Leeds.ac.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
75% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
92% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.58 s
File size
63.20 kB
Words
452
Media files
5
Number of links
60 internal / 28 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
University of Leeds
The page title is too short. (174 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The University of Leeds is one of the largest higher education institutions in the UK and part of the Russell Group of leading universities. Top 75 in the QS World University Rankings.
The meta description is too long: 1115 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.leeds.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

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revisit-after2 days
authorUniversity of Leeds
publisherUniversity of Leeds
dcterms.creatorKaren Cooper
dcterms.created2021-06-15 00:00:00
dcterms.modified2021-06-15 00:00:00
dcterms.descriptionThe University of Leeds is one of the largest higher education institutions in the UK and part of the Russell Group of leading universities. Top 75 in the QS World University Rankings.
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dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherUniversity of Leeds
dcterms.rightsCopyright University of Leeds
dcterms.coverageUK
dcterms.titleUniversity of Leeds
DescriptionThe University of Leeds is one of the largest higher education institutions in the UK and part of the Russell Group of leading universities. Top 75 in the QS World University Rankings.
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twitter:cardsummary
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twitter:titleUniversity of Leeds
twitter:descriptionThe University of Leeds is one of the largest higher education institutions in the UK and part of the Russell Group of leading universities. Top 75 in the QS World University Rankings.
twitter:urlhttps://www.leeds.ac.uk
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 452 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
18.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 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 18.75 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
This page only loads 3 JavaScript files. That's good!
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 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
...d_design___2023_02_23T092550.193__1_.pngThree students walk through a corridor in the Sir William Henry Bragg building.
...00x400-0-0-1-80-UG_open_days_600x400.jpgAn open day ambassador stood on campus smiling at the camera, wearing a red t-shirt. In the background are open day attendees and other open day ambassadors in red t-shirts
...00x400-0-0-1-80-Untitled_design__22_.jpgA person sitting in a cafe, holding open a large notebook and smiling.
...d/600x400-0-0-1-80-Untitled_design_5.jpgTwo mature students sitting outside Leeds University Union on campus.
...1200x600-0-0-1-80-satellite_1200x600.jpgA view of earth from space with a satellite hovering above it

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
University of Leeds
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.
There are 26 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 University of Leeds
H2 Study at Leeds
H2 Yorkshire’s journey into space
H2 University news
H2 Upcoming events
H2 Footer navigation
H2 Contact information
H2 Site information
H3 Courses
H3 Undergraduate Open Days
H3 Masters Study and Funding online event
H3 Lifelong Learning Centre events
H3 Study reveals mystery of decaying planetary orbits
H3 Uncovering a CS Lewis poem in Special Collections
H3 Get inspired at Be Curious 2024
H3 Israel and Gaza: a message of support for all in our community
H3 Research inspires beer based on ancient recipe
H3 Boosting children’s mental health
H3 European partnerships tackle global challenges
H3 M&S Archive: Sparky Saturdays
H3 M&S Archive: Sparky Saturdays Duplicate text
H3 Undergraduate Open Day
H3 The Universities’ Nuclear Technology Forum 2024
H3 Study and courses
H3 About Us
H3 Quicklinks and contacts
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 too many external links (28) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/University of Leeds homepage
https://minerva.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Minerva
https://it.leeds.ac.uk/mobileappsExternal Subdomain Mobile app
https://students.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain For Students
https://leeds365.sharepoint.co...External Subdomain Staff intranet
https://forstaff.leeds.ac.uk/f...External Subdomain Services A-Z
https://ses.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Student Education Service
/university-jobsJobs
https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Arts, Humanities and Cultures
https://biologicalsciences.lee...External Subdomain Biological Sciences
https://business.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Business School
https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Engineering and Physical Sciences
https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Environment
https://medicinehealth.leeds.a...External Subdomain Medicine and Health
https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Social Sciences
/about/doc/faculties-contactsFaculty contacts
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/alumniAlumni website
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/Home
/undergraduateUndergraduate
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/mastersMasters
/research-degreesResearch degrees
/international-studentsInternational students
/online-coursesOnline courses
/lifelong-learningLifelong learning
https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Search courses
/open-days-and-visitsOpen days and visits
/research-and-innovationResearch and innovation
/business-partnershipsBusiness and partnerships
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/globalGlobal
/around-campusAround campus
/give-to-leedsGive to Leeds
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/aboutAbout
https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Course Search
/undergraduate-open-daysUndergraduate Open Days
/you-can-master-online-event-u...Masters Study and Funding online event
/lifelong-learning/doc/events-20Lifelong Learning Centre events
https://spotlight.leeds.ac.uk/...External Subdomain Read Spotlight: Yorkshire’s journey into space
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/newsView all news
/main-index/news/article/5560/...Study reveals mystery of decaying planetary orbits
/main-index/news/article/5553/...Uncovering a CS Lewis poem in Special Collections
/main-index/news/article/5558/...Get inspired at Be Curious 2024
/main-index/news/article/5529/...Israel and Gaza: a message of support for all in our community
/main-index/news/article/5556/...Research inspires beer based on ancient recipe
/main-index/news/article/5557/...Boosting children’s mental health
/main-index/news/article/5555/...European partnerships tackle global challenges
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/eventsView more events
/main-index/events/event/459/m...M&S Archive: Sparky Saturdays
/main-index/events/event/460/m...Text duplicate M&S Archive: Sparky Saturdays
/main-index/events/event/351/u...Undergraduate Open Day
/main-index/events/event/466/t...The Universities’ Nuclear Technology Forum 2024
/undergraduateText duplicate Undergraduate
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/mastersMasters courses
/research-degreesText duplicate Research degrees
/international-studentsInternational
https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Course Search
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/campusmapCampus map
/about/doc/about-historyOur history
/about/doc/faculties-contactsFaculties
/structure-governance/doc/gove...Governance
/structure-governance/doc/repo...Reports, accounts and policies
/about/doc/strategies-valuesStrategies and values
https://equality.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Equality
/university-executiveExecutive team
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/News
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/events/Events
/university-jobsText duplicate Jobs
/term-datesTerm dates
https://forstaff.leeds.ac.uk/f...External Subdomain Text duplicate Services A-Z
https://library.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain Library
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/alumniAlumni
/media-relationsMedia relations
https://mymedia.leeds.ac.uk/External Subdomain VideoLeeds
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/staffazStaff A-Z
/about/doc/about-contact-usContacts
https://www.luu.org.uk/External Leeds University Union
https://www.facebook.com/unive...External No Text
https://twitter.com/University...External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External No Text
https://youtube.com/user/unive...External No Text
https://instagram.com/universi...External No Text
https://www.weibo.com/leedsuni...External No Text
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/privacyPrivacy
A-TITLE Go to Privacy page
/about/doc/accessibility-state...Accessibility
A-TITLE Go to Accessibility page
/termsandconditionsTerms & conditions
A-TITLE Go to Terms & conditions page
/freedom-of-informationFreedom of information
A-TITLE Go to Freedom of information page
/about/doc/modern-slavery-annu...Modern slavery statement
A-TITLE Go to Modern slavery statement page
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.leeds.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 very slow (1.58 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 only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
This page only loads 3 JavaScript files. That's good!
The file size of the HTML document is fine (63 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 30 Apr 2024 21:24:49 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length13644
serverWeb Server
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=2592000
set-cookie100 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
nodei-06a64ac92ebcaca58
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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 15,445 referring domains.
This page has 1,059,986 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 10,242 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 4963 shares and comments on Facebook.

Search preview

www.leeds.ac.uk
University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is one of the largest higher education institutions in the UK and part of the Russell Group of leading universities. Top 75 in the QS World University Rankings.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Leeds97%Check
University Leeds91%Check
University84%Check
Leeds University Union75%Check
Universities50%Check
World University49%Check
Open46%Check
Education46%Check
Open days45%Check
days44%Check

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