Wearepay.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
58% 
Server
96% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.48 s
File size
257.40 kB
Words
772
Media files
11
Number of links
171 internal / 1 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Pay.UK - The recognised operator and standards body for the UK’s interbank payment systems
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 922 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
We are the recognised operator and standards body for the UK’s interbank payment systems. Bacs - Faster - Image Payment System
The length of the meta description is perfect. (821 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.wearepay.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionWe are the recognised operator and standards body for the UK’s interbank payment systems. Bacs - Faster - Image Payment System
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msapplication-TileImagehttps://www.wearepay.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/black-circle-01.png
article:modified_time2025-08-05T07:20:32+00:00
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@WeArePayUK
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome - Pay.UK - The recognised operator and standards body for the UK’s interbank payment systems
og:descriptionWe are the recognised operator and standards body for the UK’s interbank payment systems. Bacs - Faster - Image Payment System
og:urlhttps://www.wearepay.uk/
og:site_namePay.UK
og:imagehttps://www.wearepay.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/payUKCog.gif
og:image:width800
og:image:height454
og:image:typeimage/gif
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 772 words. That's ok.
21.4% 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.
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 14.9 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" 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 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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
...6/01_PayUK_AnimatingLogo_Black_296px.gifAnimated Pay.UK Logo Home Button
...oads/2024/08/iStock-619070248-scaled.jpgHomepage Image 1
...s/2024/04/Payuk-swoosh-and-box-slide.pngPay.UK Swoosh
...ads/2024/08/iStock-2149127090-scaled.jpgHomepage Image 3
...s/2024/04/Payuk-swoosh-and-box-slide.pngPay.UK Swoosh
...nt/uploads/2024/08/iStock-2157976081.jpgHomepage Image 2
...s/2024/04/Payuk-swoosh-and-box-slide.pngPay.UK Swoosh
...7vcg1iwhnarmtb8dpegrvowtnm3p499b831s.jpgPay.UK discusses pioneering work to tackle fraud in the UK at Pay360Pay.UK discusses pioneering work to tackle fraud in the UK at Pay360
...ame3ga6b7l6n98hyal6eqmqvhxzrmyqdq1rk.jpgModern Glass Architecture Low angle viewModern Glass Architecture
...4o62y49f0v4104esebuhvg8xlywgb8riqvlc.jpgPay.UK releases Annual Report 2024ARFS 2024-01
...6/01_PayUK_AnimatingLogo_Black_296px.gifAnimated Pay.UK Logo Home Button

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
We are Pay.UK
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (13 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 We are Pay.UK
H1 We are Pay.UK Duplicate text
H1 We are Pay.UK Duplicate text
H1 About Us
H1 News and Insight
H1 Pay.UK discusses how Confirmation of Payee is shaping payments in Australia
H1 Pay.UK discusses Confirmation of Payee’s success as a framework for Europe’s Verification of Payee implementation
H1 Pay.UK releases Annual Report 2024
H1 Our vision is to be the smartest way to move money now and in the future.
H2 Faster Payment System
H2 Bacs Payment System
H2 Image Clearing System
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.
3 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 5 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 1 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.wearepay.uk/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.wearepay.uk/Anchor Text duplicate Skip to content
https://www.wearepay.uk/IMG-ALT Animated Pay.UK Logo Home Button
/who-we-are/About Us
/who-we-are/strategy/Strategy
/who-we-are/advisory-councils/Advisory councils and senior engagement groups
/end-user-advisory-council/End User Advisory Council
/industry-advisory-council/Industry Advisory Council
/who-we-are/our-organisation/Organisation
/who-we-are/our-organisation/b...Pay.UK Board
/who-we-are/our-organisation/e...Executive Team
/who-we-are/our-organisation/g...Guarantors
/who-we-are/our-organisation/g...Our Guarantors
/who-we-are/our-organisation/g...Why become a Guarantor
/who-we-are/our-organisation/g...Application Process
/who-we-are/corporate-informat...Corporate Information
/who-we-are/heritage/Heritage
/what-we-do/Our Work
/what-we-do/payment-systems/Payment Systems
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ac...Access to Payment Systems
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ac...Direct Access
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ac...Indirect Access
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ac...Code of conduct for indirect access providers
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ac...Getting Started
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ac...Sort Code Information
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ac...Sort codes for use outside of UK
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ba...Bacs Payment System
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ba...Bacs Direct Participation
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ba...Bacs Participants
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ba...Bacs Payment System statistics
/what-we-do/payment-systems/fa...Faster Payment System
/what-we-do/payment-systems/fa...How Faster Payments work
/what-we-do/payment-systems/fa...Types of Faster Payment transactions
/what-we-do/payment-systems/fa...Transaction Limits
/what-we-do/payment-systems/fa...Faster Payment Participation
/what-we-do/payment-systems/fa...Faster Payment Participants
/what-we-do/payment-systems/fa...Faster Payment System ISO20022 standards library
/what-we-do/payment-systems/fa...Faster Payment System statistics
/what-we-do/payment-systems/im...Image Clearing System
/what-we-do/payment-systems/im...Image Clearing Participation
/what-we-do/payment-systems/im...Image Clearing System contractual framework
/what-we-do/payment-systems/im...Image Clearing Participants
/what-we-do/payment-systems/im...Image Clearing System statistics
/what-we-do/payment-statistics/Payment Statistics
/what-we-do/switching-services/Switching Services
/what-we-do/switching-services...Current Account Switch Service
/what-we-do/switching-services...Current Account Switch Service eligibility criteria
/what-we-do/switching-services...Current Account Switch Service statistics
/what-we-do/switching-services...Payment Transfer Service
/what-we-do/switching-services...Payment Transfer Service eligibility criteria
/what-we-do/switching-services...Cash ISA Transfer Service
/what-we-do/switching-services...Cash ISA Transfer Service eligibility criteria
/what-we-do/switching-services...Bulk Payment Redirection Service
/what-we-do/standards-authority/Standards Authority
/what-we-do/standards-authorit...Standards Overview
/what-we-do/standards-authorit...Standards Framework
/what-we-do/standards-authorit...Changing an Existing Standard
/what-we-do/standards-authorit...Developing a New Standard
/what-we-do/standards-authorit...Accessing Standards
/what-we-do/standards-authorit...Our Team
/what-we-do/standards-authorit...ISO 20022
/what-we-do/standards-authorit...Obtaining a Standard or Identifier Number
/what-we-do/standards-authorit...Issuer Identification Number
/what-we-do/standards-authorit...Registered Identification Number
/what-we-do/industry-services/Industry Services
/what-we-do/industry-services/...Biller Update Service
/what-we-do/industry-services/...FAQs
/what-we-do/industry-services/...Extended Industry Sort Code Directory
/sort-code-checker/Sort code checker
/what-we-do/industry-services/...SEPA IBAN-Only Directory
/what-we-do/industry-services/...SEPA IBAN-Only participants
/what-we-do/industry-services/...Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Trust Service
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Third Party Assurance
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Bacs Registered Facilities Management Provider
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Sponsored Facilities Management Providers Directory
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Bacs Approved Bureau Scheme
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Bacs Approved Bureaux Directory
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Bacs Approved Bureau Logo
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Bacs Approved Software Service
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Bacs Approved Software
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Approved Software Logos
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Bacs Training Accreditation Scheme
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Cheque Printer Accreditation Scheme
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Cheque and Credit Standards
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Become an Accredited Cheque Printer
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...List of Laser Printers
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Certified Bank Giro Credit Printers
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Guidelines for Bank Giro Credits
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Become Certified to Print Bank Giro Credits
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Technical Aggregator, Solution Providers and Consultants
/what-we-do/third-party-assura...Faster Payment System fee structure – Technical Accreditation
/what-we-do/overlay-services/Overlay Services
/what-we-do/overlay-services/c...Confirmation of Payee
/what-we-do/overlay-services/c...Text duplicate FAQs
/what-we-do/overlay-services/c...Contact Us
/what-we-do/overlay-services/r...Request to Pay
/what-we-do/overlay-services/r...Text duplicate FAQs
/what-we-do/research-and-insight/Research and Insight
/pay-uk-fraud/Fraud
/confirmation-of-payee-fraud/Text duplicate Confirmation of Payee
/appr-policy/Authorised Push Payment (APP) reimbursement policy
/app-authorised-push-payment-r...About APP reimbursement
/how-does-this-legislation-aff...How does this legislation affect your organisation?
/a-how-to-guide-to-registration/A how-to guide to Registration:
/?page_id=43873Key customer dates and milestones
https://www.wearepay.uk/rcms/Reimbursement Claims Management System (RCMS)
/app-reimbursement-information...APP Reimbursement information hub
/rcms-customer-list/RCMS Customer List
/fraud-prevention-overlay/Fraud Prevention Overlay
/news-and-insight/News and Insight
/news-and-insight/media-centre/Press Releases
/news-and-insight/latest-updates/Latest Updates
/news-and-insight/insight/Insight
/news-and-insight/consultations/Consultations
/news-and-insight/events/Events
https://www.wearepay.uk/esg/ESG
/esg/environmental/Environmental
/esg/social/Social
/esg/governance/Governance
/esg/environmental-social-gove...ESG reports
/esg/diversity-and-inclusion-t...Diversity and inclusion targets
https://www.wearepay.uk/careers/Careers
/careers/life-at-pay-uk/Life at Pay.UK
/careers/benefits/Benefits
/careers/values-and-behaviours/Values and Behaviours
/careers/early-careers/Early careers
/careers/hybrid-working/Hybrid working
/careers/diversity-and-inclusion/Diversity and Inclusion
https://www.wearepay.uk/contact/Text duplicate Contact Us
/pay-uk-fraud/fraud
/who-we-are/Trivial anchor text
Read more
/who-we-are/our-organisation/Text duplicate Organisation
/who-we-are/strategy/Text duplicate Strategy
/who-we-are/heritage/Text duplicate Heritage
/who-we-are/corporate-informat...Text duplicate Corporate Information
/who-we-are/strategy/Text duplicate Strategy
/who-we-are/our-organisation/Text duplicate Organisation
/who-we-are/corporate-informat...Text duplicate Corporate Information
/who-we-are/heritage/Text duplicate Heritage
/what-we-do/payment-systems/fa...No Text
/what-we-do/payment-systems/fa...Text duplicate Faster Payment System
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ba...No Text
/what-we-do/payment-systems/ba...Text duplicate Bacs Payment System
/what-we-do/payment-systems/im...No Text
/what-we-do/payment-systems/im...Text duplicate Image Clearing System
/what-we-do/payment-systems/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/news-and-insight/latest-updates/Text duplicate Latest Updates
/shaping-payments-in-australia/IMG-ALT Pay.UK discusses pioneering work to tackle fraud in the UK at Pay360
/category/latest-updates/fraud...Text duplicate Fraud
/shaping-payments-in-australia/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/verification-of-payee-impleme...IMG-ALT Modern Glass Architecture Low angle view
/category/latest-updates/fraud...Text duplicate Fraud
/verification-of-payee-impleme...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/annual-report-2024/IMG-ALT Pay.UK releases Annual Report 2024
/category/latest-updates/pay-u...Pay.UK
/annual-report-2024/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
https://www.wearepay.uk/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Animated Pay.UK Logo Home Button
/terms-and-conditions/Terms and Conditions
/privacy-and-cookies-notice/Privacy and cookies notice
/slavery-and-human-trafficking...Modern Slavery
/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Mo...2025 Statement
/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Mo...2024 Statement
/2023-modern-slavery-statement/2023 Statement
/2022-modern-slavery-statement/2022 Statement
/terms-and-conditions/Text duplicate Terms and Conditions
/privacy-and-cookies-notice/Text duplicate Privacy and cookies notice
/slavery-and-human-trafficking...Text duplicate Modern Slavery
/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Mo...Text duplicate 2025 Statement
/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Mo...Text duplicate 2024 Statement
/2023-modern-slavery-statement/Text duplicate 2023 Statement
/2022-modern-slavery-statement/Text duplicate 2022 Statement
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Linkedin

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.wearepay.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 0.48 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 (257 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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permissions-policy
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 656 referring domains.
This page has 1,593 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 292 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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