Charlotte.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
74% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
86% 
Server
74% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.06 s
File size
50.80 kB
Words
477
Media files
25
Number of links
28 internal / 31 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | UNC Charlotte
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (546 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
UNC Charlotte, North Carolina's urban research university, fuels American innovation in everything from resilient and sustainable architecture and environmental systems, epidemiological modeling and sustainable energy, shaping the future of work for greater Charlotte and beyond.
The meta description is too long: 1729 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.charlotte.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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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descriptionUNC Charlotte, North Carolina's urban research university, fuels American innovation in everything from resilient and sustainable architecture and environmental systems, epidemiological modeling and sustainable energy, shaping the future of work for greater Charlotte and beyond.
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dcterms.titleThe University of North Carolina at Charlotte | UNC Charlotte
dcterms.descriptionUNC Charlotte, North Carolina's urban research university, fuels American innovation in everything from resilient and sustainable architecture and environmental systems, epidemiological modeling and sustainable energy, shaping the future of work for greater Charlotte and beyond.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 477 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
These Typos were found:
  • clas => class
32.9% 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.
9 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 16.88 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 7 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 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
...cctheme/assets/images/charlotte-logo.pngUNC Charlotte
...latforms/default/about/widget_footer.pngLocalist Online Calendar Software
...eatured/R1 Launch Slider 1800x750 45.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...bora_Silovska_vertical.jpg?itok=qsxcSf6tBelk College of Business Student
...lic/college/COAA_cover.jpg?itok=KW6F5Fx6COAA student
...lege/education-student.jpg?itok=FIZNECc7Cato College of EducationCato College of Education
...lic/college/CCI_panel2.jpg?itok=TvmUyqN9CCI student
...ng Students_vertical_0.jpg?itok=n798780lCHHS nursing students
.../lizeth_hernandez_2016.jpg?itok=npBw29qhCLAS student
...Babiker Soliman_ENGR_0.jpg?itok=P-JmhsvoENGR student
...les/section/Bryson_NT_240901_1727_rh.jpgBryson Foster sits at the top of the bleachers during a home football game.
...u/files/section/SDS_homepage_980x830.jpgUNC Charlotte's School of Data Science answers the call
...tte.edu/files/section/home-union-900.jpgstudent union
...du/files/section/explore-charlotte01.jpgwater balloons
...rlotte.edu/files/gallery/home-clubs1.jpgstudents tailgating
...rlotte.edu/files/gallery/home-clubs2.jpgcornhole
...rlotte.edu/files/gallery/home-clubs3.jpgwater slide
...les/section/Homecoming Football full.jpgHomecoming Football Game
...otte.edu/files/gallery/night_stadium.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...e.edu/files/gallery/home-womensbball.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...lotte.edu/files/gallery/home-sports2.jpgwomen's basketball
...harlotte.edu/files/gallery/home-flag.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...rlotte.edu/files/gallery/home-soccer.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...les/section/home-charlotte-full-1000.jpgmodern building
.../assets/images/charlotte-logo-footer.pngUNC Charlotte Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
UNC Charlotte
The H1 heading is too short (13 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 UNC Charlotte
H2 Events
H2 0 #NinerNation
H2 0 percent of new undergraduates are first-generation college students
H2 0 doctoral programs
H2 Undergrads to Overachievers
H2 The Power of Positvity and a Mighty Pen
H2 Data Science answers the call
H2 Where inquiry is put to the ultimate test. Reality.
H2 Quaint & Quiet
H2 Lively & Loud
H2 Clubs & Activities
H2 49er Sports
H2 Exploring Charlotte
H3 Award-winning Niner Times reporter and editor Bryson Foster ’23 is writing his way to sports journalism success
H3 How UNC Charlotte is responding to industry demand in Charlotte, the region and beyond.
H3 Click For More Less toggle footer
H3 Campus Links
H3 Resources
H3 Stay In Touch
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 (31) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.charlotte.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.charlotte.edu/IMG-ALT UNC Charlotte
A-TITLE Home
/landing/admissions-financial-aidAdmissions & Financial Aid
/academicsSubdomain Academics
/researchResearch
/landing/athleticsAthletics
/landing/campus-lifeCampus Life
/gateway/alumni-friendsAlumni & Friends
/gateway/faculty-staffFaculty & Staff
/gateway/prospective-studentsProspective Students
/gateway/communityCommunity
/gateway/current-studentsCurrent Students
/gateway/parents-familyParents & Family
https://my.charlotte.edu/External Subdomain My UNC Charlotte
https://directory.charlotte.edu/External Subdomain Directory
https://giving.charlotte.edu/External Subdomain Make a Gift
https://library.charlotte.edu/External Subdomain Library
/landing/about-usSubdomain About Us
/landing/admissions-financial-aidSubdomain Apply Now
https://admissions.charlotte.e...External Subdomain Visit Our Campus
https://ninernationgives.charl...External Subdomain Give to UNC Charlotte
https://virtualtour.charlotte....External Subdomain Take a Virtual Tour
https://corporate-engagement.c...External Subdomain Corporate Engagement
/landing/about-usSubdomain Text duplicate About Us
/landing/admissions-financial-aidSubdomain Text duplicate Apply Now
https://admissions.charlotte.e...External Subdomain Text duplicate Visit Our Campus
https://ninernationgives.charl...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give to UNC Charlotte
https://virtualtour.charlotte....External Subdomain Text duplicate Take a Virtual Tour
https://corporate-engagement.c...External Subdomain Text duplicate Corporate Engagement
https://www.localist.com/?utm_...Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT Localist Online Calendar Software
A-TITLE Widget powered by Localist Event Calendar Software
http://ninernationgives.charlo...External Subdomain Give Now
/academicsExplore Academic Offerings at UNC Charlotte
https://inside.charlotte.edu/d...External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://features.charlotte.edu...External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/researchSubdomain Explore Research At UNC Charlotte
/landing/campus-lifeGet Involved in Campus Life at UNC Charlotte
https://emergency.charlotte.edu/External Subdomain Alerts
A-TITLE Alerts and Advisories at UNC Charlotte
https://jobs.charlotte.edu/External Subdomain Jobs
A-TITLE Jobs at UNC Charlotte
https://giving.charlotte.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Make a Gift
A-TITLE Make a gift to UNC Charlotte
https://maps.charlotte.edu/External Subdomain Maps / Directions
A-TITLE Directions to UNC Charlotte
https://accessibility.charlott...External Subdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility resources at UNC Charlotte
/gateway/alumni-friendsText duplicate Alumni & Friends
A-TITLE Alumni and Friends
/gateway/faculty-staffText duplicate Faculty & Staff
A-TITLE Faculty and Staff
/gateway/prospective-studentsText duplicate Prospective Students
A-TITLE Prospective Students
/gateway/communityText duplicate Community
A-TITLE Community
/gateway/current-studentsText duplicate Current Students
A-TITLE Current Students
/gateway/parents-familyParents and Family
A-TITLE Parents and Family
https://www.facebook.com/UNCCh...New window External Subdomain facebook
https://www.instagram.com/uncc...New window External Subdomain instagram
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...New window External Subdomain flickr
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain linkedin
https://twitter.com/UNCCharlotteNew window External twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/u...New window External Subdomain youtube
https://maps.charlotte.edu/New window External Subdomain maps
https://www.charlotte.edu/The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
A-TITLE www.charlotte.edu
https://www.charlotte.edu/contactContact Us
A-TITLE Contact Us
https://legal.charlotte.edu/te...External Subdomain Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://legal.charlotte.edu/po...External Subdomain University Policies
A-TITLE University Policy
https://incidentreport.charlot...External Subdomain Report a Concern
A-TITLE Report a Concern

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.charlotte.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.06 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.
This page loads 4 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (51 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,786 referring domains.
This page has 1,233,367 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,262 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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# robots.txt
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# 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
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Allow: /modules/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
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Allow: /themes/*.css$
Allow: /themes/*.css?
Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
Allow: /themes/*.gif
Allow: /themes/*.jpg
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# 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
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Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
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Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
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Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
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Search preview

www.charlotte.edu
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | UNC Charlotte
UNC Charlotte, North Carolina's urban research university, fuels American innovation in everything from resilient and sustainable architecture and environmental systems, epidemiological modeling and sustainable energy, shaping the future of work for greater Charlotte and beyond.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Charlotte92%Check
UNC Charlotte87%Check
University58%Check
North Carolina58%Check
Research University52%Check
Greater Charlotte52%Check
Research46%Check
American46%Check
sports44%Check
college44%Check

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