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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
95% 
Page quality
79% 
Page structure
91% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.06 s
File size
104.30 kB
Words
709
Media files
20
Number of links
47 internal / 46 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Glasgow School of Art
The length of the page title is perfect. (242 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The GSA is internationally recognised as one of Europe’s leading university-level institutions for the visual creative disciplines.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (775 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.gsa.ac.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Server location: United States of America
The language is not specified in the HTML markup.
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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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)
The average number of words per sentence of 25.65 words is high.
This page contains 709 words. That's ok.
29.2% 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.
9 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
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 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
19 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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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The Glasgow School of Art
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 The Glasgow School of Art
H2 What are you looking for?
H2 Feed
H2 Upcoming Exhibition
H2 Study at the GSA
H2 Showcase
H2 Research
H2 Feed Duplicate text
H2 GSA Open Days
H2 Feed Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (46) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.gsa.ac.uk/No Text
https://www.gsa.ac.uk/Homepage→
https://www.gsa.ac.uk/contactContact→
https://readymag.website/u4173...External Information for Applicants Read 'Current' our digital magazine for more information on applying to the GSA. →
/study-at-the-gsa/undergraduat...Subdomain Undergraduate Degrees Our undergraduate degree programmes and pre sessional courses span all four of our schools, offering highly specialised study in the cr...
/study-at-the-gsa/postgraduate...Subdomain Postgraduate Degrees Postgraduate study at GSA encompasses taught and research masters degree programmes, and is the perfect opportunity to further your skil...
/study-at-the-gsa/open-daysSubdomain GSA Open Find out more about the programme of events including Open Days for prospective students looking at Undergraduate and Postgraduate study. →
https://gsa.engageats.co.uk/External Subdomain Work for us Search current vacancies and find all you need to join our small, specialist expert academic and professional staff, at one of Europe’s top creat...
https://gsaexhibitions.co.uk/External Exhibitions The GSA curates an innovative year-round programme of exhibitions, events, publishing initiatives and outreach, both off-site and in the GSA’s pu...
/study-at-the-gsaStudy at the GSA →
/study-at-the-gsa/undergraduat...Subdomain Undergraduate Study →
https://gsashowcase.net/External Undergraduate Showcase →
/study-at-the-gsa/postgraduate...Subdomain Postgraduate Study →
https://gsapostgradshowcase.net/External Postgraduate Showcase →
/study-at-the-gsa/foundation-a...Subdomain Foundation and Portfolio Preparation →
/study-at-the-gsa/widening-par...Subdomain Widening Participation →
/study-at-the-gsa/advanced-entrySubdomain Advanced Entry →
/study-at-the-gsa/open-studioSubdomain Open Studio →
/study-at-the-gsa/open-daysSubdomain Open Days →
/study-at-the-gsa/prospectusSubdomain Prospectus →
/study-at-the-gsa/exchange-and...Subdomain Exchange and Study Abroad →
/study-at-the-gsa/internationalSubdomain International →
/study-at-the-gsa/fees-financeSubdomain Fees and Finance →
/study-at-the-gsa/scholarshipsSubdomain Scholarships →
/study-at-the-gsa/accommodationSubdomain Accommodation →
/study-at-the-gsa/student-supportStudent Support →
https://www.gsa.ac.uk/aboutAbout →
/about/about-the-gsaSubdomain About the GSA →
/about/life-at-gsaSubdomain Life at the GSA →
/about/workshopsSubdomain Workshops and Facilities →
https://gsaexhibitions.co.uk/External Exhibitions →
https://gsaarchives.net/External Archives and Collections →
https://discovery.gsa.ac.uk/di...External Subdomain GSA Library →
https://gsa.engageats.co.uk/External Subdomain Working at the GSA →
/about/glasgow-campusSubdomain Glasgow Campus →
/about/highland-and-islands-ca...Subdomain Highland and Islands Campus →
http://gsapress.blogspot.com/External Subdomain Media Centre →
/about/senior-leadership-teamSubdomain Senior Leadership Team →
/about/board-of-governorsSubdomain Board of Governors →
https://www.gsa.ac.uk/researchResearch →
https://radar.gsa.ac.uk/External Subdomain Research Repository (RADAR) →
https://vimeo.com/showcase/951...External Research Stories →
/postgraduate-degrees/doctoral...Subdomain Doctoral Study →
https://radar.gsa.ac.uk/view/u...External Subdomain PhD Supervisors →
https://radar.gsa.ac.uk/view/u...External Subdomain Research Staff Profiles →
https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/...External Subdomain REF 2021 →
https://www.dhi-scotland.com/External Subdomain Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre →
https://gsaarchives.net/External Text duplicate Archives and Collections →
https://www.instagram.com/glas...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://vimeo.com/glasgowschoo...New window External No Text
https://www.threads.net/@glasg...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.gsa.ac.uk/contactJoin our mailing list
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o...External Subdomain Register for Open House →
https://gsaexhibitions.co.uk/e...External SMITH/STEWART: Present Tense→
/study-at-the-gsaStudy at the GSA→
/study-at-the-gsa/undergraduat...Undergraduate Programmes
/study-at-the-gsa/postgraduate...Postgraduate Programmes
/study-at-the-gsa/open-studioOpen Studio
https://futureskills.gsa.ac.uk/External Subdomain Future Skills
https://gsashowcase.net/New window External Showcase 2024→
https://gsashowcase.net/External Undergraduate Showcase
https://gsapostgradshowcase.net/External Postgraduate Showcase
https://www.gsa.ac.uk/researchLearn more→
https://radar.gsa.ac.uk/External Subdomain Research Repository (RADAR)
https://vimeo.com/showcase/951...External REF 2021
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o...External Subdomain GSA Open Days Register Now
https://www.gsa.ac.uk/No Text
https://www.buila.ac.uk/aqfNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT BUILA UK Agent Quality Framework Logo and link to BUILA website
https://gsadocuments.kinsta.cl...New window External Subdomain Key Documents and Policies
https://gsaexhibitions.co.uk/New window External Exhibitions
https://gsaarchives.net/New window External Archives and Collections
https://discovery.gsa.ac.uk/di...New window External Subdomain Library
https://www.gsastrategicplan.c...New window External Subdomain GSA Strategic Plan
http://gsapress.blogspot.com/New window External Subdomain Media Centre
https://readymag.com/u41738255...New window External Prospectus
https://gsofa.sharepoint.com/s...New window External Subdomain Student Intranet
https://gsofa.sharepoint.com/s...New window External Subdomain Staff Intranet
https://themackintoshbuilding....New window External Mackintosh Building
/accessibilityAccessibility
https://www.gsa.ac.uk/complaintsComplaints
/foi-requestsFOI Requests
https://www.gsa.ac.uk/gdprGDPR
/online-paymentsOnline Payments
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o...External Subdomain No Text
/privacy-policyDisclaimers and Privacy policy
/terms-of-useTerms of use
/cookie-policyCookie policy
/fair-work-first-statementFair Work First Statement
https://www.instagram.com/glas...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://vimeo.com/glasgowschoo...New window External No Text
https://www.threads.net/@glasg...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.gsa.ac.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (2.06 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 (104 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
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This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,693 referring domains.
This page has 315,794 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,974 different ip addresses.

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