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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
47% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
79% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.80 s
File size
82.50 kB
Words
332
Media files
9
Number of links
91 internal / 25 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Shippensburg University - Home
The length of the page title is perfect. (291 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Shippensburg University is a member of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education. Ship has unique academic offerings that prepare our students for the competitive and ever-changing global job market.
The meta description is too long: 1292 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
thumbnailhttps://www.ship.edu/Static/img/OldMain.jpg
keywordsship, shippensburg, university, college, pennsylvania, bachelor, masters, degree, institution, public, undergraduate, graduate, students, academic, research, internships, PASSHE
descriptionShippensburg University is a member of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education. Ship has unique academic offerings that prepare our students for the competitive and ever-changing global job market.
langen
og:titleShippensburg University - Home
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.ship.edu/
og:site_nameShippensburg University
og:imagehttps://www.ship.edu/globalassets/_shipuniv/oldmain.jpg
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 332 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
13% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
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 7 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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
https://www.ship.edu/Static/img/logo.pngShippensburg University logo
/Static/img/logo-stacked.pngShippensburg University logo
...summerfountain.jpg?width=1200&quality=80No alt attribute provided
...n_using_laptop.jpg?width=1200&quality=80No alt attribute provided
...eads/duo-drill.jpg?width=1200&quality=80No alt attribute provided
/Static/img/logo-pa-state.pngPennsylvania's State System of Higher Education

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Shippensburg University Homepage
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Shippensburg University Homepage
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 25 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ship.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.ship.edu/Anchor Jump to Main Content
A-TITLE Jump to Main Content
https://www.ship.edu/IMG-ALT Shippensburg University logo
A-TITLE Shippensburg University
https://www.ship.edu/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Shippensburg University logo
A-TITLE Shippensburg University
https://www.ship.edu/Anchor A-TITLE Menu
https://www.ship.edu/academics/Programs & Colleges
/programs/?ProgramType=majorsAll Programs
/academics/cas/College of Arts & Sciences
/academics/coehs/College of Education & Human Services
/academics/business/John L. Grove College of Business
/academics/engineering/Milton & Doreen Morgan School of Engineering
https://www.ship.edu/graduate/The Graduate School
/academics/Exploratory-Studies/Exploratory Studies (Undecided Major)
/academics/career-and-workforc...Center for Career and Workforce Development
/academics/student-research/Research
/academics/specialty-programs/Specialty & Online Programs
https://www.ship.edu/admissions/Admissions
/admissions/apply/Apply
/admissions/undergraduate/Undergraduate
/admissions/graduate/Graduate
/admissions/transfers/Transfer
/admissions/military-veteran-a...Veteran
/admissions/international/International
/admissions/high-school-students/High School Dual Enrollment
https://apply.ship.edu/portal/...External Subdomain Visit Campus
/admissions/request_information/Request Information
https://apply.ship.edu/portal/...External Subdomain Admissions Team
/admissions/accreditation/Accreditation
https://www.ship.edu/paying/Tuition & Aid
/paying/tuition-fees/Tuition & Fees
/paying/financial-aid/Financial Aid
/paying/scholarships-loans/Scholarships, Loans & Grants
/paying/student-accounts/Student Accounts
https://www.ship.edu/life/Campus Life
/life/housing/Housing
https://www.ship.edu/life/dining/Dining
/life/recreation/Recreation
/life/athletics/Athletics
/life/clubs-organizations/ofsl/Fraternity and Sorority Life
/life/clubs-organizations/Clubs & Organizations
https://www.ship.edu/life/cub/Ceddia Student Union Building
https://www.ship.edu/life/events/Campus Events
/life/campus-safety/Campus Safety
/student-support/Student Support
/student-support/academic-supp...Academic Support
/student-support/professional/Professional
/student-support/physical-health/Physical Health
/student-support/mental-health/Mental Health
/student-support/spiritual-hea...Spiritual Health
/student-support/office_of_con...Alcohol & Other Drugs
/student-support/parents/Info for Parents
/about/offices/oar/Accessibility
/student-support/library-techn...Library & Technical Resources
/community-impact/Community Impact
/community-impact/economic-pro...Economic Prosperity
/community-impact/child-wellness/Child Wellness
/community-impact/social-and-m...Social & Mental Health Services
/community-impact/arts-and-mus...Arts & Museums
/community-impact/conference-c...Conference Center
https://www.ship.edu/about/About Us
/about/mission/Mission
/about/president/The President’s Office
https://150.ship.edu/timeline/External Subdomain University History
/about/offices/Administrative Offices & Departments
/accessibility-statement/Accessibility Statement
/about/sustainability/Sustainability
/about/shipvotes/Ship Votes
https://my.ship.edu/External Subdomain myShip
/academics/academics-resources...Registrar
/admissions/apply/Apply Now
https://apply.ship.edu/portal/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Visit Campus
https://www.ship.edu/alumni/Alumni
https://shipraiders.com/index....External Raider Athletics
https://www.sufoundation.org/g...External Subdomain Give Now
https://www.ship.edu/Anchor Jump to Footer
A-TITLE Jump to Footer
/admissions/confirm/orientation/Learn more.
A-TITLE Learn more.
https://apply.ship.edu/account...External Subdomain Confirm Now
A-TITLE Confirm Now
https://news.ship.edu/External Subdomain Ship News
https://apply.ship.edu/registe...External Subdomain Virtual Grad School Open House: June 10
https://shipraiders.com/archivesExternal Raider Athletics News
/academics/specialty-programs/...Online Summer Course Offerings
https://workforce.ship.edu/gro...External Subdomain Grow with Google Online Career Certificates
/academics/engineering/6 ABET Accredited Programs Morgan School of Engineering
/admissions/applyText duplicate Apply Now
A-TITLE Apply Now
/admissions/request_information/Text duplicate Request Information
A-TITLE Request Information
https://www.ship.edu/visitVisit the Campus
A-TITLE Visit the Campus
https://www.ship.edu/Anchor Jump to Header
A-TITLE Jump to Header
http://www.google.com/maps/pla...New window External Subdomain 1871 Old Main Drive Shippensburg PA 17257
A-TITLE View Address on Google Maps
https://www.facebook.com/Shipp...New window External Subdomain Shippensburg University on Facebook
A-TITLE Shippensburg University on Facebook
https://twitter.com/ShippensburgUNew window External Shippensburg University on Twitter
A-TITLE Shippensburg University on Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/shippe...New window External Subdomain Shippensburg University on YouTube
A-TITLE Shippensburg University on YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/Ship...New window External Subdomain Shippensburg University on Instagram
A-TITLE Shippensburg University on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/edu/s...New window External Subdomain Shippensburg University on LinkedIn
A-TITLE Shippensburg University on LinkedIn
/about/directory/Directory
A-TITLE Directory
https://library.ship.edu/homeExternal Subdomain Library
A-TITLE Library
/news-and-mediaNews & Media
A-TITLE News & Media
https://events.ship.edu/Master...External Subdomain Events
A-TITLE Events
/about/offices/hr/employment/Employment
A-TITLE Employment
https://www.ship.edu/communityCommunity
A-TITLE Community
https://www.luhrscenter.com/in...External Subdomain Luhrs Center
A-TITLE Luhrs Center
https://fashionarchives.org/External Fashion Archives
A-TITLE Fashion Archives
https://www.ship.edu/alert/SU-Alert
A-TITLE SU-Alert
https://www.ship.edu/current/Current Students
A-TITLE Current Students
/faculty_staff/Faculty & Staff
A-TITLE Faculty & Staff
/web/webuser_form/Feedback
A-TITLE Feedback
https://my.ship.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate myShip
A-TITLE myShip
/accessibility-statement/Text duplicate Accessibility Statement
A-TITLE Accessibility Statement
https://www.ship.edu/privacy/Privacy Statement
A-TITLE Privacy Statement
/about/offices/technology/poli...Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://www.ship.edu/copyright/Copyright Information
A-TITLE Copyright Information
/right_to_know/Right To Know
A-TITLE Right To Know
/about/offices/EIC/Report a Bias Incident
A-TITLE Report a Bias Incident
/About/Statements_of_Compliance/Compliance/Title IX
A-TITLE Compliance/Title IX
/About/Student_Consumer_Inform...Student Consumer Information
A-TITLE Student Consumer Information
http://secure.ethicspoint.com/...External Subdomain Fraud/Waste Hotline
A-TITLE Fraud/Waste Hotline
https://www.passhe.edu/Pages/d...External Subdomain Proud Member of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education
IMG-ALT Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education
A-TITLE Proud Member of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ship.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 (1.80 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 (83 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
set-cookie35 Characters
x-powered-byASP.NET
dateTue, 03 Jun 2025 16:31:31 GMT
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 505 referring domains.
This page has 1,875 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 322 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-Agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /cmslogin
Disallow: /EPiServer/CMS/
Disallow: /Util/

Sitemap: https://www.ship.edu/sitemap.xml

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Shippensburg University - Home
Shippensburg University is a member of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education. Ship has unique academic offerings that prepare our students for the competitive and ever-changing global job market.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Ship89%Check
University75%Check
Shippensburg75%Check
Shippensburg University75%Check
Ship today61%Check
State50%Check
State System49%Check
Education48%Check
Pennsylvania48%Check
System48%Check
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