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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
63% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
86% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.08 s
File size
51.80 kB
Words
318
Media files
8
Number of links
79 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The College of St. Scholastica | Minnesota
The length of the page title is perfect. (379 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Unlock your potential at St. Scholastica. Experience top-tier education, vibrant campus life and career-focused programs designed for your success.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (909 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.css.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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
msapplication-TileColor#00447c
theme-color#ffffff
google-site-verificationbw1aO8B9X4qS1gBrirAmRj1GWmnrVAdvKdGH8-flP4s
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionUnlock your potential at St. Scholastica. Experience top-tier education, vibrant campus life and career-focused programs designed for your success.
article:modified_time2025-04-30T15:19:58+00:00
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleThe College of St. Scholastica | Minnesota
og:descriptionUnlock your potential at St. Scholastica. Experience top-tier education, vibrant campus life and career-focused programs designed for your success.
og:urlhttps://www.css.edu/
og:site_nameThe College of St. Scholastica
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 318 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
23% 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.
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 13.67 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" 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 6 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
/wp-content/themes/css/img/logo.svgThe College of St. Scholastica
...content/uploads/aerial-30335-600x338.jpgAerial of Tower Hall and the Science Center on St. Scholastica Duluth Campus.
.../uploads/academics-classroom-600x338.jpgStudents studying in a classroom setting at The College of St. Scholastica.
...t/uploads/financial-aid-hero-600x338.jpgFinancial aid hero
...nt/uploads/students-by-beach-600x338.jpgSt. Scholastica students walking on the Lakewalk in Canal Park, Duluth, MN.
...ontent/uploads/homepage-video-poster.jpgVideo Poster
...t/uploads/Students-Studying-768x432.jpegCSS students studying
/wp-content/themes/css/img/logo-white.svgThe College of St. Scholastica

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Building Your Future Today
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Building Your Future Today
H2 Everyday Inspiration
H2 Next Steps
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 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.css.edu/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.css.edu/IMG-ALT The College of St. Scholastica
https://www.css.edu/about/Subdomain About Us
https://www.css.edu/about/Overview
/about/our-people/Subdomain Our People
/about/mission-and-values/Subdomain Mission and Values
/about/college-advancement/Subdomain College Advancement
/about/inclusive-excellence/Subdomain Inclusive Excellence
/about/st-scholastica-news/Subdomain News and Stories
https://www.css.edu/about/events/Subdomain Events
/about/institutional-effective...Subdomain Institutional Effectiveness
https://www.css.edu/about/blog/Sentinel Blog
/about/st-scholastica-news/Subdomain Anchor Our Publications
https://www.css.edu/locations/Subdomain Locations
https://www.css.edu/locations/Text duplicate Overview
/locations/duluth-main-campus/Subdomain Duluth Main Campus
/locations/online/Subdomain Online
/locations/health-science-cent...Subdomain Health Science Center
/locations/st-cloud/Subdomain St. Cloud
https://www.css.edu/academics/Subdomain Academics
https://www.css.edu/academics/Text duplicate Overview
/academics/degrees-and-programs/Subdomain Degrees and Programs
/academics/undergraduate/Subdomain Undergraduate Degrees
/academics/graduate/Subdomain Graduate Degrees
/academics/doctorate/Subdomain Doctoral Degrees
/academics/certificates/Subdomain Certificates and Licensures
/academics/online/Subdomain Online Degrees
/academics/healthcare/Subdomain Healthcare Programs
/academics/center-for-professi...Subdomain Center for Professional Training
/academics/pre-college-programs/Subdomain Pre-College Programs
/academics/schools-of-study/Subdomain Schools of Study
/academics/centers-and-institu...Subdomain Centers and Institutes
/academics/academic-resources/Subdomain Academic Resources
/admissions-and-aid/Subdomain Admissions & Aid
/admissions-and-aid/Text duplicate Overview
/admissions-and-aid/admissions...Subdomain Admissions Information
https://www3.css.edu/admissions/New window External Subdomain Submit Your Deposit
/campus-life/student-services/Subdomain Student Services
/admissions-and-aid/financial-...Subdomain Financial Aid
/admissions-and-aid/tuition-an...Subdomain Tuition and Fees
/admissions-and-aid/financial-...Subdomain Scholarships, Grants and Discounts
https://www.css.edu/campus-life/Subdomain Campus Life
https://www.css.edu/campus-life/Text duplicate Overview
/campus-life/student-life/Subdomain Student Life
/campus-life/campus-housing/Subdomain Campus Housing
/campus-life/student-services/Subdomain Text duplicate Student Services
/campus-life/campus-recreation/Subdomain Campus Recreation
/campus-life/outdoor-recreation/Subdomain Outdoor Recreation
https://csssaints.com/New window External Athletics
https://my.css.edu/d2l/homeNew window External Subdomain CSS Login
https://www.css.edu/request-info/Subdomain Request Info
https://www.css.edu/visit/Subdomain Visit
https://www.css.edu/apply/Subdomain Apply
https://www.css.edu/give/Subdomain Give
/current-students-resources/Subdomain Current Students
/parents-and-families-resources/Subdomain Parents and Families
/faculty-and-staff-resources/Subdomain Faculty and Staff
https://www.css.edu/alumni/Subdomain Alumni
/admissions-and-aid/admissions...Military
/academics/degrees-and-programs/Choose your path.
/academics/on-campus/Subdomain On CampusLearn. Live. Be.
/academics/online/Subdomain OnlineConnect Anywhere.
/academics/healthcare/Subdomain HealthcareCourageous Care.
/academics/degrees-and-programs/Explore All Programs
/about/st-scholastica-news/new...New window Subdomain U.S. Census Bureau
https://www.css.edu/about/storiesOur Stories
https://www.css.edu/apply/Subdomain Text duplicate Apply
https://www.css.edu/request-info/Request Information
https://www.css.edu/visit/Explore St. Scholastica
https://www.css.edu/about/Why St. Scholastica
https://www.css.edu/about/events/Attend an Event
https://www.facebook.com/stsch...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/stsc...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@stscho...New window External Subdomain TikTok
https://www.threads.net/@stsch...New window External Subdomain Threads
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://twitter.com/stscholasticaNew window External Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/S...New window External Subdomain YouTube
/administration/title-ix/?ecop...Subdomain View full statement
https://www.css.edu/sitemap/Sitemap
/campus-life/student-services/Subdomain Text duplicate Student Services
https://shop.css.edu/New window External Subdomain Saints Shop
/administration/registrar/onli...Subdomain Online Bookstore
/administration/safety-security/Subdomain Safety and Security
/academics/degrees-and-programs/Subdomain Text duplicate Degrees and Programs
/consumer-information/Subdomain Consumer Information
/administration/human-resource...New window Subdomain Employment Opportunities
https://libguides.css.edu/cssl...New window External Subdomain Library
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy Policy
/administration/title-ix/Subdomain Title IX
/administration/title-ix/?ecop...New window Subdomain Nondiscrimination Statement

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.css.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.08 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 12 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (52 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 22 May 2025 19:38:27 GMT
serverApache
x-powered-byPHP/8.2.28
link<https://www.css.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://www.css.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/44481>; rel="alternate"; title="JSON"; type="application/json", <https://www.css.edu/>; rel=shortlink
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000;
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
content-security-policydefault-src https: data: blob: 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'
permissions-policygeolocation=(self),fullscreen=(self)
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 215 referring domains.
This page has 568 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 196 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Sitemap: https://www.css.edu/sitemap_index.xml

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The College of St. Scholastica | Minnesota
Unlock your potential at St. Scholastica. Experience top-tier education, vibrant campus life and career-focused programs designed for your success.

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Campus48%Check
College48%Check
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