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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
77% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
44% 
Link structure
46% 
Server
70% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.60 s
File size
66.10 kB
Words
649
Media files
22
Number of links
124 internal / 36 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
San José State University
The length of the page title is perfect. (232 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)
No canonical link is 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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
Meta DescriptionSilicon Valley's public university. An essential partner in the economic, cultural and social development of Silicon Valley and California, San José State provides a comprehensive university education.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 649 words. That's ok.
20.8% 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.
6 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 17.4 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 13 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
/aspis/media/brand/logo-we-are-spartans.svgWe Are Spartans
...mepage-hero/homepage_commencement_25.jpgGroup photo of graduates cheering
...u-homepage-hero/feature_wsq_spring25.pngCover of the Spring 2025 Issue of Washington Square: The Magazine, Tree Illustration by Brian Anderson.
...king-money-transformative-university.pngBest Colleges by Money Magazine ranking.
...nkings/ranking-usn-public-university.png#3 among Top Public Schools, Regional Universities in the West by U.S. News & World Report ranking.
...nking-wsj-public-university-number-4.png#4 Public University in the Nation by Wall Street Journal ranking.
...rankings/ranking-usn-social-mobility.png#12 Social Mobility University Regional Universities in the West by U.S. News & World Report ranking.
...ngs/ranking-university-in-the-nation.png#16 University in the Nation by Wall Street Journal ranking.
/_images/news/news-021325-r2d.pngCloseup of a microscope examining samples
...ews/news-dd5-chavezcac20years-042825.pngCCCAC 20th Celebration
/_images/news/news-pit-career-042125.pngGroup Photo at PIT Career Fair
...es/news/news-cob-best-undergrad-2025.pngPoets&Quants Best Undergraduate Business Schools, 2025 #1 Among Public Universities in California
...ui/icon-angle-bracket-left-sjsu-blue.svgNo alt attribute provided
...i/icon-angle-bracket-right-sjsu-blue.svgNo alt attribute provided
..._calendar_default-spirit-mark_121520.jpgSJSU spirit mark.
...-ray-zinn-dschmitz-101518-50_img-web.jpgThree students working in the IDEAS lab at SJSU.
...line_jgensheimer_052523_1396_IMG_WEB.jpgSJSU Online graduates in their regalia.
...mepage-hero/wsq_spring25_mediaobject.pngWashington Square: The Magazine over a gradient background featuring Illustrations of a tree.
...ge-hero/Concept3D_Map_Postcard_White.pngStylized icons of SJSU campus landmarks
...ia/brand/icon-spartan-withbackground.svgNo alt attribute provided
/aspis/media/brand/logo-sjsu.svgSJSU
Video URLWidthHeight
...o/2025_SpringCommencement_Homepage_1.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
About
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (5 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 About
H1 Powered by Juicer.io
H2 A Transformative University
H2 News
H2 SJSU Live & On Demand
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Imagine Yourself Here
H2 Experience Our Vibrant Community
H3 Colleges
H3 Resources
H3 Contact Us
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.
There are too many external links (36) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.sjsu.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.sjsu.edu/San José State University
/visit/index.phpVisit
/admissions/index.phpApply
https://www.sjsu.edu/giving/Give
/visit/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Visit
/soar/services/campus-tours.phpSubdomain Campus Tours
https://www.sjsu.edu/mapSubdomain Maps
https://www.sjsu.edu/parking/Subdomain Parking
/visit/silicon-valley.phpSubdomain Silicon Valley
https://hammertheatre.com/External Hammer Theatre
https://www.sjsu.edu/sjsulovessj/Subdomain SJSU Loves SJ
/academics/index.phpSubdomain Academics
/academics/colleges-and-depart...Subdomain Colleges and Departments
https://catalog.sjsu.edu/conte...External Subdomain Majors and Programs
/classes/calendar/index.phpSubdomain Academic Calendar
/classes/index.phpSubdomain Classes
https://library.sjsu.edu/External Subdomain King Library
/admissions/index.phpSubdomain Admissions
/tuition-and-fees/index.phpSubdomain Tuition and Fees
/housing-options/index.phpSubdomain Housing
/professional/Subdomain Professional Education
https://www.sjsu.edu/global/Subdomain International Students
/parent-and-family-programs/in...Subdomain Parent and Family Programs
/studentaffairs/index.phpSubdomain Student Affairs
/campus-life/health-and-wellne...Subdomain Health and Wellness
/campus-life/safety.phpSubdomain Safety
https://www.sjsu.edu/sjsucares/Subdomain SJSU Cares
/campus-life/events.phpSubdomain Events
/studentaffairs/experience-cam...Subdomain Experience Campus
/campus-life/traditions.phpSubdomain Traditions
/campus-life/sac.phpSubdomain Student Alumni Connection
/about/research/Subdomain Research and Innovation
https://www.sjsu.edu/research/Subdomain Office of Research
https://www.sjsu.edu/innovation/Subdomain Office of Innovation
/researchfoundation/Subdomain Research Foundation
/about/research/student-facult...Subdomain Student-Faculty Collaborations
/about/research/become-a-resea...Subdomain Become a Research Partner
/research/about/cci/index.phpSubdomain Centers and Institutes
/about/index.phpSubdomain About
/about/administration-and-lead...Subdomain Administration and Leadership
/facts-and-accomplishments/ind...Subdomain Facts and Accomplishments
https://blogs.sjsu.edu/newsroom/External Subdomain NewsCenter
/about/partnerships.phpSubdomain Partnerships
/strategicplan/Subdomain Transformation 2030
https://www.sjsu.edu/transform/Subdomain Transformation Defined
/online/index.php?utm_source=s...SJSU Online
https://www.sjsuspartans.com/External Subdomain Athletics
/alumni/index.phpSubdomain Alumni Association
https://www.sjsu.edu/giving/Giving to SJSU
https://sjsu.instructure.com/External Subdomain Canvas
https://one.sjsu.edu/External Subdomain one.SJSU
/search/index.htmlSubdomain Search
https://www.sjsu.edu/index.phpGo toSJSU homepage.
/visit/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Visit
/soar/services/campus-tours.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Campus Tours
https://www.sjsu.edu/mapSubdomain Text duplicate Maps
https://www.sjsu.edu/parking/Subdomain Text duplicate Parking
/visit/silicon-valley.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Silicon Valley
https://hammertheatre.com/External Text duplicate Hammer Theatre
https://www.sjsu.edu/sjsulovessj/Subdomain Text duplicate SJSU Loves SJ
/academics/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Academics
/academics/colleges-and-depart...Subdomain Text duplicate Colleges and Departments
https://catalog.sjsu.edu/conte...External Subdomain Text duplicate Majors and Programs
/classes/calendar/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Academic Calendar
/classes/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Classes
https://library.sjsu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate King Library
/admissions/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Admissions
/tuition-and-fees/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Tuition and Fees
/housing-options/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Housing
/professional/Subdomain Text duplicate Professional Education
https://www.sjsu.edu/global/Subdomain Text duplicate International Students
/parent-and-family-programs/in...Subdomain Parents and Family Programs
/studentaffairs/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Student Affairs
/campus-life/health-and-wellne...Subdomain Text duplicate Health and Wellness
/campus-life/safety.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Safety
https://www.sjsu.edu/sjsucares/Subdomain Text duplicate SJSU Cares
/campus-life/events.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Events
/studentaffairs/experience-cam...Subdomain Text duplicate Experience Campus
/campus-life/traditions.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Traditions
/campus-life/sac.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Student Alumni Connection
/about/research/Subdomain Text duplicate Research and Innovation
https://www.sjsu.edu/research/Subdomain Text duplicate Office of Research
https://www.sjsu.edu/innovation/Subdomain Text duplicate Office of Innovation
/researchfoundation/Subdomain Text duplicate Research Foundation
/about/research/student-facult...Subdomain Text duplicate Student-Faculty Collaborations
/about/research/become-a-resea...Subdomain Text duplicate Become a Research Partner
/research/about/cci/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Centers and Institutes
https://sjsuspartans.com/External Text duplicate Athletics
/online/index.php?utm_source=s...Text duplicate SJSU Online
/about/index.phpSubdomain Text duplicate About
/about/administration-and-lead...Subdomain Text duplicate Administration and Leadership
/facts-and-accomplishments/ind...Subdomain Text duplicate Facts and Accomplishments
https://blogs.sjsu.edu/newsroom/External Subdomain Text duplicate NewsCenter
/about/partnerships.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Partnerships
/strategicplan/Subdomain Text duplicate Transformation 2030
https://www.sjsu.edu/transform/Subdomain Text duplicate Transformation Defined
https://www.sjsu.edu/about/Text duplicate About
/commencement/Subdomain Ceremony Info
https://www.sjsu.edu/wsqSubdomain Dig into our latest issue
/facts-and-accomplishments/View All Facts and Accomplishments
https://blogs.sjsu.edu/newsroo...External Subdomain SJSU Receives R2 Research Designation
https://blogs.sjsu.edu/newsroo...External Subdomain Deep Dive in Five with Diana Victa: Celebrating 20 Years of the César E. Chávez Community Action Center
https://blogs.sjsu.edu/newsroo...External Subdomain Exploring Public Interest Technology (PIT): A Career Fair for Social Impact
https://blogs.sjsu.edu/newsroo...External Subdomain Lucas College and Graduate School of Business Ranked #1 Among Public Undergraduate Business Schools in California and Top 100 in the Nation
https://blogs.sjsu.edu/newsroom/External Subdomain View All News
/commencement/Subdomain Event On May 21-23 2025 Commencement Ceremonies
IMG-ALT SJSU spirit mark.
https://events.sjsu.edu/event/...External Subdomain Event On May 08 CLA Presents: Ted Chiang
https://events.sjsu.edu/event/...External Subdomain Event On May 08 SJSU Music: Latin Jazz
https://events.sjsu.edu/event/...External Subdomain Event On May 13 SJSU Night in SoFA: ICA SJ + MACLA Exhibitions
https://events.sjsu.edu/External Subdomain View All Events
https://pages.sjsu.edu/choose-...External Subdomain Why Choose SJSU?
https://www.sjsu.edu/online/Text duplicate SJSU Online
https://www.sjsu.edu/wsqSubdomain Washington Square: The Magazine
https://map.sjsu.edu/External Subdomain View Interactive Map
https://www.juicer.io/External Subdomain Powered by Juicer.io
https://www.facebook.com/sanjo...External Subdomain SJSU on Facebook
https://twitter.com/sjsuExternal SJSU on Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain SJSU on LinkedIn
https://www.instagram.com/sjsuExternal Subdomain SJSU on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/sjsuExternal Subdomain SJSU on YouTube
https://goo.gl/maps/8PBZPkKH15...Nofollow External One Washington Square San José, CA 95192
/online/index.phpText duplicate SJSU Online
/accessibility/index.phpSubdomain Accessibility
/aiie/accreditation/index.phpSubdomain Accreditation
/titleixeo/index.phpSubdomain Title IX
/diversity/index.phpSubdomain Diversity
/diversity/land-acknowledgement/Subdomain Land Acknowledgement
https://www.sjsu.edu/privacy/Subdomain Privacy
/cob/index.phpSubdomain Business
/education/index.phpSubdomain Education
/engineering/index.phpSubdomain Engineering
/cgs/index.phpSubdomain Graduate Studies
/chhs/index.phpSubdomain Health and Human Sciences
/information-data-society/inde...Subdomain Information, Data and Society
/humanitiesandarts/index.phpSubdomain Humanities and the Arts
https://sjsu.edu/professional/Text duplicate Professional Education
/science/index.phpSubdomain Science
/socialsciences/index.phpSubdomain Social Sciences
/siteindex.phpSubdomain A-Z Index
/clery/docs/SJSU-Annual-Securi...Subdomain Annual Security Report [pdf]
https://www.spartanbookstore.com/External Subdomain Bookstore
/classes/calendar/index.phpSubdomain Calendars
/careers/index.phpSubdomain Careers and Jobs
https://catalog.sjsu.edu/index...External Subdomain Catalog
https://www.sjsu.edu/students/Subdomain Current Students
/sjsucares/get-assistance/Subdomain Emergency Food & Housing
https://www.sjsu.edu/up/index.phpSubdomain Faculty & Staff
/president/priorities-and-init...Subdomain Freedom of Speech
https://library.sjsu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate King Library
https://blogs.sjsu.edu/newsroom/External Subdomain Text duplicate NewsCenter
/sjsucares/resources/parenting...Subdomain Parenting Students
/parking/index.phpSubdomain Parking and Maps
/contact/index.phpSubdomain Contact Form
https://directory.sjsu.edu/External Subdomain Directory
/about/doing-business-with-sjs...Subdomain Doing Business with SJSU
https://www.sjsu.edu/emergencySubdomain Emergency Info
/up/resources/file-a-complaint...Subdomain File a Complaint
/titleixeo/make-a-report/index...Subdomain Report a Title IX Complaint
https://a.cms.omniupdate.com/1...Nofollow External Subdomain Last Updated May 7, 2025

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.sjsu.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.60 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.
This page loads 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (66 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 08 May 2025 20:06:34 GMT
serverApache
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-powered-byPHP/8.1.32
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
access-control-allow-origin*
content-length13482
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,504 referring domains.
This page has 117,933 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 804 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

#########################################
# Welcome to San Jose State University
#
# Note: Please do not over load the servers
# http://its.sjsu.edu            
#
User-agent: *
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /contact/
Disallow: /police/crime_reporting/crime_blotter/
Disallow: /police/docs/blotter/
Disallow: /atn/
Disallow: /ecampus/
Disallow: /mae/
Disallow: /resources/
Disallow: /computereng/
Disallow: /provost/budget/flg/docs/
Disallow: /drc/
Disallow: /hrtm/
Disallow: /typeahead.js/
Disallow: /sjsuhome/assets/js/typeahead/
Disallow: /ldp/
Disallow: /gallery-pics/
Disallow: /*/gallery-pics/
Disallow: /logout/
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Sitemap: http://www.sjsu.edu/indexmap.txt

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SJSU54%Check
University54%Check
State University50%Check
San José State University48%Check
San46%Check
State46%Check
José46%Check
News42%Check
Colleges40%Check
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