Salliemae.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
97% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
96% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.48 s
File size
130.30 kB
Words
1488
Media files
52
Number of links
145 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Sallie Mae | Education Loans, College Planning & Online Banking
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 587 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Sallie Mae is the nation’s saving, planning, and paying for college company, offering private education loans, free college planning tools, and online banking.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (959 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.salliemae.com/
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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twitter:cardsummary
twitter:titleSallie Mae
twitter:site@SallieMae
twitter:descriptionWe believe education and life-long learning, in all forms, help people achieve great things. We provide financing and know-how to support access to college and offer products to help customers make new goals and experiences, beyond college, happen.
twitter:creator@SallieMae
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og:typearticle
og:titleSallie Mae
og:descriptionWe believe education and life-long learning, in all forms, help people achieve great things. We provide financing and know-how to support access to college and offer products to help customers make new goals and experiences, beyond college, happen.
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charsetUTF-8

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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 1488 words. That's ok.
30% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
10 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 12.49 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, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 177 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"accrued interest calculator student loan calculator types of student loans federal vs private student ..."
The following tag is repeated too often: aprfootnote 1
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
36 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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...dia/images/Student loans/Sallie-logo.pngSallie logo
...Student loans/Student-taking-a-photo.pngStudent taking a photo.
... loans/Two-students-sitting-together.pngTwo students sitting and smiling together.
...loans/Four-students-sitting-together.pngFour students sitting together.
...ration-of-a-brain-wearing-headphones.pngIllustration of a brain wearing headphones.
...t loans/Student-working-on-a-laptop .pngStudent working on a laptop with headphones in.
...mpus-building-with-students-in-front.pngCampus building with students in front.
...s/Student loans/Two-students-talking.pngTwo students talking.
...ia/images/Student loans/Scholarships.pngScholarship
...Media/images/Student loans/Star-icon.pngNo alt attribute provided
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...tration-of-a-woman-sitting-on-a-book.pngIllustration of a woman sitting on a book.
.../images/footer/icons-social-facebook.svgNo alt attribute provided
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...images/footer/icons-social-instagram.svgNo alt attribute provided
...s/images/footer/icons-social-youtube.svgNo alt attribute provided
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Don't stress over the FAFSA® status
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Don't stress over the FAFSA® status
H2 You need more. And there’s so much more we can do.
H2 Looking for more?
H2 Pay less for college. For real.
H2 Inspo for your journey
H4 This is where Sallie comes in
H4 Scholarship Search, an easy way to find scholarships made for you
H4 $2,000 scholarship to help you pay for schoolfootnote 2
H4 Student Hub has the answers to your higher ed questions
H4 Illustration of a brain wearing headphones.
H4 Need some study music?
H4 Student working on a laptop with headphones in.
H4 Want step-by-step help with the FAFSA®?
H4 Campus building with students in front.
H4 Looking for advice on campus life?
H4 Two students talking.
H4 How are students paying for college?
H4 Enter to win $2,000 scholarshipfootnote 2
H5 Fixed rates: 4.25% - 15.49% APRfootnote 1
H5 Variable rates: 5.37% - 15.70% APRfootnote 1
H5 Scholarship
H5 Find scholarships that are right for you
H5 Helping more students access education
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an 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 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
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/student-loans/private-student...Subdomain Private Student Loans
/student-loans/smart-option-st...Subdomain Undergraduate student loans
/student-loans/smart-option-st...Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate student loans
/student-loans/smart-option-st...Subdomain Nursing school students
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain Graduate student loans
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate student loans
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain Bar study loans
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain Health professions graduate loans
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain Dental residency and relocation loans
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain Graduate school loans
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain Dental school loans
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain MBA loans
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain Law school loans
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain Medical school loans
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain Medical residency and relocation loans
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Subdomain Physician assistant school students
/student-loans/career-training...Subdomain Career training and trade school loans
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Subdomain Get ready to borrow
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Subdomain Student Loan Disbursement: How It Works
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Subdomain Interest and repayment options
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Subdomain Consider a student loan with a cosigner
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Subdomain Decide how much to borrow
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/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Subdomain Graduate with manageable debt
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Subdomain What affects your total student loan cost
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Subdomain Get the Funding You Need: Start Your Student Loan Application
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Subdomain Understand private student loans for college
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/student-loans/graduate-school...Subdomain Graduate school Grants and fellowships
/student-loans/graduate-school...Subdomain Other ways to pay for graduate school
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/student-loans/graduate-school...Subdomain Financial aid for graduate school
/student-loans/graduate-school...Subdomain How to Pay for Grad School
/student-loans/graduate-school...Subdomain Text duplicate How to Pay for Grad School
/student-loans/graduate-school...Subdomain Paying for health professions graduate school
/student-loans/graduate-school...Subdomain How to pay for law school
/student-loans/graduate-school...Subdomain How to pay for medical school
/student-loans/graduate-school...Subdomain Paying for dental school
/student-loans/graduate-school...Subdomain Paying for an MBA
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Student Loan Management
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Get help with special circumstances
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Text duplicate Get help with special circumstances
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Deferring payments for school/internship
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Life changes
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Payment difficulties
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Learn about credit
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn about credit
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Your credit report
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Your FICO® Score
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Get tax information and forms
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Prepare to pay your student loans
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Text duplicate Prepare to pay your student loans
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Estimate your upcoming student loan payments
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Tips for student loan repayments
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Graduated Repayment Period
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Organize your student loans
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Ways to make student loan payments
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Cosigner Release: Apply to Release Your Student Loan Cosigner
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Understand student loan payments
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Text duplicate Understand student loan payments
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Explore student loan repayment options
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Learn about interest and capitalization
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Pay off your student loan faster
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Federal Student Loan Repayment Options
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain How we allocate and apply your student loan payments
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Billing statement terms and glossary
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Student Loan Indexes: LIBOR and SOFR
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Student loan servicing forms
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Understand student loan military benefits
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Text duplicate Understand student loan military benefits
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Manage accounts during military service
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Tips for service members
/scholarships/Subdomain Scholarships
/scholarships/2k-scholarship/$2,000 scholarship
/scholarships/search/Scholarship Search
/scholarships/types/high-schoo...Scholarships for high school seniors
/scholarships/types/college-st...Scholarships for college students
/scholarships/scholarship-reso...Subdomain Additional scholarship resources
/scholarships/apply/Apply for scholarships
/scholarships/essays/Scholarship essays
/scholarships/types/Types of scholarships
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/colleges/search/pennsylvania-...New window Subdomain Penn State University
/colleges/search/bradley-unive...New window Subdomain Bradley University
/colleges/search/ferris-state-...New window Subdomain Ferris State University
/colleges/search/prairie-view-...New window Subdomain Prairie View A&M University
/colleges/search/st.-lawrence-...New window Subdomain St. Lawrence University
/college-planning/financial-aid/Subdomain Financial aid
/college-planning/financial-ai...FAFSA Guide
/college-planning/financial-ai...Financial aid offers
/college-planning/financial-ai...College grants
/college-planning/financial-ai...Federal Pell Grants
/college-planning/tools/accrue...Accrued Interest Calculator
/college-planning/tools/studen...Student Loan Calculator
/college-planning/student-loan...Types of student loans
/college-planning/student-loan...Federal vs private student loans
/college-planning/tools/College planning tools
/college-planning/financial-ai...Federal work-study
/college-planning/financial-ai...Military tuition assistance
/student-loans/graduate-school...Text duplicate Graduate school information
/banking/Subdomain All Savings Products
/banking/smarty-pig/SmartyPig®
/banking/money-market-account/Money Market Account
/banking/certificates-of-deposit/Certificates of Deposit
/banking/high-yield-savings-ac...High-Yield Savings Account
/banking/rate-table/Compare product rates
https://www.salliemae.com/login/Log in
https://www.salliemae.com/search/No Text
https://apply.salliemae.com/W2...External Subdomain Apply for a loan
https://www.salliemae.com/Home
https://apply.salliemae.com/W2...External Subdomain I’m ready to apply
/student-loans/Subdomain See all student loans
/scholarships/search/Start exploring scholarships
/scholarships/2k-scholarship/Enter in 2 minutes or less
https://www.salliemae.com/blog/Dive into the conversation
https://open.spotify.com/artis...New window External Subdomain Check out our album
A-TITLE link
/college-planning/financial-ai...Discover our FAFSA Guide
A-TITLE link
https://www.youtube.com/playli...New window External Subdomain Listen to our podcast
/about/leading-research/how-am...See our leading research
A-TITLE link
/scholarships/2k-scholarship/Subdomain Enter $2,000 scholarship
/scholarships/search/Subdomain Find scholarship recs
/about/scholarship-opportunities/Subdomain Check out our scholarships
https://www.instagram.com/sall...New window External Subdomain Follow us on Instagram
/content/dam/slm/writtenconten...New window Subdomain Official Rules
https://www.salliemae.com/Subdomain SALLIEMAE.COM
https://www.salliemae.com/Text duplicate Home
https://www.salliemae.com/about/Subdomain About Us
/careers/Subdomain Careers
/investors/Subdomain For Investors
https://www.salliemae.com/news/Subdomain Media
https://www.salliemae.com/blog/Subdomain Blog
/about/leading-research/Subdomain Leading research
/about/scholarship-opportunities/Subdomain Contests
https://mrfdata.hmhs.com/New window External Subdomain Benefits Transparency
/landing/cosigner-responsibili...Subdomain Cosigner Responsibilities
/resources/school-partners/Subdomain Become a school partner
/resources/partner/Subdomain Partner Resources
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Military Resources
/legal/beware-of-debt-relief-o...Subdomain Beware of debt relief offers
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
https://www.salliemae.com/faqs/Subdomain FAQ
/sitemap/Subdomain Sitemap
https://www.facebook.com/Salli...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/SallieMaeNew window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/sall...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://youtube.com/@salliemae...New window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
/legal/terms/Subdomain Terms of use
/legal/privacy/Subdomain Protect your privacy
/legal/avoid-fraud/Subdomain Avoid online fraud
/legal/accessibility/Subdomain Accessibility statement
/legal/privacy/opt-out/Subdomain Do not sell or share my personal information
https://www.bbb.org/us/de/newa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Better Business Bureau

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.salliemae.com/"
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 of 0.48 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.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (130 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 10,016 referring domains.
This page has 2,256,059 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 6,285 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
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Sitemap: https://www.salliemae.com/sitemap-blog.xml

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Sallie Mae | Education Loans, College Planning & Online Banking
Sallie Mae is the nation’s saving, planning, and paying for college company, offering private education loans, free college planning tools, and online banking.

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
Sallie77%Check
Sallie Mae74%Check
college70%Check
College Planning68%Check
Sallie Mae Bank67%Check
loans64%Check
pay61%Check
college students61%Check
College Scholarship61%Check
College planning tools61%Check
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