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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
70% 
Page structure
37% 
Link structure
63% 
Server
25% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.84 s
File size
34.90 kB
Words
443
Media files
11
Number of links
117 internal / 34 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Columbia College Chicago
The length of the page title is perfect. (240 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Columbia College Chicago is a private, nonprofit college offering a distinctive curriculum that blends creative and media arts, liberal arts, and business for nearly 7,000 students in more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
There are more than one meta descriptions on the page. Only one is allowed.
The meta description is too long: 1474 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.colum.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
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descriptionColumbia College Chicago is a private, nonprofit college offering a distinctive curriculum that blends creative and media arts, liberal arts, and business for nearly 7,000 students in more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
viewportwidth=device-width
langen-us
og:imagehttps://www.colum.edu/img/spaces/open-graph-campus.jpg
og:titleColumbia College Chicago
og:typewebsite
og:descriptionColumbia College Chicago is a private, nonprofit college offering a distinctive curriculum that blends creative and media arts, liberal arts, and business for nearly 7,000 students in more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Dedicated to academic excellence and long-term career success, Columbia College Chicago creates a dynamic, challenging and collaborative space for students who experience the world through a creative lens.
og:urlhttps://www.colum.edu
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 443 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
17.6% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 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 22 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" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: info for
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
...ui/columbia-college-chicago-wordmark.pngColumbia College Chicago Wordmark
.../homepage/industry-partnerships-icon.pngIndustryPartnershipsIndustryPartnerships
/img/homepage/alumni-network-icon.pngAlumniSuccessAlumniSuccess
/img/homepage/awards-icon.pngRankingsand AwardsRankingsand Awards
...nnouncements/stage-confetti_gala24_m.jpgtwo people on stage with screen in background with text power of persistence and person in foreground throwing confetti
/img/homepage/in-the-news.jpgstudents standing in front of large bean shaped sculpture with mirrored finish in Millennium park
/img/homepage/announcements.jpgstudents working at large table in classroom
/img/homepage/events.jpga group of students performing on stage
...ui/columbia-college-chicago-wordmark.pngColumbia College Chicago homepage
Video URLWidthHeight
/video/homepage-bg-vid.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Columbia College Chicago
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Columbia College Chicago
H1 Creative careers start here.
H2 Main Navigation
H3 The Power of Persistence: Columbia College Chicago's Student-Led Gala Celebrates Creativity and Resilience
H4 Info for
H4 About Columbia
H4 Industry Partnerships
H4 Alumni Success
H4 Rankings and Awards
H5 Back
H5 Back Duplicate text
H5 Back Duplicate text
H5 Back Duplicate text
H5 Back Duplicate text
H5 Back Duplicate text
H5 Back Duplicate text
H5 Back Duplicate text
H5 Back Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (34) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.colum.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT Columbia College Chicago Wordmark
/academics/index.htmlSubdomain Academics
/academics/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Academics
/academics/index.htmlSubdomain Schools ›
/academics/audio-and-music/ind...Subdomain Audio and Music
/academics/business-and-entrep...Subdomain Business and Entrepreneurship
/academics/communication/index...Subdomain Communication and Culture
/academics/design/index.htmlSubdomain Design
/academics/fashion/index.htmlSubdomain Fashion
/academics/film-and-television...Subdomain Film and Television
/academics/theatre-and-dance/i...Subdomain Theatre and Dance
/academics/visual-arts/index.htmlSubdomain Visual Arts
/academics/majors-and-programs...Subdomain Majors & Programs
/academics/initiatives/index.htmlSubdomain Initiatives
/academics/academic-calendar.htmlSubdomain Academic Calendar
https://catalog.colum.edu/External Subdomain Catalog
https://library.colum.edu/External Subdomain Library
/academics/faculty/index.htmlSubdomain Our Faculty
/admissions/index.htmlSubdomain Admissions & Financial Aid
/admissions/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Admissions & Financial Aid
/admissions/requirements/index...Subdomain Apply Now ›
/admissions/requirements/fresh...Subdomain Freshman
/admissions/requirements/trans...Subdomain Transfer
/admissions/requirements/gradu...Subdomain Graduate
/admissions/requirements/inter...Subdomain International
/admissions/requirements/secon...Subdomain Second Bachelor's
/admissions/requirements/retur...Subdomain Returning Students
/admissions/requirements/nonde...Subdomain Nondegree Seeking
/admissions/additional-informa...Subdomain Undergraduate
/admissions/additional-informa...Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate
/admissions/additional-informa...Subdomain Anchor Orientation
/admissions/visit-us/index.htmlSubdomain Visit Us ›
https://apply.colum.edu/portal...External Subdomain Campus Tours
/admissions/visit-us/virtual.htmlSubdomain Virtual Events
/admissions/visit-us/graduate-...Subdomain Graduate Events
/admissions/discover.htmlSubdomain Discover Columbia
/columbia-central/index.htmlSubdomain Financial Aid
/admissions/additional-informa...Subdomain Scholarships
https://apply.colum.edu/portal...External Subdomain Student Counselors & Advocates
/admissions/summer-at-columbia...Subdomain Summer at Columbia
/columbia-central/where-to-sta...Subdomain Tuition
/admissions/additional-informa...Subdomain Veterans
/campus-life/index.htmlSubdomain Campus Life
/campus-life/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Campus Life
/campus-life/housing/index.htmlSubdomain Housing
/campus-life/living-in-chicago...Subdomain Living in Chicago
/campus-life/student-spotlight...Subdomain Student Spotlights
/campus-life/student-support/c...Subdomain Career Center
https://www.colum.edu/studentorgsSubdomain Student Organizations
https://studentcenter.colum.edu/External Subdomain Student Center
/campus-life/index.htmlSubdomain Anchor Health & Safety
/campus-life/index.htmlSubdomain Anchor Support Services
https://engage.colum.edu/eventsNew window External Subdomain Events on Campus
/campus-life/manifest/index.htmlSubdomain Manifest Urban Arts Festival
/news-and-events/index.htmlSubdomain News
/news-and-events/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate News
/news-and-events/announcements...Subdomain Announcements
/news-and-events/articles/in-t...Subdomain In The News
/news-and-events/publications-...Subdomain Publications & Blogs
/news-and-events/rankings-and-...Subdomain Rankings & Awards
/news-and-events/galleries-and...Subdomain Events & Spaces
/news-and-events/for-journalis...Subdomain For Media
https://giving.colum.edu/New window External Subdomain Give
/givetocolumbiaNew window Subdomain Give Online Now
/alumninetworkNew window Subdomain The Alumni Network
/contactdevelopmentNew window Subdomain Contact Development
https://www.colum.edu/applySubdomain Apply
/admissions/visit-us/index.htmlSubdomain Visit
https://students.colum.edu/External Subdomain Current Students
https://www.colum.edu/facultySubdomain Faculty & Staff
https://students.colum.edu/par...External Subdomain Parents
https://www.colum.edu/alumniNew window Subdomain Alumni
https://www.colum.edu/givingSubdomain Donors
https://students.colum.edu/car...External Subdomain Employers
https://about.colum.edu/human-...External Subdomain Careers at Columbia
/safetyresourcesSubdomain Report a Concern
https://www.colum.edu/135/Subdomain 135th Anniversary
https://about.colum.edu/External Subdomain Facts
https://about.colum.edu/missio...External Subdomain Mission & History
https://about.colum.edu/leader...External Subdomain Board of Trustees
https://about.colum.edu/presid...External Subdomain President
https://about.colum.edu/provost/External Subdomain Provost
https://about.colum.edu/divers...External Subdomain Diversity
https://my.colum.edu/External Subdomain MyColumbia
https://canvas.colum.edu/External Subdomain Canvas
https://directory.colum.edu/External Subdomain Directory
https://www.colum.edu/Anchor No Text
https://www.colum.edu/applySubdomain Apply Now
/academics/majors-and-programsSubdomain View programs
/admissions/visit-us/index.htmlSubdomain Visit Us
https://www.colum.edu/Anchor No Text
/news-and-events/industry-part...Industry Partnerships
IMG-ALT IndustryPartnerships
/academics/alumni/index.htmlAlumni Success
IMG-ALT AlumniSuccess
/news-and-events/rankings-and-...Rankings and Awards
IMG-ALT Rankingsand Awards
/news-and-events/announcements...The Power of Persistence: Columbia College Chicago's Student-Led Gala Celebrates Creativity and Resilience "The Power of Persistence" gala showcases student ...
IMG-ALT two people on stage with screen in background with text power of persistence and person in foreground throwing confetti
/news-and-events/announcements...Learn More
/news-and-events/articles/in-t...IMG-ALT students standing in front of large bean shaped sculpture with mirrored finish in Millennium park
/news-and-events/articles/in-t...Columbia in the News
/news-and-events/announcements...IMG-ALT students working at large table in classroom
/news-and-events/announcements...Text duplicate Announcements
/news-and-events/galleries-and...IMG-ALT a group of students performing on stage
/news-and-events/galleries-and...Events
https://www.colum.edu/Subdomain Columbia College Chicago homepage
IMG-ALT Columbia College Chicago homepage
https://twitter.com/ColumbiaChiNew window External Columbia College Chicago Twitter
A-TITLE Columbia College Chicago Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/colum...New window External Subdomain Columbia College Chicago Facebook
A-TITLE Columbia College Chicago Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/colu...New window External Subdomain Columbia College Chicago Instagram
A-TITLE Columbia College Chicago Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...New window External Subdomain Columbia College Chicago YouTube
A-TITLE Columbia College Chicago YouTube
/contact.htmlSubdomain Contact Us
/academics/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Academics
/academics/majors-and-programs...Subdomain Text duplicate Majors & Programs
/academics/graduate-studies/in...Subdomain Graduate Studies
/academics/academic-calendar.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Academic Calendar
/academics/faculty/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Our Faculty
https://apply.colum.edu/regist...New window External Subdomain Request Info
/admissions/index.htmlSubdomain Admissions
/admissions/requirements/index...Subdomain Application Requirements
/admissions/additional-informa...Subdomain Portfolios and Auditions
/columbia-central/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Financial Aid
/admissions/additional-informa...Subdomain Text duplicate Scholarships
https://www.colum.edu/applySubdomain Text duplicate Apply
/campus-life/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Campus Life
/campus-life/housing/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Housing
/campus-life/living-in-chicago...Subdomain Text duplicate Living in Chicago
/campus-life/student-support/c...Subdomain Text duplicate Career Center
https://manifest.colum.edu/External Subdomain Manifest
/admissions/visit-us/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Visit
/news-and-events/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate News
/news-and-events/announcements...Subdomain Text duplicate Announcements
/news-and-events/articles/in-t...Subdomain In the News
/news-and-events/publications-...Subdomain Text duplicate Publications & Blogs
/news-and-events/galleries-and...Subdomain Text duplicate Events & Spaces
/safetyresourcesNew window Subdomain Text duplicate Report a Concern
https://students.colum.edu/ind...External Subdomain Students
https://www.colum.edu/facultyNew window Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty & Staff
https://students.colum.edu/par...External Subdomain Text duplicate Parents
https://www.colum.edu/alumniSubdomain Text duplicate Alumni
https://giving.colum.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Give
https://students.colum.edu/ind...External Subdomain Text duplicate Students
https://www.colum.edu/facultyNew window Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty & Staff
https://students.colum.edu/par...External Subdomain Text duplicate Parents
https://colum.edu/alumniNew window Text duplicate Alumni
/academics/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Academics
/admissions/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Admissions
/campus-life/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Campus Life
/news-and-events/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate News
https://directory.colum.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Directory
/site-map.htmlSubdomain Site Map
/privacy.htmlSubdomain Privacy Policy
/accessibility.htmlSubdomain Accessibility
https://about.colum.edu/consum...External Subdomain Consumer Information
https://about.colum.edu/index....External Subdomain About

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.colum.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 0.84 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.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (35 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
access-control-allow-origin*
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateWed, 15 Jan 2025 07:32:16 GMT
serverApache
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

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This page has backlinks from 4,584 referring domains.
This page has 39,225 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,388 different ip addresses.

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College81%Check
Chicago81%Check
Columbia College81%Check
Columbia College Chicago81%Check
Student52%Check
Creative50%Check
Students48%Check
News and Events47%Check
Arts46%Check
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