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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
47% 
Page structure
91% 
Link structure
97% 
Server
11% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.78 s
File size
22.20 kB
Words
475
Media files
3
Number of links
130 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Catalog Home | Cal Poly Academic Catalog
The length of the page title is perfect. (388 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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)
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=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0
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Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 475 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
15.8% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
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 12 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 6 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-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 10 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
...allery/2021-2022 Web Cover 3000x2625.jpgCalifornia Polytechnic State University
/gallery/22-26_catalog_3000x2625-lg.jpgCal Poly 2022-2026 Catalog Cover Home Page
/images/footer-separator.jpgNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Catalog Home
The H1 heading is too short (12 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Catalog Home
H2 2022-2026 Catalog
H2 Catalog Home Duplicate text
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 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/azindex/AZ Index
A-TITLE AZ Index
https://catalog.calpoly.edu/Catalog Home
A-TITLE Catalog Home
https://www.calpoly.edu/External Subdomain Cal Poly Home
A-TITLE Cal Poly Home
https://catalog.calpoly.edu/Anchor Skip to Content
A-TITLE skip to content
https://www.calpoly.edu/help.htmlExternal Subdomain ?
A-TITLE help
https://www.calpoly.edu/studen...New window External Subdomain Current Students
http://admissions.calpoly.edu/New window External Subdomain Prospective Students
https://www.calpoly.edu/studen...New window External Subdomain Parents
https://www.calpoly.edu/busine...New window External Subdomain Business Community
https://www.calpoly.edu/facult...New window External Subdomain Faculty & Staff
http://alumni.calpoly.edu/New window External Subdomain Alumni
https://www.calpoly.edu/External Subdomain Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
https://catalog.calpoly.edu/2022-2026 Catalog
https://catalog.calpoly.edu/Text duplicate Catalog Home
/catalogindexCatalog Index
/collegesanddepartmentsColleges & Departments
/programsazPrograms A-Z
/coursesazCourses A-Z
http://flowcharts.calpoly.edu/...New window External Subdomain Degree Flowcharts
https://catalog.calpoly.edu/Text duplicate Catalog Home
/welcometocalpoly/President's Welcome
/aboutthecatalog/About the Catalog
/universitylearningobjectives/University Learning Objectives
/universitypolicies/University Policies
/accreditation/Accreditation
/academiccalendar/Academic Calendar
/admissions/Admissions
/financialinformation/Financial Information
/generalrequirementsbachelorsd...General Requirements -​ Bachelor's Degree
/academicstandardsandpolicies/Academic Standards and Policies
/academicstandardsandpolicies/...Academic Placement
/academicstandardsandpolicies/...Academic Standards
/academicstandardsandpolicies/...Evaluation of Transfer Credit
/academicstandardsandpolicies/...Grading
/academicstandardsandpolicies/...Other Academic Policies
/academicstandardsandpolicies/...Registration
/collegesandprograms/Colleges and Programs
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Agribusiness
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Agricultural Education &​ Communication
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Animal Science
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...BioResource &​ Agricultural Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Experience Industry Management
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Food Science &​ Nutrition
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Military Science
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Plant Sciences
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Wine and Viticulture
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...College of Architecture and Environmental Design
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Architectural Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Architecture
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...City and Regional Planning
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Construction Management
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Landscape Architecture
/collegesandprograms/orfaleaco...Orfalea College of Business
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...College of Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Aerospace Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Biomedical Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Civil &​ Environmental Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Computer Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Computer Science and Software Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Electrical Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...General Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Industrial &​ Manufacturing Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Materials Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Mechanical Engineering
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...College of Liberal Arts
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Art &​ Design
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Communication Studies
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...English
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Ethnic Studies
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Graphic Communication
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...History
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Interdisciplinary Studies in the Liberal Arts
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Journalism
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Music
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Philosophy
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Political Science
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Psychology and Child Development
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Social Sciences
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Theatre &​ Dance
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Women's, Gender and Queer Studies
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...World Languages and Cultures
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Bailey College of Science and Mathematics
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Biological Sciences
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Chemistry &​ Biochemistry
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Kinesiology and Public Health
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Liberal Studies, an Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Program
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Mathematics
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Physics
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...School of Education
/collegesandprograms/collegeof...Statistics
/collegesandprograms/interdisc...Interdisciplinary Degree Programs
/collegesandprograms/interdisc...BS Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies
/collegesandprograms/interdisc...Concurrent CE-​MS/​MCRP with Specialization in Transportation Planning
/graduateeducation/Graduate Education
/extendededucation/Extended Education
/internationaleducation/International Education
/academicsupportandcampuslife/Academic Support and Campus Life
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Academic Services and Programs
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Academic Advising
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Cal Poly Scholars
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Intercollegiate Athletics
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Library Services
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Office of Student Research
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Office of Writing and Learning Initiatives
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Pre-​Health Career Advising
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Student Academic Services
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Transfer Center
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...University Advising-​Retention
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...University Honors Program
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...University Studies
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Office of University Diversity and Inclusion
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Student Resources
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Campus Health and Wellbeing
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Career Services
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Center for Bystander Intervention and Cal Poly (WITH US)
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...CSU-​LSAMP Program
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Disability Resource Center
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Office of the Dean of Students
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Student Affairs Diversity and Inclusion
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Student Ombuds Services
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Technology Services at Cal Poly
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Student Affairs
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Campus Life
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Associated Students, Inc.
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Cal Poly Corporation
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Leadership and Service
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...New Student &​ Transition Programs
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Parent &​ Family Programs
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Public Safety
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...Sustainability Practices
/academicsupportandcampuslife/...University Housing
/facultyandstaff/Faculty and Staff
/thecsusystem/The CSU System
/updatestocatalog/Updates to the Catalog
/catalogindex/Text duplicate Catalog Index
https://catalog.calpoly.edu/Anchor Download PDF
https://previouscatalogs.calpo...New window External Subdomain Previous Catalogs
https://www.calpoly.edu/External Subdomain CP Home
https://www.calpoly.edu/searchExternal Subdomain Directory
https://maps.calpoly.edu/External Subdomain Campus Maps & Directions
https://registrar.calpoly.edu/External Subdomain Office of the Registrar
https://accessibility.calpoly....External Subdomain Web Accessibility Statement
https://www.calpoly.edu/privacy/External Subdomain Privacy Statement
http://get.adobe.com/reader/External Subdomain Get Adobe Reader
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us...External Subdomain Microsoft Viewers
/homepage.pdfDownload Page (PDF)
/pdf/2022-2026.pdfNew window Download PDF of the entire Catalog

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://catalog.calpoly.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.78 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 7 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 6 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (22 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateMon, 24 Mar 2025 09:06:52 GMT
serverApache
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1
last-modifiedTue, 25 Feb 2025 21:57:50 GMT
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accept-rangesbytes
content-length22780
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 319 referring domains.
This page has 1,762 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 278 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

Sitemap: https://catalog.calpoly.edu/sitemap.xml
User-agent: *
Disallow: /previouscatalogs/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /azindex/
Disallow: /catalogindex/
Disallow: /cim/
Disallow: /clmail/
Disallow: /courseadmin/
Disallow: /courseleaf/
Disallow: /coursesaz/bak/
Disallow: /css/
Disallow: /dbleaf/
Disallow: /depts/
Disallow: /fonts/
Disallow: /gallery/
Disallow: /images/
Disallow: /js/
Disallow: /mig/
Disallow: /navbar/
Disallow: /pagewiz/
Disallow: /pdf/
Disallow: /programadmin/
Disallow: /responseform/
Disallow: /ribbit/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /shared/
Disallow: /styles/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /wiztest/
Disallow: /xsearch/
Disallow: /wen/

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