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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
97% 
Page quality
93% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
15% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.17 s
File size
47.00 kB
Words
507
Media files
8
Number of links
69 internal / 25 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
California State University, Sacramento | Sacramento State
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (528 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to Sac State, California's Capital University, an institution of higher education that celebrates diversity and fosters lifelong success for its students.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (955 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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

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descriptionWelcome to Sac State, California's Capital University, an institution of higher education that celebrates diversity and fosters lifelong success for its students.
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twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:urlhttps://www.csus.edu/index.html
twitter:titleCalifornia State University, Sacramento
twitter:descriptionWelcome to Sac State, California's Capital University, an institution of higher education that celebrates diversity and fosters lifelong success for its students.
twitter:imagehttps://www.csus.edu/newcsus2019-global-assets/_internal/images/logo/primary-vertical/primary_vertical_2_color_gld_hnd.png
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.csus.edu/index.html
og:titleCalifornia State University, Sacramento
og:descriptionWelcome to Sac State, California's Capital University, an institution of higher education that celebrates diversity and fosters lifelong success for its students.
og:imagehttps://www.csus.edu/newcsus2019-global-assets/_internal/images/logo/primary-vertical/primary_vertical_2_color_gld_hnd.png
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 507 words. That's ok.
17.2% 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.
4 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 16.43 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 6 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 10 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
...ets/_internal/images/logo-horizontal.pngSac State logo
...assets/_internal/images/toolbar_find.pngSubmit your search requestSubmit your search request
...2025/5/images/beyondj_lindaram-web-1.jpgLinda Ram, speaking inside the Guardian Scholars Program office
...025/4/images/long-covid_4.22.25_ap-1.jpgSac State faculty study long COVID in a lab on campus.
.../images/model_un_story_4.23.25-cn-49.jpgSac State's Model UN team posing with their awards.
...ge/_images/trees-at-sac-state-campus.pngTrees at Sac State campus
...images/two-students-with-stingers-up.jpgTwo students with stingers up hand gesture
...s/_internal/images/whitelogo-stacked.pngSac State Logo, white on dark

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
California State University, Sacramento
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 California State University, Sacramento
H1 Campus Update
H1 Our graduates redefine the possible.
H1 California State University, Sacramento Content
H2 Headline Stories
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Degrees & Majors
H2 Equal Opportunity and Excellence
H2 Excellence at Sacramento State
H2 Campus Contact Information
H3 Sac State’s Guardian Scholars Program helps former foster youth beat the odds and earn their college degrees
H3 Sac State researchers study long COVID’s impact on hearing, 'brain fog'
H3 Sac State Model UN students named top delegation at national conference
H3 Campus-Wide Social Media Navigation
H3 Compliance Links
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 25 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.csus.edu/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://www.csus.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT Sac State logo
A-TITLE Return to Sac State Homepage
/apply/index.htmlSubdomain APPLY
/experience/index.htmlSubdomain EXPERIENCE
https://www.csus.edu/givingSubdomain GIVE
https://my.csus.edu/External Subdomain My Sac State
/experience/innovation-creativ...Subdomain Research
/apply/financial-aid-scholarsh...Subdomain Scholarships
https://www.trumba.com/calenda...External Subdomain Events
/parking-transportation/Subdomain Parking
https://www.csus.edu/campusmap/Subdomain Campus Map
https://www.csus.edu/Anchor Student Life
/student-life/academic-advisin...Subdomain Academic Advising
http://www.asi.csus.edu/External Subdomain ASI
/student-life/career-center/in...Subdomain Career Center
/student-life/class-schedules/...Subdomain Class Schedules
/student-life/health-counselin...Subdomain Health & Counseling
/student-life/housing/index.htmlSubdomain Housing
/student-life/records-transcri...Subdomain Records & Transcripts
/student-life/student-organiza...Subdomain Sport Clubs
/student-life/student-organiza...Subdomain Student Organizations
https://www.csus.edu/Anchor Apply
https://www2.calstate.edu/applyExternal Subdomain Apply Online
/apply/enrollment-costs-fees/i...Subdomain Enrollment Costs & Fees
/apply/financial-aid-scholarsh...Subdomain Financial Aid & Scholarships
/apply/student-orientation/ind...Subdomain Student Orientation
https://www.csus.edu/Anchor Academics
/college/index.htmlSubdomain Colleges, Majors & Programs
https://catalog.csus.edu/External Subdomain University Catalog
/undergraduate-studies/index.htmlSubdomain Undergraduate Studies
/graduate-studies/index.htmlSubdomain Graduate Studies
/international-programs-global...Subdomain International Programs
https://library.csus.edu/External Subdomain Library
https://scholars.csus.edu/External Subdomain Sac State Scholars
https://hornetsports.com/landi...External Athletics
https://www.csus.edu/Anchor Inside Sac State
/academic-affairs/index.htmlSubdomain Academic Affairs
/administration-business-affai...Subdomain Administration & Business Affairs
/information-resources-technol...Subdomain Information Resources & Tech.
/president/index.htmlSubdomain Office of the President
/student-affairs/index.htmlSubdomain Student Affairs
https://www.enterprises.csus.edu/External Subdomain UEI – University Enterprises. Inc.
/university-advancement/index....Subdomain University Advancement
https://www.csus.edu/Anchor Experience Sac State
/experience/alumni-association...Subdomain Alumni Association
https://www.hornetsports.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Athletics
/experience/anchor-university/...Subdomain Community Engagement
/experience/innovation-creativ...Subdomain Innovation & Creativity
https://www.csus.edu/news/Subdomain News
/experience/student-success/in...Subdomain Student Success
https://thewellatsacstate.com/External The WELL
/experience/visit/index.htmlSubdomain Visit Sac State
http://directory.csus.edu/External Subdomain Directory
/administration-business-affai...Subdomain Careers
https://www.csus.edu/give/Subdomain Give
https://www.facebook.com/sacstateExternal Subdomain Visit Sac State at Facebook
A-TITLE Visit Sac State at Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/sacs...External Subdomain Visit Sac State at Instagram
A-TITLE Visit Sac State at Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/SacSta...External Subdomain Visit Sac State at YouTube
A-TITLE Visit Sac State at YouTube
/apply/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate APPLY
/experience/immigration.htmlSubdomain Immigration Resources
/administration-business-affai...Subdomain Budget Information
/experience/fact-book/about-sa...Subdomain Sacramento State is a proud federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, and a ...
/news/beyondj/stories/2025/5/g...Subdomain Beyond J Sac State’s Guardian Scholars Program helps former foster youth beat the odds and earn their college degrees By Jonathan Morales Nationally, only 4%...
IMG-ALT Linda Ram, speaking inside the Guardian Scholars Program office
/news/newsroom/stories/2025/4/...Subdomain Research and Innovation Sac State researchers study long COVID’s impact on hearing, 'brain fog' By Cynthia Hubert COVID can cause lingering symptoms that dis...
IMG-ALT Sac State faculty study long COVID in a lab on campus.
/news/newsroom/stories/2025/4/...Subdomain Honors and Awards Sac State Model UN students named top delegation at national conference By Jennifer K. Morita Thirteen Sac State students returned from the...
IMG-ALT Sac State's Model UN team posing with their awards.
/news/index.htmlSubdomain More Stories
https://www.trumba.com/calenda...External Subdomain Visit Full Calendar
/college/arts-letters/index.htmlSubdomain Arts & Letters
/college/business-administrati...Subdomain Business
https://www.cce.csus.edu/External Subdomain Continuing Education
/college/education/index.htmlSubdomain Education
/college/engineering-computer-...Subdomain Engineering & Computer Science
/college/health-human-services...Subdomain Health & Human Services
/college/natural-sciences-math...Subdomain Natural Sciences & Mathematics
/college/social-sciences-inter...Subdomain Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies
/president/inclusive-excellenc...More About Equal Opportunity
/experience/fact-book/index.htmlSubdomain Sacramento State Rankings and Distinctions
https://www.facebook.com/sacstateExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Visit Sac State at Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/sacs...External Subdomain Text duplicate Visit Sac State at Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain Visit Sac State at LinkedIn
https://x.com/sacstateExternal Visit Sac State at X
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...External Subdomain Visit Sac State at Flickr
https://www.youtube.com/SacSta...External Subdomain Text duplicate Visit Sac State at YouTube
https://www.tiktok.com/@sacstateExternal Subdomain Visit State State at TikTok
https://www.csus.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT Sac State Logo, white on dark
A-TITLE Return to Sac State Homepage
https://www2.calstate.edu/External Subdomain California State University
/compliance/index.htmlSubdomain Compliance
/campus-safety/index.htmlSubdomain Campus Safety
/student-affairs/centers-progr...Subdomain Parenting Students
/information-resources-technol...Subdomain Accessibility Statement
/information-resources-technol...Subdomain Privacy Statement
/title-ix/index.htmlSubdomain Title IX
/comments/index.htmlSubdomain Comments
/information-resources-technol...Subdomain Translate

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.csus.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (2.17 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 11 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 6 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (47 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html
serverSac State
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self' https://*.csus.edu https://csus.cascadecms.com https://csus.service-now.com
dateSun, 18 May 2025 17:18:54 GMT
connectionclose
content-length48077
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 1,577 referring domains.
This page has 9,716 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 781 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /archives/
Disallow: /cached/
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /irt/dev2/
Disallow: /irt/old/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /atc/archived/
Disallow: /oldcatalog/
Disallow: /irt/
Disallow: /aba/
Disallow: /cec/
Disallow: /ssis/
Disallow: /cba/
Disallow: /nsm/
Disallow: /coe/
Disallow: /acaf/
Disallow: /acad/
Disallow: /hr/

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www.csus.edu
California State University, Sacramento | Sacramento State
Welcome to Sac State, California's Capital University, an institution of higher education that celebrates diversity and fosters lifelong success for its students.

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
State78%Check
Sac78%Check
California State University78%Check
University77%Check
Sac State74%Check
Sacramento State71%Check
Sac State students65%Check
Sacramento64%Check
Visit Sac State60%Check
students54%Check
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