Algonquincollege.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
73% 
Page quality
56% 
Page structure
90% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
76% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.74 s
File size
131.20 kB
Words
400
Media files
12
Number of links
61 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Algonquin College
The page title is too short. (166 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.algonquincollege.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-ca
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-ca
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 markup is not in the first line of your HTML document. There must be no white spaces before the doctype markup.
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 400 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
22.3% 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 10.75 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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 8 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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
...ns/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.pngNo alt attribute provided2024-10064 Fall 3480X1200 HP
...ns/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.pngA close-up of a person with vibrant red hair smiling warmly at the camera. They are wearing a black top, and the focus is on their joyful expression and striking hair colour.2024-10008-I-AM-HomePgBnnr_Mercy_CTA
...ns/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.pngNo alt attribute providedON-CAMPUS-virtual-3840X1200-V3-compressed
...ns/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.pngVirtual Tour - Explore our Campuses Online! Learn More2022-8747-Virtual-Tour-Homepage-banner-3840×1200-web
...hemes/ac-2017/images/AC_HomeLogoBlog.pngCollege logo
...17/images/ottawa-sign-entrance-thumb.jpgSee our Instagram
...7/images/social/social-media-twitter.jpgThree women talking and on the background wall you can read Design, Create and Inspire
.../images/social/social-media-facebook.jpgStudent studiyng at ACCE bulding
...i.ytimg.com/vi/jSU_prUAD_4/mqdefault.jpgAlgonquin College - The future you want is yours to make
...i.ytimg.com/vi/_xLEPEgRNO8/mqdefault.jpgAlgonquin College \
...i.ytimg.com/vi/-EgRMATV0pQ/mqdefault.jpgAlgonquin College DARE District Grand Opening

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Algonquin College
The H1 heading is too short (17 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Algonquin College
H2 If you're seeing this message - that means some of our site's content isn't loading properly. Click here to reload and try another method.
H2 Carousel with college current highlights
H2 Explore Our Programs and Courses
H2 News
H2 Important Dates
H2 AC Events
H2 Co-op is key for students & employers
H2 Student links
H2 The AC Community
H2 X
H2 YouTube
H2 Current Students
H2 Employees
H3 AC Blog
H3 Instagram
H3 X Duplicate text
H3 Facebook
H3 YouTube Duplicate text
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.algonquincollege.com/Anchor Click here to reload and try another method.
https://www.algonquincollege.com/Anchor Skip to content (Press ENTER)
https://www.algonquincollege.com/Subdomain Home page
A-TITLE Algonquin College
/a-z/Site Index
/maps/Campus Maps
https://www.algonquincollege.com/Ottawa
/future-students/Future Students
/current-students/Subdomain Current Students
https://algonquincollege.my.si...External Subdomain Employees
/international/International Students
/future-students/programs/Programs
/financial-aid/Financial Aid
/giving-alumni/Subdomain Alumni | Giving
/about/Subdomain About
/pembroke/Pembroke
/perth/Perth
/online/Online
/intl-campuses/International Campuses
/a-z/Text duplicate Site Index
/maps/Text duplicate Campus Maps
https://www.algonquincollege.com/Subdomain Text duplicate Ottawa
A-TITLE Algonquin College Home – Ottawa Campus
/pembroke/Text duplicate Pembroke
/perth/Text duplicate Perth
/online/Text duplicate Online
/intl-campuses/Int’l Campuses
/future-students/Text duplicate Future Students
/current-students/Subdomain Text duplicate Current Students
https://algonquincollege.my.si...External Subdomain Text duplicate Employees
/international/Text duplicate International Students
/future-students/programs/Text duplicate Programs
/financial-aid/Text duplicate Financial Aid
/giving-alumni/Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni | Giving
/about/Subdomain Text duplicate About
/future-students/programs/Programs A-Z
/future-students/programs/cred...Credential
/future-students/programs/area...Areas of Interest
/future-students/programs/schoolsSchools & Institutes
/future-students/programs/campus/Campus
/future-students/courses/Courses A-Z
/news/oncat/Subdomain Algonquin College graduates join Queen’s University peers through engineering diploma-to-degree pa...
A-TITLE Algonquin College graduates join Queen’s University peers through engineering diploma-to-degree pathway
/news/algonquin-college-to-hon...Subdomain Algonquin College to honour accomplished graduates at annual Alumni of Distinction Awards
A-TITLE Algonquin College to honour accomplished graduates at annual Alumni of Distinction Awards
/news/algonquin-college-prepar...Subdomain Algonquin College Prepares to Mark National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Sept. 30
A-TITLE Algonquin College Prepares to Mark National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Sept. 30
/news/nokia-canada-donates-ove...Subdomain Nokia Canada donates over $530,000 in cutting-edge technology to Algonquin College, building an indu...
A-TITLE Nokia Canada donates over $530,000 in cutting-edge technology to Algonquin College, building an industry ecosystem of innovation
/news/View All News
/public-relations/master-event...View All Important Dates
/studentsupportservices/blog/e...Subdomain The AC Purple Couch™
/public-relations/master-event...View All Events
/coop/Learn More
/future-students/our-campuses/Subdomain Explore the campuses and book a tour
/studentsupportservices/Subdomain Student Support Services
/careers/Subdomain AC Career Opportunities
/financial-aid/Subdomain Financial Aid & Student Awards
/ro/applicants/Subdomain Admissions
http://www.algonquinsa.com/External Subdomain Students' Association
/college-blog/new-restaurant-o...Subdomain IMG-ALT College logo
A-TITLE New restaurant owner mixes Algonquin College into their recipe for success
/college-blog/new-restaurant-o...Subdomain New restaurant owner mixes Algonquin College into their recipe for success
/college-blog/More Blog Posts
https://www.instagram.com/algo...External Subdomain See our Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/algo...External Subdomain More Photos
https://x.com/AlgonquinCollegNew window External X @AlgonquinColleg
https://x.com/AlgonquinCollegExternal Check Our X
https://x.com/AlgonquinCollegExternal More Posts
https://www.facebook.com/algon...New window External Subdomain See all of our posts on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/algon...External Subdomain Text duplicate More Posts
https://www.youtube.com/user/A...New window External Subdomain YouTube @AlgonquinVideos
https://youtu.be/jSU_prUAD_4New window External Algonquin College - The future you want is yours to make 08 Sep 2022
IMG-ALT Algonquin College - The future you want is yours to make
https://youtu.be/_xLEPEgRNO8New window External Algonquin College "Changing Lives" Commercial 08 Apr 2019
IMG-ALT Algonquin College \
https://youtu.be/-EgRMATV0pQNew window External Algonquin College DARE District Grand Opening 30 May 2018
IMG-ALT Algonquin College DARE District Grand Opening
https://www.youtube.com/user/A...External Subdomain More Videos
https://liveac.algonquincolleg...External Subdomain LIVE@AC
https://brightspace.algonquinc...External Subdomain Brightspace
/current-students/Subdomain Student Portal
https://liveac.algonquincolleg...External Subdomain Email
/workday/Subdomain Workday
/employees/Subdomain myAC
/acmarketing/website-feedback/Website Feedback
/accessibility-resources/Accessibility
/policies/privacy/Privacy Statement
/cookie-notice/Find out more on how we use cookies

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.algonquincollege.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.74 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (131 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 3,089 referring domains.
This page has 342,593 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,327 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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