Stemcell.ucla.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
61% 
Page quality
64% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
87% 
Server
89% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.61 s
File size
73.30 kB
Words
461
Media files
6
Number of links
61 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center (Homepage) | UCLA BSCRC
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 626 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://stemcell.ucla.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)
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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MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
og:site_nameUCLA BSCRC
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 461 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
23.9% 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.
5 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 20.67 words is good.
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 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)
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

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...s/TLSB building_1.jpg.jpeg?itok=AQQNVMUYTerasaki Life Sciences Building
...ollage_april_2025.png.jpeg?itok=6TSnPQEsA collage featuring five of the children who received treatment in a gene therapy clinical trial co-led by UCLA.
...c/images/option_2.png.jpeg?itok=0vG7Qr1vFluorescent imaging of fibrotic kidney scar tissue
..._atlas_april_2025.jpg.jpeg?itok=Kv97k9aqMicroscopy image of a cortical organoid, a stem cell-derived model that mimics the developing human brain. The circular rosettes are clusters of neural stem cells giving rise to neurons, shown in green.
...ny_featured_photo.jpg.jpeg?itok=zK6etFjMseedlings of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant (some in its natural green color, some genetically modified and in white)
Video URLWidthHeight
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center (Homepage)
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center (Homepage)
H2 Forging a New Future for Human Health
H2 FOSTERING CONNECTIONS
H2 SHAPING LEADERS
H2 ACCELERATING DISCOVERIES
H2 BRIDGING GAPS TO THE CLINIC
H2 From Possibility to Reality
H2 BY THE NUMBERS
H2 Featured News
H2 Upcoming Events
H3 Celebrating 20 years of transformative stem cell research at UCLA
H3 Gene therapy restores immune function and extends lives of children with rare immune disorder
H3 UCLA researchers identify precision medicine approach for preventing kidney failure
H3 Crowdsourcing the brain: Meta-atlas reveals new clues about development and disease
H3 Tiny CRISPR tool opens door to faster, simpler plant genome editing
H3 End of Year Core Resource Event 2025
H3 Cédric Blanpain, M.D., Ph.D. (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
H3 Precision genomics for human health
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 8 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/20yearsDIVE INTO THE DIGITAL REPORT
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/No Text
/for-membersFor Members
/patients-familiesFor Patients & Families
/support-usSupport Us
/what-bscrcWhat is the BSCRC?
/milestonesMilestones
/about-broadsAbout the Broads
/become-memberBecome a Member
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/careersCareers
/contact-usContact Us
/member-directoryMember Directory
/leadership-teamLeadership Team
/traineesTrainees
/bscrc-staffBSCRC Staff
/research-areasResearch Areas
/shared-resourcesShared Resources
/funding-we-offerFunding We Offer
/clinical-trialsClinical Trials
/oversight-reviewOversight & Review
/training-programsTraining Programs
/understanding-stem-cell-researchUnderstanding Stem Cell Research
/glossaryGlossary
/classes-clubsClasses & Clubs
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/newsNewsroom
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/mediaFor Media
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/eventsEvents
/annual-symposiumAnnual Symposium
/subscribe-email-updatesSubscribe
/celebrating-20-years-impactCelebrating 20 Years
/for-membersText duplicate For Members
/patients-familiesText duplicate For Patients & Families
/support-usText duplicate Support Us
/support-usText duplicate Support Us
/member-directoryText duplicate Member Directory
/training-programsText duplicate Training Programs
/research-areasText duplicate Research Areas
/shared-resourcesText duplicate Shared Resources
/celebrating-20-years-impactSubdomain EXPLORE MORE
/news/gene-therapy-restores-im...IMG-ALT A collage featuring five of the children who received treatment in a gene therapy clinical trial co-led by UCLA.
/news/gene-therapy-restores-im...Gene therapy restores immune function and extends lives of children with rare immune disorder
/taxonomy/term/107Text duplicate Clinical Trials
/taxonomy/term/108Patient Stories
/news/ucla-researchers-identif...UCLA researchers identify precision medicine approach for preventing kidney failure
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/news/ucla-researchers-identif...IMG-ALT Fluorescent imaging of fibrotic kidney scar tissue
/news/crowdsourcing-brain-meta...Crowdsourcing the brain: Meta-atlas reveals new clues about development and disease
/taxonomy/term/45Text duplicate Research
/news/crowdsourcing-brain-meta...IMG-ALT Microscopy image of a cortical organoid, a stem cell-derived model that mimics the developing human brain. The circular rosettes are clusters of neural stem ...
/news/tiny-crispr-tool-opens-d...Tiny CRISPR tool opens door to faster, simpler plant genome editing
/taxonomy/term/45Text duplicate Research
/news/tiny-crispr-tool-opens-d...IMG-ALT seedlings of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant (some in its natural green color, some genetically modified and in white)
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/newsMore news
/events/end-year-core-resource...End of Year Core Resource Event 2025
/events/cedric-blanpain-md-phd...Cédric Blanpain, M.D., Ph.D. (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
/events/precision-genomics-hum...Precision genomics for human health
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/eventsAll events
/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
https://www.ucla.edu/terms-of-useExternal Subdomain Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/careersText duplicate Careers
https://www.ucla.edu/accessibi...External Subdomain Accessibility
/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
https://giving.ucla.edu/Campai...External Subdomain Donate
https://x.com/uclastemcellExternal A-TITLE Follow us on X
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow us on Linkedin
https://bsky.app/profile/uclas...External A-TITLE Follow us on Bluesky
https://www.instagram.com/ucla...External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow us on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain A-TITLE Follow us on YouTube

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://stemcell.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 of 0.61 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (73 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 204 referring domains.
This page has 400 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 164 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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# you save bandwidth and server resources.
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# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
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# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
# Oembed URL
Disallow: /media/oembed

Most important keywords

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

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STEM79%Check
CELL79%Check
UCLA79%Check
Stem Cell79%Check
UCLA Broad Stem Cell76%Check
STEM CELL RESEARCH75%Check
Cell Research72%Check
Broad Stem Cell Research72%Check
Stem Cell Research Center72%Check
RESEARCH66%Check

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