Dentistry.ucla.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
68% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
91% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.87 s
File size
82.80 kB
Words
433
Media files
14
Number of links
66 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage | UCLA School of Dentistry
The length of the page title is perfect. (341 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Join our top School of Dentistry for hands-on training and expert education, preparing you for a successful career in dentistry.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (767 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://dentistry.ucla.edu/
There is a valid canonical link 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)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are only 433 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
21.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 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 21.67 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" 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 9 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
/sites/default/files/logos/dentistry.svgHome
...-2025.jpeg.webp?h=db21d9d3&itok=7gpfEfm-Four UCLA dental students smiling against a brick background
...-hero.jpeg.webp?h=5dc4cbc9&itok=ZyF8J6ekTwo dentists in blue scrubs treating a patient
...h-2025.jpg.webp?h=b7405a0d&itok=zz_B0Mm0Research faculty mentoring a research student in the lab.
...p-2025.jpg.webp?h=0d92ec72&itok=-_NhdY3uteaching with mouth model
...a-2025.jpg.webp?h=ff537d66&itok=Ri0gFcLSDr. Sunil Kapila with arms folded
...-aldo.jpeg.webp?h=0d92ec72&itok=n6s9vZHyDental Assistant in blue gown assisting with patient care.
...-story.jpg.webp?h=0d92ec72&itok=b9ddy4KWResearcher in blue lab coat using pipette
...nners.jpeg.webp?h=e8e3a1ba&itok=sOedumpr15 people smiling in front of a blue backdrop
...4_1280.png.webp?h=8adc61bd&itok=YLPD5Vs-tooth graphic surrounded by small dental symbols
...ectory.JPG.webp?h=2770632f&itok=SnGvQgDODr. Edward Kwon
...ontrol.jpg.webp?h=0c0456f0&itok=Hd6IZKWgInfection Control
...te_act.jpg.webp?h=30bed10f&itok=NX8nyDSEOpioid Abuse
...ault/files/logos/school-of-dentistry.svgHome

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
UCLA School of Dentistry
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 UCLA School of Dentistry
H2 Search
H2 Excellence Begins Here
H2 Quality Dental Care for the Community
H2 Breakthroughs That Change the World
H2 For the Greater Good
H2 Featured News
H2 Featured Events
H3 Orthodontics Chair Dr. Sunil Kapila To Receive National Inclusion and Engagement Award
H3 Dental Assistants Recognition Week: Q&A with Aldo Becerra
H3 School Secures Record $14.3 Million in NIH Funding in 2025
H3 Research and Clinical Excellence Day 2026 Showcases 68 Poster Presenters and 14 Award Winners
H3 CE: On-Demand and Self-Study Courses
H3 Epigenetic Basis of Oral Diseases: From Mechanisms to Translational Potential
H3 California Infection Control
H3 MATE Act: Substance Use Disorders and Pain Management
H4 UPDATES
H4 CONNECT
H4 INFORMATION
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.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://dentistry.ucla.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://ucla.edu/External University of California, Los Angeles
/give-to-ucla-dentistryNew window Subdomain Giving
https://dentistry.ucla.edu/IMG-ALT Home
https://dentistry.ucla.edu/aboutAbout
/about/facts-and-figuresFacts and Figures
/people/searchSchool Directory
/about/vision-and-leadershipVision and Leadership
/about/inclusive-excellenceInclusive Excellence
/about/join-our-teamJoin Our Team
/about/annual-reportAnnual Report
/academics-admissionsAcademics & Admissions
/academics-admissions/basic-de...Basic Dental Principles
/academics-admissions/academic...Academic Divisions and Sections
/academics-admissions/dds-programD.D.S. Program
/academics-admissions/graduate...Graduate Programs
/academics-admissions/residenc...Residency Training Programs
/academics-admissions/programs...Programs for International Dentists
/academics-admissions/continui...Continuing Dental Education
/patient-carePatient Care
/patient-care/clinic-locationsClinic Locations
/patient-care/patient-resourcesPatient Resources
/patient-care/providers-and-co...Providers and Cost of Care
/patient-care/types-of-careTypes of Care
/researchResearch
/research/areas-of-discoveryAreas of Discovery
/pages/search?f[0]=page_areas:...Labs
/research/research-opportunitiesResearch Opportunities
/research/resourcesResources
/communityCommunity
/community/community-based-cli...Community-Based Clinical Education
/community/outreachOutreach
/community/childrenChildren
/community/people-living-with-...People Living with HIV/AIDS
/community/special-needsSpecial Needs
/resourcesText duplicate Resources
/resources/academic-calendarsAcademic Calendars
/resources/alumniAlumni
/resources/communications-hubCommunications Hub
/resources/facilities-and-itFacilities and IT
/resources/faculty-resourcesFaculty Resources
/resources/staff-resourcesStaff Resources
/resources/student-resourcesStudent Resources
/resources/student-activities-...Student Activities & Associations
https://ucla.edu/External Text duplicate University of California, Los Angeles
/academics-admissionsLearn more about our D.D.S. Program
/patient-careText duplicate Patient Care
/researchText duplicate Research
/communityCommunity Engagement
/articles/orthodontics-chair-d...Orthodontics Chair Dr. Sunil Kapila To Receive National Inclusion and Engagement Award
/articles/dental-assistants-re...Dental Assistants Recognition Week: Q&A with Aldo Becerra
/articles/school-secures-recor...School Secures Record $14.3 Million in NIH Funding in 2025
/articles/research-and-clinica...Research and Clinical Excellence Day 2026 Showcases 68 Poster Presenters and 14 Award Winners
/articles/searchSee all news
/events/ce-on-demand-and-self-...CE: On-Demand and Self-Study Courses
/events/epigenetic-basis-of-or...Epigenetic Basis of Oral Diseases: From Mechanisms to Translational Potential
/events/california-infection-c...California Infection Control
/events/mate-act-substance-use...MATE Act: Substance Use Disorders and Pain Management
/events/searchSee all events
https://dentistry.ucla.edu/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Home
https://www.facebook.com/UCLAD...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/UCLA_Denti...New window External X-Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/ucla...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain YouTube
/articles/searchNews
/events/searchEvents
/resources/alumniText duplicate Alumni
/give-to-ucla-dentistryText duplicate Giving
A-TITLE Give to UCLA Dentistry
/people/searchDirectory
https://uclahsprod.service-now...External Subdomain Facilities / IT Help Desk Ticket
/resources/student-resources/c...D.D.S. Class Schedules
/patient-care/patient-resource...Directions and Parking
https://www.bso.ucla.edu/External Subdomain Emergency
http://www.ucla.edu/accessibilityExternal Subdomain Accessibility
https://www.ucla.edu/terms-of-useExternal Subdomain UCLA Privacy Policy
https://www.uclahealth.org/pri...External Subdomain UCLA Health Privacy Notice
/user/loginLogin

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://dentistry.ucla.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.87 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 (83 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE (poor cacheability)
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
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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 406 referring domains.
This page has 1,062 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 210 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
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User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
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Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
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Disallow: /node/add/
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Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
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Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
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Disallow: /index.php/admin/
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Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
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User-agent: *
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Disallow: /articles/search?
Disallow: /pages/search?
Disallow: /people/search?
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Disallow: /search?
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dentistry.ucla.edu
Homepage | UCLA School of Dentistry
Join our top School of Dentistry for hands-on training and expert education, preparing you for a successful career in dentistry.

Most important keywords

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Dentistry87%Check
UCLA School80%Check
School79%Check
UCLA77%Check
UCLA Health56%Check
Dental46%Check
Training46%Check
Education46%Check
Join46%Check
Preparing46%Check

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