Herts.ac.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
85% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.36 s
File size
218.50 kB
Words
1049
Media files
18
Number of links
138 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
University of Hertfordshire
The length of the page title is perfect. (233 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The University of Hertfordshire offers a wide range of Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional and Short courses. One of the top 200 universities in the world under 50 years old.
The meta description is too long: 1107 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.herts.ac.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Australia
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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 1049 words. That's ok.
26.7% 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.
13 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 19.8 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, minimum-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 21 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Undergraduate Open Day Saturday 28 June
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 51 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Undergraduate Open Day Saturday 28 June
H2 Book your free ticket
H2 Apply through Clearing
H2 Herts’ Business School crowned CMI HE Partner of the Year 2024
H2 University’s new Spectra building scoops up two regional construction awards
H2 University of Hertfordshire receives 5 Stars in QS Stars Rating System
H2 Herts launches five-year strategy to become one of the UK’s most successful modern universities
H2 University of Hertfordshire announces new Vice Chancellor
H2 Upcoming events
H2 23 January - 3 July Online events for prospective students
H2 16 - 19 June Postgrad Online Event
H2 28 June Undergrad Open Day
H2 University of Hertfordshire Incubator members take top wins at Lord-Lieutenant’s Entrepreneurs Challenge28 May 2025
H2 Students redefine fashion with groundbreaking AI-integrated catwalk23 May 2025
H2 Herts hosts national final of prestigious Young Enterprise Start-Up competition and wins ‘Best Pitch’23 May 2025
H2 Apply through Clearing Duplicate text
H2 Apply online through Clearing
H3 Undergraduate Open Day – 28 June
H3 Guaranteed accommodation
H3 Ready to apply?
H3 World-leading research
H3 Partnerships at Herts
H3 Apply for September
H3 Postgraduate Online Event
H3 Live on campus
H5 Courses
H5 Get ready to apply
H5 Studying at Herts
H5 Life at Herts
H5 Accommodation
H5 Support and wellbeing
H5 Why choose Herts?
H5 Application guidance
H5 Preparing to travel
H5 Activity
H5 Community
H5 Impact
H5 Apprenticeships and skills
H5 Recruit our students
H5 Growth and productivity
H5 Quick links
H5 About us
H5 Our people
H5 Quick links Duplicate text
H5 Instagram
H5 Tiktok
H5 Facebook
H5 Threads
H5 X (Twitter)
H5 LinkedIn
H5 YouTube
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 14 external links on this page.
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/for-business/recruit-our-stud...Subdomain Access recruitment support
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/for-business/recruit-our-stud...Subdomain Text duplicate Frequently asked questions
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/for-business/growth/business-...Subdomain Business incubation
/for-business/growth/consultancySubdomain Consultancy
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/for-business/research-and-ins...Subdomain Research and insights
/for-business/facilities-hireSubdomain Facilities hire
/for-business/integrated-care-...Subdomain Integrated care system partnership
/for-business/get-in-touchSubdomain Get in touch
https://www.herts.ac.uk/about-usSubdomain About Herts
/about-us/our-leadership-strat...Subdomain Leadership and plans
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/about-us/news-and-events/eventsSubdomain Events
/contact-usSubdomain Find / contact us
/staff/jobs-at-hertsSubdomain Jobs at Herts
/about-us/supporting-our-studentsSubdomain Supporting our students
/about-us/equality-diversity-a...Subdomain Equality, diversity and inclusion
/about-us/environment-and-sust...Subdomain Environment and sustainability
https://www.herts.ac.uk/alumniSubdomain Alumni
/_designs/2025/files/site-menu...Subdomain Student login
/_designs/2025/files/site-menu...Subdomain Staff login
/study/schools-of-studySubdomain Schools of study
/about-us/support-usSubdomain Give to Herts
/about-us/campus-investmentSubdomain Campus investment
/about-us/our-leadership-strat...Subdomain Our partnerships
/about-us/legalSubdomain Legal information
/about-us/our-leadership-strat...Subdomain Partnerships at Herts Our exclusive partnerships create opportunities for our students. As the proud higher education partners for Watford FC and London Mave...
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https://www.tiktok.com/@uniofh...New window External Subdomain Tiktok
https://www.facebook.com/uniof...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.threads.net/@uniof...New window External Subdomain Threads
https://x.com/uniofhertsNew window External X (Twitter)
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain YouTube
/study/open-days-and-events/un...Subdomain Book your Undergrad Open Day
/courses/undergraduate-coursesSubdomain Undergrad courses
https://www.herts.ac.uk/Anchor Apply online and get an instant response
IMG-ALT apply online
https://www.herts.ac.uk/clearingSubdomain Find out more before you apply
IMG-ALT click to call
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https://www.facebook.com/uniof...External Subdomain Facebook Social Link
A-TITLE Facebook link
https://twitter.com/intent/fol...External Twitter/ X Social Link
A-TITLE Twitter/X Link
https://www.instagram.com/unio...External Subdomain Instagram Social Link
A-TITLE Instagram Link
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn Social Link
A-TITLE LinkedIn Link
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain Youtube Social Link
A-TITLE Youtube Link
https://www.tiktok.com/@uniofh...External Subdomain Tiktok Social Link
A-TITLE Tiktok Link
https://www.threads.net/@uniof...External Subdomain Threads Social Link
A-TITLE Threads Link
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A-TITLE Link to Legal information and terms of use
/about-us/legal/privacySubdomain Privacy policy
A-TITLE Link to Privacy policy
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A-TITLE Link to Criminal Finances Act 2017
/about-us/legal/modern-slavery...Subdomain Modern Slavery Act 2015
A-TITLE Link to Modern Slavery Act 2015
/about-us/legal/accessibility-...Subdomain Accessibility statement
A-TITLE Link to Accessibility statement

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.herts.ac.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The page response time is excellent with 0.36 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (219 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 1,223 referring domains.
This page has 31,773 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,051 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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www.herts.ac.uk
University of Hertfordshire
The University of Hertfordshire offers a wide range of Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional and Short courses. One of the top 200 universities in the world under 50 years old.

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