Registrar.sa.ucsb.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
99% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
71% 
Server
87% 
External factors
3% 
SEO Score
Response time
3.48 s
File size
91.60 kB
Words
395
Media files
1
Number of links
73 internal / 34 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Office of the Registrar
The length of the page title is perfect. (266 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
UC Santa Barbara is a leading center for teaching and research located on the California coast - truly a learning and living environment like no other!
The length of the meta description is perfect. (912 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/home
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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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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descriptionUC Santa Barbara is a leading center for teaching and research located on the California coast - truly a learning and living environment like no other!
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
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langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 395 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
20.3% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
5 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 18.33 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 8 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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

No media files were found.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Search
H2 Main navigation
H2 Quick links
H2 How to order transcripts
H2 Forms
H2 General Catalog
H2 Staff & Faculty Resources
H2 Third-party Resources
H2 Parent Resources
H2 Calendar
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
4 links don't have an 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 (34) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/homeAnchor Skip to main content
https://www.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain University of California, Santa Barbara
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/gold/lo...External Subdomain GOLD
https://kiosk.na1.qless.com/ki...External Subdomain Speak to a Rep.
https://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/A-TITLE Home
https://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/Text duplicate Home
/calendarsCalendars
/calendarsOverview
/calendars/academic-calendarsAcademic Calendars
/calendars/academic-calendars/...Religious Holidays & Religious Creeds
/calendars/final-examsFinal Exams
/calendars/quarterly-deadlinesQuarterly Deadlines
/calendars/registration-pass-t...Registration Pass Times
/enrollmentEnrollment
/enrollmentText duplicate Overview
/enrollment/quarterly-enrollmentQuarterly enrollment
/enrollment/quarterly-enrollme...Pass Times
/enrollment/quarterly-enrollme...Course Registration
/enrollment/quarterly-enrollme...Course Waitlists
/enrollment/quarterly-enrollme...New Students
/enrollment/complete-withdrawalComplete Withdrawal
/enrollment/readmission-reinst...Readmission & Reinstatement
/enrollment/non-uc-sponsored-s...Non-UC Sponsored Study Abroad
/enrollment/additional-enrollm...Additional Enrollment Opportunities
/enrollment/additional-enrollm...UC students applying to UCSB
/graduationGraduation
/graduationText duplicate Overview
/graduation/earning-your-degreeEarning your degree
/graduation/honors-graduationHonors at graduation
/graduation/honors-graduation/...Annual Honors GPA Requirements
/graduation/diplomasDiplomas
/graduation/diplomas/how-order...How to order a Replacement Diploma
/graduation/commencementCommencement
/tuition-feesTuition & Fees
/tuition-feesText duplicate Overview
/tuition-fees/quarterly-tuitio...Quarterly tuition & fees
/tuition-fees/quarterly-tuitio...UCSA/UCGPC Fee Information
/tuition-fees/refundsRefunds
/tuition-fees/tuition-fee-redu...Tuition & fee reductions
/residencyResidency
/residencyText duplicate Overview
/residency/uc-residence-policy...UC Residence Policy & Guidelines
/residency/statement-legal-res...Statement of Legal Residence
/residency/establishing-residencyEstablishing Residency
/student-recordsStudent Records
/student-recordsText duplicate Overview
/student-records/transcriptsTranscripts
/student-records/transcripts/h...How to order a transcript
/student-records/transcripts/t...Transcripts & The Common Application
/student-records/verificationsVerifications
/student-records/verifications...How to order a verification letter
/student-records/custom-letter...Custom letters & Form completion
/student-records/records-priva...Records Privacy (FERPA)
/student-records/records-priva...Annual Notice to Students
/student-records/lived-and-leg...Lived and Legal Name
/student-records/pronounsPronouns
/about-usAbout us
/about-usText duplicate Overview
/about-us/about-registrarAbout the Registrar
/about-us/contact-usContact us
/about-us/staff-listingStaff listing
/registrar-glossaryRegistrar Glossary
https://catalog.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain General Catalog
https://ucsb-atlas.atlassian.n...External Subdomain Faculty & Staff
/formsForms
/about-us/contact-usText duplicate Contact us
/helpful-resourcesHelpful Resources
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/gold/lo...External Subdomain Text duplicate GOLD
https://kiosk.na1.qless.com/ki...External Subdomain Text duplicate Speak to a Rep.
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/gold/External Subdomain Text duplicate GOLD
https://orientation.sa.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain Orientation begins June 26!
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/gold/External Subdomain Text duplicate GOLD
https://summer.ucsb.edu/regist...External Subdomain Registration information is available on the Summer Sessions website
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/gold/External Subdomain Text duplicate GOLD
/graduation/earning-your-degreeMore information on earning your degree
/student-records/transcripts/h...No Text
/student-records/transcripts/h...How to order transcripts
/formsNo Text
/formsText duplicate Forms
https://catalog.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain No Text
https://catalog.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate General Catalog
https://ucsb-atlas.atlassian.n...External Subdomain No Text
https://ucsb-atlas.atlassian.n...External Subdomain Staff & Faculty Resources
/student-records/verificationsNo Text
/helpful-resources/communityThird-party Resources
/helpful-resources/parentsNo Text
/helpful-resources/parentsParent Resources
https://www.facebook.com/ucsan...External Subdomain Facebook
https://x.com/ucsantabarbaraExternal X
https://www.youtube.com/c/ucsa...External Subdomain Youtube
http://instagram.com/ucsantaba...External Instagram
https://www.snapchat.com/add/u...External Subdomain Snapchat
https://vimeo.com/ucsantabarbaraExternal Vimeo
http://admissions.sa.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain Office of Admissions
https://www.bfs.ucsb.edu/barc/External Subdomain Billing Accounts Receivable Collections (BARC)
https://www.finaid.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships
http://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain Graduate Division
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog...External Subdomain Text duplicate General Catalog
https://www.ccs.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain College of Creative Studies
https://engineering.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain College of Engineering
https://duels.ucsb.edu/advisingExternal Subdomain College of Letters & Science
https://www.ucsb.edu/commencem...External Subdomain Text duplicate Commencement
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/External Subdomain MyUCSB
/about-us/contact-usText duplicate Contact us
https://www.ucsb.edu/terms-of-useExternal Subdomain Terms of Use
/accessibilityAccessibility
https://www.sa.ucsb.edu/polici...External Subdomain Anti-Discrimination Compliance

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/home"
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 very slow (3.48 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 (92 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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via1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-encodinggzip
content-languageen
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedFri, 01 Aug 2025 16:46:54 GMT
accept-rangesbytes
age2376
etagW/"1754066814"
varyAccept-Encoding, Cookie, Cookie, Cookie
server
strict-transport-securitymax-age=300
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-drupal-cacheMISS
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-pantheon-styx-hostnamestyx-fe2-b-5765cf765c-xzwb2
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x-cacheMISS, HIT
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content-length25260
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 1 referring domains.
This page only has 1 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 1 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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registrar.sa.ucsb.edu › home
Home | Office of the Registrar
UC Santa Barbara is a leading center for teaching and research located on the California coast - truly a learning and living environment like no other!

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Registrar56%Check
Office51%Check
Earning51%Check
Search50%Check
California46%Check
Santa46%Check
Barbara46%Check
Santa Barbara46%Check
Enter46%Check
Resources43%Check

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