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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
84% 
Page quality
60% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
72% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.28 s
File size
118.40 kB
Words
293
Media files
13
Number of links
21 internal / 48 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The University of Alabama
The length of the page title is perfect. (236 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Where Legends Are Made
The meta description is too short. (161 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ua.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)
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
robotsmax-image-preview:large
generatorWordPress 6.8.1
descriptionWhere Legends Are Made
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary
og:descriptionWhere Legends Are Made
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome - The University of Alabama | The University of Alabama
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 293 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 19.33 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" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 149 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"the university of alabama is where tradition, innovation and a culture of excellence come together to ..."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
6 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
...ua.edu/brand/logos/UA_Wordmark-White.svgThe University of Alabama
...ua.edu/brand/logos/UA_Wordmark-White.svgThe University of Alabama
...t/uploads/chimes-morning-hero-scaled.jpgDenny Chimes in bold morning light
...ent/uploads/wave-top_crimson-white-1.svgNo alt attribute provided
...ads/home-academics-soundlab-1024x696.pngStudents work with machinery in a soundproof acoustics lab.
/wp-content/uploads/white-waves.svgNo alt attribute provided
...t/uploads/penant-sculpture-bg-scaled.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...-e1751992448496-1280x720-1-1024x576.avifNo alt attribute provided
.../alabama-experience-collage-1024x968.jpgcollage of images showing the grounds and students of the university of alabama
...ka-penant-sculpture-bottom-bg-scaled.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...etfiles.ua.edu/brand/logos/UA_System.svgNo alt attribute provided
....ua.edu/brand/logos/Capstone_A-White.svgThe University of Alabama Logo
Video URLWidthHeight
...ube.com/embed/dHM0aidQ2B0?feature=oembed500281

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
WHERE LEGENDS ARE MADE
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 WHERE LEGENDS ARE MADE
H1 Home
H2 EXCELLENCE REDEFINED
H2 LEGENDARY ACADEMICS
H2 UNIVERSITY NEWS
H2 THE ALABAMA EXPERIENCE
H2 Contact
H2 Resources
H2 Tools
H3 UA Researchers Develop More Effective Model for Wildfire Evacuation
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 (48) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ua.edu/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.ua.edu/IMG-ALT The University of Alabama
https://www.ua.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT The University of Alabama
https://www.ua.edu/about/Subdomain About
https://www.ua.edu/academics/Subdomain Academics
https://www.ua.edu/admissions/Subdomain Admissions
https://rolltide.com/External Athletics
https://www.ua.edu/campus-life/Subdomain Campus Life
https://research.ua.edu/External Subdomain Research
https://news.ua.edu/External Subdomain News
https://mybama.ua.edu/External Subdomain myBama
https://directory.ua.edu/External Subdomain Directory
https://mybama.ua.edu/page/46External Subdomain Students
https://www.ua.edu/faculty-staffFaculty & Staff
https://alumni.ua.edu/External Subdomain Alumni
https://ua.edu/mapMap
https://calendar.ua.edu/External Subdomain Campus Calendar
https://www.ua.edu/alertsAlerts
https://give.ua.edu/External Subdomain Make a Gift
https://ua.edu/admissionsText duplicate Admissions
https://visit.ua.edu/External Subdomain plan your visit
https://give.ua.edu/External Subdomain make a gift
https://legends.ua.edu/External Subdomain LEGENDS AT UA
https://catalog.ua.edu/program...New window External Subdomain Anchor UNDERGRADUATE
https://catalog.ua.edu/program...New window External Subdomain Anchor GRADUATE
https://online.ua.edu/External Subdomain UA ONLINE
https://news.ua.edu/2025/07/ua...External Subdomain UA Researchers Develop More Effective Model for Wildfire Evacuation
https://news.ua.edu/2025/06/dr...External Subdomain Dr. Peter J. Mohler Appointed 30th President of The University of Alabama
https://news.ua.edu/2025/06/ua...External Subdomain UA Capital Campaign Exceeds $1.8 Billion Goal 15 Months Ahead of Schedule
https://news.ua.edu/2025/06/st...External Subdomain Strategic Growth, Academic Excellence Staples of Bell’s UA Presidency
https://news.ua.edu/External Subdomain UA News Center
https://stories.ua.edu/visitor...External Subdomain Our Campus
/about/tuscaloosaTuscaloosa
https://sl.ua.edu/External Subdomain Student Life
https://research.ua.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Research
https://thesource.sa.ua.edu/External Subdomain Student Clubs & Organizations
https://calendar.ua.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Calendar
https://www.ua.edu/campus-lifeexplore campus life
https://www.ua.edu/contact/Subdomain contact page
https://www.instagram.com/univ...External Subdomain Instagram
https://twitter.com/UofAlabamaExternal X
https://www.facebook.com/unive...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.tiktok.com/@uofala...External Subdomain UA on TikTok
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/univer...External Subdomain YouTube
https://alumni.ua.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
https://careers.ua.edu/homeExternal Subdomain Jobs
https://www.lib.ua.edu/External Subdomain Anchor Libraries
https://ua-public.policystat.com/External Subdomain Policies
http://oit.ua.edu/External Subdomain Information Technology
http://ready.ua.edu/External Subdomain Emergency Management
http://police.ua.edu/External Subdomain University Police
http://mybama.ua.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate myBama
https://ualearn.blackboard.com/External Subdomain Blackboard
https://oit.ua.edu/services/em...External Subdomain Student Email
https://www.ua.edu/mapSubdomain Campus Map
https://directory.ua.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Directory
https://www.ua.edu/socialSocial Media
https://uasystem.edu/New window External Part of the University of Alabama System
https://www.ua.edu/copyrightSubdomain Copyright © 2025
https://www.ua.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate The University of Alabama
https://www.ua.edu/contactSubdomain Contact UA
https://accessibility.ua.edu/s...External Subdomain Accessibility
https://oie.ua.edu/accreditationExternal Subdomain SACSCOC
https://login.ua.edu/cas/login...External Subdomain Taskstream
http://eop.ua.edu/External Subdomain Equal Opportunity
http://compliance.ua.edu/priva...External Subdomain Data Access Request
https://www.ua.edu/disclaimerSubdomain Disclaimer
https://www.ua.edu/privacySubdomain Privacy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ua.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 excellent with 0.28 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (118 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlpublic, max-age=604800
content-encodinggzip
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
link<https://www.ua.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
servernginx
strict-transport-securitymax-age=300
x-pantheon-styx-hostnamestyx-fe2-a-7d5b69868b-tkn59
x-styx-req-id9a2f8575-696e-11f0-9fa7-4a4db99ca911
age50469
accept-rangesbytes
via1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
dateSat, 26 Jul 2025 05:48:09 GMT
x-served-bycache-chi-klot8100098-CHI, cache-fra-eddf8230157-FRA, cache-fra-eddf8230058-FRA, cache-fra-eddf8230058-FRA
x-cacheHIT, HIT, MISS, MISS
x-cache-hits31, 161, 0, 0
x-timerS1753508889.410569,VS0,VE4
varyAccept-Encoding, Cookie, Cookie
content-length41642
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 3,003 referring domains.
This page has 316,968 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,797 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

Sitemap: https://www.ua.edu/wp-sitemap.xml

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Where Legends Are Made

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
MADE63%Check
LEGENDS62%Check
Alabama58%Check
University56%Check
excellence43%Check
Academic Excellence41%Check
Academics40%Check
EXPERIENCE40%Check
innovation39%Check
tradition39%Check
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