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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
66% 
Page quality
68% 
Page structure
34% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
81% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.79 s
File size
47.10 kB
Words
454
Media files
17
Number of links
77 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Welcome to NIC
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)
Study your way, on campus in the Comox Valley, Campbell River, Port Alberni, Port Hardy or online. Surrounded by rugged mountains, wild ocean and endless forests — studying here means Vancouver Island isn’t just the backdrop, it's part of your journey.
The meta description is too long: 1572 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.nic.bc.ca/index.html
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
DescriptionStudy your way, on campus in the Comox Valley, Campbell River, Port Alberni, Port Hardy or online. Surrounded by rugged mountains, wild ocean and endless forests — studying here means Vancouver Island isn’t just the backdrop, it's part of your journey.
Keywordsnorth island college
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:urlhttps://www.nic.bc.ca/index.html
twitter:titleHome | Welcome to NIC
twitter:descriptionStudy your way, on campus in the Comox Valley, Campbell River, Port Alberni, Port Hardy or online. Surrounded by rugged mountains, wild ocean and endless forests — studying here means Vancouver Island
og:titleHome | Welcome to NIC
og:urlhttps://www.nic.bc.ca/index.html
og:descriptionStudy your way, on campus in the Comox Valley, Campbell River, Port Alberni, Port Hardy or online. Surrounded by rugged mountains, wild ocean and endless forests — studying here means Vancouver Island isn’t just the backdrop, it's part of your journey.
og:site_nameNorth Island College
og:typewebsite
og:updated_time2025-07-18T16:06:17.665272638-07:00
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 454 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 25.25 words is high.
28.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 paragraphs were found on this page.
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, shrink-to-fit=no" 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 9 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.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
...urces/images/brand-icons/search-icon.svgsearch toggle icon
...ces/images/logos/NIC-Primary-reverse.svgNorth Island College logo
...urces/images/brand-icons/search-icon.svgsearch toggle icon
...urces/images/brand-icons/search-icon.svgsearch icon
...rand-icons/svg/NIC-Icon_Trades-Ocean.svgForest icon
...nd-icons/svg/NIC_Icon-Care-Sun_Ocean.svgForest icon
...nd-icons/svg/NIC_Icon-Grad-Cap_Ocean.svgForest icon
...campus-life/CV-Campus-Life-Tyee-2024.jpgStudents gathered around a table, smiling in conversation at a Comox Valley student common space.
...ons/svg/NIC_Icon-Access-Forest_White.svgForest icon
...t-housing/FSG-26-27-cover-concept-15.jpgExterior of tul'al'txw building
...nd-icons/svg/NIC_Icon-Campuses_White.svgimg
...ampus-tours/sarah-graham-orientation.JPGBook a tour with us
...d-icons/svg/NIC_Icon-Waterfall_White.svgWaterfall
.../svg/NIC-Foundation_Logo_White_Micro.svgAlumni icon
...svg/NIC_Icon-Values-RootSystem_White.svgRoot system icon
...nd-icons/svg/NIC_Icon-Care-Sun_White.svgSun icon
...c/01_primary/NIC-Primary-col-reverse.svgNorth Island College logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Homepage Title
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (14 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Homepage Title
H1 Where you learn matters
H2 StrongerBC future skills grant
H2 tul'al'txw student housing
H2 Check out our campuses
H2 Empty heading
H2 Why NIC?
H2 $750K+
H2 4
H2 18:1
H3 Forest icon
H3 Hands-on trades training
H3 Forest icon Duplicate text
H3 Building healthy communities
H3 Forest icon Duplicate text
H3 University-level programs
H3 Featured stories
H3 Events and key dates
H4 Learn about upcoming program opportunities, events and more.
H6 NIC alum’s career guides him to the ends of the earth
H6 Graphic recorder is making her mark with NIC
H6 NIC’s Stan Hagen Theatre at forefront for assistive...
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 4 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://nic.bc.ca/Anchor Skip to main content
https://nic.bc.ca/Anchor Skip to main navigation
https://nic.bc.ca/Anchor Skip to footer content
https://mynic.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain myNIC
A-TITLE Log in to myNIC
https://mycourses.nic.bc.ca/d2...New window External Subdomain Brightspace
A-TITLE Brightspace
/about/about-nic/contact-us/co...Contact
https://nic.bc.ca/index.htmlIMG-ALT North Island College logo
https://mynic.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate myNIC
A-TITLE Log in to myNIC
https://mycourses.nic.bc.ca/d2...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Brightspace
A-TITLE Brightspace
/about/about-nic/contact-us/co...Text duplicate Contact
/programs/index.htmlProgram finder
/programs/courses.htmlCourses
/programs/continuing-education...Continuing education
/programs/dual-credit.htmlDual credit
/programs/study-abroad/index.htmlStudy abroad
/programs/strongerbc-future-sk...StrongerBC future skills grant
/programs/work-integrated-lear...Work-integrated learning
/admissions/domestic-students/...Domestic students
/admissions/international-stud...International students
/admissions/dates-and-deadline...Dates and deadlines
/admissions/assessments-and-te...Assessments and testing
/admissions/transfer/index.htmlTransfer
/admissions/tuition-and-fees/i...Tuition and fees
/admissions/registration/index...Registration
/admissions/orientation.htmlOrientation
/supports-and-services/advisin...Advising and learning supports
/supports-and-services/campus-...Campus services
/supports-and-services/financi...Financial aid and awards
/supports-and-services/indigen...Indigenous supports
/supports-and-services/interna...International supports
/supports-and-services/student...Student housing
/supports-and-services/student...Student rights and responsibilities
/supports-and-services/student...Student records
/supports-and-services/wellnes...Wellness and safety
/about/about-nic/index.htmlAbout NIC
/about/campuses/index.htmlCampuses
/about/community/index.htmlCommunity
/about/events-and-key-dates.htmlEvents
/about/global-engagement/index...Global engagement
/about/indigenization/index.htmlIndigenization
/about/leadership-and-governan...Leadership and governance
/about/news/index.htmlNews
/about/research/index.htmlResearch
/about/campuses/index.htmlOur campuses
A-TITLE Go to campus page
/programs/index.html?interest=...Find programs
/programs/index.html?interest=...Program search
/programs/index.html?interest=...Find your path
/programs/strongerbc-future-sk...Learn more
/supports-and-services/student...Apply now
A-TITLE Learn about student housing
/about/events-and-key-dates.htmlRegister
A-TITLE Reserve your spot now
/about/news/news-listing.htmlTrivial anchor text
Read more
/about/news/stories/alum-marty...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about/news/stories/graphic-re...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about/news/stories/stan-hagen...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read more
/about/events-and-key-dates.htmlView All
/about/events-and-key-dates.htmlSubdomain Anchor Aug 5 | All Day Spring term final exams
/about/events-and-key-dates.htmlSubdomain Anchor Aug 6 | 6 PM Info session - Adventure Guiding program
/about/events-and-key-dates.htmlSubdomain Anchor Aug 12 | 3 PM Guided tour – Campbell River campus
/supports-and-services/financi...$750K+ in awards
IMG-ALT Alumni icon
A-TITLE Go to NIC Financial Aid and Awards page
https://nic.bc.ca/about/campuses/4 campus locations
IMG-ALT Root system icon
A-TITLE Go to NIC campuses web page
/about/index.html18:1 students to faculty ratio
IMG-ALT Sun icon
A-TITLE Go to NIC about web page
https://lp.constantcontactpage...New window External Subdomain Sign up
/privacy-policy.htmlNew window Privacy Policy
https://www.instagram.com/nort...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/North...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/user/N...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://ca.linkedin.com/school...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://nic.bc.ca/index.htmlText duplicate IMG-ALT North Island College logo
/programs/index.htmlPrograms
/admissions/index.htmlAdmissions
/admissions/registration/index...Text duplicate Registration
/admissions/orientation.htmlText duplicate Orientation
/supports-and-services/student...Convocation
https://mycourses.nic.bc.ca/d2...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Brightspace
https://calendar.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain Academic Calendar
A-TITLE Go to the academic calendar
/supports-and-services/campus-...Campus stores
https://library.nic.bc.ca/homeNew window External Subdomain Library
/supports-and-services/advisin...Technical support
/about/about-nic/careers/index...Careers
/about/leadership-and-governan...Governance
/about/community/nic-alumni/in...NIC alumni
https://foundation.nic.bc.ca/New window External Subdomain NIC Foundation
/about/research/index.htmlText duplicate Research
/about/about-nic/contact-us/co...Contact us
/about/campuses/index.htmlText duplicate Campuses
/about/about-nic/directory.htmlDirectory
/about/events-and-key-dates.htmlText duplicate Events
/about/news/index.htmlText duplicate News
/privacy-policy.htmlText duplicate Privacy Policy
A-TITLE Review the privacy policy
https://nic.bc.ca/sitemap.htmlSitemap
A-TITLE Go to the sitemap
https://a.cms.omniupdate.com/1...Nofollow External Subdomain © Copyright North Island College

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://nic.bc.ca/"
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 0.79 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (47 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 05 Aug 2025 13:04:53 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length9513
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-security-policydefault-src * 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; img-src * 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' data:; font-src * 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' data:; frame-ancestors 'self' https://a.cms.omniupdate.com;
access-control-allow-origin*
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
serverdirector
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 811 referring domains.
This page has 3,412 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 416 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

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nic.bc.ca
Home | Welcome to NIC
Study your way, on campus in the Comox Valley, Campbell River, Port Alberni, Port Hardy or online. Surrounded by rugged mountains, wild ocean and endless forests — studying here means Vancouver Island isn’t just the backdrop, it's part of your journey.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Campus52%Check
Port Hardy or online51%Check
Port50%Check
Homepage50%Check
Title50%Check
Comox48%Check
Valley48%Check
Island48%Check
Comox Valley48%Check
ocean48%Check
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