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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
93% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.29 s
File size
59.30 kB
Words
1417
Media files
26
Number of links
77 internal / 35 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Tshwane University of Technology
The length of the page title is perfect. (372 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to Tshwane University of Technology
The length of the meta description is perfect. (287 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.tut.ac.za/
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, shrink-to-fit=no
descriptionWelcome to Tshwane University of Technology
keywordsTshwane University of Technology, University, research, content management
authorTshwane University of Technology
generatorTerminalfour
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@Official_TUT
twitter:creator@Official_TUT
twitter:titleWelcome to Tshwane University of Technology
twitter:descriptionWelcome to Tshwane University of Technology
twitter:urlhttps://www.tut.ac.za/
twitter:imagehttps://www.tut.ac.za/media/tshwane-interim/site-assets/images/tshwane_empower_logo.jpg
twitter:image:altTshwane Empower Logo
og:typewebsite
og:site_nameTshwane University of Technology
og:titleWelcome to Tshwane University of Technology
og:descriptionWelcome to Tshwane University of Technology
og:urlhttps://www.tut.ac.za/
og:imagehttps://www.tut.ac.za/media/tshwane-interim/site-assets/images/tshwane_empower_logo.jpg
og:image:altTshwane Empower Logo
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.
This page contains 1417 words. That's ok.
32.5% 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.
23 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 18.89 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, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: qualification
Some tags are too long. With 100 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"if you have any enquiries, please contact our cybersecurity team at : [email protected]"
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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...-interim/site-assets/images/tut-logo.svgTshwane University of Technology
...nt/images/general/TUT-Celebration-ed.pngTUT
...tent/images/newsaug/2026/Shothodzo-1.jpgShothodzo
...Econimics-and-Finance-seminar.jpg-ed.jpgEconimics and Financ
...nt/images/newsaug/2026/Prof-Senyolo1.jpgProf-Senyolo1
...ontent/images/newsaug/2026/graduates.pnggraduates1
.../images/newsaug/2026/Beauty-Mbowhane.pngMbowhane
...images/newsaug/2026/Dr-Giress-Komba.jpegDr Giress
.../images/promo-blocks/Promo-Block_ISP.jpgISP-Promo
.../Admission-Status-Promo-Block-Newweb.jpgCheck Application Status
...promo-blocks/Campus-Visit-Promoblock.jpgCampus Visit
...romo-blocks/Publications-Promo-Block.jpgPublications
...EW-STUDENT-PORTAL-Promo-Block-newweb.jpgTUT Student Portal
...s/promo-blocks/Timetable-Promo-Block.jpgtimetables
...blocks/Scam-Alert-square-Promo-Block.jpgScam Alert
...ages/promo-blocks/Promo-Block-Newweb.jpgusaf
...ostdoctoral-Fellowship-Opportunities.jpgPostdoctoral
...promo-blocks/Promo-Block-Newweb-AESS.jpgAESS
...t/images/promo-blocks/GBVF-Symposium.jpgGBVF-Symposium
...romo-blocks/Artivism-Conference-2026.jpgArtivism-Conference-2026
...s/promo-blocks/PromoBlock-conference.jpgconference
...nt/images/campuses/undergrad-landing.jpgundergrad-programmes
...nt/images/campuses/postgrad-programe.jpgpostgrad-programmes
...-content/documents/notices/2ndBICBIM.png2ndBICBIM
...ntent/images/general/ISRC-Trust-Fund.jpgISRC-Trust-Fund
...rim/site-content/images/notices/AESS.pngAESS

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome | Re a le amogela | Nemukelekile | Le amogetswe | Mi amukeriwile
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 28 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome | Re a le amogela | Nemukelekile | Le amogetswe | Mi amukeriwile
H2 Latest News
H2 Don't miss
H2 Faculties
H2 Featured Undergraduate Programmes
H2 Featured Postgraduate Programmes
H2 Notices
H2 Ethics Hotline
H3 Young TUT innovator rises to shape South Africa’s tech future
H3 Economics seminar strengthens research culture and academic engagement
H3 TUT pilots MASSTER graduate tracking project to boost alumni engagement
H3 Leah Mokgabudi and Ndumiso Mhlanga rise above adversity to graduate
H3 Mbuwane overcomes illness to complete postgraduate journalism diploma
H3 Smart leak detection breakthrough boosts water management
H3 ISP: 2026 – 2035
H3 Check your status
H3 Campus Visits
H3 Publications
H3 Student Portal (applicants, students & alumni)
H3 2026 Timetables
H3 Scam Alert
H3 Join the USAf/DSTI-funded
H3 2026/2027 TUT Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
H3 Academic Excellence Support System
H3 GBVF 3rd Annual Symposium Call for Participation
H3 2026 Artivism Conference
H3 2nd Biennial Interdisciplinary Conference
H3 Campus Radio Stations
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
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 too many external links (35) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.tut.ac.za/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://www.tut.ac.za/IMG-ALT Tshwane University of Technology
https://applications-prod.tut....External Subdomain Apply Now
https://libraries.tut.ac.za/tu...External Subdomain Library
/give-to-tut/Give to TUT
https://www.tut.ac.za/Anchor Enquiries
https://www.tut.ac.za/about/About
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/...New window External ISP: 2026 – 2035
/about/facts-and-figures/Facts & Figures
/about/council/Council
/about/executive-management-co...Executive Management Committee
/about/executive-deans/Executive Deans
/about/campus-rectors/Campus Rectors
/about/spokeperson/Media Enquiries
/study-at-tut/Study@TUT
/study-at-tut/undergraduate/Undergraduate
/study-at-tut/postgraduate/Postgraduate
https://online.tut.ac.za/New window External Subdomain Study Online
https://ce.tut.ac.za/New window External Subdomain Short Courses
/media/tshwane-interim/site-co...Student Fees
https://ienabler.tut.ac.za/pls...New window External Subdomain Check your Status
https://applications-prod.tut....New window External Subdomain Re-admission
/international-office/International students
/accommodation/Accommodation
/i-am-a-student/I am a Student
https://staffienabler.tut.ac.z...New window External Subdomain Online Registration
https://os.tut.ac.za/StudentPo...New window External Subdomain Student Portal
https://wil.tut.ac.za/New window External Subdomain myWIL
https://placement.tut.ac.za/New window External Subdomain myJOB
/mytutor-home/myTUTor
/i-am-a-student/-student-devel...Student Support
/graduations/Graduations
/examination/Exam Information
https://www.tut.ac.za/timetables/2026 Timetables
/student-finance/Student Finance
/student-finance/Text duplicate Student Finance
/student-finance/undergraduate/Undergraduate Funding
/student-finance/postgraduate-...Postgraduate Funding
/research--innovation/Research & Innovation
/research--innovation/research...Research Chairs
/research--innovation/rated-re...Rated Researchers
/research--innovation/centres-...Centres and Institutes
/research--innovation/internat...Internationalisation Office
/research-ethics/Research Ethics
/research--innovation/postdoct...Postdoctoral Research
/research--innovation/solar-car/Solar Car
/research--innovation/publicat...Publications
https://www.tsb.ac.za/External Subdomain TSB
https://applications-prod.tut....External Subdomain Text duplicate Apply Now
https://libraries.tut.ac.za/tu...External Subdomain Text duplicate Library
https://tut.devman.co.za/Devma...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give to TUT
https://www.tut.ac.za/Anchor Text duplicate Enquiries
/study-at-tut/postgraduate/Text duplicate Postgraduate
https://www.tut.ac.za/about/Text duplicate About
/samplesite/blogs-room/all-blogs/Blogs
/newsroom/all-news/2026/young-...17 April 2026 Young TUT innovator rises to shape South Africa’s tech future
IMG-ALT Shothodzo
/newsroom/all-news/2026/econom...17 April 2026 Economics seminar strengthens research culture and academic engagement
IMG-ALT Econimics and Financ
/newsroom/all-news/2026/tut-pi...17 April 2026 TUT pilots MASSTER graduate tracking project to boost alumni engagement
IMG-ALT Prof-Senyolo1
/newsroom/all-news/2026/leah-m...16 April 2026 Leah Mokgabudi and Ndumiso Mhlanga rise above adversity to graduate
IMG-ALT graduates1
/newsroom/all-news/2026/mbuwan...16 April 2026 Mbuwane overcomes illness to complete postgraduate journalism diploma
IMG-ALT Mbowhane
/newsroom/all-news/2026/smart-...15 April 2026 Smart leak detection breakthrough boosts water management
IMG-ALT Dr Giress
/newsroom/all-news/See all news
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/...External Text duplicate ISP: 2026 – 2035
IMG-ALT ISP-Promo
https://ienabler.tut.ac.za/pls...External Subdomain Check your status
IMG-ALT Check Application Status
/campus-visits/Campus Visits
IMG-ALT Campus Visit
/publications/Text duplicate Publications
IMG-ALT Publications
https://os.tut.ac.za/StudentPo...External Subdomain Student Portal (applicants, students & alumni)
IMG-ALT TUT Student Portal
https://www.tut.ac.za/timetables/Text duplicate 2026 Timetables
IMG-ALT timetables
/scam-alerts/Scam Alert
IMG-ALT Scam Alert
/usafdsti-funded-thuso-resourc...Join the USAf/DSTI-funded
IMG-ALT usaf
/research--innovation/postdoct...2026/2027 TUT Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
IMG-ALT Postdoctoral
https://www.tut.ac.za/Academic Excellence Support System
IMG-ALT AESS
https://www.tutfadshowcase.ac....External Subdomain GBVF 3rd Annual Symposium Call for Participation
IMG-ALT GBVF-Symposium
http://www.tutfadshowcase.ac.za/External Subdomain 2026 Artivism Conference
IMG-ALT Artivism-Conference-2026
/media/tshwane-interim/site-co...2nd Biennial Interdisciplinary Conference
IMG-ALT conference
/arts-and-design/Arts and Design
/economics-and-finance/Economics and Finance
/engineering/Engineering and the Built Environment
https://www.tut.ac.za/humanities/Humanities
https://www.tut.ac.za/ict/Information and Communication Technology
/management-sciences/Management Sciences
https://www.tut.ac.za/science/Science
https://www.tsb.ac.za/External Subdomain Tshwane School for Business and Society
/postgraduate-diplomas-nqf-8/m...Apply for Future-Focused Master’s and Doctoral Degrees at TUT
/postgraduate-diplomas-nqf-8/Faculty of ICT: Postgraduate Diplomas (NQF 8) online applications now open
/images/docs/2025/Applications...New window Trivial anchor text
Click here
https://os.tut.ac.za/studentbu...New window External Subdomain Online bus registration now open from 5 February 2026!
https://os.tut.ac.za/studentbu...External Subdomain URL anchor text
https://os.tut.ac.za/studentbusapplicationmain/
/media/tshwane-interim/site-co...Call for Papers 2nd BICBIM Conference 2026
/media/tshwane-interim/site-co...2nd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Development
/media/tshwane-interim/site-co...Please click here, for contact list.
https://tut.devman.co.za/Devma...External Subdomain URL anchor text
https://tut.devman.co.za/Devman/ageng/giving/
https://tut.devman.co.za/Devma...External Subdomain IMG-ALT ISRC-Trust-Fund
/site-assets/common-footer/eth...Additional Info
https://os.tut.ac.za/studentpo...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Student Portal
/media/tshwane-interim/site-co...Academic Core Calendar
https://outlook.office.com/mail/New window External Subdomain Staff/Student Emails
https://staffienabler.tut.ac.z...New window External Subdomain Staff iEnabler
https://www.tut.ac.za/ombudsman/Ombuds Office
/media/tshwane-interim/site-co...Annual Reports
/media/tshwane-interim/site-co...PAIA Manual
https://www.tut.ac.za/vacancies/Vacancies
https://www.tut.ac.za/tenders/Tenders
https://tutfm962.co.za/New window External TUTFM 96.2
https://www.tshwanefm.com/about/New window External Subdomain Tshwane FM
https://www.facebook.com/TUTCo...External Subdomain Find us on Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/tut_...External Subdomain Follow us on Instagram
https://twitter.com/official_tutExternal Follow us on X formerly Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain Subscribe on YouTube
https://www.tiktok.com/@tut_of...External Subdomain Find us on TikTok
/privacy-policy--popia/Privacy Policy & POPIA
/privacy-policy--popia/terms-a...Disclaimer & Terms and Conditions

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.tut.ac.za/"
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 (2.29 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 (59 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length13245
dateSun, 19 Apr 2026 17:43:08 GMT
content-encodinggzip
set-cookie178 Characters
serverApache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000
cache-controlmax-age=172800
expiresTue, 21 Apr 2026 17:43:08 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
x-cacheMiss from cloudfront
via1.1 c882e22548530d40265eb261348d86d0.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-amz-cf-popFRA60-P12
x-amz-cf-idkGL_xWkl8vU0jteAz30XSsqTgG1o-BgLrC0BJIT6NPVP8iT88u-fNA==
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 479 referring domains.
This page has 2,812 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 363 different ip addresses.

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Welcome62%Check
Tshwane61%Check
Tshwane University60%Check
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Technology59%Check
Campus51%Check
University bus49%Check
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