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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
77% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.42 s
File size
114.80 kB
Words
702
Media files
16
Number of links
65 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - North Idaho College
The length of the page title is perfect. (253 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
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
Language defined in meta tags: english
Server location: United States of America
There are different language information within the page markup.
One or more of the specified languages are not ISO standard (en, en-us, de, etc.)
The following language is defined by HTML: english
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1
languageEnglish
descintroEmpty
modifiedJuly 1, 2024
langen
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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 702 words. That's ok.
28.2% 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.
15 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 15.29 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1" is provided.
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)
1 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...ions-and-aid/idaho-launch/nic_launch.jpgHigh School Seniors, Get up to 80% ofyour tuition and fees covered, up to$8,000 to pursue your degree or career certificate starting Fall 2024!
...024-04-01-at-10.30.06 AM-1-460x263.pngSpring Semester is now open forregistration for all students.Spring Semester starts Jan. 8.
...327G_Guerrero-Brothers14-1-3731x2108.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ng-pages/home-page/230512G-1-900x900.jpg3 female graduates in cap and gown
/media/nic-main/icons/hex.pngdecorative Hex
...ge/220307_WritngCenter-328-1-900x900.jpgStudent and teacher
...-page/230619E_BeachShoot34-1-900x900.jpgStudent in from of NIC banner
/media/nic-main/img/cubes.pngcubes
...7_OPRaftingClarkFork_667-1-1808x1810.jpgPerson performing a backflip off a blue raft into the Clarkfork River, while another person sits on the raft holding a paddle, with a second raft and tree-lined shore in the background
...240516G_vs-Clackamas40-(2)-1-900x900.jpg Ladies Softbal Tournament 2024
/media/nic-main/icons/cubes.pngdecorative cubes
Video URLWidthHeight
/media/Spring-website-video1.mp4
https://www.youtube.com/embed/4MMZphIlJhw100%315
https://www.youtube.com/embed/jF13QmK6MUc100%315
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cco0Yh3ytmw100%315
...ome-page/240118-30-Second-NIC-ad-(1).mp4590830.3

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Your Journey Starts
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (19 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Your Journey Starts
H1 Education & Training Highlights
H2 Request accessible format
H2 Campus Insights
H2 Where Education Meets Opportunity.
H2 The Right Choice
H2 Learn Your Way
H2 Affordable Learning
H2 Student Life
H2 Home of the Cardinals
H2 NIC Student Testimonials
H3 NIC Launch
H3 Register For Classes
H3 Brothers helping others
H3 By the Numbers
H3 Take the Next Step
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 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.nic.edu/North Idaho College
https://www.nic.edu/start/Get Started
https://www.nic.edu/Text duplicate North Idaho College
/education-training/Education & Training
/admissions-aid/Admissions & Aid
https://www.nic.edu/student-life/Student Life
https://www.nicathletics.com/New window External Subdomain Athletics
https://www.nic.edu/community/Community
https://nic.elluciancrmrecruit...External Subdomain Request Info
https://www.nic.edu/start/Text duplicate Get Started
https://www.nic.edu/visit/Visit Us
https://www.nic.edu/contact/Contact
https://www.nic.edu/students/Students
https://www.nic.edu/mynic/MyNIC
https://www.nic.edu/alumni/Alumni
/foundation/giving/Give
https://www.nic.edu/registrar/Registrar
https://www.nic.edu/events/Events
https://www.nic.edu/calendar/Academic Calendar
https://www.nic.edu/board/Next Board Meeting
/newsroom/nic-announces-deans-...7/3/2024 NIC announces Dean’s List for spring semester
https://www.nic.edu/newsroom/Newsroom
https://www.nic.edu/start/Text duplicate Get Started
https://www.nic.edu/keypoints/Find the accurate and up-to-date information here
https://www.nic.edu/niclaunch/NIC Launch High School Seniors, Get up to 80% of your tuition and fees covered, up to $8,000 to pursue your degree or career certificate starting Fall 2024!
IMG-ALT High School Seniors, Get up to 80% ofyour tuition and fees covered, up to$8,000 to pursue your degree or career certificate starting Fall 2024!
https://www.nic.edu/registration/Register For Classes Summer and Fall registration is open for all students. Summer Session begins June 3.
IMG-ALT Spring Semester is now open forregistration for all students.Spring Semester starts Jan. 8.
/newsroom/brothers-helping-oth...Brothers helping others North Idaho College’s nursing program is the top nursing program in Idaho. Of Idaho’s 13...
https://nic.elluciancrmrecruit...External Subdomain Apply Now
/education-training/Text duplicate Education & Training
https://www.nic.edu/financialaid/Financial Aid
https://www.nic.edu/student-life/Text duplicate Student Life
/education-training/Text duplicate Education & Training
https://www.nic.edu/schedules/Flexible Classes
/multiple-start/Multiple Start Dates
/elearning/students/Online Learning
/elearning/students/fully-onli...Fully Online Programs
https://www.nic.edu/financialaid/Text duplicate Financial Aid
https://www.nic.edu/niclaunch/NIC Launch
https://www.nic.edu/student-life/Text duplicate Student Life
https://www.nic.edu/involvement/Student Involvement
/student-life/campus-life/Campus Life
https://www.nic.edu/campusrec/Campus Recreation
/students/student-support/Student Support
/students/student-services/Student Services
https://www.nicathletics.com/l...External Subdomain NIC Athletics
https://www.nic.edu/programs/Academic Programs
https://www.nic.edu/dualcredit/Dual Credit
https://www.nic.edu/wtc/Workforce Training Center
https://www.nic.edu/aec/Adult Education Center
https://www.nic.edu/cte/Career & Technical Education
/customizedtraining/Customized Training
https://www.nic.edu/Text duplicate North Idaho College
https://www.nic.edu/locations/Maps & Directions
https://www.nic.edu/about/About the College
https://www.nic.edu/board/Board of Trustees
https://www.nic.edu/president/Leadership
https://www.nic.edu/employees/Employees
https://www.nic.edu/departments/Offices and Departments
https://www.nic.edu/directories/Directory
https://www.nic.edu/security/Security
https://www.nic.edu/hr/Employment
https://www.nic.edu/financialaid/Text duplicate Financial Aid
https://www.nic.edu/tuition/Tuition and Fees
/financialaid/your-right-to-kn...Cost of Attendance
https://twitter.com/northidaho/External twitter
https://www.facebook.com/north...External Subdomain facebook
https://www.instagram.com/nort...External Subdomain instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/N...External Subdomain youtube
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain linkedin
https://nicedu-cms01-productio...External Subdomain Anchor ©
https://www.nic.edu/a11y/Accessibility
https://www.nic.edu/sitemap/Sitemap
https://www.nic.edu/privacy/Privacy
https://www.nic.edu/policy/College Policies
https://www.nic.edu/titleix/Anti-Harassment Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nic.edu/"
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 slow (1.42 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 (115 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 25 Jul 2024 12:47:45 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length20316
serverApache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000;
varyAccept-Encoding,User-Agent
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,401 referring domains.
This page has 8,633 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 922 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /component-library/
Allow: /

User-agent: Terminalfour Nutch Spider
Disallow: /news/archived/
Disallow: /news/2003-2004/
Disallow: /news/2004-2005/
Disallow: /news/2005-2006/
Disallow: /news/2006-2007/
Disallow: /news/2007-2008/
Disallow: /news/2008-2009/
Disallow: /news/2009-2010/
Disallow: /news/2010-2011/
Disallow: /news/2011-2012/
Disallow: /news/2012-2013/
Disallow: /news/2013-2014/
Disallow: /news/2014-2015/
Disallow: /news/2014-215/
Disallow: /news/2015-2016/
Disallow: /news/2016-2017/
Disallow: /news/2017-2018/
Disallow: /news/2018-2019/
Disallow: /component-library/

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Start52%Check
Starts52%Check
Journey50%Check
degree or49%Check
Idaho48%Check
North Idaho47%Check
Idaho College47%Check
College46%Check
North Idaho College46%Check
Student44%Check
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