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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
53% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.32 s
File size
80.80 kB
Words
615
Media files
15
Number of links
85 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Glasgow Caledonian University | Scotland, UK
The length of the page title is perfect. (416 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
A vibrant environment for learning, teaching and research. More than 22,000 students study here gaining high-quality education and valuable employability.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (954 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.gcu.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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dcterms.modified2024-09-25T12:07:01+01:00
dcterms.issued2024-09-25T12:07:00+01:00
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theme-color#003da6
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twitter:titleGlasgow Caledonian University | Scotland, UK
twitter:descriptionA vibrant environment for learning, teaching and research. More than 22,000 students study here gaining high-quality education and valuable employability.
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og:titleGlasgow Caledonian University | Scotland, UK
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.gcu.ac.uk
og:imagehttps://www.gcu.ac.uk/__data/assets/git_bridge/0023/4757/dist/mysource_files/favicon-128.png
og:descriptionA vibrant environment for learning, teaching and research. More than 22,000 students study here gaining high-quality education and valuable employability.
og:site_nameGlasgow Caledonian University | Scotland, UK
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 615 words. That's ok.
20.3% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
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 20.13 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, viewport-fit=cover" 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)
5 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

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...ts/image/0018/152730/varieties/large.jpgUndergraduate Students walking through the campus together
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...image/0036/268776/FionaHendersonport.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...0024/268206/People-and-Planet-square.pngNo alt attribute provided
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...a/assets/image/0027/267822/robert400.jpgNo alt attribute provided
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=126595Facebook icon
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=126598X icon
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=126596Instagram icon
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=126597LinkedIn icon
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=126599Youtube icon
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/?a=151027TikTok icon

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Browse by
H2 Modern Universityof the year 2025
H2 Join us inSeptember
H2 Scholarshipsto support you
H2 Find your course
H2 Our research themes
H2 Featured news
H3 Join us in Sept 2025
H3 Studying at Glasgow Caledonian
H3 Global Game Jam returns to University for a 16th year of creativity and collaboration
H4 Contact arrow_forward
H4 Online services arrow_forward
H4 Legal arrow_forward
H4 Contact arrow_forward Duplicate text
H4 Online services arrow_forward Duplicate text
H4 Legal arrow_forward Duplicate text
H4 Join us on social
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are 8 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/Subdomain A-TITLE GCU Homepage
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/studySubdomain Study
/internationalstudySubdomain International Study
/currentstudents/essentials/li...Subdomain Library
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/homeSubdomain Home
/external-links/gcu-student-po...Subdomain GCU Student Portal
/study/opendaysSubdomain Open Days
/currentstudents/support/induc...Subdomain Induction
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/jobsSubdomain Latest vacancies
/aboutgcu/universitynewsSubdomain University news
/aboutgcu/academicschools/gsbsSubdomain Glasgow School for Business and Society
/aboutgcu/academicschools/cebeSubdomain School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment
/aboutgcu/academicschools/hlsSubdomain School of Health and Life Sciences
/research/graduateschoolSubdomain Graduate School
/external-links/gcu-london2Subdomain GCU London
/search?f.Tabs|gcun~ds-courses...Subdomain Courses
/search?f.Tabs|gcun~ds-staff=S...Subdomain Staff
/search?f.Tabs|gcun~ds-news=NewsSubdomain News
/search?f.Tabs|gcun~ds-youtube...Subdomain Social
/search?query=!padrenull&f.Tab...Subdomain Undergraduate courses
/search?query=!padrenull&f.Tab...Subdomain Postgraduate courses
/search?f.Attendance|courseAtt...Subdomain Part-time courses
/aboutgcu/academicschools/gsbsSubdomain Text duplicate Glasgow School for Business and Society
/aboutgcu/academicschools/cebeSubdomain Computing, Engineering and Built Environment
/aboutgcu/academicschools/hlsSubdomain Health and Life Sciences
/aboutgcu/universitynews/glasg...Subdomain About: Modern University - Top UK Modern University 2025 arrow_forward
/study/subjectsSubdomain About: Join us in - Explore our courses arrow_forward
/study/scholarshipsSubdomain About: Scholarships - see what's available arrow_forward
/study/undergraduateSubdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduateSubdomain Text duplicate Postgraduate courses
/internationalstudySubdomain Text duplicate International Study
/study/part-timestudySubdomain Part-time study
/study/undergraduateSubdomain View more coursesarrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-g...Subdomain BSc (Hons) Games Development Find out morearrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-n...Subdomain BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies (Adult) Find out morearrow_forward
/study/courses/software-develo...Subdomain BSc (Hons) Software Development Find out morearrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-a...Subdomain BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology Find out morearrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-i...Subdomain BA (Hons) International Marketing Find out morearrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-b...Subdomain LLB (Hons) Bachelor of Laws Find out morearrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-m...Subdomain BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism Find out morearrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-i...Subdomain BA (Hons) International Tourism and Events Management Find out morearrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-s...Subdomain BA (Hons) Social Work Find out morearrow_forward
/study/courses/undergraduate-i...Subdomain BA (Hons) International Business Find out morearrow_forward
/internationalstudySubdomain Find out more
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/researchSubdomain See all
/research/healthylivesSubdomain volunteer_activism Healthy lives Find out how GCU is making breakthroughs in modern day health challenges to ensure healthy lives for all.
/research/inclusivesocietiesSubdomain all_inclusive Inclusive societies GCU research into inclusive societies is helping to enrich cities and communities through a number of key themes.
/research/sustainableenvironmentsSubdomain compost Sustainable environments Find out about GCU's climate change and climate inequality research and our efforts to tackle the causes of these problems.
/aboutgcu/universitynewsSubdomain See all News
A-TITLE See all News
/aboutgcu/universitynews/globa...Subdomain Global Game Jam returns to University for a 16th year of creativity and collaboration Read morearrow_forward
/aboutgcu/universitynews/actio...Subdomain Action urgently needed to tackle Scotland’s flood risks, study warns arrow_forward
/aboutgcu/universitynews/unive...Subdomain University first in Scotland again for sustainability arrow_forward
/aboutgcu/universitynews/wirel...Subdomain Wireless pesticide detector enjoys successful field test in Kenya arrow_forward
/aboutgcu/universitynews/survi...Subdomain Stroke survivors need tailored support to cope with aftermath arrow_forward
/external-links/gcu-london2Subdomain Text duplicate GCU London
/aboutgcu/international/intern...Subdomain International partnerships
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/contactusSubdomain Contact us
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/traveldi...Subdomain Travel directions
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/campusmapSubdomain Campus map
/aboutgcu/services-and-facilit...Subdomain Complaints
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/jobsSubdomain Text duplicate Latest vacancies
/external-links/student-portalSubdomain Student Portal
/external-links/service-nowSubdomain Service Now
/onlinepaymentsSubdomain Online Payments
/currentstudents/essentials/ti...Subdomain Academic Calendar
/accessibilitySubdomain Accessibility statement
/aboutgcu/leadership/universit...Subdomain Freedom of Information
/privacypolicySubdomain Privacy Policy
/termsconditionsSubdomain Terms and conditions
/external-links/modern-slavery...Subdomain Modern Slavery Act
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/contactusSubdomain Text duplicate Contact us
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/traveldi...Subdomain Text duplicate Travel directions
/aboutgcu/howtofindus/campusmapSubdomain Text duplicate Campus map
/aboutgcu/services-and-facilit...Subdomain Text duplicate Complaints
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/jobsSubdomain Text duplicate Latest vacancies
/external-links/student-portalSubdomain Text duplicate Student Portal
/external-links/service-nowSubdomain Text duplicate Service Now
/onlinepaymentsSubdomain Text duplicate Online Payments
/currentstudents/essentials/ti...Subdomain Text duplicate Academic Calendar
/accessibilitySubdomain Text duplicate Accessibility statement
/aboutgcu/leadership/universit...Subdomain Text duplicate Freedom of Information
/privacypolicySubdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
/termsconditionsSubdomain Text duplicate Terms and conditions
/external-links/modern-slavery...Subdomain Text duplicate Modern Slavery Act
https://www.facebook.com/Glasg...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook icon
A-TITLE Facebook
https://twitter.com/Caledonian...External IMG-ALT X icon
A-TITLE X
https://www.instagram.com/glas...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram icon
A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn icon
A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/user/W...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Youtube icon
A-TITLE Youtube
https://www.tiktok.com/@glasgo...External Subdomain IMG-ALT TikTok icon
A-TITLE TikTok
https://www.connected.gcu.ac.uk/External Subdomain Staff login
https://blackboard.gcal.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain GCU Learn

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.gcu.ac.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.32 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (81 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
set-cookie258 Characters
servercloudflare
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statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 5,405 referring domains.
This page has 226,639 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,628 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /*?sq_content_src=
Disallow: /*_recache
Disallow: /*_edit
Disallow: /*_admin
Disallow: /*_login
Disallow: /*_performance
Disallow: /*_design
Disallow: /*_web_services
Disallow: /*_feeds
Disallow: /search

#GCU added
Disallow: /migration/
Disallow: /squiz-test/
Disallow: /digitaldesign/
Disallow: /digital-design/
Disallow: /training/
Disallow: /gcu-test/
Disallow: /gcutest/
Disallow: /testing/
Disallow: /brandhub/
Disallow: /brand-hub/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /external-links/

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Sitemap: https://www.gcu.ac.uk/sitemap.xml

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Glasgow Caledonian University | Scotland, UK
A vibrant environment for learning, teaching and research. More than 22,000 students study here gaining high-quality education and valuable employability.

Most important keywords

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University54%Check
Caledonian University54%Check
Glasgow Caledonian University53%Check
UK Modern University51%Check
Glasgow50%Check
Caledonian50%Check
Study50%Check
Research50%Check
Glasgow Caledonian50%Check
GCU48%Check
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