Online.ua.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
76% 
Page structure
91% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.07 s
File size
101.60 kB
Words
610
Media files
17
Number of links
59 internal / 51 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
University of Alabama - Online and Distance Degrees - UA Online
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 585 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The University of Alabama has developed innovative online degree programs you can complete around your schedule and from any location.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (864 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://online.ua.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
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
(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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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
msapplication-TileColor#990000
msapplication-TileImagehttps://online.ua.edu/wp-content/themes/ua-theme/assets/img/favicons/mstile-144x144.png
msapplication-confighttps://online.ua.edu/wp-content/themes/ua-theme/assets/img/favicons/browserconfig.xml
theme-color#ffffff
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionThe University of Alabama has developed innovative online degree programs you can complete around your schedule and from any location.
google-site-verificationh-NxZrSiMXpWuybxBw-Hs4B8E0Sh0rAGR2aogzGgrUc
generatorWordPress 6.3.1
article:publisherhttps://www.facebook.com/UofAlabamaOnline/
article:modified_time2024-11-22T19:21:31+00:00
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@UAOnline
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleUniversity of Alabama - Online and Distance Degrees - UA Online
og:descriptionThe University of Alabama has developed innovative online degree programs you can complete around your schedule and from any location.
og:urlhttps://online.ua.edu/
og:site_nameOnline and Distance Degrees - UA Online
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.
The average number of words per sentence of 9.26 words is low.
This page contains 610 words. That's ok.
24.4% 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.
6 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)
This page loads 19 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 102 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"maj. kimberly smith, ua online engineering student, honored with fourth annual legendary service award"
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)
Let Your Computer Be Your Campus
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 29 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 Let Your Computer Be Your Campus
H2 Earn a premier degree in a format flexible enough to fit your life.
H2 Maj. Kimberly Smith, UA Online Engineering Student, Honored With Fourth Annual Legendary Service Award
H2 Student Spotlight
H2 How Can We Help
H2 Our Sites
H2 Distance Learning
H2 Getting Started
H2 Contact Us
H2 Social Media
H3 Military Friendly
H3 First Class Free
H3 The Same Degree
H3 Prestigious
H3 Affordable
H3 Academic Resources
H3 Inspiring stories of success from students and alumni.
H4 Defining Her Passion, Delivering Compassion | MA in Higher Education Administration
H4 A Shared Journey of Success at UA Online
H4 Todd Palmer Reflects on His Online Journey
H4 Proof Positive
H4 Vishell Duff
H4 Ayana Hendricks-Boyland’s Pursuit of an MSW With UA Online
H4 Dalton Becker (MA in Communication Studies, Specialization in Organizational Leadership)
H4 Maj. Kimberly Smith, UA Online Engineering Student, Honored With 2024 Legendary Service Award
H4 Chelsea Fancher’s Path to an EdD in Higher Education Administration
H4 Earning an MA in Educational Psychology
H4 Embracing a New Chapter
H4 Advancing Leadership and Student Support
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 1 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 too many external links (51) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://online.ua.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain The University of Alabama Wordmark
A-TITLE The University of Alabama Logo
https://legends.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT where legends are made campaign
https://mybama.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain myBama
/getting-started/how-to-apply/Apply Now
/request-information/Request Info
https://www.ua.edu/studentsNew window External Subdomain Students
https://www.ua.edu/facultystaffNew window External Subdomain Faculty & Staff
https://alumni.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Alumni
https://visit.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Visitors
https://www.ua.edu/applyNew window External Subdomain Apply
https://giving.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Give
https://catalog.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Catalog
https://news.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain News
https://calendar.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Events
https://directory.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Directory
https://www.ua.edu/map/New window External Subdomain Map
https://online.ua.edu/Subdomain Online and Distance Degrees – UA Online
IMG-ALT Online and Distance Degrees - UA Online
A-TITLE Online and Distance Degrees – UA Online
https://www.ua.edu/applyNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Apply
http://giving.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Give
https://legends.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Legends
http://mybama.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate myBama
https://www.ua.edu/studentsNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Students
https://www.ua.edu/facultystaffNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty & Staff
https://alumni.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
https://visit.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Visitors
https://international.ua.edu/a...New window External Subdomain A-Z Index
https://catalog.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Catalog
https://news.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate News
https://calendar.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Events
https://directory.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Directory
https://www.ua.edu/map/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Map
https://online.ua.edu/degrees/Subdomain Degrees
/non-degree-programs/Subdomain Non-Degree Programs
/getting-started/how-to-apply/Subdomain How To Apply
/getting-started/Subdomain Getting Started
/getting-started/about-online-...Am I Ready for Distance Learning
/current-students/policies/Subdomain Processes, Statements, and Policies
/tuition-financial-aid-scholar...Subdomain Cost
/tuition-financial-aid-scholar...Subdomain Tuition Rates
/tuition-financial-aid-scholar...Subdomain Financial Aid
/tuition-financial-aid-scholar...Subdomain Scholarships and Grants
/current-students/policies/enr...Subdomain Enrollment and Refund Policy
/military-degree-info/Subdomain Military
/military-degree-info/admissions/Subdomain Military Admissions
/military-degree-info/military...Subdomain Military Tuition Assistance
/military-degree-info/ua-onlin...Subdomain UA Online Military Tuition Grant
https://vets.sa.ua.edu/New window External Subdomain Veterans and Dependents Support
https://vets.sa.ua.edu/faq/mob...External Subdomain Mobilization Policy
/current-students/Subdomain Current Students
/current-students/ua-student-e...Subdomain UA Student Essentials
/current-students/academic-res...Subdomain Academic Resources
/current-students/financial-re...Subdomain Financial Resources
/current-students/graduation-a...Subdomain Graduation and Beyond
/current-students/policies/Subdomain Processes, Statements and Policies
https://online.ua.edu/faqs/Subdomain FAQs
https://online.ua.edu/about-us/Subdomain About Us
https://online.ua.edu/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
https://online.ua.edu/staff/Subdomain Meet the UA Online Team
/about-us/state-authorization/Subdomain State Authorization
https://online.ua.edu/degrees/Browse our top-ranked degree programs
/student-stories/maj-kimberly-...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
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/military-degree-info/Military Friendly
/tuition-financial-aid-scholar...First Class Free
/current-students/academic-res...Text duplicate Academic Resources
/student-stories/See All Stories
/student-stories/mckinsey-pool...Subdomain Defining Her Passion, Delivering Compassion | MA in Higher Education Administration
/student-stories/meet-the-barr...Subdomain A Shared Journey of Success at UA Online
/student-stories/personal-grow...Subdomain Todd Palmer Reflects on His Online Journey
/student-stories/fawn-weaver-p...Subdomain Proof Positive
/student-stories/vishell-duff/Subdomain Vishell Duff
/student-stories/ayana-hendric...Subdomain Ayana Hendricks-Boyland’s Pursuit of an MSW With UA Online
/student-stories/dalton-becker/Subdomain Dalton Becker (MA in Communication Studies, Specialization in Organizational Leadership)
/student-stories/maj-kimberly-...Subdomain Maj. Kimberly Smith, UA Online Engineering Student, Honored With 2024 Legendary Service Award
/student-stories/chelsea-fanch...Subdomain Chelsea Fancher’s Path to an EdD in Higher Education Administration
/student-stories/hannah-homans...Subdomain Earning an MA in Educational Psychology
/student-stories/casey-evans-e...Subdomain Embracing a New Chapter
/student-stories/hannah-hare-a...Subdomain Advancing Leadership and Student Support
https://online.ua.edu/faqs/Frequently Asked Questions
/tuition-financial-aid-scholar...Tuition Costs
/tuition-financial-aid-scholar...Text duplicate Financial Aid
/tuition-financial-aid-scholar...Text duplicate Scholarships and Grants
https://online.ua.edu/contact-us/Contact Information
https://tide.ua.edu/External Subdomain Teaching Innovation and Digital Education
https://training.ua.edu/External Subdomain Training and Development
http://olli.ua.edu/External Subdomain Lifelong Learning
http://uateachingacademy.ua.edu/External Subdomain UA Teaching Academy
https://uaearlycollege.ua.edu/External Subdomain UA Early College
https://learnon.ua.edu/External Subdomain New College LifeTrack
https://bamabydistance.ua.edu/...External Subdomain Back To Bama
https://access.ua.edu/External Subdomain ACCESS Virtual Learning
http://uateachingacademy.ua.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate UA Teaching Academy
/tuition-financial-aid-scholar...Subdomain Text duplicate Cost
/tuition-financial-aid-scholar...Subdomain Text duplicate Tuition Rates
https://online.ua.edu/faqs/Subdomain Text duplicate Frequently Asked Questions
/request-information/Subdomain Request Information
https://online.ua.edu/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate About Us
https://www.facebook.com/UofAl...New window External Subdomain facebook
https://twitter.com/UAOnlineNew window External twitter
https://www.instagram.com/uofa...New window External Subdomain instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain linkedin
https://www.ua.edu/External Subdomain The University of Alabama
A-TITLE The University of Alabama
https://uasystem.edu/External No Text
https://continuingstudies.ua.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Teaching Innovation and Digital Education
https://online.ua.edu/Subdomain UA Online
https://www.ua.edu/copyrightExternal Subdomain Copyright © 2025
https://www.ua.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate The University of Alabama
https://www.ua.edu/disclaimerExternal Subdomain Disclaimer
https://www.ua.edu/privacyExternal Subdomain Privacy
https://accessibility.ua.edu/s...External Subdomain Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://online.ua.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.07 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 23 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 19 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (102 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 05 Jun 2025 08:29:08 GMT
serverApache
x-powered-byPHP/7.4.33
link<https://online.ua.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
transfer-encodingchunked
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 67 referring domains.
This page has 168 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 62 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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online.ua.edu
University of Alabama - Online and Distance Degrees - UA Online
The University of Alabama has developed innovative online degree programs you can complete around your schedule and from any location.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
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UA Online80%Check
Online Degree75%Check
Online Degree Programs68%Check
edu68%Check
degree66%Check
Online Library62%Check
University59%Check
Alabama59%Check
Campus55%Check

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