Redcar-cleveland.gov.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
72% 
Page structure
60% 
Link structure
96% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.57 s
File size
212.80 kB
Words
542
Media files
5
Number of links
126 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Redcar and Cleveland Homepage | Redcar and Cleveland
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (518 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council - serving our community with essential services and up-to-date information. From planning to waste services to local events and news, discover how we're making a positive impact on our borough. Visit us now to learn more.
The meta description is too long: 1622 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/
There is a valid canonical link 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

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descriptionRedcar and Cleveland Borough Council - serving our community with essential services and up-to-date information. From planning to waste services to local events and news, discover how we're making a positive impact on our borough. Visit us now to learn more.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 542 words. That's ok.
23.8% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 20 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 11 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/rcbc/logo.svgRedcar and Cleveland
...aste website banner v5.png?itok=ilxVUqU3Image showing a plate of food waste being scrapped into a bin. The text reads 'redcar and cleveland recycles'
...osis friendly employer.jpg?itok=4brFL9mXTwo man and two women standing in the Council's chambers with the Redcar and Cleveland emblem behind them. They are holding two certificates attesting the council is an endometriosis friendly employer
.../eston-pool-news-image.png?itok=7xgi63-sImage showing the Eston Pool building.
...T_.Saltburn.Tramway.05.jpg?itok=r7tUIqssImage of the Slatburn Cliff Tramway going up and down the hill.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Redcar and Cleveland Homepage
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 38 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 Redcar and Cleveland Homepage
H2 Header links
H2 Services menu
H2 Our services
H3 Cost of Living Support
H3 Benefits and council tax support
H3 Council Tax
H3 Adult social care
H3 Pay for it
H3 Committee meetings information
H3 Bins and waste services
H3 Children and families services
H3 About the council
H3 Adult social care Duplicate text
H3 Benefits
H3 Bins and waste services Duplicate text
H3 Births, deaths and ceremonies
H3 Building control
H3 Business information
H3 Children and families service
H3 Climate change
H3 Community safety
H3 Consultations
H3 Councillors and committees
H3 Council Tax Duplicate text
H3 Developing the borough
H3 Environmental health
H3 Housing
H3 Jobs and careers
H3 Libraries
H3 Planning
H3 Roads and parking
H3 Schools and education
H3 Voting and elections
H3 Youth services
H4 The Council commits to becoming Endometriosis Friendly Employer
H4 Watch latest Eston Pool footage as opening date announced
H4 New carriages for iconic Saltburn Tramway as part of major upgrade
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 16 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to main content
/IMG-ALT Redcar and Cleveland
/myaccountMy Account
/bins-and-waste-services/repor...New window Report a missed bin
/bins-and-waste-services/house...Request a new or replacement bin
/environment/fly-tippingReport fly tipping
/roads-and-parking/report-a-po...Report a pothole
/community-safety/neighbourhoo...Request grass or hedge cutting
/roads-and-parking/abandoned-v...Report an abandoned vehicle
/environment/environmental-pro...Report noise pollution
/bins-and-waste-services/ask-u...Ask us to collect an unwanted bin
/roads-and-parking/parking-pro...Report parking problems
/roads-and-parking/report-a-pr...Report street lighting issues
/roads-and-parking/residential...Parking permits
/bins-and-waste-services/litterReport litter
/environment/flooding/blocked-...Report a blocked drain or gulley
/roads-and-parking/report-a-pr...Report pavement issues
/schools-and-education/school-...School admissions enquiries
/roads-and-parking/street-swee...Request street sweeping
/roads-and-parking/road-markin...Road markings and cats eyes
/community-safety/neighbourhoo...Report issues with trees
/environment/flooding/reportin...Report flooding
/housing/housing-advice-and-in...Housing advice
/bins-and-waste-services/food-...Food waste collections are coming in Spring 2026. Find out more here.
/cost-of-living-supportCost of Living Support
/benefits-and-supportBenefits and council tax support
/council-taxCouncil Tax
/adult-social-careAdult social care
/payPay for it
/councillors-and-committees/co...Committee meetings information
/bins-and-waste-servicesBins and waste services
/children-and-families-servicesChildren and families services
/about-the-councilAbout the council
/about-the-council/how-the-cou...How the Council is funded
/about-the-council/compliments...Comments and complaints procedure
/about-the-council/equality-di...Equality & Diversity Information
/adult-social-careText duplicate Adult social care
/adult-social-care/worried-abo...Worried about an adult?
/adult-social-care/get-social-...Get social care help
/adult-social-care/paying-for-...Pay for your care and support
/benefits-and-supportBenefits
/benefits-and-support/housing-...Housing benefit
/benefits-and-support/council-...Council tax support
https://espws.necsws.com/ords/...External Subdomain Help with council tax and rent
/bins-and-waste-servicesText duplicate Bins and waste services
/bins-and-waste-services/check...Check your collection day
https://redcar-and-cleveland-c...External Subdomain Book a Dunsdale tip appointment
https://redcar-cleveland-self....External Subdomain Text duplicate Report a missed bin
/births-deaths-and-ceremoniesBirths, deaths and ceremonies
/births-deaths-and-ceremonies/...Approved venues
/births-deaths-and-ceremonies/...Register a birth
/births-deaths-and-ceremonies/...Register a death
/building-controlBuilding control
/building-control/building-con...Building control register
/building-control/fees-and-pay...Building control fees and payments
/building-control/contact-the-...Contact the building control team
/business-informationBusiness information
/licensing-and-permitsLicences and permits
/business-information/business...Business rates information
/business-information/business...Business centres in Redcar and Cleveland
/children-and-families-servicesChildren and families service
/children-and-families-service...Worried about a child?
/family-hubs/family-hubs-whats-onFamily hubs
/children-and-families-service...Early help services
https://greenerfuture.redcar-c...External Subdomain Climate change
https://greenerfuture.redcar-c...External Subdomain What can I do?
https://greenerfuture.redcar-c...External Subdomain What's being done?
https://greenerfuture.redcar-c...External Subdomain Why do we need to act?
/community-supportCommunity safety
/community-support/neighbourho...Neighbourhood services
/business-information/trading-...Trading standards
/community-support/anti-social...Anti-social behaviour
/consultationsConsultations
/consultations/consultations-i...Consultations information
/consultations/current-consult...Current consultations
/consultations/previous-consul...Previous consultations
/councillors-and-committeesCouncillors and committees
/councillors-and-committees/yo...Find your councillor
/councillors-and-committees/co...Committee meetings
/councillors-and-committees/th...The Cabinet
/council-taxText duplicate Council Tax
/council-tax/council-tax-bandsCouncil Tax bands
/paycounciltaxHow to pay your Council Tax
https://espws.necsws.com/ords/...External Subdomain Setup your online Council Tax account
/developing-the-boroughDeveloping the borough
/developing-the-borough/redcar...Redcar town deal
/developing-the-borough/loftus...Loftus future high streets fund
/developing-the-borough/beach-...Beach Base
/environment/environmental-healthEnvironmental health
/environment/environmental-hea...Allergens information
/environment/environmental-hea...Food hygiene
/environment/environmental-hea...Private water supplies
/housingHousing
/housing/housing-standardsHousing standards
/housing/housing-advice-and-in...Social housing
/housing/housing-advice-and-in...Housing advice and information
/jobs-and-careersJobs and careers
https://www.northeastjobs.org....External Subdomain Current job vacancies
/jobs-and-careers/working-for-usWhy you should work with us
/jobs-and-careers/apprenticesh...Find out about apprenticeships with us
/librariesLibraries
/libraries/libraries-informationLibraries information
/libraries/libraries-and-custo...Find your local library
/libraries/virtual-libraryFind out more about our online library
/planningPlanning
https://planning.redcar-clevel...External Subdomain Planning register
/planning/do-i-need-planning-p...Do I need planning permission?
/planning/contact-the-planning...Contact the planning team
/roads-and-parkingRoads and parking
/roads-and-parking/roadworksRoadworks
/roads-and-parking/blue-badge-...Blue badge scheme
/roads-and-parking/pay-or-chal...Pay or challenge a parking ticket
/schools-and-educationSchools and education
/schools-and-education/school-...School admissions
/schools-and-education/school-...School terms and holiday dates
/schools-and-education/free-sc...Free school meals
/voting-and-electionsVoting and elections
/voting-and-elections/how-to-voteHow to vote
/voting-and-elections/upcoming...Upcoming elections
/registertovoteRegister to vote
/youth-servicesYouth services
/youth-services/about-youth-clubsAbout youth services
/youth-services/about-our-serviceWhat youth services delivers
/youth-services/youth-and-comm...Find your local youth club
/news/2026/redcar-and-clevelan...Image
IMG-ALT Two man and two women standing in the Council's chambers with the Redcar and Cleveland emblem behind them. They are holding two certificates attesting the co...
/news/2026/redcar-and-clevelan...The Council commits to becoming Endometriosis Friendly Employer
/news/2026/watch-latest-eston-...Text duplicate Image
IMG-ALT Image showing the Eston Pool building.
/news/2026/watch-latest-eston-...Watch latest Eston Pool footage as opening date announced
/news/2026/new-carriages-for-i...Text duplicate Image
IMG-ALT Image of the Slatburn Cliff Tramway going up and down the hill.
/news/2026/new-carriages-for-i...New carriages for iconic Saltburn Tramway as part of major upgrade
/newsSee all news
A-TITLE News
/site-terms/cookiesCookies policy
A-TITLE Cookies
/site-terms/terms-and-conditionsTerms and conditions
A-TITLE Terms and conditions
/about-the-council/privacy-not...Privacy
A-TITLE Privacy notices
/site-terms/accessibility-stat...Accessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility statement
/site-terms/disclaimerDisclaimer
A-TITLE Disclaimer
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Sign up to Newsletter
https://www.facebook.com/redca...New window External Subdomain Find Us on Facebook
https://twitter.com/RedcarClev...New window External Find Us on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/redc...New window External Subdomain Find Us on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Find Us on LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/user/R...New window External Subdomain Find Us on YouTube

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.redcar-cleveland.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 of 0.57 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 (213 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 108 referring domains.
This page has 21,251 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 96 different ip addresses.

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www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Redcar and Cleveland Homepage | Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council - serving our community with essential services and up-to-date information. From planning to waste services to local events and news, discover how we're making a positive impact on our borough. Visit us now to learn more.

Most important keywords

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

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Cleveland91%Check
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Cleveland Homepage79%Check
Homepage66%Check
waste63%Check
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