Professional.ucsb.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
41% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
90% 
External factors
38% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.59 s
File size
98.10 kB
Words
403
Media files
24
Number of links
93 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
UCSB Professional and Continuing Education
The length of the page title is perfect. (410 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
UCSB Extension, now known as Professional and Continuing Education, is committed to providing essential skills and expertise to compete in today's job market. We are helping shape the future of our community, connecting UCSB with our fast-growing entrepreneurial base, and providing opportunities for career advancement and lifelong learning for students of all ages.
The meta description is too long: 2288 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.professional.ucsb.edu/
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)
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

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descriptionUCSB Extension, now known as Professional and Continuing Education, is committed to providing essential skills and expertise to compete in today's job market. We are helping shape the future of our community, connecting UCSB with our fast-growing entrepreneurial base, and providing opportunities for career advancement and lifelong learning for students of all ages.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 403 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
18.1% 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.
3 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 14 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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 8 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
HomePage
The H1 heading contains the words HomePage! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 HomePage
H1 Propelling Future Goals
H2 Search
H2 Main navigation
H2 Quick links
H2 Program Areas
H2 Upskill With PaCE
H3 From PaCE to Paris: A Student's Journey of Growth and Success
H3 Exciting World of Semiconductor Technology
H3 From Classroom to Career: Ioulieta Nravela's Journey with UCSB PaCE
H3 UCSB Students get 25% Off
H4 Financial Assistance
H4 Degree Pathways
H4 Career Center
H4 Digital Credentials
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 21 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain University of California, Santa Barbara
/Important Link
/loginLogin
/A-TITLE Home
/coursesCourses
https://ucsb.pro/allofferingsExternal All Offerings
https://ucsb.pro/enrollnowExternal Enroll Now
https://enroll.professional.uc...External Subdomain Search
/professional-certificates-pro...Subdomain Programs
/professional-certificates-pro...Overview
/accounting-financeAccounting & Finance
/applied-behavior-analysisApplied Behavior Analysis
https://blockchain.professiona...External Subdomain Blockchain Technology
/certificate-business-administ...Business Administration
/certificate-business-leadershipBusiness Leadership
/certificate-child-lifeChild Life
/cleanroom-trainingCleanroom Training
https://zs.professional.ucsb.e...External Subdomain Customer Experience
/certificate-digital-marketingDigital Marketing
/educational-partnershipsEducational Partnerships
https://ev.professional.ucsb.e...External Subdomain Electric Vehicle Technician
/emergency-medical-technicianEmergency Medical Technician
/executive-education-leadershipExecutive Education & Leadership
/certificate-human-resource-ma...Human Resource Management
/infrared-programsInfrared Programs
/intersectional-justice-facili...Intersectional Justice Facilitator
/certificate-introduction-glob...Intro to Global Business
/open-universityOpen University
/organizational-partnershipsOrganizational Partnerships
/certificate-paralegal-studiesParalegal Studies
/certificate-practical-project...Project Management
/certificate-python-programmingPython Programming
/certificate-strategic-investm...Strategic Investment
/certificate-technology-manage...Technology Management
/certificate-web-developmentWeb Development
https://zs.professional.ucsb.e...External Subdomain Women in Leadership
/international-programsInternational Programs
/international-programsInternational Home
/international-studentsInternational Students
/international-visiting-schola...Visiting Scholars & Executives
/international-student-housingHousing
/international-agents-institut...Agents/ Institutions
/international-customized-prog...Customized Programs
https://help.professional.ucsb...External Subdomain Student Services
https://help.professional.ucsb...External Subdomain Help Center
/uc-degree-completion-programDegree Completion
/degree-pathwaysDegree Pathways
/digital-badgesSubdomain Digital Credentials
/ucsb-students-staff-faculty-d...Discounts
/pace-financial-assistanceFinancial Assistance
/growGROW
/blog/pace-blogBlog
/blog/pace-blogPaCE Blog
/blog/pace-blog/internationalInternational Blogs
/pace-podPaCE Podcast
/aboutAbout Us
/aboutText duplicate Overview
https://help.professional.ucsb...External Subdomain Contact Us
/giveGive
/teach-for-usTeach For Us
/contactText duplicate Contact Us
https://www.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain Segment 1
https://www.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain Segment 2
https://www.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain Segment 3
https://www.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain Segment 4
/loginText duplicate Login
/Text duplicate Important Link
/node/265Brand Ambassador: Tiffany Tse
/blog-tiffany-emtPropelling Future Goals
/blog-tiffany-emtI Enjoyed every EMT class moment with PaCE; would gladly relive the experience!
/pace-financial-assistance
/pace-financial-assistanceText duplicate Financial Assistance
/pace-financial-assistanceScholarship and grant opportunities to help you succeed
/wgu-degree-pathwayText duplicate
/degree-pathwayText duplicate Degree Pathways
/degree-pathwayAchieve your dream and complete your UC degree
/pace-career-centerText duplicate
/pace-career-centerCareer Center
/pace-career-centerProfessional advising to help you attain your career goals
/digital-badgesText duplicate
/digital-badgesText duplicate Digital Credentials
/digital-badgesLearn and earn professional digital credentials
/accounting-financeText duplicate Accounting & Finance
IMG-ALT icon 1
/arts-humanitiesArts & Humanities
IMG-ALT icon 1
/bootcampsBootcamps
IMG-ALT icon 1
/business-managementBusiness Management
IMG-ALT icon 1
/corporate-custom-trainingCorporate & Custom Training
IMG-ALT icon 1
/emergency-medical-technicianEMT & Paramedical
IMG-ALT icon 1
/executive-education-leadershipExec Ed & Leadership
IMG-ALT icon 1
/healthcare-educationHealthcare & Education
IMG-ALT icon 1
/high-school-programsHigh School Programs
IMG-ALT icon 1
/hr-legal-paralegalHR, Legal & Paralegal
IMG-ALT icon 1
/international-programsText duplicate International Programs
IMG-ALT icon 1
/it-codingIT & Coding
IMG-ALT icon 1
/marketing-salesMarketing & Sales
IMG-ALT icon 1
/certificate-practical-project...Text duplicate Project Management
IMG-ALT icon 1
/technologyTechnology
IMG-ALT icon 1
/open-universityUCSB Courses
IMG-ALT icon 1
/blog-pace-parisSubdomain From PaCE to Paris: A Student's Journey of Growth and Success
/blog-cleanroom-trainingSubdomain Exciting World of Semiconductor Technology
/blog-IoulietaSubdomain From Classroom to Career: Ioulieta Nravela's Journey with UCSB PaCE
/blog-ucsbstudents-25Subdomain UCSB Students get 25% Off
/Anchor IMG-ALT email
https://www.facebook.com/UCSBPaCEExternal Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/@ucsbpaceExternal Subdomain Youtube
http://instagram.com/ucsbpaceExternal Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Linkedin
/contactText duplicate Contact Us
/professional-certificates-pro...Text duplicate Programs
https://help.professional.ucsb...External Subdomain Student Resources
/teach-for-usTeach for us
https://www.ucsb.edu/terms-of-useExternal Subdomain Terms of Use
/accessibilityAccessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.professional.ucsb.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 of 0.59 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 (98 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 11 referring domains.
This page only has 25 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 7 different ip addresses.
This page is referenced by wikipedia.

Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

Search preview

www.professional.ucsb.edu
UCSB Professional and Continuing Education
UCSB Extension, now known as Professional and Continuing Education, is committed to providing essential skills and expertise to compete in today's job market. We are helping shape the future of our community, connecting UCSB with our fast-growing entrepreneurial base, and providing opportunities for career advancement and lifelong learning for students of all ages.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
UCSB86%Check
UCSB Professional81%Check
Professional74%Check
UCSB PaCE65%Check
Continuing62%Check
Continuing Education62%Check
Education61%Check
Student56%Check
Career54%Check
Students50%Check

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