www.bbc.com
https://www.bbc.com/video
Scanned on May 2, 2026
Quick Wins — Top 5 Issues to Fix
- ✗Title length: 74 characters (too long, keep under 60)meta
- ✗Description length: 74 chars (too short)meta
- ✗3 title tags found — should be exactly 1meta
- ✗Title-H1 alignment: 22% word overlap — title and H1 should share key termscontent
- ✗Heading hierarchy has gaps (e.g. H1 to H3 without H2)content
SEO — 69/100 (33 issues)
Failed Checks (33)
- ✗Title length: 74 characters (too long, keep under 60)meta
- ✗Description length: 74 chars (too short)meta
- ✗3 title tags found — should be exactly 1meta
- ✗Title-H1 alignment: 22% word overlap — title and H1 should share key termscontent
- ✗Heading hierarchy has gaps (e.g. H1 to H3 without H2)content
- ✗74% long sentences (>20 words) — break up for readabilitycontent
- ✗59 of 118 images missing ALT text (50% have it)content
- ✗118 images missing width/height — causes layout shift (CLS)content
- ✗59 of 118 images use legacy formats (JPG/PNG/GIF) — convert to WebP/AVIF for 25-50% smaller filescontent
- ✗Missing og:image — social shares will lack visualssocial
- ✗Missing og:url — social platforms may use wrong URLsocial
- ✗Missing og:type — defaults to "website"social
- ✗Missing og:site_name — helps brand recognition in sharessocial
- ✗Missing twitter:card meta tagsocial
- ✗Missing twitter:imagesocial
- ✗Text-to-HTML ratio: 3.1% — too code-heavy, add more contenttechnical
- ✗Inline CSS: 57.7 KB — too much, move to external stylesheetperformance
- ✗Inline JS: 97.2 KB — too much, use external scriptsperformance
- ✗No font preload/preconnect — add for faster renderingperformance
- ✗No Content-Security-Policy header — XSS risksecurity
- ✗No dns-prefetch or preconnect hints — add for faster third-party loadingperformance
- ✗10 ad elements — high ad density may hurt rankingscontent
- ✗1% sentences use transition words — aim for 20%+content
- ✗Missing hreflang x-default — add fallback for unmatched languagestechnical
- ✗No max-image-preview:large — add to robots meta for Google Discovermeta
- ✗No Permissions-Policy — restrict camera/mic/geo accesssecurity
- ✗H1 length: 5 characters — too short, aim for 20-70content
- ✗228 links on page — exceeds 100 limit, may dilute link equitycontent
- ✗DOM size: ~1964 elements — exceeds 1500, may slow renderingperformance
- ✗6 third-party script domains — may slow page load (static.files.bbci.co.uk, static.bbci.co.uk, cdn.optimizely.com...)performance
- ✗No RSS/Atom feed in <head> — add for content discovery by aggregators and AItechnical
- ✗No IndexNow integration — add for instant Bing/Yandex indexing on content changestechnical
- ✗65 of 66 H2 sections have < 50 words — add more content or merge thin sectionscontent
Passed Checks (72)
- ✓Title tag found: "BBC Video - World class video news and storytelling from aro..."meta
- ✓Meta description found (74 chars)meta
- ✓Viewport meta tag found (mobile-friendly)meta
- ✓UTF-8 charset declaredmeta
- ✓Language attribute set on HTML tagmeta
- ✓Theme color set: #ffffffmeta
- ✓No meta refresh redirect (good)meta
- ✓Robots: "NOODP, NOYDIR"meta
- ✓Single H1 tag foundcontent
- ✓66 H2 tags foundcontent
- ✓1854 words on page (good content depth)content
- ✓Readability: 41 (moderate — aim for 60+)content
- ✓JS-based lazy loading detectedcontent
- ✓220 internal links foundcontent
- ✓7 external links foundcontent
- ✓No empty href attributes foundcontent
- ✓All link texts are descriptive (no "click here" or "read more")content
- ✓Open Graph title foundsocial
- ✓Open Graph description foundsocial
- ✓Twitter title foundsocial
- ✓Twitter description foundsocial
- ✓HTTPS enabledtechnical
- ✓Canonical tag foundtechnical
- ✓Canonical tag is self-referencing (correct)technical
- ✓Favicon foundtechnical
- ✓Apple touch icon foundtechnical
- ✓Compression: gziptechnical
- ✓URL length: 25 chars (good)technical
- ✓URL uses hyphens or no separators (good)technical
- ✓URL is lowercase (good)technical
- ✓1 hreflang tags found (multi-language)technical
- ✓No deprecated HTML tags foundtechnical
- ✓All 18 external scripts use defer/asyncperformance
- ✓Cache-Control: private, stale-if-error=90, stale-while-revalidate=30, max-aperformance
- ✓HSTS header present — enforces HTTPSsecurity
- ✓X-Content-Type-Options: nosniffsecurity
- ✓About page link found — builds trust and E-E-A-Ttrust
- ✓Contact page/email link foundtrust
- ✓Privacy Policy link foundtrust
- ✓Terms of Service link foundtrust
- ✓Author byline foundtrust
- ✓1 JSON-LD schema block(s) foundschema
- ✓Schema types: WebPageschema
- ✓<!DOCTYPE html> declaredtechnical
- ✓No mixed content — all resources use HTTPStechnical
- ✓All 1 JSON-LD block(s) have valid syntaxschema
- ✓font-display: swap detected — prevents invisible textperformance
- ✓Viewport includes width=device-width (responsive)meta
- ✓robots.txt found and allows crawlingtechnical
- ✓robots.txt includes Sitemap referencetechnical
- ✓No AI crawlers blocked in robots.txt — AI search and training can access contenttechnical
- ✓sitemap.xml found with valid formattechnical
- ✓Sitemap contains 5 URL(s)technical
- ✓All 5 checked internal links are workingcontent
- ✓X-Robots-Tag: "bingbot: noarchive"technical
- ✓0% nofollow links (0/227) — good link equity flowcontent
- ✓URL contains title keywords (25% match)technical
- ✓Web App Manifest found (PWA-ready)technical
- ✓All schema types have required propertiesschema
- ✓10 first-person pronouns — strong personal experiencecontent
- ✓All 1 hreflang codes are valid ISO 639-1technical
- ✓50% responsive images (srcset/picture)content
- ✓Referrer-Policy: no-referrer-when-downgradesecurity
- ✓Title and meta description are different (good)meta
- ✓Viewport allows zoom (good for accessibility)accessibility
- ✓No snippet blocking detected (good — content is fully accessible)technical
- ✓Trailing slash consistent between URL and canonicaltechnical
- ✓No render-blocking scripts in head (good)performance
- ✓ARIA landmarks present: main, navaccessibility
- ✓All 1 form input(s) have labels or aria-labelsaccessibility
- ✓No duplicate IDs found (165 unique IDs)accessibility
- ✓No iframes on pagesecurity
AEO — 49/100 (26 issues)
Failed Checks (26)
- ✗No definition lists (<dl>) — great for term/value pairsdiscoverability
- ✗No code blocks — add <code>/<pre> for technical contentdiscoverability
- ✗No data tables — tables help AI compare and cite datastructure
- ✗No concise answer paragraphs detected — add short summaries after headingsstructure
- ✗26% short sentences — shorten sentences for better AI parsingstructure
- ✗Few key-value patterns — use "**Label:** value" format for AIstructure
- ✗No date information — AI prefers fresh, dated contentcitation
- ✗No Organization schema — AI may not recognize your brandcitation
- ✗Only 2/5 E-E-A-T signals — add about, contact, author infocitation
- ✗No source citations — reference studies and data for authoritycitation
- ✗Only 0 concise answer paragraph(s) after headings — add 2+ short summaries (40-200 chars) right after H2/H3 tagscitation
- ✗No Speakable schema — add for voice assistant optimizationvoice
- ✗First paragraph too short for AI snippetsvoice
- ✗No SearchAction schema — add for enhanced search presencevoice
- ✗Avg 28 words/sentence — simplify for AI and voicevoice
- ✗Pronoun density: 0.5% — add more "you/your" for engagementvoice
- ✗No summary section — add Key Takeaways for AI extractionvoice
- ✗Few Q&A blocks — add question headings followed by answer paragraphsvoice
- ✗No Last-Modified header or dateModified — AI prefers content with freshness signalscitation
- ✗No /llms.txt found — add one to guide AI crawlers (emerging standard)discoverability
- ✗No sameAs links in schema — add social profiles for brand recognitioncitation
- ✗Brand name inconsistent — align site name across title, og:site_name, Organization schemacitation
- ✗Content not updated in 90+ days — stale content loses AI visibilitycitation
- ✗No Table of Contents — add jump links for AI content navigationstructure
- ✗No video content — multimedia increases AI engagement and citation ratediscoverability
- ✗Statistics lack source references — attribute data to boost AI trustcitation
Passed Checks (25)
- ✓Structured data found — AI can understand your contentdiscoverability
- ✓1854 words in HTML — good content for AI parsingdiscoverability
- ✓Clean URL structurediscoverability
- ✓6 semantic HTML5 elements founddiscoverability
- ✓14 content sections — well-structured for AIdiscoverability
- ✓Description + OG description both present — clear topic signalsdiscoverability
- ✓110 named entities found — helps AI understand contextdiscoverability
- ✓220 internal links — good topic cluster signaldiscoverability
- ✓FAQ content detected — great for AI answers (Note: FAQ rich results limited to gov/health sites since Aug 2023)structure
- ✓Question-style headings found — ideal for AI snippetsstructure
- ✓80 lists found — structured content for AIstructure
- ✓Step-by-step content detected — AI loves procedural answersstructure
- ✓98% concise paragraphs — scannable for AIstructure
- ✓Avg 59 words/section — sufficient depthstructure
- ✓Author information found — builds E-E-A-Tcitation
- ✓Statistics and data found in content — highly citablecitation
- ✓7 external links — references authoritative sourcescitation
- ✓Content references 2026/2025 — fresh contentcitation
- ✓Topic focus: 100% — title keywords found in contentcitation
- ✓19 conversational words — good for AI summariesvoice
- ✓Active voice dominant (3% passive) — AI-friendlyvoice
- ✓69 H2/H3 headings — good content structure for AIvoice
- ✓No AI-blocking robots directives — AI crawlers can access contentdiscoverability
- ✓AI crawlers allowed in robots.txt (4/4 explicitly listed)discoverability
- ✓1 collapsible section(s) (<details>) — interactive AI-friendly contentstructure
GEO — 53/100 (27 issues)
Failed Checks (27)
- ✗No step-by-step content — add numbered guides for AIoverview
- ✗No author schema — add for AI trust signalsauthority
- ✗Incomplete brand identity — add og:site_name + Organization schemaauthority
- ✗No original data signals — "our research shows..." boosts AI citationauthority
- ✗No examples or case studies — add real-world examplesauthority
- ✗No links to authoritative sources — cite Google, Schema.org, etc.authority
- ✗No FAQ Schema — add for Google rich results + AI Overviewformat
- ✗No HowTo Schema — add for step-by-step rich resultsformat
- ✗No comparison content — add vs. sections for AI recommendationsformat
- ✗No summary section — add Key Takeaways or TL;DR for AIformat
- ✗59 images missing ALT textformat
- ✗No BreadcrumbList schema — add for better AI contextformat
- ✗Only one list type — use both <ul> and <ol> for content varietyformat
- ✗Only 1/6 formatting types — use bold, lists, tables, quotes, codeformat
- ✗Single-perspective content — add "on the other hand..." for balanceformat
- ✗No conclusion — add recommendations or a verdict sectionformat
- ✗No entity Schema types — add Person, Product, or Organization schemasemantic
- ✗No <time> elements — wrap dates in <time datetime="...">semantic
- ✗Few data points with units — add specific numbers (e.g., "300+ users")semantic
- ✗Few sections have subtopics — add H3 subheadings for depthsemantic
- ✗Incomplete Open Graph tags — AI uses these for contexttechnical
- ✗Only 1 Schema type(s) — add more for AI contexttechnical
- ✗1 image(s) with generic/short ALT text — use descriptive textformat
- ✗Only 0 data points — add 5+ statistics for +30-40% AI visibility (Princeton study)authority
- ✗Author lacks credentials — anonymous content is a GEO penaltyauthority
- ✗No <figure>/<figcaption> — wrap images with descriptive captions for AIformat
- ✗No authoritative sameAs links — add Wikipedia/Wikidata/LinkedIn URIs to schema for Knowledge Graph alignmentauthority
Passed Checks (31)
- ✓Definition-style content found — featured snippet candidateoverview
- ✓5 question headings — matches "People Also Ask" formatoverview
- ✓Content freshness signals detectedoverview
- ✓Comprehensive content (1854 words, 66 sections)overview
- ✓Title and H1 are aligned — clear topic focusoverview
- ✓3-level heading hierarchy — deep content structureoverview
- ✓82% optimal paragraphs (20-80 words) — AI-friendlyoverview
- ✓Source citations found — increases AI trustauthority
- ✓3/5 trust signals foundauthority
- ✓Expert quotes or testimonials found — authority signalauthority
- ✓4 industry terms used — domain expertise signalauthority
- ✓5 unique external domains — diverse sourcesauthority
- ✓Data visualization elements found (tables/charts)format
- ✓Actionable advice found — AI prefers practical contentformat
- ✓8/14 semantic HTML5 elements — deep semantic structuresemantic
- ✓100% title keywords in first 200 words — good prominencesemantic
- ✓149 contextual links — good cross-referencingsemantic
- ✓Content categorization found — clear topic classificationsemantic
- ✓Mobile-friendly (viewport set)technical
- ✓HTTPS secure — trusted by AI systemstechnical
- ✓Page size: 366 KB — reasonabletechnical
- ✓Canonical URL set — prevents AI from citing duplicatestechnical
- ✓Page allows AI indexing (no noindex/nosnippet)technical
- ✓HTML lang="en-GB" set (add og:locale for completeness)technical
- ✓4 ARIA landmarks found — good accessibility for AItechnical
- ✓1854 words — sufficient depth for AI analysisoverview
- ✓First 200 words contain topic keywords — AI extracts primarily from the startoverview
- ✓Definition + list combo — strong featured snippet candidateoverview
- ✓No snippet restrictions — AI can freely extract content (good)technical
- ✓5/6 question types (5W1H) in headings — comprehensiveoverview
- ✓Link anchor texts are descriptive — good AI context signalsemantic
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