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Meta information
77% 
Page quality
95% 
Page structure
41% 
Link structure
52% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.01 s
File size
86.70 kB
Words
684
Media files
22
Number of links
65 internal / 50 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Cal State LA
The page title is too short. (183 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
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)
https://www.calstatela.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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 684 words. That's ok.
26.2% 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.
10 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.75 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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
...sion-slider.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=l1IKbKJwStudents walking on a sunny day.
...lity-2024-2.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=oIDhIM1qStudents sitting together on a green lawn with many trees in the background.
...ie-research.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=Gj9m1XnZStudents working together in a laboratory.
...res-2025-04.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=FjDMN1umAn Altadena neighborhood devastated by the Los Angeles wildfires.
.../default/files/cal-state-la-freshman.jpgA diverse group of students.
...al-state-la-academic-support-student.jpgA student holds her diploma at graduation ceremony.
...cal-state-la-international-thumbnail.jpgA diverse group of students posing for a photo.
...state-la-budget-transparency-faculty.jpgA faculty member sitting on a desk speaking to their class.
...s/default/files/student-fire-fighter.jpgA student fire fighter training.
/sites/default/files/flute-player.jpgA student playing a flute.
...efault/files/student-life-in-housing.jpgA student playing ping pong.
...omens-volleyball-team-2024-champions.jpgWomens volleyball team celebrating a win in the lockerroom.
.../files/i-serve-la-student-volunteers.jpgTwo Cal State L.A. students walking together.
...l-state-la-hands-on-learning-science.jpgTwo students using a pipet during an laboratory exercise.
...gym-fans-in-attendance.jpg?itok=cJUnuYwjStudents attending an exciting basketball game.
...oors-cal-state-la-2025.jpg?itok=LGW-_nxxTwo people pose outdoors on campus as part of the Pathways program.
...dents-group-photo-2025.jpg?itok=46aSoevPJohn Kennedy poses with students from the Mars Robotics Association in front of a banner and robot prototype.
...al-state-la-mike-bonin.jpg?itok=uyt3BMVPMike Bonin
...StateLA-with-Eagle-Logotype-1793x287.pngCal State LA
...fault/files/WeAreLA-Logotype-878x352.pngWe are LA

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Homepage
The H1 heading contains the words Homepage! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 27 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 Homepage
H2 Enroll in Summer Session
H2 Cal State LA ranks No. 1 in upward mobility in California Mobility Index rankings
H2 Carnegie Foundation designates Cal State LA as a research institution
H2 How to help those impacted by the wildfires
H2 #1 For Upward Mobility
H2 Ready to Apply?
H2 Find Your Passion
H2 Financial Aid
H2 Life As a Golden Eagle
H2 Athletics
H2 News
H2 Upcoming Events
H3 Freshman
H3 Transfer
H3 International
H3 Fall 2025 Admissions
H3 Friends & Networking
H3 Hands-On Learning
H3 Academic Success
H3 Take Flight
H3 Cal State LA’s Prison to Careers Equity Pathway Program celebrates alumni success, welcomes second cohort
H3 Cal State LA professor leads innovative robotics and orchestra collaboration
H3 Cal State LA names new executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs
H3 Coffee and Grind
H3 Stress Less Fest: Uno & Unwind
H3 Finals Week
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 (50) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.calstatela.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.calstatela.edu/Cal State LA
A-TITLE Home
/studentsStudents
/faculty-staffFaculty & Staff
https://www.calstatela.edu/alumniAlumni
https://my.calstatela.edu/External Subdomain MyCalStateLA
https://directory.calstatela.edu/External Subdomain Directory
/libraryLibrary
https://www.calstatela.edu/searchSearch
https://bit.ly/calstatela-applyExternal APPLY
/givenowGIVE
https://www.calstatela.edu/searchText duplicate A-TITLE Search
https://www.calstatela.edu/aboutAbout
/academicsAcademics
/admissionsAdmissions & Aid
/student-successStudent Success
/campus-lifeCampus Life
/diversityDiversity
/public-goodPublic Good
https://lagoldeneagles.com/External Athletics
https://bit.ly/calstatela-applyExternal Text duplicate APPLY
/givenowText duplicate GIVE
https://bit.ly/cal-state-la-su...External Summer Session
https://news.calstatela.edu/20...External Subdomain About the Ranking
https://news.calstatela.edu/20...External Subdomain About the Designation
https://news.calstatela.edu/20...External Subdomain How you can help
https://bit.ly/calstatela-info...External Info Sessions
https://bit.ly/calstatela-camp...External Campus Tour
https://bit.ly/calstatela-hous...External Housing Tour
https://bit.ly/calstatela-fres...External Freshman Admissions
https://bit.ly/calstatela-tran...External Transfer Admissions
https://bit.ly/calstatela-intl...External International Admissions
/admissionsSubdomain Admissions
https://bit.ly/calstatela-appl...External Application Tips
https://bit.ly/calstatela-applyExternal Apply Now
https://bit.ly/calstatela-subm...External Submit Documents
https://bit.ly/calstatela-majo...External Major and Programs
https://bit.ly/calstatela-fina...External Am I Eligible?
https://bit.ly/calstatela-talk...External Talk with an Advisor
https://bit.ly/calstatela-appl...External Apply for Aid
https://bit.ly/calstatela-frie...External Friends & Networking
https://bit.ly/calstatela-hand...External Hands-On Learning
https://bit.ly/calstatela-acad...External Academic Success
https://bit.ly/calstatela-get-...New window External Get Tickets
https://news.calstatela.edu/20...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Two people pose outdoors on campus as part of the Pathways program.
https://news.calstatela.edu/20...New window External Subdomain Cal State LA’s Prison to Careers Equity Pathway Program celebrates alumni success, welcomes second cohort
https://news.calstatela.edu/20...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT John Kennedy poses with students from the Mars Robotics Association in front of a banner and robot prototype.
https://news.calstatela.edu/20...New window External Subdomain Cal State LA professor leads innovative robotics and orchestra collaboration
https://news.calstatela.edu/20...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Mike Bonin
https://news.calstatela.edu/20...New window External Subdomain Cal State LA names new executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs
https://news.calstatela.edu/New window External Subdomain Visit the Newsroom
/calendar/coffee-and-grind-2Subdomain May 08 Coffee and Grind Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Location: U-SU Los Angeles Rooms ABC
/calendar/stress-less-fest-uno...Subdomain May 08 Stress Less Fest: Uno & Unwind Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Location: Library North 1st Floor
/calendar/finals-week-0Subdomain May 12 May 17 Finals Week Time: All day
/events-group/univ/calendar/li...New window Subdomain More Events
https://www.calstatela.edu/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Cal State LA
https://www.facebook.com/CalSt...External Subdomain A-TITLE Cal State LA on Facebook
https://twitter.com/calstatelaExternal A-TITLE Cal State LA on X (Twitter)
https://www.instagram.com/cals...External Subdomain A-TITLE Cal State LA on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain A-TITLE Cal State LA on LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/user/c...External Subdomain A-TITLE Cal State LA on YouTube
/contact-usContact Us
https://news.calstatela.edu/New window External Subdomain Media
/univ/ppa/publicat/social-medi...Social Media Hub
/advancement/ways-giveWays to Give
https://www.calstatela.edu/mapCampus Map
/publicsafetyCampus Safety
/dining-on-campus/hours-servicesDining on Campus
/parkingParking & Transportation
/studenthealthcenterStudent Health Center
/accessibility/accessibility-s...Accessibility
https://www.calstatela.edu/wscucAccreditation
/sites/default/files/2024 Annu...New window Annual Security Report
/sites/default/files/2025 Camp...New window Campus Safety Plan
https://www.calstate.edu/External Subdomain CSU System
/pluginsFile Viewers
/privacyPrivacy
/hrm/oedi-title-ixTitle IX
https://www.calstatela.edu/Anchor Back to top
A-TITLE Back to top
/academicresources/academic-ca...Academic Calendar
/accessibility/accessibility-s...Text duplicate Accessibility
https://www.calstatela.edu/mapText duplicate Campus Map
/commencementCommencement
/presidentOffice of the President
/students-families/student-par...Student Parent Resources
https://www.facebook.com/CalSt...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Cal State LA on Facebook
https://twitter.com/calstatelaExternal Text duplicate A-TITLE Cal State LA on X (Twitter)
https://www.instagram.com/cals...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Cal State LA on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Cal State LA on LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/user/c...External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Cal State LA on YouTube
https://www.calstatela.edu/aboutText duplicate About
/academicsText duplicate Academics
/admissionsText duplicate Admissions & Aid
/student-successText duplicate Student Success
/campus-lifeText duplicate Campus Life
/diversityText duplicate Diversity
/public-goodText duplicate Public Good
https://lagoldeneagles.com/External Text duplicate Athletics
https://bit.ly/calstatela-applyExternal Text duplicate APPLY
/givenowText duplicate GIVE
https://my.calstatela.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate MyCalStateLA
https://directory.calstatela.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Directory
/libraryText duplicate Library
https://www.calstatela.edu/searchText duplicate Search
https://bit.ly/calstatela-applyExternal Text duplicate APPLY
/givenowText duplicate GIVE
/academicresources/academic-ca...Text duplicate Academic Calendar
/accessibility/accessibility-s...Text duplicate Accessibility
https://www.calstatela.edu/mapText duplicate Campus Map
/commencementText duplicate Commencement
/presidentText duplicate Office of the President
/students-families/student-par...Text duplicate Student Parent Resources
/studentsText duplicate Students
/faculty-staffText duplicate Faculty & Staff
https://www.calstatela.edu/alumniText duplicate Alumni

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.calstatela.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 (1.01 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 (87 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
age10654
cache-controlmax-age=2764800, public
content-languageen
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedFri, 09 May 2025 00:11:51 GMT
varyCookie,Accept-Encoding
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x-cache-hits938
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-drupal-cacheHIT
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-request-idv-398ed19c-2c6a-11f0-852c-9f93180d4400
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
servercloudflare
cf-ray93cdffacace7f015-CDG
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 816 referring domains.
This page has 8,311 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 602 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
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# 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: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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www.calstatela.edu
Home | Cal State LA

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
State70%Check
Cal70%Check
Cal State70%Check
California State55%Check
State University53%Check
Homepage50%Check
California State University49%Check
Program45%Check
mobility44%Check
upward44%Check
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