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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
87% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
42% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.38 s
File size
95.60 kB
Words
846
Media files
26
Number of links
116 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to West College Scotland
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
West College Scotland is a Further and Higher Education College with campuses and learning centres based in Clydebank, Greenock and Paisley
The length of the meta description is perfect. (898 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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
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descriptionWest College Scotland is a Further and Higher Education College with campuses and learning centres based in Clydebank, Greenock and Paisley
keywordsEmpty
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msapplication-square150x150logo/icons/mstile-150x150.png
msapplication-wide310x150logo/icons/mstile-310x150.png
msapplication-square310x310logo/icons/mstile-310x310.png
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langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 846 words. That's ok.
28.4% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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 18.22 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 17 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
/staticmedia/svg/wcs-logo.svgWest College Scotland logo
/staticmedia/svg/WCS_mast_02_L.svgpattern--left
/staticmedia/svg/WCS_mast_02_R.svgpattern--right
...arning-masthead.jpg?preset=home.carouselOnline Learning Masthead
...unding-masthead.jpg?preset=home.carouselFunding Masthead
...upport-masthead.jpg?preset=home.carouselStudent Support Masthead
...pply-event-mast.jpg?preset=home.carouselLast Chance To Apply Event Mast
...19646/browse-courses.jpg?preset=signpostBrowse Courses
...online-learning-item.jpg?preset=signpostOnline Learning Item
...9659/businesscourses.jpg?preset=signpostBusiness Courses
.../apprentice_signpost.jpg?preset=signpostApprentice _Sign Post
...160/advicesupportels.jpg?preset=signpostExtended Learning Support (1)
.../19645/help-to-apply.jpg?preset=signpostHelp To Apply
/staticmedia/svg/panel-shapes.svgBillboard shapes
/media/214850/why-choose-wcs-item.jpgWhy Choose Wcs Item
...th=602&height=438&rnd=133967025040000000Last Chance To Apply Event Mast
...th=304&height=304&rnd=133952456140000000Picture1
...th=304&height=304&rnd=133948865200000000Shared Image (1)
...th=304&height=304&rnd=13394550013000000020250612 122158524 Ios Res
...th=304&height=304&rnd=133942937770000000Group Res
/media/215217/snap-stamp-original.pngSNAP Stamp Original
/media/214854/living-wage-employer.pngLiving Wage Employer
...ia/214852/british-council-accredited.pngBritish Council Accredited
/media/214855/showcase_college_2020.pngShowcase College 2020
/media/214853/erdf-logo.pngErdf Logo
/media/214879/dc_badge2.pngDc Badge2

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Still Time to Apply for August
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Still Time to Apply for August
H1 Online Learning To suit you
H1 College Administered Funding Support
H1 Advice & Support
H1 Still Time to Apply Event
H2 Explore West College Scotland
H2 Why choose West College Scotland?
H2 Latest News
H2 Information
H2 Popular pages
H2 Applications
H2 Get in touch
H3 Browse over 400 Courses
H3 Online Learning
H3 Courses for Business
H3 Foundation Apprenticeships
H3 In Your Community
H3 Help to Apply
H3 Still Time to Apply – Drop-in Events This August
H3 West College Scotland’s ‘Tools of the Trade’ Programme Equips Next Generation of Hospitality Talent
H3 Students Receive ‘Tools of the Trade’ Thanks to the John Mather Trust
H3 West College Scotland Partners with Abbey Books for Inaugural Book Jacket Design Competition
H3 Photography Students Step Out from Behind the Camera at Exhibition in Paisley
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to main content
/IMG-ALT West College Scotland logo
https://wcs.civicarems.co.uk/HomeExternal Subdomain My Applications
https://wcs.myday.cloud/New window External Subdomain MyWest
https://wcs.civicarems.co.uk/HomeExternal Subdomain Text duplicate My Applications
/courses/basket/My Basket
https://wcs.myday.cloud/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MyWest
/courses/Courses Overview
/courses/find-a-course/Find a course
/courses/part-time-evening-cou...Part-Time & Evening Courses
/courses/online-learning/Online Learning
/courses/learner-development/Learner Development
/courses/foundation-apprentice...Foundation Apprenticeship
/courses/communities-and-outre...Communities and Outreach
/courses/schools-vocational-pr...Schools Vocational Programme
/courses/leadership-and-manage...Leadership and Management Courses (CMI)
/courses/green-skills-courses/Green Skills Courses
/courses/qualification-levels-...Qualification levels explained
/courses/help-to-apply/Help to apply
/courses/student-stories/Student Stories
/students/Students Overview
/students/help-and-support/Help and Support
/students/help-and-support/Help and Support Overview
/students/help-and-support/stu...Student Advisory Services
/students/help-and-support/bri...British Sign Language (BSL)
/students/help-and-support/sqa...SQA Exams & Your National Qualifications
/students/help-and-support/com...Complaints
/students/support-services/Support Services
/students/support-services/Support Services Overview
/students/support-services/lib...Library
/students/support-services/cou...Counselling
/students/support-services/ena...Enabling Services
/students/support-services/the...The Sanctuary
/students/support-services/car...Care Experienced
/students/support-services/wel...Wellbeing Matters
/students/support-services/you...Young Carers and Unpaid Carers
/students/funding-fee-support/Funding & Fee Support
/students/graduation/Graduation
/students/students-association/Students' Association
/students/commercial-salons/Commercial Salons
/college/College Overview
/college/about-us/About Us
/college/about-us/About Us Overview
/college/about-us/board-of-man...Board of Management
/college/about-us/publication-...Publication & Policies
/college/about-us/complaints/Text duplicate Complaints
/college/about-us/culture-hist...Culture & History
/college/news/News
/college/our-campuses/Our Campuses
/college/performance-indicators/Performance Indicators
/college/college-calendar/College Calendar
/college/vacancies/Vacancies
/college/fundraising/Fundraising
/college/contact-us/Contact Us
/training-business/Training & Business Overview
/training-business/professiona...Professional Development
/training-business/work-based-...Work-based Learning & Apprenticeships
/training-business/industry-pa...Industry Partnerships
/training-business/industry-pa...Industry Partnerships Overview
/training-business/industry-pa...Ailsa Reliability Solutions and NMIS
/training-business/industry-pa...Lead Academy
/training-business/industry-pa...College Local Innovation Centres (CLIC)
/training-business/industry-pa...James Paterson & Sons Academy
/training-business/funding/Funding
/Anchor Course Search
/Anchor Site Search
/courses/Browse by department
/courses/find-a-course/?query=...Hairdressing
/courses/find-a-course/?query=...Business
/courses/find-a-course/?query=...Sport
/courses/find-a-course/?query=...Music
/site-search-results/?query=On...Online
/site-search-results/?query=Gr...Text duplicate Graduation
/site-search-results/?query=Fu...Text duplicate Funding
/site-search-results/?query=Li...Text duplicate Library
/Anchor Text duplicate Course Search
/courses/Text duplicate Browse by department
/courses/find-a-course/?query=...Text duplicate Hairdressing
/courses/find-a-course/?query=...Text duplicate Business
/courses/find-a-course/?query=...Text duplicate Sport
/courses/find-a-course/?query=...Text duplicate Music
/students/funding-fee-support/Find out more
/students/help-and-support/Subdomain Find out More
/college/news/2025/july/still-...FIND OUT MORE
/courses/Browse over 400 Courses
/courses/More details about Browse over 400 Courses
/courses/online-learning/Text duplicate Online Learning
/courses/online-learning/More details about Online Learning
/training-business/professiona...Courses for Business
/training-business/professiona...More details about Courses for Business
/courses/foundation-apprentice...Foundation Apprenticeships
/courses/foundation-apprentice...More details about Foundation Apprenticeships
/courses/communities-and-outre...In Your Community
/courses/communities-and-outre...More details about In Your Community
/courses/help-to-apply/Help to Apply
/courses/help-to-apply/More details about Help to Apply
/college/about-us/More about us
https://player.vimeo.com/video...External Subdomain Play video
/college/news/2025/july/still-...Read more about Still Time to Apply – Drop-in Events This August
/college/news/2025/june/west-c...Read more about West College Scotland’s ‘Tools of the Trade’ Programme Equips Next Generation of Hospitality Talent
/college/news/2025/june/studen...Read more about Students Receive ‘Tools of the Trade’ Thanks to the John Mather Trust
/college/news/2025/june/west-c...Read more about West College Scotland Partners with Abbey Books for Inaugural Book Jacket Design Competition
/college/news/2025/june/photog...Read more about Photography Students Step Out from Behind the Camera at Exhibition in Paisley
/college/news/View all news
/legal/accessibility/Accessibility
/legal/terms-conditions/Terms & Conditions
/legal/disclaimer/Disclaimer
/legal/copyright/Copyright
/legal/privacy/Privacy
/data-protection/Data Protection
/legal/freedom-of-information/Freedom of Information
/legal/procurement/Procurement
/legal/our-property-assets/Our Property Assets
/legal/modern-slavery-statement/Modern Slavery Statement
/courses/Courses
/courses/find-a-course/Text duplicate Find a course
/courses/help-to-apply/Text duplicate Help to apply
/courses/online-learning/Text duplicate Online Learning
/college/news/Text duplicate News
/students/commercial-salons/Text duplicate Commercial Salons
https://wcs.civicarems.co.uk/HomeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate My Applications
/college/contact-us/Contact us
https://www.facebook.com/WestC...New window External Subdomain Follow us on Facebook
https://twitter.com/WestCollScotNew window External Follow us on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/west...New window External Subdomain Follow us on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain Follow us on LinkedIn
https://scottishlivingwage.org/New window External IMG-ALT Living Wage Employer

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.westcollegescotland.ac.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 is excellent with 0.38 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (96 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
dateSat, 02 Aug 2025 09:08:16 GMT
cache-controlprivate
content-encodinggzip
set-cookie96 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
content-length16324
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x-frame-optionssameorigin
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 154 referring domains.
This page has 4,292 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 137 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

Sitemap: http://www.westcollegescotland.ac.uk/sitemap.xml

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Disallow: /bin/
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www.westcollegescotland.ac.uk
Welcome to West College Scotland
West College Scotland is a Further and Higher Education College with campuses and learning centres based in Clydebank, Greenock and Paisley

Most important keywords

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West College Scotland80%Check
Scotland79%Check
West79%Check
West College Scotland Partners70%Check
Learning58%Check
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