Osc.universityofcalifornia.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
50% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
65% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.14 s
File size
71.60 kB
Words
713
Media files
6
Number of links
91 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
- Office of Scholarly Communication
The length of the page title is perfect. (320 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)
https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
google-site-verification9uu4Y8IJiNXt8N7azuy5FSIuK9Q2onQjYTXR7XNLfNo
generatorWPZOOM Framework 1.8.9
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article:modified_time2020-06-19T17:46:51+00:00
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:title- Office of Scholarly Communication
og:descriptionContent for this page is edited using the Homepage widgets.
og:urlhttps://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/
og:site_nameOffice of Scholarly Communication
og:imagehttps://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/OSC-og-square-image2.png
og:image:width380
og:image:height380
og:image:typeimage/png
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 48.2 words is high.
This page contains 713 words. That's ok.
23.3% 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.
7 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=1.0" 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)
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
...ontent/uploads/2013/09/OSC_header3x1.jpgPhoto of California landscape with hills
...oads/2020/01/2020ucoapolicies400x100.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...loads/2018/09/400x100escholarshipbox.jpgeScholarship link
...ntent/uploads/2018/09/dmptool400x100.jpgDMPTool: Build your Data Management Plan
...nt/uploads/2019/09/400x100Dryadbox-b.pngDryad logo with tree
licensebuttons.net/l/by/4.0/80x15.pngCC BY license badge

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Office of Scholarly Communication
The H1 heading is perfect.
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
H1 Office of Scholarly Communication
H3 Open Access (OA) and Scholarly Communication at the University of California
H3 Recent Posts
H3 California Universities and Oxford University Press Sign Landmark Open Access Agreement
H3 New Open Access Agreement between the University of California and Copernicus Publications
H3 University of California Enters Subscribe-to-Open Agreement with the American Society for Microbiology
H3 eScholarship Journal Spotlight: Glossa Psycholinguistics
H3 New tool enables UC authors to look up journals covered by UC’s open access publishing agreements
H3 Sign up to receive OSC blog post updates
H3 Recent Posts Duplicate text
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 1 links with a trivial 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 8 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/Subdomain Office of Scholarly Communication
A-TITLE University of California
/about-osc/Subdomain About OSC
/campus-resources/Subdomain Campus Resources
/for-authors/Subdomain For Authors & Researchers
/for-authors/open-access/Subdomain Why Publish Open Access?
/for-authors/help-make-your-re...Subdomain Help Make Your Research Articles Freely Available
/for-authors/open-access-policy/Subdomain Participate in UC Open Access Policies
/for-authors/open-access-polic...Subdomain Deposit Your Articles
/for-authors/open-access-polic...Subdomain Open Access Policies FAQ
/for-authors/open-access-polic...Subdomain Open Access Policy Waivers
/for-authors/publishing-discou...Subdomain Open Access Publishing Agreements and Discounts
/for-authors/dissertations-the...Subdomain Open Access Thesis & Dissertation Policies
/for-authors/publish-your-book...Subdomain Publish Your Book Open Access
/for-authors/transitioning-jou...Subdomain Transition Your Journal to Open Access
/for-authors/collect-and-share...Subdomain Collect and Share Your Older Publications
/for-authors/open-access-publi...Subdomain Open Access Publishing Resources
/for-authors/open-access-publi...Subdomain Publishing Funds
/for-authors/open-access-publi...Subdomain eScholarship Publishing
/for-authors/open-access-publi...Subdomain University of California Press
/for-authors/managing-copyrigh...Subdomain Copyright & Publication Contracts
/for-authors/open-data/Subdomain Data Sharing Policies & Tools
/uc-publisher-relationships/Subdomain UC-Publisher Agreements
/uc-publisher-relationships/pr...Subdomain Press Room
/uc-publisher-relationships/gu...Subdomain Guidelines for Prioritizing Transformative Agreements
/uc-publisher-relationships/oa...Subdomain General FAQ for UC Open Access Agreements
/for-authors/publishing-discou...Subdomain Text duplicate Open Access Publishing Agreements and Discounts
/scholarly-publishing/Subdomain Scholarly Communication Topics
/scholarly-publishing/pathways...Subdomain Open Access Strategies at UC
/scholarly-publishing/diversit...Subdomain Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
/scholarly-publishing/uc-open-...Subdomain UC Open Access Policies
/scholarly-publishing/policies...Subdomain Other Open Access Policies & Legislation
/scholarly-publishing/copyrigh...Subdomain Understanding Copyright
/scholarly-publishing/creative...Subdomain Creative Commons Licenses
/scholarly-publishing/funding-...Subdomain Funding Models
/scholarly-publishing/peer-rev...Subdomain Peer Review
/news-archives/Subdomain UC OSC Blog
/for-authors/Subdomain Text duplicate For Authors & Researchers
/for-authors/open-access/Subdomain Text duplicate Why Publish Open Access?
/for-authors/help-make-your-re...Subdomain Text duplicate Help Make Your Research Articles Freely Available
/for-authors/open-access-policy/Subdomain Text duplicate Participate in UC Open Access Policies
/for-authors/open-access-polic...Subdomain Text duplicate Deposit Your Articles
/for-authors/open-access-polic...Subdomain Text duplicate Open Access Policies FAQ
/for-authors/open-access-polic...Subdomain Text duplicate Open Access Policy Waivers
/for-authors/publishing-discou...Subdomain Text duplicate Open Access Publishing Agreements and Discounts
/for-authors/dissertations-the...Subdomain Text duplicate Open Access Thesis & Dissertation Policies
/for-authors/publish-your-book...Subdomain Text duplicate Publish Your Book Open Access
/for-authors/transitioning-jou...Subdomain Text duplicate Transition Your Journal to Open Access
/for-authors/collect-and-share...Subdomain Text duplicate Collect and Share Your Older Publications
/for-authors/open-access-publi...Subdomain Text duplicate Open Access Publishing Resources
/for-authors/open-access-publi...Subdomain Text duplicate Publishing Funds
/for-authors/open-access-publi...Subdomain Text duplicate eScholarship Publishing
/for-authors/open-access-publi...Subdomain Text duplicate University of California Press
/for-authors/managing-copyrigh...Subdomain Text duplicate Copyright & Publication Contracts
/for-authors/open-data/Subdomain Text duplicate Data Sharing Policies & Tools
/uc-publisher-relationships/Subdomain Text duplicate UC-Publisher Agreements
/uc-publisher-relationships/pr...Subdomain Text duplicate Press Room
/uc-publisher-relationships/gu...Subdomain Text duplicate Guidelines for Prioritizing Transformative Agreements
/uc-publisher-relationships/oa...Subdomain Text duplicate General FAQ for UC Open Access Agreements
/for-authors/publishing-discou...Subdomain Text duplicate Open Access Publishing Agreements and Discounts
/scholarly-publishing/Subdomain Text duplicate Scholarly Communication Topics
/scholarly-publishing/pathways...Subdomain Text duplicate Open Access Strategies at UC
/scholarly-publishing/diversit...Subdomain Text duplicate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
/scholarly-publishing/uc-open-...Subdomain Text duplicate UC Open Access Policies
/scholarly-publishing/policies...Subdomain Text duplicate Other Open Access Policies & Legislation
/scholarly-publishing/copyrigh...Subdomain Text duplicate Understanding Copyright
/scholarly-publishing/creative...Subdomain Text duplicate Creative Commons Licenses
/scholarly-publishing/funding-...Subdomain Text duplicate Funding Models
/scholarly-publishing/peer-rev...Subdomain Text duplicate Peer Review
/news-archives/Subdomain Text duplicate UC OSC Blog
/for-authors/open-access-policy/open access policies
/for-authors/open-access-publi...Open access publishing
/for-authors/publishing-discou...agreements and discounts
/for-authors/open-data/sharing research data
/scholarly-publishing/peer review, evaluation metrics, and publication funding
/news-archives/Current issues in scholarly communication
/2025/02/california-universiti...Subdomain California Universities and Oxford University Press Sign Landmark Open Access Agreement
/2025/02/new-agreement-uc-cope...Subdomain New Open Access Agreement between the University of California and Copernicus Publications
/2025/02/uc-enters-s2o-agreeme...Subdomain University of California Enters Subscribe-to-Open Agreement with the American Society for Microbiology
/2025/01/escholarship-journal-...Subdomain eScholarship Journal Spotlight: Glossa Psycholinguistics
/2024/11/new-journal-look-up-t...Subdomain New tool enables UC authors to look up journals covered by UC’s open access publishing agreements
/for-authors/open-access-policy/No Text
/2025/02/california-universiti...Subdomain Text duplicate California Universities and Oxford University Press Sign Landmark Open Access Agreement
/2025/02/new-agreement-uc-cope...Subdomain Text duplicate New Open Access Agreement between the University of California and Copernicus Publications
/2025/02/uc-enters-s2o-agreeme...Subdomain Text duplicate University of California Enters Subscribe-to-Open Agreement with the American Society for Microbiology
/2025/01/escholarship-journal-...Subdomain Text duplicate eScholarship Journal Spotlight: Glossa Psycholinguistics
/2024/11/new-journal-look-up-t...Subdomain Text duplicate New tool enables UC authors to look up journals covered by UC’s open access publishing agreements
https://escholarship.org/External IMG-ALT eScholarship link
https://dmptool.org/External IMG-ALT DMPTool: Build your Data Management Plan
https://datadryad.org/External IMG-ALT Dryad logo with tree
/about-osc/Text duplicate About OSC
/campus-resources/Text duplicate Campus Resources
/feed/Subdomain RSS Feed
/homepage/site-map/Site Map
https://cdlib.org/about/polici...External Privacy Policy
https://www.cdlib.org/about/ac...External Subdomain Accessibility help
https://creativecommons.org/li...External IMG-ALT CC BY license badge
https://creativecommons.org/li...External Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
/cc-license/Trivial anchor text
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://osc.universityofcalifornia.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 excellent with 0.14 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (72 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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cache-controlpublic, max-age=604800
content-encodinggzip
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
link<https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,052 referring domains.
This page has 34,798 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 603 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /scsc/
Sitemap: http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/

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