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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
95% 
Page quality
93% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.33 s
File size
45.50 kB
Words
532
Media files
14
Number of links
95 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Belfast City Council
The page title is too short. (175 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Information for residents about Belfast City Council services including events, tourism, bins and recycling, leisure and parking.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (772 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.belfastcity.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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
descriptionInformation for residents about Belfast City Council services including events, tourism, bins and recycling, leisure and parking.
keywordsbelfast city council, bcc, belfast cc, belfastcc, belfast council, belfast city
msapplication-TileColor#da532c
theme-color#ffffff
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:urlhttps://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/
twitter:titleBelfast City Council
twitter:site@belfastcc
twitter:descriptionInformation for residents about Belfast City Council services including events, tourism, bins and recycling, leisure and parking.
twitter:image/getContentAsset/d0cbd6ca-ccdc-4a12-bedc-d5417205db0a/dfc3d011-8f63-43f6-9ed8-4b444333a1d0/640/autumn-leaves.jpeg?language=en-GB
fb:adminsBelfast City Council
og:site_nameBelfast City Council
og:urlhttps://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/
og:titleBelfast City Council
og:descriptionInformation for residents about Belfast City Council services including events, tourism, bins and recycling, leisure and parking.
og:image/getContentAsset/d0cbd6ca-ccdc-4a12-bedc-d5417205db0a/dfc3d011-8f63-43f6-9ed8-4b444333a1d0/640/autumn-leaves.jpeg?language=en-GB
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 532 words. That's ok.
30.5% 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.
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 13.92 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)
6 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
...0d5acd307d13/icon-pay.svg?language=en-GBNo alt attribute provided
...acd307d13/icon-report.svg?language=en-GBNo alt attribute provided
...5acd307d13/icon-apply.svg?language=en-GBNo alt attribute provided
/App_Themes/main/img/layout/logo.pngBelfast City Council - homepage
...0d5acd307d13/icon-pay.svg?language=en-GBNo alt attribute provided
...acd307d13/icon-report.svg?language=en-GBNo alt attribute provided
...5acd307d13/icon-apply.svg?language=en-GBNo alt attribute provided
...hemes/main/img/layout/icon-readaloud.pngRead aloud icon
...s/main/img/layout/icon-accessibility.pngAccessibility icon
/App_Themes/main/img/layout/logo-footer.pngBelfast City Council logo
...3a1d0/logo-approved-2.png?language=en-GBWebsite approved logo
...333a1d0/logo-nidirect.jpg?language=en-GBNI Direct logo
...4b444333a1d0/logo-gov.jpg?language=en-GBGov.uk logo
...hemes/main/img/layout/icon-readaloud.pngRead aloud icon

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
How can we help you?
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 How can we help you?
H2 Events
H2 Latest news
H3 Contact details
H3 Site navigation
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are 8 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
/Services-A-Z/Pay-apply-book-r...Pay
/Services-A-Z/Pay-apply-book-r...Report
/Services-A-Z/Pay-apply-book-r...Apply
https://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/IMG-ALT Belfast City Council - homepage
/CouncilYour council
/Bins-Recycling-EnvironmentBins and environment
/Things-to-DoThings to do
/CommunityYour community
/Births-Deaths-and-CeremoniesBirths, deaths and ceremonies
/Services-A-ZA-Z of services
/Contact-usContact us
/Services-A-Z/Pay-apply-book-r...Text duplicate Pay
/Services-A-Z/Pay-apply-book-r...Text duplicate Report
/Services-A-Z/Pay-apply-book-r...Text duplicate Apply
/supportingaccessibilityAccessibility
IMG-ALT Accessibility icon
/CouncilText duplicate Your council
/Bins-Recycling-EnvironmentText duplicate Bins and environment
/Things-to-DoText duplicate Things to do
/CommunityText duplicate Your community
/Births-Deaths-and-CeremoniesText duplicate Births, deaths and ceremonies
/Services-A-ZText duplicate A-Z of services
/Contact-usText duplicate Contact us
/things-to-do/outdoor-leisure-...Draft Belfast Playing Pitches and Outdoor Sports Facilities Strategy
/events?category=200Positive Ageing Month 2026
/Things-to-Do/Parks-and-Open-S...Park Photography Competition
/Events/Wildlife-Wellbeing-WalkWildlife Wellbeing Walks
/Community/Dog-Control-and-Ani...Report dog fouling
/community/health-and-wellbein...Coach education courses We run training and development courses to support Belfast-based sports coaches and volunteers. Register online for all courses. More...
/Bins-Recycling-Environment/Bi...Find your bin or box collection day Use our postcode tool to check when your bin and recycling boxes are emptied. More Click for more information
/Things-to-Do/City-HallCity Hall Information for visitors to Belfast City Hall including opening times, location, accessibility and Changing Places facility. More Click for more in...
/Bins-and-environment/Bins-and...Bulky waste collection Information about our free bulky waste collection service, the items we can collect and how to book. More Click for more information
/Things-to-Do/Parks-and-Open-S...Parks opening hours Our parks open at 7.30am every day and most close at 6.30pm. Visit our parks and open spaces for a walk, wheel, run or use our outdoor gy...
/Planning-and-building-control...Building control Apply to us for building regulations approval, request a site inspection or report a dangerous structure. More Click for more information
/Births-Deaths-and-Ceremonies/...Registration Office You can book an appointment online to register your baby’s birth or give notice of your marriage or civil partnership at our Registration...
/Things-to-Do/Parks-and-Open-S...Belfast Parks Photographic Competition Our 2025-2026 competition is now open to entries from amateur photographers. There are four award categories with thre...
https://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/Anchor Skip A to Z list
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/all-services?az=DD
/all-services?az=EE
/all-services?az=FF
/all-services?az=GG
/all-services?az=HH
/all-services?az=II
/all-services?az=JJ
/all-services?az=KK
/all-services?az=LL
/all-services?az=MM
/all-services?az=NN
/all-services?az=OO
/all-services?az=PP
/all-services?az=QQ
/all-services?az=RR
/all-services?az=SS
/all-services?az=TT
/all-services?az=UU
/all-services?az=VV
/all-services?az=WW
/all-services?az=XX
/all-services?az=YY
/all-services?az=ZZ
/eventsMore events
/Events/Positive-Ageing-Month1 October - 31 October "" Positive Ageing Month 2026 Event details
/Events/Halloween-holiday-prog...1 October - 31 October "" Better (GLL) Halloween holiday programmes for young people Event details
/Events/Halloween-Box-Cup1 October - 31 October "" Halloween Box Cup Event details
/newsMore news
/News/Council-celebrates-artis...15 October Council celebrates artist-in-residence Kerrie Hanna with landmark solo exhibition Full story
/News/Council-opens-consultati...14 October Council opens consultation on Playing Pitches and Outdoor Sport Facilities Strategy 2026-2036 Full story
/News/Belfast-City-Council-rol...12 October Belfast City Council rolls out targeted waste, recycling and street cleansing improvements Full story
http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Website approved logo
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT NI Direct logo
https://www.gov.uk/New window External IMG-ALT Gov.uk logo
https://www.facebook.com/belfa...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/belf...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/user/B...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...New window External Subdomain Flickr
/newsNews
/eventsEvents
/bins-recycling-environment/bi...Bins, boxes and collections
/jobs-and-trainingJobs and training
/things-to-do/parks-and-open-s...Parks and open spaces
/community/housingHousing
/business-and-investmentBusiness and investment
/planning-and-building-control...Licences and permits
/communityCommunity
/planning-and-building-control...Building Control
/contact-usText duplicate Contact us
/services-a-zText duplicate A-Z of services
/privacyPrivacy
/cookiesCookies
/accessibility-statementAccessibility statement
/terms-and-conditionsTerms and conditions
/freedom-of-informationFreedom of Information
/modern-slavery-actModern Slavery Act
/copyrightCopyright
/disclaimerDisclaimer
/gdprGDPR
/open-and-linked-dataOpen and linked data
/site-mapSite Map
/contact-us/main-council-offic...Complaints, comments and compliments

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.belfastcity.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 is excellent with 0.33 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (46 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 19 Oct 2026 10:46:11 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
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access-control-allow-methodsGET, POST, OPTIONS
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cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
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servercloudflare
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 338 referring domains.
This page has 14,214 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 265 different ip addresses.

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Information for residents about Belfast City Council services including events, tourism, bins and recycling, leisure and parking.

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Belfast City Hall60%Check
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