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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
69% 
Page quality
96% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
61% 
Server
97% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.46 s
File size
67.30 kB
Words
1050
Media files
17
Number of links
165 internal / 29 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Oakland University
The page title is too short. (170 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
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)
https://oakland.edu/index
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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 1050 words. That's ok.
26% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
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.
The average number of words per sentence of 14.11 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...epage/graphics/2016-1/arrow-dropdown.pngView all Academic Programs
...epage/graphics/2016-1/arrow-dropdown.pngView all Future Student Resources
...epage/graphics/2016-1/arrow-dropdown.pngView all student services
...ome/hero/2023/Videos/Icons/PlayWhite.pngNo alt attribute providedToggle Play
...cs/headshots/president-photo-crop2-1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...mages/OaklandUniversity_WebLogo_Gold.pngOakland University Logo
...hics/ui/social-facebook-gold-round-1.pngFacebook Logo - Link to Facebook account
...sive/graphics/ui/social-twitter_gold.pngX Logo - Link to X account
...ve/graphics/ui/social-instagram_gold.pngInstagram Logo - Link to Instagram account
...sive/graphics/ui/social-youtube_gold.pngYoutube Logo - Link to YouTube account
...ive/graphics/ui/social-linkedin_gold.pngLinkedIn Logo - Link to LinkedIn account
...graphics/ui/social-tiktok-gold-round.pngTikTok Logo - Link to TikTok account
...mplate-assets/images/icon_edit_25x25.pngEdit Icon
...cs/2019/transparency_reporting-black.pngBudget & Tranasparency Reporting
Video URLWidthHeight
...deos/CommunityHomepage_SmallestFINAL.mp4
...om/embed/rrLEYvEgg9I?si=x7ZvDc6wWlTJ60Zc560315
...om/embed/gCpGTCG6REE?si=qhbpZYnJbZmT4fTt560315

Page structure

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

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Live on Campus
H2 Apply Now
H2 Register for Classes
H3 Events
H3 News
H3 Golden Pride
H3 President's Initiatives
H4 Vision Statement
H4 Mission Statement
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (29) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.oakland.edu/Subdomain No Text
https://library.oakland.edu/New window External Subdomain Library
/financialaid/student-account-...Subdomain eBill
https://www.oakland.edu/mapNew window Subdomain Map
https://www.oakland.edu/moodleNew window Subdomain Moodle
https://mysail.oakland.edu/New window External Subdomain MySAIL
https://webmail.oakland.edu/New window External Subdomain OU Email
/behaviorconcern/Subdomain Report Behavior
https://www.oakland.edu/researchSubdomain Research
https://ern.oakland.edu/New window External Subdomain ERN
/academics/Subdomain Academics
/financialaidSubdomain Financial Aid
/futureoustudentsSubdomain Future Students
/campuslifeSubdomain Student Life
/healthycampusSubdomain Healthy Campus
/provost/faculty-affairs/Subdomain Faculty
https://www.oakland.edu/alumniSubdomain Alumni
https://www.oakland.edu/givingSubdomain Giving
http://www.goldengrizzlies.com/External Subdomain Athletics
https://library.oakland.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Library
/financialaid/student-account-...Subdomain Text duplicate eBill
https://www.oakland.edu/mapNew window Subdomain Text duplicate Map
https://www.oakland.edu/moodleNew window Subdomain Text duplicate Moodle
https://mysail.oakland.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MySAIL
https://webmail.oakland.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate OU Email
/behaviorconcern/Subdomain Text duplicate Report Behavior
https://www.oakland.edu/researchSubdomain Text duplicate Research
https://ern.oakland.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate ERN
/academics/Subdomain Text duplicate Academics
https://www.oakland.edu/casSubdomain Arts and Sciences
https://www.oakland.edu/businessSubdomain Business
https://www.oakland.edu/sehsSubdomain Education and Human Services
https://www.oakland.edu/secsSubdomain Engineering and Computer Science
https://www.oakland.edu/shsSubdomain Health Sciences
https://www.oakland.edu/medicineSubdomain Medicine
https://www.oakland.edu/nursingSubdomain Nursing
https://www.oakland.edu/smtd/Subdomain School of Music, Theatre and Dance
https://www.oakland.edu/badgesSubdomain Digital Badges
https://www.oakland.edu/gradSubdomain Graduate School
https://www.oakland.edu/hcSubdomain Honors College
https://www.oakland.edu/bisSubdomain Interdisciplinary Studies
https://www.oakland.edu/macombSubdomain Programs in Macomb County
https://www.oakland.edu/onlineSubdomain Online Learning
https://www.oakland.edu/paceSubdomain Professional and Continuing Education
https://www.oakland.edu/researchSubdomain Text duplicate Research
https://www.oakland.edu/ieSubdomain Study Abroad
https://www.oakland.edu/pledgeSubdomain The OU Pledge
http://catalog.oakland.edu/New window External Subdomain Academic Catalog
https://www.oakland.edu/genedSubdomain General Education Requirements
https://www.oakland.edu/academicsSubdomain View All Academics
IMG-ALT View all Academic Programs
/financialaidSubdomain Text duplicate Financial Aid
/financialaid/costs/tuition-ra...Subdomain Tuition and Cost of Attendance
/financialaid/available-financ...Subdomain Available Financial Aid
/financialaid/understanding-fi...Subdomain Your Financial Aid Next Steps
/financialaid/student-account-...Subdomain Student Account Information
/financialaid/student-account-...Subdomain How to Pay/eBill
/tuition-guarantee/Subdomain Golden Guarantee
/futureoustudentsSubdomain Text duplicate Future Students
/futurestudentsSubdomain Undergrad Admissions Information
/futurestudents/applySubdomain Undergrad Application
/futurestudents/academics/Subdomain Undergrad Programs
https://www.oakland.edu/transferSubdomain Transfer to OU
https://www.oakland.edu/gradSubdomain Grad Admissions Information
/grad/graduate-school-apply/Subdomain Grad Application
/grad/graduate-programs/Subdomain Grad Programs
https://www.oakland.edu/aboutSubdomain About OU
https://www.oakland.edu/housingSubdomain Housing
https://www.oakland.edu/onlineSubdomain Text duplicate Online Learning
https://www.oakland.edu/studentsSubdomain Student Services
/financialaid/costsSubdomain Tuition and Costs
https://www.oakland.edu/veteransSubdomain Veteran Services
/futurestudents/visit/Subdomain Visit Campus
/futureoustudentsSubdomain View All Future Student Resources
IMG-ALT View all Future Student Resources
/campuslifeSubdomain Text duplicate Student Life
https://oakland.ecampus.com/External Subdomain Bookstore
https://library.oakland.edu/External Subdomain Libraries
https://www.oakland.edu/grizztextSubdomain GrizzText
/online/online-student-services/Subdomain Online Student Services
https://www.oakland.edu/researchSubdomain Text duplicate Research
https://www.oakland.edu/asc/Subdomain Academic Success Center
https://www.oakland.edu/advisingSubdomain Academic Advising
https://www.oakland.edu/grad/Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate School
/registrar/important-dates/Subdomain Important Dates
/registrar/registration/regsch...Subdomain Register for Classes
https://www.oakland.edu/recwellSubdomain University Recreation and Well-Being
https://www.oakland.edu/ocSubdomain Oakland Center
https://www.oakland.edu/osiSubdomain Student Activities
/smtd/performances-and-events/Subdomain OU SMTD Performances
https://www.mbtheatre.com/New window External Subdomain Meadow Brook Theatre
https://meadowbrookhall.org/New window External Meadow Brook Hall
https://www.ouartgallery.org/New window External Subdomain OU Art Gallery
/grad/current-graduate-student...Subdomain Graduate
/registrar/apply-for-graduatio...Subdomain Undergraduate
https://www.oakland.edu/studentsSubdomain View All Student Services
IMG-ALT View all student services
/healthycampusSubdomain Text duplicate Healthy Campus
https://www.oakland.edu/recwellSubdomain Text duplicate University Recreation and Well-Being
https://www.oakland.edu/golfSubdomain Golf and Learning Center
https://www.oakland.edu/ghcSubdomain Graham Health Center
https://www.oakland.edu/ouccSubdomain OU Counseling Center
https://www.oakland.edu/policeSubdomain OU Police Department
/provost/faculty-affairs/Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty
https://www.oakland.edu/provostSubdomain Office of the Provost
/faculty-and-staff/Subdomain Faculty and Staff Resources
https://bnav.oakland.edu:8443/...External Subdomain Banner
https://www.oakland.edu/alumniSubdomain Text duplicate Alumni
/alumni/eventsSubdomain Alumni Events
/alumni/volunteerSubdomain Volunteer Opportunities
/alumni/resourcesSubdomain Resources
https://www.oakland.edu/givingSubdomain Text duplicate Giving
https://www.oakland.edu/givenowSubdomain Make My Gift Now
/giving/staff-directory/Subdomain Contact Giving
/giving/ways-to-give/list-of-f...Subdomain List of Funds
https://www.oakland.edu/cfr/Subdomain Corporate and Foundation Relations
/giving/engage/black-gold-givi...Subdomain Giving Day
https://goldengrizzlies.com/External Text duplicate Athletics
/housing/apply/Subdomain Live on Campus
/futureoustudents/Subdomain Apply Now
/registrar/registration/Subdomain Text duplicate Register for Classes
https://apply.oakland.edu/port...External Subdomain No Text
https://calendar.oakland.edu/New window External Subdomain View All Events
/oumagazine/news/president/202...A-TITLE Oakland University powers more than $1.9 billion in economic activity across Michigan
/oumagazine/news/president/202...Text duplicate Oakland University powers more than $1.9 billion in economic activity across Michigan
/oumagazine/news/shs/2025/ou-g...A-TITLE OU graduate has balance study published in prestigious ‘Journal of Gerontology’
/oumagazine/news/shs/2025/ou-g...Text duplicate OU graduate has balance study published in prestigious ‘Journal of Gerontology’
/oumagazine/news/cas/2025/art-...A-TITLE Art history professor awarded Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowship in China Studies
/oumagazine/news/cas/2025/art-...Text duplicate Art history professor awarded Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowship in China Studies
/oumagazine/news/nursing/2025/...A-TITLE Oakland University announces the winners of the 37th annual Nightingale Awards for Nursing Excellence®
/oumagazine/news/nursing/2025/...Text duplicate Oakland University announces the winners of the 37th annual Nightingale Awards for Nursing Excellence®
/oumagazine/news/fyac/2025/stu...A-TITLE Students present at National Orientation Directors Association regional conference
/oumagazine/news/fyac/2025/stu...Text duplicate Students present at National Orientation Directors Association regional conference
/oumagazine/news/smtd/2025/ou-...A-TITLE OU student June Wallace to present their work, 'Social Standards,' at DUMBO Dance Festival
/oumagazine/news/smtd/2025/ou-...Text duplicate OU student June Wallace to present their work, 'Social Standards,' at DUMBO Dance Festival
/oumagazine/news/deanofstudent...A-TITLE Oakland University to host 2025 ALSAME Latino Youth Conference
/oumagazine/news/deanofstudent...Text duplicate Oakland University to host 2025 ALSAME Latino Youth Conference
/oumagazine/news/cas/2025/ous-...A-TITLE OU’s Sigma Xi chapter celebrates 50th anniversary
/oumagazine/news/cas/2025/ous-...Text duplicate OU’s Sigma Xi chapter celebrates 50th anniversary
https://www.oakland.edu/pledgeSubdomain Text duplicate The OU Pledge
/president/New window Subdomain The President's Office
https://www.oakland.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT Oakland University Logo
/contact-ouSubdomain Contact OU
https://www.oakland.edu/mapSubdomain Campus Map
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/...New window External Subdomain Virtual Tour
https://www.facebook.com/oaklanduNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook Logo - Link to Facebook account
A-TITLE Visit our Facebook page
https://twitter.com/oaklanduNew window External IMG-ALT X Logo - Link to X account
A-TITLE Visit our X account
https://www.instagram.com/oakl...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram Logo - Link to Instagram account
A-TITLE Visit our Instagram account
https://www.youtube.com/user/o...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Youtube Logo - Link to YouTube account
A-TITLE Visit our Youtube account
https://www.linkedin.com/edu/s...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn Logo - Link to LinkedIn account
A-TITLE Visit our LinkedIn account
https://www.tiktok.com/@oaklanduNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT TikTok Logo - Link to TikTok account
A-TITLE Visit our TikTok account
https://www.oakland.edu/researchSubdomain Text duplicate Research
https://www.oakland.edu/casSubdomain Text duplicate Arts and Sciences
https://www.oakland.edu/businessSubdomain Business Administration
https://www.oakland.edu/sehsSubdomain Text duplicate Education and Human Services
https://www.oakland.edu/secsSubdomain Text duplicate Engineering and Computer Science
https://www.oakland.edu/shsSubdomain Text duplicate Health Sciences
https://www.oakland.edu/nursingSubdomain Text duplicate Nursing
https://www.oakland.edu/medicineSubdomain OUWB School of Medicine
https://www.oakland.edu/gradSubdomain Text duplicate Graduate School
https://www.oakland.edu/hcSubdomain Text duplicate Honors College
https://www.oakland.edu/bisSubdomain Text duplicate Interdisciplinary Studies
https://www.oakland.edu/smtd/Subdomain Text duplicate School of Music, Theatre and Dance
/futurestudentsSubdomain Future Undergraduate Students
https://www.oakland.edu/gradSubdomain Future Graduate Students
https://www.oakland.edu/studentsSubdomain Current Students
https://www.oakland.edu/alumniSubdomain Text duplicate Alumni
https://www.oakland.edu/givingSubdomain Donors
/about/OU-Mission-and-Vision/Subdomain Mission and Vision
/strategic-vision/Subdomain Strategic Vision
/campus-master-plan/Subdomain Campus Master Plan
https://www.oakland.edu/aboutSubdomain Text duplicate About OU
/registrar/important-dates/Subdomain Text duplicate Important Dates
/diversity/Subdomain Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
https://www.oakland.edu/directorySubdomain Directory
https://jobs.oakland.edu/New window External Subdomain Jobs at OU
/universityofficesSubdomain University Offices
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionWebmaster
https://www.oakland.edu/ouincSubdomain OU INC
https://www.oakland.edu/macomb/Subdomain Macomb Programs
https://www.oakland.edu/eriSubdomain Eye Research Institute
https://www.oakland.edu/communitySubdomain Community Engagement
/oira/graduation-and-retention/Subdomain Student Achievement Data
/title-ix-and-compliance/Subdomain Title IX and Compliance
/ucm/services/accessibility/pu...Subdomain Public Accessibility Statement
/policies-regulations/web-priv...Subdomain Privacy Statement
https://www.oakland.edu/gdpr/Subdomain GDPR Privacy Notice
https://www.oakland.edu/policiesSubdomain Policies and Regulations
https://oupolice.com/em/External Emergency Preparedness
/policies-regulations/dmca/Subdomain DMCA Notice
https://oupolice.com/cleryNew window External Campus Safety
/hlc-reaffirmation/Subdomain HLC Reaffirmation
/consumer-information/Subdomain Consumer Information
/campus-safety-information-and...Subdomain Campus Safety Information and Resources
/transparencySubdomain IMG-ALT Budget & Tranasparency Reporting
/transparencySubdomain Budget and Transparency Reporting
https://oakland.edu/Anchor Skip to content

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://oakland.edu/"
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 of 0.46 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (67 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateSat, 10 May 2025 16:33:16 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
last-modifiedFri, 09 May 2025 21:00:43 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
servercloudflare
cf-ray93dad65affedd363-CDG
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 401 referring domains.
This page has 1,754 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 333 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /1-new-test
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /advising
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /login-1
Disallow: /percussion-training-sandbox
Disallow: /publishingtestpage1
Disallow: /sandbox
Disallow: /social-media-new
Disallow: /ztestsite
Sitemap: https://www.oakland.edu/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.oakland.edu/sitemap-pdf.xml

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