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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
73% 
Page structure
84% 
Link structure
0% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.77 s
File size
104.20 kB
Words
883
Media files
0
Number of links
107 internal / 91 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Help Center - Help Center
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (236 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=Edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 883 words. That's ok.
14.4% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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 16 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 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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

No media files were found.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Help Center
The H1 heading is too short (11 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 28 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Help Center
H2 University of Illinois Chicago
H2 University Library
H2 Topics
H2 Main
H2 Help Center generic call to action
H2 Library Information
H2 University Library Duplicate text
H2 Library Footer Links
H2 University Information and Links
H2 UIC.edu
H2 University of Illinois System Information and Links
H3 Skip Navigation
H3 University Primary Navigation
H3 Search UIC Library Collections
H3 Search UIC Library Website
H3 Library Locations
H3 Library footer navigation
H3 Library Website Actions
H3 Follow the Library
H3 UIC footer navigation
H3 University of Illinois System
H3 University Legal Notices
H4 Richard J. Daley Library
H4 Library of the Health Sciences, Chicago
H4 Library of the Health Sciences, Peoria
H4 Crawford Library of the Health Sciences, Rockford
H4 UIC Law Library
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 too many external links (91) on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://ask.library.uic.edu/Anchor UIC Primary Navigation
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https://ask.library.uic.edu/Anchor UIC Campus Locations
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https://ask.library.uic.edu/Anchor Library Secondary Navigation
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https://ask.library.uic.edu/Anchor Library Social Links
https://ask.library.uic.edu/Anchor Library Building Locations
https://ask.library.uic.edu/Anchor Search Systems
https://uic.edu/External University of Illinois Chicago
https://uic.edu/External UIC.edu
https://maps.uic.edu/External Subdomain Campus Map
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https://library.uic.edu/about/...External Subdomain Contact Us
https://library.uic.edu/hours/External Subdomain Hours
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https://library.uic.edu/help/External Subdomain Help
https://library.uic.edu/help/External Subdomain Help Center
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https://library.uic.edu/collec...External Subdomain Articles
https://library.uic.edu/collec...External Subdomain Books & Media
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https://library.uic.edu/collec...External Subdomain Digital Images & Media
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https://library.uic.edu/scua/External Subdomain Special Collections & University Archives
https://library.uic.edu/collec...External Subdomain Theses, Dissertations & UIC Publications
https://library.uic.edu/librar...External Subdomain Libraries
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https://library.uic.edu/librar...External Subdomain Rockford - Health Sciences
https://library.uic.edu/about/External Subdomain About
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https://library.uic.edu/about/...External Subdomain News
https://library.uic.edu/about/...External Subdomain Jobs & Careers
https://library.uic.edu/about/...External Subdomain People
https://library.uic.edu/about/...External Subdomain Student Success
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https://library.uic.edu/about/...External Subdomain Exhibits
https://library.uic.edu/hours/External Subdomain Library Hours
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https://library.uic.edu/services/External Subdomain Services
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Accessibility
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Faculty
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Visitors
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Alumni
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Corporate Membership
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Course Reserves
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Digital Scholarship
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Library Instruction
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Text duplicate Research Help
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https://ask.library.uic.edu/Text duplicate Help Center
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=On-C...Subdomain On-Campus
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https://ask.library.uic.edu/Anchor Recent
https://ask.library.uic.edu/Anchor Popular
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Writ...Text duplicate Writing, Style & Citations
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Requ...Text duplicate Requesting Materials
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Elec...Text duplicate Electronic Resources
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Off-...Text duplicate Off-Campus Access
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Rese...Text duplicate Research Help
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Rese...Text duplicate Research Help
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Writ...Text duplicate Writing, Style & Citations
/faq/345825Subdomain Print, scan and copy
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Comp...Text duplicate Computers, Printing & Scanning
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=On-C...Text duplicate On-Campus
/faq/345932Subdomain Can I eat or drink in the library?
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=On-C...Text duplicate On-Campus
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Stud...Text duplicate Study Spaces
/faq/350427Subdomain Text duplicate Get help from a Librarian
/faq/345884Subdomain Text duplicate Search for UIC theses and dissertations
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Elec...Text duplicate Electronic Resources
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Rese...Text duplicate Research Help
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Requ...Text duplicate Requesting Materials
/faq/345817Subdomain Get a student job in the library
/faq/345896Subdomain Cite in MLA style
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Rese...Text duplicate Research Help
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Writ...Text duplicate Writing, Style & Citations
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Comp...Text duplicate Computers, Printing & Scanning
/faq/344154Subdomain Cite in AMA Style
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Rese...Text duplicate Research Help
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Writ...Text duplicate Writing, Style & Citations
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Spec...Text duplicate Special Collections & University Archives
/faq/343746Subdomain Request a Kanopy film
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Elec...Text duplicate Electronic Resources
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Requ...Text duplicate Requesting Materials
/faq/345810Subdomain Order documents (alumni and non-UIC affiliates)
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Borr...Text duplicate Borrowing
/faq/345899Subdomain What is a DOI and how do I use them in citations?
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Rese...Text duplicate Research Help
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Writ...Text duplicate Writing, Style & Citations
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Rese...Text duplicate Research Help
/faq/345802Subdomain Reserve a study room
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Stud...Text duplicate Study Spaces
/faq/345878Subdomain Text duplicate Access library resources from off-campus
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Elec...Text duplicate Electronic Resources
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Off-...Text duplicate Off-Campus Access
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/faq/345832Subdomain Search for books and e-books
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Requ...Text duplicate Requesting Materials
/faq/345825Subdomain Text duplicate Print, scan and copy
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Comp...Text duplicate Computers, Printing & Scanning
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Rese...Text duplicate Research Help
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/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Elec...Text duplicate Electronic Resources
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Requ...Text duplicate Requesting Materials
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Rese...Text duplicate Research Help
/faq/345833Subdomain Text duplicate Login to RefWorks
/search/?t=0&adv=1&topics=Writ...Text duplicate Writing, Style & Citations
https://library.uic.edu/contactExternal Subdomain Need more help? Contact a Librarian!
https://springshare.com/External Springshare
http://library.uic.edu/contactExternal Subdomain Report a tech support issue.
/admin/loginLogin to LibApps
https://library.uic.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate University Library
https://library.uic.edu/librar...External Subdomain Richard J. Daley Library
https://library.uic.edu/librar...External Subdomain Library of the Health Sciences, Chicago
https://library.uic.edu/librar...External Subdomain Library of the Health Sciences, Peoria
https://library.uic.edu/librar...External Subdomain Crawford Library of the Health Sciences, Rockford
https://library.law.uic.edu/External Subdomain UIC Law Library
https://library.uic.edu/External Subdomain Library Home
https://library.uic.edu/hours/External Subdomain Text duplicate Hours
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Accessibility Services
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Visitor Services
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Faculty Services
https://library.uic.edu/servic...External Subdomain Alumni Services
https://library.uic.edu/about/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://library.uic.edu/about/...External Subdomain Text duplicate My Accounts
https://www.facebook.com/uicda...External Subdomain No Text
https://x.com/uiclibraryExternal No Text
https://www.instagram.com/uicl...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/U...External Subdomain No Text
https://uic.edu/External Text duplicate UIC.edu
https://catalog.uic.edu/ucat/a...External Subdomain Academic Calendar
https://uicflames.com/External Athletics
https://www.uic.edu/apps/depar...External Subdomain Campus Directory
https://disabilityresources.ui...External Subdomain Disability Resources
https://emergency.uic.edu/External Subdomain Emergency Information
https://today.uic.edu/eventsExternal Subdomain Event Calendar
https://uic.edu/about/job-oppo...External Job Openings
https://library.uic.edu/External Subdomain Library
https://maps.uic.edu/External Subdomain Maps
https://ready.uic.edu/digital-...External Subdomain UIC Safe Mobile App
https://today.uic.edu/External Subdomain UIC Today
https://uihealth.uic.edu/External Subdomain UI Health
https://dos.uic.edu/student-ve...External Subdomain Veterans Affairs
https://illinois.edu/External Urbana-Champaign
https://www.uic.edu/External Subdomain Chicago
https://www.uis.edu/External Subdomain Springfield
https://www.vpaa.uillinois.edu...External Subdomain Privacy Statement

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://ask.library.uic.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.77 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 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 3 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (104 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 48 referring domains.
This page has 76 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 43 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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User-agent: Yandex
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User-agent: Baiduspider
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User-agent: Baiduspider-video
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User-agent: Baiduspider-image
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User-Agent: W3C-checklink
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User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /process_
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: */search/
Disallow: /utility
Disallow: /utility/
Disallow: /load_chat.php

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