Indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
69% 
Page quality
66% 
Page structure
50% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
3.42 s
File size
93.40 kB
Words
513
Media files
2
Number of links
79 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations | indigenousfoundations
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations, an information resource on key topics relating to the histories, politics, and cultures of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. This website was developed to support students in their studies, and to provide instructors, researchers and the broader public with a place to begin exploring topics that relate to Aboriginal peoples, cultures, […]
The meta description is too long: 2266 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/home/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: Canada
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)
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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viewportwidth=device-width
robotsmax-image-preview:large
templateUBC Collab 1.0.5
descriptionWelcome to Indigenous Foundations, an information resource on key topics relating to the histories, politics, and cultures of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. This website was developed to support students in their studies, and to provide instructors, researchers and the broader public with a place to begin exploring topics that relate to Aboriginal peoples, cultures, […]
langen-us
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 513 words. That's ok.
27.7% 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.
6 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 17.88 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 28 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width" 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 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
...ir/56/files/sites/8/2015/08/IFbanner.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...56/files/sites/8/2016/03/FNIS_LOGO-2.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
H3 Navigation
H3 Featured Pages
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 2 links with a trivial anchor text.
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 14 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ubc.ca/External Subdomain The University of British Columbia
A-TITLE The University of British Columbia (UBC)
https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/apl...External Subdomain UBC - A Place of Mind
A-TITLE UBC a place of mind
https://www.ubc.ca/External Subdomain Text duplicate The University of British Columbia
A-TITLE The University of British Columbia (UBC)
http://indigenousfoundations.w...External Subdomain Unit/Website Name
A-TITLE Unit/Website Name
/No Text
/home/Anchor No Text
/identity/Subdomain Identity
/terminology/Subdomain Terminology
/aboriginal_identity__the_clas...Subdomain Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
/aboriginal_identity__terminol...Subdomain Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
/home/Anchor No Text
/land__rights/Subdomain Land & Rights
/aboriginal_rights/Subdomain Aboriginal Rights
/aboriginal_title/Subdomain Aboriginal Title
/calder_case/Subdomain Calder Case
/guerin_case/Subdomain Guerin Case
/sparrow_case/Subdomain Sparrow Case
/van_der_peet_case/Subdomain Van der Peet case
/powley_case/Subdomain Powley Case
/aboriginal_fisheries_in_briti...Subdomain Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
/musqueam_legal_history_digita...Subdomain Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
/mapping_tool_kitsilano_reserve/Subdomain Mapping Tool: Kitsilano Reserve
/home/Anchor No Text
/government_policy/Subdomain Government Policy
/home/Anchor No Text
/the_indian_act/Subdomain The Indian Act
/bands/Subdomain Bands
/indian_status/Subdomain Indian Status
/bill_c-31/Subdomain Bill C-31
/enfranchisement/Subdomain Enfranchisement
/home/Anchor No Text
/reserves/Subdomain Reserves
/mapping_tool_kitsilano_reserve/Subdomain Text duplicate Mapping Tool: Kitsilano Reserve
/royal_proclamation_1763/Subdomain Royal Proclamation, 1763
/home/Anchor No Text
/the_residential_school_system/Subdomain The Residential School System
/ubc_dialogue_nov_1_2011/Subdomain UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
/irs-full-record/Subdomain UBC Dialogue: Full Record
/sixties_scoop/Subdomain Sixties Scoop
/the_white_paper_1969/Subdomain The White Paper 1969
/constitution_act_1982_section...Subdomain Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
/home/Anchor No Text
/community__politics/Subdomain Community & Politics
/indian_homemakers_association/Subdomain Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
/union_of_british_columbia_ind...Subdomain Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
/constitution_express/Subdomain Constitution Express
/ipperwash_crisis/Subdomain Ipperwash Crisis
/gustafsen_lake/Subdomain Gustafsen Lake
/metis/Subdomain Métis
/george_manuel/Subdomain George Manuel
/marginalization_of_aboriginal...Subdomain Marginalization of Aboriginal women
/home/Anchor No Text
/culture/Subdomain Culture
/home/Anchor No Text
/artistic_expressions/Subdomain Artistic Expressions
/jaime_black/Subdomain Jaime Black
/jordan_bennett/Subdomain Jordan Bennett
/kevin_lee_burton/Subdomain Kevin Lee Burton
/nicholas_galanin/Subdomain Nicholas Galanin
/oral_traditions/Subdomain Oral Traditions
/totem_poles/Subdomain Totem Poles
/cedar/Subdomain Cedar
/home/Anchor No Text
/global_indigenous_issues/Subdomain Global Indigenous Issues
/global_actions/Subdomain Global Actions
/un_declaration_on_the_rights_...Subdomain UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
/ilo_convention_107/Subdomain ILO Convention 107
/ilo_convention_169/Subdomain ILO Convention 169
/home/Anchor No Text
/special_projects/Subdomain Special Projects
/berger_inquiry/Subdomain Berger Inquiry
/guide_pages/Subdomain Guide Pages
/home/Anchor No Text
/video_resources/Subdomain Video Resources
/klamath_termination/Subdomain Klamath Termination
/governance_and_land_claims/Subdomain Governance and Land Claims
http://indigenousfoundations.w...External Subdomain Click for Topics A-Z
/home/Anchor SiteMap
http://www.musqueam.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Musqueam
/about/New window Subdomain Trivial anchor text
click here
/ubc_dialogue_nov_1_2011New window Subdomain Text duplicate UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
/the_residential_school_systemNew window Subdomain Government Policy: The Residential School System
/berger_inquiry/New window Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Click here
/home/Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/home/Subdomain Anchor No Comments
A-TITLE No Comments
https://indigenousfoundations....External Subdomain credits
https://indigenousfoundations....External Subdomain contact us
https://indigenousfoundations....External Subdomain index
https://www.ubc.ca/External Subdomain Text duplicate The University of British Columbia
A-TITLE The University of British Columbia (UBC)
https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/eme...External Subdomain Emergency Procedures
A-TITLE Emergency Procedures
https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/termsExternal Subdomain Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/cop...External Subdomain Copyright
A-TITLE UBC Copyright
https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/acc...External Subdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/home/"
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 (3.42 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 9 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 28 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (93 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateWed, 23 Jul 2025 15:19:15 GMT
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connectionclose
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie92 Characters
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
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 361 referring domains.
This page has 421 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 148 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /wp-admin
Disallow: /wp-includes
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /readme.html
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins
Disallow: /files/gravity_forms/*
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*.js
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*.css
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*.css
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*/*.css
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*/*/*.css
Allow: /wp-includes/*.js
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-includes/*.css
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*.css
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*/*.css
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*/*/*.css
Disallow: /wp-content/cache
Disallow: /wp-content/themes
Allow: /wp-content/themes/wp-hybrid-clf/
Disallow: /trackback
Disallow: /comments

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: SeekportBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: blackboard ally - accessibility checker - http://ally.ac
Allow: /

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Welcome to Indigenous Foundations | indigenousfoundations
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations, an information resource on key topics relating to the histories, politics, and cultures of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. This website was developed to support students in their studies, and to provide instructors, researchers and the broader public with a place to begin exploring topics that relate to Aboriginal peoples, cultures, […]

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Indigenous79%Check
Foundations79%Check
Indigenous Foundations79%Check
Welcome73%Check
Indigenous Peoples63%Check
begin51%Check
topic51%Check
begin exploring topics48%Check
Aboriginal46%Check
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