Ncaa.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
95% 
Page quality
56% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
52% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.99 s
File size
291.20 kB
Words
304
Media files
5
Number of links
93 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
NCAA.org - Official Athletics Website
The domain is used in the page's title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The official athletics website for the NCAA.org
The length of the meta description is perfect. (283 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ncaa.org/
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)
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes
theme-color#053a62
og:typewebsite
descriptionThe official athletics website for the NCAA.org
og:descriptionThe official athletics website for the NCAA.org
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twitter:descriptionThe official athletics website for the NCAA.org
twitter:cardsummary
og:titleNCAA.org - Official Athletics Website
og:imagehttp://www.ncaa.org/images/logos/site/site.png
og:image:altAthletics Logo
og:determinerthe
og:localeen_US
og:site_nameNCAA.org
og:urlhttps://www.ncaa.org/
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 304 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
25.7% of the text are stop words.
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.
The average number of words per sentence of 21.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes" 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 6 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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Main Navigation Menu
H2 Featured Slider
H2 Featured
H2 Resources
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 22 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ncaa.org/Anchor Skip To Main Content
https://www.ncaa.org/Anchor Text duplicate Skip To Main Content
https://www.ncaa.org/index.aspxIMG-ALT NCAA Logo
/sports/2021/2/16/overview.aspxOverview
/sports/2021/5/4/history.aspxHistory
/sports/2021/6/28/mission-and-...Mission and Priorities
/sports/2021/2/9/governance.aspxGovernance
/sports/championshipsChampionships
/sports/2021/6/28/outreach.aspxOutreach
/sports/2021/5/4/finances.aspxFinances
/sports/health-safety?path=hea...Subdomain Health, Safety & Performance
/sports/inclusionInclusion
/sports/2021/6/28/infractions-...Infractions Process
/sports/programsPrograms
/sports/researchSubdomain Research
/sports/awardsAwards
/sports/2021/2/9/championships...Corporate Champions and Partners
/sports/2021/5/3/membership-di...Membership Directory
/sports/2021/2/9/ncaa-national...National Office/Hall of Champions
/sports/2016/1/15/national-off...National Office Team
/sports/2014/1/2/employment.aspxEmployment
/sports/2021/2/8/student-athle...Want to Play College Sports?
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligib...External Subdomain Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete
https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/External Subdomain NCAA Eligibility Center
/sports/2021/2/10/recruiting-c...Recruiting
/sports/2021/7/9/your-journey....Your Journey
/sports/2021/7/9/balance-your-...Balance Your Schedule
/sports/2015/2/13/want-to-tran...Want to Transfer?
/sports/2021/7/9/name-image-li...Name, Image, Likeness (NIL)
/sports/2021/6/18/sportsmanshi...Sportsmanship
/sports/2021/7/9/get-involved-...Get Involved in the Process (SAAC)
/sports/2024/1/31/change.aspxSubdomain Changes
/sports/2024/3/15/draw-the-lin...Subdomain Draw The Line
/sports/2021/7/9/preparing-for...Preparing for Your Career
/sports/2024/4/3/olympics-game...Olympians Made Here
/sports/march-madnessMarch Madness
https://www.ncaa.org/sports/d1Home
/sports/2021/2/16/our-division...About Us
/sports/2021/5/11/our-division...Our Priorities
/sports/2021/5/11/our-division...Our Members
/sports/2021/5/11/our-division...Our Students
/sports/2021/5/11/division-i-a...Academics
/sports/2021/5/11/division-i-c...Text duplicate Championships
/sports/2021/5/11/division-i-c...Committees
/sports/2021/5/11/division-i-c...Compliance
/sports/2021/5/11/division-i-f...Text duplicate Finances
/sports/2021/5/11/division-i-g...Text duplicate Governance
/sports/2018/6/20/division-i-i...Text duplicate Infractions Process
/sports/2021/5/11/division-i-o...Text duplicate Outreach
/sports/2021/2/10/recruiting-c...Text duplicate Recruiting
/archives?path=d1Archived Stories
https://www.ncaa.org/sports/d2Text duplicate Home
/sports/2021/2/16/our-division...Text duplicate About Us
/sports/2021/4/20/our-division...Text duplicate Our Priorities
/sports/2021/4/21/our-division...Text duplicate Our Members
/sports/2021/4/21/our-division...Text duplicate Our Students
/sports/2021/4/21/division-ii-...Text duplicate Academics
/sports/2021/4/21/division-ii-...Text duplicate Championships
/sports/2021/6/10/division-ii-...Text duplicate Committees
/sports/2021/5/24/division-ii-...Text duplicate Compliance
/sports/2021/5/24/division-ii-...Text duplicate Finances
/sports/2021/6/10/division-ii-...Text duplicate Governance
/sports/2021/6/11/division-ii-...Text duplicate Infractions Process
/sports/2021/4/21/division-ii-...Text duplicate Outreach
/sports/2021/2/10/recruiting-c...Text duplicate Recruiting
/archives?path=d2Text duplicate Archived Stories
https://www.ncaa.org/sports/d3Text duplicate Home
/sports/2021/2/16/our-division...Text duplicate About Us
/sports/2021/5/11/our-division...Text duplicate Our Priorities
/sports/2021/5/11/our-division...Text duplicate Our Members
/sports/2021/5/11/our-division...Text duplicate Our Students
/sports/2021/5/11/division-iii...Text duplicate Academics
/sports/2021/5/11/division-iii...Text duplicate Championships
/sports/2021/5/11/division-iii...Text duplicate Committees
/sports/2021/5/11/division-iii...Text duplicate Compliance
/sports/2021/5/11/division-iii...Text duplicate Finances
/sports/2021/5/11/division-iii...Text duplicate Outreach
/sports/2021/5/11/division-iii...Text duplicate Governance
/sports/2021/6/18/division-iii...Text duplicate Infractions Process
/sports/2021/2/10/recruiting-c...Text duplicate Recruiting
/archives?path=d3Text duplicate Archived Stories
/sports/media-centerText duplicate Home
/archives?path=media-centerNews
/sports/2021/3/3/digital-socia...Digital and Social Media
https://form.asana.com/?k=GJzd...External Subdomain Media Inquiries
https://www.ncaa.com/External Subdomain NCAA.com
https://www.ncaa.com/mediaExternal Subdomain NCAA Championships Media Center
/championships/ncaa-championsh...Subdomain NCAA Championships Schedule
https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa...External Subdomain NCAA Championships Future Sites
https://www.ncaa.com/gameprogramsExternal Subdomain NCAA Championships Digital Programs
/sports/2021/2/9/statistics.aspxStatistics and Records
/sports/2021/2/9/playingrules....Playing Rules
https://ncaa-logo.pd.dmh.verit...External Subdomain Logo Library
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.c...External Subdomain NCAA Brand Guidelines
/sports/2021/2/16/ncaa-licensi...NCAA Licensing & Content Requests
https://www.ncaapublications.com/External Subdomain NCAA Publications
https://www.ncaa.org/membershipAssociation-Wide
/membership/d1Division I
/membership/d2Division II
/membership/d3Division III
https://sso.ncaa.org/login?ser...External Subdomain My Apps
https://www.ncaa.org/Anchor Skip Ad
https://www.facebook.com/ncaa1906New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/NCAANew window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/ncaa/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@ncaaNew window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/ncaaNew window External Subdomain No Text
/documents/2025/2/5/NCAA.org_T...NCAA Terms of Service
/documents/2025/2/5/NCAA.org_W...Privacy Policy
http://sidearmsports.com/terms...New window External Terms of Service, opens in new window
http://sidearmsports.com/priva...New window External Privacy Policy, opens in new window
https://sidearmsports.com/acce...New window External Accessibility
https://www.sidearmsports.com/New window External Subdomain No Text
http://www.sidearmsports.com/b...New window External Subdomain Learn More About Ad Blockers

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ncaa.org/"
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 0.99 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.
This page loads 9 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (291 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlpublic, max-age=20
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-encodingbr
expiresWed, 21 May 2025 02:07:08 GMT
last-modifiedWed, 21 May 2025 01:37:08 GMT
vary*
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
dateWed, 21 May 2025 02:06:47 GMT
content-length29855
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 1,968 referring domains.
This page has 123,505 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,317 different ip addresses.

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www.ncaa.org
NCAA.org - Official Athletics Website
The official athletics website for the NCAA.org

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
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NCAA Championships53%Check
Featured43%Check
Main40%Check
Navigation38%Check
Menu38%Check
Logo38%Check
Slider38%Check
Resources38%Check
Image36%Check

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