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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
37% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
48% 
Server
54% 
External factors
77% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.93 s
File size
472.40 kB
Words
1143
Media files
35
Number of links
101 internal / 31 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - The University Council of Jamaica
The length of the page title is perfect. (375 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The UCJ has assisted many tertiary institutions in developing and adopting a quality assurance culture. It has also assisted two Colleges in their attainment of university status. The Council primarily registers institutions and accredits programmes/institutions.
The meta description is too long: 1581 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ucj.org.jm/
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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 15 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Pursuing postgraduate credentials is one means of providing individual...
  • Duplicate 2: This provides a framework for institutions to develop their internal q...
  • Duplicate 3: The institution strives to foster student learning, create and share k...
  • Duplicate 4: First published by the UCJ in 2015 for use by higher education institu...
  • Duplicate 5: Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Ministry ...
  • Duplicate 6: The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) will host the seventh Dennis I...
  • Duplicate 7: The Mico University College in Kingston, says the University Council o...
This page contains 1143 words. That's ok.
31.6% 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.
29 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 19.84 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 79 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" 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 23 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
34 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
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There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
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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.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 55 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 What We Do
H2 Our Quality Assurance Standards
H2 Institutionally Accredited
H2 UCJ Accredited Programmes
H2 These programmes are accredited by the UCJ, signifying the standards of quality and recognition in the industry.
H2 Credential Assessment Service
H2 What is Credential Assessment?
H2 What is Credential Assessment? Duplicate text
H2 The UCJ’s credential assessment process determines whether a qualification earned in Jamaica or a foreign country should be registered for employment or further education in Jamaica.
H2 Credential Assessment
H2 Assessment of academic credentials for the purpose of employment or further study in Jamaica.
H2 How to Apply?
H2 What is Credential Assessment? Duplicate text
H2 What is Credential Assessment? Duplicate text
H2 The UCJ’s credential assessment process determines whether a qualification earned in Jamaica or a foreign country should be registered for employment or further education in Jamaica. Duplicate text
H2 Credential Assessment Duplicate text
H2 Assessment of academic credentials for the purpose of employment or further study in Jamaica. Duplicate text
H2 How to Apply? Duplicate text
H2 Credential Assessment Duplicate text
H2 Assessment of academic credentials for the purpose of employment or further study in Jamaica. Duplicate text
H2 How to Apply? Duplicate text
H2 Credential Assessment Duplicate text
H2 Assessment of academic credentials for the purpose of employment or further study in Jamaica. Duplicate text
H2 How to Apply? Duplicate text
H2 Latest News
H2 Latest News Duplicate text
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Company
H2 Links
H2 Contact Us
H2 ISO9001:2015
H2 CERTIFIED
H2 CAAM-HP
H3 Postgraduate
H3 Microcredentials
H3 Bachelors
H3 Institutional Accreditation
H3 Distance Education
H3 Postgraduate Duplicate text
H3 Joint UCJ and COL Materials
H3 Bachelors Duplicate text
H3 Institutional Accreditation Duplicate text
H3 Distance Education Duplicate text
H3 Microcredentials Duplicate text
H3 Health Professionals Please Note
H5 The University Council of Jamaica Celebrates the Success of the 20th Annual CANQATE Conference
H5 The University Council of Jamaica to Host the 20th Annual CANQATE Conference
H5 The University Council of Jamaica Launches New Website
H5 Education Minister Outlines Benefits of Artificial Intelligence
H5 UCJ to Host Seventh Dennis Irvine Lecture
H5 The Contemporary Higher Education Landscape in Jamaica
H5 UCJ approves three Mico degree programmes
H5 Education Minister Outlines Benefits of Artificial Intelligence Duplicate text
H5 UCJ to Host Seventh Dennis Irvine Lecture Duplicate text
H5 UCJ approves three Mico degree programmes Duplicate text
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
3 links don't have an 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 (31) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.ucj.org.jm/Subdomain No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/about-us/Subdomain About
https://www.ucj.org.jm/about-us/Subdomain What We Do
/the-council/Subdomain The Council
/management-team/Subdomain Management Team
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Services
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Credential Assessment
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Accreditation
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Recognition
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Public Education
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Standards Development
https://www.ucj.org.jm/resources/Subdomain Resources
https://www.ucj.org.jm/resources/Subdomain Anchor Tertiary Qualifications
/registered-institutions/Subdomain Accredited Programmes
/registered-institutions/Subdomain Anchor Overseas Programmes
/media-centre/Subdomain Media Centre
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
https://www.ucj.org.jm/loginSubdomain Login
https://www.ucj.org.jm/Subdomain No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/about-usSubdomain Text duplicate About
https://www.ucj.org.jm/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate What We Do
/the-council/Subdomain Text duplicate The Council
/management-team/Subdomain Text duplicate Management Team
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Text duplicate Services
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Credential Assessment
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Accreditation
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Recognition
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Public Education
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Standards Development
https://www.ucj.org.jm/resources/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
https://www.ucj.org.jm/resources/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Tertiary Qualifications
/registered-institutions/Subdomain Text duplicate Accredited Programmes
/registered-institutions/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Overseas Programmes
/media-centre/Subdomain Text duplicate Media Centre
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://www.ucj.org.jm/about-usSubdomain Text duplicate About
https://www.ucj.org.jm/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate What We Do
/the-council/Subdomain Text duplicate The Council
/management-team/Subdomain Text duplicate Management Team
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Text duplicate Services
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Credential Assessment
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Accreditation
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Recognition
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Public Education
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Standards Development
https://www.ucj.org.jm/resources/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
https://www.ucj.org.jm/resources/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Tertiary Qualifications
/registered-institutions/Subdomain Text duplicate Accredited Programmes
/registered-institutions/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Overseas Programmes
/media-centre/Subdomain Text duplicate Media Centre
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://www.ucj.org.jm/Anchor No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Discover Services
/media-centre/Subdomain Explore Articles
/registered-institutions/Subdomain Learn More
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us to Access Our Standards
https://ecc.edu.jm/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.ncu.edu.jm/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://themico.edu.jm/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.uwi.edu/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.utech.edu.jm/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://ucc.edu.jm/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://moneaguecollege.edu.jm/New window External Subdomain No Text
/registered-institutions/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/New window Nofollow Subdomain No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/New window Nofollow Subdomain No Text
/the-ucj-celebrates-success-of...Subdomain No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/2024/11/Subdomain November 20, 2024
/the-ucj-celebrates-success-of...Subdomain The University Council of Jamaica Celebrates the Success of the 20th Annual CANQATE Conference
/the-ucj-hosts-20th-annual-can...Subdomain No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/2024/08/Subdomain August 9, 2024
/the-ucj-hosts-20th-annual-can...Subdomain The University Council of Jamaica to Host the 20th Annual CANQATE Conference
/the-university-council-of-jam...Subdomain No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/2024/06/Subdomain June 27, 2024
/the-university-council-of-jam...Subdomain The University Council of Jamaica Launches New Website
https://jis.gov.jm/education-m...New window External Subdomain Anchor No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/2023/10/Subdomain October 20, 2023
https://jis.gov.jm/education-m...New window External Subdomain Anchor Education Minister Outlines Benefits of Artificial Intelligence
https://jis.gov.jm/ucj-to-host...New window External Subdomain Anchor No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/2023/10/Subdomain October 9, 2023
https://jis.gov.jm/ucj-to-host...New window External Subdomain Anchor UCJ to Host Seventh Dennis Irvine Lecture
/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Th...Subdomain Anchor No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/2020/05/Subdomain May 22, 2020
/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Th...Subdomain Anchor The Contemporary Higher Education Landscape in Jamaica
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/ar...New window External Anchor No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/2014/11/Subdomain November 11, 2014
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/ar...New window External Anchor UCJ approves three Mico degree programmes
https://jis.gov.jm/education-m...New window External Subdomain Anchor No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/2023/10/Subdomain Text duplicate October 20, 2023
https://jis.gov.jm/education-m...New window External Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Education Minister Outlines Benefits of Artificial Intelligence
https://jis.gov.jm/ucj-to-host...New window External Subdomain Anchor No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/2023/10/Subdomain Text duplicate October 9, 2023
https://jis.gov.jm/ucj-to-host...New window External Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate UCJ to Host Seventh Dennis Irvine Lecture
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/ar...New window External Anchor No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/2014/11/Subdomain Text duplicate November 11, 2014
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/ar...New window External Anchor Text duplicate UCJ approves three Mico degree programmes
https://www.ucj.org.jm/Subdomain No Text
/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Th...Subdomain UCJ Privacy Notice
/quality-policy/Subdomain UCJ Quality Policy |
/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Un...Subdomain UCJ Act
/the-council/Subdomain Text duplicate The Council
https://www.ucj.org.jm/resources/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Text duplicate Services
/media-centre/Subdomain UCJ News
http://www.chea.org/New window External Subdomain CHEA
http://www.moe.gov.jm/New window External Subdomain MOEY
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/e...External Subdomain UNESCO
http://www.inqaahe.org/New window External Subdomain INQAAHE
http://www.canqate.org/New window External Subdomain CANQATE
https://www.ucj.org.jm/resources/New window Subdomain Anchor QA Agencies & Networks
http://www.ncbj.org.jm/New window External Subdomain The National Certification Body of Jamaica
https://www.facebook.com/Unive...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/theunivers...New window External No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/New window Anchor No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/New window Anchor Health Professionals Please Note
https://moey.gov.jm/External Subdomain An agency of the Ministry of Education and Youth
https://digitaglobal.com/External No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/Subdomain No Text
https://www.ucj.org.jm/about-us/Subdomain About Us
https://www.ucj.org.jm/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate What We Do
/the-council/Subdomain Text duplicate The Council
/management-team/Subdomain Text duplicate Management Team
https://www.ucj.org.jm/services/Subdomain Text duplicate Services
https://www.ucj.org.jm/resources/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
/registered-institutions/Subdomain Text duplicate Accredited Programmes
/registered-institutions/Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Overseas Programmes
/media-centre/Subdomain Text duplicate Media Centre
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://www.ucj.org.jm/loginSubdomain Text duplicate Login
https://www.facebook.com/Unive...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/theunivers...New window External No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
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This page redirects to "https://www.ucj.org.jm/"
HTTP header
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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 (1.93 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.
This page loads 88 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 79 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (472 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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This page only has backlinks from 24 referring domains.
This page only has 469 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 23 different ip addresses.
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