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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
84% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
55% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.38 s
File size
169.30 kB
Words
1498
Media files
21
Number of links
113 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
UWS | University of the West of Scotland
The length of the page title is perfect. (367 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Career-focused teaching. World-leading research. An international outlook. And a far-sighted approach to technology and innovation. For the ultimate student and business experience, look to UWS.
The meta description is too long: 1212 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.uws.ac.uk/
There is a valid canonical link 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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1498 words. That's ok.
30.8% 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.
27 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 22.63 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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 30 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
14 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
...g?width=400&height=250&v=1dab6992961ae90School of Business Enterprise Undergraduate Student Laughing | University of the West of Scotland
...g?width=400&height=250&v=1dab699fde5d380UWS Student Considering Postgraduate & Post-Experience Study | University of the West of Scotland
...g?width=400&height=250&v=1dab699bcb6d080UWS London campus students
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...g?width=400&height=250&v=1dada0586c610f0UWS Research Student | Transformative & Ethical Research | University of the West of Scotland
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...7&width=650&height=650&v=1dada05904ae510 UN SDG10 - Reducing Inequalities - UWS 16th in the World - logo with text - 1000x1000px
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...ersity-of-the-west-of-scotland-crest.pngUniversity of the West of Scotland Crest | UWS | Doctrina Prosperitas

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Join us in January 2025
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 40 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Join us in January 2025
H2 Find a course
H2 Discover UWS
H2 Courses starting in January 2025
H2 UWS ranked 16th in the world for impact on reducing inequalities
H2 Study with us
H2 They found their place at UWS - Find yours!
H2 International
H2 Research
H2 Business
H2 Latest News
H3 Search the site
H3 Or search for a course
H3 Undergraduate courses
H3 Postgraduate Taught & Research
H3 More options
H3 Find a course Duplicate text
H3 Study options
H3 How to Apply
H3 More
H3 Find a course Duplicate text
H3 Campuses
H3 Student Accommodation
H3 More...
H3 Find a course Duplicate text
H3 Research Institutes, Centres & Groups
H3 UN Sustainable Development Goals
H3 More... Duplicate text
H3 Find a course Duplicate text
H3 Student Midwife brings Christmas to sick kids
H3 UWS graduate goes prime time
H3 Record-breaking sport scholarships celebrated
H3 Mega events and human rights focus of new UWS film
H3 Chief Nursing Officer welcomed to Dumfries campus
H3 UWS research provides new insights into drug use
H3 Postgraduate information session
H3 Study with us Duplicate text
H3 Campuses Duplicate text
H3 Explore
H3 More Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
4 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 13 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.uws.ac.uk/Anchor Skip navigation
/study/undergraduate/undergrad...Undergraduate Course Search
/study/postgraduate/postgradua...Postgraduate Course Search
https://www.uws.ac.uk/No Text
/current-students/Students
https://www.uws.ac.uk/alumni/Alumni
/academic-staff-profiles/Academic Staff Profiles
https://www.uws.ac.uk/about-uws/About
https://www.uws.ac.uk/news/News
https://www.uws.ac.uk/library/Library
https://ce0974li.webitrent.com...External Subdomain Jobs
https://shop.uws.ac.uk/External Subdomain Shop
https://www.uws.ac.uk/contact-us/Contact Us
https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/Study
/study/undergraduate/IMG-ALT School of Business Enterprise Undergraduate Student Laughing | University of the West of Scotland
/study/undergraduate/Find out more about Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduate/IMG-ALT UWS Student Considering Postgraduate & Post-Experience Study | University of the West of Scotland
/study/postgraduate/Find out more about Postgraduate Taught & Research
/study/open-days-info-sessions/Open Days
/study/january-intake/Courses starting January 2025
/study/english-language-courses/English Language courses
/study/cpd-short-courses-modules/CPD, short courses and modules
/study/potential-new-courses/Potential new courses
/current-students/supporting-y...Supporting your studies
/money-fees-funding/Money, Fees & Funding
/about-uws/policies-procedures...Learning & Teaching policies and procedures
/university-life/campuses/UWS campuses
/study/undergraduate/undergrad...A-Z Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduate/postgradua...A-Z Postgraduate courses
/study/open-days-info-sessions/Open Days & Info Sessions
/international/International
/international/study-options/IMG-ALT UWS London campus students
/international/study-options/Find out more about Study options
/international/how-to-apply/No Text
/international/how-to-apply/How to Apply about How to Apply
/study/january-intake/Courses starting in January 2025
/study/undergraduate/Undergraduate (Bachelor's) degrees
/study/postgraduate/Taught postgraduate (Master's) degrees
/study/research-degrees/Research postgraduate degrees
/international/english-languag...English Language requirements
/money-fees-funding/Text duplicate Money, Fees & Funding
/international/how-to-apply/How to apply to UWS
/international/country-informa...中文官方网站
/international/partner-with-us/Partner with us (TNE)
/study/undergraduate/undergrad...Text duplicate A-Z Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduate/postgradua...Text duplicate A-Z Postgraduate courses
/university-life/Life at UWS
/university-life/campuses/No Text
/university-life/campuses/Campuses about Campuses
/university-life/accommodation/No Text
/university-life/accommodation/Accommodation about Student Accommodation
/university-life/living-in-sco...Living in Scotland
/current-students/uws-sport/UWS Sport
/study/undergraduate/undergrad...Text duplicate A-Z Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduate/postgradua...Text duplicate A-Z Postgraduate courses
https://www.uws.ac.uk/research/Research
/research/research-institutes-...IMG-ALT UWS Research Student | Transformative & Ethical Research | University of the West of Scotland
/research/research-institutes-...Research Institutes Centres & Groups about Research Institutes, Centres & Groups
/research/united-nations-susta...No Text
/research/united-nations-susta...United Nations Sustainable Development Goals about UN Sustainable Development Goals
/research/ref-2021/REF 2021
/research/doctoral-college/Doctoral College
/research/trusted-research/Trusted Research
/study/undergraduate/undergrad...Text duplicate A-Z Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduate/postgradua...Text duplicate A-Z Postgraduate courses
/study/january-intake/Join us in January
/study/open-days-info-sessions/Find out more about Open Days & Info Sessions Open Days & Info Sessions Attend our open days and information sessions to find out more about full-time or par...
/study/january-intake/Find out more about January 2025 study options January 2025 study options UWS offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses starting in January 20...
/money-fees-funding/uws-schola...Find out more about UWS Scholarships, Bursaries & Other Funding UWS Scholarships, Bursaries & Other Funding Details of scholarships, bursaries and financial ...
/current-students/student-enro...Find out more about Student enrolment and inductions Student enrolment and inductions UWS Enrolment and Induction portal providing all you need to know about...
/study/january-intake/Text duplicate Courses starting in January 2025
/research/united-nations-susta...More on Our UNSDG Success
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/study/undergraduate/Undergraduate STUDY
A-TITLE Undergrad Study
/study/postgraduate/Postgraduate STUDY
A-TITLE Postgrad Study
/study/i-found-my-place/charli...Find out more about Charlie, Adult Nursing Student Charlie, Adult Nursing Student Find out how Charlie found his place at UWS and feels part of something ama...
/study/i-found-my-place/karen-...Find out more about Karen, Criminal Justice & Forensic Science Student Karen, Criminal Justice & Forensic Science Student Find out how Karen found her place ...
/study/i-found-my-place/cal-so...Find out more about Cal, Social Sciences Student Cal, Social Sciences Student Find out how Cal found his place at UWS and real support. Find out more
/international/International Studies
A-TITLE International study
https://www.uws.ac.uk/research/Text duplicate Research
https://www.uws.ac.uk/business/Business
/news/student-midwife-brings-c...about Student Midwife brings Christmas to sick kids 3 days ago Student Midwife brings Christmas to sick kids Midwifery student Nicole Stirrat has turned her ...
/news/uws-graduate-goes-prime-...about UWS graduate goes prime time Thursday 19-12-2024 UWS graduate goes prime time A recent UWS graduate has been selected to work on a prestigious Amazon P...
/news/record-breaking-sport-sc...about Record-breaking sport scholarships celebrated Friday 13-12-2024 Record-breaking sport scholarships celebrated The largest-ever number of sporting schol...
/news/mega-sport-events-and-hu...about Mega events and human rights focus of new UWS film Wednesday 11-12-2024 Mega events and human rights focus of new UWS film Mega sporting events and hum...
/news/uws-welcomes-chief-nursi...about Chief Nursing Officer welcomed to Dumfries campus Monday 09-12-2024 Chief Nursing Officer welcomed to Dumfries campus UWS welcomes Chief Nursing Office...
/news/uws-research-provides-ne...about UWS research provides new insights into drug use Tuesday 03-12-2024 UWS research provides new insights into drug use Research at UWS into how people us...
https://www.uws.ac.uk/news/View all news
/events/2025/january/postgradu...about Postgraduate information session Monday 13 January 2025 Postgraduate information session Join us for our Postgraduate Online info Session to learn abou...
https://www.uws.ac.uk/events/View all events
https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/Text duplicate Study
/international/Text duplicate International
/university-life/Text duplicate Life at UWS
https://www.uws.ac.uk/research/Text duplicate Research
https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/Join us
/study/open-days-info-sessions/Text duplicate Open Days & Info Sessions
/money-fees-funding/Text duplicate Money, Fees & Funding
https://www.uws.ac.uk/Home
/university-life/campuses/ayr-...Ayr
/university-life/campuses/dumf...Dumfries
/university-life/campuses/lana...Lanarkshire
/university-life/campuses/lond...London
/university-life/campuses/pais...Paisley
https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/Text duplicate Study
/international/Text duplicate International
/university-life/University Life
https://www.uws.ac.uk/research/Text duplicate Research
/current-students/Text duplicate Students
https://www.uws.ac.uk/about-uws/About UWS
https://uws.asia/External UWS Asia
https://cpd.uws.ac.uk/External Subdomain CPD web site
https://ce0974li.webitrent.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs
https://www.gov.uk/check-unive...New window External recognised body
A-TITLE UK Government's List of Recognised HE providers webpage
/about-our-website/About our website
/about-uws/modern-slavery-stat...Modern Slavery Statement
/about-uws/policies-procedures...Policies, Procedures & Guidelines
https://www.facebook.com/UniWe...New window External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE UWS on Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/user/U...New window External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE UWS on YouTube
https://twitter.com/UniWestSco...New window External X / Twitter
A-TITLE UWS on X / Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/uniw...New window External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE UWS on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
A-TITLE UWS on LinkedIn
http://www.uws.asia/wechat.htmNew window External Subdomain WeChat
A-TITLE UWS on WeChat
http://www.weibo.com/UWSofficialNew window External Subdomain Weibo
A-TITLE UWS on Weibo
/about-our-website/website-ter...Website Terms of Use
A-TITLE UWS Website Terms of Use
/about-our-website/cookies/Cookie Policy
A-TITLE Cookies and the UWS website
/about-our-website/cookies/Cookie Policy page
A-TITLE Cookies and the UWS website
/about-our-website/privacy/Privacy Notice
A-TITLE UWS Privacy Notice

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.uws.ac.uk/"
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 excellent with 0.38 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (169 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,811 referring domains.
This page has 167,532 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,631 different ip addresses.

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UWS | University of the West of Scotland
Career-focused teaching. World-leading research. An international outlook. And a far-sighted approach to technology and innovation. For the ultimate student and business experience, look to UWS.

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