Short-courses.sydney.edu.au - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
68% 
Page quality
85% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
56% 
Server
95% 
External factors
9% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.84 s
File size
78.60 kB
Words
590
Media files
14
Number of links
63 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Sydney Short Courses
The length of the page title is perfect. (202 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The University of Sydney
The meta description is too short. (155 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://short-courses.sydney.edu.au/page/1
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
There is more than one canonical link on this page.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Australia
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
The alternate link to the page itself is missing.
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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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twitter:siteSydney Short Courses
twitter:descriptionThe University of Sydney
twitter:titleSydney Short Courses
og:urlhttps://short-courses.sydney.edu.au/page/1
og:typewebsite
og:descriptionThe University of Sydney
og:imageEmpty
og:titleSydney Short Courses
og:site_nameSydney Short Courses
Cache-controlcacheMeta
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 25.33 words is high.
This page contains 590 words. That's ok.
21% 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.
3 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.
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 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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
/s/images/logo-usyd-175-black-stacked.pngUniversity of Sydney logo
/s/images/logo-usyd-175-black.svgUniversity of Sydney logo
/s/images/logo-usyd-175-black-stacked.pngUniversity of Sydney logo
/s/images/logo-usyd-175-black.svgUniversity of Sydney logo
.../home/9719.4 SCC web header 1000x500.pngNo alt attribute provided
/s/images/banners/home/study_areas2-1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...mages/banners/home/building_blue_sky.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...es/banners/home/_yd_9940_square_crop.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/s/images/banners/home/home_help_ppl.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/s/images/logo-usyd-black.svgThe University of Sydney logo
/s/images/logo-usyd-175-black-text.svgCelebrating 175 Years
...footer/logo-group-of-eight-australia.pngGroup of Eight Australia logo
/s/images/footer/logo-apru.pngAssociation of Pacific Rim Universities APRU logo
/s/images/footer/logo-athena-swan.pngAthena Swan logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Sydney Short Courses
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Sydney Short Courses
H2 Featured courses
H2 Sydney Short Courses Duplicate text
H3 Study areas
H3 Leadership for the future
H3 Offers and discounts
H3 Get started
H3 AI Fluency Sprint
H3 Eating Disorders for Primary Health Nurses
H3 Net Zero Sprint
H3 LGBTQIA+ Executive Fellowship
H3 Alternative Protein Product Development – Fundamentals
H3 AI Fluency Sprint for the Legal Sector
H3 Brand Leadership Sprint
H3 Leading Complex Projects Sprint
H3 Machine Learning Operations
H3 Geopolitics and Business Sprint
H6 Contact
H6 Subscribe to our newsletter
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
There are 14 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to main content
/student-loginsSubdomain Student Login
/contactContact
http://www.sydney.edu.au/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT University of Sydney logo
/Sydney Short Courses
/checkoutCart
/Find a course
/coursesSearch for a course
/courses-by-subjectCourses by subject area
/faculties-schools-centresFaculties, schools and centres
/course-typesCourse and Program Types
/what-does-it-costDiscounts and offers
/How you'll learn
/course-typesCourse options
/where-you-can-learnWhere you can learn
/student-loginsStudent logins
/About
/why-choose-usWhy choose us?
/course-typesText duplicate Course options
/termsPrivacy, Terms & Conditions
/contactContact us
/what-does-it-costText duplicate Discounts and offers
/Support
/faqsFrequently asked questions
/contactText duplicate Contact us
/Text duplicate IMG-ALT University of Sydney logo
/courses-by-subjectStudy areas Explore all the study areas that a top 25 university can offer and unleash your potential
/courses/leadershipLeadership for the future Stay ahead, adapt your style, and choose a course that understands the unique challenges of your industry
/what-does-it-costOffers and discounts Make the most of your investment. Find out about group course, Alumni and student discounts
/contactGet started Not sure where to start? Get help to find a course that will suit your needs
/courses?tag=/Course+and+Progr...See all courses
/course/PLUSAIMicrocredential AI Fluency Sprint Accelerate AI understanding for informed executive decisions and strategies. Delivery Mode: Hybrid Start date: 15 August Du...
/course/EDPHNMicrocredential Eating Disorders for Primary Health Nurses Learn to identify, screen, and manage eating disorders effectively. Delivery Mode: Self-paced Star...
/course/PLUSNZMicrocredential Net Zero Sprint Empowering businesses to achieve Net Zero emissions with sustainable practices. Delivery Mode: Hybrid Start date: 17 October ...
/course/LGBTQIExecutive education LGBTQIA+ Executive Fellowship Fellowship for LGBTQIA+ leaders and allies to gain transformative skills Delivery Mode: Face-to-face Start ...
/course/APPD1Microcredential Alternative Protein Product Development – Fundamentals Gain essential skills in alternative protein development with hands-on labs and indust...
/course/PLUSAILMicrocredential AI Fluency Sprint for the Legal Sector Accelerate understanding of AI in the legal sector to make informed decisions and strategies. Delivery...
/course/PLUSBLMicrocredential Brand Leadership Sprint Unlock the power of brand for organisational success in today's digital era. Delivery Mode: Hybrid Start date: 26 Sep...
/course/PLUSLPMicrocredential Leading Complex Projects Sprint Enhance your skills in navigating complexity and driving success in large-scale projects across various secto...
/course/MLOMicrocredential Machine Learning Operations Master practical skills to deploy and manage AI and machine learning systems. Delivery Mode: Hybrid Start date: 7...
/course/PLUSGBMicrocredential Geopolitics and Business Sprint Navigate geopolitical risk and global economy with strategic business tools. Delivery Mode: Hybrid Start date...
/courses?tag=/Course+and+Progr...Text duplicate See all courses
https://www.sydney.edu.au/abou...New window External Subdomain Learn more
https://www.sydney.edu.au/New window External Subdomain Visit main University website
https://instagram.com/sydney_uni/New window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/sydne...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/sydney_uniNew window External No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/u...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://go8.edu.au/New window External IMG-ALT Group of Eight Australia logo
https://apru.org/New window External IMG-ALT Association of Pacific Rim Universities APRU logo
https://www.sydney.edu.au/abou...New window External Subdomain Anchor IMG-ALT Athena Swan logo
https://www.sydney.edu.au/disc...New window External Subdomain Disclaimer
https://www.sydney.edu.au/priv...New window External Subdomain Privacy
https://www.sydney.edu.au/acce...New window External Subdomain Accessibility
/Text duplicate Find a course
/coursesText duplicate Search for a course
/courses-by-subjectText duplicate Courses by subject area
/faculties-schools-centresText duplicate Faculties, schools and centres
/course-typesText duplicate Course and Program Types
/what-does-it-costText duplicate Discounts and offers
/Text duplicate How you'll learn
/course-typesText duplicate Course options
/where-you-can-learnText duplicate Where you can learn
/student-loginsText duplicate Student logins
/Text duplicate About
/why-choose-usText duplicate Why choose us?
/course-typesText duplicate Course options
/termsText duplicate Privacy, Terms & Conditions
/contactText duplicate Contact us
/what-does-it-costText duplicate Discounts and offers
/Text duplicate Support
/faqsText duplicate Frequently asked questions
/contactText duplicate Contact us
/student-loginsSubdomain Text duplicate Student Login
/contactText duplicate Contact
/Anchor No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://short-courses.sydney.edu.au/"
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 very slow (2.84 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 (79 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 21 Jul 2025 16:05:58 GMT
set-cookie133 Characters
expiresThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
content-typetext/html;charset=utf-8
content-encodinggzip
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-security-policydefault-src https: data: 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval';
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-backendwillow
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 3 referring domains.
This page only has 21 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 3 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cms/
Disallow: /asset/ 
Disallow: /enrol/
Disallow: /addToCookies
Disallow: /ui/courses.showmorecourses
Disallow: /Timeline/
Disallow: /site/kiosk/
Disallow: /room/kiosk/
Sitemap: https://short-courses.sydney.edu.au/sitemap.xml

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short-courses.sydney.edu.au
Sydney Short Courses
The University of Sydney

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Sydney93%Check
Sydney Short86%Check
Sydney Short Courses84%Check
Courses79%Check
course79%Check
Short79%Check
Short Courses79%Check
university48%Check
Sprint43%Check
Leadership43%Check

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