Ram.ac.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
80% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
3.25 s
File size
193.30 kB
Words
938
Media files
59
Number of links
120 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Royal Academy of Music
The length of the page title is perfect. (293 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
There has to be a place for new musicians to connect, collaborate and create. We are that place. A risk-taking conservatoire, based in the heart of London, where the traditions of the past meet the talent of the future.
The meta description is too long: 1322 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ram.ac.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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)
There are 10 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: The Academy is committed to ensuring that the cost of tuition fees doe...
  • Duplicate 2: We welcome the finest students from around the world to learn and perf...
  • Duplicate 3: With your support, we can help new generations discover, develop and m...
  • Duplicate 4: Discovery Events are the perfect way to find out more about the Academ...
  • Duplicate 5: This autumn, see Academy students perform alongside world class artist...
This page contains 938 words. That's ok.
31.2% 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.
11 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 21.15 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, shrink-to-fit=no" 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 19 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.

Media list

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
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
H2 Website Navigation
H2 Music makes us
H2 Academy Guide 2025/26
H2 Auditions
H2 Scholarships & bursaries
H2 Artistic Excellence
H2 The Future of Music
H2 Discovery Events
H2 Departments
H2 Autumn Season Concerts
H2 Student Life
H2 Our Sound
H2 Interactive Video
H2 Follow Their Lead
H2 Latest news
H2 Quincy Jones 1933-2024
H2 Academy musicians celebrated at Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2024
H2 International collaboration at the Royal Academy of Music
H2 Academy musicians compose and perform new scores for Sherlock Holmes films
H2 Website Footer
H3 Primary Navigation
H3 Take a tour
H3 Take a tour Duplicate text
H3 Take a tour Duplicate text
H4 Angela Burgess Recital Hall
H4 The Susie Sainsbury Theatre
H4 Duke's Hall
H5 Secondary Navigation
H5 Social Media Navigation
H5 Social Media Navigation Duplicate text
H5 Secondary Navigation Duplicate text
H5 Tertiary Navigation
H6 Telephone
H6 Registered charity no.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 2 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 19 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ram.ac.uk/Anchor Jump to main navigation
https://www.ram.ac.uk/Anchor Jump to main content
https://www.ram.ac.uk/Home
/accessibilityAccessibility Statement
https://www.ram.ac.uk/Subdomain Royal Academy of Music
IMG-ALT Royal Academy of Music
https://www.ram.ac.uk/studySubdomain Study
/study/departmentsSubdomain Departments
/study/why-study-at-the-academySubdomain Why study at the Academy?
/study/artistic-excellenceSubdomain Artistic Excellence
/study/artist-developmentSubdomain Artist Development
/study/entry-requirementsSubdomain Entry requirements
https://www.ram.ac.uk/study/applySubdomain Apply
/study/auditionSubdomain Audition
/study/fees-and-fundingSubdomain Fees and Funding
/study/discovery-eventsSubdomain Discovery events
/student-lifeSubdomain Student Life
/student-life/students-unionSubdomain Students' Union
/student-life/living-in-londonSubdomain Living in London
/student-life/accommodationSubdomain Accommodation
/student-life/access-and-disab...Subdomain Access and disability
/student-life/health-wellbeingSubdomain Health and wellbeing
/student-life/counselling-supportSubdomain Counselling and support
/student-life/belongingSubdomain Belonging
/student-life/term-datesSubdomain Term dates
/student-life/internationalSubdomain International students
https://www.ram.ac.uk/whats-onSubdomain Whats on
https://www.ram.ac.uk/whats-onSubdomain Upcoming events
/whats-on/your-visitSubdomain Your visit
/this-weeks-programme-notesSubdomain This week's programme notes
https://www.ram.ac.uk/sign-upSubdomain Join our mailing list
/whats-on/contactSubdomain Contact the Box Office
https://www.ram.ac.uk/multimediaSubdomain Multimedia
https://www.ram.ac.uk/multimediaSubdomain All Multimedia
https://www.ram.ac.uk/200-piecesSubdomain 200 Pieces
https://www.ram.ac.uk/podcastsSubdomain 'Short Stories' Podcast
https://www.ram.ac.uk/researchSubdomain Research
https://www.ram.ac.uk/researchSubdomain Research Home
/research/about-researchSubdomain About Research
/research/research-peopleSubdomain Research People
/study/departments/research-de...Subdomain Research Degrees
/research/projectsSubdomain Research Projects
https://www.ram.ac.uk/alumniSubdomain Alumni
/alumni/meet-our-alumniSubdomain Meet our alumni
/alumni/alumni-benefitsSubdomain Alumni benefits
/alumni/get-involvedSubdomain Get involved
/alumni/alumni-portalSubdomain Alumni Portal
/alumni/alumni-contactSubdomain Contact our Alumni Team
/support-the-academySubdomain Support the Academy
https://www.ram.ac.uk/about-usSubdomain About us
https://www.ram.ac.uk/museumSubdomain Museum & Collections
https://www.ram.ac.uk/newsSubdomain News
https://www.facebook.com/royal...New window External Subdomain facebook
https://twitter.com/RoyalAcadM...New window External twitter
https://www.instagram.com/roya...New window External Subdomain instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/R...New window External Subdomain youtube
https://www.tiktok.com/@royala...New window External Subdomain tiktok
https://supercool-ram.files.sv...External Subdomain Download the Academy Guide
https://supercool-ram.files.sv...External Subdomain Text duplicate Download the Academy Guide
/study/auditionAudition information
/study/video-auditionVideo auditions
/study/auditionText duplicate Audition information
/study/video-auditionText duplicate Video auditions
/study/fees-and-funding/schola...Scholarships and bursaries
/study/fees-and-funding/financ...Financial assistance
/study/fees-and-funding/schola...Text duplicate Scholarships and bursaries
/study/fees-and-funding/financ...Text duplicate Financial assistance
/study/artistic-excellenceArtistic Excellence and Opportunities
/study/artistic-excellenceText duplicate Artistic Excellence and Opportunities
/support-the-academy/campaignFind out more
https://community.ram.ac.uk/ca...External Subdomain Give today
/support-the-academy/campaignText duplicate Find out more
https://community.ram.ac.uk/ca...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give today
/study/discovery-eventsTrivial anchor text
Read more
/study/discovery-eventsText duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/study/departments/academic-st...Subdomain Academic Studies
/study/departments/accordionSubdomain Accordion
/study/departments/brassSubdomain Brass
/study/departments/choral-cond...Subdomain Choral Conducting
/study/departments/composition...Subdomain Composition & Contemporary Music
/study/departments/conductingSubdomain Conducting
/study/departments/ensemble-pianoSubdomain Ensemble Piano
/study/departments/guitarSubdomain Guitar
/study/departments/harpSubdomain Harp
/study/departments/historical-...Subdomain Historical Performance
/study/departments/jazzSubdomain Jazz
/study/departments/junior-academySubdomain Junior Academy
/study/departments/musical-the...Subdomain Musical Theatre
/study/departments/open-academySubdomain Open Academy
/study/departments/operaSubdomain Opera
/study/departments/organSubdomain Organ
/study/departments/pianoSubdomain Piano
/study/departments/research-de...Subdomain Text duplicate Research Degrees
/study/departments/stringsSubdomain Strings
/study/departments/timpani-and...Subdomain Timpani & Percussion
/study/departments/vocal-studiesSubdomain Vocal Studies
/study/departments/widening-pa...Subdomain Widening Participation
/study/departments/woodwindSubdomain Woodwind
https://supercool-ram.files.sv...External Subdomain See our autumn events
https://supercool-ram.files.sv...External Subdomain Text duplicate See our autumn events
/student-lifeSubdomain Explore Student Life
/student-life/living-in-londonText duplicate Living in London
/student-life/health-wellbeingText duplicate Health and wellbeing
/student-life/term-datesText duplicate Term dates
https://www.ram.ac.uk/multimediaSubdomain All multimedia
https://www.ram.ac.uk/multimediaSubdomain Text duplicate All multimedia
https://my.matterport.com/show...External Subdomain Take a tour 360° Tap to begin
https://my.matterport.com/show...External Subdomain Text duplicate Take a tour 360° Tap to begin
https://www.google.com/maps/uv...External Subdomain Text duplicate Take a tour 360° Tap to begin
/alumni/alumni-portalSubdomain Text duplicate Alumni Portal
/alumni/meet-our-alumniSubdomain Text duplicate Meet our alumni
/alumni/alumni-benefitsSubdomain Text duplicate Alumni benefits
https://www.ram.ac.uk/alumniour alumni
https://www.ram.ac.uk/alumniText duplicate our alumni
https://www.ram.ac.uk/newsAll news
/news/quincy-jones-1933-2024Subdomain 04 November 2024 General news Quincy Jones 1933-2024 View Article
IMG-ALT An image of Quincy Jones, smiling, sat next to Pete Churchill and Nick Smart
/news/parliamentary-jazz-award...Subdomain 30 October 2024 General news Alumni news Academy musicians celebrated at Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2024 View Article
IMG-ALT Image of student Emma Rawicz playing the saxophone in rehearsal
/news/international-collaborat...Subdomain 23 October 2024 General news International collaboration at the Royal Academy of Music View Article
IMG-ALT An image of the Academy Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal on the stage of the Duke's Hall
/news/academy-musicians-compos...Subdomain 18 October 2024 General news Academy musicians compose and perform new scores for Sherlock Holmes films View Article
IMG-ALT Academy musicians on the stage of Alexandra Palace's Theatre, receiving applause
https://www.facebook.com/royal...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate facebook
https://twitter.com/RoyalAcadM...New window External Text duplicate twitter
https://www.instagram.com/roya...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/R...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate youtube
https://www.tiktok.com/@royala...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate tiktok
/support-the-academySubdomain Text duplicate Support the Academy
https://www.ram.ac.uk/about-usSubdomain Text duplicate About us
https://www.ram.ac.uk/museumSubdomain Text duplicate Museum & Collections
https://www.ram.ac.uk/newsSubdomain Text duplicate News
https://www.ram.ac.uk/Subdomain Text duplicate Royal Academy of Music
IMG-ALT Royal Academy of Music
/students-and-staffSubdomain Students & Staff Portal
https://www.ram.ac.uk/librarySubdomain Library
https://www.ram.ac.uk/contact-usSubdomain Contact Us
/about-us/work-with-usSubdomain Work with us
https://www.ram.ac.uk/sign-upSubdomain Join our events mailing
/data-protection-and-privacy-n...Subdomain Privacy
/freedom-of-informationSubdomain Freedom of Information
https://www.ram.ac.uk/esgSubdomain ESG
/policies-and-proceduresSubdomain Policies & Procedures
/terms-conditionsSubdomain Terms & Conditions
/accessibility-statementSubdomain Text duplicate Accessibility Statement

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ram.ac.uk/"
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 very slow (3.25 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 (193 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 4,234 referring domains.
This page has 336,719 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,792 different ip addresses.

Search preview

www.ram.ac.uk
Home | Royal Academy of Music
There has to be a place for new musicians to connect, collaborate and create. We are that place. A risk-taking conservatoire, based in the heart of London, where the traditions of the past meet the talent of the future.

Most important keywords

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

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Academy Music64%Check
Academy58%Check
Academy musicians57%Check
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musicians56%Check
Royal Academy56%Check
new musicians56%Check
Contemporary Music53%Check
Academy Guide52%Check

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