seattleu.edu | Website SEO Review

Response time

0.59 s

File size

141.20 kB

Words

1017

Media files

20

Number of links

98 internal / 15 external

Meta specifications 72% achieved

Title

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Seattle University

The page title is too short. (159 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title

There are no duplicate words in the title

Meta Title

Meta description

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Seattle University, also referred to as Seattle U or SU, is a modern, progressive, and global Jesuit Catholic university in the heart of tech-heavy Seattle’s eclectic Capitol Hill neighborhood.

The meta description is too long: 1150 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description

Meta Description

Crawlability

(Critically important)

There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

(Important)

https://www.seattleu.edu/

There is a valid canonical link specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

(Somewhat important)

Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en

Language defined in meta tags: en

Server location: United States of America

The following language is defined by HTML: en

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

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There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

Other meta tags

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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.

There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.

Meta Tags

Domain

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The domain is no subdomain.

The domain length is good.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

Page URL

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No parameters were found in the URL.

No session ID was found in the URL.

The URL does not have too many subdirectories.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

(Somewhat important)

The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

The favicon is linked correctly.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
viewport	width=device-width, initial-scale=1
id	205944
author	Seattle University
description	Seattle University, also referred to as Seattle U or SU, is a modern, progressive, and global Jesuit Catholic university in the heart of tech-heavy Seattle’s eclectic Capitol Hill neighborhood.
publish-date	September 07, 2023 00:55:17
revised	October 03, 2024 01:28:34
generator	Terminalfour
theme-color	#ffffff
siteid	us
countryid	US
country	United States
Language	en
googlebot	all
robots	all
msapplication-TileColor	#da532c
msapplication-config	/media/seattle-university/site-assets/favicons/browserconfig.xml
google-site-verification	T8D__sLT_UcWOjiIk1Q77UC7fuwdhGqcYeNl2YJpz54
lang	en
twitter:card	summary_large_image
twitter:site	@seattleu
twitter:creator	@seattleu
twitter:title	Welcome Redhawks
twitter:description	Seattle University, also referred to as Seattle U or SU, is a modern, progressive, and global Jesuit Catholic university in the heart of tech-heavy Seattle’s eclectic Capitol Hill neighborhood.
twitter:image	https://www.seattleu.edu/media/seattle-university/site-assets/component-library/page-designs/SUInterlock.jpg
twitter:url	https://www.seattleu.edu/
og:type	website
og:site_name	Seattle University
og:title	Welcome Redhawks
og:description	Seattle University, also referred to as Seattle U or SU, is a modern, progressive, and global Jesuit Catholic university in the heart of tech-heavy Seattle’s eclectic Capitol Hill neighborhood.
og:image:alt	Seattle University Interlock With Students
og:image	https://www.seattleu.edu/media/seattle-university/site-assets/component-library/page-designs/SUInterlock.jpg
og:url	https://www.seattleu.edu/
X-UA-Compatible	IE=edge
charset	utf-8

Page quality 83% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.

This page contains 1017 words. That's ok.

31.1% 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.

16 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 18.76 words is good.

Content is King

Frames

(Critically important)

This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

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A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.

At least one Apple touch icon is specified.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 20 tags for this page.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

(Somewhat important)

Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.

Image SEO

There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.

Social Sharing

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.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
...ent-library/page-designs/SUInterlock.jpg	Seattle University Interlock With Students
...sity/homepage/TreeCoring_yck_CSE_002.JPG	A student wearing fleece and a rainjacket kneeling in a forest writing in a notebook
...mepage/GraduateStudyLifestyle_yk_002.JPG	Four students holding papers and textbooks studying together at a table
...-university/homepage/LA9A7391_Terren.JPG	MBA grad Terren Drake smiling and standing on a balcony amidst the buildings of downtown Seattle
...mentalStudiesClass_yk_SewardPark_025.jpg	A group of people looking at a tree in a forest.
...amieSittisawassakul_yck_Portrait_001.JPG	Tanaporn 'Jamie' Sittisawassakul
...ty/homepage/FirstDayFallQrt23_yk_053.jpg	Students sit in groups at communal tables in a brand new light-filled classroom with floor to ceiling windows
...versity/testimonials/Liliana-McClain.jpg	Liliana McClain
...iversity/testimonials/Jasmine-Waland.jpg	Jasmine Waland
...iversity/testimonials/Clayton-Nguyen.png	Clayton Nguyen
...ge/SeattleSkylineSunsetMay21_yck_008.JPG	the Space Needle and light reflecting off of downtown Seattle's glass skyscrapers at dusk
.../homepage/FallInvolvementFair_yk_001.jpg	Two students with wide open standing in front of a Red Zone table at the Fall Involvement Fair
...ty/homepage/OAR_yck_ClaytonBeach_001.JPG	Students rock climbing along sand bluffs on the beach
...SeattleWaterfront_yck_001_c_s2000_mw.jpg	Seattle Waterfront on a blue sky day
.../images/US-NEWS-AND-WORLD-REPORT-(3).png	placeholder
...rsity/news-amp-stories/images/Sonora.jpg	Picture featuring professor sonora jha
...news-amp-stories/images/Julian-Worn-.jpg	Julian Worn men tennis player on court
...ty/news-amp-stories/images/IMG_6376.jpeg	Former Olympian sitting inside Olympic rings in Olympic village
...sses_FallQrt22_yk_071-c16X9-s2560-mw.jpg	A woman walking towards the camera on a sunlit tree-lined path, checking her phone, with several people in the background walking away.

Video URL	Width	Height
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Page structure 72% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

Seattle University Staging Site

The H1 heading is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

(Important)

Some headings occur twice on the page.

There are 32 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	Seattle University Staging Site
H2	Welcome Redhawks
H2	Explore Programs
H2	Living Our Values
H2	How we're Different
H2	The Seattle University Experience
H2	University News & Stories
H2	Next steps
H3	Whole Person Education
H3	Ready for the World
H3	Undergraduate Programs
H3	Graduate Programs
H3	Professional Development
H3	Tanaporn Sittisawassakul, ’18
H3	Shannon Blott (She/Her), ’24
H3	Liliana McClain, ’26
H3	Jasmine Waland, ’19
H3	Clayton Nguyen, ’23
H3	Economically Diverse University in WA
H3	Student-to-Faculty Ratio
H3	Success Rate
H3	Seattle: A Global Tech City
H3	Fun and Welcoming Campus
H3	The Splendor of the Pacific Northwest
H3	Seattle University Earns Top U.S. News Rankings
H3	Professor Wins Prestigious Book Award
H3	Men’s Tennis Player Julian Worn Earns Stan Bates Award
H3	Olympian in the Classroom
H4	Tags:
H4	Tags: Duplicate text
H4	Tags: Duplicate text
H4	Tags: Duplicate text

Link structure 61% achieved

Internal links

(Important)

Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.

Some anchor texts are used more than once.

The number of internal links is ok.

None of the anchor texts is too long.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are 15 external links on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://www.seattleu.edu/	Anchor	Skip to main site navigation
https://www.seattleu.edu/	Anchor	Skip to main content
https://www.seattleu.edu/	Anchor	Skip to footer content
https://www.seattleu.edu/		Click to visit the home page
/newsroom/		News
https://events.seattleu.edu/	New window External Subdomain	Events
https://goseattleu.com/	New window External	Athletics
/admitted-students/		Admitted Students
https://www.seattleu.edu/alumni/		Alumni
/current-students/		Current Students
/faculty-staff/		Faculty & Staff
/parents-families/		Parents & Families
https://www.seattleu.edu/apply/		Apply
/admissions-aid/visit-tour/		Visit
https://www.seattleu.edu/give/		Give
/admissions-aid/		Admissions & Aid
https://www.seattleu.edu/apply/		Apply Now
/admissions-aid/undergraduate-...		Undergraduate Admissions
/admissions-aid/graduate-admis...		Graduate Admissions
/admissions-aid/international-...		International Admissions
/admissions-aid/undergraduate-...		Transfer Admissions
/admissions-aid/executive-prof...		Executive & Professional Admissions
/admissions-aid/tuition-and-fees/		Tuition & Fees
/admissions-aid/financial-aid-...		Financial Aid & Scholarships
/admissions-aid/request-inform...		Request Information
/admissions-aid/visit-tour/		Visit & Tour
/academics/		Academics
/academics/all-programs/		All Programs
/academics/schools-and-colleges/		Schools & Colleges
/academics/centers-and-institu...		Centers & Institutes
/academics/academic-advising/		Academic Advising
/academics/education-abroad/		Education Abroad
/academics/lemieux-library/		Lemieux Library
/academics/academic-calendar/		Academic Calendar
/academics/academic-resources/		Academic Resources
/life-at-seattle-u/		Life at Seattle U
/life-at-seattle-u/our-campus/		Our Campus
/life-at-seattle-u/housing-din...		Housing & Dining
/life-at-seattle-u/get-involved/		Get Involved
/life-at-seattle-u/faith-spiri...		Faith, Spirituality and Meaning
/life-at-seattle-u/university-...		University Recreation
/life-at-seattle-u/graduate-st...		Graduate Student Life
/life-at-seattle-u/internation...		International Student Community
/life-at-seattle-u/safety/		Public Safety
/life-at-seattle-u/health-well...		Health & Wellness
/who-we-are/		Who We Are
/who-we-are/the-seattle-u-impact/		The Seattle U Impact
/who-we-are/mission-vision-val...		Mission, Vision & Values
/who-we-are/jesuit-education/		Jesuit Education
/who-we-are/diverse-inclusive-...		A Diverse & Inclusive Community
/who-we-are/global-engagement/		Global Engagement
/who-we-are/sustainability-and...		Sustainability and Climate Action
/who-we-are/leadership/		Leadership
/who-we-are/contact-us/		Contact Us
/academics/educational-approach/		Educational Approach
/who-we-are/the-seattle-u-impact/	Text duplicate	The Seattle U Impact
/academics/all-programs/	Text duplicate	All Programs
/academics/all-programs/?keywo...		Undergraduate Programs
/academics/all-programs/?keywo...		Graduate Programs
/academics/all-programs/?keywo...		Professional Development
/who-we-are/mission-vision-val...		Mission and Values
/who-we-are/the-seattle-u-impact/	Text duplicate	The Seattle U Impact A-TITLE Visit The Seattle U Impact
/who-we-are/the-seattle-u-impact/		Learn how we empower your success
/life-at-seattle-u/our-campus/...		Living in Seattle
/life-at-seattle-u/university-...		Esports & Gaming
/life-at-seattle-u/get-involve...		Student Activities & Clubs
/life-at-seattle-u/internation...		International Student Center
/life-at-seattle-u/university-...	Text duplicate	University Recreation
/newsroom/		Newsroom A-TITLE Visit the University Newsroom
/newsroom/2024/seattle-univers...		Seattle University Earns Top U.S. News Rankings
/newsroom/?newsTopics=student ...		Student Experience & Success
/newsroom/2024/professor-wins-...		Professor Wins Prestigious Book Award
/newsroom/?newsTopics=faculty ...		Faculty & Staff Spotlight
/newsroom/2024/mens-tennis-pla...		Men’s Tennis Player Julian Worn Earns Stan Bates Award
/newsroom/?newsTopics=athletic...		Athletics & Recreation
/newsroom/2024/olympian-in-the...		Olympian in the Classroom
/newsroom/?newsTopics=people o...		People of SU
https://www.seattleu.edu/apply/	Text duplicate	Apply
/admissions-aid/visit-tour/	Text duplicate	Visit
/admissions-aid/request-inform...		Request Info
/admissions-aid/	Text duplicate	Admissions & Aid
/academics/	Text duplicate	Academics
/life-at-seattle-u/	Text duplicate	Life at Seattle U
/who-we-are/	Text duplicate	Who We Are
/admitted-students/	Text duplicate	Admitted Students
https://www.seattleu.edu/alumni/	Text duplicate	Alumni
/current-students/	Text duplicate	Current Students
/faculty-staff/	Text duplicate	Faculty & Staff
/parents-families/	Text duplicate	Parents & Families
https://redhawks.sharepoint.co...	New window External Subdomain	Redhawk Hub
https://seattleu.instructure.com/	New window External Subdomain	Canvas
https://my.ec.seattleu.edu/	New window External Subdomain	mySeattleU
https://outlook.office.com/mail/	New window External Subdomain	Email
https://seattleu.campuslabs.co...	New window External Subdomain	ConnectSU
/office-directory/campus-store/		Campus Store
/human-resources/careers/		Careers at Seattle U
/directory/		Faculty & Staff Directory
/office-directory/		Offices & Departments Directory
/policies-regulations/covid-19...		COVID-19 Response
https://www.seattleu.edu/	Text duplicate	Click to visit the home page
https://www.seattleu.edu/map/		Campus Map & Directions
https://www.tiktok.com/@seattle_u	New window External Subdomain	Tiktok
https://www.threads.net/@seattleu	New window External Subdomain	Threads
https://twitter.com/seattleu	New window External	Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/s...	New window External Subdomain	YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...	New window External Subdomain	LinkedIn
https://www.instagram.com/seat...	New window External Subdomain	Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/seattleu	New window External Subdomain	Facebook
/policies-regulations/		Policies & Regulations
/policies-regulations/online-p...	New window	Privacy Policy
/policies-regulations/website-...	New window	Terms of Service
/policies-regulations/accessib...	New window	Accessibility
https://secure.ethicspoint.com...	New window External Subdomain	Ethics Line

Server configuration 90% achieved

HTTP redirects

(Critically important)

This page redirects to "https://www.seattleu.edu/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

(Important)

No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.

HTTP headers

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 (141 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
content-type	text/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length	46079
date	Sat, 05 Oct 2024 04:03:32 GMT
set-cookie	178 Characters
server	Apache
strict-transport-security	max-age=0
content-encoding	gzip
cache-control	max-age=604800
expires	Sat, 12 Oct 2024 04:03:32 GMT
vary	Accept-Encoding
x-cache	Hit from cloudfront
via	1.1 85310f8b6878a9cfaa0218e021ae364e.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-amz-cf-pop	FRA56-P7
x-amz-cf-id	HGFyeubBfUkemH-POuw53mSVARfZcSOt6fz1M51k4MetQxUZLTU3YQ==
age	867
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 100% achieved

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This page is referenced by wikipedia.

This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 5,510 referring domains.

This page has 96,688 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 3,828 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

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Robots.txt

User-Agent: googlebot
Allow: /

User-Agent: googlebot-image
Allow: /

User-agent: *
Allow: /

Sitemap: https://www.seattleu.edu/sitemap.xml

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Seattle University

Seattle University, also referred to as Seattle U or SU, is a modern, progressive, and global Jesuit Catholic university in the heart of tech-heavy Seattle’s eclectic Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Most important keywords

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

Keyword	Result	Recheck
Seattle	93%	Check
Seattle University	87%	Check
University	81%	Check
site	52%	Check
Global	50%	Check
Catholic University	48%	Check
Jesuit	46%	Check
Student	45%	Check
News	44%	Check
Graduate	44%	Check
News Stories	44%	Check
Programs	43%	Check
Award	43%	Check
Graduate Programs	43%	Check
Book Award	43%	Check
undergraduate programs	42%	Check
Jesuit Education	42%	Check
Students	41%	Check
Online Graduate	41%	Check
World	40%	Check
City	40%	Check
college students	40%	Check
College	39%	Check
Earns	39%	Check
Worn	39%	Check

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Seattleu.edu - SEO Checker

Task list of SEO Improvements 4 Tasks

Meta specifications 72% achieved

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Page quality 83% achieved

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Page structure 72% achieved

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Link structure 61% achieved

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Server configuration 90% achieved

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External factors 100% achieved

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