Music.usc.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
37% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.15 s
File size
51.40 kB
Words
752
Media files
11
Number of links
167 internal / 15 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
USC Thornton School of Music
The length of the page title is perfect. (276 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
At USC Thornton School of Music, we are always innovating and collaborating. Our endless opportunities pave the way to a brighter future.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (853 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://music.usc.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
Alternate/Hreflang Links
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 752 words. That's ok.
16.9% 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.
9 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 21.56 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" 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 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 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.

Media list

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.../uploads/2025/05/1440x1080-Spotlight.jpgAshley Melendres plays the guitar, wearing a white dress and decorated Commencement sash.
.../Carousel1024x768_StudentAmbassadors.jpgstudent ambassadors
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...2025/05/1440x1080-Spotlight-830x1052.jpgAshley Melendres plays the guitar, wearing a white dress and decorated Commencement sash.
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...tent/uploads/2025/03/image0-240x180.jpegHeadshot of Dawn Richards.
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.../Bottom-Announcement-Banner-Viewbook.jpgNo alt attribute provided
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Quincy Jones: Beyond Category
Too many H1 headings
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 33 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 Quincy Jones: Beyond Category
H1 Looking Back
H1 Double Majoring
H1 2025 Honors Convocation
H1 Spotlights
H1 News
H1 Upcoming Events
H3 Overview
H3 Faculty
H3 Undergraduate Programs
H3 Graduate & Doctoral Programs
H3 Graduate Certificate & Artist Diplomas
H3 Undergraduate
H3 Graduate
H3 Current USC Students
H3 Resources
H3 Campus Experience
H3 Events
H3 Resources Duplicate text
H3 Explore our programs.
H3 Thornton Student Ambassadors Look Back
H3 Alumna Remi Wolf Named 2025 Commencement Speaker
H3 Inspiring the Next Generation of Artists
H3 USC Thornton Symphony
H3 USC Thornton School of Music
H4 Classical Performance & Composition
H4 Contemporary Music
H4 Research and Scholarly Studies
H4 NoSo performs new single on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
H4 In Memoriam: John Perry
H4 Donald Vega released new single, “Two Words: Bud Powell”
H4 Christian Amonson records “Spem in Alium: A Choral Adoration” by Christ Cathedral Music
H4 Read our Viewbook to discover what makes USC Thornton unique among the finest music schools in the world.
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are 2 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 15 external links on this page.
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https://music.usc.edu/Subdomain USC Thornton School of Music
https://music.usc.edu/Anchor Menu
https://music.usc.edu/about/Subdomain About
/departments/Subdomain Academics
https://music.usc.edu/admission/Subdomain Admission
https://music.usc.edu/students/Subdomain Student Life
https://music.usc.edu/events/Subdomain Events
https://music.usc.edu/giving/Subdomain Give
https://music.usc.edu/admission/Subdomain Apply
https://music.usc.edu/Anchor Search
https://music.usc.edu/about/Overview
https://music.usc.edu/about/About USC Thornton
/about/history/Historical Highlights
https://music.usc.edu/viewbook/Viewbook
/about/office-of-the-dean/Office of the Dean
/about/senior-leadership/Senior Leadership
/about/culture-community-impact/Culture, Community & Impact
/about/usc-thornton-board-of-c...Board of Councilors
/international-programs/International Programs
https://music.usc.edu/alumni/USC Thornton Alumni
https://music.usc.edu/faculty/Faculty
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/faculty/scholarly-and-profess...Research and Scholarly Studies
/faculty/special-faculty/Special Faculty Appointments
https://music.usc.edu/giving/Giving to Thornton
/this-week-thornton/This Week @ USC Thornton
https://music.usc.edu/contact/Contact Us
/departments/choral-sacred-musicChoral & Sacred Music
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/departments/composition/Composition
/departments/jazz-studiesJazz Studies
/departments/keyboard-studies/Keyboard Studies
/departments/music-industry/Music Industry
/departments/music-technology/Music Technology
/departments/organ-studies/Organ Studies
/departments/popular-music/Popular Music
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/departments/strings/Text duplicate Strings
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/departments/keyboard-studies/Text duplicate Keyboard Studies
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/departments/strings/Text duplicate Strings
/departments/studio-guitar/Text duplicate Studio Guitar
/departments/vocal-arts-opera/Text duplicate Vocal Arts & Opera
/departments/winds-percussion/Text duplicate Winds & Percussion
/departments/chamber-musicChamber Music
/departments/community-engagem...Community Engagement
https://music.usc.edu/ensembles/Ensembles
/departments/minors-and-electi...General Education, Minors, & Electives
/international-programs/Text duplicate International Programs
/departments/polish-music-center/Subdomain Polish Music Center
/the-classical-redesign/The Classical ReDesign
https://music.usc.edu/Undergraduate
/admissions-undergraduate/How to Apply
/admission/deadlines/Application Deadlines
/admission/international/International Applicants
/admission/student-ambassadors/Student Ambassadors
https://music.usc.edu/Graduate
/admissions-graduate-student/Text duplicate How to Apply
/admission/deadlines/Text duplicate Application Deadlines
/admission/international/Text duplicate International Applicants
https://music.usc.edu/Current USC Students
/admission/minors/Undergraduate Minors
/admissions-current-usc-student/Change or Addition of Undergraduate Major
https://music.usc.edu/Resources
/admission/admissionevents/Admission Events
/admission/testscore/Test Score Guidelines
/admission/transfer/Transferring to Thornton
/admission/finaid/Financial Aid
https://music.usc.edu/viewbook/Thornton Viewbook
/admission/contact/Contact the Office of Admission
https://admission.usc.edu/cont...External Subdomain Request Undergraduate Information
/admission/graduate-inquiry-form/Request Graduate Information
/campus-experience/Campus Overview
/visiting-thornton/Visiting USC Thornton
/health-wellness/Health & Wellness
/about/halls/Performance Halls
https://libraries.usc.edu/loca...External Subdomain Music Library
/quincy-jones-beyond-category/Quincy Jones: Beyond Category
/signature-series/Signature Series
https://music.usc.edu/events/Event Listings
https://music.usc.edu/ensembles/Text duplicate Ensembles
/thornton-commencement-2025/Commencement Information
https://music.usc.edu/students/Student Affairs
/thornton-student-council/Thornton Student Council
https://classes.usc.edu/External Subdomain Schedule of Classes
https://catalogue.usc.edu/External Subdomain USC Catalogue
/visiting-thornton/Map & Directions
https://music.usc.edu/operations/Operations, Production, & Technology
/emergency-information/Emergency Information
https://www.usc.edu/emergency/New window External Subdomain USC Emergency Information
/quincy-jones-beyond-category/Subdomain Series Overview
/spotlights/thornton-student-a...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/spotlights/double-majoring-at...Subdomain Read Article
/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20...Subdomain Read the Program
https://music.usc.edu/Anchor Text duplicate Classical Performance & Composition
https://music.usc.edu/Anchor Text duplicate Contemporary Music
https://music.usc.edu/Anchor Research & Scholarly Studies
/departments/chamber-musicText duplicate Chamber Music
/departments/choral-sacred-musicText duplicate Choral & Sacred Music
/departments/classical-guitarText duplicate Classical Guitar
/departments/composition/Text duplicate Composition
/departments/keyboard-collabor...Text duplicate Keyboard Collaborative Arts
/departments/keyboard-studies/Text duplicate Keyboard Studies
/departments/organ-studies/Text duplicate Organ Studies
/departments/strings/Text duplicate Strings
/departments/vocal-arts-opera/Text duplicate Vocal Arts & Opera
/departments/winds-percussion/Text duplicate Winds & Percussion
/departments/jazz-studiesText duplicate Jazz Studies
/departments/music-industry/Text duplicate Music Industry
/departments/music-technology/Text duplicate Music Technology
/departments/popular-music/Text duplicate Popular Music
/departments/screen-scoring/Text duplicate Screen Scoring
/departments/studio-guitar/Text duplicate Studio Guitar
/departments/arts-leadership/Text duplicate Arts Leadership
/departments/community-engagem...Text duplicate Community Engagement
/departments/early-music-perfo...Text duplicate Early Music Performance
/departments/music-teaching-le...Text duplicate Music Teaching & Learning
/departments/musicology/Text duplicate Musicology
/departments/polish-music-center/Text duplicate Polish Music Center
https://music.usc.edu/spotlights/Subdomain see all
/spotlights/thornton-student-a...Subdomain Thornton Student Ambassadors Look Back On the eve of graduating, USC Thornton Student Ambassadors reflect on what they’ve learned, offering lessons and persp...
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/spotlights/alumna-remi-wolf-n...Subdomain Alumna Remi Wolf Named 2025 Commencement Speaker Critically acclaimed musician and performer Remi Wolf will speak to Thornton School of Music graduates on Ma...
IMG-ALT Artist Remi Wolf
/spotlights/inspiring-the-next...Subdomain Inspiring the Next Generation of Artists USC Thornton Mentorship Program connects students Ella Dunbar-Wilcox and Luke Bell to mentor, R&B star Dawn Richard.
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/category/news/Subdomain Text duplicate see all
/noso-performs-late-show-steph...Subdomain May 26, 2025 NoSo performs new single on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
/in-memoriam-john-perry/Subdomain May 22, 2025 In Memoriam: John Perry
/donald-vega-new-single-two-wo...Subdomain May 21, 2025 Donald Vega released new single, “Two Words: Bud Powell”
/christian-amonson-records-spe...Subdomain May 19, 2025 Christian Amonson records “Spem in Alium: A Choral Adoration” by Christ Cathedral Music
https://music.usc.edu/events/Subdomain Text duplicate see all
/events/details/?event-id=4951...Subdomain IMG-ALT USC Thornton Symphony image
https://calendar.usc.edu/bovar...External Subdomain Bovard Auditorium (ADM)
/events/details/?event-id=4951...Subdomain USC Thornton Symphony
https://music.usc.edu/events/View All Events
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Read More
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https://music.usc.edu/events/Subdomain Text duplicate Events
https://music.usc.edu/giving/Subdomain Text duplicate Give
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https://music.usc.edu/alumni/Subdomain Alumni
https://music.usc.edu/contact/Subdomain Contact
/category/news/News
https://music.usc.edu/spotlights/Spotlights
/sharewiththornton/Subdomain Share with USC Thornton
https://twitter.com/USCThorntonNew window External Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/uscth...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/usct...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/U...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://eeotix.usc.edu/notice-...External Subdomain Notice of Non-Discrimination
https://www.usc.edu/pages/usc-...External Subdomain Privacy Notice
https://accessibility.usc.edu/...External Subdomain Digital Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://music.usc.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 excellent with 0.15 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (51 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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This page has 1,696 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 204 different ip addresses.

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At USC Thornton School of Music, we are always innovating and collaborating. Our endless opportunities pave the way to a brighter future.

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