Calstate.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
42% 
Server
79% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.68 s
File size
139.80 kB
Words
539
Media files
19
Number of links
112 internal / 40 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
California State University Office of the Chancellor | CSU
The length of the page title is perfect. (508 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.calstate.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 539 words. That's ok.
24.3% 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.
5 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 24.6 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, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
11 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
California State University Office of the Chancellor
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 California State University Office of the Chancellor
H2 CSU PREPARES STUDENTS FOR AN AI-DRIVEN FUTURE
H2 CSU SUMMER READING LIST
H2 CSU Graduates Stepping into Bright Futures
H2 6 UNFORGETTABLE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES
H2 Watch the Board of Trustees Live
H2 Sonoma State President Search Forum
H2 "Journeys to Leadership” event will feature CSU Chancellor Mildred García and Chair of the CSU Board of Trustees Wenda Fong
H2 THE CSU’S COMMITMENT TO CHANGE
H2 Federal Updates
H2 Strategic Planning for the CSU
H2 Equal Opportunity in Education and Employment
H2 {{SpotlightTitle}}
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H2 "Receiving Financial Aid At CSU San Marcos Helped Me Focus On My Studies And Stay On A Timeline."
H2 CSU Campuses
H4 July 22-23, 2025
H4 May 5, 2025
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 too many external links (40) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.calstate.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
A-TITLE Skip to Main Content
/attend/campuses/Pages/default...Campuses
/attend/degrees-certificates-c...Degrees, Certificates & Credentials
/apply/paying-for-college/Page...Paying for College
/apply/freshman/Pages/default....Freshman
/apply/transfer/Pages/default....Transfer
/apply/graduate/Pages/default....Graduate
/apply/international/Pages/def...International
/attend/student-services/Pages...Student Services
/apply/counselor-resources/Pag...Counselor Resources
/impact-of-the-csu/diversityDiversity
/impact-of-the-csu/student-suc...Student Success
/impact-of-the-csu/teacher-edu...Teacher and Educator Preparation
/impact-of-the-csu/researchResearch
/impact-of-the-csu/business-ec...Business & Economy
/impact-of-the-csu/sustainabilitySustainability
/impact-of-the-csu/technologyTechnology
/impact-of-the-csu/alumniAlumni
/impact-of-the-csu/governmentGovernment
/impact-of-the-csu/communityCommunity
/csu-system/about-the-csu/Page...About the CSU
/csu-system/why-the-csu-matter...Graduation Initiative 2025
/csu-system/why-the-csu-matter...Why the CSU Matters
/csu-system/about-the-csu/lead...Leadership
/csu-system/faculty-staffFaculty & Staff
/csu-system/administrationAdministration
/csu-system/auxiliary-organiza...Auxiliary Organizations
/csu-system/about-the-csu/budget/CSU Budget
/data-center/Data Insights
/csu-system/doing-business-wit...Doing Business with the CSU
/csu-system/transparency-accou...Transparency & Accountability
/Pages/Resource-Center.aspxResource Center
/apply/Pages/default.aspxApply
/impact-of-the-csu/support-the...Donate
/csu-system/news/Pages/Home.aspxNews
/csu-system/careers/Pages/defa...Careers
/Pages/contact.aspxContact
https://twitter.com/calstateExternal No Text
https://www.facebook.com/calstateExternal Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/c...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/thecsu/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.calstate.edu/IMG-ALT The California State University
/apply/Pages/default.aspxText duplicate Apply
/impact-of-the-csu/support-the...Text duplicate Donate
/csu-system/news/Pages/Home.aspxText duplicate News
/csu-system/careers/Pages/defa...Text duplicate Careers
/Pages/contact.aspxText duplicate Contact
https://twitter.com/calstateExternal No Text
https://www.facebook.com/calstateExternal Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/c...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/thecsu/New window External Subdomain No Text
/csu-system/news/Pages/CSU-Pre...LEARN HOW
/csu-system/news/Pages/Summer-...DIVE IN
/csu-system/news/Pages/The-Fut...See their next steps
/csu-system/news/Pages/Lessons...WATCH THEM
https://www.calstate.edu/Anchor
https://www.calstate.edu/Anchor
/csu-system/board-of-trustees/...IMG-ALT Watch the Board of Trustees Live
/csu-system/board-of-trustees/...Watch live now
/csu-system/board-of-trustees/...View the Agenda
/csu-system/faculty-staff/labo...Budget and Labor Agreements
/csu-system/board-of-trustees/...Text duplicate View the Agenda
/Pages/livestream.aspxIMG-ALT Watch the Livestream
/Pages/livestream.aspxWatch Live Now
/csu-system/news/Pages/Journey...IMG-ALT Journeys to Leadership
/pages/livestream.aspxWatch the Recording
/csu-system/administration/sys...Commitment and Action
/Pages/Federal-Updates.aspxFind Resources and Updates
/Strategic-Planning-for-the-CSULearn About The Strategic Plan
https://calstate.policystat.co...New window External Subdomain Read the policy
/csu-system/newsAll News
/csu-system/why-the-csu-matter...MEET LOUIS
/csu-system/why-the-csu-matter...Learn about the graduation initiative
/csu-system/why-the-csu-matter...See our Rankings
https://www.google.com/maps/d/...New window External Subdomain View Map
IMG-ALT Pinpoint icon
/attend/campuses/find-your-csu...Find Your Match
http://www.csub.edu/New window External Subdomain Bakersfield
http://www.csuci.edu/New window External Subdomain Channel Islands
http://www.csuchico.edu/New window External Subdomain Chico
http://www.csudh.edu/New window External Subdomain Dominguez Hills
http://www.csueastbay.edu/New window External Subdomain East Bay
http://www.fresnostate.edu/New window External Subdomain Fresno
http://www.fullerton.edu/New window External Subdomain Fullerton
http://www.humboldt.edu/New window External Subdomain Humboldt
http://www.csulb.edu/New window External Subdomain Long Beach
http://www.calstatela.edu/New window External Subdomain Los Angeles
http://www.csum.edu/New window External Subdomain Maritime Academy
http://www.csumb.edu/New window External Subdomain Monterey Bay
https://www.csun.edu/New window External Subdomain Northridge
http://www.cpp.edu/New window External Subdomain Pomona
http://www.csus.edu/New window External Subdomain Sacramento
http://www.csusb.edu/New window External Subdomain San Bernardino
http://www.sdsu.edu/New window External Subdomain San Diego
http://www.sfsu.edu/New window External Subdomain San Francisco
https://www.sjsu.edu/New window External Subdomain San ​José
http://www.calpoly.edu/New window External Subdomain San Luis Obispo
http://www.csusm.edu/New window External Subdomain San Marcos
http://www.sonoma.edu/New window External Subdomain Sonoma
http://www.csustan.edu/New window External Subdomain Stanislaus
/Pages/Resource-Center.aspxText duplicate Resource Center
/Pages/contact.aspxText duplicate Contact
https://www.instagram.com/thecsu/External Subdomain A-TITLE Instagram
https://twitter.com/calstateExternal A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/calstateExternal Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
/attend/campuses/Pages/default...Text duplicate Campuses
/attend/degrees-certificates-c...Text duplicate Degrees, Certificates & Credentials
/apply/paying-for-college/Page...Text duplicate Paying for College
/apply/freshman/Pages/default....Text duplicate Freshman
/apply/transfer/Pages/default....Text duplicate Transfer
/apply/graduate/Pages/default....Text duplicate Graduate
/apply/international/Pages/def...Text duplicate International
/attend/student-services/Pages...Text duplicate Student Services
/apply/counselor-resources/Pag...Text duplicate Counselor Resources
/impact-of-the-csu/diversityText duplicate Diversity
/impact-of-the-csu/student-suc...Text duplicate Student Success
/impact-of-the-csu/teacher-edu...Text duplicate Teacher and Educator Preparation
/impact-of-the-csu/researchText duplicate Research
/impact-of-the-csu/business-ec...Text duplicate Business & Economy
/impact-of-the-csu/sustainabilityText duplicate Sustainability
/impact-of-the-csu/technologyText duplicate Technology
/impact-of-the-csu/alumniText duplicate Alumni
/impact-of-the-csu/governmentText duplicate Government
/impact-of-the-csu/communityText duplicate Community
/csu-system/about-the-csu/Page...Text duplicate About the CSU
/csu-system/why-the-csu-matter...Text duplicate Graduation Initiative 2025
/csu-system/why-the-csu-matter...Text duplicate Why the CSU Matters
/csu-system/about-the-csu/lead...Text duplicate Leadership
/csu-system/faculty-staffText duplicate Faculty & Staff
/csu-system/administrationText duplicate Administration
/csu-system/auxiliary-organiza...Text duplicate Auxiliary Organizations
/csu-system/about-the-csu/budget/Text duplicate CSU Budget
/data-center/Text duplicate Data Insights
/csu-system/doing-business-wit...Text duplicate Doing Business with the CSU
/csu-system/transparency-accou...Text duplicate Transparency & Accountability
/Pages/Resource-Center.aspxText duplicate Resource Center
https://twitter.com/calstateExternal No Text
https://www.facebook.com/calstateExternal Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/c...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/thecsu/External Subdomain No Text
/apply/Pages/default.aspxText duplicate Apply
/impact-of-the-csu/support-the...Text duplicate Donate
/csu-system/news/Pages/Home.aspxText duplicate News
/csu-system/careers/Pages/defa...Text duplicate Careers
/Pages/contact.aspxText duplicate Contact
/maps-and-directions-to-chance...Maps and Directions
/Pages/accessibility.aspxAccessibility
/csu-system/administration/sys...Title IX
/Pages/privacy-notice.aspxPrivacy Notice
https://www.calstate.edu/Anchor Text duplicate
https://www.calstate.edu/Anchor Text duplicate
https://www.calstate.edu/Anchor No Text
https://www.calstate.edu/Anchor No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.calstate.edu/"
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 0.68 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 (140 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 739 referring domains.
This page has 129,245 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 574 different ip addresses.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
State81%Check
California State74%Check
State University74%Check
California State University71%Check
State University Office70%Check
California State University Office69%Check
Chancellor65%Check
Office62%Check
CSU50%Check
CSU Board47%Check

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