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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
92% 
Page quality
51% 
Page structure
45% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.24 s
File size
58.70 kB
Words
836
Media files
5
Number of links
66 internal / 9 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Somerset Council
The page title is too short. (159 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Find and access your council services
The length of the meta description is perfect. (235 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.somerset.gov.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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
descriptionFind and access your council services
keywordsSomerset Council, Council, SC, SCC, Somerset County Council, Somerset County
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
robotsmax-image-preview:large
langen-us
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 59 words is high.
This page contains 836 words. That's ok.
32.9% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
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)
1 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
/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newLogo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...dp_FFFFFF_FILL0_wght400_GRAD0_opsz48.svgTogether for West Somerset icon
/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/dragon.svgAnnual Accounts icon
...ent/themes/scc-core/assets/image/ogl.svgOpen Government Licence v3.0 logo
/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newLogo.pngSomerset Council logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to somerset.gov.uk
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 35 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to somerset.gov.uk
H2 Cookies on our website
H2 Search
H2 Popular pages on somerset.gov.uk
H2 Together for West Somerset
H2 Annual Accounts
H2 Our Services
H2 Our latest vacancies
H2 Latest news
H2 E-newsletters and alerts
H2 Is this page useful?
H3 Popular searches
H3 Beaches, ports and flooding
H3 Benefits and payments
H3 Bins, recycling and waste
H3 Births, ceremonies and deaths
H3 Business, economy and licences
H3 Care and support for adults
H3 Children, families and education
H3 Climate and Ecological Emergency
H3 Community, leisure and tourism
H3 Council and democracy
H3 Council Tax
H3 Environmental Health and Food Safety
H3 Finance, performance and legal
H3 Health, safety and wellbeing
H3 Housing and homelessness
H3 Libraries
H3 Planning, buildings and land
H3 Roads, travel and parking
H3 Somerset Council Recommissions Race, Interfaith and Belief Service Until 2029
H3 Up to date news from around the council
H3 Thank you for your feedback
H3 Thank you for your feedback Duplicate text
H4 Get in touch
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
There are 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.somerset.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
/cookies/Find out more about how we use cookies
https://www.somerset.gov.uk/No Text
/beaches-ports-and-flooding/Beaches, ports and floodingIncludes coastlines, inland waterways and harbours
/benefits-and-payments/Benefits and paymentsIncludes making a payment, welfare rights and low income benefits
/bins-recycling-and-waste/Bins, recycling and wasteIncludes recycling centres, kerbside collections and permits
/births-ceremonies-and-deaths/Births, ceremonies and deathsIncludes registration, marriages and copies of certificates
/business-economy-and-licences/Business, economy and licencesIncludes advice, grants, economic development and regeneration
/children-families-and-education/Children, families and educationIncludes schools, childcare and our Local Offer for ages 0 to 25
/climate-and-ecological-emerge...Climate and Ecological EmergencyWorking towards a climate resilient and nature-rich Somerset
/community-leisure-and-tourism/Community, leisure and tourismIncludes things to do, places to go and community safety
/council-and-democracy/Council and democracyIncludes how the council works, council meetings and have your say
/council-tax/Council TaxIncludes paying for your Council Tax, change in circumstance and support
/environment-and-food-safety/Environmental Health and Food SafetyIncludes Environmental Health, noise and nuisance and climate emergency
/finance-performance-and-legal/Finance, performance and legalIncludes Freedom of Information, Data Protection and procurement
/health-safety-and-wellbeing/Health, safety and wellbeingIncludes health checks, campaigns and mental health support
/housing-support/Housing and homelessnessIncludes paying your rent, repairs, allocation and advice
/jobs-and-careers/Jobs and careersIncludes our current vacancies and pension information
/libraries/LibrariesIncludes library services, learning and events
/newsroom/NewsroomGet the latest updates from around the council
/planning-buildings-and-land/Planning, buildings and landIncludes planning permission, building control, countryside and open spaces
/roads-travel-and-parking/Roads, travel and parkingIncludes parking, transport and problems on the road
/?s=Bin dayBin day
/?s=Pay Council TaxPay Council Tax
/?s=RoadworksRoadworks
/?s=Planning permissionPlanning permission
https://www.somerset.gov.uk/Home
A-TITLE Somerset Council
/housing-support/council-and-s...Pay your rent or service charge
/roads-travel-and-parking/road...Roadworks and travel information
/children-families-and-educati...School term dates and holidays
https://connectsomerset.org.uk...External Together for West Somerset Mental health and emotional support resources for parents, carers, first responders, staff, and community members
IMG-ALT Together for West Somerset icon
/finance-performance-and-legal...Annual Accounts The full draft group accounts are published and available to view.
IMG-ALT Annual Accounts icon
/beaches-ports-and-flooding/Beaches, ports and flooding Includes coastlines, inland waterways and harbours
/benefits-and-payments/Benefits and payments Includes making a payment, welfare rights and low income benefits
/bins-recycling-and-waste/Bins, recycling and waste Includes information on collections, recycling centres, policy and regulations
/births-ceremonies-and-deaths/Births, ceremonies and deaths Includes registration, marriages and copies of certificates
/business-economy-and-licences/Business, economy and licences Includes advice, grants, economic development and regeneration
/care-and-support-for-adults/Care and support for adults Includes adult social care, information for carers and help to live at home
/children-families-and-education/Children, families and education Includes schools, childcare and our Local Offer for ages 0 to 25
/climate-and-ecological-emerge...Climate and Ecological Emergency Working towards a climate resilient Somerset
/community-leisure-and-tourism/Community, leisure and tourism Includes things to do, places to go, parks and volunteering
/council-and-democracy/Council and democracy Includes how the council works, council meetings and election information
/council-tax/Council Tax Includes paying for your Council Tax, change in circumstance and support
/environment-and-food-safety/Environmental Health and Food Safety Includes noise, nuisance, pollution and pest control
/finance-performance-and-legal/Finance, performance and legal Includes Freedom of Information, Data Protection and procurement
/health-safety-and-wellbeing/Health, safety and wellbeing Includes community safety and support, health checks, campaigns and mental health support
/housing-support/Housing and homelessness Includes paying your rent, repairs, housing allocation, emergency and temporary accommodation and housing advice
/libraries/Libraries Includes library services, membership information, learning and events
/planning-buildings-and-land/Planning, buildings and land Includes planning permission, building control, countryside and climate emergency
/roads-travel-and-parking/Roads, travel and parking Includes problems on the road, road closures, Rights of Way and sponsorship
/jobs-and-careersFind your place with us
/news/somerset-council-recommi...Somerset Council Recommissions Race, Interfaith and Belief Service Until 2029 Somerset Council is delighted to recommission a Race, Interfaith and Belief ser...
/news/bare-bricks-transformed-...Bare bricks transformed into wall of colour
/news/somerset-children-in-car...Somerset children in care’s resilience and courage celebrated at the Annual Achievement Awards
/news/most-caterers-pass-kitch...Most caterers pass kitchen allergens check
/news/council-leader-welcomes-...Council Leader welcomes “powerful investment” in Somerset’s young people
/newsroomFind more news and events
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe to news
https://service.somerset.gov.u...External Subdomain Report a problem with this page
https://service.somerset.gov.u...External Subdomain send us a comment or compliment
/contact-uscontact us
/contact-usVisit our Contact us page
/jobs-and-careers/Jobs and careers
/newsroom/News and updates
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Sign-up to our e-newsletters
/my-account/What happened to my council account?
/council-and-democracy/our-cus...Our customer panel
https://www.facebook.com/Somer...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Social media link Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Social media link Linkedin
https://www.instagram.com/some...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Social media link Instagram
https://www.nationalarchives.g...External Subdomain Open Government Licence v3.0
/accessibility/Accessibility
/contact-us/Contact us
/cookies/Cookies
/finance-performance-and-legal...Privacy notices

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.somerset.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)
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The page response time is excellent with 0.24 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (59 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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x-lsadc-cachehit
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dateWed, 06 Aug 2025 20:07:40 GMT
serverLiteSpeed
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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 547 referring domains.
This page has 38,860 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 383 different ip addresses.

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Somerset Council74%Check
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service54%Check
Council Tax54%Check
council works52%Check
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services50%Check
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