Salliemae.com - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
63% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
96% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.69 s
File size
71.10 kB
Words
931
Media files
25
Number of links
51 internal / 15 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Sallie Mae | Education Loans, College Planning & Online Banking
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)
Sallie Mae is the nation’s saving, planning, and paying for college company, offering private education loans, free college planning tools, and online banking.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (957 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.salliemae.com/
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 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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google-site-verificationjCyKkvLLDgMjupcdDbrfROcnaXUFYr7DXUmPisXlNP8
msvalidate.0178E866FA190B593E720544EAA7675FCE
descriptionSallie Mae is the nation’s saving, planning, and paying for college company, offering private education loans, free college planning tools, and online banking.
robotsindex, follow
og:urlhttps://www.salliemae.com/
imagehttps://www.salliemae.com/content/dam/slm/Media/logos/Corporate/sallie_mae_OG_global1.jpg
msapplication-square310x310logohttps://www.salliemae.com/content/dam/slm/Media/Icons/system-and-transactional/favicon/icon-310x310.png
msapplication-wide310x150logohttps://www.salliemae.com/content/dam/slm/Media/Icons/system-and-transactional/favicon/icon-310x150.png
msapplication-square150x150logohttps://www.salliemae.com/content/dam/slm/Media/Icons/system-and-transactional/favicon/icon-150x150.png
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langen
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:titleSallie Mae
twitter:site@SallieMae
twitter:descriptionWe believe education and life-long learning, in all forms, help people achieve great things. We provide financing and know-how to support access to college and offer products to help customers make new goals and experiences, beyond college, happen.
twitter:creator@SallieMae
twitter:imagehttps://www.salliemae.com/assets/_core/sallie_mae_twitter_global.jpg
twitter:domainhttps://www.salliemae.com/
og:typearticle
og:titleSallie Mae
og:descriptionWe believe education and life-long learning, in all forms, help people achieve great things. We provide financing and know-how to support access to college and offer products to help customers make new goals and experiences, beyond college, happen.
og:site_nameSallie Mae
og:imagehttps://www.salliemae.com/content/dam/slm/Media/logos/Corporate/sallie_mae_OG_global1.jpg
og:image:width1200
og:image:height630
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge;
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 931 words. That's ok.
31.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 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 12.25 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=3.0, minimum-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 89 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"understanding the application process what happens after loan approval learn about credit"
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
20 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
...bal/global/logos/sallie-mae-logo-web.svgSallie Mae Home
...sources/images/navigation/icon-close.svgNo alt attribute provided
.../resources/images/navigation/chevron.svgNo alt attribute provided
...sources/images/navigation/icon-close.svgNo alt attribute provided
.../resources/images/navigation/chevron.svgNo alt attribute provided
...sources/images/navigation/icon-close.svgNo alt attribute provided
.../resources/images/navigation/chevron.svgNo alt attribute provided
.../resources/images/header/icon-log-in.svgNo alt attribute provided
.../resources/images/header/icon-search.svgNo alt attribute provided
...sources/images/header/icon-hamburger.svgNo alt attribute provided
...sources/images/navigation/icon-close.svgNo alt attribute provided
...s/system-and-transactional/fdic-logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...student-studying-outdoors-smiling_RC.pngStudent studying outdoors.
...e-student-relaxed-at-home-at-desk_RC.pngStudent sitting at their desk.
...a/images/Student loans/Bookmark-icon.svgNo alt attribute provided
...edia/images/Student loans/Money-icon.svgNo alt attribute provided
...Media/images/Student loans/Star-icon.svgNo alt attribute provided
.../images/footer/icons-social-facebook.svgNo alt attribute provided
...sources/images/footer/icons-social-x.svgNo alt attribute provided
...images/footer/icons-social-instagram.svgNo alt attribute provided
...s/images/footer/icons-social-youtube.svgNo alt attribute provided
.../images/footer/icons-social-linkedin.svgNo alt attribute provided
...onal/icon-external-link-footer-white.svgNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Big goals for school and your future? We've got you.
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Big goals for school and your future? We've got you.
H2 Support for all your moments
H2 All in on your success
H4 Explore all student loans
H4 Save for what’s next
H4 Get ready to borrow
H4 Start repayment off strong
H4 Find free money
H5 Fixed rates: 3.49% - 15.99% APRfootnote 1
H5 Variable rates: 4.54% - 14.71% APRfootnote 1
H6 See more student loans
H6 Explore savings options
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 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 15 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.salliemae.com/Subdomain IMG-ALT Sallie Mae Home
/student-loans/Subdomain Student Loans
/student-loans/private-student...Private Student Loans
/student-loans/smart-option-st...Undergrad Student Loan
/student-loans/graduate-studen...Graduate Student Loans
/student-loans/career-training...Career Training Loan
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Understanding the Application Process
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...What Happens After Loan Approval
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Learn About Credit
/banking/Subdomain All Savings Products
/banking/smarty-pig/SmartyPig®
/banking/money-market-account/Money Market Account
/banking/certificates-of-deposit/Certificates of Deposit
/banking/high-yield-savings-ac...High-Yield Savings Account
/banking/rate-table/Compare Product Rates
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Get Ready to Borrow
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Manage Your Student Loan
https://www.sallie.com/?utm_so...New window External Subdomain Plan for School
/college-planning/tools/studen...Student Loan Calculator
/college-planning/tools/accrue...Accrued Interest Calculator
/college-planning/student-loan...Types of Student Loans
/college-planning/student-loan...Federal vs Private Student Loans
https://www.salliemae.com/login/Log in
https://www.salliemae.com/search/No Text
https://apply.salliemae.com/W2...External Subdomain Apply for a loan
https://www.salliemae.com/Home
https://apply2.salliemae.com/s...External Subdomain I’m ready to apply
/student-loans/Subdomain See all student loans
/student-loans/See more student loans
/banking/rate-table/Explore savings options
/student-loans/get-ready-to-bo...Create your plan
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Learn more
https://www.sallie.com/scholar...New window External Subdomain Enter scholarship
https://46610517.fs1.hubspotus...New window External Subdomain Official Rules
https://www.salliemae.com/Subdomain SALLIEMAE.COM
https://www.salliemae.com/Text duplicate Home
https://www.salliemae.com/about/Subdomain About Us
/careers/Subdomain Careers
/investors/Subdomain For Investors
https://www.salliemae.com/news/Subdomain For Media
https://www.sallie.com/?utm_so...External Subdomain Sallie
https://www.sallie.com/scholar...External Subdomain $2,000 No Essay Scholarship by Sallie
https://www.sallie.com/scholar...External Subdomain Scholly Scholarships by Sallie
/about/scholarship-opportunities/New window Subdomain Bridging the Dream Scholarship
/about/leading-research/Subdomain Leading Research
https://www.salliemae.com/blog/Subdomain Blog
/landing/cosigner-responsibili...Subdomain Cosigner Responsibilities
/resources/school-partners/Subdomain Become a School Partner
/resources/partner/Subdomain Partner Resources
/student-loans/manage-your-pri...Subdomain Military Resources
/legal/beware-of-debt-relief-o...Subdomain Beware of Debt Relief Offers
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
https://www.salliemae.com/faqs/Subdomain FAQ
https://mrfdata.hmhs.com/New window External Subdomain Benefits Transparency
/sitemap/Subdomain Sitemap
https://www.facebook.com/Salli...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/SallieMaeNew window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/sall...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://youtube.com/@salliemae...New window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain No Text
/legal/terms/Subdomain Terms of Use
/legal/privacy/Subdomain Protect Your Privacy
/legal/avoid-fraud/Subdomain Avoid Online Fraud
/legal/accessibility/Subdomain Accessibility Statement
/legal/privacy/opt-out/Subdomain Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
https://www.bbb.org/us/de/newa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Better Business Bureau

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.salliemae.com/"
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 0.69 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.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (71 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateWed, 21 May 2025 06:22:00 GMT
content-typetext/html;charset=utf-8
set-cookie178 Characters
serverApache
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x-vhostpublish
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self' https://*.salliemae.com https://*.sallie.com
strict-transport-securitymax-age=2592000; includeSubdomains
cache-controlmax-age=43200
expiresThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
age4524
last-modifiedWed, 21 May 2025 05:06:36 GMT
etag"11b9e-6359e545868db-gzip"
accept-rangesbytes
varyAccept-Encoding,User-Agent
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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-cdnImperva
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statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,532 referring domains.
This page has 826,092 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,259 different ip addresses.

Search preview

www.salliemae.com
Sallie Mae | Education Loans, College Planning & Online Banking
Sallie Mae is the nation’s saving, planning, and paying for college company, offering private education loans, free college planning tools, and online banking.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Sallie73%Check
Mae73%Check
Sallie Mae73%Check
loan72%Check
Loans72%Check
Sallie Mae Bank66%Check
Student Loans61%Check
Private Student Loans60%Check
college58%Check
Loan Approval57%Check

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