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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
93% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.21 s
File size
71.90 kB
Words
763
Media files
21
Number of links
108 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
University of South Wales - University of South Wales
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (481 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 763 words. That's ok.
35.1% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
10 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 11.75 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)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
8 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

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...profile-alumni-liana-stewart-48776-1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../images/12-assets/testimonial-tammie.pngNo alt attribute provided
...Cardiff-city-centre-students-50480-1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...on/student-life-students-union-52623.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...nt-life-study-spaces-generic-50080-1.jpgA student listening to a group discussion in the library.
...ays/event-open-day-treforest-50360-1.jpgOpen Day visitors walking through the Treforest campus. There is a large red open day banner behind them.
...em/comet-building-west-view-entrance.jpgstudent-25
...24/11-november/news-november-hywaves.JPGNiall Haughian, Chief Operating Officer, HyWaves, and Dr Steven Carr, Researcher, University of South Wales Hydrogen Research and Demonstration Centre
...s/news/2024/11-november/Image-(14)-1.jpgScott Parfitt and colleagues from USW's Procurement Team stand with their award certificates.
...ages/news/2024/11-november/classroom.jpgA classroom with young students sitting at desks, facing the teacher at the front. Several children have their hands raised.
...ypridd-river-bridge-students-50066-1.jpgFour students walk together in a row on a footbridge over the river Taff in Pontyrpidd.
...iderwales-cardiff-citycentre-16952-1.jpgImage of the Millennium Stadium on the river at Cardiff city centre.
...wales-cardiff-millenniumcentre-16961.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../profile-alumni-joshua-stuckey-23242.jpgJoshua Stucky, AME graduate and GE employee, is stood wearing a lanyard and holding a clipboard in an aircraft engineering work environement.
...udent-life-accommodation-hub-52677-1.jpgStudents sat on beanbags and laughing in the accommodation hub.
...ommodation-kitchen-and-seating-51020.jpgA shared kitchen and seating area in the mountain halls accommodation.
...on/student-life-students-union-52667.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ng/subject-nursing-classroom-49333-2.jpgA nursing student is being supervised while carrying out an eye examination on an adult dummy.
...es/12-assets/testimonial-tara-peters.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ales/site-assets/images/qaa.21219bc0.pngQAA Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Learn Through Practice
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 33 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Learn Through Practice
H2 Main Navigation
H2 Main Navigation Duplicate text
H2 At the University of South Wales, we deliver courses that will change lives and our world for the better. This is education in practice, not just in theory. 
H2 Find a course
H2 Upcoming Open Days
H2 Interested in Postgraduate study?
H2 Investing in your future
H2 Latest University News
H2 This is South Wales
H2 Join the USW Family
H2 Why USW?
H2 Why USW? Duplicate text
H2 96%
H2 I FELL IN LOVE WITH WALES AS SOON AS I GOT OFF THE TRAIN. IT WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, THE PEOPLE WERE REALLY FRIENDLY AND THE CAMPUS WAS REALLY MODERN.
H2 modal video
H2 Find us on social
H3 Study
H3 Research
H3 International
H3 Business Services
H3 About us
H3 Undergraduate
H3 Postgraduate
H3 Undergraduate Open Day
H3 Undergraduate Open Day Duplicate text
H3 Your Future
H3 Student Life
H3 Accommodation
H3 Fees and Funding
H3 Empty heading
H3 Empty heading
H3 of USW graduates are in Employment and/or Further Study 15 months after graduation
H3 Named in the Top 50 UK institutions for research power by the Times Higher Education
H3 You'll never be short of new places to discover
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.southwales.ac.uk/University of South Wales
/courses/Courses
/apply/Apply
/opendays/Open Days
https://unilife.southwales.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain Current Students
https://www.southwales.ac.uk/cy/Cymraeg
/study/Study
/study/undergraduate-degrees/Undergraduate
/study/postgraduate-degrees/Postgraduate
/courses/course-listing/Subjects
/courses/Text duplicate Courses
/apply/Text duplicate Apply
/student-life/Student Life
/accommodation/Accommodation
/money/Fees and Funding
/sport/Sport
/chat/Chat
/opendays/Text duplicate Open Days
/research/Research
/research/research-areas/Research Areas
/research/research-and-innovat...Our Research Strategy
/research/research-impact/rese...Research Excellence Framework
/research/research-environment/Research Environment
/research/research-environment...Research Governance
https://gradschool.southwales....External Subdomain Postgraduate Research Degrees
/research/research-environment...Researcher Development
/research/research-environment...Researcher Support
/research/eight-ways-you-will-...Why Research Matters
/research/research-impact/Research Impact
https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/External Subdomain Research Explorer
/international/International
/international/welcome/Welcome
/international/fees-scholarships/Fees and Scholarships
/international/welcome/apply-q...How to Apply
/international/visas-and-pre-a...Visas and Pre Arrival
/international/your-country/Find your Country or Region
/international/international-a...International Accommodation
/international/english-languag...English Language Programmes
/international/contact/Contact
/international/january-and-feb...January/February Courses
/business/Business Services
/business/professional-develop...Professional Development
/business/venues-and-facilitie...Venues and Facilities
/business/usw-exchange/USW Exchange
/business/our-expertise/Our Expertise
/business/access-to-talent/Access to Talent
/business/success-stories/Success Stories
/business/Enquire Now
/about/About us
/location/Our Locations
/about/our-structure/Our Structure
/about/our-structure/leadership/Leadership
/news/News
/events/Events
/services/University Services
/about/schools-and-colleges/Schools and Colleges
/jobs/Job Vacancies
/about/term-dates/Term Dates
/contact-us/Contact Us
/about/our-strategy/Our Strategy and Vision
/opendays/Open days are a fantastic opportunity to discover what it’s like to study here.
/opendays/Text duplicate Open Days
/alumni/Alumni
https://universityofsouthwales...External Subdomain Staff Portal
https://unilife.southwales.ac....External Subdomain Student Portal
https://www.southwales.ac.uk/cy/Text duplicate Cymraeg
/courses/New window View courses
/opendays/30 November Open DayBook now
/study/undergraduate-degrees/View Courses
/study/postgraduate-degrees/Text duplicate View Courses
/courses/course-listing/Subject areas
/study/apprenticeships/Apprenticeships
/research/Text duplicate Research
/international/Text duplicate International
/courses/View all courses
/courses/course-listing/Browse courses by subject
/events/event-details/undergra...Undergraduate Open Day 30 November
/events/event-details/undergra...Undergraduate Open Day 11 January
/events/View all Events
/study/postgraduate-degrees/Find out more
/stem/stem-development/Read about campus developmentsOur new STEM Hub
/stem/stem-development/STEM Hub
/our-campuses/pontypridd-campus/Pontypridd Campus
/news/View all
/news/2024/november/partnershi...Partnership work aims to improve efficiency of hydrogen production
/news/2024/november/usw-recogn...USW recognised at national procurement awards
/news/2024/november/scotlands-...Scotland’s approach to special needs education is more inclusive than the rest of the UK – but it doesn’t always work in practice
/location/Text duplicate Our Locations
/our-campuses/Our Campuses
/tours/Virtual Tours
/student-life/Text duplicate Student Life
/study/employability-and-careers/Find out more Careers and Employability
/student-life/Find out more Student Life
/accommodation/View our Accommodation Options
/money/Learn more about Fees and Funding
/clearing/Clearing
/courses/Text duplicate Courses
/student-life/Text duplicate Student Life
https://www.facebook.com/Unive...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/unis...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/UniSouthWalesExternal No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain No Text
/about/our-structure/Text duplicate Our Structure
/services/Text duplicate University Services
/about/schools-and-colleges/Text duplicate Schools and Colleges
/jobs/Text duplicate Job Vacancies
/news/Text duplicate News
/location/Text duplicate Our Locations
/our-campuses/Text duplicate Our Campuses
/tours/Text duplicate Virtual Tours
/business/venues-and-facilitie...Venues and Facilities Hire
https://universityofsouthwales...External Subdomain Text duplicate Staff Portal
https://unilife.southwales.ac....External Subdomain Text duplicate Student Portal
https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/enExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Research Explorer
/about/term-dates/Text duplicate Term Dates
/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact Us
/accessibility/Accessibility
/media/university-of-south-wal...Modern Slavery Statement
https://uso.southwales.ac.uk/i...External Subdomain Freedom of Information
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviewin...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT QAA Logo
https://www.southwales.ac.uk/Anchor Hide footer

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.southwales.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 excellent with 0.21 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (72 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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This page has backlinks from 3,381 referring domains.
This page has 271,182 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,888 different ip addresses.

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South70%Check
South Wales70%Check
University58%Check
Practice54%Check
Learn50%Check
Open46%Check
Open Days45%Check
Research44%Check
Study44%Check
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