Studentspace.org.uk - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
61% 
Page quality
59% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
91% 
Server
90% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.42 s
File size
35.00 kB
Words
481
Media files
22
Number of links
53 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home
The title contains the word Home! More content should be covered in the title.
The page title is too short. (55 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
The page title is only one word.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Home
The meta description is too short. (55 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
The meta description contains only one word.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://studentspace.org.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=2.0, user-scalable=yes, viewport-fit=cover
referrerno-referrer-when-downgrade
msapplication-TileColor#00a5a8
theme-color#ffffff
generatorSEOmatic
keywordsSupport through the uncertainty of student life
descriptionHome
robotsall
langen-gb
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@StudentMindsOrg
twitter:creator@StudentMindsOrg
twitter:titleHome
twitter:descriptionHome
twitter:imagehttps://studentspace.org.uk/assets/images/_800x418_crop_center-center_82_none/student-space_illustrations_studying_2020-10-01-212044.png?mtime=1617811273
twitter:image:width800
twitter:image:height418
twitter:image:altIf you need support now, text SHOUT to 85258
og:localeen_GB
og:site_nameStudent Space
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://studentspace.org.uk/
og:titleHome
og:descriptionHome
og:imagehttps://studentspace.org.uk/assets/images/_1200x630_crop_center-center_82_none/student-space_illustrations_studying_2020-10-01-212044.png?mtime=1617811273
og:image:width1200
og:image:height630
og:image:altIf you need support now, text SHOUT to 85258
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
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 only 481 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
31.4% 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.13 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=2.0, user-scalable=yes, viewport-fit=cover" 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 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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/logos/student-space-large.svgStudent Space
...ages/logos/student-minds-logo-yellow.svgStudent Minds
...-hero-desktop_v2-3_2021-03-23-094224.pngan illustration of a person sitting cross-legged using a laptop
...e-hero-mobile_v2.3_2021-03-23-094233.pngan illustration of a person sitting cross-legged using a laptop
...s/images/illustration_support-text_2.pngNo alt attribute provided
...e_illustrations_managing-conflict_vB.pngNo alt attribute provided
...nt-space_illustrations_friendship_vB.pngillustration of a man and a woman sitting on grass talkingA man and a woman sit on the grass outside. The man has one hand behind him to hold him us and another resting on a leg that is bend at the knee. He has short, light hair, wears a short blue sleeved top and dark trousers. The woman said on the right has her hand out like she is talking and she rests with her knees underneath her. She has long dark hair, orange earrings, a light jumper and blue trousers. Besides them lies an orange reusable water bottle and see-through backpack.
...trations_life-as-a-black-student_1_0.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ets/images/authors/Dan-Student-Story.pngNo alt attribute provided
...6-125123_yzny_2024-07-26-125153_ijfc.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s/images/illustration_support-text_2.pngillustration of a hand texting on a mobile phoneillustration of a hand texting on a mobile phone
...s/images/illustration_support-chat_2.pngillustration of chat messages
/assets/images/logos/student-minds-logo.svgStudent Minds
/assets/images/icons/facebook-icon.svgFacebook
/assets/images/icons/twitter-icon.svgTwitter
/assets/images/icons/linkedin-icon.svgLinkedIn
/assets/images/icons/instagram-icon.svgInstagram
/assets/images/icons/youtube-icon.svgYouTube
/assets/images/logos/ofs.svgOFS
/assets/images/logos/hefcw.svgHEFCW
/assets/images/logos/hefcw-long.svgHEFCW
...ges/logos/Charlie-Watkins-logo-white.pngCharlie Watkins Foundation

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Support through the uncertainty of student life
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Support through the uncertainty of student life
H2 If you need support now, text SHOUT to 85258
H2 Advice and information
H2 Student stories
H2 Get support
H2 Tailored support
H3 Settling into university
H3 Friendships and social life
H3 Life as a Black student
H3 More advice and information
H3 Dan shares his experience with poor mental health and the importance of reaching out for support.
H3 Cheryl shares her experience studying as an international student and provides tips on how to make friends at university.
H3 More student stories
H3 Text message support: Shout and Crisis Text Line
H3 Webchat support: The Mix
H3 Muslim students
H3 Punjabi students
H3 Students hearing voices
H3 Students with OCD and BDD
H3 Students with eating difficulties
H3 Students recovering from addiction
H3 Training on LGBTQ+ safety and abuse
H3 Find support at your university
H3 Sign up for emails
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://studentspace.org.uk/Anchor Skip to main menu
https://studentspace.org.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://studentspace.org.uk/Anchor Skip to page footer
https://studentspace.org.uk/IMG-ALT Student Space
A-TITLE Link to home page
https://studentspace.org.uk/cyCymraeg
https://studentspace.org.uk/cyText duplicate Cymraeg
/support-services/text-message...Text message support: Shout and Crisis Text Line
/support-services/webchat-supportWebchat support: The Mix
/support-services/support-for-...Support for Muslim students
/support-services/support-for-...Support for Punjabi students
/support-services/support-for-...Support for students with eating difficulties
/support-services/support-for-...Support for students hearing voices
/support-services/support-for-...Support for students with OCD and BDD
/support-services/support-reco...Support for students recovering from addiction
/support-services/training-lgb...Training on LGBTQ+ safety and abuse
/wellbeing/mental-health-and-w...Mental health and wellbeing
/wellbeing/settling-in-to-univ...Settling into university
/wellbeing/friendships-and-soc...Friendships and social life
/wellbeing/studying-during-uni...Studying during university
/wellbeing/moneyMoney
/wellbeing/graduate-jobsGraduate jobs
/wellbeing/grief-and-lossGrief and loss
/wellbeing/life-as-a-disabled-...Life as a disabled student
/wellbeing/life-as-a-postgradu...Life as a postgraduate student
/wellbeing/life-as-a-black-stu...Life as a Black student
/wellbeing/student-storiesStudent stories
/find-supportSupport at your university
/about-student-spaceAbout Student Space
/support-servicesOther ways you can get support
/wellbeing/settling-in-to-univ...Settling into university 9 resources Settling into university can be difficult. Discover ways to help settle into university and enjoy your experience.
/wellbeing/friendships-and-soc...Friendships and social life 13 resources Get our tips for making friends and managing conflict during university.
IMG-ALT illustration of a man and a woman sitting on grass talking
/wellbeing/life-as-a-black-stu...Life as a Black student 20 resources Advice and reflections on navigating university life as a Black student. The content in this package was co-created by e...
/advice-and-informationMore advice and information
/wellbeing/reaching-out-for-su...Dan shares his experience with poor mental health and the importance of reaching out for support. Dan Gordon
/wellbeing/building-relationsh...Cheryl shares her experience studying as an international student and provides tips on how to make friends at university. Cheryl Chingosho
/wellbeing/student-storiesMore student stories
/support-services/text-message...Text message support: Shout and Crisis Text Line Get 24 hour text support from a trained volunteer.
IMG-ALT illustration of a hand texting on a mobile phone
/support-services/webchat-supportWebchat support: The Mix Get free, confidential support over webchat from a trained volunteer, from 4pm to 11pm every day.
IMG-ALT illustration of chat messages
/support-services/support-for-...Muslim students
/support-services/support-for-...Punjabi students
/support-services/support-for-...Students hearing voices
/support-services/support-for-...Students with OCD and BDD
/support-services/support-for-...Students with eating difficulties
/support-services/support-reco...Students recovering from addiction
/support-services/training-lgb...Text duplicate Training on LGBTQ+ safety and abuse
/find-supportFind support at your university Search for student support services you can access at your university
/email-signupSign up for emails We’re developing new resources for students – get them first
https://www.studentminds.org.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Student Minds
https://www.facebook.com/stude...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://twitter.com/studentmin...New window External IMG-ALT Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn
https://www.instagram.com/stud...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/studen...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
https://www.officeforstudents....New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT OFS
https://www.hefcw.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT HEFCW
https://www.hefcw.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT HEFCW
https://cwfoundation.co.uk/New window External IMG-ALT Charlie Watkins Foundation
/about-student-spaceText duplicate About Student Space
/support-our-missionSupport our mission
/contact-usContact us
/privacy-policyOur policies
/accessibilityAccessibility
/insightsEvaluation
https://www.williamjoseph.co.uk/New window External Subdomain William Joseph

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://studentspace.org.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.42 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (35 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
x-powered-byCraft CMS
x-robots-tagall
link<https://studentspace.org.uk>; rel='canonical'
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie229 Characters
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding,User-Agent
dateSun, 03 Nov 2024 15:05:37 GMT
serverLiteSpeed
alt-svch3=":443"; ma=2592000, h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000, h3-Q050=":443"; ma=2592000, h3-Q046=":443"; ma=2592000, h3-Q043=":443"; ma=2592000, quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="43,46"
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 618 referring domains.
This page has 5,343 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 512 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

# robots.txt for https://studentspace.org.uk/

sitemap: https://studentspace.org.uk/sitemaps-1-sitemap.xml

# live - don't allow web crawlers to index cpresources/ or vendor/

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cpresources/
Disallow: /vendor/
Disallow: /.env
Disallow: /cache/

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KeywordResultRecheck
student63%Check
Support56%Check
life56%Check
Student Space56%Check
students54%Check
Life as52%Check
Student stories51%Check
Space50%Check
uncertainty50%Check
Black student49%Check
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