Stthom.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
98% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
67% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.44 s
File size
63.30 kB
Words
534
Media files
12
Number of links
71 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
University of St. Thomas | Catholic University Houston, Tx
The length of the page title is perfect. (520 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Average yearly tuition after financial aid is less than $13,000 and UST graduates earn an average of over $50,000 within a year after graduating. Learn more...
The length of the meta description is perfect. (973 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1
DescriptionAverage yearly tuition after financial aid is less than $13,000 and UST graduates earn an average of over $50,000 within a year after graduating. Learn more...
langen
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 534 words. That's ok.
33.7% 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.
7 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 20 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 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1" is provided.
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
...ust2016/images/logo/ust_logo_300X110.pngUniversity of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas logo
...ust2016/images/logo/ust_logo_300X110.pngUniversity of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas logo
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Content_ID=128519Future Students
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Content_ID=128328The Personal Attention You Deserve
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Content_ID=128329The St. Thomas Promise
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Content_ID=128323Be Bold Blog
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Content_ID=128327UST News and Success Stories
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Content_ID=120855The University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas Crest
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Content_ID=128893University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas named one of America's best colleges 2024
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Content_ID=125306University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas named one of the top colleges by Forbes Magazine
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Content_ID=115780The University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX is one of the best regional universities in the west according to College Choice

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Be your bold self.
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Be your bold self.
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 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Home/Index.aqfAnchor Skip to Content
A-TITLE Skip to Content
/Public/getFile.asp?file_conte...New window myStThom
/Public/getFile.asp?file_conte...New window Outlook Web
/Public/getFile.asp?file_conte...New window Blackboard
https://www.stthom.edu/ITIT Support
A-TITLE IT Support
/public/index.asp?page_ID=100017New window Calendar - View UST's Online Calendar
/public/index.asp?page_ID=100291UST Directory
/public/index.asp?page_ID=1467Library
/public/index.asp?page_ID=101237Bookstore
https://www.stthom.edu/athleticsNew window Subdomain UST Athletics
https://www.stthom.edu/givingGiving
/public/index.asp?page_ID=100010Map
/public/index.asp?page_ID=100998Catholic Identity
/Public/getFile.asp?file_conte...New window Text duplicate myStThom
/Public/getFile.asp?file_conte...New window Text duplicate Outlook Web
/Public/getFile.asp?file_conte...New window Office365
/Public/getFile.asp?file_conte...New window Text duplicate Blackboard
https://www.stthom.edu/ITText duplicate IT Support
A-TITLE visit the IT Support website
/Public/getFile.asp?file_conte...New window Watermark
A-TITLE login to Watermark
/Public/getFile.asp?file_conte...New window Watermark SS&E
A-TITLE login to Watermark SS&E
https://www.stthom.edu/ApplyNew window Apply
https://www.stthom.edu/IMG-ALT University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas logo
/Admissions/Index.aqfAdmissions
A-TITLE Future Students | UST Houston
/Academics/Index.aqfAcademics
A-TITLE Academics | University of St. Thomas Houston Texas
/Scholarships-and-Financial-Ai...Tuition & Aid
A-TITLE Tuition, Scholarships and Financial Aid | FAFSA | UST Houston
/Campus-Student-Life/Index.aqfStudent Life
A-TITLE Student and Campus Life | University of St. Thomas | Houston, TX
/About/About-UST.aqfAbout UST
A-TITLE About UST | University of St. Thomas | Houston, Texas
/public/index.asp?page_ID=100797News
A-TITLE Newsworthy | University E-Newsletter | University of St. Thomas Houston Texas
/public/getFile.asp?File_Conte...New window Request InformationBe your bold self.
/Public/index.asp?Page_ID=101476start here
https://www.stthom.edu/ApplySecure Your Future
https://www.stthom.edu/Promiselearn more
/Home/Index.aqfAnchor Text duplicate Catholic Identity
/Home/Index.aqfAnchor Campus Life
/CatholicIdentitylearn moreCatholic Identity
/Public/index.asp?Page_ID=101120learn moreCampus Life
https://blogs.stthom.edu/BeBol...New window External Subdomain the benefits of a Catholic education
https://blogs.stthom.edu/BeBol...New window External Subdomain resources available to UST students
https://blogs.stthom.edu/BeBol...New window External Subdomain diversity matters
https://blogs.stthom.edu/bebold/New window External Subdomain See our full blog
https://blogs.stthom.edu/presi...New window External Subdomain announcements
/StudentSuccesssuccesses
https://www.stthom.edu/NewsNew window news
https://www.stthom.edu/newsNew window Subscribe to our newsletter
https://www.stthom.edu/FacebookNew window UST Facebook
https://www.stthom.edu/TwitterNew window UST Twitter
https://www.stthom.edu/YouTubeNew window UST YouTube
https://www.stthom.edu/InstagramNew window UST Instagram
https://www.stthom.edu/LinkedInNew window UST LinkedIn
https://www.stthom.edu/FacebookNew window Facebook
https://www.stthom.edu/TwitterNew window Twitter
https://www.stthom.edu/YouTubeNew window YouTube
https://www.stthom.edu/InstagramNew window Instagram
https://www.stthom.edu/LinkedInNew window LinkedIn
https://blogs.stthom.edu/New window External Subdomain BThe Dome Blog
/public/index.asp?page_ID=100206Accreditation - Learn More
https://www.stthom.edu/AlumniNew window Alumni - Learn More
/Public/index.asp?Page_ID=101337New window Bondholder Disclosures - Learn More
https://www.stthom.edu/DoSDean of Students - Learn More
/public/index.asp?page_ID=100218Emergency & Safety - Learn More
/Public/index.asp?Page_ID=101386Employment - Learn More
https://www.stthom.edu/GivingGiving - Learn More
/public/index.asp?page_ID=100010Maps & Directions - Learn More
https://www.stthom.edu/MassMass Schedule - View UST's Mass Schedule Online
/public/index.asp?page_ID=100290Offices & Services - Learn More
/Public/index.asp?Page_ID=101386HR Policies - Learn More
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Conte...New window Facilities Work Order Request - Learn More
https://www.stthom.edu/PrivacyNew window Privacy Policy
/public/index.asp?page_ID=100220New window Clery Act
/public/index.asp?Page_ID=101275New window Report Sexual Misconduct
https://www.stthom.edu/TitleIXNew window Title IX Information
/ConsumerInformationNew window Consumer Information
/AccessibilityNew window Accessibility
https://www.stthom.edu/CaresActNew window CARES Act Reporting
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Conte...New window Apply Now to UST
https://www.stthom.edu/visitSchedule Visit
/Public/getFile.asp?File_Conte...New window Request InfoInquire

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.stthom.edu/Home/Index.aqf"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 (1.44 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 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (63 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate
content-typetext/html; Charset=utf-8
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
serverMicrosoft-IIS/7.5
set-cookie105 Characters
x-powered-byASP.NET
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
access-control-allow-origin*
dateThu, 27 Jun 2024 15:33:15 GMT
content-length22674
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 172 referring domains.
This page has 11,435 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 151 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

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

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www.stthom.edu › Home › Index.aqf
University of St. Thomas | Catholic University Houston, Tx
Average yearly tuition after financial aid is less than $13,000 and UST graduates earn an average of over $50,000 within a year after graduating. Learn more...

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
UST60%Check
bold52%Check
self50%Check
University48%Check
Thomas48%Check
Houston47%Check
Catholic University47%Check
View UST47%Check
Catholic University Houston47%Check
learn46%Check
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