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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
77% 
Page quality
72% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
62% 
Server
40% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.53 s
File size
92.30 kB
Words
732
Media files
42
Number of links
75 internal / 27 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
North Island College
The page title is too short. (185 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Located in Campbell River, Courtenay, Port Alberni, Port Hardy and Ucluelet, North Island College offers university courses, programs, degrees, diplomas and certificates in arts, science, health, human services, business, trades, technology, fine arts & tourism
There are more than one meta descriptions on the page. Only one is allowed.
The meta description is too long: 1595 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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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descriptionLocated in Campbell River, Courtenay, Port Alberni, Port Hardy and Ucluelet, North Island College offers university courses, programs, degrees, diplomas and certificates in arts, science, health, human services, business, trades, technology, fine arts & tourism.
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Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 6 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Studying at NIC means an accessible, affordable education in five stun...
  • Duplicate 2: Post-secondary is a big choice. That's why our Future Students team is...
  • Duplicate 3: We’re committed to Indigenous-led learning and Indigenous students and...
This page contains 732 words. That's ok.
28.7% 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.
11 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.63 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.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
33 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
/images/icons/back-to-top-icon.svgNo alt attribute provided
/images2/search-icon-black.pngSearch icon
/images/north-island-college-logo.svgNIC logo
/images2/search-icon.pngSearch icon
/images2/search-icon-black.pngSearch icon
/images/north-island-college-logo.svgNIC logo
/images2/search-icon.pngSearch icon
/images2/homepage-a-sea-of-opportunity.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...homepage-a-sea-of-opportunity-mobile.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images2/homepage-community-powered.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s2/homepage-community-powered-mobile.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...es2/homepage-naturally-extraordinary.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...epage-naturally-extraordinary-mobile.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...age_images/block-featured-program-37.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...age_images/block-featured-program-50.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...age_images/block-featured-program-65.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...age_images/block-featured-program-40.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...age_images/block-featured-program-53.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...age_images/block-featured-program-56.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...age_images/block-featured-program-14.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...page_images/block-featured-program-9.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...age_images/block-featured-program-55.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...icons/NIC_Icon-WorkingTogether_White.svgNo alt attribute provided
/images2/homepage-map-of-nic-campuses2.jpgMap of Vancouver Island, BC showing location of NIC's campuses at Port Hardy, Campbell River, Comox Valley, Port Alberni and Ucluelet.
/images/icons/NIC_Icon-Place-Land_White.svgNo alt attribute provided
/images/icons/NIC_Icon-Care-Sun_White.svgNo alt attribute provided
/images2/homepage-grad-ceremony.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images2/homepage-myra-falls.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...icons/NIC_Icon-WorkingTogether_White.svgNo alt attribute provided
...ge-Map-Graphic-Tablet_836x510-tablet.pngMap of Vancouver Island, BC showing location of NIC's campuses at Port Hardy, Campbell River, Comox Valley, Port Alberni and Ucluelet.
/images/icons/NIC_Icon-Place-Land_White.svgNo alt attribute provided
...e-Here-To-Help-Tablet_836x504-tablet.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/icons/NIC_Icon-Care-Sun_White.svgNo alt attribute provided
...rking-Together-Tablet_836x504-tablet.pngNo alt attribute provided
...icons/NIC_Icon-WorkingTogether_White.svgNo alt attribute provided
...68-witness-blanket-install-thumbnail.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...5867-chief-janice-george---thumbnail.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...mages/5861-montana-pistell-thumbnail.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...68-witness-blanket-install-thumbnail.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...5867-chief-janice-george---thumbnail.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...mages/5861-montana-pistell-thumbnail.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images/NICI_websitefooter_CMYK_reverse.svgNIC logo

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 Featured Programs
H2 Where you learn matters
H2 We're here to help
H2 Working Together
H2 Where you learn matters Duplicate text
H2 We're here to help Duplicate text
H2 Working Together Duplicate text
H2 NIC News
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 11 links with a trivial anchor text.
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 too many external links (27) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.nic.bc.ca/Anchor Skip to Content
https://www.nic.bc.ca/IMG-ALT NIC logo
/about-us/contact-us/questions/ASK A QUESTION
/student-life-support-services...myNIC LOGIN
https://calendar.nic.bc.ca/External Subdomain Academic Calendar
/programs/summer-camps/Youth Academy
https://mycourses.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Brightspace
https://careercentral.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain CareerCentral
https://selfservice.nic.bc.ca/...New window External Subdomain CE Registration
https://learnanywhere.opened.ca/New window External Subdomain Learn Anywhere
https://library.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Library & Learning Commons
https://teachanywhere.opened.ca/New window External Subdomain Teaching and Learning Supports
https://careers.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Work at NIC
/audience/employees/Employees
/admissions/applying-through-e...Apply Now
/audience/future-students/Future Students
/audience/current-students/Current Students
/international/International Students
/continuing-education/Continuing Education Students
/indigenous-students/Indigenous Students
https://www.nic.bc.ca/Text duplicate IMG-ALT NIC logo
/about-us/contact-us/questions/Text duplicate ASK A QUESTION
/student-life-support-services...Text duplicate myNIC LOGIN
https://calendar.nic.bc.ca/External Subdomain Text duplicate Academic Calendar
/programs/summer-camps/Text duplicate Youth Academy
https://mycourses.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Brightspace
https://careercentral.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate CareerCentral
https://selfservice.nic.bc.ca/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate CE Registration
https://learnanywhere.opened.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn Anywhere
https://library.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Library & Learning Commons
https://teachanywhere.opened.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Teaching and Learning Supports
https://careers.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Work at NIC
/audience/employees/Text duplicate Employees
https://www.nic.bc.ca/programs/Programs and Courses
https://www.nic.bc.ca/admissions/Admissions
/financial-aid-awards/Financial Aid & Awards
/student-life-support-services/Student Life & Support Services
https://www.nic.bc.ca/about-us/About Us
/audience/future-students/Text duplicate Future Students
/audience/current-students/Text duplicate Current Students
/international/Text duplicate International Students
/continuing-education/Text duplicate Continuing Education Students
/indigenous-students/Text duplicate Indigenous Students
/admissions/applying-through-e...Text duplicate Apply Now
https://www.nic.bc.ca/programs/Programs
/admissions/applying-through-e...Apply
/programs/health-and-human-ser...Trivial anchor text
Read more
/programs/arts-science-and-man...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/programs/continuing-education...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/programs/continuing-education...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/programs/health-and-human-ser...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/programs/trades-apprenticeshi...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/programs/arts-science-and-man...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/programs/arts-science-and-man...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/programs/trades-apprenticeshi...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/our-locations/Campuses
/audience/future-students/Connect
/about-us/reconciliation-indig...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/our-locations/Text duplicate Campuses
/audience/future-students/Text duplicate Connect
/about-us/reconciliation-indig...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about-us/nic-news/news/NIC News
/about-us/nic-news/news/artist...Artist who explored reclaimed residential school items opens NIC Artist Talk series
/about-us/nic-news/news/indige...NIC Indigenous Speaker Series opener weaves her roots to reinvigorate lives
/about-us/nic-news/news/alumni...NIC alumni network aims to grow and share stories
/about-us/nic-news/news/artist...News Nov 14, 2024 Artist who explored reclaimed residential school items opens NIC Artist Talk series
/about-us/nic-news/news/indige...News Nov 7, 2024 NIC Indigenous Speaker Series opener weaves her roots to reinvigorate lives
/about-us/nic-news/news/alumni...News Oct 31, 2024 NIC alumni network aims to grow and share stories
https://www.nic.bc.ca/Anchor Events
https://www.nic.bc.ca/Anchor Key Dates
/student-life-support-services...View all Events
/about-us/nic-news/news/indige...Indigenous Education events – November
/about-us/nic-news/news/intern...International Education Week 2024
/about-us/nic-news/news/liǧʷiɫ...Liǧʷiɫdax̌ʷ History Presentation
/about-us/nic-news/news/artist...Artist Talk: Carey Newman
/about-us/nic-news/news/dal-st...DAL Students Celebration of Learning: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
/about-us/nic-news/news/indige...Indigenous Speaker Series
/admissions/key-dates/academic...View all Key Dates
/about-us/research/carti/Applied Research
https://careercentral.nic.bc.c...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate CareerCentral
https://foundation.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Foundation
/international/International
https://library.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Library & Learning Commons
https://teachanywhere.opened.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Teaching and Learning Supports
/student-life-support-services...Sign into myNIC
https://careers.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Work at NIC
/audience/employees/Text duplicate Employees
/audience/recruitment-partners/For Recruitment Partners
/audience/counsellors/For Counsellors
https://foundation.nic.bc.ca/w...New window External Subdomain For Donors
/audience/current-students/For Current Students
/audience/future-students/For Future Students
/audience/parents/For Parents
/about-us/contact-us/questions/Ask a Question
/about-us/contact-us/Contact Us
https://www.facebook.com/North...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/N...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/nort...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/edu/s...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/NIC_firstNew window External No Text
https://www.nic.bc.ca/privacy/Privacy
https://www.nic.bc.ca/sitemapSite Map

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nic.bc.ca/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.53 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (92 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate,no-cache
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
set-cookie74 Characters
x-aspnet-version4.0.30319
x-powered-byASP.NET
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access-control-allow-originhttps://mynic.nic.bc.ca
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
dateSun, 17 Nov 2024 11:51:54 GMT
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 858 referring domains.
This page has 10,270 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 675 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Island61%Check
North Island College60%Check
College59%Check
North59%Check
Programs50%Check
Campbell River48%Check
Science46%Check
Certificate46%Check
Diploma46%Check
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