Roads.org.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
70% 
Page quality
86% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
79% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.28 s
File size
34.40 kB
Words
614
Media files
8
Number of links
50 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to Roads.org.uk! | Roads.org.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)
Roads.org.uk is the home of roads in the UK - from road project updates to maps of every motorway and expressway and detailed articles exploring the history of the network. It's the essential guide to the highways of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The meta description is too long: 1544 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.roads.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 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
descriptionRoads.org.uk is the home of roads in the UK - from road project updates to maps of every motorway and expressway and detailed articles exploring the history of the network. It's the essential guide to the highways of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
msapplication-TileColor#ffc40d
msapplication-config/browserconfig.xml
theme-color#ffffff
GeneratorDrupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@roads_uk
twitter:titleWelcome to Roads.org.uk!
twitter:descriptionThe homepage of Roads.org.uk, Britain's biggest roads website.
twitter:imagehttps://www.roads.org.uk/sites/default/files/blog/new-name-very-old-website/title.png
og:site_nameRoads.org.uk
og:imagehttps://www.roads.org.uk/sites/default/files/blog/new-name-very-old-website/title.png
og:image:typeimage/png
og:image:width1440
og:image:height400
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
These Typos were found:
  • cant => cannot, can not, can't
This page contains 614 words. That's ok.
38.9% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
8 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 11.36 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 5 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 amount of tags is very high (15). We recommend using a maximum of 12 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: the ringways map is here
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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
/themes/custom/roads_2021/logo.svgHome
...erent-light/title.jpg.webp?itok=3hZ8pza3No alt attribute provided
...efault/perm_files/blog/substack-icon.svgSubstack iconThis post is on Substack
...ys-map-here/title.jpg.webp?itok=lydHFp1hNo alt attribute provided
...-white-blue/title.png.webp?itok=8pQN3eCnNo alt attribute provided
...P1-hIJE7fomzl_Dgg.jpg.webp?itok=C0cr5nFHNo alt attribute provided
...eys/oldnewclydach.jpg.webp?itok=xjuZ7tLMNo alt attribute provided
/sites/default/perm_files/site/bmc-logo.svgBuy me a Coffee - make a small donation towards the running of Roads.org.uk

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 London, in a new light
H2 The Ringways Map is here
H2 Red, white and blue
H2 Hello there!
H4 Latest Blog comments
H4 Latest video
H4 Small print
H4 Follow our socials
H4 Share this page
H4 Have you seen...
H4 The Heads of the Valleys
H5 Main navigation
H5 This beachside road blazed a trail
H5 Navigation
H5 Browse by tag
H5 Other pages
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
4 links don't have an anchor text.
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 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.roads.org.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.roads.org.uk/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Roads.org.uk Home
https://www.roads.org.uk/Text duplicate Home
https://www.roads.org.uk/blogBlog
/informationInformation
A-TITLE Expand menu Information
/abbreviationsAbbreviations
https://www.roads.org.uk/roadsfaqBritish Roads FAQ
A-TITLE Answers to frequently asked questions
/dictionaryDictionary
A-TITLE Definitions for roads terminology and jargon
/interchangesInterchanges
A-TITLE Do you know your dumbbell from your cloverleaf? Common motorway junctions explained.
/road-signsRoad signs
https://www.roads.org.uk/motorwayMotorway Database
A-TITLE Information and maps about UK motorways and expressways
https://www.roads.org.uk/featuresFeatures
A-TITLE Expand menu Features
https://www.roads.org.uk/articlesArticles
A-TITLE A detailed look at the road network and its history
https://www.roads.org.uk/ringwaysRingways
https://www.roads.org.uk/photoPhoto Gallery
/badjunctionsBad Junctions
A-TITLE The worst junctions on the road network, with your comments
/m65-construction-photosM65 Construction Photos
A-TITLE An archive of pictures documenting motorway construction
/opening-bookletsOpening Booklets
https://www.roads.org.uk/fontsFonts
A-TITLE Download and keep the fonts used on road signs
https://www.roads.org.uk/linksLinks
A-TITLE More road and transport websites to visit
https://open.substack.com/pub/...External Subdomain No Text
https://open.substack.com/pub/...External Subdomain London, in a new light
/blog/ringways-map-hereNo Text
/blog/ringways-map-hereThe Ringways Map is here
/blog/red-white-and-blueNo Text
/blog/red-white-and-blueRed, white and blue
/blog/red-white-and-blueText duplicate Red, white and blue
/blog/ringways-map-hereText duplicate The Ringways Map is here
/blog/ringways-map-hereText duplicate The Ringways Map is here
/blog/ringways-map-hereText duplicate The Ringways Map is here
/video/beachside-road-blazed-t...No Text
/video/beachside-road-blazed-t...This beachside road blazed a trail
https://youtu.be/IQPrTQWIzFE?s...External Watch and comment on YouTube
/accessibilityaccessible
https://www.roads.org.uk/aboutAbout
https://bsky.app/profile/roads...External Bluesky @roads.org.uk
https://www.threads.net/@roads...External Subdomain Threads @roads.org.uk
https://www.instagram.com/road...External Subdomain Instagram @roads.org.uk
https://www.youtube.com/@roads...External Subdomain Youtube @roadsorguk
https://www.addtoany.com/shareExternal Subdomain Anchor No Text
/articles/heads-valleysThe Heads of the Valleys
/articles/heads-valleysNo Text
https://buymeacoffee.com/roads...External Buy me a coffee
IMG-ALT Buy me a Coffee - make a small donation towards the running of Roads.org.uk
https://www.roads.org.uk/Text duplicate Home
https://www.roads.org.uk/blogText duplicate Blog
/informationText duplicate Information
https://www.roads.org.uk/motorwayText duplicate Motorway Database
https://www.roads.org.uk/featuresText duplicate Features
https://www.roads.org.uk/fontsText duplicate Fonts
https://www.roads.org.uk/linksText duplicate Links
https://www.roads.org.uk/routesRoutes
https://www.roads.org.uk/tagsTags
https://www.roads.org.uk/regionsRegions
https://www.roads.org.uk/aboutText duplicate About
https://www.roads.org.uk/sitemapSitemap
/accessibilityAccessibility
https://www.roads.org.uk/privacyPrivacy
https://www.roads.org.uk/contactContact
https://bsky.app/profile/roads...External Bluesky
https://www.threads.net/@roads...External Subdomain Threads
https://www.instagram.com/road...External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/@roads...External Subdomain Youtube
http://www.nationalarchives.go...External Subdomain Open Government Licence v3.0
https://www.roads.org.uk/contactget in touch!

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.roads.org.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.28 seconds.
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (34 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 26 Dec 2025 07:32:37 GMT
serverApache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu)
cache-controlmax-age=21600, public
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
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content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
varyCookie,Accept-Encoding
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x-drupal-cacheHIT
upgradeh2,h2c
connectionUpgrade
last-modifiedFri, 26 Dec 2025 07:32:37 GMT
etag"1766734357-gzip"
content-encodinggzip
x-powered-byTinyCP
strict-transport-securitymax-age=600; preload
content-length9133
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 40 referring domains.
This page has 108 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 38 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
# 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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Roads.org.uk is the home of roads in the UK - from road project updates to maps of every motorway and expressway and detailed articles exploring the history of the network. It's the essential guide to the highways of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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