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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
91% 
Page structure
66% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.38 s
File size
94.50 kB
Words
618
Media files
21
Number of links
53 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Santa Clara University
The length of the page title is perfect. (272 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.scu.edu/
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
descriptionEmpty
keywordsEmpty
authorSanta Clara University
generatorT4 Site Core Full
msapplication-TileColor#da532c
msapplication-TileImage/assets/images/favicons/mstile-144x144.png
theme-color#ffffff
pageIDEmpty
google-site-verificationVbNOYLj3AV2Q6rp04oXj13drZQYaNc0zUgQj_Zh_l-A
facebook-domain-verificationwyr230kb20o3xqngji0oi39rb106lh
langen
twitter:site@SantaClaraUniv
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleSanta Clara University
twitter:descriptionHeadquartered in the most innovative place on earth, SCU is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, in Silicon Valley. Consistently recognized as one of the top universities in the nation, Santa Clara offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through its six colleges.
twitter:imagehttps://www.scu.edu/media/public/buildings-rooms-and-spaces/lctcl-view.jpg
og:urlhttps://www.scu.edu
og:titleSanta Clara University
og:typearticle
og:descriptionHeadquartered in the most innovative place on earth, SCU is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, in Silicon Valley. Consistently recognized as one of the top universities in the nation, Santa Clara offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through its six colleges.
og:imagehttps://www.scu.edu/media/public/buildings-rooms-and-spaces/lctcl-view.jpg
og:image:secure_urlhttps://www.scu.edu/media/public/buildings-rooms-and-spaces/lctcl-view.jpg
og:image:altSanta Clara University campus
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: Progress doesn’t just happen; it demands vision, hard work, and smart,...
This page contains 618 words. That's ok.
31.7% 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.
9 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.33 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 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...-announcement/sam-thumbnail-still-02.jpgSam Bertram '16, M.S. '18, with his arms crossed proudly, in front of his vertical farm
...uncement/marielle-thumbnail-still-02.jpgMirelle Raza, a Santa Clara Graduate, smiling while holding a book and grasping her blazer in a library
...l/brand-rollout-announcement/sun-red.svgsmall red sun icon
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngYael Grimaldi ’25 thought college was a linear path. That changed when he studied abroad.
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngMeet Jeff Chu ’07, the man behind Steph’s hat
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngMichael Iwashima ’25 leaps into the unlimited potential of AI
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngJulia von Gersdorff ’25 finds artistic expression in science
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngsurreal collage of woman’s open head with explosion of social media icons and digital symbols, retro black-and-white portrait contrasted with bright yellow background, concept art on internet overload
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngRobot holding miniature tree
...media.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/1x1.pngStudents walking on path with Mission Church in background
...uquaponics-20190521-jag-1127_img-web.jpgTwo Santa Clara University students in red SCU apparel hold equipment in an aquaponics garden setup.
...t/scu-vs-gonzaga-50_img-web-1160x831.jpgSCU students cheer while holding signs at a sports event
...lab_20231115_jg_1219_img-web-759x545.jpgSCU Student in lab
...s-commencement-3534_img-web-1160x831.jpgGroup of graduates in caps and gowns celebrating, smiling, and waving.
...t/scu-mission-church_img-web-759x545.jpgThe mission church on campus flanked by palm trees
...obal-village-2024-60_img-web-759x545.jpgTwo folklorico dancers whip their color dresses while dancing
Video URLWidthHeight
...d/vitGrco9bCzuW2ZavV0tge1/mp4/source.mp4
.../vi4UvellA1n6ugpwK5KtOyBC/mp4/source.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Progress Needs People
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Progress Needs People
H1 Located in the global capital of innovation, sunny Silicon Valley is the ideal place to forge a brighter future
H1 Discover SCU
H1 Hear from SCU's Thought Leaders
H1 Find Your Future at SCU
H1 Find Your Future at SCU Duplicate text
H2 Yael Grimaldi ’25 thought college was a linear path. That changed when he studied abroad.
H2 Meet Jeff Chu ’07, the man behind Steph’s hat
H2 Michael Iwashima ’25 leaps into the unlimited potential of AI
H2 Julia von Gersdorff ’25 finds artistic expression in science
H2 Satire more damaging to reputations than direct criticism
H2 AI’s power demands: do we really have the energy for this?
H2 Finding A Better Life: Beyond APIA Heritage Month
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.scu.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.scu.edu/students/Students
/faculty-and-staff/Faculty and Staff
https://www.scu.edu/parents/Families
https://www.scu.edu/alumni/Alumni
https://www.scu.edu/visitors/Visitors
https://www.scu.edu/services/Offices & Services
/schools-and-centers/Schools & Centers
https://www.scu.edu/Santa Clara University Homepage
https://www.scu.edu/aboutscu/About SCU
https://www.scu.edu/academics/Academics
https://www.scu.edu/admission/Admission
https://www.scu.edu/athletics/Athletics
https://www.scu.edu/campus-life/Campus Life
https://www.scu.edu/giving/Giving
/globalengagement/Global
/news-and-events/News & Events
https://www.scu.edu/students/Text duplicate Students
/faculty-and-staff/Faculty
https://www.scu.edu/parents/Text duplicate Families
https://www.scu.edu/alumni/Text duplicate Alumni
https://www.scu.edu/visitors/Text duplicate Visitors
https://www.scu.edu/services/Subdomain Text duplicate Offices & Services
https://www.scu.edu/centers/Subdomain Text duplicate Schools & Centers
/admission/undergraduate/Subdomain Start Your SCU Journey
https://www.scu.edu/Anchor Discover SCU
/admission/choosing-scu/gradua...More Measures of Success
/admission/visits-events/campu...Visit
https://www.scu.edu/admission/Apply Now
/admission/rfi/Connect with Us
/news-and-events/feature-stori...Subdomain IMG-ALT Yael Grimaldi ’25 thought college was a linear path. That changed when he studied abroad.
/news-and-events/feature-stori...Subdomain Text duplicate Yael Grimaldi ’25 thought college was a linear path. That changed when he studied abroad.
/news-and-events/Read All Stories
https://magazine.scu.edu/magaz...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Meet Jeff Chu ’07, the man behind Steph’s hat
https://magazine.scu.edu/magaz...External Subdomain Text duplicate Meet Jeff Chu ’07, the man behind Steph’s hat
/news-and-events/feature-stori...Subdomain IMG-ALT Michael Iwashima ’25 leaps into the unlimited potential of AI
/news-and-events/feature-stori...Subdomain Text duplicate Michael Iwashima ’25 leaps into the unlimited potential of AI
/news-and-events/feature-stori...Subdomain IMG-ALT Julia von Gersdorff ’25 finds artistic expression in science
/news-and-events/feature-stori...Subdomain Text duplicate Julia von Gersdorff ’25 finds artistic expression in science
/news-and-events/Text duplicate Read All Stories
https://www.apa.org/news/press...External Subdomain First Thought Leadership Story Satire more damaging to reputations than direct criticism HOORIA JAZAIERI • AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Satire more dam...
IMG-ALT surreal collage of woman’s open head with explosion of social media icons and digital symbols, retro black-and-white portrait contrasted with bright yellow b...
https://exchange.prx.org/piece...External Subdomain Second Thought Leadership Story AI’s power demands: do we really have the energy for this? IRINA RAICU • PRX AI’s power demands: do we really have the energy...
IMG-ALT Robot holding miniature tree
https://www.forbes.com/sites/c...External Subdomain Third Thought Leadership Story Finding A Better Life: Beyond APIA Heritage Month TEDD VANADILOK • FORBES Finding A Better Life: Beyond APIA Heritage Month Th...
IMG-ALT Students walking on path with Mission Church in background
https://events.scu.edu/campus-...External Subdomain See All Events
/admission/choosing-scu/Subdomain See Yourself Here
/admission/choosing-scu/Subdomain Text duplicate See Yourself Here
https://www.scu.edu/Santa Clara University
https://www.scu.edu/map/Subdomain Maps & Directions
https://www.scu.edu/phonebookSubdomain Contact Us
https://www.facebook.com/Santa...External Subdomain SCU on Facebook
https://twitter.com/SantaClara...External SCU on X (formerly Twitter)
https://www.linkedin.com/edu/s...External Subdomain SCU on Linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain SCU on YouTube
https://instagram.com/santacla...External SCU on Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@santac...External Subdomain SCU on TikTok
https://www.scu.edu/emergency/Emergency Info
/website-privacy-statement/Privacy Statement
https://www.scu.edu/title-ixSubdomain Title IX
A-TITLE Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX
https://www.scu.edu/hr/careers/Careers
https://www.scu.edu/loginSubdomain Login
/missionchurch/The Mission
https://www.scu.edu/events/Event Calendar
/news-and-events/News
https://www.scu.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Santa Clara University Homepage
https://www.scu.edu/accessibilitySubdomain Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.scu.edu/"
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 is excellent with 0.38 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (95 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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serverApache
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content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
via1.1 google
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,221 referring domains.
This page has 5,410 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 878 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

#This file was edited 2023-05-16 apehanich

User-agent: SiteCheck-sitecrawl by Siteimprove.com
Allow: /
Sitemap: https://www.scu.edu/media/scuedu/xml-assets/sitemap-253746.xml

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /terminalfour
Disallow: /util
Disallow: /site-assets
Disallow: /apps/rooms/room_kiosk
Disallow: /media/ethics-center/social-sector-ethics/
Disallow: /testing/
Disallow: /t4-training/
Disallow: /apps/dev/
Sitemap: https://www.scu.edu/media/scuedu/xml-assets/sitemap-253746.xml


Disallow: /law-new/

Disallow: /phonebook/search/Arguelles
Disallow: /phonebook/30832/Ana-Arguelles

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