Slavic.ucla.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
51% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.02 s
File size
54.80 kB
Words
443
Media files
3
Number of links
113 internal / 4 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures - UCLA
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 785 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Leading the field in the research and teaching of the languages, literatures, cultures, and history of Eastern and Central Europe and Eurasia.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (860 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://slavic.ucla.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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)
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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MobileOptimized320
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msapplication-TileColor#cc3333
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robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionLeading the field in the research and teaching of the languages, literatures, cultures, and history of Eastern and Central Europe and Eurasia.
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article:modified_time2025-07-01T18:46:23+00:00
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twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
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og:descriptionLeading the field in the research and teaching of the languages, literatures, cultures, and history of Eastern and Central Europe and Eurasia.
og:urlhttps://slavic.ucla.edu/
og:site_nameDepartment of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures - UCLA
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 443 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
21.4% 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.
4 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 19.8 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" 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 9 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
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.../sol_slavic/library/images/dept-logo.pngThe Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures
...lavic/library/images/ucla-logo-white.svgUCLA

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H3 About Us
H3 Latest news
H3 Upcoming Events
H4 Enroll in HNGAR 103: Intensive Elementary Hungarian, offered for the first time this Summer Session A – online!
H4 How a Channel Islands excursion brought environmental humanities vividly to life
H4 Anna Kudyma’s “Russian Through Film” wins AATSEEL book award for Best Book in Second Language Acquisition
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 4 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://slavic.ucla.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://slavic.ucla.edu/Nofollow Subdomain IMG-ALT UCLA
/give-back/Subdomain Give Back
https://slavic.ucla.edu/about/Subdomain About
https://slavic.ucla.edu/about/Subdomain About Us
https://slavic.ucla.edu/contact/Subdomain Contact Us
/people/faculty/Subdomain People
/office-hours/Subdomain Office Hours
/people/staff/Subdomain Staff
/people/faculty/Subdomain Faculty
/people/grad/Subdomain Graduate Students
/people/emeriti/Subdomain Emeriti
/in-memoriam/Subdomain In Memoriam
/people/alumni/Subdomain Alumni
/undergraduate/Subdomain Undergraduate
/undergraduate/admissions/Subdomain Admissions
/undergraduate/advising/Subdomain Advising
/undergraduate/program-require...Subdomain Program Requirements
/undergraduate-courses/Subdomain Undergraduate Courses
/undergraduate/course-requirem...Subdomain Course/Requirement Petition
/undergraduate/contract-courses/Subdomain Contract Courses
/undergraduate/departmental-ho...Subdomain Departmental Honors Program
/conference/uc-undergraduate-c...Subdomain Undergraduate Journal
/conference/uc-undergraduate-c...Subdomain Undergraduate Conference on Slavic & East/Central European Studies
/undergraduate/awards/Subdomain Awards & Recognition
/resources/Subdomain Resources
https://slavic.ucla.edu/graduate/Subdomain Graduate
/graduate/admissions/Subdomain Text duplicate Admissions
/graduate/advising/Subdomain Text duplicate Advising
/graduate-courses/Subdomain Graduate Courses
/graduate/program-requirements/Subdomain Text duplicate Program Requirements
/graduate/policies-and-procedu...Subdomain Policies & Procedures
/graduate/funding-opportunities/Subdomain Funding Opportunities
/graduate/programs/Subdomain Affiliated Programs
/resources/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
/languages/Subdomain Languages
/languages/placement-exams/Subdomain Placement Exams
/languages/proficiency-goals/Subdomain Proficiency Goals
/languages/bcs/Subdomain Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
/languages/czech/Subdomain Czech
/languages/hungarian/Subdomain Hungarian
/languages/kazakh/Subdomain Kazakh
/languages/polish/Subdomain Polish
/languages/romanian/Subdomain Romanian
/languages/russian/Subdomain Russian
/languages/ukranian/Subdomain Ukrainian
https://slavic.ucla.edu/events/Subdomain Events
/alumni-and-friends/Subdomain Alumni & Friends
/alumni-and-friends/keep-in-to...Subdomain Keep in Touch
/alumni-and-friends/giving-opp...Subdomain Giving Opportunities
https://slavic.ucla.edu/about/Subdomain Learn More About Us
/news/we-are-offering-intensiv...Subdomain Enroll in HNGAR 103: Intensive Elementary Hungarian, offered for the first time this Summer Session A – online!
/news/how-a-channel-islands-ex...Subdomain How a Channel Islands excursion brought environmental humanities vividly to life Anatoli Ulyanov is a UCLA doctoral fellow in Slavic, East European and Euras...
/news/anna-kudymas-russian-thr...Subdomain Anna Kudyma’s “Russian Through Film” wins AATSEEL book award for Best Book in Second Language Acquisition Congratulations to Anna Kudyma, whose Russian throu...
/category/news/View All News
https://slavic.ucla.edu/events/View All Events
https://slavic.ucla.edu/about/Subdomain Text duplicate About
/people/faculty/Subdomain Text duplicate People
/undergraduate/Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate
https://slavic.ucla.edu/graduate/Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate
/languages/Subdomain Text duplicate Languages
https://slavic.ucla.edu/events/Subdomain Text duplicate Events
/alumni-and-friends/Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni & Friends
https://www.facebook.com/pages...External Subdomain No Text
https://slavic.ucla.edu/contact/Subdomain No Text
http://www.ucla.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT UCLA
http://humanities.ucla.edu/External Subdomain Humanities Division
http://www.college.ucla.edu/External Subdomain UCLA College
https://slavic.ucla.edu/Subdomain MENU
https://slavic.ucla.edu/about/Subdomain Text duplicate About
https://slavic.ucla.edu/about/Subdomain Text duplicate About Us
https://slavic.ucla.edu/contact/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/people/faculty/Subdomain Text duplicate People
/office-hours/Subdomain Text duplicate Office Hours
/people/staff/Subdomain Text duplicate Staff
/people/faculty/Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty
/people/grad/Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate Students
/people/emeriti/Subdomain Text duplicate Emeriti
/in-memoriam/Subdomain Text duplicate In Memoriam
/people/alumni/Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
/undergraduate/Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate
/undergraduate/admissions/Subdomain Text duplicate Admissions
/undergraduate/advising/Subdomain Text duplicate Advising
/undergraduate/program-require...Subdomain Text duplicate Program Requirements
/undergraduate-courses/Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Courses
/undergraduate/course-requirem...Subdomain Text duplicate Course/Requirement Petition
/undergraduate/contract-courses/Subdomain Text duplicate Contract Courses
/undergraduate/departmental-ho...Subdomain Text duplicate Departmental Honors Program
/conference/uc-undergraduate-c...Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Journal
/conference/uc-undergraduate-c...Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Conference on Slavic & East/Central European Studies
/undergraduate/awards/Subdomain Text duplicate Awards & Recognition
/resources/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
https://slavic.ucla.edu/graduate/Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate
/graduate/admissions/Subdomain Text duplicate Admissions
/graduate/admissions/faq/Subdomain Frequently Asked Questions
/graduate/advising/Subdomain Text duplicate Advising
/graduate-courses/Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate Courses
/graduate/program-requirements/Subdomain Text duplicate Program Requirements
/graduate/policies-and-procedu...Subdomain Text duplicate Policies & Procedures
/graduate/funding-opportunities/Subdomain Text duplicate Funding Opportunities
/graduate/programs/Subdomain Text duplicate Affiliated Programs
/resources/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
/languages/Subdomain Text duplicate Languages
/languages/placement-exams/Subdomain Text duplicate Placement Exams
/languages/proficiency-goals/Subdomain Text duplicate Proficiency Goals
/languages/bcs/Subdomain Text duplicate Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
/languages/czech/Subdomain Text duplicate Czech
/languages/hungarian/Subdomain Text duplicate Hungarian
/languages/kazakh/Subdomain Text duplicate Kazakh
/languages/polish/Subdomain Text duplicate Polish
/languages/romanian/Subdomain Text duplicate Romanian
/languages/russian/Subdomain Text duplicate Russian
/languages/ukranian/Subdomain Text duplicate Ukrainian
https://slavic.ucla.edu/events/Subdomain Text duplicate Events
/alumni-and-friends/Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni & Friends
/alumni-and-friends/keep-in-to...Subdomain Text duplicate Keep in Touch
/alumni-and-friends/giving-opp...Subdomain Text duplicate Giving Opportunities

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://slavic.ucla.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 slow (1.02 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.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (55 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
x-pingbackhttps://slavic.ucla.edu/xmlrpc.php
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x-tec-api-versionv1
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x-tec-api-originhttps://slavic.ucla.edu
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 115 referring domains.
This page has 291 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 41 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/
Disallow: /wp-content/cache/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /author/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/

# Block AI scrapers and bots
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /

# Crawl delay for remaining bots
Crawl-delay: 10

# Sitemap
Sitemap: https://slavic.ucla.edu/sitemap.xml

Search preview

slavic.ucla.edu
Home - Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages...
Leading the field in the research and teaching of the languages, literatures, cultures, and history of Eastern and Central Europe and Eurasia.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Slavic61%Check
UCLA60%Check
East59%Check
Languages58%Check
Cultures58%Check
Europe58%Check
Eurasia58%Check
Eurasian Languages Cultures52%Check
East European Eurasian Languages50%Check
European Eurasian Languages Cultures49%Check

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