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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
97% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
62% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
66% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.55 s
File size
113.90 kB
Words
791
Media files
16
Number of links
56 internal / 24 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The University of Oklahoma
The length of the page title is perfect. (249 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The University of Oklahoma
The length of the meta description is perfect. (249 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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, inital-scale=1
descriptionThe University of Oklahoma
langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:titleThe University of Oklahoma
twitter:descriptionThe University of Oklahoma
twitter:imagehttps://www.ou.edu/content/dam/website-wordmarks/ou-logo-square.png
twitter:image:altEmpty
og:typewebsite
og:localeen_US
og:urlhttp://www.ou.edu/web.html
og:titleThe University of Oklahoma
og:descriptionThe University of Oklahoma
og:imagehttps://www.ou.edu/content/dam/website-wordmarks/ou-logo-square.png
og:image:altEmpty
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 791 words. That's ok.
30.7% 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.
12 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 19.19 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, inital-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 16 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
...copy/par/image.img.jpg/1741633246913.jpgSeed Sower statue on OU campus in Norman, Oklahoma in front of fall mums.
...y_co/par/image.img.jpg/1741633246913.jpgSeed Sower statue on OU campus in Norman, Oklahoma in front of fall mums.
...page/about/bizzell-library-oval-lawn.pngEvans Hall on the University of Oklahoma campus
...t Up Finalist for Gametime Rehab App.jpgMohamed Elgouhari speaking at the Start-Up OU pitch competition.
...25/may/victoria-sturdevant-with-book.jpgVictoria Sturtevant with her book cover.
...ages/articles/2025/may/melissa-craft.pngMelissa Craft.
...s-inherited-retinal-blindness900x600.pngOU, New genetic research offers hope for inherited vision loss.
.../theres-only-one/Evans Hall Summer 3.jpgNorman Campus
...t/dam/homepage/campuses/tulsa-campus.jpgTulsa Campus
...ent/dam/homepage/campuses/hsc-campus.jpgOUHSC Campus
...ntent/dam/theres-only-one/OU Online2.jpgOU Online, photo of students sitting at desk
...t/dam/homepage2012/design/footerlogo.pngOU
Video URLWidthHeight
...ent/dam/theres-only-one/Longform_Web.mp4
...0&controls=1&autohide=1&modestbranding=1100%100%
...0&controls=1&autohide=1&modestbranding=1100%100%
...homa-web-video-coloring-book-edition.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The University of Oklahoma
Too many H1 headings
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 The University of Oklahoma
H1 THERE’S ONLY ONE
H1 THERE’S GREATNESS AHEAD OF YOU
H2 There's Only One Oklahoma
H2 3 Campuses
H2 31,000+ Students
H2 $416.6M Research Expenditures
H2 170+ Academic Programs
H2 Endless Possibilities
H2 Research
H2 125+ Countries Represented
H2 400+ Student Organizations
H2 Campus Life & Community
H2 OUR CAMPUSES
H2 Oklahoma
H2 FOLLOW US
H3 Gamified Rehab App Lands OU Senior in SEC Start Up Finals
H3 OU Film Scholar Wins National Pop Culture Book Award
H3 Melissa Craft Named University of Oklahoma Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing Dean
H3 Unlocking the Genetics of Blindness: New Hope for Sufferers of Inherited Retinal Diseases
H4 There's Only One
H4 Resources For
H4 The Big Picture
H4 Good to Know
H4 NEWS
H4 Norman
H4 Tulsa
H4 Health Sciences
H4 OU Online
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 2 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 24 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ou.edu/Anchor Skip Navigation
https://ou.edu/No Text
https://ou.edu/aboutABOUT
https://ou.edu/admissionsADMISSIONS
https://ou.edu/academicsACADEMICS
https://ou.edu/campuslifeCAMPUS LIFE
https://ou.edu/ouresearchRESEARCH
https://ou.edu/newsNEWS
https://soonersports.com/External ATHLETICS
https://ou.edu/aboutAbout OU
https://ou.edu/admissionsAdmissions & Aid
https://ou.edu/academicsAcademics
https://ou.edu/campuslifeCampus Life
https://ou.edu/ouresearchResearch
https://ou.edu/newsNews
https://soonersports.com/External Athletics
/resources/current-studentsCurrent Students
https://ou.edu/admissionsProspective Students
/resources/families-and-visitorsFamilies & Visitors
/resources/faculty-and-staffFaculty & Staff
https://home.oufoundation.org/External Subdomain Alumni & Friends
https://ou.edu/about/visitVisit OU
/dam/homepage/visit/campus-map...Campus Map (pdf)
https://libraries.ou.edu/External Subdomain University Libraries
https://ou.edu/news/galleriesPhoto Galleries
https://calendar.ou.edu/External Subdomain Calendar & Events
https://ou.edu/about/museumsMuseums
https://ou.edu/presidentOffice of the President
/about/university-leadershipUniversity Leadership
/resources/colleges-and-depart...Colleges & Departments
/accessandopportunityAccess & Opportunity
https://www.ou.edu/campussafetySubdomain Campus Safety
https://leadon.ou.edu/External Subdomain Read more about OU’s Strategic Plan
https://ou.edu/admissions/applyLEARN MORE
https://ou.edu/about/visitText duplicate LEARN MORE
https://www.leadonou.org/s/172...External Subdomain Text duplicate LEARN MORE
/content/onlyone-content/featu...Learn about OK-1 Cancer Drug
/content/admissions/incomingclassLearn about our Multi-National First-Year Class
https://soonersports.com/news/...External Learn about Our Championship Team
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...IMG-ALT Mohamed Elgouhari speaking at the Start-Up OU pitch competition.
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...Gamified Rehab App Lands OU Senior in SEC Start Up Finals
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...Read more Gamified Rehab App Lands OU Senior in SEC Start Up Finals
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...OU Film Scholar Wins National Pop Culture Book Award
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...Read more Read article: OU Film Scholar Wins National Pop Culture Book Award
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...Read article: OU Film Scholar Wins National Pop Culture Book Award
IMG-ALT Victoria Sturtevant with her book cover.
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...Melissa Craft Named University of Oklahoma Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing Dean
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...Read more Read article: Melissa Craft Named University of Oklahoma Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing Dean
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...Read article: Melissa Craft Named University of Oklahoma Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing Dean
IMG-ALT Melissa Craft.
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...Unlocking the Genetics of Blindness: New Hope for Sufferers of Inherited Retinal Diseases
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...Read more Read article: Unlocking the Genetics of Blindness: New Hope for Sufferers of Inherited Retinal Diseases
/content/news/articles/2025/ma...Read article: Unlocking the Genetics of Blindness: New Hope for Sufferers of Inherited Retinal Diseases
IMG-ALT OU, New genetic research offers hope for inherited vision loss.
https://www.ou.edu/newsSubdomain READ MORE NEWS
https://www.ou.edu/ouresearchTrivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.ou.edu/campuslifeText duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://ou.edu/aboutNorman The University of Oklahoma in Norman is the flagship university and research institution for the state of Oklahoma.
IMG-ALT Norman Campus
https://ou.edu/tulsaTulsa The University of Oklahoma-Tulsa offers a wide range of 30+ undergraduate, Master’s, and Doctorate level degrees.
IMG-ALT Tulsa Campus
https://ouhsc.edu/External Health Sciences The University of Oklahoma’s Health Sciences boasts one of the few comprehensive academic campuses in the nation.
IMG-ALT OUHSC Campus
https://online.ou.edu/External Subdomain OU Online OU Online offers high-quality, affordable, professional undergraduate and graduate programs that are committed to maintaining excellence in an onli...
IMG-ALT OU Online, photo of students sitting at desk
http://visitnorman.com/External VISIT NORMAN
http://visitokc.com/External EXPLORE OKC
http://visittulsa.com/External EXPLORE TULSA
http://www.facebook.com/uofokl...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/uofoklahomaExternal No Text
https://www.instagram.com/uofo...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/univer...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.ou.edu/content/webThe University of Oklahoma
http://www.facebook.com/uofokl...External Subdomain A-TITLE OU Facebook link
https://twitter.com/uofoklahomaExternal A-TITLE OU Twitter link
https://www.instagram.com/uofo...External Subdomain A-TITLE OU Instagram link
https://www.youtube.com/univer...External Subdomain A-TITLE OU Youtube link
/marcomm/accessstatementSubdomain Accessibility
https://www.ou.edu/sustainabilitySubdomain Sustainability
https://apps.ouhsc.edu/hipaa/External Subdomain HIPAA
https://jobs.ou.edu/External Subdomain OU Job Search
/web/landing/policySubdomain Policies
/web/landing/legalnoticesSubdomain Legal Notices
/marcomm/copyrightSubdomain Copyright
/web/resources_officesSubdomain Resources and Offices
https://ouregents.ethicspoint....External Subdomain OU Report It!
https://www.ou.edu/content/webText duplicate The University of Oklahoma

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ou.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 very slow (1.55 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 10 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 (114 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateSat, 31 May 2025 19:11:17 GMT
serverApache/2.4.6 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) OpenSSL/1.0.1e-fips Communique/4.3.5 mod_fcgid/2.3.9
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
last-modifiedSat, 31 May 2025 19:04:38 GMT
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accept-rangesbytes
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
webcomm-dispatcherabita
content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests;
content-length33278
connectionclose
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie80 Characters
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 1,323 referring domains.
This page has 113,540 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,096 different ip addresses.

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