Uaf.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
92% 
Link structure
56% 
Server
6% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.86 s
File size
67.30 kB
Words
966
Media files
16
Number of links
105 internal / 42 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
UAF Home | University of Alaska Fairbanks
The length of the page title is perfect. (385 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Here at UAF, you'll master your fields of study, make lifelong friends, explore an environment like no other and, in all likelihood, contribute to research that will change lives everywhere.
The meta description is too long: 1127 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
DescriptionHere at UAF, you'll master your fields of study, make lifelong friends, explore an environment like no other and, in all likelihood, contribute to research that will change lives everywhere.
KeywordsUAF, University, Alaska, Fairbanks, College, Nanooks, North, Arctic
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

Automatically check uaf.edu including all subpages at once!

Try for free
Guaranteed free of charge during trial period.

Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: Read about the gift of a gold collection to the museum, students seeki...
This page contains 966 words. That's ok.
29.5% 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.
14 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.71 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 12 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 19 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
/_resources/images/uaflogoBlue.pngUAF logo
/_resources/images/uaf-logo-text.pngUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks
...ges/carousel/2025/spring-2025-aurora.jpgAurora chasers photograph the aurora
...mages/carousel/2025/Jan25-PreviewDay.jpgProspective students tour the UAF Troth Yeddha' Campus in Fairbanks.
...ages/carousel/2025/Jan25-VirtualTour.jpgNanook mascot poses in front of the UA Museum of the North
...arousel/2025/Jan25-Academic-Research.jpgUAF's Katmai Volcanology Field School visits the valley of 10,000 Smokes in Katmai National Park
...ges/carousel/2025/Jan25-QualityEd-02.jpgA supporter waves an Alaska Nanooks flag at the 2024 Nordic Cup cross country ski races
/_resources/images/uafBear.pngUAF Nanook
/uaf/images/TP-16-4838-210.jpgA UAF research assistant professor collecting snow samples.
/uaf/images/JR-18-5897-133_ambassadors.jpgA group of UAF students pose outside the Wood Center
/uaf/images/JR-21-6813-10_cropped.jpgUAF Students gather at a picnic table outside the Wood Center on the Fairbanks Troth Yeddha' campus
/uaf/images/Alaska_state_UAF_campuses.pngStatic graphic map of Alaska showing UAF campus locations
...ideo-story/VL-Aurora-no-text_600x315.jpgAurora chasers photograph the Aurora
...s/images/TolovanaRoadhouse-3-13-2025.jpgWith the aurora borealis shining overhead in a starry night sky, light shines from windows in a long, single-story log building onto a well-packed snowy yard.
/news/images/03-14-2025%20Strike.jpgFrom left, Lucas Gomes, Michiyo Nagaoka, Sean Adams, JB Brown, Daisy Carter and Grady Shillings sing about dark times, in a song inspired by the words of playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht, during a rehearsal of “STRIKE! A Musical and Dramatic Revue.” UAF Department of Film and Theatre photo by Kade Mendelowitz.
/_resources/images/uaflogoBlue.pngUAF logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
UAF Home
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 UAF Home
H2 Where will your journey take the world?
H2 From accounting to Yup’ik language and culture.
H2 A place to find yourself.
H2 Include everyone in the journey.
H2 What — and who — we’re made of
H2 Where you'll learn.
H2 News and events
H2 Land acknowledgment
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 (42) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.uaf.edu/uaf/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.uaf.edu/uaf/a-z.phpA-Z
https://classes.alaska.edu/External Subdomain Blackboard
https://canvas.alaska.edu/External Subdomain Canvas
https://uaf.edu/campusmap/Campus map
https://people.alaska.edu/External Subdomain Directory
/uaf/contact/reporting.phpReport incidents
https://www.alaska.edu/uaonline/External Subdomain UAOnline
https://www.alaska.edu/google/External Subdomain Webmail
https://www.uaf.edu/uaf/index.phpIMG-ALT UAF logo
https://www.uaf.edu/uaf/index.phpIMG-ALT University of Alaska Fairbanks
/uaf/current/index.phpStudents
/uaf/facstaff/index.phpFaculty & staff
/alumni/index.phpAlumni
/parents/index.phpFamily
/uaf/about/index.phpUAF overview
/accreditation/index.phpAccreditation
/uaf/about/campuses/index.phpCampuses (Fairbanks)
https://alaska.edu/jobs/External Employment
/facts/index.phpFacts & Figures
/uaf/about/mission/index.phpMission
/accreditation/mission-fulfill...Mission fulfillment indicators
/news/index.phpNews & information
/chancellor/index.phpOffice of the Chancellor
/strategic/index.phpUAF Strategic Plan 2027
/academics/index.phpAcademics overview
https://catalog.uaf.edu/External Subdomain Academic catalog
https://classes.alaska.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Blackboard
https://canvas.alaska.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Canvas
https://catalog.uaf.edu/overvi...External Subdomain Colleges & schools
https://alaska.search.colleges...External Subdomain Current courses
https://ecampus.uaf.edu/External Subdomain eCampus
https://library.uaf.edu/External Subdomain Library, Rasmuson
/academics/programs/index.phpMajors
/handbook/register/process/ind...Registration
/admissions/index.phpAdmissions
/admissions/apply/index.phpHow to apply
/admissions/counselors/index.phpContact a counselor
/admissions/apply/transfer.phpTransfer students
/admissions/campuslife/index.phpStudent life
/admissions/visit/index.phpVisiting & virtual tour
/finaid/costs/index.phpTuition & financial aid
/finaid/scholarships.phpScholarships
/bursar/index.phpAccount balance, payments & refunds
https://www.alaskananooks.com/External Subdomain Alaska Nanooks
https://alaskananooks.com/spor...External Schedules
https://alaskananooks.com/spor...External Tickets
https://engage.alaska.edu/uafExternal Subdomain Support athletics
/indigenous/index.phpIndigenous programs overview
/indigenous/progams.phpAcademic programs
/indigenous/support.phpStudent support
https://alaska.edu/pres/aknati...External Alaska Native Success Initiative
https://uaf.edu/research/Research overview
https://uaf.edu/r1/Achieving R1 at UAF
/uaf/about/land-sea-space-gran...Land, sea & space grant
/research/research-entities/Research units
https://uaf.edu/uarctic/UArctic
https://uaf.edu/ursa/Undergraduate research
/giving/index.phpGiving
/aurora/index.phpRead spring 2025 issue
/admissions/visit/previewday.phpCampus Preview Day
/virtualtour/index.phpTake a virtual tour
/academics/index.phpLearn about academics at UAF
/facts/rankings.phpSee UAF's rankings
https://www.uaf.edu/uaf/Anchor Previous
https://www.uaf.edu/uaf/Anchor Next
/uaf/about/index.phpText duplicate UAF overview
/accreditation/index.phpText duplicate Accreditation
/uaf/about/campuses/index.phpText duplicate Campuses (Fairbanks)
/finaid/cares-act.phpSubdomain CARES act funding at UAF
https://alaska.edu/jobs/External Text duplicate Employment
/facts/index.phpText duplicate Facts & Figures
/uaf/about/campuses/fairbanks.phpFairbanks
/uaf/about/mission/index.phpText duplicate Mission
/accreditation/mission-fulfill...Text duplicate Mission fulfillment indicators
/news/index.phpText duplicate News & information
/chancellor/index.phpText duplicate Office of the Chancellor
/strategic/index.phpText duplicate UAF Strategic Plan 2027
/academics/index.phpText duplicate Academics overview
https://catalog.uaf.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Academic catalog
https://classes.alaska.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Blackboard
https://canvas.alaska.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Canvas
https://catalog.uaf.edu/overvi...External Subdomain Text duplicate Colleges & schools
https://ecampus.uaf.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate eCampus
https://library.uaf.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Library, Rasmuson
/academics/programs/index.phpText duplicate Majors
/admissions/index.phpText duplicate Admissions
/admissions/apply/index.phpText duplicate How to apply
/admissions/counselors/index.phpText duplicate Contact a counselor
/finaid/costs/index.phpText duplicate Tuition & financial aid
/finaid/scholarships.phpText duplicate Scholarships
/admissions/campuslife/index.phpText duplicate Student life
/admissions/visit/index.phpText duplicate Visiting & virtual tour
https://alaskananooks.com/External Text duplicate Alaska Nanooks
https://alaskananooks.com/spor...External Text duplicate Schedules
https://alaskananooks.com/spor...External Text duplicate Tickets
https://engage.alaska.edu/uafExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Support athletics
/indigenous/index.phpText duplicate Indigenous programs overview
/indigenous/progams.phpText duplicate Academic programs
/indigenous/support.phpStudent Support
https://alaska.edu/pres/aknati...External Text duplicate Alaska Native Success Initiative
/research/index.phpText duplicate Research overview
https://www.uaf.edu/r1/index.phpText duplicate Achieving R1 at UAF
/uaf/about/land-sea-space-gran...Text duplicate Land, sea & space grant
/research/research-entities/in...Text duplicate Research units
/uarctic/index.phpText duplicate UArctic
/ursa/index.phpText duplicate Undergraduate research
/giving/index.phpGiving(current)
/admissions/apply/index.phpApply now
/admissions/info/index.phpRequest information
/admissions/visit/index.phpVisit UAF
/academics/programs/index.phpMajors and programs
/academics/index.phpAcademics at UAF
/ambassadors/index.phpStudent Ambassadors
/nanooknation/index.phpNanook Nation stories
/parents/index.phpNanook Family Connection
/facts/index.phpUAF facts and rankings
/uaf/about/campuses/index.phpUAF campuses
https://ecampus.uaf.edu/External Subdomain UAF eCampus
/aurora/index.phpNew window Aurora magazine: Spring 2025
/aurora/index.phpRead latest issue
/news/traveling-through-time-i...Subdomain Traveling through time in the Alaska bush
/news/theatreuafpresentsstrike...Subdomain Theatre UAF presents 'STRIKE! A Musical and Dramatic Revue'
/news/index.phpMore news
/news/events.phpMore events
/uaf/contact/index.phpContact information
https://uafalert.alaska.edu/External Subdomain Emergency information
/titleix/index.phpTitle IX & confidential reporting
/uaf/help/index.phpWebsite help
/uaf/about/index.phpAbout
/academics/index.phpAcademics
/admissions/index.phpText duplicate Admissions
/finaid/index.phpfinancial aid
https://alaskananooks.com/External Athletics
/indigenous/index.phpIndigenous programs
/research/index.phpResearch
/giving/index.phpText duplicate Giving
https://www.uaf.edu/Text duplicate IMG-ALT UAF logo
https://www.facebook.com/uafai...External Subdomain UAF Facebook
A-TITLE Follow UAF on Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/uafa...External Subdomain UAF Instagram
A-TITLE Follow UAF on Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@uafair...External Subdomain UAF TikTok
A-TITLE Follow UAF on TikTok
https://twitter.com/uafairbanks/External UAF Twitter
A-TITLE Follow UAF on Twitter
https://www.alaska.edu/alaska/External Subdomain University of Alaska
https://www.alaska.edu/nondisc...External Subdomain policy of nondiscrimination
https://www.alaska.edu/webacce...New window External Subdomain notice of web accessibility
https://www.alaska.edu/records...New window External Subdomain Privacy Statement
https://edit.alaska.edu/11/?sk...External Subdomain

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.uaf.edu/uaf/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The used PHP version is outdated and may be a security risk.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.86 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 9 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 12 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (67 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 15 Mar 2025 21:19:26 GMT
serverApache
ua-hostou-webserver02
varyHost
x-powered-byPHP/5.4.16
transfer-encodingchunked
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 900 referring domains.
This page has 18,430 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 482 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

User-agent: ZanranCrawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /
User-agent: *
Disallow: /templates/
Disallow: /ua-templates/
Disallow: /roxen-files/
Disallow: /__internal/
Disallow: /_internal/
Disallow: /__frame/
Disallow: /coursefinder/search-results/
Disallow: /anla/collections/search/resultDetail.xml
Disallow: /hr/

Search preview

www.uaf.edu › uaf
UAF Home | University of Alaska Fairbanks
Here at UAF, you'll master your fields of study, make lifelong friends, explore an environment like no other and, in all likelihood, contribute to research that will change lives everywhere.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
UAF89%Check
Alaska50%Check
Research50%Check
Alaska Fairbanks49%Check
University Alaska49%Check
University48%Check
Fairbanks47%Check
University Alaska Fairbanks47%Check
make46%Check
friends46%Check

Automatically check uaf.edu including all subpages at once!

Try for free
Guaranteed free of charge during trial period.

Cookie Policy

We use cookies to make our site work and also for analytics and advertising purposes. You can enable or disable optional cookies as desired. See the following links for more information.

We need these so the site can function properly

So we can better understand how visitors use our website

So we can serve you tailored ads and promotions