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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
91% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
53% 
Server
97% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.23 s
File size
74.90 kB
Words
575
Media files
15
Number of links
81 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Glasgow Caledonian University | Scotland, UK
The length of the page title is perfect. (416 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
A vibrant environment for learning, teaching and research. More than 22,000 students study here gaining high-quality education and valuable employability.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (954 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover
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dcterms.modified2024-07-16T10:51:35+01:00
dcterms.issued2024-03-15T14:14:32+00:00
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og:typewebsite
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og:descriptionA vibrant environment for learning, teaching and research. More than 22,000 students study here gaining high-quality education and valuable employability.
og:site_nameGlasgow Caledonian University | Scotland, UK
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 575 words. That's ok.
19.8% 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.
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 18.13 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover" 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 12 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)
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

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https://www.gcu.ac.uk/nullnull
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.../assets/image/0030/255279/hotelcard1.jpgLuxury hotels need to raise their employment standards, according to a new study.
...ssets/image/0023/255164/workingshed6.jpgMen's Sheds have positive health benefits
...ts/image/0032/254957/hagenstudythumb.pngProfessor Suzanne Hagen
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https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=126595Facebook icon
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=126598X icon
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=126596Instagram icon
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=126597LinkedIn icon
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=126599Youtube icon
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=151027TikTok icon

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Browse by
H2 StudyNursing
H2 Leading for highlyskilled careers
H2 Top Scottishmodern university
H2 Find your course
H2 Our research themes
H2 Featured news
H3 Find your place through Clearing
H3 Nursing Clearing places
H3 Glasgow Caledonian celebrates unsung health heroes by backing Scotland’s Health Awards
H4 Contact arrow_forward
H4 Online services arrow_forward
H4 Legal arrow_forward
H4 Contact arrow_forward Duplicate text
H4 Online services arrow_forward Duplicate text
H4 Legal arrow_forward Duplicate text
H4 Join us on social
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are 8 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/Subdomain A-TITLE GCU Homepage
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/studySubdomain Study
/internationalstudySubdomain International Study
/currentstudents/essentials/li...Subdomain Library
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/homeSubdomain Home
/external-links/gcu-student-po...Subdomain GCU Student Portal
/study/opendaysSubdomain Visit us
/currentstudents/essentials/gr...Subdomain Graduation day
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/jobsSubdomain Latest vacancies
/aboutgcu/universitynewsSubdomain University news
/aboutgcu/academicschools/gsbsSubdomain Glasgow School for Business and Society
/aboutgcu/academicschools/cebeSubdomain School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment
/aboutgcu/academicschools/hlsSubdomain School of Health and Life Sciences
/research/graduateschoolSubdomain Graduate School
/external-links/gcu-london2Subdomain GCU London
/search?f.Tabs|gcu-courses=Cou...Subdomain Courses
/search?f.Tabs|gcu-staff=StaffSubdomain Staff
/search?f.Tabs|gcu-news=NewsSubdomain News
/search?f.Tabs|gcu-youtube,gcu...Subdomain Social
/search?query=!padrenull&f.Tab...Subdomain Undergraduate courses
/search?query=!padrenull&f.Tab...Subdomain Postgraduate courses
/search?f.Attendance|courseAtt...Subdomain Part-time courses
/aboutgcu/academicschools/gsbsSubdomain Text duplicate Glasgow School for Business and Society
/aboutgcu/academicschools/cebeSubdomain Computing, Engineering and Built Environment
/aboutgcu/academicschools/hlsSubdomain Health and Life Sciences
/study/clearingSubdomain About: Study - Apply for nursing Clearing courses arrow_forward
/aboutgcu/universitynews/top-s...Subdomain About: Leading for highly - 2024 HESA Graduate Outcomes survey arrow_forward
/aboutgcu/universitynews/glasg...Subdomain About: Top Scottish - Complete University Guide 2025 arrow_forward
/study/undergraduateSubdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduateSubdomain Text duplicate Postgraduate courses
/internationalstudySubdomain Text duplicate International Study
/study/part-timestudySubdomain Part-time study
/study/clearingSubdomain Check out our nursing coursesarrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-n...Subdomain BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies (Adult) Apply todayarrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-n...Subdomain BSc Nursing Studies (Adult) Apply todayarrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-n...Subdomain BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies (Learning Disability) Apply todayarrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-n...Subdomain BSc Nursing Studies (Learning Disability) Apply todayarrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-n...Subdomain BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies (Mental Health) Apply todayarrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-n...Subdomain BSc Nursing Studies (Mental Health) Apply todayarrow_forward
/study/clearingSubdomain Find your nursing Clearing place
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/researchSubdomain See all
/research/healthylivesSubdomain volunteer_activism Healthy lives Find out how GCU is making breakthroughs in modern day health challenges to ensure healthy lives for all.
/research/inclusivesocietiesSubdomain all_inclusive Inclusive societies GCU research into inclusive societies is helping to enrich cities and communities through a number of key themes.
/research/sustainableenvironmentsSubdomain compost Sustainable environments Find out about GCU's climate change and climate inequality research and our efforts to tackle the causes of these problems.
/aboutgcu/universitynewsSubdomain See all News
A-TITLE See all News
/aboutgcu/universitynews/glasg...Subdomain Glasgow Caledonian celebrates unsung health heroes by backing Scotland’s Health Awards Read morearrow_forward
/aboutgcu/universitynews/study...Subdomain Study calls for luxury hotels to raise employment standards arrow_forward
IMG-ALT Luxury hotels need to raise their employment standards, according to a new study.
/aboutgcu/universitynews/study...Subdomain Study to examine how Men’s Sheds can help working-age men arrow_forward
IMG-ALT Men's Sheds have positive health benefits
/aboutgcu/universitynews/study...Subdomain Study shows high rates of incontinence and prolapse in women years after childbirth arrow_forward
IMG-ALT Professor Suzanne Hagen
/aboutgcu/universitynews/impro...Subdomain Improving flood protection in Scottish Building Standards arrow_forward
/external-links/gcu-london2Subdomain Text duplicate GCU London
/aboutgcu/international/intern...Subdomain International partnerships
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/contactusSubdomain Contact us
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/traveldi...Subdomain Travel directions
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/campusmapSubdomain Campus map
/aboutgcu/supportservices/gove...Subdomain Complaints
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/jobsSubdomain Text duplicate Latest vacancies
/external-links/student-portalSubdomain Student Portal
/external-links/service-nowSubdomain Service Now
/onlinepaymentsSubdomain Online Payments
/currentstudents/essentials/ti...Subdomain Academic Calendar
/accessibilitySubdomain Accessibility
/aboutgcu/universitygovernance...Subdomain Freedom of Information
/privacypolicySubdomain Privacy Policy
/termsconditionsSubdomain Terms and conditions
/external-links/modern-slavery...Subdomain Modern Slavery Act
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/contactusSubdomain Text duplicate Contact us
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/traveldi...Subdomain Text duplicate Travel directions
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/campusmapSubdomain Text duplicate Campus map
/aboutgcu/supportservices/gove...Subdomain Text duplicate Complaints
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/jobsSubdomain Text duplicate Latest vacancies
/external-links/student-portalSubdomain Text duplicate Student Portal
/external-links/service-nowSubdomain Text duplicate Service Now
/onlinepaymentsSubdomain Text duplicate Online Payments
/currentstudents/essentials/ti...Subdomain Text duplicate Academic Calendar
/accessibilitySubdomain Text duplicate Accessibility
/aboutgcu/universitygovernance...Subdomain Text duplicate Freedom of Information
/privacypolicySubdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
/termsconditionsSubdomain Text duplicate Terms and conditions
/external-links/modern-slavery...Subdomain Text duplicate Modern Slavery Act
https://www.facebook.com/Glasg...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook icon
A-TITLE Facebook
https://twitter.com/Caledonian...External IMG-ALT X icon
A-TITLE X
https://www.instagram.com/glas...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram icon
A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn icon
A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/user/W...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Youtube icon
A-TITLE Youtube
https://www.tiktok.com/@glasgo...External Subdomain IMG-ALT TikTok icon
A-TITLE TikTok
https://www.connected.gcu.ac.uk/External Subdomain Staff login
https://blackboard.gcal.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain GCU Learn

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.gcu.ac.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.23 seconds.
This page only loads 1 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (75 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 3,703 referring domains.
This page has 146,858 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,593 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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#GCU added
Disallow: /migration/
Disallow: /squiz-test/
Disallow: /digitaldesign/
Disallow: /digital-design/
Disallow: /training/
Disallow: /gcu-test/
Disallow: /gcutest/
Disallow: /testing/
Disallow: /brandhub/
Disallow: /brand-hub/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /external-links/

#Sitemap
Sitemap: https://www.gcu.ac.uk/sitemap.xml

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Glasgow Caledonian University | Scotland, UK
A vibrant environment for learning, teaching and research. More than 22,000 students study here gaining high-quality education and valuable employability.

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