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Overview of the SEO Check

Meta information

98%

Page quality

48%

Page structure

41%

Link structure

58%

Server

99%

External factors

100%

SEO Score

SEO Score Widget

Response time

0.08 s

File size

519.00 kB

Words

696

Media files

Number of links

16 internal / 43 external

Task list of SEO Improvements 4 Tasks

Remove unnecessary words like welcome messages from your H1 heading.Very important!
Only use 1 H1 Heading in your text.Very important!
The H1 heading should suit better to the page content. (Words from the heading are rarely used in the text)Important!
Reduce the number of external links.Tip!

Meta specifications 98% achieved

Title

(Critically important)

Newsroom City of London

The length of the page title is perfect. (232 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)

There are no duplicate words in the title

Meta Title

Meta description

(Critically important)

Newsroom City of London

The length of the meta description is perfect. (232 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)

Meta Description

Crawlability

(Critically important)

There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

(Important)

https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/

There is a valid canonical link specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

(Somewhat important)

Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en

Server location: Germany

The following language is defined by HTML: en

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

(Somewhat important)

There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

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.

Meta Tags

Domain

(Somewhat important)

This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

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.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

(Somewhat important)

The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

The favicon is linked correctly.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
robots	index,follow
description	Newsroom City of London
keywords	Newsroom,,City of London
viewport	width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
lang	en
og:image	https://content.presspage.com/uploads/942/1920_yard.png?10000
X-UA-Compatible	IE=edge
Content-Type	text/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality 48% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.

The average number of words per sentence of 37.75 words is high.

This page contains 696 words. That's ok.

20.7% 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.

No placeholders texts or images were found.

There are no duplicates on the site.

Content is King

Frames

(Critically important)

This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

(Somewhat important)

No Apple touch icon is specified.

The file size of the HTML document is very large (519 kB).

A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

(Somewhat important)

The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 14 tags for this page.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

(Somewhat important)

Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.

Image SEO

This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.

Social Sharing

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.

HTTPS

Media list

No media files were found.

Page structure 41% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

Welcome to the City of London Corporation Newsroom

The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.

Too many H1 headings

H1-H6 headings

Headings

(Important)

The heading structure is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	Welcome to the City of London Corporation Newsroom
H1	Newsroom City of London
H2	News Releases
H2	Social media
H2	Media Contacts
H3	Judges’ Dinner: Lord Mayor says rule of law is one of UK’s greatest global exports
H3	New City Showcase launched to boost UK listings and tech start-ups
H3	City Corporation launches project to reinterpret slave trader statues
H3	Sir Chris and Lady Sarra Hoy receive Freedom of the City of London
H3	‘INVESTING FOR LONDON’S FUTURE’ – CITY CORPORATION LAYS FOUNDATIONS TO MAKE DESTINATION CITY A REALITY
H3	We R Blighty pleads guilty to illegal street trading and collections in the City
H3	About this website
H3	Additional links
H3	Jobs
H3	News and Media

Link structure 58% achieved

Internal links

(Important)

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.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are too many external links (43) on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/	Anchor	Skip to main content
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Things to do
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Services
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Supporting businesses
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/	External Subdomain	Visit homepage
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Getting help with the cost of living
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Contact the City Corporation
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	About us
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Events
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Accessibility statement
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Councillors, committees and meetings
https://mycity.cityoflondon.go...	External Subdomain	Report, Pay, Apply
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Getting help with the cost of living
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Contact the City Corporation
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	About us
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Events
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Accessibility statement
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Councillors, committees and meetings
https://mycity.cityoflondon.go...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Report, Pay, Apply
https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/	Subdomain Text duplicate	Visit homepage
https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/	Subdomain	News Releases
/media-library/	Subdomain	Media library
/media-contacts/	Subdomain	Media contacts
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...	New window External Subdomain	YouTube
/?h=1&t=news	Subdomain Text duplicate	News Releases
/tagfeed/en/tags/news	New window Subdomain	RSS feed - News Releases (opens in new window) A-TITLE RSS feed - News Releases
/?h=1&t=news	Subdomain	View all headlines - News Releases A-TITLE View all headlines
/judges-dinner-lord-mayor-says...	Subdomain	Judges’ Dinner: Lord Mayor says rule of law is one of UK’s greatest global exports 02 July 2025 \| 09:57 Europe/London · Alastair King hails new £596m City “j... A-TITLE Judges’ Dinner: Lord Mayor says rule of law is one of UK’s greatest global exports
/new-city-showcase-launched-to...	Subdomain	New City Showcase launched to boost UK listings and tech start-ups 01 July 2025 \| 11:58 Europe/London The Lord Mayor of London, Alastair King, has today (30 ... A-TITLE New City Showcase launched to boost UK listings and tech start-ups
/city-corporation-launches-pro...	Subdomain	City Corporation launches project to reinterpret slave trader statues 30 June 2025 \| 19:04 Europe/London Plaques on Guildhall statues condemn slave traders f... A-TITLE City Corporation launches project to reinterpret slave trader statues
/sir-chris-and-lady-sarra-hoy-...	Subdomain	Sir Chris and Lady Sarra Hoy receive Freedom of the City of London 30 June 2025 \| 11:23 Europe/London Sir Chris and Lady Sarra attended their joint ceremony ... A-TITLE Sir Chris and Lady Sarra Hoy receive Freedom of the City of London
/investing-for-londons-future-...	Subdomain	‘INVESTING FOR LONDON’S FUTURE’ – CITY CORPORATION LAYS FOUNDATIONS TO MAKE DESTINATION CITY A REALITY 30 June 2025 \| 11:01 Europe/London With the introducti... A-TITLE ‘INVESTING FOR LONDON’S FUTURE’ – CITY CORPORATION LAYS FOUNDATIONS TO MAKE DESTINATION CITY A REALITY
/we-r-blighty-pleads-guilty-of...	Subdomain	We R Blighty pleads guilty to illegal street trading and collections in the City 25 June 2025 \| 17:01 Europe/London Community Interest Company, We R Blighty ... A-TITLE We R Blighty pleads guilty to illegal street trading and collections in the City
https://twitter.com/cityoflondon	New window External	Follow us on X (opens in new window) A-TITLE Follow us on X
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ci...	New window External Subdomain	Visit our Youtube profile (opens in new window) A-TITLE Visit our Youtube profile
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...	New window External Subdomain	Visit our LinkedIn page (opens in new window) A-TITLE Visit our LinkedIn page
/media-library/	Subdomain	Media Library
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/	External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Cookies
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Legal Notices
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Privacy Notice
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Modern Slavery Statement
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Consultations
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Feedback
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Interactive maps
https://shop.cityoflondon.gov.uk/	External Subdomain	Shop
https://www.theglobalcity.uk/	New window External Subdomain	The Global City A-TITLE undefined - Opens in a new tab
https://careers.cityoflondon.g...	External Subdomain	Entry level talent
https://careers.cityoflondon.g...	External Subdomain	Roles
https://careers.cityoflondon.g...	External Subdomain	Search & Apply
https://careers.cityoflondon.g...	External Subdomain	Who we are
https://careers.cityoflondon.g...	External Subdomain	Working here
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Filming
/media-library	Subdomain Text duplicate	Media library
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.u...	External Subdomain	Social Media
http://email.cityoflondon.gov....	External Subdomain	eShot
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/	External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.facebook.com/Cityo...	New window External Subdomain	Facebook A-TITLE Facebook - Opens in a new tab
https://twitter.com/cityoflondon	New window External	Twitter A-TITLE Twitter - Opens in a new tab

Server configuration 99% achieved

HTTP redirects

(Critically important)

This page redirects to "https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

(Important)

No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.

HTTP headers

Performance

(Somewhat important)

The file size of the HTML document is very large (519 kB).

The page response time is excellent with 0.08 seconds.

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
date	Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:59:50 GMT
content-type	text/html; charset=UTF-8
vary	Accept-Encoding
x-frame-options	SAMEORIGIN
set-cookie	76 Characters
cache-control	no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragma	no-cache
last-modified	Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:58:54 GMT
expires	Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:28:54 GMT
x-content-type-options	nosniff
feature-policy	geolocation 'none'; midi 'none'; sync-xhr 'none'; microphone 'none'; camera 'none'; magnetometer 'none'; gyroscope 'none'; speaker 'self'; fullscreen 'self'; payment 'none';
strict-transport-security	max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
x-xss-protection	1; mode=block
referrer-policy	strict-origin-when-cross-origin
content-encoding	gzip
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 100% achieved

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 108 referring domains.

This page has 115 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 52 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: * 
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 5
    
Sitemap: https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/sitemap.xml

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Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

Keyword	Result	Recheck
London	89%	Check
new	89%	Check
News	89%	Check
News New	89%	Check
City	85%	Check
Newsroom City	81%	Check
Newsroom	77%	Check
London Corporation	72%	Check
City Corporation	69%	Check
Europe London	63%	Check
DESTINATION CITY	60%	Check
Corporation	54%	Check
01 Europe London	54%	Check
Welcome	50%	Check
cityoflondon	46%	Check
gov	46%	Check
Media	43%	Check
Social Media	42%	Check
Media Contacts	42%	Check
Media library	40%	Check
Lord	38%	Check
Mayor	38%	Check
global	38%	Check
trade	38%	Check
tech	38%	Check

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Task list of SEO Improvements 4 Tasks

Meta specifications 98% achieved

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Page quality 48% achieved

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Media list

Page structure 41% achieved

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Heading structure

Link structure 58% achieved

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Found links on this page

Server configuration 99% achieved

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HTTP Response Header

External factors 100% achieved

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Robots.txt

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