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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
75% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.18 s
File size
273.40 kB
Words
530
Media files
29
Number of links
75 internal / 17 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Croydon College | Own Your Future
The length of the page title is perfect. (317 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
At Croydon College we are passionate about teaching and learning and its ability to transform lives. We provide courses for every stage, offering progression routes right through to a degree or employment.
The meta description is too long: 1261 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://croydon.ac.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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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og:urlhttps://croydon.ac.uk/
og:site_nameCroydon College
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: Stay up to date with the latest news, events and achievements from acr...
This page contains 530 words. That's ok.
29.1% 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.
4 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 16.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
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)
7 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.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
...content/uploads/2019/11/croydon-logo.jpgCroydon College
/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fb-icon.pngsocial icon
/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/insta.pngsocial icon
/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/youtube.pngsocial icon
/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/linkedin.pngsocial icon
/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tiktok.pngsocial icon
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1.jpgNo alt attribute provided1
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2.jpgNo alt attribute provided2
...uploads/2024/12/Website-Front-Page-1.jpgNo alt attribute providedWebsite - Front Page (1)
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/5.jpgNo alt attribute provided5
/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/6.jpgNo alt attribute provided6
...uploads/2024/12/Website-Front-Page-2.jpgNo alt attribute providedWebsite - Front Page (2)
.../1226-croydon-college-110923-400x250.jpgCroydon College Group Newsletter Summer Edition 2025
.../1226-croydon-college-110923-400x250.jpgCroydon College Group Newsletter May Edition 2025
...25/03/Regional-Final-Photo-3-400x250.jpgCroydon College students win the 2025 MEI Final
...pprenticeships-Week-Job-Fair-400x250.pngSeeds of Hope & Action – it starts with one: what can I do?
...ds/2024/11/Untitled-design-6-150x150.pngNo alt attribute providedUntitled design (6)
...uploads/2020/12/Apprenticeships-logo.pngAccreditation Logo
...ds/2020/12/European-Social-fund-logo.pngAccreditation Logo
/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GLA-logo.pngAccreditation Logo
.../12/Mayors-construction-acadamy-logo.pngAccreditation Logo
/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/QAVS-logo.pngAccreditation Logo
/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2nd-logo.pngAccreditation Logo
...tent/uploads/2020/12/Matrix-QM-Black.pngAccreditation Logo
...ontent/uploads/2020/12/accred-logo-2.pngAccreditation Logo
...uploads/2021/05/EpilepsyFriendlyMark.pngAccreditation Logo
...02/CoS-Supporting-Organisation-white.pngAccreditation Logo
...2025/06/Fairness-in-the-workplace-TM.pngAccreditation Logo
/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/skills.pngAccreditation Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Latest News & Updates
H3 COURSE SEARCH
H3 Croydon College Group Newsletter Summer Edition 2025
H3 Croydon College Group Newsletter May Edition 2025
H3 Croydon College students win the 2025 MEI Final
H3 Seeds of Hope & Action – it starts with one: what can I do?
H4 Quick Links
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.
There are 4 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 17 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://croydon.ac.uk/IMG-ALT Croydon College
https://www.facebook.com/croyd...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT social icon
https://www.instagram.com/croy...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT social icon
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT social icon
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT social icon
https://www.tiktok.com/@croydo...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT social icon
/home/job-vacancies/Work for us
https://ipay.croydon.ac.uk/iPa...External Subdomain Payment Point
/flipbook/croydon-course-guide...Course Guide
https://croydon.ac.uk/applynow/Apply Now
https://croydon.ac.uk/applynow/Search All Courses
https://croydon.ac.uk/16-18/16 – 18 Courses
/19-adult-learning-courses/Adult Courses
https://croydonuniversitycentr...External University Centre
/online-learning/Online Courses
/apprenticeships/Apprenticeships
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e...External Subdomain Book A Campus Tour
https://forms.office.com/pages...External Subdomain Report an Absence
/?page_id=588Why Choose Croydon College?
/get-college-ready/Info. for New Starters
/student-handbook/Student Handbook
/term-dates-2/Term Dates
/looked-after-children-and-car...Looked after Children and Care Leavers
/16-19-bursary-funds/16-18 Bursary Funds
/19-bursary-funds/19+ Bursary Funds
/safeguarding-support/Safeguarding & Support
https://croydon.ac.uk/als/Additional Learning Support
/student-handbook/Text duplicate Student Handbook
https://croydon.ac.uk/careers/Careers Hub
/student-virtual-enrichment-pr...Student Enrichment Programmes
/students-voice/Students Voice
/student-profiles/Student Profiles
/awareness-days-calendarAwareness Days Calendar
/parents-guardians/Parents & Guardians Info
https://croydon.ac.uk/news/News
/16-18-2/schoolpartnerships/School Partnerships
/student-life/job-vacancies/Text duplicate Work for us
https://croydon.ac.uk/governance/Governance Membership
/governance/governance-key-doc...Governance Key Documents
/policies-and-procedures/Policies And Procedures
/flipbook/18622/Our Ethos & Values
https://croydon.ac.uk/events/Events
/the-street-hall/The Street Hall
/hair-and-beauty-salon/Salon and Spa Bookings
/apprenticeships/Our Apprenticeships
/apprenticeshipvacancies/Apprenticeships vacancies
/employanapprenticeText duplicate Apprenticeships
/t-level-placements/T Level Placement
/work-experience-placements/Work Experience
/stakeholder-engagement/Stakeholder Engagement
https://croydon.ac.uk/alumni-1/Become an Alumni
/sustainability/Sustainability
/sustainability/estates-manage...Estates Management
/sustainability/teaching-learn...Teaching, Learning and Assessment
/sustainability/student-and-st...Student and staff engagement
https://croydon.ac.uk/fredie/FREDIE
/contact-us-2/Contact Us
https://croydon.ac.uk/16-18Find out more
/19-adult-learning-courses/New window Text duplicate Find out more
/apprenticeships/Text duplicate Find out more
https://croydonuniversitycentr...External Text duplicate Find out more
/online-learning/New window Text duplicate Find out more
/apprenticeships/Text duplicate Find out more
/newsletter-spring-edition-2/IMG-ALT Croydon College Group Newsletter Summer Edition 2025
/newsletter-spring-edition-2/Text duplicate Croydon College Group Newsletter Summer Edition 2025
/category/blog/blog
/category/college-news/College News
/newsletter-spring-edition-2/Trivial anchor text
read more
/newsletter-spring-edition/IMG-ALT Croydon College Group Newsletter May Edition 2025
/newsletter-spring-edition/Text duplicate Croydon College Group Newsletter May Edition 2025
/category/blog/Text duplicate blog
/category/college-news/Text duplicate College News
/newsletter-spring-edition/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/croydon-college-students-win-...IMG-ALT Croydon College students win the 2025 MEI Final
/croydon-college-students-win-...Text duplicate Croydon College students win the 2025 MEI Final
/category/college-news/Text duplicate College News
/croydon-college-students-win-...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/seeds-of-hope-action-it-start...IMG-ALT Seeds of Hope & Action – it starts with one: what can I do?
/seeds-of-hope-action-it-start...Text duplicate Seeds of Hope & Action – it starts with one: what can I do?
/category/blog/Text duplicate blog
/category/college-news/Text duplicate College News
/category/he-news/HE News
/seeds-of-hope-action-it-start...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
read more
/college-life/job-vacancies/Work For Us
https://croydon.ac.uk/news/Text duplicate News
https://outlook.office365.com/...External Subdomain Staff Email
https://intranet.croydon.ac.uk/External Subdomain Staff Intranet
https://outlook.office365.com/...External Subdomain Student Email
https://ipay.croydon.ac.uk/iPa...New window External Subdomain iPay Online
https://profectus.croydon.ac.u...New window External Subdomain My Progress Tracker (Students)
https://parentportal.croydon.a...New window External Subdomain Parent Portal
https://moodle.croydon.ac.uk/External Subdomain Moodle

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://croydon.ac.uk/"
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 is excellent with 0.18 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (273 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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link<https://croydon.ac.uk/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
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x-cacheableSHORT
cache-controlmax-age=600, must-revalidate
x-cacheHIT: 3
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content-encodingbr
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 234 referring domains.
This page has 2,279 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 134 different ip addresses.

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At Croydon College we are passionate about teaching and learning and its ability to transform lives. We provide courses for every stage, offering progression routes right through to a degree or employment.

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Croydon College Group66%Check
Croydon College Group Newsletter61%Check
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