Plymouth.ac.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
62% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.28 s
File size
57.40 kB
Words
569
Media files
22
Number of links
77 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
University of Plymouth
The length of the page title is perfect. (203 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to the University of Plymouth, advancing knowledge, transforming lives.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (502 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.plymouth.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
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MobileOptimized320
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
These Typos were found:
  • cant => cannot, can not, can't
The average number of words per sentence of 37.25 words is high.
This page contains 569 words. That's ok.
25.1% of the text are stop words.
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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width,initial-scale=1,minimum-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
The amount of tags is very high (20). We recommend using a maximum of 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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
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...83c5a2657141cd3/Place-based-research.jpgPlace-based research concept: crowd of people standing on a computer motherboard (full-bleed)
...a2657141cd3/shutterstock_512146558_1.jpgOffshore wind turbine in a wind farm under construction off the England coast at sunset.
...er_Plym_at_Brisworthy_Burrows_(3141).jpgRiver Plym at Brisworthy Burrows. Image: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
...9c0734247dd78a11ba00dc856f675f29e108.svgUniversity of Plymouth
...24a2a5fcf7da4a3e7b99c798604bd54fe6ca.pngConnect With University of Plymouth
...7a52465181f43f9d7a886f9101da144c5b76.pngUniversity of Plymouth celebrating Gold ratings in Teaching Excellence Framework

Page structure

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

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 It’s your future Make it count
H2 BSearch course vacancies
H2 Prepare for your university adventure
H2 Research tackling global issues
H2 Events coming up
H2 Join the conversation
H2 Popular links
H2 Contact us
H3 Study
H3 Research
H3 International
H3 Business
H3 About
H3 Connect with us
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 21 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/IMG-ALT University of Plymouth
https://mobile.plymouth.ac.uk/...External Subdomain Anchor Student
A-TITLE Student Login
https://portal.plymouth.ac.uk/External Subdomain Staff
A-TITLE Staff Login
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/studyStudy
/subjectsCourses
/study/undergraduateUndergraduate
/study/postgraduatePostgraduate
/study/research-degreesPostgraduate research
/study/cpdProfessional development
/student-lifeStudent life
/services/accommodationAccommodation
/services/library-servicesLibrary services
/student-life/academic-year-datesImportant dates
/study/open-daysRegister for an open day
/researchResearch
/research/institutesInstitutes
/research/impactImpact
/study/research-degreesText duplicate Postgraduate research
/services/library-servicesText duplicate Library services
/research/ref2021Research Excellence Framework 2021
/research/public-policyPublic Policy
/internationalInternational
/international/applyApplication advice
/international/exchange-opport...Exchange and free mover opportunities
/international/study/internati...Country guides
/services/international-studen...Advice for international students
/services/accommodationText duplicate Accommodation
/business-partnersBusiness
/study/cpdText duplicate Professional development
/business-partners/work-based-...Degree apprenticeships
/business-partners/enterprise-...Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
/business-partners/academic-pa...Academic partnerships
https://donate.plymouth.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain Donate
/business-partners/enterprise-...Collaborate
/about-usAbout
/about-us/strategyStrategy, mission and vision
/students-and-family/governanceGovernance
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/alumniAlumni
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/newsNews
/about-us/visitVisit
/about-us/jobsWorking here
/students-and-family/arts-inst...Public arts programme
/students-and-family/contactContact
/students-and-family/contact/ Contact us by email
/services/accommodationGuaranteed Clearing accommodation
IMG-ALT Students in halls
/welcome/inductionYour guide to starting university
IMG-ALT Students walking by the sea at Firestone Bay
/welcome/induction/online-enro...Complete your enrolment
IMG-ALT Student in the Babbage roof garden
https://www.timeshighereducati...New window External Subdomain UK Top 5 for life below water and top 3 for zero hunger
IMG-ALT UK top 5 for life below water and top 3 for zero hunger
https://www.officeforstudents....New window External Subdomain TEF gold across all three categories
IMG-ALT Teaching Excellence Framework Gold
/students-and-family/sustainab...Subdomain Second carbon-neutral university in the UK
IMG-ALT Carbon neutral logo
/about-us/the-queens-anniversa...Subdomain 3 Queen’s Anniversary Prizes
IMG-ALT Queens Anniversary Prize Logo
/careers-and-employmentSubdomain High rate of graduate employment
IMG-ALT Graduate Outcomes logo
/celtic-seaIMG-ALT Celtic Sea floating offshore wind
/celtic-seaFloating offshore wind solutions for Celtic Sea developers
/sustainability-solutionsIMG-ALT Planet Earth as appearing from space with warm sunlight.
/sustainability-solutionsSustainability Solutions
/research/placeIMG-ALT Place-based research concept: crowd of people standing on a computer motherboard (full-bleed)
/research/placeAddressing global challenges through the lens of place
/researchSubdomain Explore more research
/whats-on/river-plym-project-c...River Plym Project Celebration and Exhibition
/whats-on/water-waves-mathemat...Water Waves – Mathematical Theory and Applications
/whats-on/temperate-rainforest...Temperate Rainforest Futures: Dreams, needs and opportunities
/whats-on/international-radiow...International Radiowave Oceanography Workshop (ROW2024)
/whats-on/futures-a-festival-o...FUTURES: A Festival of Discovery
/tagged_events?tags=coming-upMore related events
https://twitter.com/PlymUniExternal X | @PlymUni
https://www.instagram.com/plym...External Subdomain Instagram | plymuni
https://www.facebook.com/plymo...External Subdomain Facebook | University of Plymouth
https://www.tiktok.com/@plymun...External Subdomain TikTok | @plymuni
https://www.youtube.com/@Unive...External Subdomain YouTube | University of Plymouth
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain LinkedIn | University of Plymouth
https://m.weibo.cn/u/606254033...External Subdomain Weibo | University of Plymouth
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/studyCourses and study
/student-lifeText duplicate Student life
/students-and-familyStudents and family
/internationalInternational Plymouth
/researchResearch and expertise
/business-partnersBusiness and partners
/business-partners/academic-pa...Academic Partnerships
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/alumniText duplicate Alumni
/about-usAbout us
/feeds/newsSubdomain 4 News RSS feed
/whats-on& What's on
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/helpSubdomain G Accessibility and help
/about-us/university-structure...Modern slavery statement
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/Text duplicate University of Plymouth
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps...External Subdomain ( Maps & directions
/about-us/visitA Visit us
/about-us/jobs] Job vacancies
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/IMG-ALT Connect With University of Plymouth
https://tef2023.officeforstude...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT University of Plymouth celebrating Gold ratings in Teaching Excellence Framework
http://www.facebook.com/plymou...External Subdomain Facebook
http://www.twitter.com/plymuniExternal Subdomain Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/user/Pl...External Subdomain Youtube
http://www.instagram.com/plymuniExternal Subdomain Instagram
http://www.pinterest.com/plymuniExternal Subdomain Pinterest
https://www.snapchat.com/add/p...External Subdomain Snapchat
http://www.linkedin.com/edu/sc...External Subdomain Linkedin

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.plymouth.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 0.28 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (57 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 9,047 referring domains.
This page has 197,330 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 6,148 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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www.plymouth.ac.uk
University of Plymouth
Welcome to the University of Plymouth, advancing knowledge, transforming lives.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

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