Sowela.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
76% 
Page quality
67% 
Page structure
82% 
Link structure
37% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.36 s
File size
161.40 kB
Words
738
Media files
17
Number of links
143 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - SOWELA Technical Community College
The length of the page title is perfect. (428 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.sowela.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
An URL is specified multiple times in alternate links.
Language for link pointing to page itself inaccurate
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
robotsmax-image-preview:large
generatorAll in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.7.1.1
msapplication-TileImagehttps://www.sowela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-cropped-icon-1-270x270.gif
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleHome - SOWELA Technical Community College
twitter:imagehttps://www.sowela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-LOGO_2X.png
og:localeen_US
og:site_nameSOWELA Technical Community College -
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome - SOWELA Technical Community College
og:urlhttps://www.sowela.edu/
og:imagehttps://www.sowela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-LOGO_2X.png
og:image:secure_urlhttps://www.sowela.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-LOGO_2X.png
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are 4 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: 3820 Senator J. Bennett Johnston Avenue Lake Charles, Louisiana 70615 ...
  • Duplicate 2: SOWELA Technical Community College does not discriminate on the basis ...
This page contains 738 words. That's ok.
16.9% 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.
10 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 21.25 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" 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)
10 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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...tent/uploads/2023/02/cropped-LOGO_2X.pngSOWELA Technical Community College
...t/uploads/2023/05/Program-IST-scaled.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...loads/2023/05/Program-Nursing-scaled.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...nt/uploads/2023/05/Program-CJ-scaled.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...t/uploads/2023/05/Program-CDL-scaled.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../uploads/2023/05/Program-Chem-scaled.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ntent/uploads/2023/05/Devin-Dronett.jpegNo alt attribute provided
...em-Lab-Grad_Student-1-e1714572034196.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ads/2023/06/Patricia-Stroderd-2-copy.jpgNo alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64SOWELA Instructor Brandon Kelley Wins Statewide Educator Award
data:[...] Base64Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) Honor Four SOWELA Faculty and Staff Members at Annual Conference
data:[...] Base64SOWELA Ranked #1 Community College in Louisiana by WalletHub
...oads/2023/04/OnSolve-Logo-Horizontal.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../04/Flying-Tigers-Portal-179x151-opt.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...oads/2023/04/OnSolve-Logo-Horizontal.pngONSOLVE
.../04/Flying-Tigers-Portal-179x151-opt.jpgONSOLVE

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Success Starts Here
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 Success Starts Here
H2 Explore Opportunities
H2 Education That Works
H2 Alumni Spotlight: Programming for Tesla
H2 Alumni Spotlight: A Family Formula
H2 Alumni Spotlight: Women in Nontraditional Careers
H2 Featured News
H2 A Supportive Community
H3 SOWELA Technical Community College
H3 One Stop Enrollment Center
H3 Institutional Information
H3 Connect With Us
H3 SOWELA Technical Community College Duplicate text
H3 One Stop Enrollment Center Duplicate text
H3 Institutional Information Duplicate text
H3 Connect With Us Duplicate text
H4 SOWELA Instructor Brandon Kelley Wins Statewide Educator Award
H4 Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) Honor Four SOWELA Faculty and Staff Members at Annual Conference
H4 SOWELA Ranked #1 Community College in Louisiana by WalletHub
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
5 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 7 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.sowela.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT SOWELA Technical Community College
https://sowela.instructure.com...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Canvas
https://my.lctcs.edu/New window Nofollow External Subdomain LoLA
/crimestats/Crime Statistics
https://www.sowela.edu/give/Give
https://www.sowela.edu/apply/Apply
https://www.sowela.edu/about/Subdomain About Us
/about/accreditation/Subdomain Accreditation
/about/alumni/Subdomain Alumni
/about/campus/Subdomain Campus Map
/about/campus-services/Subdomain Campus Services
https://www.sowela.edu/contact/Subdomain Contact Us
/about/custom-training/Subdomain Customized Training
/about/careers/Subdomain Employment Opportunities
/about/faculty-staff/Subdomain Faculty & Staff
/about/locations/Subdomain Locations
/about/mission/Subdomain Our Mission
/about/space/Subdomain Rental Spaces
/admissions/Subdomain Admissions & Aid
/admissions/requirements/Subdomain Admission Requirements
/admissions/dual-enrollment/Subdomain Dual Enrollment
/admissions/enrollment/Subdomain Enrollment
/admissions/financial-aid/Subdomain Financial Aid
/admissions/next-start/Subdomain Next Start
/admissions/registrar/Subdomain Registrar
/admissions/student-accounts/Subdomain Student Accounts
/admissions/testing/Subdomain Testing Center
/admissions/transfer/Subdomain Transfer Agreements
/admissions/veterans/Subdomain Veterans Benefits
https://www.sowela.edu/programs/Subdomain Programs
/programs/adult-ed/Subdomain Adult Education
/programs/courses/Subdomain Course Descriptions
/programs/elearning/Subdomain Online Programs
/programs/as/School of Arts & Sciences
/programs/bat/School of Business & Applied Technology
/programs/indt/School of Industrial Technology
/programs/nah/School of Nursing & Allied Health
/programs/tat/School of Transportation & Applied Technology
/programs/workforce/Subdomain Short-term Training
https://www.sowela.edu/student/Subdomain Student Resources
/student/advising/Subdomain Academic Advising
/student/security/Subdomain Campus Security
/student/career-services/Subdomain Career Services
/student/graduation/Subdomain Graduation Information
/student/library/Subdomain Library
/student/organizations/Subdomain Student Organizations
/student/services/Subdomain Student Services
/student/tech/Subdomain Student Technology
https://www.sowela.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT SOWELA Technical Community College
https://www.sowela.edu/about/Subdomain Text duplicate About Us
/about/accreditation/Subdomain Text duplicate Accreditation
/about/alumni/Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
/about/campus/Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Map
/about/campus-services/Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Services
https://www.sowela.edu/contact/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/about/custom-training/Subdomain Text duplicate Customized Training
/about/careers/Subdomain Text duplicate Employment Opportunities
/about/faculty-staff/Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty & Staff
/about/locations/Subdomain Text duplicate Locations
/about/mission/Subdomain Text duplicate Our Mission
/about/space/Subdomain Text duplicate Rental Spaces
/admissions/Subdomain Text duplicate Admissions & Aid
/admissions/requirements/Subdomain Text duplicate Admission Requirements
/admissions/dual-enrollment/Subdomain Text duplicate Dual Enrollment
/admissions/enrollment/Subdomain Text duplicate Enrollment
/admissions/financial-aid/Subdomain Text duplicate Financial Aid
/admissions/next-start/Subdomain Text duplicate Next Start
/admissions/registrar/Subdomain Text duplicate Registrar
/admissions/student-accounts/Subdomain Text duplicate Student Accounts
/admissions/testing/Subdomain Text duplicate Testing Center
/admissions/transfer/Subdomain Text duplicate Transfer Agreements
/admissions/veterans/Subdomain Text duplicate Veterans Benefits
https://www.sowela.edu/programs/Subdomain Text duplicate Programs
/programs/adult-ed/Subdomain Text duplicate Adult Education
/programs/courses/Subdomain Text duplicate Course Descriptions
/programs/elearning/Subdomain Text duplicate Online Programs
/programs/as/Text duplicate School of Arts & Sciences
/programs/bat/Text duplicate School of Business & Applied Technology
/programs/indt/Text duplicate School of Industrial Technology
/programs/nah/Text duplicate School of Nursing & Allied Health
/programs/tat/Text duplicate School of Transportation & Applied Technology
/programs/workforce/Subdomain Text duplicate Short-term Training
https://www.sowela.edu/student/Subdomain Text duplicate Student Resources
/student/advising/Subdomain Text duplicate Academic Advising
/student/security/Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Security
/student/career-services/Subdomain Text duplicate Career Services
/student/graduation/Subdomain Text duplicate Graduation Information
/student/library/Subdomain Text duplicate Library
/student/organizations/Subdomain Text duplicate Student Organizations
/student/services/Subdomain Text duplicate Student Services
/student/tech/Subdomain Text duplicate Student Technology
https://www.sowela.edu/apply/Apply Today >>
/programs/bat/information-systemsNo Text
/programs/nah/nursing-rn/No Text
/programs/as/criminal-justice/No Text
/programs/workforce/cdl/No Text
/programs/indt/chemical-lab/No Text
https://www.sowela.edu/programs/Find Your Program
https://sowela.lightcastcc.com...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Find Your Career
/alumni-dronett/Alumni Spotlight: Programming for Tesla
/alumni-jacob/Alumni Spotlight: A Family Formula
/alumni-stroderd/Alumni Spotlight: Women in Nontraditional Careers
/sowela-instructor-brandon-kel...Subdomain IMG-ALT SOWELA Instructor Brandon Kelley Wins Statewide Educator Award
/sowela-instructor-brandon-kel...Subdomain Text duplicate SOWELA Instructor Brandon Kelley Wins Statewide Educator Award
/sowela-instructor-brandon-kel...Subdomain Read More →
/louisiana-community-and-techn...Subdomain IMG-ALT Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) Honor Four SOWELA Faculty and Staff Members at Annual Conference
/louisiana-community-and-techn...Subdomain Text duplicate Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) Honor Four SOWELA Faculty and Staff Members at Annual Conference
/louisiana-community-and-techn...Subdomain Text duplicate Read More →
/sowela-ranked-1-community-col...Subdomain IMG-ALT SOWELA Ranked #1 Community College in Louisiana by WalletHub
/sowela-ranked-1-community-col...Subdomain Text duplicate SOWELA Ranked #1 Community College in Louisiana by WalletHub
/sowela-ranked-1-community-col...Subdomain Text duplicate Read More →
https://www.sowela.edu/student/Text duplicate Student Resources
/student/career-services/Text duplicate Career Services
/student/services/Support Services
https://www.sowela.edu/honors/Academic Honors
https://www.sowela.edu/ada/ADA Information
https://www.sowela.edu/appeals/Appeal Procedures
https://www.sowela.edu/calendar/Calendar
https://www.sowela.edu/catalog/College Catalog
/confidential-advisors/Confidential Advisors
/consumer-info/Consumer Information
https://www.sowela.edu/covid/Coronavirus Information
https://www.sowela.edu/grievance/Grievance Process
/international/International Students
https://www.sowela.edu/policies/Policies
/prior-learning/Prior Learning
/achievement/Student Achievement
https://www.sowela.edu/title-ix/Title IX Information
https://accountportal.onsolve....New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://stcc.sowela.edu/Pages/...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.sowela.edu/honors/Text duplicate Academic Honors
https://www.sowela.edu/ada/Text duplicate ADA Information
https://www.sowela.edu/appeals/Text duplicate Appeal Procedures
https://www.sowela.edu/calendar/Text duplicate Calendar
https://www.sowela.edu/catalog/Text duplicate College Catalog
/confidential-advisors/Text duplicate Confidential Advisors
/consumer-info/Text duplicate Consumer Information
https://www.sowela.edu/covid/Text duplicate Coronavirus Information
https://www.sowela.edu/grievance/Text duplicate Grievance Process
/international/Text duplicate International Students
https://www.sowela.edu/policies/Text duplicate Policies
/prior-learning/Text duplicate Prior Learning
/achievement/Text duplicate Student Achievement
https://www.sowela.edu/title-ix/Text duplicate Title IX Information
https://accountportal.onsolve....New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT ONSOLVE
https://stcc.sowela.edu/Pages/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ONSOLVE
https://www.sowela.edu/privacy/Privacy Policy
https://www.sowela.edu/contact/Text duplicate Contact Us
https://www.sowela.edu/sitemap/Sitemap
/web-accessibility/Website Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.sowela.edu/"
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 slow (1.36 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 (161 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateSat, 12 Oct 2024 07:10:36 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
x-cache-enabledTrue
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
link<https://www.sowela.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
x-httpd-modphp1
host-header8441280b0c35cbc1147f8ba998a563a7
x-proxy-cacheHIT
x-cdn-cstatic
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 515 referring domains.
This page has 11,777 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 383 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/wc-logs/
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_transient_files/
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

Sitemap: https://www.sowela.edu/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.sowela.edu/sitemap.rss

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
SOWELA70%Check
SOWELA Technical Community60%Check
SOWELA Technical Community College59%Check
edu58%Check
community56%Check
Technical56%Check
Community College56%Check
Technical Community College56%Check
college55%Check
Technical College55%Check
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