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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
73% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
40% 
Server
66% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.40 s
File size
45.40 kB
Words
641
Media files
13
Number of links
55 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Saint Louis University | SLU.edu : SLU - Saint Louis University
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
Top-ranked Saint Louis University offers 80+ undergraduate and graduate disciplines. Learn about SLU's academic excellence, life-changing research and compassionate health care.
The meta description is too long: 1124 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.slu.edu/index.php
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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
msapplication-TileColor#003DA5
theme-color#ffffff
DescriptionTop-ranked Saint Louis University offers 80+ undergraduate and graduate disciplines. Learn about SLU's academic excellence, life-changing research and compassionate health care.
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@SLU_Official
twitter:titlehttps://www.slu.edu | Saint Louis University | SLU.edu
twitter:descriptionTop-ranked Saint Louis University offers 80+ undergraduate and graduate disciplines. Learn about SLU's academic excellence, life-changing research and compassionate health care.
twitter:imagehttps://www.slu.edu/img/social/slu-social.png
twitter:image:altSaint Louis University | SLU.edu
og:titleSaint Louis University | SLU.edu
og:typehttps://www.slu.edu
og:urlhttps://www.slu.edu/index.php
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 641 words. That's ok.
31.4% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.16 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 13 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
/img/2023-home/undergraduate.webpStudents walk past the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
/img/2023-home/gaduate-med.webpGraduate students in Cook Hall
/img/2023-home/homepage-column-3-med.webpStudent working at laptop
...e-news/medicine-career-classroom-med.jpgMedical students examine a standardized patient.
...home-news/service-learning-2023-med.jpegStudents grouped around a table with Sr Jessica KerberSERV1000
/img/-home-news/holi-2023-med.jpegChalk covered students celebrating Holi 2023 on the quadHoli 2023
/img/-home-news/wellness-day-med.jpegStudents in a line seen in profile doing yogaWellness Day 2023
/img/-home-news/slu-101-23-leader-med.jpegA SLU 101 leader seen from behind in a crowd gives a tour to new students holding a sign that says Follow MeSLU Tour
/news/img/20240518-commencement-004.jpgSide-by-side image of photos of two students. One standing with a city in the background, and the other sitting on a wall with trees in the background.
/news/img/kennedy-peyton-640-min.jpgA student wearing a basketball uniform holds a basketball while looking toward the basket on the court during a game.
...mg/041123-jeffrey-teckman-in-lab-960.jpgA researcher wearing a lab coat looks through the double eyepiece of a microscope.
Video URLWidthHeight
/video/post-commencement-loop-720.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Change the World. Start Here.
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Change the World. Start Here.
H2 200+ Years of Academic Excellence
H2 Start Your Future at One of SLU's Prestigious Colleges and Schools
H2 The Billiken Promise
H2 Find Community as You Find Yourself
H2 Video Stream: An Inside Look at SLU
H2 News and Events from Saint Louis University
H2 Recent Headlines
H2 Why Choose SLU?
H2 Ready to See SLU?
H2 Higher purpose. Greater good.
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are 23 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.slu.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
A-TITLE Skip to Main Content
https://www.slu.edu/index.phpSubdomain A-TITLE Saint Louis University SLU Logo Center
https://www.slu.edu/index.phpSubdomain A-TITLE Saint Louis University SLU Logo Home Main
https://www.slu.edu/index.phpSubdomain A-TITLE Saint Louis University SLU Logo Left
https://www.slu.edu/apply.phpApply
A-TITLE Apply to Saint Louis University
/request-information/index.phpRequest Info
A-TITLE Request Information from Saint Louis University
/admission/visit/index.phpVisit
A-TITLE Visit Saint Louis University
/contact/index.phpContact
A-TITLE Contact Saint Louis University
https://catalog.slu.edu/programs/External Subdomain Browse Degrees
A-TITLE Browse Degrees
/admission/index.phpAdmission
A-TITLE Admission to SLU
/academics/index.phpAcademics
A-TITLE Academics at SLU
/life-at-slu/index.phpLife at SLU
A-TITLE Life at SLU
/research/index.phpResearch
A-TITLE Research at SLU
https://slubillikens.com/New window External Athletics
A-TITLE SLU Billiken Athletics
/about/index.phpAbout
A-TITLE About Saint Louis University
https://securelb.imodules.com/...External Subdomain Give to SLU
A-TITLE Give to SLU
https://www.slu.edu/index.phpSLU.edu
A-TITLE SLU.edu home
https://ws.slu.edu/peoplefinde...External Subdomain People Finder Directory >
/admission/visit/index.phpText duplicate Visit
A-TITLE Visit SLU
/request-information/index.phpRequest Information
A-TITLE Request Information
https://www.slu.edu/apply.phpText duplicate Apply
A-TITLE Apply to SLU
https://catalog.slu.edu/programs/External Subdomain Anchor Read More Undergraduate Recognized for Undergraduate Education U.S. News & World Report ranks SLU's undergraduate teaching as among the best in the nation - ...
IMG-ALT Students walk past the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
https://catalog.slu.edu/programs/External Subdomain Anchor Read More Graduate and Professional Degrees Relevant in Today's Changing World Choose from 86 graduate disciplines - many ranked among the best in the nation...
IMG-ALT Graduate students in Cook Hall
/online/index.phpRead More Online Get a World-Class Education from SLU - Wherever You Are We're honored to have been named one of the top 10 best universities for online prog...
IMG-ALT Student working at laptop
/arts-and-sciences/index.php?hpArts and Sciences
A-TITLE College of Arts and Sciences
/business/index.php?hpBusiness
A-TITLE Chaifetz School of Business
/education/index.php?hpEducation
A-TITLE School of Education
/doisy/index.php?hpHealth Sciences
A-TITLE Doisy College of Health Sciences
/law/index.php?hpLaw
A-TITLE School of Law
/medicine/index.php?hpMedicine
A-TITLE School of Medicine
/nursing/index.php?hpNursing
A-TITLE Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
/philosophy-and-letters/index....Philosophy and Letters
A-TITLE College of Philosophy and Letters
/professional-studies/index.ph...Professional Studies
A-TITLE School for Professional Studies
/public-health-social-justice/...Public Health and Social Justice
A-TITLE College of Public Health and Social Justice
/science-and-engineering/index...Science and Engineering
A-TITLE School of Science and Engineering
/madrid/index.php?hpSLU-Madrid
A-TITLE SLU-Madrid Campus
/social-work/index.php?hpSocial Work
A-TITLE School of Social Work
/admission/freshman/billiken-p...Explore the Billiken Promise
A-TITLE Learn more about the Billiken Promise
/admitted-students/madrid.phpStudy Abroad at SLU-Madrid
A-TITLE Learn more about SLU-Madrid study abroad
/admitted-students/index.phpSee Next Steps for Admitted Undergraduates
A-TITLE Take the next step in your enrollment process
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain Starting Your Career in the Classroom
IMG-ALT Medical students examine a standardized patient.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Students grouped around a table with Sr Jessica Kerber
A-TITLE Service Learning at SLU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Chalk covered students celebrating Holi 2023 on the quad
A-TITLE Video about student involvement at SLU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Students in a line seen in profile doing yoga
A-TITLE Video about student wellbeing at SLU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain IMG-ALT A SLU 101 leader seen from behind in a crowd gives a tour to new students holding a sign that says Follow Me
A-TITLE video becoming a Leader at SLU
/registrar/calendars/index.phpAcademic Calendar
A-TITLE SLU Academic Calendar
/calendar/index.phpEvents Calendar
A-TITLE SLU Events Calendar
/news/index.phpSLU Newsroom
A-TITLE SLU Newsroom
/data/index.phpData Privacy Incident
A-TITLE Data Privacy Incident
/news/2024/may/spring-commence...Read More Commencement Jon Hamm Celebrates 'Resilient' Class of 2024 "Be at peace with where you are, knowing it's transitory and is leading to something els...
IMG-ALT Side-by-side image of photos of two students. One standing with a city in the background, and the other sitting on a wall with trees in the background.
/news/2024/may/meet-the-class-...Read More Graduates Meet the Class of 2024: Peyton Kennedy "Saint Louis University is such a great institution. It’s not just the academics; it’s the family ...
IMG-ALT A student wearing a basketball uniform holds a basketball while looking toward the basket on the court during a game.
/news/2024/april/biomarker-liv...Read More Innovation SLU Researchers Identify Biomarker for Severe Liver Disease in Infants For the first time, predicting which children need lifesaving int...
IMG-ALT A researcher wearing a lab coat looks through the double eyepiece of a microscope.
https://www.instagram.com/slu_...New window External Subdomain @SLU_Official
/admission/visit/index.phpSchedule a Visit
A-TITLE Schedule a Visit
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/sluNew window External Subdomain Take a Virtual Tour
A-TITLE Take a Virtual Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain Watch a Video Tour
A-TITLE Watch a Video Tour
https://facebook.com/SaintLouisU/New window External Facebook
A-TITLE Link to Facebook
https://twitter.com/SLU_OfficialNew window External Twitter
A-TITLE Link to Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
A-TITLE Link to LinkedIn
https://www.instagram.com/slu_...New window External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE Link to Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/S...New window External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE Link to YouTube
https://www.snapchat.com/add/s...New window External Subdomain Snapchat
A-TITLE Link to Snapchat
https://www.tiktok.com/@slu_of...New window External Subdomain TiKTok
A-TITLE Link to TiKTok
/current-students/index.phpCurrent Students
A-TITLE Current Students
/parents/index.phpParents & Families
A-TITLE Parents & Families
/alumni/index.phpAlumni
A-TITLE Alumni
/give/index.phpDonors
A-TITLE SLU Donors
/faculty-and-staff/index.phpFaculty & Staff
A-TITLE Faculty & Staff
https://auth.slu.edu/New window External Subdomain mySLU
A-TITLE mySLU
https://www.slu.edu/campusmapCampus Map
A-TITLE SLU Campus Map
/working-at-slu/index.phpWork at SLU
A-TITLE Working at SLU
https://www.slu.edu/a-z.phpSLU A-Z
A-TITLE A to Z List
/disclaimer/index.phpDisclaimer
A-TITLE Disclaimer and Privacy Policy
/about/safety/campus-emergency...Emergency Info
A-TITLE Emergency Information
/about/index.phpNew window St. Louis, Missouri
A-TITLE About SLU
/madrid/index.phpMadrid, Spain
A-TITLE Madrid Campus Website
/index.php?footerSaint Louis University Footer Logo
A-TITLE Saint Louis University Footer Logo
https://a.cms.omniupdate.com/1...Nofollow External Subdomain ©

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.slu.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.40 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 4 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (45 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 21 May 2024 08:55:18 GMT
serverApache
x-powered-byPHP/7.1.33
strict-transport-securitymax-age=86400
varyAccept-Encoding,User-Agent
content-encodinggzip
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0
expiresTue, 21 May 2024 08:55:18 GMT
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
access-control-allow-origin*
pragmano-cache
content-length10069
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 10,936 referring domains.
This page has 1,635,201 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 6,513 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

# Blocks robots from specific folders / directories
User-agent: *
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /archive/
Disallow: /_dev/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /services/
Disallow: /peoplefinder/
Disallow: /_resources
Disallow: /_resources/widgets
Disallow: /_resources/xsl
Disallow: /madrid/academics/courses/
Disallow: /admission/freshman/findyourcounselor.php

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

User-agent: bingbot 
Crawl-delay: 9

User-agent: MJ12bot
Crawl-Delay: 9

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www.slu.edu
Saint Louis University | SLU.edu : SLU - Saint Louis University
Top-ranked Saint Louis University offers 80+ undergraduate and graduate disciplines. Learn about SLU's academic excellence, life-changing research and compassionate health care.

Most important keywords

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Saint62%Check
University62%Check
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