Open.edu.au - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
78% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.31 s
File size
179.30 kB
Words
1037
Media files
33
Number of links
45 internal / 5 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Open Universities Australia | Online University Courses
The length of the page title is perfect. (492 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Explore online university courses that are open to everyone. Get personalised enrolment advice. Open Universities Australia will help you find your study path.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (971 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.open.edu.au/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-au
Server location: Australia
The following language is defined by HTML: en-au
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 1037 words. That's ok.
40% 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.
20 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.2 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
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 21 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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Open Universities AustraliaLet’s explore online university courses together
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Open Universities AustraliaLet’s explore online university courses together
H2 How Open Universities Australia is here for you
H2 Open Access
H2 We can help you study, no matter what
H2 Real advice, when you need it
H2 Take our course matching quiz to get started!
H2 Learn more about Open Universities Australia
H2 Keep track of your favourites
H3 Simplify your search
H3 Get into your dream degree
H3 Study on your schedule
H3 Let us be your guide
H3 Frequently asked questions
H3 Quick links
H3 Create an account
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 5 external links on this page.
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https://www.open.edu.au/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.open.edu.au/Subdomain No Text
/how-oua-worksHow OUA works
https://www.open.edu.au/adviceAdvice
/help-me-choosecourse matching quiz
/help-me-chooseSubdomain Anchor Text duplicate course matching quiz
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/study-online/single-subjectsSubdomain flexible study options
/contact-us/book-consultationSubdomain book a consultation
/courses/subjects?subjectLevel...Subdomain Browse single subjects
/how-oua-worksSubdomain visit how OUA works
/courses/degrees?studyLevel=Un...Subdomain choose an undergraduate degree that allows entry through single subjects
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/contact-usSubdomain contact a student advisor
/your-studies/financial-option...Subdomain visit our fees page
/contact-usSubdomain Text duplicate contact a student advisor
/contact-us/book-consultationSubdomain Book a consultation
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/how-oua-worksSubdomain Text duplicate How OUA works
/contact-us/book-consultationSubdomain Chat to an advisor
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https://www.instagram.com/open...External Subdomain No Text
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https://www.youtube.com/user/O...External Subdomain No Text
/contact-usContact us
https://www.open.edu.au/about-usAbout us
/advice/insightsOUA Blog
/about-us/media-centreMedia centre
/about-us/partnershipsPartnerships
/universitiesUniversities
/advice/careersYour career
/faq-and-glossaryFAQ and glossary
/about-us/work-with-usWork with us
/study-onlineCourses
/study-online/business-managem...MBA online
https://partnerhub.open.edu.au/External Subdomain Partner Hub
/legal/accessibility-statementAccessibility statement
/legal/complaintsComplaints
/legal/cookies/Cookies
/legal/copyrightCopyright
/legal/disclaimerDisclaimer
/legal/privacyPrivacy
https://www.open.edu.au/sitemapSite map
/legal/terms-of-useTerms of use
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/sitecore/api/v1/auth0/login?s...Continue with email
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.open.edu.au/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.31 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (179 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 331 referring domains.
This page has 3,579 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 272 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

# Open Universities Australia
# www.open.edu.au
# Study courses, degrees & subjects with leading Australian universities.
# Explore. Choose. Enrol.
# Study online 100%
# Higher education online
# Jun 2021 robots.txt

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Open Universities Australia | Online University Courses
Explore online university courses that are open to everyone. Get personalised enrolment advice. Open Universities Australia will help you find your study path.

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