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Meta information
59% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
57% 
Link structure
37% 
Server
70% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.32 s
File size
96.60 kB
Words
1243
Media files
7
Number of links
91 internal / 20 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 793 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
There are more than one meta descriptions on the page. Only one is allowed.
The meta description is empty.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://citl.illinois.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)
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
authorCenter for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
descriptionThe Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) is a hub of innovation and hands-on support for those who want to discuss and work with higher education trends, models, projects, and resources.
dcterms.dateCopyrighted2025
dcterms.rightsUniversity of Illinois Board of Trustees
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keywordsteaching, learning, innovation, illinois, online, education, uiuc, faculty, students, data analytics, teaching and learning, measurement, evaluation, higher education, hybrid, remote instruction, curriculum development, course development
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:site@CITLIllinois
twitter:titleCITL
twitter:descriptionThe Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) is a hub of innovation and hands-on support for those who want to discuss and work with higher education trends, models, projects, and resources.
og:site_nameCITL | Illinois
og:titleCITL
og:descriptionThe Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) is a hub of innovation and hands-on support for those who want to discuss and work with higher education trends, models, projects, and resources.
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 1243 words. That's ok.
23.1% 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.
16 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 19.05 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" 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 25 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Carousel of Slides
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Carousel of Slides
H1 CITL Services
H1 CITL News
H1 Upcoming Events
H2 Questions? Contact us to talk to a professional or schedule a consultation
H2 CITL 101
H2 Questions? Contact us to talk to a professional or schedule a consultation Duplicate text
H2 Services
H2 Questions? Contact us to talk to a professional or schedule a consultation Duplicate text
H2 Illinois Online
H2 Questions? Contact us to talk to a professional or schedule a consultation Duplicate text
H2 About
H2 The Art of Teaching Lunchtime Seminar Series
H2 Check out Season 2 episodes of CITL's Teach Talk Listen Learn podcast
H2 The Master Course in Online Teaching (MCOT)
H2 CITL launching new UDL team
H2 ChatGPT in Teaching and Learning
H2 Adobe Firefly: Image Generation
H2 AI in the Classroom
H2 AI Assist: Advising, Teaching, and Career Prep for College of Engineering Students
H2 AI Teaching Assistants
H2 CITL
H2 Additional links
H3 Generative AI
H3 Support for Teaching Across Modalities
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.
There are 6 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 20 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
http://illinois.edu/External University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
https://illinois.edu/External University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
https://citl.illinois.edu/Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
/about-citl/contactus?sys:fiel...Contact us
/about-citlCITL 101
/citl-101/data-analyticsData Analytics
/citl-101/instructional-spaces...Instructional Spaces & Technologies
/citl-101/measurement-evaluationMeasurement & Evaluation
/citl-101/online-strategy-deve...Online Program & Course Development
/citl-101/teaching-learningTeaching & Learning
/about-citl/contactus?sys:fiel...Text duplicate Contact us
/our-servicesServices
/our-services/surveys-consultingCreate a Survey
/our-services/etextDevelop an eText
/our-services/develop-an-onlin...Develop Online Course
/our-services/develop-an-onlin...Develop Online Program
/citl-101/online-strategy-deve...Event Recording Services
/our-services/exam-scoringExam Scoring Services
/our-services/develop-f2f-and-...Face-to-Face & Blended Courses
/our-services/find-analyze-dataFind/Analyze Data
/our-services/active-collabora...Flexible Classrooms
/our-services/placement-profic...Placement & Proficiency Testing
/our-services/teaching-certifi...Teaching Certificates
/our-services/teaching-consult...Teaching Consultations
/our-services/teaching-evaluat...Teaching Evaluation Services
/our-services/technology-supportTeaching Technologies
https://online.illinois.edu/External Subdomain Illinois Online
/about-citl/contactus?sys:fiel...Text duplicate Contact us
/servicesText duplicate Illinois Online
https://online.illinois.edu/wh...External Subdomain About Illinois Online
https://online.illinois.edu/on...External Subdomain Anchor Online Courses
https://online.illinois.edu/on...External Subdomain Online Programs
/about-citl/contactus?sys:fiel...Text duplicate Contact us
/about-citlAbout
/about-citl/about-usSubdomain About Us
/about-citl/calendarSubdomain Calendar
/about-citl/staffDirectorySubdomain Staff Directory
/about-citl/contactus?sys:fiel...Subdomain Contact Us
/about-citl/contactus?sys:fiel...Email
https://goo.gl/maps/UgELypkdcuyExternal 249 Armory Building 505 East Armory Avenue Champaign, IL-61820
https://www.facebook.com/CITLa...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/CITLIllinoisNew window External Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
http://illinois.edu/External University of Illinois
A-TITLE University of Illinois
https://citl.illinois.edu/CITL: Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
A-TITLE CITL
/about-citlText duplicate About Us
/citl-101/data-analyticsText duplicate Data Analytics
/citl-101/instructional-spaces...Text duplicate Instructional Spaces & Technologies
/citl-101/marketing-communicat...Marketing and Recruitment
/citl-101/measurement-evaluationText duplicate Measurement & Evaluation
/citl-101/online-strategy-deve...Text duplicate Online Program & Course Development
/citl-101/teaching-learningText duplicate Teaching & Learning
/paradigms/being-inclusiveBeing Inclusive
/paradigms/being-innovativeBeing Innovative
/paradigms/being-learner-centeredBeing Learner-Centered
/paradigms/design-thinkingDesign Thinking
/paradigms/engaging-big-dataEngaging Big Data
/paradigms/evaluating-learningEvaluating Learning
/paradigms/thinking-digitallyThinking Digitally
/paradigms/moocsMOOCs
/our-services/surveys-consultingText duplicate Create a Survey
/our-services/etextText duplicate Develop an eText
/our-services/develop-an-onlin...Text duplicate Develop Online Course
/our-services/develop-an-onlin...Text duplicate Develop Online Program
/our-services/exam-scoringText duplicate Exam Scoring Services
/our-services/develop-f2f-and-...Text duplicate Face-to-Face & Blended Courses
/our-services/find-analyze-dataText duplicate Find/Analyze Data
/our-services/active-collabora...Text duplicate Flexible Classrooms
/our-services/marketing-recrui...Marketing & Recruitment
/our-services/epiOral English Assessment (EPI)
/our-services/placement-profic...Text duplicate Placement & Proficiency Testing
/our-services/teaching-certifi...Text duplicate Teaching Certificates
/our-services/teaching-consult...Text duplicate Teaching Consultations
/our-services/teaching-evaluat...Text duplicate Teaching Evaluation Services
/our-services/technology-supportText duplicate Teaching Technologies
/illinois-online-catalogText duplicate Illinois Online
/about-citl/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact Us
/citl-101/teaching-learning/co...Subdomain Learn More
/citl-101/teaching-learning/te...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/citl-101/teaching-learning/te...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-citl/news/2023/05/04/ci...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/citl-101/instructional-spaces...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/citl-101/instructional-spaces...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/about-citl/news/2024/01/25/gi...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/about-citl/news/2024/02/08/ai...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/about-citl/news/2024/02/27/un...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://citl.illinois.edu/Anchor Previous
https://citl.illinois.edu/Anchor Next
/citl-101/instructional-spaces...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/citl-101/teaching-learning/re...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/about-citl/news/2025/05/05/ci...Subdomain CITL Teaching and Learning News: April 29, 2024
/about-citl/news/2025/04/16/ci...Subdomain CITL Teaching and Learning News: April 15, 2024
/about-citl/news/2025/04/02/ci...Subdomain CITL Teaching and Learning News: April 1, 2025
/about-citl/news/2025/03/31/ci...Subdomain CITL Teaching and Learning News: March 18, 2025
/about-citl/news/2025/03/05/ci...Subdomain CITL Teaching and Learning News: March 5, 2025
/about-citl/newsSubdomain More News...
/about-citl/calendarNew window Subdomain More Events...
https://citl.illinois.edu/Text duplicate Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
https://goo.gl/maps/UgELypkdcuyExternal 249 Armory Building 505 East Armory Avenue Champaign, IL 61820
https://www.instagram.com/citl...External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/CITLa...External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/CITLIllinoisExternal Text duplicate Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Text duplicate LinkedIn
https://provost.illinois.edu/External Subdomain Office of the Provost
/about-citlText duplicate About Us
/about-citl/staff-directoryText duplicate Staff Directory
/about-citl/employmentEmployment
/about-citl/calendarText duplicate Calendar
https://www.vpaa.uillinois.edu...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://illinois.edu/resources...External © 2024 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
https://illinois.edu/resources...External Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://citl.illinois.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.32 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 (97 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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cache-controlno-cache
pragmano-cache
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-encodinggzip
expires-1
varyAccept-Encoding
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
set-cookie74 Characters
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x-powered-byASP.NET
dateSun, 11 May 2025 19:33:31 GMT
content-length26230
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 63 referring domains.
This page has 271 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 61 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Illinois62%Check
CITL61%Check
Teaching59%Check
CITL Innovation57%Check
Illinois Online56%Check
Teaching Learning55%Check
Online Teaching53%Check
Illinois Urbana-Champaign52%Check
Innovation51%Check
Teaching Evaluation Services51%Check
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