SEO report for www.natwest.com
https://www.natwest.com/ · checked Sun, 01 Nov 2026 13:16 GMT
Fix these first
- Render-blocking resourceshigh
7 blocking script(s) and 3 stylesheet(s) in <head>.
Fix: Add defer to scripts, inline critical CSS and load the rest asynchronously.
- LocalBusiness markuphigh
No LocalBusiness structured data.
Fix: Add LocalBusiness JSON-LD with address or areaServed, telephone, geo, opening hours and url.
- Title tagcritical
“NatWest Online – Bank Accounts, Mortgages, Loans and Savings”
Fix: Write a unique title of roughly 50–60 characters with the main search phrase first.
- H1 headingcritical
3 H1 headings – one clear H1 is best practice.
Fix: Use one H1 that states the page topic with its main keyword.
- Question-led contentmedium
No headings phrased as questions.
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.
- Freshness signalsmedium
No published/updated date found.
Fix: Show a 'last updated' date and add dateModified to your structured data.
- Scripts & third partiesmedium
46 script tag(s); files loaded from 3 other domain(s): cdn.cookielaw.org, assets.adobedtm.com, nw.scene7.com.
Fix: Remove unused tracking and widget scripts; every third party adds connection time.
- Imagesmedium
53 image(s).
Fix: Give every image width and height, lazy-load images below the fold (but not the main image) and serve WebP/AVIF.
Real-world speed Google PageSpeed
Loading Core Web Vitals from Google… this can take up to 30 seconds.
Authority & backlinks
Looking up which websites link to natwest.com…
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.natwest.com/sitemap.xml with over 3,753 URLs (we read the first 1 MB).
Declared in robots.txt.
This page is listed in it.
Most recent lastmod: 2026-10-30.
- ✓
Canonical URLhigh
Canonical: https://www.natwest.com
Points to this page (self-referencing).
- ✓
Redirectshigh
1 redirect before the page loaded.
https://natwest.com/ → https://www.natwest.com/
A single redirect to your preferred address is normal; just make sure your own links use the final address.
- ✓
www / non-wwwmedium
natwest.com redirects to www.natwest.com.
Search snippet & sharing 67%
How the page looks in Google results and when shared.
- !
Title tagcritical
“NatWest Online – Bank Accounts, Mortgages, Loans and Savings”
About 583px of Google's ~580px desktop width – it will probably be cut off.
Fix: Write a unique title of roughly 50–60 characters with the main search phrase first.
- !
Meta descriptionhigh
164 characters, ~1055px of ~990px.
Long – Google will probably truncate it.
Google sometimes rewrites descriptions to match the search; a good one is still used most often.
Fix: Write a 140–155 character description that answers the searcher's question and invites the click.
- ✓
Faviconlow
Favicon linked (Google shows it next to results).
- ✓
Languagelow
lang="en-GB"
Content quality 73%
Is there enough clear, useful text that matches what the page targets?
- ✓
Word countmedium
878 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 58 (fairly easy), about 11 words per sentence.
- ✓
Topic focushigh
6 of 6 title keywords appear in the main content.
- !
H1 headingcritical
3 H1 headings – one clear H1 is best practice.
The H1 shares no keywords with the title.
Fix: Use one H1 that states the page topic with its main keyword.
- !
Heading structuremedium
31 headings for 878 words – a lot for the amount of text.
1 skipped level(s), e.g. H2 → H4.
Fix: Use H2s for main sections and H3s inside them, without skipping levels.
- !
Text-to-code ratiolow
6% 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
No headings phrased as questions.
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.
- ✓
Entity clarityhigh
Identified as: Organization.
3 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 all three: about, contact and privacy.
Structured data 100%
Machine-readable facts for rich results and AI.
- ✓
JSON-LD present & validhigh
1 JSON-LD block(s): Organization.
All blocks parse correctly.
- ✓
Required propertiesmedium
Key types include Google's required properties.
Links 67%
Internal linking, anchor text and broken links.
- !
Internal linkinghigh
379 internal and 23 external links.
Fix: Link to your most important pages from this page with descriptive text.
- !
Anchor text qualitymedium
Same text used for different pages: “remortgage to natwest”, “loans”, “investments”, “credit cards”.
Fix: Make every link text describe its destination, e.g. “logo design prices” instead of “click here”.
- ✓
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.
- !
Internal nofollowlow
1 internal link(s) are nofollow, so search engines may not follow them.
Fix: Remove rel="nofollow" from links to your own pages.
Performance 47%
Speed signals from the HTML and server. Real-user Core Web Vitals load below.
- ✓
Server response (TTFB)high
118 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
220 kB of HTML.
Fix: Remove inline bloat, base64 images and unused markup.
- ✓
Compressionmedium
Compressed with br.
- ✗
Render-blocking resourceshigh
7 blocking script(s) and 3 stylesheet(s) in <head>.
Fix: Add defer to scripts, inline critical CSS and load the rest asynchronously.
- ✗
Scripts & third partiesmedium
46 script tag(s); files loaded from 3 other domain(s): cdn.cookielaw.org, assets.adobedtm.com, nw.scene7.com.
Fix: Remove unused tracking and widget scripts; every third party adds connection time.
- ✗
Imagesmedium
53 image(s).
28 without width/height – can cause layout shift (CLS).
11 image(s) after the first three aren't lazy-loaded.
20 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.
- ✓
Cachinglow
Cache-Control: max-age=900, public
- 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 100%
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=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
- ✓
Security headerslow
Present: CSP, nosniff, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, clickjacking protection.
- ✓
Server fingerprintlow
No X-Powered-By header (server: cloudflare).
Mobile & accessibility 67%
Usable on phones and by everyone – Google indexes the mobile version.
- ✓
Mobile viewportcritical
viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
- ✗
Image alt textmedium
34 of 53 images have no alt attribute.
Fix: Describe each meaningful image in its alt attribute (use alt="" for decorative ones).
- ✓
Form labelsmedium
All 1 form fields are labelled.
- ✓
Link nameslow
Every link has a readable name.
- ✗
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.
Local SEO 33%
Signals that help you appear in Google Maps and 'near me' searches.
- ✗
LocalBusiness markuphigh
No LocalBusiness structured data.
Fix: Add LocalBusiness JSON-LD with address or areaServed, telephone, geo, opening hours and url.
- ✓
Contact details on pagemedium
No phone number found.
A UK postcode is shown.
- ✗
Map & directionslow
No map or directions link.
Fix: Add a Google Maps directions link so customers can find you.