity-research-scie...Job Opportunity: Research Scientist (ACACIA and POWER) – now closed
/news-events/?category_name=jobsText duplicate See all jobs
/news-events/?category_name&ta...Diversity and Inclusion News
/news-events/?category_name=ev...See all events
/join-our-faam-airborne-labora...IMG-ALT Blue and white research aircraft being towed across apron with person wearing high visibility jacket walking next to it.
/join-our-faam-airborne-labora...Join our FAAM Airborne Laboratory Ideas Workshop
/level-up-your-expertise-with-...IMG-ALT Two people sat at a desk looking at a laptop screen. There is a window in the background, some plants on a shelf on the right hand side, and a computer monit...
/level-up-your-expertise-with-...Level-up your expertise with our Climate Modelling Summer School
/join-the-first-uk-atmospheric...IMG-ALT Person wearing black shirt holds adjustable wrench in a laboratory
/join-the-first-uk-atmospheric...Join the first UK Atmospheric Chemistry Conference in September
/news-events/?category_name=ev...Text duplicate See all events
/about/strategy/NCAS Strategy 2020 – 2025
/our-science/Subdomain Browse Topics
/our-science/air-pollution/Subdomain IMG-ALT $value['page-selector-listing__image']['alt']
/our-science/air-pollution/Subdomain Air Pollution
/our-science/air-pollution/Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read more
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/our-science/climate-high-impa...Subdomain Climate and High Impact Weather
/our-science/climate-high-impa...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
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/our-science/long-term-global-...Subdomain Long Term Global Change
/our-science/long-term-global-...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/our-science/Subdomain Text duplicate Browse Topics
/about/sustainability/Discover our actions
/our-services/Subdomain Browse Services
/our-services/atmospheric-obse...Subdomain In-flight Measurements
/our-services/atmospheric-obse...Subdomain Ground-based Measurements
/our-services/computer-modelli...Subdomain Data Archival and Analysis
/our-services/computer-modelli...Subdomain Computer Modelling
/our-services/Subdomain Text duplicate Browse Services
https://www.facebook.com/UKAtm...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://twitter.com/AtmosScience/New window External A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://www.instagram.com/ncas...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Instagram
/category/press-releases/Press Releases
https://ncas.ac.uk/category/news/News
/category/events/Events
/news-events/?category_name=jobsJob Opportunities
/about/strategy/Corporate Strategy
http://eepurl.com/ijxxTDExternal Subscribe to newsletter
/about/logo-guidelines/Logo guidelines
https://ncas.ac.uk/accessibility/Accessibility
/freedom-of-information/Freedom of Information
/terms-and-conditions/Terms and Conditions
https://ncas.ac.uk/contact/Text duplicate Contact
/edinburgh-supercomputing-team...Text duplicate Edinburgh supercomputing team joins National Centre for Atmospheric Science
/healing-the-ozone-hole-could-...Text duplicate Healing the ozone hole could help the Southern Ocean take up carbon
/has-climate-change-contribute...Text duplicate Has climate change contributed to the warm and dry spring in the UK?
/privacy-policy/Privacy Page

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://ncas.ac.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)
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.31 seconds.
This page only loads 3 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (77 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This page has backlinks from 283 referring domains.
This page has 864 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 170 different ip addresses.

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