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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
61% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
85% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.72 s
File size
40.40 kB
Words
525
Media files
15
Number of links
54 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Santa Clara University
The length of the page title is perfect. (275 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Santa Clara University - The Jesuit University in Silicon Valley
The length of the meta description is perfect. (382 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.scu.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)
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
descriptionSanta Clara University - The Jesuit University in Silicon Valley
keywordsSanta Clara, University, Jesuit, School
authorSanta Clara University
generatorT4 Site Core Full
msapplication-TileColor#da532c
msapplication-TileImage/assets/images/favicons/mstile-144x144.png
theme-color#ffffff
pageID1127
google-site-verificationVbNOYLj3AV2Q6rp04oXj13drZQYaNc0zUgQj_Zh_l-A
facebook-domain-verificationwyr230kb20o3xqngji0oi39rb106lh
langen
twitter:site@SantaClaraUniv
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleSanta Clara University: The Jesuit University in Silicon Valley
twitter:descriptionHeadquartered in the most innovative place on earth, SCU is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, in Silicon Valley. Consistently recognized as one of the top universities in the nation, Santa Clara offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through its six colleges.
twitter:imagehttps://www.scu.edu/media/public/buildings-rooms-and-spaces/lctcl-view.jpg
og:urlhttps://www.scu.edu
og:titleSanta Clara University: The Jesuit University in Silicon Valley
og:typearticle
og:descriptionHeadquartered in the most innovative place on earth, SCU is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, in Silicon Valley. Consistently recognized as one of the top universities in the nation, Santa Clara offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through its six colleges.
og:imagehttps://www.scu.edu/media/public/buildings-rooms-and-spaces/lctcl-view.jpg
og:image:secure_urlhttps://www.scu.edu/media/public/buildings-rooms-and-spaces/lctcl-view.jpg
og:image:altSanta Clara University campus
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 525 words. That's ok.
33.1% 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.
8 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 15.25 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" 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 11 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngRedefining What’s ‘Possible’ in Tech
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngSanta Clara Welcomes Class of 2028
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngCelebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Santa Clara
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngExplore Bucky’s Closet—a free campus thrift store for business attire
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngRoll of
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngAir Conditioner units on orange external wall
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngGreek statue in pink suit with bowtie
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngA group of five engineering students hold a miniature airplane drone in front of Bannan Engineering building
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngSanta Clara students at a basketball game
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngSunset on Palm Drive leading up to the Mission Church with shadows of palm trees falling on the brick walkway
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngA man and two women students dressed in cap and gown celebrate graduation at Santa Clara University
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngSilhouettes of student dancers on stage during a rehearsal for a Santa Clara University performance
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngMembers of the Mexican folk dancing club on campus perform outside of the library during a campus celebration
...a-rising/SCU_Rising_logo_Alt_360_WEB.pngSanta Clara Rising
Video URLWidthHeight
.../vi1p8ObDbt6WIw4F2YzBwmKu/mp4/source.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Discover SCU
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (12 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Discover SCU
H1 Thought Leadership
H1 Why Choose SCU
H1 Why Choose SCU Duplicate text
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 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.scu.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.scu.edu/students/Students
https://www.scu.edu/faculty/Faculty & Staff
https://www.scu.edu/parents/Families
https://www.scu.edu/alumni/Alumni
https://www.scu.edu/visitors/Visitors
https://www.scu.edu/services/Offices & Services
/schools-and-centers/Schools & Centers
https://www.scu.edu/Santa Clara University Homepage
https://www.scu.edu/Santa Clara University
https://www.scu.edu/The Jesuit University in Silicon Valley
https://www.scu.edu/aboutscu/About SCU
https://www.scu.edu/academics/Academics
https://www.scu.edu/admission/Admission
https://www.scu.edu/athletics/Athletics
https://www.scu.edu/campus-life/Campus Life
https://www.scu.edu/giving/Giving
/globalengagement/Global
/news-and-events/News & Events
https://www.scu.edu/students/Text duplicate Students
https://www.scu.edu/faculty/Faculty
https://www.scu.edu/parents/Text duplicate Families
https://www.scu.edu/alumni/Text duplicate Alumni
https://www.scu.edu/visitors/Text duplicate Visitors
https://www.scu.edu/services/Subdomain Text duplicate Offices & Services
https://www.scu.edu/centers/Subdomain Text duplicate Schools & Centers
/admission/undergraduate/Subdomain Get Started
/admission/choosing-scu/gradua...More Measures of Success
/admission/visits-events/campu...Visit
https://www.scu.edu/admission/Apply Now
/admission/rfi/Connect with Us
/news-and-events/feature-stori...Subdomain IMG-ALT Redefining What’s ‘Possible’ in Tech
/news-and-events/feature-stori...Subdomain Text duplicate Redefining What’s ‘Possible’ in Tech
/news-and-events/Read All Stories
/news-and-events/press-release...Subdomain IMG-ALT Santa Clara Welcomes Class of 2028
/news-and-events/press-release...Subdomain Text duplicate Santa Clara Welcomes Class of 2028
/inclusive-excellence-division...Subdomain IMG-ALT Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Santa Clara
/inclusive-excellence-division...Subdomain Text duplicate Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Santa Clara
/news-and-events/feature-stori...Subdomain IMG-ALT Explore Bucky’s Closet—a free campus thrift store for business attire
/news-and-events/feature-stori...Subdomain Text duplicate Explore Bucky’s Closet—a free campus thrift store for business attire
/news-and-events/Text duplicate Read All Stories
https://magazine.scu.edu/magaz...External Subdomain First Thought Leadership Story The Ethics of Citizenship ANN G SKEET AND JOHN P. PELISSERO • SANTA CLARA MAGAZINE The Ethics of Citizenship Why it’s the duty...
IMG-ALT Roll of
https://www.adn.com/nation-wor...External Subdomain Second Thought Leadership Story Amid Extreme Heat, the Fight to make landlords turn down the thermostat CJ GABBE • THE WASHINGTON POST Amid Extreme Heat, the...
IMG-ALT Air Conditioner units on orange external wall
https://magazine.scu.edu/magaz...External Subdomain Third Thought Leadership Story From Tunics to Tan Suits: Fashion and Democracy Through the Ages NICHOLAS LINDBERG • SANTA CLARA MAGAZINE From Tunics to Tan S...
IMG-ALT Greek statue in pink suit with bowtie
https://events.scu.edu/campus-...External Subdomain See All Events
/admission/choosing-scu/Subdomain See Yourself Here
/santaclararising/Santa Clara Rising
https://www.scu.edu/Text duplicate Santa Clara University
https://www.scu.edu/map/Subdomain Maps & Directions
https://www.scu.edu/phonebookSubdomain Contact Us
https://www.facebook.com/Santa...External Subdomain SCU on Facebook
https://twitter.com/SantaClara...External SCU on X (formerly Twitter)
https://www.linkedin.com/edu/s...External Subdomain SCU on Linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain SCU on YouTube
https://instagram.com/santacla...External SCU on Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@santac...External Subdomain SCU on TikTok
https://www.scu.edu/emergency/Emergency Info
/accessibility/Accessibility
https://www.scu.edu/title-ixSubdomain Title IX
A-TITLE Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX
https://www.scu.edu/hr/careers/Careers
https://www.scu.edu/loginSubdomain Login
/missionchurch/The Mission
https://www.scu.edu/events/Event Calendar
/news-and-events/News

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.scu.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 0.72 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 (40 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 30 Sep 2024 06:08:58 GMT
serverApache
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self' t4.scu.edu cms.scu.edu cms01.scu.edu thetrustproject.org media.scu.edu ecampus.scu.edu hrdev.scu.edu hrusr.scu.edu t4dev.scu.edu 166.78.46.137 campaign.scu.edu vanillasoft.net 129.210.247.132
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
varyX-Forwarded-Proto,Accept-Encoding
last-modifiedThu, 26 Sep 2024 16:41:23 GMT
etag"a19d-6230868b9300e-gzip"
accept-rangesbytes
content-encodinggzip
content-length10591
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
via1.1 google
alt-svch3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 12,977 referring domains.
This page has 269,093 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 8,730 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

#This file was edited 2023-05-16 apehanich

User-agent: SiteCheck-sitecrawl by Siteimprove.com
Allow: /
Sitemap: https://www.scu.edu/media/scuedu/xml-assets/sitemap-253746.xml

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /terminalfour
Disallow: /util
Disallow: /site-assets
Disallow: /apps/rooms/room_kiosk
Disallow: /media/ethics-center/social-sector-ethics/
Disallow: /testing/
Disallow: /t4-training/
Disallow: /apps/dev/
Sitemap: https://www.scu.edu/media/scuedu/xml-assets/sitemap-253746.xml


Disallow: /law-new/

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