Nct.org.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
85% 
Page quality
76% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
97% 
Server
69% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.13 s
File size
94.10 kB
Words
428
Media files
8
Number of links
51 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
NCT - The UK's leading charity for parents
The length of the page title is perfect. (377 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
We are NCT - the charity that supports people as they become parents. We’re here to support you and your unique experience of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
The meta description is too long: 1038 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.nct.org.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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
descriptionWe are NCT - the charity that supports people as they become parents. We’re here to support you and your unique experience of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
mobile-web-app-capableyes
dcterms.titleNCT - The UK's leading charity for parents
dcterms.creatorNCT (National Childbirth Trust)
dcterms.created2025-02-26T15:13:52+00:00
dcterms.modified2025-02-27T09:48:46+00:00
dcterms.issued2025-02-27T09:48:46+00:00
dcterms.formatHTML
dcterms.identifierhttps://www.nct.org.uk/
msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
theme-color#ffffff
article:published_time2025-02-27T09:48:46+00:00
article:modified_time2025-02-27T09:48:46+00:00
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:site@NCTcharity
twitter:titleNCT - The UK's leading charity for parents
twitter:descriptionWe are NCT - the charity that supports people as they become parents. We’re here to support you and your unique experience of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
twitter:imagehttps://www.nct.org.uk/themes/custom/nct2/assets/images/logo_thumbnail.png
og:titleNCT - The UK's leading charity for parents
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.nct.org.uk/
og:imagehttps://www.nct.org.uk/themes/custom/nct2/assets/images/logo_thumbnail.png
og:descriptionWe are NCT - the charity that supports people as they become parents. We’re here to support you and your unique experience of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
og:site_nameNCT (National Childbirth Trust)
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 428 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
27.3% 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.
6 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 17.8 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 9 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
/themes/custom/nct2/logo.svgHome
...er-and-baby.jpg?h=ea678462&itok=90zUg1YrMum and newborn baby
...thing-balls.jpg?h=344b64e2&itok=BWbTly0HTwo couples at an antenatal class with course leader
...pport-group.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=pxP-oa1nTwo women and a baby at a support group
...landingpage.jpg?h=68c0cd74&itok=jrrX1VVuIllustration of parents
...-two-mums_0.jpg?h=924aa469&itok=EVYoKRtKTwo volunteers with parents on a Walk and Talk
...miling baby.jpg?h=65aa3d03&itok=uXMZnVlyParent with breastfeeding baby
...s-Volunteer.jpg?h=a3f9cf72&itok=lkn0To3YVolunteer with their child at a NCT event

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Primary menu
H2 Your personalised pregnancy & baby guide
H2 We are NCT - the charity that supports people as they become parents.
H3 Sign up for our exclusive NCT Pregnancy & Baby Guide
H3 Support line
H3 About
H3 News & views
H3 Support us
H3 Professionals
H3 Bottom links nct2
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 11 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.nct.org.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.nct.org.uk/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
/support-us/donateDonate
A-TITLE Donate
https://www.facebook.com/natio...External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow us on Facebook
https://bsky.app/profile/nctch...External A-TITLE Follow us on Bluesky
https://www.instagram.com/nctc...External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow us on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow us on LinkedIn
/courses-workshopsCourses & workshops
A-TITLE NCT Courses & Workshops
/informationPregnancy & parent information
/information/pregnancyPregnancy
A-TITLE Evidenced-based information on Pregnancy
/information/labour-birthLabour & birth
A-TITLE Evidenced-based information on Labour & birth
/information/baby-toddlerBaby & toddler
A-TITLE Evidenced-based information on babies & toddlers
/information/life-parentLife as a parent
A-TITLE Evidenced-based information about life as a parent
/local-activities-meet-upsLocal activities & meet-ups
A-TITLE Local NCT events and meet-ups
/get-involvedGet involved
/get-involved/volunteeringVolunteer with us
A-TITLE Volunteer with us
https://www.cloudonlinerecruit...External Subdomain Work with us
A-TITLE Work at NCT
https://www.nct.org.uk/support-usSupport us
A-TITLE How you can support NCT
/support-us/donateMake a donation
A-TITLE Donate to NCT
/support-us/membershipBecome a member
A-TITLE Become an NCT member
/support-us/fundraising-activi...Fundraise for NCT
A-TITLE Fundraise for us
/support-us/partner-with-usPartner with us
https://www.nct.org.uk/about-usAbout us
/about-us/our-impactOur impact
/about-us/our-strategyOur strategy
A-TITLE Our For Every Parent 5-year strategy
/about-us/our-board-trusteesOur trustees
A-TITLE Find out about our trustees
/about-us/our-leadership-teamOur leadership team
/about-us/our-course-leadersOur course leaders
/about-us/our-commitment-equit...Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
/about-us/community-support-pr...Community support programmes
/about-us/media/newsLatest news
A-TITLE Read latest news from NCT
/about-us/contact-usContact us
https://www.facebook.com/natio...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Follow us on Facebook
https://bsky.app/profile/nctch...External Text duplicate A-TITLE Follow us on Bluesky
https://www.instagram.com/nctc...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Follow us on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Follow us on LinkedIn
/nct-pregnancy-baby-guideSign up
/courses-workshops/nct-antenat...Book an NCT Antenatal course The UK's #1 antenatal course
IMG-ALT Two couples at an antenatal class with course leader
/support-us/donateDonate today Help every new parent feel confident, connected and safe
IMG-ALT Two women and a baby at a support group
/informationPregnancy & Parent Information Got questions about pregnancy, birth & early parenthood?
IMG-ALT Illustration of parents
/local-activities-meet-upsDiscover local events Nearly New Sales, Baby & Child First Aid, Walk & Talks and more...
IMG-ALT Two volunteers with parents on a Walk and Talk
/local-activities-meet-ups/fee...Find support with feeding Call our infant feeding line or visit an NCT Baby Cafe
IMG-ALT Parent with breastfeeding baby
https://www.nct.org.uk/about-usAbout us Learn more about NCT and our work supporting people as they become parents
IMG-ALT Volunteer with their child at a NCT event
https://www.nct.org.uk/privacyprivacy policy
https://nct.org.uk/privacyText duplicate privacy policy
https://www.nct.org.uk/Anchor See all costs
/about-us/our-board-trusteesTrustees
https://www.cloudonlinerecruit...External Subdomain Careers
/about-us/media/newsNews
/support-us/donateText duplicate Donate
/support-us/membershipMembership
A-TITLE Become an NCT member
/get-involved/volunteeringVolunteering
A-TITLE Volunteer for NCT
/get-involved/partner-with-usPartnerships
/support-us/fundraising-activi...Fundraising
/about-us/community-support-pr...Breastfeeding Support Services
/about-us/community-support-pr...Community Support Services
A-TITLE Community support services
https://www.cloudonlinerecruit...External Subdomain Text duplicate Work with us
/safeguardingSafeguarding
/about-us/mediaMedia
https://www.nct.org.uk/privacyPrivacy
https://www.nct.org.uk/cookiesCookies
https://www.nct.org.uk/user/loginEditor login
A-TITLE Editor login

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nct.org.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)
This page loads 6 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.13 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (94 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 19 May 2025 09:38:56 GMT
serverApache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu)
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN**, SAMEORIGIN**, SAMEORIGIN**, SAMEORIGIN**, SAMEORIGIN**, SAMEORIGIN**, SAMEORIGIN**, SAMEORIGIN**, SAMEORIGIN**, SAMEORIGIN**, SAMEORIGIN**, SAMEORIGIN**
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
cache-controlmax-age=21600, public
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
content-languageen
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedMon, 19 May 2025 09:25:10 GMT
etag"1747646710-gzip"
varyCookie,Origin,Accept-Encoding
x-drupal-cacheHIT
content-encodinggzip
transfer-encodingchunked
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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 996 referring domains.
This page has 4,846 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 789 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

#
# 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

Allow: /course/*
Disallow: /sites/default/files/*.pdf
Disallow: /event/*?

Search preview

www.nct.org.uk
NCT - The UK's leading charity for parents
We are NCT - the charity that supports people as they become parents. We’re here to support you and your unique experience of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
NCT81%Check
parents62%Check
charity62%Check
Support58%Check
Pregnancy54%Check
leading charity54%Check
people as52%Check
Pregnancy parent information51%Check
supports people as51%Check
people50%Check

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