Plymouth.gov.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
57% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
100% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.17 s
File size
69.60 kB
Words
424
Media files
6
Number of links
37 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | PLYMOUTH.GOV.UK
The length of the page title is perfect. (262 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.plymouth.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)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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
google-site-verificationdrvcOW-aMFNS2RQ-sq3mEBDUI1ofrvs8lj5-A7PoGT4
GeneratorCouncil Platform 2.18 (https://councilplatform.com)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
og:site_namePlymouth City Council
og:imagehttps://www.plymouth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-01/PCC-logo-og-image-V2.png
og:image:altPlymouth City Council logo
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 424 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
These Typos were found:
  • knifes => knives
The average number of words per sentence of 67 words is high.
29.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
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 following tag is repeated too often: redirect
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
...ult/files/2022-01/LogoPCCBorder100px.pngPLYMOUTH.GOV.UK logo
.../default/files/2024-07/Email-sign-up.jpgHand holding a phone with laptop in background
...ic/2026-03/Voting-2026.jpg?itok=i16z541uMegaphone with "VOTE" text on a purple background.
...ic/2026-03/Knife-Angel.jpg?itok=4oC3r7kpIlluminated angel sculpture made of knifes glowing blue and pink against a night sky.
...-the-bid-listing-image.jpg?itok=5a5mfyQRWhite text saying 'we're backing the bid' on a pink background with an arrow.
...ws.com/Plymouth/Logo/FirmstepPCCLogo.pngPlymouth City Council logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to PLYMOUTH.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 PLYMOUTH.GOV.UK
H2 Popular pages
H2 The latest from Plymouth City Council
H2 Stay up to date with Plymouth news
H2 Social media
H2 About this website
H2 Contact us
H3 Adult social care and safeguarding
H3 Benefits and grants
H3 Bins, recycling and waste
H3 Births, marriages, deaths and citizenship
H3 Children, young people and families
H3 Council Tax
H3 Councillors, committees and meetings
H3 Housing
H3 Jobs, careers and training
H3 Libraries
H3 Parking and travel
H3 Planning and building control
H3 Schools and education
H3 Voting and elections
H3 Voting on 7 May
H3 Knife Angel has arrived
H3 Support our bid
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/PLYMOUTH.GOV.UK
A-TITLE Home
https://plymouth-self.achieves...External Subdomain Accounts
/servicesServices
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/newsNews
/make-paymentMake a payment
/check-your-bin-dayCheck your bin day
/register-garden-waste-collect...Register for garden waste collections
/food-waste-collectionsFood waste collections
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Hand holding a phone with laptop in background
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Sign up
/adult-social-care-and-safegua...Adult social care and safeguarding
/benefits-and-grantsBenefits and grants
/bins-recycling-and-wasteBins, recycling and waste
/births-marriages-deaths-and-c...Births, marriages, deaths and citizenship
/children-young-people-and-fam...Children, young people and families
/council-taxCouncil Tax
/councillors-committees-and-me...Councillors, committees and meetings
/housingHousing
/jobs-careers-and-trainingJobs, careers and training
/librariesLibraries
/parking-and-travelParking and travel
/planning-and-building-controlPlanning and building control
/schools-and-educationSchools and education
/voting-and-electionsVoting and elections
/servicesView all our services
/voting-7-mayIMG-ALT Megaphone with "VOTE" text on a purple background.
/voting-7-mayVoting on 7 May
/knife-angel-has-arrivedIMG-ALT Illuminated angel sculpture made of knifes glowing blue and pink against a night sky.
/knife-angel-has-arrivedKnife Angel has arrived
/support-our-bidIMG-ALT White text saying 'we're backing the bid' on a pink background with an arrow.
/support-our-bidSupport our bid
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/newsMore news
https://www.facebook.com/plymo...External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow us on Facebook
https://x.com/plymouthccExternal A-TITLE Follow us on Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/plymou...External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow us on Youtube
https://www.instagram.com/plym...External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow us on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow us on LinkedIn
https://www.whatsapp.com/chann...External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow us on WhatsApp
/website-terms-and-conditionsTerms and conditions
/accessibility-statementAccessibility statement
/cookiesCookies
/copyright-and-disclaimerCopyright and Disclaimer
/privacy-policyPrivacy policy
/social-media-acceptable-use-p...Social media acceptable use policy
/contact-usView all contact options

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.plymouth.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 slow (1.17 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (70 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedThu, 12 Mar 2026 17:13:31 GMT
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
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x-drupal-cacheHIT
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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 740 referring domains.
This page has 66,166 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 423 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

# Additional rules.
Disallow: /sites/default/files/

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Home | PLYMOUTH.GOV.UK

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GOV75%Check
Welcome50%Check
Council44%Check
Voting44%Check
City Council44%Check
News43%Check
social43%Check
Stay43%Check
date43%Check
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