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StatusSummary
FailureGoogle Search Guidelines - Some pages violate these guidelines.
FailureBing Search Guidelines - Some pages violate these guidelines.
FailureYahoo Search Guidelines - Some pages violate these guidelines.
SuccessRobots.txt Guidelines - No issues found.
FailureSearch Best Practices - Some pages could rank higher in search engines.
PriorityDescription and URLGuideline and Line#Count

Priority 1

3 issues on 50 pages

CriticalGoogle recommends separating keywords in URLs by dashes instead of underscores. Google 3 pages
Dashes perform better than underscores in Google as keyword separators, and underscores perform better than no separators.
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/Scripts/govuk_publishing_components/components/step-by-step-nav.jsLine 1
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/assets/images/keep_me_posted_horizontal.pngLine 1
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/assets/images/logo_white_2x.pngLine 1
CriticalThis page has more than one h1 element, which violates Bing webmaster guidelines. Bing 45 pages
Leave the title of the main content as h1 and change other h1 elements to a lower heading level.
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/Account/LoginPageLine 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/a-z/?letter=aLine 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/a-z/?letter=bLine 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/a-z/?letter=cLine 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/a-z/?letter=dLine 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/a-z/?letter=eLine 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/a-z/?letter=fLine 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/business/licences-and-permits/roads-and-highway-licences/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/blue-badges-and-disabled-parking/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/find-parking/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/getting-around-liverpool/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/parking-fines-and-challenges/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/parking-outside-your-home/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/parking-permits/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/public-rights-of-way/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/report-an-issue/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/winter-gritting/Line 124 142
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/support/accessibility/Line 124 142
This issue was found on another 25 pages. You can change the number of pages shown for each issue using the Options menu command in the desktop edition or the Edit Scan button in the OnDemand edition.
CriticalThis page has no h1 element, which violates Bing webmaster guidelines. Bing 2 pages
Add an h1 element just before the main content describing the page.
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/permits/Line 65
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/permits/PECError.asp?ErrorMessage=MSG0169Line 49

Priority 2

2 issues on 3 pages

Very ImportantThis page has more than one title element. Only the first title is displayed in search results. Best Practice 3 pages
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/permits/Line 5 39
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/permits/Login.aspLine 3 18
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/permits/PECError.asp?ErrorMessage=MSG0169Line 3 18
Very ImportantThis page title is not unique. Assign unique, descriptive title elements to every page. Google Bing 1 pages
' Liverpool || Permits ' is also used on https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/permits/GroupSelection.asp
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/permits/Login.asp
Line 3 18

Priority 3

1 issues on 1 pages

ImportantSearch engines may penalize invisible text where text color is nearly identical to the background color. Google Yahoo Bing 1 pages
The colors used are:
color: rgb(255,255,255); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);
color: rgb(255,255,255); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);
color: rgb(255,255,255); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);
color: rgb(255,255,255); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);
color: rgb(255,255,255); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/permits/
Line 248 251 254 257 260 ...

Informative

These messages are for information only and do not indicate errors

InformationNo search keywords are set in SortSite, so no keyword optimization rules have been run. Best Practice 1 pages
If you want to check keyword optimization, set the keywords using the Scan Options command.
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/permits/Line 1
InformationSearch engines cannot index areas of sites that require a log in. Google Blogs 1 pages
https://parking.liverpool.gov.uk/permits/Login.aspLine 168
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