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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
57% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.13 s
File size
138.10 kB
Words
361
Media files
26
Number of links
88 internal / 28 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Georgia College & State University
The length of the page title is perfect. (380 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.gcsu.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
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 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
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MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 361 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 9 words is low.
12.5% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
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 7 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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
...udents-hero.jpg?h=f9cbe59b&itok=pBN-55pDtwo students posing for a photo
...-staff-hero.jpg?h=f9cbe59b&itok=GRSq9fxzfaculty leading class
...mepage-hero.jpg?h=0ea97c81&itok=v01IJewYgroup of students walking on campus
...ssions-hero.jpg?h=649d5c87&itok=c-A8UBMYTerrell Hall and Front Campus on Georgia College campus
...trar-header.jpg?h=b8bf94c5&itok=x3Pkfxewstudent on stage at graduation ceremony
... South 2025.jpg?h=529ce1ee&itok=SkqFAvszUS News and World Report 2025 Regional University, South
...6/COD 25-26.png?h=529ce1ee&itok=Hu26be1Q2026 Colleges of Distinction - University Communications.png
...der-Badges8.png?h=aa5c28b1&itok=dtqmUXxAGeorgia College & State University is 1 of 3 selective universities in the USG
...ional Badge.png?h=529ce1ee&itok=DnAveRoWGCSU Baseball is the 2024 Southeast Regional Winners
...ing 25-26_0.png?h=529ce1ee&itok=k7U1nZfx2026 College of Distinction, Nursing
...ograms 2025.jpg?h=529ce1ee&itok=JCBFpzGh2025 US News & World Report Nursing BSN Program
...eton Review.jpg?h=529ce1ee&itok=iiEO6K4W2025 Princeton Review
...nship Badge.png?h=529ce1ee&itok=b0DTWeqJPBC Sportsmanship Award
...gional 2025.jpg?h=529ce1ee&itok=s-XLrUJC2025 US News & World Report Regional Public University
...er-Badges11.png?h=aa5c28b1&itok=JfYgvdGVCollege of Distinction, Georgia
...aching 2025.jpg?h=529ce1ee&itok=sgxtNOck2025 US News & World Report Undergraduate Teaching
...hamps Badge.png?h=529ce1ee&itok=1Qpx1kqYGCSU Baseball is the 2024 PBC Champs
...ation 25-26.png?h=529ce1ee&itok=gN5wNC6Q2026 College of Distinction, Education
...vative 2025.jpg?h=529ce1ee&itok=0lGg-lPW2025 US News & World Report Most Innovative
...Development.png?h=529ce1ee&itok=u-RpopnO2026 College of Distinction, Career Development
... NCAA Badge.jpg?h=529ce1ee&itok=UcXq2XoITop Academic Success Rate for three years running in NCAA Division 2 schools
...ternational.png?h=529ce1ee&itok=liil9LIs2026 College of Distinction, International
...orbes Badge.jpg?h=529ce1ee&itok=-IjZffoyForbes, 2024 - 2025 America's Best Colleges
...ublic 25-26.png?h=529ce1ee&itok=ses4kS2n2026 College of Distinction, Public
...r/w3c-image.png?h=dddf04eb&itok=9IsMaaxfLevel Double-A conformance, W3C WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Georgia's designated public liberal arts university
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 Georgia's designated public liberal arts university
H2 Why Choose Georgia College & State University?
H2 What's Going On at Georgia College?
H3 Find your Passion
H3 Upcoming Events
H3 Featured News
H5 More Information
H5 Stay Connected
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (28) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.gcsu.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://give.gcsu.edu/g/georgi...New window External Subdomain Give
https://www.gcsu.edu/visitVisit
https://www.gcsu.edu/applyApply Now
/future-studentsFuture Students
/current-studentsCurrent Students
https://www.gcsu.edu/parentsParents
https://www.gcsu.edu/alumniAlumni
https://www.gcsu.edu/employeesEmployees
https://careers.hprod.onehcm.u...New window External Subdomain Jobs
https://frontpage.gcsu.edu/New window External Subdomain News
https://www.gcsu.edu/A-TITLE Click for home page
https://www.gcsu.edu/admissionsAdmissions
/admissions/undergraduateUndergraduate Admissions
/gradadmissionsGraduate Admissions
/internationalInternational Admissions
https://www.gcsu.edu/honorsHonors College
https://www.gcsu.edu/financialaidFinancial Aid
/businessoffice/tuition-and-feesTuition & Fees
/financialaid/university-priva...Scholarships
https://www.gcsu.edu/visitPlan a Visit
https://admissions.gcsu.edu/ac...New window External Subdomain Application Status Check
https://www.gcsu.edu/academicsAcademics
https://www.gcsu.edu/gcjourneysGC Journeys & Liberal Arts
/programsearchMajors, Minors & Programs
https://www.gcsu.edu/graduateThe Graduate School
https://www.gcsu.edu/honorsText duplicate Honors College
/artsandsciencesCollege of Arts & Sciences
https://www.gcsu.edu/businessCollege of Business & Technology
https://www.gcsu.edu/educationCollege of Education
https://www.gcsu.edu/healthCollege of Health Sciences
https://www.gcsu.edu/socpsSchool of Continuing & Professional Studies
https://www.gcsu.edu/leadershipLeadership Programs
https://www.gcsu.edu/registrarRegistrar
/registrar/academic-calendarsAcademic Calendar
https://www.gcsu.edu/campuslifeCampus Life
/studentengagementStudent Engagement
https://www.gcsu.edu/studentlifeStudent Life
/deanofstudentsDean of Students
https://www.gcsu.edu/housingUniversity Housing & Residence Life
https://georgiacollege.sodexom...New window External Subdomain Dining
https://www.gcsu.edu/wellnessrecWellness & Recreation
https://www.gcsu.edu/fslFraternity & Sorority Life
/community-engagementOffice of Community Engagement & Service
https://www.gcsu.edu/student-careCare & Outreach
https://www.gcsu.edu/wellbeingHealth & Wellbeing
https://www.gcsu.edu/outdoorOutdoor Center
https://www.gcsu.edu/disabilityStudent Disability Resource Center
https://www.gcsu.edu/resourcesResources
https://www.gcsu.edu/advisingAcademic Advising Center
https://www.gcsu.edu/careerCareer Center
https://www.gcsu.edu/disabilityText duplicate Student Disability Resource Center
/studenthealthStudent Health Services
/auxiliaryservices/barnesandnobleBarnes & Noble Bookstore
https://www.gcsu.edu/counselingCounseling Services
https://www.gcsu.edu/publicsafetyPublic Safety
/internationalStudy Abroad
https://www.gcsu.edu/libraryIna Dillard Russell Library
https://www.gcsu.edu/technologyInformation Technology
/humanresourcesHuman Resources
https://www.gcsu.edu/alumniAlumni Engagement
/centers-and-institutesCenters & Institutes
/museums-and-galleriesMuseums & Galleries
/about/campus-mapsCampus Maps
https://www.gcsu.edu/greenSustainability
https://www.gcbobcats.com/land...New window External Subdomain Athletics
https://www.gcsu.edu/aboutAbout Us
/about/vision-values-missionVision, Values & Mission
https://frontpage.gcsu.edu/New window External Subdomain News & Events
/about/rankingsRankings & Recognitions
/about/accreditationsAccreditations
/about/historyHistory & Traditions
/about/administrationAdministration
https://www.gcsu.edu/inclusionInclusion and Belonging
https://www.visitmilledgeville...New window External Subdomain Milledgeville
/university-offices-and-servicesOffices & Services
https://my.gcsu.edu/department...New window External Subdomain Campus Directory
https://georgiacollege.smugmug...External Subdomain Photo Gallery
https://www.gcsu.edu/about/brandGCSU Brand
https://www.gcsu.edu/privacyPrivacy and Legal Notice
/programsearchView our Majors, Minors, & Programs
/about/rankingsView our Rankings and Recognitions
https://frontpage.gcsu.edu/eve...New window External Subdomain View More Events
https://frontpage.gcsu.edu/newsNew window External Subdomain View More Stories
https://admissions.gcsu.edu/re...New window External Subdomain Request Info
https://www.gcsu.edu/toursText duplicate Visit
https://www.gcsu.edu/applyApply
https://www.gcsu.edu/Text duplicate A-TITLE Click for home page
https://www.gcsu.edu/a-z-indexA-Z Index
https://my.gcsu.edu/department...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Directory
/about/campus-mapsText duplicate Campus Maps
/programsearchExplore Our Programs
https://www.gcsu.edu/cpeNew window Continuing & Professional Education
https://www.gcsu.edu/libraryLibrary
https://my.gcsu.edu/New window External Subdomain My GCSU
https://mobile.gcsu.edu/External Subdomain Mobile Portal
/sites/default/files/documents...New window Annual Security & Fire Safety Report
https://care.gcsu.edu/External Subdomain CARE Team Report
/consumer-informationConsumer Information
https://gcsu.simplesyllabus.com/New window External Subdomain Course Syllabi
https://careers.hprod.onehcm.u...External Subdomain Employment
https://gcsu.alertline.com/gcs...New window External Subdomain Ethics & Compliance Reporting Hotline
https://gbi.georgia.gov/human-...New window External Subdomain Human Trafficking Notice
/legalaffairs/non-discriminationNon-Discrimination
https://www.gcsu.edu/complaintStudent Complaint Portal
https://www.gcsu.edu/titleixTitle IX
https://give.gcsu.edu/g/georgi...New window External Subdomain Give to GCSU
/about/contact-usContact Us
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://www.facebook.com/GaCol...External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://vimeo.com/georgiacollegeExternal A-TITLE Vimeo
https://instagram.com/georgiac...External A-TITLE Instagram
/about/privacyPrivacy
/accessibilityAccessibility
https://usg.edu/External University System of Georgia
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG2AA...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Level Double-A conformance, W3C WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
A-TITLE Explanation of WCAG 2.0 Level Double-A Conformance

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.gcsu.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 is slow (1.13 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (138 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
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content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubdomains;
x-drupal-cacheHIT
content-encodinggzip
x-request-idv-57349b30-7578-11f0-b55a-f74e30ea0dcb
x-ah-environmentprod
x-gcsu-sitewww.gcsu.edu
age0
x-acquia-view1
accept-rangesbytes
dateSat, 09 Aug 2025 23:26:57 GMT
x-served-bycache-fra-etou8220139-FRA
x-cacheMISS, MISS
x-cache-hits0
x-timerS1754782017.557936,VS0,VE455
varyAccept-Encoding
viaAcquia Platform CDN 1.226
content-length41868
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 599 referring domains.
This page has 2,521 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 340 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

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
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password/
Disallow: /index.php/user/register/
Disallow: /index.php/user/login/
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout/
Disallow: /user/login

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University66%Check
Georgia College62%Check
State University61%Check
Georgia College State University61%Check
Arts University59%Check
College56%Check
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University System51%Check
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