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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
61% 
Page quality
76% 
Page structure
60% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
97% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.46 s
File size
59.30 kB
Words
582
Media files
22
Number of links
105 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Dominican University of California | Private University in the SF Bay Area
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 650 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Dominican University of California, located just 12 miles north of San Francisco, is known for excellence in academics, research, and engaged learning. Learn more about the Dominican Experience.
The meta description is too long: 1215 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.dominican.edu/
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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descriptionDominican University of California, located just 12 miles north of San Francisco, is known for excellence in academics, research, and engaged learning. Learn more about the Dominican Experience.
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og:titleDominican University of California
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 582 words. That's ok.
23.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 17.6 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 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...stom/dominican/assets/img/logo-black.svgDominican University of California Logo
...-event-hero.jpg?h=89550382&itok=wS1dwoY3students in a classroom looking towards the front of the classroom
...ng-homepage.jpg?h=96f6ddc7&itok=uvXdkIk9students working in a group
...page-hero-2.jpg?h=409aefaa&itok=O0ybGKGTgolden gate bridge view
...ome-gallery.jpg?h=e09bc791&itok=9xSGmMPZa diverse group of undergraduate students
...ents-audience-homepage.jpg?itok=aH8up1CUfour undergraduate students smiling
...ents-audience-homepage.jpg?itok=X0JgZN7yDominican University of California faculty and student smiling at the camera.
...rner-audience-homepage.jpg?itok=ojaPeuHyportrait of a woman holding a notebook close to her chest outdoors.
...mo-homepage.jpg?h=d839f8d0&itok=C2GggB5Sstudents jumping up in front of meadowlands with the U.S. News badge on the top right corner for Best Regional College West
...5/campus-tours-explore.jpg?itok=FA5D8aaestudents coming down the stairs of Meadowlands Hall on a sunny day
...to-a-counselor-explore.jpg?itok=pyEsAdGEA group of Dominican University of California peer counselors
...05/campus-life-explore.jpg?itok=WL7zvtajstudents jumping and celebrating on the lawn of Meadowlands Hall at Dominican University
...sion-II-school-explore.jpg?itok=ftzQTHReDominican University students playing soccer
...-02/andrew-cudden-news.jpg?itok=11tLgweHAndrew Cudden
.../shriver-headshot-news.jpg?itok=vud8aBXGMaria Shriver
...04x504-personal-growth.jpg?itok=KGBadiMIFemale student working at the computer while talking to a counselor.
.../504x504-connectedness.jpg?itok=pHoa806eTwo girls embracing each other and smiling.
...24-05/accomplishment-1.jpg?itok=ohqgBUVZgraduates walking together in caps and gowns
...4-05/504x504-readiness.jpg?itok=JnGWQrTITwo students standing next to their research poster.
...-checkerboard-homepage.jpg?itok=rCJvoJzwDominican University of California Women's Basketball game
...a_meadowlands_1600x748.jpg?itok=0KnyTr4XMeadowlands Hall, Dominican University of California
...stom/dominican/assets/img/logo-white.svgDominican University of California Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Graduate Admissions Instant Decision Day March 22
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
There are 30 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 Graduate Admissions Instant Decision Day March 22
H1 The 2025-26 FAFSA and California Dream Act Applications are open!
H1 Enjoy the San Francisco Bay Area
H1 Discover the Dominican Experience
H2 Dominican is top-ranked again!
H2 Explore the University
H2 The Dominican Experience
H2 Go Penguins!
H2 Take the Next Step
H2 Helpful Links
H2 Resources For
H2 Social Media Links
H3 Undergraduate Students
H3 Graduate Students
H3 Adult Learners
H3 Campus Tours
H3 Talk to a Counselor
H3 Life on Campus
H3 Athletics
H3 Upcoming Events
H3 News
H3 Experience Personal Growth
H3 Experience Connectedness
H3 Experience Accomplishment
H3 Experience Readiness
H4 Online Information Session: MS Cybersecurity (MSC)
H4 Online Information Session: Earn Your Healthcare EMBA in One Year
H4 Online Information Session: Barowsky School of Business (BSB)
H4 First-Year Student-Athlete Gains Hands-on Insight Into Politics, Community
H4 Maria Shriver, Rick Steves, Isabel Allende Headline Spring 2025 Leadership Lecture Series
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.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.dominican.edu/Anchor Skip to main site navigation
https://www.dominican.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
/about/safety-and-emergency-in...Learn more
/admissions/request-informationRequest Info
/admissions/visit-and-connectVisit
/admissions/apply-nowApply
https://www.dominican.edu/IMG-ALT Dominican University of California Logo
/academicsAcademics
A-TITLE Academics
/academics/dominican-experienceThe Dominican Experience
/academics/undergraduate-programsUndergraduate Majors and Programs
/academics/graduate-programsGraduate Programs
/academics/adult-and-continuin...Adult and Continuing Education
/academics/honors-programHonors Program
/academics/schoolsSchools
A-TITLE Schools
/academics/archbishop-alemany-...The Archbishop Alemany Library
/academics/engaged-learningEngaged Learning
A-TITLE Engaged Learning
/academics/academic-calendarAcademic Calendar
/directory/registrarSubdomain Registrar
/admissionsAdmissions and Aid
A-TITLE Admissions and Aid
/admissions/apply-nowApply Now
A-TITLE Apply Now
/admissions/undergraduate-firs...Undergraduate First-Year Admissions
A-TITLE Undergraduate First-Year Admissions
/admissions/transfer-admissionsTransfer Admissions
/admissions/graduate-admissionsGraduate Admissions
/admissions/visit-and-connectVisit and Connect
/academics/adult-and-continuin...Adult Degree Completion Admissions
/academics/undergraduate-progr...Subdomain Certificate Programs
/admissions/international-admi...International Admissions
/admissions/tuition-and-financ...Tuition and Financial Aid
/admissions/request-informationRequest Information
/campus-lifeCampus Life
/campus-life/living-campusLiving on Campus
/campus-life/getting-involvedGetting Involved
/campus-life/student-services-...Student Services and Resources
/campus-life/health-and-wellnessHealth and Wellness
/campus-life/student-handbook-...Student Handbook and Policies
/campus-life/student-services-...Bookstore
https://www.dominican.edu/aboutAbout
/about/our-campusOur Campus
/about/university-rankingsUniversity Rankings
A-TITLE Facts, figures and major accomplishments
/about/community-and-belongingDiversity, Equity & Inclusion
/about/leadershipLeadership
A-TITLE Leaders of the University
/about/dominican-mission-and-h...Dominican Mission and History
/about/student-successStudent Success and Institutional Effectiveness
/about/policies-and-proceduresPolicies and Procedures
/about/safety-and-emergency-in...Safety and Emergency Information
/about/commencementCommencement
/directory/campus-and-venue-re...Campus and Venue Rentals
/about/summer-campsSummer Camps
/about/maps-directions-and-con...Maps, Directions and Contact
https://dominicanathletics.com/External Athletics
/directory-peopleDirectory
https://www.dominican.edu/newsNews
/admissions/visit-and-connectText duplicate Visit
A-TITLE Visit and Tour
/admitted-studentsAdmitted Students
A-TITLE Resources for newly admitted Dominican students
/current-studentsCurrent Students
/admissions/undergraduate-firs...Parents and Family
/counselorsCounselors
/faculty-and-staffFaculty and Staff
https://www.dominican.edu/alumniAlumni
/directory/office-advancement-...Subdomain Give
/events/graduate-admissions-in...Subdomain More Info & RSVP
/admissions/tuition-and-financ...Subdomain Go here
/campus-life/living-campusSubdomain Text duplicate Learn more
/academics/dominican-experienceSubdomain Learn More
/academics/undergraduate-programsIMG-ALT four undergraduate students smiling
/academics/undergraduate-programsUndergraduate Students
/academics/graduate-programsIMG-ALT Dominican University of California faculty and student smiling at the camera.
/academics/graduate-programsGraduate Students
/academics/adult-and-continuin...Subdomain IMG-ALT portrait of a woman holding a notebook close to her chest outdoors.
/academics/adult-and-continuin...Subdomain Adult Learners
/news/news-listing/dominican-r...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about/our-campusIMG-ALT students coming down the stairs of Meadowlands Hall on a sunny day
/about/our-campusCampus Tours
/admissions/visit-and-connectSubdomain IMG-ALT A group of Dominican University of California peer counselors
/admissions/visit-and-connectSubdomain Talk to a Counselor
/campus-life/living-campusIMG-ALT students jumping and celebrating on the lawn of Meadowlands Hall at Dominican University
/campus-life/living-campusLife on Campus
https://dominicanathletics.com/External IMG-ALT Dominican University students playing soccer
https://dominicanathletics.com/External Text duplicate Athletics
/events/online-information-ses...Online Information Session: MS Cybersecurity (MSC)
/events/online-information-ses...Online Information Session: Earn Your Healthcare EMBA in One Year
/events/online-information-ses...Online Information Session: Barowsky School of Business (BSB)
https://www.dominican.edu/eventsAll Events
/news/news-listing/first-year-...First-Year Student-Athlete Gains Hands-on Insight Into Politics, Community
/news/news-listing/maria-shriv...Maria Shriver, Rick Steves, Isabel Allende Headline Spring 2025 Leadership Lecture Series
https://www.dominican.edu/newsAll News
/academics/dominican-experienceText duplicate The Dominican Experience
/academics/dominican-experienc...Experience Personal Growth
IMG-ALT Female student working at the computer while talking to a counselor.
/academics/dominican-experienc...Experience Connectedness
IMG-ALT Two girls embracing each other and smiling.
/academics/dominican-experienc...Experience Accomplishment
IMG-ALT graduates walking together in caps and gowns
/academics/dominican-experienc...Experience Readiness
IMG-ALT Two students standing next to their research poster.
https://dominicanathletics.com/External Learn About Athletics
/admissions/request-informationText duplicate Request Info
/admissions/visit-and-connectSubdomain Text duplicate Visit
/admissions/apply-nowText duplicate Apply Now
https://www.dominican.edu/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Dominican University of California Logo
/about/maps-directions-and-con...Contact Us
/admissions/request-informationText duplicate Request Information
/directory/human-resourcesCareer Opportunities
/about/safety-and-emergency-in...Emergency Information
/about/safety-and-emergency-in...Title IX Resources
/admitted-studentsText duplicate Admitted Students
A-TITLE Resources for newly admitted Dominican students
/current-studentsText duplicate Current Students
/admissions/undergraduate-firs...Text duplicate Parents and Family
/counselorsText duplicate Counselors
/faculty-and-staffText duplicate Faculty and Staff
/website-feedbackWebsite Feedback
/privacy-policyPrivacy
/consumer-informationConsumer Information
https://twitter.com/DominicanC...New window External Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/Domin...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/user/d...New window External Subdomain Youtube
https://www.instagram.com/domi...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@this_i...New window External Subdomain TikTok

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.dominican.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.46 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 (59 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 327 referring domains.
This page has 1,255 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 273 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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Dominican University of California, located just 12 miles north of San Francisco, is known for excellence in academics, research, and engaged learning. Learn more about the Dominican Experience.

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Dominican University74%Check
Dominican University California71%Check
Dominican Experience68%Check
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Graduate58%Check
Graduate Admissions55%Check
Experience54%Check
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