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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
51% 
Page structure
46% 
Link structure
76% 
Server
64% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.89 s
File size
113.00 kB
Words
462
Media files
8
Number of links
117 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
BGU Bishop Grosseteste University Lincoln: Your Story Begins
The length of the page title is perfect. (563 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to BGU. We've been educating students for over 160 years in the heart of historic Lincoln. We offer courses ranging from Foundation Degrees to PhD.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (985 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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=1.0
descriptionWelcome to BGU. We've been educating students for over 160 years in the heart of historic Lincoln. We offer courses ranging from Foundation Degrees to PhD.
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msapplication-TileColor#da532c
msapplication-config/assets/favicons/bgu/browserconfig.xml
theme-color#ffffff
langen-gb
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleBGU Bishop Grosseteste University Lincoln: Your Story Begins
twitter:descriptionWelcome to BGU. We've been educating students for over 160 years in the heart of historic Lincoln. We offer courses ranging from Foundation Degrees to PhD.
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og:typewebsite
og:titleBGU Bishop Grosseteste University Lincoln: Your Story Begins
og:descriptionWelcome to BGU. We've been educating students for over 160 years in the heart of historic Lincoln. We offer courses ranging from Foundation Degrees to PhD.
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og:image:altBGU Lincoln Homepage Photo
og:urlhttps://www.bgu.ac.uk/
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 462 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
18.8% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 tags for 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
.../bishopg.ac.uk/images/graphics/tutor.svgTutor
...ishopg.ac.uk/images/graphics/student.svgStudent
...ishopg.ac.uk/images/graphics/student.svgStudent
...n-Day-2023-60_2024-04-16-111250_uyit.jpgBGU Open Day 2023 60
...orms/banners/_ctaThumbnail/graduates.jpgBGU graduates standing in the sun with their graduation caps on
...Gym-Lecture-Accomm-and-Bar-61-of-165.jpgThree students sitting on the grass at a BGU Open Day
..._crop_center-center_80_none/bgu-sign.jpgBgu sign

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to BGU
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading is too short (14 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to BGU
H2 Find your course
H2 Get Started at BGU
H5 Have a question?
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 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/A-TITLE Return to homepage
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/open-daysSubdomain Open Days
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/prospectusSubdomain Prospectus
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/Anchor X Close menu
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/open-daysSubdomain Open days
A-TITLE Open days
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/prospectusSubdomain Text duplicate Prospectus
A-TITLE Prospectus
/routes-into-teachingSubdomain Routes into teaching
A-TITLE Routes into teaching
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/contact-usSubdomain Contact us
A-TITLE Contact us
/courses/searchSubdomain Search all courses
A-TITLE Search all courses
/clearing2024Subdomain ✨ Clearing 2024 ✨
/course-types/undergraduateUndergraduate courses
/course-types/foundation-yearFoundation year courses
/course-types/teacher-trainingTeacher training
/routes-into-teachingSubdomain Text duplicate Routes into teaching
/course-types/mastersMaster's courses
/course-types/doctoral-studyDoctoral study
/apprenticeshipsSubdomain Apprenticeships
/course-types/foundation-degreeFoundation degrees
/course-types/top-up-degreesTop up degrees
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/coursesSubdomain View all courses
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/Anchor Text duplicate X Close menu
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/open-daysSubdomain Text duplicate Open days
A-TITLE Open days
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/prospectusSubdomain Text duplicate Prospectus
A-TITLE Prospectus
/routes-into-teachingSubdomain Text duplicate Routes into teaching
A-TITLE Routes into teaching
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/contact-usSubdomain Text duplicate Contact us
A-TITLE Contact us
/courses/searchSubdomain Text duplicate Search all courses
A-TITLE Search all courses
/student/accommodationSubdomain Accommodation
/student/lincolnSubdomain Lincoln
/student/campusSubdomain Campus
/student/students-unionSubdomain Students' Union
/student/careers-employability...Subdomain Careers
/student/alumniSubdomain Alumni
/about-bgu/foundation-fundSubdomain Foundation fund
/student/matriculationSubdomain Matriculation
/student/graduationSubdomain Graduation
/student/careers-employability...Subdomain Graduate stories
/apply-now/admissionsSubdomain Admissions
/apply-now/fees-and-fundingSubdomain Fees & Funding
/apply-now/fees-and-funding/bu...Subdomain Bursaries
/student/chat-to-a-studentSubdomain Chat to a student
/apply-now/gcses-equivalencySubdomain GCSEs & equivalency
/apply-now/internationalSubdomain International
/student/campus/librarySubdomain Library
/student/student-adviceSubdomain Student Advice & Wellbeing
/student/thehubSubdomain The Hub
/student/it-servicesSubdomain IT Services
/costoflivingSubdomain Cost of Living
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/Anchor Text duplicate X Close menu
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/open-daysSubdomain Text duplicate Open days
A-TITLE Open days
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/prospectusSubdomain Text duplicate Prospectus
A-TITLE Prospectus
/routes-into-teachingSubdomain Text duplicate Routes into teaching
A-TITLE Routes into teaching
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/contact-usSubdomain Text duplicate Contact us
A-TITLE Contact us
/courses/searchSubdomain Text duplicate Search all courses
A-TITLE Search all courses
/apprenticeships/chartered-man...Subdomain Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeships
/apprenticeships/senior-leader...Subdomain Senior Leader Apprenticeship
/apprenticeships/career-develo...Subdomain Career Development Professional Apprenticeship
/apprenticeships/archaeologica...Subdomain Archaeological Specialist Apprenticeship
/about-bgu/bg-futuresSubdomain Business & Community Services
/knowledge-transfer-partnershi...Subdomain Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
https://loric.bgu.ac.uk/External Subdomain LORIC
/about-bgu/conferences-and-eventsSubdomain Conferences & Events
/archaeology-equipmentSubdomain Archaeology equipment
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/Anchor Text duplicate X Close menu
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/open-daysSubdomain Text duplicate Open days
A-TITLE Open days
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/prospectusSubdomain Text duplicate Prospectus
A-TITLE Prospectus
/routes-into-teachingSubdomain Text duplicate Routes into teaching
A-TITLE Routes into teaching
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/contact-usSubdomain Text duplicate Contact us
A-TITLE Contact us
/courses/searchSubdomain Text duplicate Search all courses
A-TITLE Search all courses
/about-bgu/who-we-areSubdomain Who we are
/about-bgu/what-we-doSubdomain What we do
/our-social-purposeSubdomain Our social purpose
/student/researchSubdomain Research at BGU
/about-bgu/outreachSubdomain Outreach
/about-bgu/how-to-find-usSubdomain How to find us
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/staffSubdomain Staff
/about-bgu/governanceSubdomain Governance
/about-bgu/policies-and-proced...Subdomain Policies & procedures
/about-bgu/governance/universi...Subdomain University Council
/about-bgu/chancellorSubdomain Chancellor
/working-with-usSubdomain Working with us
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/newsSubdomain News
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/eventsSubdomain Events
/about-bgu/freedom-of-informationSubdomain Freedom of information
/about-bgu/safeguarding-harass...Subdomain Safeguarding, Harassment & Misconduct
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/Anchor Pause
A-TITLE Pause Video banner
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/open-daysSubdomain Come to an Open Day
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/prospectusSubdomain Download our Prospectus
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/coursesText duplicate View all courses
/courses/primedSubdomain Primary Education with QTS
/courses/pgceprimaryfulltimeSubdomain PGCE Primary (Full Time)
/courses/criminologySubdomain Criminology
/about-bgu/welcome-to-bgu/key-...View more Key facts
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/open-daysSubdomain Book an open day
A-TITLE Navigate to Open Days
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/coursesSubdomain Find a course
A-TITLE Navigate to Courses
https://digital.ucas.com/cours...New window External Subdomain Apply Now
A-TITLE External link to https://digital.ucas.com/coursedisplay/results/courses?studyYear=2024&destination=Undergraduate&providers=Bishop%20Grosseteste%20University&...
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/contact-usWe're happy to help
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/Text duplicate A-TITLE Return to homepage
https://www.facebook.com/BGULi...New window External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE BGU on Facebook
https://twitter.com/BGULincolnNew window External Twitter
A-TITLE BGU on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/bgul...New window External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE BGU on Instagram
https://www.snapchat.com/add/b...New window External Subdomain Snapchat
A-TITLE BGU on Snapchat
https://www.youtube.com/user/B...New window External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE BGU on YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
A-TITLE BGU on LinkedIn
https://www.tiktok.com/@bgulin...New window External Subdomain TikTok
A-TITLE BGU on TikTok
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/prospectusSubdomain Text duplicate Prospectus
A-TITLE Prospectus
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/open-daysSubdomain Text duplicate Open Days
A-TITLE Open Days
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/coursesSubdomain Courses
A-TITLE Courses
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/studentSubdomain Student Life
A-TITLE Student Life
/apply-now/fees-and-funding/on...Subdomain Online Payments
A-TITLE Online Payments
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/about-bguSubdomain About BGU
A-TITLE About BGU
/about-bgu/governanceSubdomain Text duplicate Governance
A-TITLE Governance
/working-with-usSubdomain Text duplicate Working with us
A-TITLE Working with us
/document-download/105Subdomain Privacy policy
A-TITLE Privacy policy
/about-bgu/policies-and-proced...Subdomain Text duplicate Policies & procedures
A-TITLE Policies & procedures
/about-bgu/partnershipsSubdomain Partnerships
A-TITLE Partnerships
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/staffSubdomain Text duplicate Staff
A-TITLE Staff
https://www.bgu.ac.uk/contact-usSubdomain Text duplicate Contact us
A-TITLE Contact us
/about-bgu/conferences-and-eventsSubdomain Text duplicate Conferences & Events
A-TITLE Conferences & Events
/about-bgu/freedom-of-informationSubdomain Freedom of Information
A-TITLE Freedom of Information
https://myday.bishopg.ac.uk/External Subdomain Portal
A-TITLE Portal
/about-bgu/safeguarding-harass...Subdomain Prevent
A-TITLE Prevent
/document-download/61907Subdomain Safeguarding
A-TITLE Safeguarding
/sustainabilitySubdomain Sustainability
A-TITLE Sustainability
/accessibility-statementSubdomain Accessibility Statement
A-TITLE Accessibility Statement
/about-bgu/bg-futuresSubdomain Text duplicate Business & Community Services
A-TITLE Business & Community Services
/student/researchSubdomain Research & Knowledge Exchange
A-TITLE Research & Knowledge Exchange
https://cursor.co.uk/New window External Cursor

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.bgu.ac.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.89 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 (113 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 21 Sep 2024 10:36:02 GMT
serverApache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu)
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
strict-transport-securitymax-age=15552000
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
link<https://www.bgu.ac.uk/>; rel="canonical"
expires0
pragmano-cache
cache-controlno-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
set-cookie229 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
content-length29732
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 466 referring domains.
This page has 76,103 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 365 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

Sitemap: https://www.bgu.ac.uk/sitemap.xml


User-agent: *
Disallow: /cpresources/

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BGU Bishop Grosseteste University Lincoln: Your Story Begins
Welcome to BGU. We've been educating students for over 160 years in the heart of historic Lincoln. We offer courses ranging from Foundation Degrees to PhD.

Most important keywords

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Welcome62%Check
BGU Bishop Grosseteste University59%Check
Lincoln56%Check
student50%Check
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Students48%Check
Bishop Grosseteste47%Check
Courses46%Check
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