Applytexas.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
74% 
Page quality
56% 
Page structure
71% 
Link structure
100% 
Server
83% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.58 s
File size
24.70 kB
Words
410
Media files
6
Number of links
14 internal / 7 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Apply Texas
The page title is too short. (108 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
With ApplyTexas you can apply for admissions and transfers to any Texas public university or community college, and many private universities
The length of the meta description is perfect. (878 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.applytexas.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Server location: Canada
The language is not specified in the HTML markup.
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width
descriptionWith ApplyTexas you can apply for admissions and transfers to any Texas public university or community college, and many private universities
next-head-count14
og:urlhttps://www.applytexas.org/
og:localeen_US
og:image/_next/static/media/at-star.7df1a734.png
og:typewebsite
og:site_nameApply Texas
og:titleApply Texas
og:descriptionWith ApplyTexas you can apply for admissions and transfers to any Texas public university or community college, and many private universities
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 410 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
32.9% 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.
5 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 15.43 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 8 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Many schools, one application
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Many schools, one application
H2 How does it work?
H3 First, let’s find the right application
H3 1
H3 2
H3 3
H3 1 Duplicate text
H3 2 Duplicate text
H3 3 Duplicate text
H3 Explore your options
H3 Resources to get you started
H3 Not ready to start your application?
H4 Take a screener
H4 Complete Core Questions
H4 Find a school and apply
H4 Take a screener Duplicate text
H4 Complete Core Questions Duplicate text
H4 Find a school and apply Duplicate text
H4 Resources to get you started Duplicate text
H5 Undergraduate (four-year)
H5 Undergraduate (two-year)
H5 International undergraduate (four-year)
H5 Find your interests
H5 Align your interests with careers
H5 Find programs to reach your goals
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 7 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.applytexas.org/IMG-ALT apply texas logo
/application-guide/Application guide
/about-applytexas/About ApplyTexas
/school-search/School search
/school-search/Undergraduate (four-year) Apply to a bachelor’s program as a first-year US student.
/school-search/Undergraduate (two-year) Apply to an associate’s program as a first-year US student.
/school-search/International undergraduate (four-year) Apply to a bachelor’s program as a first-year international student.
/application-guide/Application guide Understand how to use ApplyTexas, documents you’ll need, application fees, and more.
/school-search/School search Find a school you’re interested in, track deadlines, and start your application.
/about-applytexas/About ApplyTexas Learn more about ApplyTexas and how it can help you apply to school.
https://www.mytexasfuture.org/...New window External Subdomain Find your interests Take the Career Quiz to find and compare career options based on your interests, skills, and other factors. Take the Career Quiz
https://www.mytexasfuture.org/...New window External Subdomain Align your interests with careers Search for and compare careers by location, earnings, related skills, and credentials. Discover careers
https://www.mytexasfuture.org/...New window External Subdomain Find programs to reach your goals Explore programs based on your preferences, including online or in-person, locations with high job demand, and more. View p...
/contact/Contact
/terms-of-service/Terms of service
/accessibility/Accessibility
https://counselor.applytexas.org/External Subdomain Counselor suite
https://admin.applytexas.org/External Subdomain Admin portal
https://www.mytexasfuture.org/External Subdomain My Texas Future
https://www.applytexas.org/faqs/Frequently asked questions
https://x.com/ApplyTexasNew window External IMG-ALT Go to the ApplyTexas Twitter profile

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.applytexas.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.58 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 (25 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 27 May 2025 18:11:54 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
cache-controls-maxage=31536000, stale-while-revalidate
content-encodinggzip
etag"tiy1lfvve7jgx"
set-cookie125 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
request-contextappId=cid-v1:
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self'
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-nextjs-cacheHIT
x-powered-byASP.NET
x-azure-ref20250527T181154Z-r15b6fb54dd8f9xshC1FRA4w1800000006600000000026fq
x-cacheCONFIG_NOCACHE
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 445 referring domains.
This page has 239,698 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 377 different ip addresses.

Search preview

www.applytexas.org
Apply Texas
With ApplyTexas you can apply for admissions and transfers to any Texas public university or community college, and many private universities

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Apply81%Check
apply Texas79%Check
Texas73%Check
Application59%Check
ApplyTexas59%Check
Texas Public59%Check
program as56%Check
Texas public university55%Check
School54%Check
Texas Future54%Check

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