Vcu.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
75% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
66% 
Link structure
58% 
Server
28% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.77 s
File size
33.40 kB
Words
333
Media files
3
Number of links
45 internal / 46 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Commitment to Privacy - Virginia Commonwealth University
The length of the page title is perfect. (534 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Commitment to Privacy
The meta description is too short. (146 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.vcu.edu/commitment-to-privacy/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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
google-site-verificationRUiyEKIlAobK_9_qqgEmGaKpl9K-1YXwbTuxEsfIugQ
titleCommitment to Privacy
descriptionCommitment to Privacy
geo.regionUS-VA
geo.placenameRichmond
robotsnone
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@vcu
twitter:creator@vcu
twitter:image:altSocial share logo image 1200x632
twitter:titleCommitment to Privacy
twitter:imagehttps://www.vcu.edu/media/vcu/assets/images/social-share/social_og_img_1200x632.jpg
twitter:descriptionCommitment to Privacy
og:typewebsite
og:localeen_US
og:titleCommitment to Privacy
og:descriptionCommitment to Privacy
og:imagehttps://www.vcu.edu/media/vcu/assets/images/social-share/social_og_img_1200x632.jpg
og:urlhttps://www.vcu.edu/commitment-to-privacy/
og:site_nameVirginia Commonwealth University
X-UA-CompatibleIE=Edge
cache-controlno-cache
pragmano-cache
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 333 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
27.9% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.67 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.
This page only loads 3 JavaScript files. That's good!
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 7 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)
The HTML has geoname information: US-VA
The HTML has georegion information: Richmond
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
/vcu-wearetheuncommon--black-gold.svgWe are the UNcommon. slogan
/vcuhp-givetovcu--black-gold.svgGive to VCU
/vcu-wearetheuncommon--black-gold.svgWe are the UNcommon. badge

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Virginia Commonwealth University
H1 Commitment to Privacy
H2 Menu
H2 Academics
H2 Life at VCU
H2 Research
H2 About us
H2 Commitment to Privacy Duplicate text
H3 Common searches
H3 Helpful links
H3 Why give?
H3 Site information
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 (46) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.vcu.edu/Subdomain Anchor Skip to content
https://www.vcu.edu/Subdomain Anchor Skip to footer
/?utm_source=top-spelledout&ut...Subdomain Virginia Commonwealth University
/uncommon?utm_source=vcuedu&ut...IMG-ALT We are the UNcommon. slogan
https://support.vcu.edu/?utm_s...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Give to VCU
https://my.vcu.edu/External Subdomain myVCU
https://rar.vcu.edu/registrati...External Subdomain Register for classes
https://vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/ca...External Subdomain Jobs
https://www.support.vcu.edu/giveExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Give to VCU
/current-students/Subdomain Current students
/faculty-and-staff/Subdomain Faculty and Staff
/parents-and-families/Subdomain Parents and Families
https://www.vcualumni.org/External Subdomain Alumni
https://www.vcuhealth.org/External Subdomain Patients
https://community.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Community
https://www.vcu.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Virginia Commonwealth University
https://www.vcu.edu/academics/Subdomain Academics
https://www.vcu.edu/academics/Subdomain Text duplicate Academics
/academics/colleges-and-schools/Subdomain Colleges and schools
/academics/undergraduate-studies/Subdomain Undergraduate studies
/academics/graduate-and-profes...Subdomain Graduate and professional studies
http://www.ocpe.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Continuing education
https://online.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Online learning
https://www.library.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Libraries
https://www.vcu.edu/admissions/Subdomain Admissions & Aid
https://www.vcu.edu/life-at-vcu/Subdomain Life at VCU
https://www.vcu.edu/life-at-vcu/Subdomain Text duplicate Life at VCU
/life-at-vcu/housing-and-dining/Subdomain Housing and dining
/life-at-vcu/get-involved/Subdomain Get involved
/life-at-vcu/campus/Subdomain Campus
/life-at-vcu/health-wellness-s...Subdomain Health, wellness and safety
/life-at-vcu/all-about-richmond/Subdomain All about Richmond
/life-at-vcu/after-vcu/Subdomain After VCU
https://www.vcu.edu/research/Subdomain Research
https://www.vcu.edu/research/Subdomain Text duplicate Research
/research/entrepreneurship/Subdomain Entrepreneurship
/research/research-resources/Subdomain Research resources
https://www.vcu.edu/arts/Subdomain Arts
https://www.vcu.edu/athletics/Subdomain Athletics
https://www.vcu.edu/about-vcu/Subdomain About us
https://www.vcu.edu/about-vcu/Subdomain Text duplicate About us
/about-vcu/mission-and-history/Subdomain Mission and history
/about-vcu/facts-and-rankings/Subdomain Facts and rankings
https://president.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Leadership
https://www.vcu.edu/Subdomain View quick links
https://my.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate myVCU
https://www.vcu.edu/email/Subdomain Email
http://canvas.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Canvas
A-TITLE Go to VCU Canvas
http://atoz.vcu.edu/External Subdomain A to Z
https://rar.vcu.edu/registrati...External Subdomain Text duplicate Register for classes
A-TITLE Register for classes
https://support.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Give to VCU
A-TITLE Give to VCU
https://www.library.vcu.edu/External Subdomain VCU Libraries
A-TITLE VCU Libraries website
https://www.vcuhealth.org/External Subdomain VCU Health
A-TITLE VCU Health website
https://academiccalendars.vcu....External Subdomain Academic calendars
A-TITLE VCU Academic Calndars website
https://maps.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Maps and directions
A-TITLE VCU maps and directions website
https://www.vcu.edu/Subdomain View search panel
https://academiccalendars.vcu....External Subdomain VCU’s academic calendar
https://hr.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Job listings and HR
https://phonebook.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Faculty/staff directory
https://realtime.vcu.edu/External Subdomain RealTime timekeeping
/life-at-vcu/housing-and-dining/Subdomain VCU housing options
http://finaid.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Financial aid options
A-TITLE VCU Office of Financial Aid
https://admissions.vcu.edu/cos...External Subdomain Tuition costs
http://go.vcu.edu/eservicesExternal Subdomain Log into Banner/eServices
https://www.library.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Library hours and info
A-TITLE VCU Libraries
https://vcu.csod.com/LMS/catal...External Subdomain Talent@VCU system
https://rar.vcu.edu/transcripts/External Subdomain Request transcripts
/commitment-to-privacy/Subdomain Commitment to Privacy
/privacy-statement/Subdomain VCU's privacy statement
https://www.vcu.edu/I agree
https://www.vcu.edu/Subdomain Go to VCU homepage
https://www.vcu.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Virginia Commonwealth University
https://www.vcu.edu/contacts/Subdomain Contacts
http://www.facebook.com/virgin...External Subdomain VCU on Facebook
https://twitter.com/VCUExternal VCU on Twitter
http://instagram.com/vcuExternal VCU on Instagram
https://socialmedia.vcu.edu/External Subdomain More social media
https://www.vcuhealth.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate VCU Health
A-TITLE Use alt + click to follow the link
https://www.library.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate VCU Libraries
A-TITLE Use alt + click to follow the link
http://www.maps.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Maps and directions
A-TITLE Use alt + click to follow the link
https://equity.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Equity and Access Services
https://alert.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Emergency alerts
A-TITLE Use alt + click to follow the link
https://vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/ca...External Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs
A-TITLE Use alt + click to follow the link
https://www.support.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Why give?
https://irds.vcu.edu/consumer-...External Subdomain Student consumer information
https://vcu.public.doctract.co...External Subdomain Nondiscrimination notice
/privacy-statement/Subdomain Privacy statement
/site-information/Subdomain Site information
https://accessibility.vcu.edu/External Subdomain Accessibility
https://marcom.vcu.edu/request...External Subdomain FOIA
/uncommon/?utm_source=bottom-i...New window We are the UNcommon
IMG-ALT We are the UNcommon. badge
A-TITLE We are the UNcommon.

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.vcu.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.77 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
This page only loads 3 CSS files. That's ok.
This page only loads 3 JavaScript files. That's good!
The file size of the HTML document is fine (33 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html;charset=utf-8
serverBigIP
connectionKeep-Alive
content-length34249
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.0

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 7,052 referring domains.
This page has 1,081,243 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,940 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Search preview

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Common70%Check
Privacy66%Check
Commitment66%Check
Virginia62%Check
Virginia Commonwealth University62%Check
VCU54%Check
privacy statement52%Check
VCU Health44%Check
search43%Check
Give42%Check

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