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SEO report: www.checkatrade.com scores 82/100

Fix these first

Freshness signalsmedium
No published/updated date found.
Fix: Show a 'last updated' date and add dateModified to your structured data.
See the details
Anchor text qualitymedium
No link text points to two different pages.
Fix: Make every link text describe its destination, e.g. “logo design prices” instead of “click here”.
Check every link's wording with the free anchor text checker
Read the guide: internal linking
See the details
HTML sizemedium
475 kB of HTML – heavy for phones.
Fix: Remove inline bloat, base64 images and unused markup.
See the details
Scripts & third partiesmedium
90 script tag(s); files loaded from 3 other domain(s): cdn.cookielaw.org, cdn.optimizely.com, images.ctfassets.net.
Fix: Remove unused tracking and widget scripts; every third party adds connection time.
Read the guide: Core Web Vitals
See the details
Imagesmedium
22 image(s).
Fix: Give every image width and height, lazy-load images below the fold (but not the main image) and serve WebP/AVIF.
Read the guide: image SEO
See the details
Tap-to-contactmedium
No tel: or mailto: links.
Fix: Add a tap-to-call or tap-to-email button so phone visitors can contact you instantly.
Read the guide: mobile-friendly websites
See the details
Render-blocking resourceshigh
1 blocking script(s) and 3 stylesheet(s) in <head>.
Fix: Add defer to scripts, inline critical CSS and load the rest asynchronously.
Read the guide: Core Web Vitals
See the details
Text-to-code ratiolow
3% of the HTML is visible text.
Fix: Trim unused markup, inline scripts and builder bloat.
See the details

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Authority & backlinks

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Indexing & crawling 100%

Can search engines reach, read and index this page?

✓
Status codecritical
The page returned HTTP 200.
✓
Indexablecritical
No noindex instruction – the page can appear in search.
✓
robots.txthigh
robots.txt found.
Googlebot is allowed to crawl this page.
✓
XML sitemaphigh
Sitemap found at https://www.checkatrade.com/sitemap.xml with 1,643 URLs.
Declared in robots.txt.
This page is listed in it.
No lastmod dates – add accurate ones so search engines know what changed.
✓
Canonical URLhigh
Canonical: https://www.checkatrade.com
Points to this page (self-referencing).
✓
Redirectshigh
1 redirect before the page loaded.
https://checkatrade.com/ → https://www.checkatrade.com/
A single redirect to your preferred address is normal; just make sure your own links use the final address.
✓
www / non-wwwmedium
checkatrade.com redirects to www.checkatrade.com.

Content quality 93%

Is there enough clear, useful text that matches what the page targets?

✓
Word countmedium
1,822 words of main content (inside <main>).
Google has no minimum word count – this is a rough guide to whether the page answers the question in full.
✓
Readabilitymedium
Flesch reading ease 73 (plain English), about 9 words per sentence.
✓
Topic focushigh
3 of 4 title keywords appear in the main content (missing: official).
✓
H1 headingcritical
“Checkatrade: Find a tradesperson you can trust”
✓
Heading structuremedium
23 headings for 1822 words.
Levels are in order.
✗
Text-to-code ratiolow
3% of the HTML is visible text.
Fix: Trim unused markup, inline scripts and builder bloat.

AI search readiness 75%

Can ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews read, understand and cite this site?

✓
AI crawler accesshigh
Search and AI-search crawlers (Googlebot, Bingbot, OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot…) can read this page.
✓
Snippet controlshigh
No snippet restrictions – search and AI answers can quote this page.
✓
llms.txtlow
/llms.txt found.
!
Question-led contentmedium
1 heading(s) phrased as questions, e.g. “Need help with estimating job costs?”.
Fix: Add headings that match real questions ("How much does…?") followed by a direct one- or two-sentence answer – an easy format for search and AI answers to quote.
Read the guide: how to write SEO content
✓
Entity clarityhigh
Identified as: Organization, Person.
6 official profile link(s) (sameAs).
✗
Freshness signalsmedium
No published/updated date found.
Fix: Show a 'last updated' date and add dateModified to your structured data.
!
Trust pages (E-E-A-T)medium
Links found to contact and privacy; missing about.
Fix: Link to About, Contact and Privacy pages from every page – they help visitors, Google and AI tools see who stands behind the content.

Structured data 100%

Machine-readable facts for rich results and AI.

✓
JSON-LD present & validhigh
2 JSON-LD block(s): WebSite, Organization, Person, PostalAddress, ContactPoint, OpeningHoursSpecification, QuantitativeValue.
All blocks parse correctly.
✓
Required propertiesmedium
Key types include Google's required properties.
i
Breadcrumbslow
Home page – breadcrumbs not needed.

Links 75%

Internal linking, anchor text and broken links.

✓
Internal linkinghigh
90 internal and 17 external links.
✗
Anchor text qualitymedium
No link text points to two different pages.
1 vague link(s) like “click here” or “read more”.
1 link(s) with no text at all.
Fix: Make every link text describe its destination, e.g. “logo design prices” instead of “click here”.
Check every link's wording with the free anchor text checker
Read the guide: internal linking
✓
Broken links (sample)high
Checked 12 internal link(s).
No broken links found.
1 link(s) point to a redirect – link to the final address instead.

Performance 38%

Speed signals from the HTML and server. Real-user Core Web Vitals load below.

✓
Server response (TTFB)high
192 ms until the first response from our checker, including connection setup (Google rates TTFB good under 0.8 s, poor over 1.8 s).
✗
HTML sizemedium
475 kB of HTML – heavy for phones.
Fix: Remove inline bloat, base64 images and unused markup.
i
Compressionmedium
Couldn't be measured from our server (our fetch decodes compressed pages before we see them). Check in your browser's developer tools that HTML is sent with br or gzip.
!
Render-blocking resourceshigh
1 blocking script(s) and 3 stylesheet(s) in <head>.
Fix: Add defer to scripts, inline critical CSS and load the rest asynchronously.
Read the guide: Core Web Vitals
✗
Scripts & third partiesmedium
90 script tag(s); files loaded from 3 other domain(s): cdn.cookielaw.org, cdn.optimizely.com, images.ctfassets.net.
Fix: Remove unused tracking and widget scripts; every third party adds connection time.
Read the guide: Core Web Vitals
✗
Imagesmedium
22 image(s).
9 without width/height – can cause layout shift (CLS).
1 image(s) after the first three aren't lazy-loaded.
15 use WebP/AVIF or responsive srcset.
Fix: Give every image width and height, lazy-load images below the fold (but not the main image) and serve WebP/AVIF.
Read the guide: image SEO
!
Cachinglow
Cache-Control: private, no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Fix: Set Cache-Control so browsers and CDNs can reuse the page.
i
HTTP/3low
Couldn't be confirmed from our server – the alt-svc header that advertises HTTP/3 isn't always visible to it. Your site is on Cloudflare, which offers HTTP/3 under Network settings.

Security 79%

Visitor safety signals that browsers and Google check.

✓
HTTPScritical
Secure HTTPS with no mixed content.
✓
HTTP → HTTPS redirecthigh
http:// redirects to https://.
!
HSTSmedium
HSTS: max-age=2592000; preload
max-age is under 6 months – browsers will forget it quickly.
Fix: Add Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains.
Read the guide: the technical SEO checklist
!
Security headerslow
Present: CSP, nosniff, clickjacking protection.
Fix: Add X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy and X-Frame-Options (or a CSP).
Read the guide: the technical SEO checklist
✗
Server fingerprintlow
X-Powered-By reveals “Next.js”.
Fix: Remove X-Powered-By so attackers can't see your software versions.

Mobile & accessibility 70%

Usable on phones and by everyone – Google indexes the mobile version.

✓
Mobile viewportcritical
viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1
✓
Image alt textmedium
All 22 images have alt text.
✗
Link nameslow
1 link(s) have no readable name for screen readers.
Fix: Add text or aria-label to icon-only links.
Read the guide: internal linking
✗
Tap-to-contactmedium
No tel: or mailto: links.
Fix: Add a tap-to-call or tap-to-email button so phone visitors can contact you instantly.
Read the guide: mobile-friendly websites

Local SEO not scored

This site doesn't look like a local business, so these checks are shown for information and not scored.

i
LocalBusiness markuphigh
No LocalBusiness structured data.
i
Contact details on pagemedium
No phone number found.
No postcode found (fine for service-area businesses).
i
Map & directionslow
No map or directions link.

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SEO report for www.checkatrade.com

Fix these first

Real-world speed Google PageSpeed

Authority & backlinks

Indexing & crawling 100%

Status codecritical

Indexablecritical

robots.txthigh

XML sitemaphigh

Canonical URLhigh

Redirectshigh

www / non-wwwmedium

Search snippet & sharing 100%

Title tagcritical

Meta descriptionhigh

Open Graph & social cardsmedium

Faviconlow

Languagelow

Content quality 93%

Word countmedium

Readabilitymedium

Topic focushigh

H1 headingcritical

Heading structuremedium

Text-to-code ratiolow

AI search readiness 75%

AI crawler accesshigh

Snippet controlshigh

llms.txtlow

Question-led contentmedium

Entity clarityhigh

Freshness signalsmedium

Trust pages (E-E-A-T)medium

Structured data 100%

JSON-LD present & validhigh

Required propertiesmedium

Breadcrumbslow

Links 75%

Internal linkinghigh

Anchor text qualitymedium

Broken links (sample)high

Performance 38%

Server response (TTFB)high

HTML sizemedium

Compressionmedium

Render-blocking resourceshigh

Scripts & third partiesmedium

Imagesmedium

Cachinglow

HTTP/3low

Security 79%

HTTPScritical

HTTP → HTTPS redirecthigh

HSTSmedium

Security headerslow

Server fingerprintlow

Mobile & accessibility 70%

Mobile viewportcritical

Image alt textmedium

Link nameslow

Tap-to-contactmedium

Local SEO not scored

LocalBusiness markuphigh

Contact details on pagemedium

Map & directionslow