Uvic.ca - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
95% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
97% 
Link structure
82% 
Server
88% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.64 s
File size
105.00 kB
Words
592
Media files
17
Number of links
111 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - University of Victoria
The length of the page title is perfect. (258 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (867 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.uvic.ca/index.php
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
Last-Modified1725060623597
descriptionInspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
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langen
twitter:site@uvic
twitter:titleHome - University of Victoria - University of Victoria
twitter:imagehttps://www.uvic.ca/_assets/images/landing-heros/113020231438_jtron.webp
fb:app_id1545257999056382
og:typewebsite
og:site_nameUVic.ca
og:titleHome - University of Victoria - University of Victoria
og:descriptionInspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
og:imagehttps://www.uvic.ca/_assets/images/landing-heros/113020231438_jtron.webp
og:urlhttps://www.uvic.ca/index.php
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 592 words. That's ok.
26.7% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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.
The average number of words per sentence of 20.91 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
...ts/core-4-0/img/uvic-wordmark-colour.svgUniversity of Victoria
...2510232061-pano-3600x2025-1800x1012.webpUVic researcher Amanda Bates standing by open fish tanks in a marine research lab.
...cards/cards/fernando_lessa1_1064x599.jpgRockfish swimming in a kelp forest.
...headshot-credit-william-au-1064-599.webpRichard Van Camp smiles and stands with arms crossed in front of trees.
...mages/cards/cards/odp-priority-card.webpGraphic image of syringe and other medical equipment
...ages/cards/cards/vet-science-532x299.jpgA small terrier dog sitting on a table with a student examining it. An instructor watches over the exam
...ds/grad_recruitment_moazzezi-532x299.jpgA female engineering graduate student wearing safety glasses and a lab coat smiles at the camera. She is in the Saidaminov Lab and her hands are in gloves in a clean, testing chamber in front of her.
...overlay/territory-3600-1450-1800x725.jpgclose up of cedar branches
...rygrid/0608241004_520x346jpg-260x173.jpgPortrait image of Dr. Felix Pretis on campus, wearing a blue button down shirt and standing in front of trees.
...id/julia-weder-sea-asparagus-260x173.jpgTwo people hold green sea asparagus in their hands.
...cam1_20240617094931-520x346-260x173.webpUnderwater hydrothermal vent within the new marine protected area.
...lab-at-bc-consensus-520x346-260x173.webpSix people stand together wearing red vests. They stand together in front of two presentation poster boards.
...cka-0710221006chosen_520x346-260x173.jpgUVic geographer and civil engineer Christina Hoicka stands beside a solar panel.
...ards/storygrid/sdg24_520x346-260x173.jpgA colour composite with bright coloured stripes, a body of water, a young woman, rocks, tree and a bicycle
...torygrid/instagram-olympics-260x260.webpUVic women's rugby player Carissa Norsten runs down the field carrying a rugby ball.
...ets/core-4-0/img/the-impact-rankings.svgThe Impact Ranking
/assets/core-4-0/img/shield-horz-white.svgUniversity of Victoria Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Making an impact
The H1 heading is too short (16 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Making an impact
H2 Look forward from here
H2 Territory acknowledgement
H2 News & events
H2 Rankings & reputation
H3 Undergraduate studies
H3 Graduate studies
H3 August 19-September 25
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 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.uvic.ca/Anchor Skip to main content
/admissions/uvic-admissions/in...Apply
https://www.uvic.ca/library/Subdomain Library
/search/a-z-list/index.phpA-Z
/search/people/index.phpFind a person
/search/maps-buildings/index.phpMaps
https://bright.uvic.ca/External Subdomain Brightspace
https://www.uvic.ca/email/Subdomain Email
https://www.uvic.ca/index.phpUniversity of Victoria
IMG-ALT University of Victoria
/admissions/uvic-admissions/in...Text duplicate Apply
https://www.uvic.ca/library/Subdomain Text duplicate Library
/search/a-z-list/index.phpText duplicate A-Z
/search/people/index.phpText duplicate Find a person
/search/maps-buildings/index.phpText duplicate Maps
/search/index.phpSearch
/cas/login?service=https://www...Sign in
/tools/index.phpOnline tools
/cas/logout?url=https://www.uv...Sign out
https://www.uvic.ca/index.phpText duplicate University of Victoria
/undergraduate/index.phpUndergraduate studies
/graduate/index.phpGraduate studies
/law/admissions/index.phpSubdomain Law school
/admissions/continuing-studies...Continuing studies
/admissions/professional-devel...Professional development
/academics/faculties-schools-a...Faculties, divisions & services
https://www.uvic.ca/calendar/Academic calendars
/research-innovation/research-...Research at UVic
/research-innovation/our-resea...Our researchers
/research-innovation/our-resea...Find a UVic expert
/research-innovation/research-...Research centres
/research-innovation/research-...Research partnerships
/research-innovation/postdocto...Post-doctoral fellows
/research-innovation/student-r...Student opportunities
/research-innovation/strategic...Strategic initiatives
/research-innovation/office-vp...Office of the VPRI
/research-services/index.phpSubdomain Research services
/campus/tours-and-visits/index...Tours & visits
/security/parking/index.phpParking & transportation
/security/index.phpCampus security & safety
/residence/index.phpHousing
/campus/food-and-drink/index.phpFood & drink
/campus/indigenous-building-na...Indigenous building names
/campus/arts-and-culture/index...Arts & culture
/campus/athletics-and-recreati...Athletics & recreation
https://events.uvic.ca/External Subdomain Events calendar
https://www.uvicbookstore.ca/External Subdomain Bookstore
/campus/sustainability-on-camp...Sustainability
/about-uvic/about-the-universi...About the university
/about-uvic/rankings-reputatio...Rankings & reputation
/about-uvic/university-plans/i...University plans
/about-uvic/governance-and-adm...Governance & administration
https://www.uvic.ca/news/Subdomain UVic News
/about-uvic/contact-us/index.phpContact us
/support-uvic/index.phpSupport UVic
/students/index.phpStudents
/faculty-staff/index.phpFaculty & staff
/alumni/index.phpAlumni
/info-for/indigenous/index.phpIndigenous
/info-for/international/index.phpInternational
/info-for/lgbtq/index.php2SLGBTQIA+
/info-for/business-and-industr...Business & industry
/info-for/community/index.phpCommunity
/news/topics/2024+research-fis...Subdomain Learn more
/news/topics/2024+kelp-restora...Subdomain attempting to regrow kelp forests.
/news/topics/2024+indigenous-s...Subdomain Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence.
/campus/overdose-prevention/in...UVic is taking steps
/undergraduate/index.phpSubdomain Undergraduate programs
/undergraduate/admissions/how-...Subdomain How to apply
https://www.uvic.ca/graduate/Subdomain Graduate programs
/graduate/admissions/how-to-ap...Subdomain Apply online
/research-innovation/our-resea...Find a researcher
/coop/index.phpSubdomain Co-operative education
/international-experiences/get...Subdomain Global community
/students/index.phpSubdomain Current students
/student-wellness/index.phpSubdomain Student wellness supports
/support-uvic/index.phpSubdomain Give to UVic
/info-for/indigenous/index.phpIndigenous initiatives
/orientation/events/index.phpSubdomain Fall 2024 Orientation events
/news/topics/2024+sosc-climate...Subdomain Climate policies put to the test
/socialsciences/info-for/facul...Subdomain Fostering food independence on Haida Gwaii
/news/topics/2024+onc-marine-t...Subdomain ONC welcomes new marine protected area
/news/topics/2024+brain-injury...Subdomain Brain injury after overdose: a rising epidemic in Canada
https://theconversation.com/th...External Researcher shares concern about climate crisis inequalities
/news/topics/2024+the-global-i...Subdomain UVic a national leader in climate and sustainability
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9...External Subdomain IMG-ALT UVic women's rugby player Carissa Norsten runs down the field carrying a rugby ball.
https://www.uvic.ca/news/News
https://events.uvic.ca/External Subdomain Events
/info/social-media/index.phpSocial media
/about-uvic/rankings-reputatio...More rankings & reputation
https://www.instagram.com/univ...External Subdomain ​ UVic Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/unive...External Subdomain ​ UVic Facebook
https://twitter.com/uvicExternal ​ UVic Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain ​ UVic Linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/uvicExternal Subdomain ​ UVic YouTube
/info/social-media/index.phpView all UVic social media
/about-uvic/about-the-universi...Learn more about UVic's impacts
/about-uvic/about-the-universi...About UVic
/admissions/uvic-admissions/in...Admissions
/research-innovation/research-...Subdomain Research
https://www.uvic.ca/news/Subdomain News & media
https://events.uvic.ca/External Subdomain Text duplicate Events
/faculty-staff/careers/why-app...Careers
/support-uvic/index.phpSubdomain Donate
/covid19/index.phpCOVID-19
/students/index.phpText duplicate Students
/faculty-staff/index.phpText duplicate Faculty & staff
https://www.uvic.ca/alumni/Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
/info-for/indigenous/index.phpText duplicate Indigenous
/info-for/international/index.phpText duplicate International
/info-for/business-and-industr...Text duplicate Business & industry
/info-for/community/index.phpText duplicate Community
https://www.uvic.ca/index.phpIMG-ALT University of Victoria Logo
/search/maps-buildings/index.php​Maps
/about-uvic/contact-us/campus-...​Hours
/about-uvic/contact-us/index.php​Contacts
/info/terms-of-use/index.phpTerms of use
/info/accessibility/index.phpAccessibility
/info/emergency-contacts/index...Emergency contacts
/info/copyright-information/in...© University of Victoria
/info/website-feedback/index.phpWebsite feedback
https://www.uvic.ca/Anchor Back to top of page
/info/terms-of-use/index.phpTerms of Use
/universitysecretary/assets/do...Subdomain Protection of Privacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.uvic.ca/"
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 very slow (1.64 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.
This page loads 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (105 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSun, 01 Sep 2024 08:03:06 GMT
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
set-cookie76 Characters
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
varyAccept-Encoding,User-Agent
content-encodinggzip
feature-policyaccelerometer 'none'; camera 'none'; geolocation 'none'; gyroscope 'none'; magnetometer 'none'; microphone 'none'; payment 'none'; usb 'none'
content-length11588
connectionclose
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
strict-transport-securitymax-age=16070400
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 10,244 referring domains.
This page has 759,066 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 6,613 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

# Production only
# Do not put child site rules in here.
# Since this file is publicly readable, do not put in URLs that contain sensitive information and are not locked down with proper access controls.

Sitemap: https://www.uvic.ca/sitemapindex.xml
User-agent: *
Disallow: /*search*q=
Disallow: /*?deptid=*
Disallow: /BAN1P/

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Home - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

Most important keywords

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University59%Check
UVic50%Check
Making50%Check
Victoria48%Check
Community46%Check
global46%Check
Global Community46%Check
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