Admissions.uic.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
68% 
Page quality
39% 
Page structure
84% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.66 s
File size
24.00 kB
Words
163
Media files
4
Number of links
28 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
UIC Admissions |
The page title is too short. (155 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://admissions.uic.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
theme-color#F7323F
generatorDrupal 7 (https://www.drupal.org)
dcterms.titleUIC Admissions
dcterms.typeText
dcterms.formattext/html
dcterms.identifierhttps://admissions.uic.edu/
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:urlhttps://admissions.uic.edu/
twitter:titleUIC Admissions
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 163 words on this page. Use at least 250 words to provide useful information.
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
11.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 21.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 6 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)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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
...theme/logos/UIC-Admissions-LogoWhite.pngUniversity of Illinois Chicago Admissions
...tom/uicrec/images/primary_lockup_UIC.PNGNo alt attribute provided
...hemes/custom/uicrec/images/DownArrow.pngdown arrow icon
...es/custom/uic_footer/images/uic_logo.pngUniversity of Illinois - Chicago Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
UIC Admissions
The H1 heading is too short (14 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 UIC Admissions
H2 Undergraduate
H2 Graduate & Professional
H2 Office of Admissions
H2 Mailing Address
H3 Main Office
H3 Empty heading
H3 Visitors Center
H3 Undergraduate Duplicate text
H3 Graduate & Professional Duplicate text
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://admissions.uic.edu/IMG-ALT University of Illinois Chicago Admissions
A-TITLE UIC Admissions
/explore-uicExplore UIC
/connect-usBook a Visit
https://openhouse.uic.edu/?utm...New window External Subdomain Open House
/apply-nowApply
/undergraduateUndergraduate
/graduate-professionalGraduate & Professional
https://discover.uic.edu/External Subdomain Visit Campus
/undergraduateText duplicate Undergraduate
/program-finderAcademic Programs
/undergraduate/tuition-financi...Tuition & Financial Aid
/undergraduate/requirements-de...Requirements & Deadlines
/undergraduate/application-pro...Application Process
/apply-nowApply Now
/undergraduate/faqFrequently Asked Questions
/graduate-professionalText duplicate Graduate & Professional
/graduate-professional/academi...Text duplicate Academic Programs
/graduate-professional/tuition...Text duplicate Tuition & Financial Aid
/graduate-professional/require...Text duplicate Requirements & Deadlines
/graduate-professional/applica...Text duplicate Application Process
/graduate-professional/applyText duplicate Apply Now
/graduate-professional/faqText duplicate Frequently Asked Questions
/undergraduateSubdomain UnderGraduate
/graduate-professionalSubdomain Text duplicate Graduate & Professional
/contact-admissionsContact UIC Admissions
/undergraduate/contact-undergr...Contact Undergraduate Admissions
/graduate-professional/contact...Contact Graduate and Professional Admissions
http://uic.edu/External IMG-ALT University of Illinois - Chicago Logo
https://www.vpaa.uillinois.edu...New window External Subdomain Privacy Statement
https://policies.uic.edu/uic-p...New window External Subdomain Nondiscrimination Statement
/sitemapSite Map
https://disabilityresources.ui...New window External Subdomain Accessibility
https://admissions.uic.edu/Site Home
http://uic.edu/New window External UIC Home
/Shibboleth.sso/Login?target=h...Subdomain Login
https://www.facebook.com/gouicNew window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.twitter.com/apply2uicNew window External Subdomain Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain YouTube
http://disabilityresources.uic...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://admissions.uic.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.66 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
This page loads 6 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (24 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 29 Oct 2024 16:27:38 GMT
serverApache/2.4.37 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) OpenSSL/1.1.1k mod_jk/1.2.41 mod_fcgid/2.3.9
x-powered-byPHP/8.2.24
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
cache-controlno-cache, must-revalidate
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-generatorDrupal 7 (https://www.drupal.org)
link<https://admissions.uic.edu/>; rel="canonical",<https://admissions.uic.edu/>; rel="shortlink"
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
content-length6106
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 313 referring domains.
This page has 11,424 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 273 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /misc/*.css$
Allow: /misc/*.css?
Allow: /misc/*.js$
Allow: /misc/*.js?
Allow: /misc/*.gif
Allow: /misc/*.jpg
Allow: /misc/*.jpeg
Allow: /misc/*.png
Allow: /modules/*.css$
Allow: /modules/*.css?
Allow: /modules/*.js$
Allow: /modules/*.js?
Allow: /modules/*.gif
Allow: /modules/*.jpg
Allow: /modules/*.jpeg
Allow: /modules/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /themes/*.css$
Allow: /themes/*.css?
Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
Allow: /themes/*.gif
Allow: /themes/*.jpg
Allow: /themes/*.jpeg
Allow: /themes/*.png
# Directories
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/
# Files
Disallow: /CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /?q=admin/
Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /?q=node/add/
Disallow: /?q=search/
Disallow: /?q=user/password/
Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
Disallow: /?q=user/logout/

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Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Admissions81%Check
UIC Admissions80%Check
UIC75%Check
Undergraduate Admissions62%Check
Undergraduate43%Check
Professional43%Check
Office43%Check
Graduate Professional42%Check
Visit38%Check
Main38%Check
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