Islington.gov.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
45% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.38 s
File size
36.50 kB
Words
389
Media files
14
Number of links
86 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Islington home page | Islington Council
The length of the page title is perfect. (344 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to islington.gov.uk · Find local services and information · Council tax · Parking · Jobs and careers · Housing · Children and families · Births, deaths
The length of the meta description is perfect. (963 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 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
descriptionWelcome to islington.gov.uk · Find local services and information · Council tax · Parking · Jobs and careers · Housing · Children and families · Births, deaths
keywordsbeta, home
format-detectiontelephone=no
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
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DC.date2025-07-07
msapplication-TileColor#da532c
msapplication-TileImage/_common/img/mstile-144x144.png
msapplication-config/_common/img/browserconfig.xml
theme-color#ffffff
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
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 389 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
29% of the text are stop words.
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 18 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 8 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
/_common/img/svg/fallback/logo.pngIslington for a more equal future, Islington Council logo, Islington council home page
...bout-the-council/find-your-islington.jpgWoman and child gardening
...cons/about-the-council/have-your-say.jpgThree young people outside Islington Town Hall
...about-the-council/your-local-council.jpgIslington Town Hall
/-/media/images/newsletter-icon.svgNewsletter icon
/_common/img/svg/fallback/logo.pngIslington for a more equal future, Islington Council logo, Islington council home page
...r-images/social-media-links/facebook.svgFacebook logo
...-images/social-media-links/instagram.svgInstagram logo
...r-images/social-media-links/whatsapp.svgWhatsApp icon
...s/footer-images/social-media-links/x.svgX icon
...r-images/social-media-links/linkedin.svgLinkedin logo
...er-images/social-media-links/youtube.svgYoutube logo
...ges/social-media-links/emailgranicus.svgEmail icon
...r-images/social-media-links/ilpurple.svgIslingtonLife logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to islington.gov.uk
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to islington.gov.uk
H2 We use cookies on this site
H2 Find local services and information
H2 Council tax
H2 Parking
H2 Jobs and careers
H2 Housing
H2 Children and families
H2 Births, deaths, marriage and citizenship
H2 Recycling and rubbish
H2 Benefits and support
H2 Find your Islington
H2 Have your say
H2 About the council
H2 Keep up to date
H2 Follow us
H2 Stay updated
H3 Popular tasks
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
https://www.islington.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.islington.gov.uk/IMG-ALT Islington for a more equal future, Islington Council logo, Islington council home page
/login-or-register-for-an-accountAccounts
/businessBusiness
/about-the-councilAbout the council
https://www.islington.gov.uk/Anchor Menu
/adviceAdvice services
/benefits-and-supportBenefits and support
/birth-death-marriage-and-citi...Births, deaths and marriage
/children-and-familiesChildren and families
/community-safetyCommunity safety
/council-taxCouncil tax
/environment-and-energyEnvironment and energy
/housingHousing
/jobs-and-careersJobs and careers
/libraries-arts-and-heritageLibraries, heritage and arts
/parkingParking
/planningPlanning and building control
/recycling-and-rubbishRecycling and rubbish
/social-care-and-healthSocial care and health
/physical-activity-parks-and-t...Physical activity, parks and trees
/roadsRoads
/council-taxPay for council tax
/Parking/Parking permits/Buy o...Subdomain Buy a resident parking permit
/parking/parking-tickets/pay-a...New window Subdomain Pay a penalty charge notice (PCN)
/housing/repairs-and-estate-ma...Request a repair for your council home
/parking/parking-permits/buy-v...Buy a visitor parking voucher
https://account.islington.gov....New window External Subdomain All tasks
/council-taxText duplicate Council tax
/council-tax/council-tax-guidanceCouncil tax guidance
/council-tax/pay-a-bill-nowPay a bill now
/council-tax/set-up-a-direct-d...Set up a Direct Debit
/council-tax/tell-us-youre-movingTell us you're moving
/council-tax/get-money-off-you...Get money off your council tax bill
/council-taxSee all Council tax services
/parkingText duplicate Parking
/parking/parking-permitsParking permits
/parking/parking-ticketsPenalty Charge Notices (PCN)
/parking/parking-restrictionsParking restrictions
/parking/where-to-parkWhere to park
/parkingSee all Parking services
/jobs-and-careersText duplicate Jobs and careers
/jobs-and-careers/vacanciesDigital services vacancies
/jobs-and-careersSee all Jobs and careers services
/housingText duplicate Housing
/housing/finding-a-homeFinding a home
/housing/pay-your-rentPay your rent
/housing/repairs-and-estate-ma...Repairs and estate management
/housing/council-homeowner-ser...Council homeowner services
/housing/council-tenant-servicesCouncil tenant services
/housing/private-sector-housingPrivate sector housing
/housing/housing-development-a...Housing development and involvement
/housingSee all Housing services
/children-and-familiesText duplicate Children and families
/children-and-families/things-...Things to do
/children-and-families/schoolsSchools
/children-and-families/childre...Children's centres and under 5s
/children-and-families/help-wi...Help with childcare and family costs
/children-and-families/send-lo...SEND local offer
/children-and-families/parenti...Parenting and family support
/children-and-families/childca...Childcare and early education
/children-and-families/adoptio...Adoption and fostering
/children-and-familiesSee all Children and families services
/birth-death-marriage-and-citi...Births, deaths, marriage and citizenship
/birth-death-marriage-and-citi...Marriage and civil partnerships
/birth-death-marriage-and-citi...Register a birth
/birth-death-marriage-and-citi...Register a death
/birth-death-marriage-and-citi...Nationality and Citizenship
/birth-death-marriage-and-citi...See all Births, deaths, marriage and citizenship services
/recycling-and-rubbishText duplicate Recycling and rubbish
/recycling-and-rubbish/recycli...Recycling and rubbish collections
/recycling-and-rubbish/recyclingWhat you can recycle
/recycling-and-rubbish/report-...Report a problem
/recycling-and-rubbish/large-i...Furniture, reuse and bulky waste
/recycling-and-rubbish/request...Request a new container or bags
/recycling-and-rubbishSee all Recycling and rubbish services
/benefits-and-supportText duplicate Benefits and support
/?page=2Show more council services
http://directory.islington.gov...External Subdomain Find your Islington
/about-the-council/have-your-sayHave your say
/about-the-councilSubdomain Text duplicate About the council
https://public.govdelivery.com...New window External Subdomain Subscribe now
https://www.islington.gov.uk/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Islington for a more equal future, Islington Council logo, Islington council home page
https://www.facebook.com/Islin...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook logo
https://www.instagram.com/isli...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram logo
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0...New window External IMG-ALT WhatsApp icon
https://x.com/IslingtonBCNew window External IMG-ALT X icon
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Linkedin logo
https://www.youtube.com/user/I...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Youtube logo
https://public.govdelivery.com...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Email icon
http://islingtonlife.london/New window External IMG-ALT IslingtonLife logo
/accessibilityAccessibility
/accessibility/bslSubdomain BSL
/contact-usContact us
/your-areaFind it
/about-the-council/information...Data protection
/about-the-council/information...Privacy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.islington.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.38 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (37 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 10 Jul 2025 15:37:37 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-length37360
set-cookie94 Characters
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
cache-controlprivate
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 640 referring domains.
This page has 24,105 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 415 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

Sitemap: https://www.islington.gov.uk/sitemap.xml
User-agent: *
Disallow: /services/*
Disallow: /about/*
Disallow: /involved/*
Disallow: /islington/*
Disallow: /food-and-garden-waste-pilot/
Disallow: /testing/*
Disallow: /estateparkinghidden/*
Disallow: /islington-council-staff-area/*
Disallow: /ops-test-area/*
# robots.txt for https://www.islington.gov.uk/

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Islington home page | Islington Council
Welcome to islington.gov.uk · Find local services and information · Council tax · Parking · Jobs and careers · Housing · Children and families · Births, deaths

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Islington Council81%Check
gov75%Check
council70%Check
Welcome62%Check
Council tax61%Check
Find56%Check
Find Local55%Check
Find local services54%Check
Jobs and Careers53%Check
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