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Meta information

80%

Page quality

75%

Page structure

70%

Link structure

92%

Server

81%

External factors

100%

SEO Score

SEO Score Widget

Response time

0.22 s

File size

62.10 kB

Words

500

Media files

Number of links

47 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements 6 Tasks

Only use 1 H1 Heading in your text.Very important!
Try to reduce the number of used JavaScript files.Very important!
Improve the text of the meta description.Important!
The H1 heading should suit better to the page content. (Words from the heading are rarely used in the text)Important!
Use good alternative descriptions (alt attributes) for your images.Important!
Promote your page in social networks.Tip!

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Meta specifications 80% achieved

Title

(Critically important)

University of Hertfordshire | University of Hertfordshire

There are word repetitions in the page title.

The length of the page title is perfect. (485 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)

Meta Title

Meta description

(Critically important)

The University of Hertfordshire offers a wide range of Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional and Short courses. One of the top 200 universities in the world under 50 years old.

The meta description is too long: 1109 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description

Meta Description

Crawlability

(Critically important)

There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

(Important)

No canonical link is specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

(Somewhat important)

Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en

Server location: Australia

The following language is defined by HTML: en

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

(Somewhat important)

There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

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.

Meta Tags

Domain

(Somewhat important)

The domain is no subdomain.

The domain length is good.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

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.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

(Somewhat important)

The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

The favicon is linked correctly.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
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viewport	width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0
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dcterms.creator	University of Hertfordshire
dcterms.created	2013-04-17T01:04:08+01:00
dcterms.modified	2020-08-12T11:06:53+01:00
dcterms.issued	2019-06-24T11:06:55+01:00
dcterms.format	HTML
dcterms.identifier	https://www.herts.ac.uk
Title	University of Hertfordshire
Description	The University of Hertfordshire offers a wide range of Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional and Short courses. One of the top 200 universities in the world under 50 years old.
Author	University of Hertfordshire
Keywords	university, uk, hatfield, hertfordshire, degree, undergraduate, postgraduate, distance learning, online degree, professional courses, short courses, masters, PhD
Landing.Pod.Title	University of Hertfordshire
Alternative.Landing.Pod.Title	University of Hertfordshire
Landing.Pod.Link.Text	Read more about University of Hertfordshire
Alternative.Landing.Pod.Link.Text	Read more about University of Hertfordshire
Site.Google.Satisfaction.Survey	<script async="" defer="" src="//survey.g.doubleclick.net/async_survey?site=e2v3uljejqvreubl3kuqxvpbjm"></script>
Canonical.URL	Empty
OG.Image	Empty
Landing.Subpage.Slider.Image	435
Landing.Subpage.Slider.Title	University of Hertfordshire
Landing.Subpage.Slider.Text	Empty
Quote.Asset	Empty
Clearing.Mode	no
utility.nav.asset	["223485","223486","68812"]
social.nav.twitter	http://twitter.com/intent/follow?source=followbutton&variant=1.0&screen_name=uniofherts
social.nav.facebook	http://www.facebook.com/uniofherts
social.nav.linkedin	http://www.linkedin.com/company/university-of-hertfordshire
social.nav.youtube	http://www.youtube.com/channel/UClNSRsYQKCn0QqCa219Cqhg?sub_confirmation=1
social.nav.instagram	https://www.instagram.com/uniofherts/
column1.heading	I want to
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column2.heading	Go to
column2.links	["223493","224107","224108","254356","224109"]
contact.telephone	+44 (0)1707 284000
contact.email	ask@herts.ac.uk
contact.related.links	["9458","62171"]
location.map	259841
location.link	9462
small.print.links	["30103","22572","180717","158326"]
choose.search.collection	global-search
Header.Links	223484
Header.Logo	216788
Footer.Links	223489
Footer.Logos	223498
Breadcrumbs.Settings	Yes
Course.Finder.Settings	No
Course.Finder.Text	Search for a Course...
Page.Template.Settings	lhs_page
Chat.Bot.Settings	off
Banner.On.Off	no
Banner.Image	Empty
Banner.Image.Mobile	Empty
Banner.Image.Only	no
Banner.Image.Alt.Text	Empty
Banner.Bg.Colour	banner--white
Banner.Small.Caption	Empty
Banner.Main.Caption	Empty
Banner.Caption.Bg.Colour	banner--general
Banner.CTA.Text	Empty
Banner.CTA.Link	Empty
Banner.Use.Video	No
Banner.Video.Source	Empty
Banner.CTA.Btn.Text.Colour	#FFFFFF
Banner.CTA.Btn.Text	Empty
Banner.CTA.Btn.Link	Empty
Banner.CTA.Btn.Anchor	Empty
Banner.CTA.Btn.Text.2	Empty
Banner.CTA.Btn.Link.2	Empty
Banner.CTA.Btn.Anchor.2	Empty
application-name	University of Hertfordshire
msapplication-TileColor	#FFFFFF
msapplication-TileImage	https://www.herts.ac.uk/images/web-team/favicons/mstile-144x144.png
msapplication-square70x70logo	https://www.herts.ac.uk/images/web-team/favicons/mstile-70x70.png
msapplication-square150x150logo	https://www.herts.ac.uk/images/web-team/favicons/mstile-150x150.png
msapplication-wide310x150logo	https://www.herts.ac.uk/images/web-team/favicons/mstile-310x150.png
msapplication-square310x310logo	https://www.herts.ac.uk/images/web-team/favicons/mstile-310x310.png
article:published_time	2019-06-24T11:06:55+01:00
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article:section	{ENTER SECTION NAME HERE}
article:tag	Empty
lang	en
twitter:card	summary
twitter:site	@{ENTER TWITTER USERNAME HERE}
twitter:title	University of Hertfordshire
twitter:description	Empty
twitter:image	Empty
og:title	University of Hertfordshire
og:type	website
og:url	https://www.herts.ac.uk
og:image	Empty
og:description	Empty
og:site_name	University of Hertfordshire
X-UA-Compatible	IE=edge,chrome=1
charset	utf-8

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Page quality 75% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.

The average number of words per sentence of 27.11 words is high.

This page contains 500 words. That's ok.

34.6% 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.

6 paragraphs were found on this page.

No placeholders texts or images were found.

There are no duplicates on the site.

Content is King

Frames

(Critically important)

This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

(Somewhat important)

This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.

A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0" is provided.

At least one Apple touch icon is specified.

Mobile Optimization

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.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

(Somewhat important)

3 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.

Image SEO

This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.

Social Sharing

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.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
.../mysource_files/herts-logo.svg?h=7fd3b8e	Herts Logo
...ets/image/0007/263986/tef_logo_white.png	TEF Logo
...image/0009/298575/uherts_50901570526.jpg	No alt attribute provided
...4014/Safety-at-Herts-What-were-doing.png	No alt attribute provided
...ets/image/0020/307433/Akala-BHM-edit.jpg	Akala
...5/298436/student-satisfaction-1-edit.jpg	Student satisfaction text against blue background
...ssets/image/0010/309880/Rookies-home.jpg	Space animation
.../image/0011/285545/business-homepage.jpg	Business student at home
...e/0008/289601/virtual-event-homepage.jpg	No alt attribute provided
...sets/image/0011/259841/herts-uni-map.png	Location map
...ets/image/0007/263986/tef_logo_white.png	TEF Logo

Page structure 70% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

We've got you. We're ready.

Too many H1 headings

H1-H6 headings

Headings

(Important)

The heading structure is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	We've got you. We're ready.
H1	Calling the original thinkers
H2	Black History Month
H2	Positive student feedback in 2020 NSS results
H2	We're one of the best in the world
H2	Calls for volunteers to help businesses in crisis
H2	Join us online
H2	Virtual Experience
H2	Festival of Ideas Reimagined 2020 highlights
H2	flare ignite
H2	Black History Month: Panel Debate Show - Getting comfortable with uncomfortable conversations
H2	We're helping to keep our communities safe
H2	13 August 2020Tenancy advice for students from Law School Streetlaw webinar
H2	10 September 2020University of Hertfordshire appointed as an evaluation partner for local Public Health intervention schemes across the UK
H2	I want to
H2	Go to
H2	Contact us
H2	Location
H3	Everything you need to know about start of term
H3	Virtual open day - Saturday 21 November
H3	We're ready
H3	COVID-19 Information

Link structure 92% achieved

Internal links

(Important)

Some internal link anchor texts are too long.

Some anchor texts are used more than once.

2 links don't have an anchor text.

The number of internal links is ok.

All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are 14 external links on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://www.herts.ac.uk/		IMG-ALT Herts Logo
https://www.herts.ac.uk/	Anchor	Study
https://www.herts.ac.uk/	Anchor	Life
https://www.herts.ac.uk/	Anchor	Sport
https://www.herts.ac.uk/	Anchor	Research
https://www.herts.ac.uk/	Anchor	International
https://www.herts.ac.uk/	Anchor	Business
https://www.herts.ac.uk/	Anchor	Alumni
https://www.herts.ac.uk/	Anchor	About us
https://www.herts.ac.uk/	Anchor	COVID-19
https://www.studynet.herts.ac.uk/	External Subdomain	StudyNet
https://hertshub.herts.ac.uk/	External Subdomain	HertsHub
/contact-us/jobs-and-vacancies		Jobs and vacancies
http://twitter.com/intent/foll...	New window External	Twitter
http://www.facebook.com/uniofh...	New window External	Facebook
http://www.linkedin.com/compan...	New window External	Linkedin
http://www.youtube.com/channel...	New window External	Youtube
https://www.instagram.com/unio...	New window External	Instagram
/study/start-of-term		What to expect
/study/start-of-term/frequentl...		Read our FAQs
/study/open-days/open-days		Book now
/courses/search-all-courses		Explore our courses
/study/start-of-term		No Text
/study/start-of-term		We're ready
/study/start-of-term		Find out more
/coronavirus		No Text
/coronavirus		COVID-19 Information
/coronavirus	Text duplicate	Find out more
/about-us/equality-and-diversi...	New window	Join the conversation
/about-us/media-centre/news/20...	New window	Find out more information
/about-us/media-centre/news/20...	New window	Find out why
/business/business-support-vol...	New window Text duplicate	Find out more
/study/virtual-open-day		Virtual Experience
/about-us/ideas		Festival of Ideas Reimagined 2020 highlights
/about-us/events/2020/flare-ig...		flare ignite
/about-us/events/2020/black-hi...		Black History Month: Panel Debate Show - Getting comfortable with uncomfortable conversations
/about-us/events		Events
/research/impact-our-research/...	New window	Find out how
/about-us/media-centre/news/20...		13 August 2020Tenancy advice for students from Law School Streetlaw webinar
/about-us/media-centre/news/20...		10 September 2020University of Hertfordshire appointed as an evaluation partner for local Public Health intervention schemes across the UK
/study/how-to-apply		Application guide
/study/our-prospectuses		View a Prospectus
/contact-us/jobs-and-vacancies		Find a job at the University
/about-us/legal/complaints-policy		Request a review or make a complaint
https://www.residences.herts.a...	External Subdomain	Accommodation booking
https://www.studentrecord.hert...	External Subdomain	Your student record
/bayfordbury		Bayfordbury
/about-us/governance/office-fo...		Transparency information
https://www.herts.ac.uk/sitemap		Sitemap
/contact-us/where-to-find-us		Where to find us
/contact-us/parking		Parking
/contact-us/where-to-find-us/c...		IMG-ALT Location map
http://twitter.com/intent/foll...	New window External Text duplicate	Twitter
http://www.facebook.com/uniofh...	New window External Text duplicate	Facebook
http://www.linkedin.com/compan...	New window External Text duplicate	Linkedin
http://www.youtube.com/channel...	New window External Text duplicate	Youtube
https://www.instagram.com/unio...	New window External Text duplicate	Instagram
/about-us/legal		Legal information and terms of use
/about-us/legal/privacy		Online privacy policy
/about-us/legal/criminal-finan...		Criminal Finances Act 2017
/about-us/governance/modern-sl...		Modern Slavery Act 2015

Server configuration 81% achieved

HTTP redirects

(Critically important)

This page redirects to "https://www.herts.ac.uk/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

(Important)

No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.

HTTP headers

Performance

(Somewhat important)

This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.

The page response time is excellent with 0.22 seconds.

This page only loads 3 CSS files. That's ok.

The file size of the HTML document is fine (62 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
content-type	text/html; charset=utf-8
vary	Accept-Encoding
vary	Accept-Encoding
cache-control	max-age=0, private
age	4748
pragma	cache
server	openresty
x-content-type-options	nosniff
x-request-id	da7a491c-1758-4ca7-9b77-e0c2312b3870
date	Tue, 27 Oct 2020 03:27:33 GMT
via	1.1 squizedge.net, 1.1 herts3-web01.ash2.squiz.cloud
x-cache	HIT from squizedge.net, MISS from herts3-web01.ash2.squiz.cloud
x-upgrade-enabled	off
x-frame-options	SAMEORIGIN
expires	Wed, 28 Oct 2020 03:18:21 GMT
content-encoding	gzip
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 100% achieved

Blacklists

(Nice to have)

This website is not classified "for adult only".

Blacklist

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This page is referenced by wikipedia.

This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 10,670 referring domains.

This page has 1,375,629 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 8,212 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Facebook popularity

(Somewhat important)

The page has 0 shares, comments and likes on Facebook.

Listed on Webwiki

(Nice to have)

This website is listed on Webwiki.

Links from Wikipedia

You can find more links using Wikipedia search

Robots.txt

User-agent: FunnelBack
Allow: /

# Allow JS and CSS for Google
Allow: /*_designs/*.js
Allow: /*_designs/*.css

# Disallow Matrix functionality related items
User-agent: *
Disallow: /_users
Disallow: /*?sq_content_src=
Disallow: /*?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=
Disallow: /*?SQ_PAINT_LAYOUT_NAME=
Disallow: /*_recache
Disallow: /*_nocache
Disallow: /*_edit
Disallow: /*_admin
Disallow: /*_login
Disallow: /*_performance
Disallow: /*squizsandbox
Disallow: /*tim-test-site
Disallow: /*dans-site

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

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www.herts.ac.uk

University of Hertfordshire | University of Hertfordshire

The University of Hertfordshire offers a wide range of Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional and Short courses. One of the top 200 universities in the world under 50 years old.

Most important keywords

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

Keyword	Result	Recheck
university	62%	Check
Hertfordshire	62%	Check
ready	54%	Check
Herts	50%	Check
one	50%	Check
world	50%	Check
universities	46%	Check
year	46%	Check
wide	46%	Check
student	46%	Check
courses	46%	Check
Virtual	44%	Check
help	43%	Check
Month	43%	Check
Black History	43%	Check
History Month	43%	Check
Black History Month	43%	Check
Act	42%	Check
Business	42%	Check
safe	40%	Check
Location	40%	Check
comfortable	38%	Check
evaluation	38%	Check
webinar	38%	Check
appointed	38%	Check

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Herts.ac.uk - SEO Checker

Task list of SEO Improvements 6 Tasks

Meta specifications 80% achieved

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Page quality 75% achieved

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Media list

Page structure 70% achieved

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Heading structure

Link structure 92% achieved

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Found links on this page

Server configuration 81% achieved

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HTTP Response Header

External factors 100% achieved

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Links from Wikipedia

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