Lincoln.ac.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
96% 
Page quality
66% 
Page structure
82% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.19 s
File size
39.00 kB
Words
467
Media files
10
Number of links
80 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
University of Lincoln
The page title is too short. (183 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Situated in a historic city on the beautiful Brayford Pool Waterfront, the University of Lincoln is proud of putting students at the heart of everything it does.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (938 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.lincoln.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

NameValue
viewportinitial-scale=1
descriptionSituated in a historic city on the beautiful Brayford Pool Waterfront, the University of Lincoln is proud of putting students at the heart of everything it does.
DC.modified11/11/2024
authorUniversity of Lincoln
robotsindex, follow
google-site-verificationg8Oi4c31xfqkRzSVAlHKGWaVPdyYQGizJuCWY-Czj78
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 467 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 25.6 words is high.
29.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: nov
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
...ets/images/HQ-Black-Landscaperesize2.pngUniversity of Lincoln Logo
...7/UG,Campaign_Homepage,blue,1600x600.jpgA montage of student imagery and city photography
...L,May23,520,by,Electric,Egg,eggr9364.jpgA student reading a book in their accommodation
...L,May23,004,by,Electric,Egg,eggr7151.jpgStudents walking together down a cobbled street
...ents,socialising,on,campus,1000x1000.jpgTwo students socialising on campus in front of the Brayford Pool
...wresearch/Research,spotlight,700x560.jpgColoured lines and lights
...ts,Outside,NDH,1920,x,1440-1429x1437.jpgTwo University of Lincoln Students outside NDLH building
...t/logo/UOL_greyscale_landscape_white.pngNo alt attribute provided
...e/map/uk_map_lincoln_highlighted_min.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Greatness Is Within
The H1 heading is too short (19 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Greatness Is Within
H2 Study
H2 Student Life
H2 Apply
H2 Research
H2 Business Engagement
H2 Events and Conferencing
H2 About Us
H2 Join our last Open Day of the year
H2 Why Choose Lincoln
H2 Study Duplicate text
H2 January 2025
H2 Living in Lincoln
H2 Creating Brighter Futures
H2 Event Highlights
H2 Latest News
H3 The Lincoln Climate Action Festival
H3 Postgraduate Funding Advice Session
H3 Undergraduate Open Day
H3 ‌
H3 ‌ Duplicate text
H3 ‌ Duplicate text
H3 ‌ Duplicate text
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 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/IMG-ALT University of Lincoln Logo
/studywithus/Study at Lincoln
/studywithus/undergraduatestudy/Undergraduate
/studywithus/postgraduatestudy/Postgraduate
/studywithus/internationalstud...International
/studywithus/flexiblelearning/Flexible Learning
/studywithus/subjects/Our Subject Areas
/studywithus/opendaysandvisits/Open Days and Visits
/studentlife/Life on Campus
/studentlife/supportivecommunity/Support
/studentlife/accommodation/Accommodation
/globalopportunities/Study Abroad
/studentlife/sportatlincoln/Sports and Societies
/studentlife/discoverlincoln/Discover the City
/studentlife/maps/Getting Here
/studywithus/howtoapply/How to Apply
/studywithus/feesandfunding/Fees and Funding
/studywithus/scholarshipsandbu...Scholarships and Bursaries
/studywithus/applicantsandoffe...Applicants and Offer Holders
/parentsguardiansandcarers/Parents, Guardians, and Carers
/teacherszone/Teachers' Zone
/researchatlincoln/Research at Lincoln
/researchatlincoln/researchenv...Environment and Culture
/researchatlincoln/institutesc...Institutes, Centres, and Groups
/studywithus/postgraduatestudy...Postgraduate Research
/studywithus/postgraduatestudy...Research Studentships
/researchatlincoln/researcheth...Ethics and Integrity
/businessengagement/Services for Business
/businessengagement/academicex...Our Expertise
/businessengagement/start-ups/Grow Your Business
/businessengagement/staffdevel...Develop Your Staff
/businessengagement/industryli...Who We Work With
/businessengagement/networking...Networks and Events
/businessengagement/conference...Facilities
/businessengagement/graduatere...Recruit a Graduate
/eventsandconferences/Events at Lincoln
/eventsandconferences/upcoming...Upcoming Events
/studywithus/opendaysandvisits/Text duplicate Open Days and Visits
/studentlife/graduation/Graduation
/businessengagement/conference...Conferencing and Venue Hire
/businessengagement/networking...Networking and Business Events
/abouttheuniversity/About the University
/strategicplan/seniorleadershi...University Leadership
/strategicplan/Strategic Plan
/abouttheuniversity/sustainabi...Sustainability
/abouttheuniversity/onecommunity/One Community
/jobopportunities/Jobs at Lincoln
/abouttheuniversity/pressandme...Press and Media
https://news.lincoln.ac.uk/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Latest News
https://lncn.ac/appNew window Nofollow External Staff
https://lncn.ac/appNew window Nofollow External Students
/alumnicommunity/Alumni
/jobopportunities/Jobs
/alumnicommunity/supporttheuni...Support Us
/studywithus/opendaysandvisits...Book 7 December
/abouttheuniversity/About Us
/search/?searchStudioQuery=all...Subdomain Courses A-Z Find Your Perfect Course
IMG-ALT A student reading a book in their accommodation
/studywithus/undergraduatestudy/Text duplicate Undergraduate
/studywithus/postgraduatestudy/Text duplicate Postgraduate
/studywithus/flexiblelearning/Text duplicate Flexible Learning
/prospectus/Subdomain Order a Prospectus
/studywithus/internationalstud...Find a Course
/studentlife/discoverlincoln/Text duplicate Discover the City
/studentlife/accommodation/Student Accommodation All of our accommodation is either on campus or a short distance away.
IMG-ALT Two students socialising on campus in front of the Brayford Pool
/studentlife/Text duplicate Life on Campus
/abouttheuniversity/onecommunity/Our One Community
/jobopportunities/Job Opportunities
/researchatlincoln/Explore Our Research
/eventsandconferences/upcoming...Subdomain The Lincoln Climate Action Festival
A-TITLE The Lincoln Climate Action Festival
/eventsandconferences/upcoming...Subdomain Postgraduate Funding Advice Session
A-TITLE Postgraduate Funding Advice Session
/studywithus/opendaysandvisits...Subdomain Undergraduate Open Day
A-TITLE Undergraduate Open Day
/eventsandconferences/upcoming...All Events
https://news.lincoln.ac.uk/External Subdomain Search News
https://www.instagram.com/unil...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/unilincolnExternal No Text
https://www.facebook.com/unive...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@univer...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/Univer...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain No Text
/studentlife/maps/Maps and Directions
/contactus/Contact Us
https://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Staff Directory
/studentlife/termdates/Term Dates
/jobopportunities/Text duplicate Jobs
/abouttheuniversity/governance...Policies
/abouttheuniversity/accessibil...Accessibility
/abouttheuniversity/governance...Privacy
https://secretariat.blogs.linc...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Freedom of Information
/media/responsive2017/aboutthe...Anti-slavery Statement
/media/responsive2017/aboutthe...Admissions Terms and Conditions
/abouttheuniversity/governance...Transparency Information
/abouttheuniversity/governance...New window Nofollow Subdomain Anchor Access and Participation Plan

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.lincoln.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 0.19 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (39 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateWed, 13 Nov 2024 06:00:13 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length9551
serverApache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
last-modifiedWed, 13 Nov 2024 01:00:43 GMT
etag"9c30-626c0dcfb8b68-gzip"
accept-rangesbytes
varyAccept-Encoding,User-Agent
content-encodinggzip
cache-controlmax-age=172800
expiresFri, 15 Nov 2024 06:00:13 GMT
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 5,724 referring domains.
This page has 199,858 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,789 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

# robots.txt for https://www.lincoln.ac.uk
#
User-agent:terminalfour-nutch-spider
Allow: /
Allow: /search/

User-agent: *
Disallow: /404/
Disallow: /archive/
Disallow: /cdm/
Disallow: /collegeofscience/foundationyear/
Disallow: /coronavirus/
Disallow: /email/
Disallow: /graduation/graduates
Disallow: /features/
Disallow: /form/
Disallow: /keepmediaalive/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /publish/
Disallow: /seasonsgreetings/
Disallow: /siteconfig/
Disallow: /sitemessages/
Disallow: /staffprofiles/

Disallow: /studyatlincoln/coursefees/
Disallow: /studywithus/chatwithourstudents/
Disallow: /vod/
Disallow: /offerholderdays/
Disallow: /offer-holder-days/
Disallow: /virtual-event/
Disallow: /virtualopenday/

Disallow: /course/archivedcoursesections/
Disallow: /studyatlincoln/coursefees/feeskeywords/

Sitemap: https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/sitemap-en.xml

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University of Lincoln
Situated in a historic city on the beautiful Brayford Pool Waterfront, the University of Lincoln is proud of putting students at the heart of everything it does.

Most important keywords

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University61%Check
Student54%Check
Students50%Check
Greatness50%Check
City48%Check
Brayford48%Check
Pool48%Check
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Brayford Pool48%Check
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