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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
47% 
Page structure
66% 
Link structure
68% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.12 s
File size
53.40 kB
Words
475
Media files
16
Number of links
39 internal / 59 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - University of California, Berkeley
The length of the page title is perfect. (364 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
UC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (820 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.berkeley.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionUC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.
article:modified_time2024-04-26T21:26:26+00:00
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome - University of California, Berkeley
og:descriptionUC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.
og:urlhttps://www.berkeley.edu/
og:site_nameUniversity of California, Berkeley
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are only 475 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
26.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 20.7 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
13 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
.../berkeleygateway/img/logo-ucberkeley.pngUniversity of California, Berkeley logo
...leygateway/img/logo-ucberkeley-white.pngUniversity of California, Berkeley logo
...nt/uploads/2021/02/about-megamenu-ez.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...loads/2021/02/admissions-megamenu-ez.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...loads/2021/02/academics-megamenu-ez-.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...uploads/2021/02/research-megamenu-ez.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ntent/uploads/2021/02/megamenu-ez468.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...f27eb112b_RichLyons5/RichLyons5_thmb.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...rsGraphic_OrdinalSociety_042224_thmb.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...2_AP/Trump_court_glowering_2_AP_thmb.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...erformances+2024-25+season+1920_thmb.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...18efad8ee0a984d8ed30a_heat/heat_thmb.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...7_bear+flag+1920/bear+flag+1920_thmb.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...211007_UCPresidentVisit_bhs_008_thmb.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...991bdd8ee0a14018ed313_AAAS/AAAS_thmb.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...leygateway/img/logo-ucberkeley-white.pngUniversity of California, Berkeley

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
University of California, Berkeley logo
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 University of California, Berkeley logo
H1 University of California, Berkeley logo Duplicate text
H2 xučyun ruwway
H3 EVENTS
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (59) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.berkeley.edu/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.berkeley.edu/Anchor Skip to main menu
https://www.berkeley.edu/Anchor Text duplicate Skip to main menu
/students/Subdomain Students
/faculty-staff/Subdomain Faculty & Staff
https://calparents.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Parents
https://my.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Alumni
http://give.berkeley.edu/?sc=1...External Subdomain Give
https://www.berkeley.edu/map/Subdomain Map
/directory/Subdomain Directory
https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain bConnected
https://news.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain News
https://www.berkeley.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT University of California, Berkeley logo
https://www.berkeley.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT University of California, Berkeley logo
https://www.berkeley.edu/map/Subdomain Text duplicate Map
/directory/Subdomain Text duplicate Directory
https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate bConnected
https://news.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate News
https://www.berkeley.edu/about/Subdomain About Overview
/about/by-the-numbers/Subdomain By the numbers
/about/history-discoveries/Subdomain History & discoveries
/about/traditions/Subdomain Traditions
/about/experience-berkeley/Subdomain Experience Berkeley
https://visit.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Visit
/about/leadership/Subdomain Leadership
/admissions/Subdomain Admissions Overview
https://admissions.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Undergraduate
https://grad.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Graduate
https://financialaid.berkeley....External Subdomain Financial aid
https://registrar.berkeley.edu...External Subdomain Tuition
https://extension.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain UC Berkeley Extension
https://summer.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Summer Sessions
https://studyabroad.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Study Abroad
/academics/Subdomain Academics Overview
/academics/schools-colleges/Subdomain Schools & colleges
/atoz/dept/Subdomain Academic departments & programs
https://classes.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Class schedule & courses
/academics/advising-tutoring/Subdomain Advising & tutoring
https://vcresearch.berkeley.ed...External Subdomain Faculty profiles
http://guide.berkeley.edu/acad...External Subdomain Academic calendar
/research/Subdomain Research Overview
https://vcresearch.berkeley.ed...External Subdomain Research programs
https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Libraries
https://www.escholarship.org/u...External Subdomain Publications
/research/museums-and-collecti...Subdomain Museums and collections
https://research.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Undergraduate research
/campus-life/Subdomain Campus Life Overview
/campus-life/events-attractions/Subdomain Events & attractions
https://recsports.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Recreational Sports
https://calbears.com/External Cal Athletics
/campus-life/housing-dining/Subdomain Housing & dining
/campus-life/student-organizat...Subdomain Student organizations
/campus-life/health-safety/Subdomain Health & safety
/students/Subdomain Text duplicate Students
/faculty-staff/Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty & Staff
https://calparents.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Parents
https://my.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
http://give.berkeley.edu/?sc=1...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give
https://news.berkeley.edu/2024...External Subdomain xučyun ruwway New Berkeley apartment complex, named in honor of the Ohlone people, will triple the housing available to single graduate students without chil...
https://news.berkeley.edu/2024...External Subdomain Rich Lyons, longtime campus business, innovation leader, will be UC Berkeley’s next chancellor
https://news.berkeley.edu/2024...External Subdomain From Uber ratings to credit scores: What’s lost in a society that counts and sorts everything?
https://events.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain EVENTS
https://events.berkeley.edu/li...External Subdomain J. Logan Smilges | On Feeling Bad Towards Tomorrow | Lecture
https://events.berkeley.edu/li...External Subdomain Angélique Kidjo
https://events.berkeley.edu/li...External Subdomain The Wednesday Club: A New Musical
https://events.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain MORE EVENTS
https://news.berkeley.edu/2024...External Subdomain Facing legal peril, Trump stokes racial, gender resentment in his base
https://calperformances.org/20...External New Cal Performances’ season explores the arts’ power to expand our worldviews
https://news.berkeley.edu/2024...External Subdomain Record-breaking heat and humidity predicted for tropics this summer
https://news.berkeley.edu/2024...External Subdomain UC Berkeley graduate programs ranked among best in nation by ‘U.S. News’
https://news.berkeley.edu/2024...External Subdomain In Campus Conversation, President Michael Drake talks budget, UC future
https://news.berkeley.edu/2024...External Subdomain Seven UC Berkeley scientists elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
https://www.berkeley.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT University of California, Berkeley
http://www.facebook.com/UCBerk...New window External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook
https://twitter.com/UCBerkeleyNew window External X
A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE Youtube
http://instagram.com/ucberkele...New window External Instagram
A-TITLE Instagram
https://medium.com/@UCBerkeleyNew window External Medium
A-TITLE Medium
https://visit.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Visit
https://www.berkeley.edu/jobs/Subdomain Jobs
https://news.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate News
https://blogs.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Blog
https://events.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Events
https://give.berkeley.edu/?sc=...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give
https://library.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Libraries
https://www.calbears.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Cal Athletics
https://diversity.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Equity, Inclusion & Diversity
https://vcue.berkeley.edu/comm...External Subdomain Accreditation
https://light.berkeley.edu/External Subdomain Light the Way
/heerf-report/Subdomain HEERF Report
https://ophd.berkeley.edu/poli...External Subdomain Nondiscrimination
https://www.berkeley.edu/atoz/Subdomain Websites A-Z
/directory/Subdomain Text duplicate Directory
https://www.berkeley.edu/map/Subdomain Text duplicate Map
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy policy
https://dac.berkeley.edu/web-a...External Subdomain Accessibility
https://news.berkeley.edu/abou...External Subdomain Media inquiries

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.berkeley.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
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 is slow (1.12 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (53 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 27 Apr 2024 00:45:49 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
access-control-allow-originhttps://www.berkeley.edu
link<https://www.berkeley.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
x-powered-byWP Engine
x-cacheablebot
cache-controlmax-age=10800, must-revalidate
x-cacheHIT: 106
x-cache-groupbot
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
set-cookie261 Characters
servercloudflare
cf-ray87aacabcdf36972d-FRA
content-encodinggzip
alt-svch3=":443"; ma=86400
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 19,030 referring domains.
This page has 1,113,837 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 12,091 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

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www.berkeley.edu
Home - University of California, Berkeley
UC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.

Most important keywords

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Berkeley92%Check
UC Berkeley71%Check
Cal70%Check
create46%Check
challenges46%Check
Tomorrow46%Check
Events38%Check
research36%Check
academic36%Check
Admissions36%Check
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