Lboro.ac.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
100% 
Page structure
81% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.07 s
File size
60.80 kB
Words
718
Media files
0
Number of links
64 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Loughborough University
The length of the page title is perfect. (294 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
A top ten university
The meta description is too short. (117 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/
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)
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 718 words. That's ok.
30.6% 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.
13 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 18.89 words is good.
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)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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

No media files were found.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Loughborough University
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 34 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Loughborough University
H2 Best university in the world for sports-related subjects
H3 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017-2025
H3 Undergraduate study
H3 Postgraduate study
H3 Empowering the planet
H3 Building digital communities
H3 Creating inclusive communities
H3 Building better humans
H3 CURTAIN – therapeutic creativity
H3 What can't Loughborough wait for?
H3 50 years of litter on Skye
H3 Fighting bacteria with nanoscale technology
H3 How digital waste is polluting the planet
H3 News and events
H3 Loughborough awarded £20k to help fund a new Physics Technical Apprentice
H3 Israel’s peace movement offers a ray of hope amid the pain of Gaza conflict
H3 ‘Forging Ahead’ initiative to transform innovation and entrepreneurship across the Midlands
H3 Physicists use artificial intelligence to reveal how layered gases and metals melt
H3 Public lecture: Understanding Disordered Eating in Athletes
H3 IAS Seminar: Exploring the Intersection of Learning, Visualisation and Infographic Design
H3 Stage Society - 'Equus'
H3 Community Fun Day
H3 Research
H3 Collaborations
H3 Sport
H3 Study
H3 Using our site / legal
H3 Explore
H3 Students and staff
H3 Locations
H4 World-leading
H4 Business and enterprise
H4 World-class
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 18 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/Nofollow Anchor Skip to content
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/Nofollow Anchor Skip to primary global navigation
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/Nofollow Anchor Skip to secondary global navigation
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/Nofollow Anchor Skip to site navigation
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/Subdomain Loughborough University
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/internal/Subdomain Students
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/internal/Subdomain Staff
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/alumni/Subdomain Alumni
/services/hr/jobs/Subdomain Jobs
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/Subdomain Study
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/Subdomain Research and Innovation
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/Subdomain Sport
/news-events/Subdomain News and events
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/about/Subdomain About
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/Home
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/University home
/about/qs-world-sport/Subdomain Find out why
/study/undergraduate/Undergraduate study We have a fantastic range of undergraduate courses to choose from. Browse our courses for 2026 entry and explore what Loughborough has to...
/study/postgraduate/Subdomain Postgraduate study Enhance your knowledge, expand your skills and advance your career with a postgraduate degree from Loughborough.
https://volume.lboro.ac.uk/emp...External Subdomain Empowering the planet Our ongoing use of fossil fuels poses a major threat to our planet, impacting the climate and environment as well as the health of peop...
https://volume.lboro.ac.uk/bui...External Subdomain Building digital communities At Loughborough University, we are working towards a more equitable future for humanity where the power of artificial intelligen...
https://volume.lboro.ac.uk/cre...External Subdomain Creating inclusive communities At Loughborough University, we’re taking the steps needed to define and improve living standards, for everyone. Find out how.
https://volume.lboro.ac.uk/bui...External Subdomain Building better humans Our research explores how sport impacts human health and wellbeing, advances sport technologies, and underpins a range of policies tha...
https://volume.lboro.ac.uk/cur...External Subdomain CURTAIN – therapeutic creativity Using Reminiscence Theatre to encourage older people to rediscover their love of food and enjoy better health. A new project...
/services/vco/smt/vc-prof-jenn...Subdomain What can't Loughborough wait for? Our Vice-Chancellor Professor Nick Jennings on how Loughborough is working towards a cleaner, healthier, fairer world. And ...
https://volume.lboro.ac.uk/50-...External Subdomain 50 years of litter on Skye The tranquil beach on the Isle of Skye where 1 square metre of sand holds 1,000 pieces of litter
https://volume.lboro.ac.uk/fig...External Subdomain Fighting bacteria with nanoscale technology Our Materials experts are developing films with enhanced antimicrobial properties – helping to combat MRSA infect...
/schools/business-school/digit...Subdomain How digital waste is polluting the planet Digital waste is a growing problem, with organisations collecting and storing more data than ever before. What is t...
/media-centre/Media centre
/news-events/news/2025/may/lou...Loughborough awarded £20k to help fund a new Physics Technical Apprentice 14 May 2025
/news-events/news/2025/may/isr...Israel’s peace movement offers a ray of hope amid the pain of Gaza conflict 9 May 2025
/news-events/news/2025/may/for...‘Forging Ahead’ initiative to transform innovation and entrepreneurship across the Midlands 9 May 2025
/news-events/news/2025/may/new...Physicists use artificial intelligence to reveal how layered gases and metals melt 8 May 2025
/news-events/events/lecture-di...13 May Public lecture: Understanding Disordered Eating in Athletes
/news-events/events/ias-semina...14 May IAS Seminar: Exploring the Intersection of Learning, Visualisation and Infographic Design
/news-events/events/stage-soci...16 May Stage Society - 'Equus'
/news-events/events/community-...18 May Community Fun Day
/news-events/More news and events
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/World-leading Research One of the top 20 research-led universities in the country, Loughborough is renowned for the relevance of its work, driven by society’...
/enterprise/Business and enterprise Collaborations Develop your organisation by partnering us in research, consultancy, new technologies and services and recruiting high...
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/World-class Sport Unrivalled sporting reputation offering excellence in research and teaching, and opportunities from recreational activities up to the highe...
/study/undergraduate/Subdomain Undergraduate study
/study/postgraduate/Subdomain Postgraduate study
/study/postgraduate/research-d...Subdomain Research degrees
https://www.lborolondon.ac.uk/External Subdomain London campus
/study/order-prospectus/Subdomain Order prospectus
/study/undergraduate/open-days/Subdomain Open days
/study/undergraduate/apply/Subdomain How to apply
/study/apply/supporting/admiss...Subdomain Admission policies and procedures
/accessibility/Subdomain Accessibility
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/privacy/Subdomain Privacy and cookies
/disclaimer/Subdomain Legal information
/about/ethical-principles/Subdomain Ethical principles
/modern-slavery-statement/Subdomain Modern slavery statement
/data-privacy/foi/Subdomain Freedom of information
/services/legal-services/expre...Subdomain Freedom of expression
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/strategySubdomain Our Strategy
/services/hr/jobs/Subdomain Working for us
/international/Subdomain International
/departments/Subdomain Schools and departments
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/Subdomain Professional services
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/library/Subdomain Library
/governance/Subdomain University Governance
/alumni/giving/Subdomain Giving to Loughborough
/media-centre/Subdomain Media Centre
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/internal/Subdomain Current students and staff
https://learn.lboro.ac.uk/External Subdomain LEARN
/students/handbook/money/Subdomain Fees, Funding and Money
/services/finance/students/pay...Subdomain Pay your fees
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/Subdomain Text duplicate Loughborough University
/about/find-us/Subdomain Find us
https://maps.lboro.ac.uk/External Subdomain Campus map
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/contact/Subdomain Contact us
https://www.lborolondon.ac.uk/External Subdomain Loughborough University London
https://www.lborolondon.ac.uk/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Find us
https://www.facebook.com/lboro...External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/lborounive...External X
https://www.instagram.com/lbor...External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@lborou...External Subdomain TikTok
https://www.youtube.com/user/l...External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/Anchor Back to top

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.lboro.ac.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.07 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (61 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 1,751 referring domains.
This page has 765,496 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,361 different ip addresses.

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www.lboro.ac.uk
Home | Loughborough University
A top ten university

Most important keywords

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

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Loughborough University72%Check
Loughborough66%Check
World University60%Check
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digital43%Check
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