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Meta information
82% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
89% 
Link structure
55% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.65 s
File size
130.00 kB
Words
606
Media files
63
Number of links
54 internal / 37 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Bienvenue à l'Université Laval | ULaval | Ville de Québec, Canada
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 588 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
L'Université Laval, située dans la ville de Québec au Canada, est reconnue à l'international pour l'excellence de sa formation aux 3 cycles et de sa recherche scientifique
The meta description is too long: 1038 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ulaval.ca/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: fr
Language defined in HTML: fr
Server location: Canada
The following language is defined by HTML: fr
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
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

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
theme-color#e30513
descriptionL'Université Laval, située dans la ville de Québec au Canada, est reconnue à l'international pour l'excellence de sa formation aux 3 cycles et de sa recherche scientifique
geo.placenameVille de Québec
geo.regionCA-QC
robotsnoodp
facebook-domain-verificationlg9t43woe134l4gfmrtmooz2at0awl
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
langfr
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
The average number of words per sentence of 29 words is high.
This page contains 606 words. That's ok.
21.6% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
This page loads 22 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 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
41 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)
The HTML has georegion information: Ville de Québec
The HTML has geoname information: CA-QC
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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...default/files/services-campus/ballon.svgBallon
...ult/files/services-campus/ustensiles.svgUstensiles
...s/default/files/services-campus/ordi.svgOrdinateur
...default/files/services-campus/valise.svgValise
...fault/files/services-campus/securite.svgSécurité
...s/services-campus/au-coeur-du-campus.svgAu coeur du campus
...ces-campus/au-coeur-du-campus-survol.svgNo alt attribute provided
...default/files/services-campus/ballon.svgBallon
...ult/files/services-campus/ustensiles.svgUstensiles
...s/default/files/services-campus/ordi.svgOrdinateur
...default/files/services-campus/valise.svgValise
...fault/files/services-campus/securite.svgSécurité
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data:[...] Base64SAINES HABITUDES

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Université Laval
The H1 heading is too short (16 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Université Laval
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H2 Calendrier des événements
H2 Notre université
H2 Université Laval Duplicate text
H3 ÉTUDES SUPÉRIEURES
H3 VIE ÉTUDIANTE
H3 OMBUDSMAN
H3 ÉCOLE DE LANGUES
H3 PREMIERS PEUPLES
H3 RESPECT DE LA PERSONNE
H3 SAINES HABITUDES
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are too many external links (37) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ulaval.ca/Anchor Aller au contenu principal
https://nouvelles.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Nouvelles
/fondation/donnerNew window Donner
https://monportail.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain monPortail
https://bottin.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Bottin
/nous-joindreNew window Nous joindre
http://www.ulaval.ca/Subdomain No Text
/experience-ulavalExpérience ULaval
/espace-etudiantEspace étudiant
https://www.ulaval.ca/etudesÉtudes
https://www.ulaval.ca/facultesFacultés
/la-rechercheRecherche
/notre-universiteNotre université
/experience-ulavalText duplicate Expérience ULaval
/espace-etudiantText duplicate Espace étudiant
https://www.ulaval.ca/etudesText duplicate Études
https://www.ulaval.ca/facultesText duplicate Facultés
/la-rechercheText duplicate Recherche
/notre-universiteText duplicate Notre université
https://nouvelles.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Nouvelles
/fondation/donnerNew window Text duplicate Donner
https://monportail.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate monPortail
https://bottin.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Bottin
/nous-joindreNew window Text duplicate Nous joindre
https://www.ulaval.ca/enEN
https://www.ulaval.ca/esES
https://nouvelles.ulaval.ca/19...External Subdomain Découvrez les récipiendaires
/recherche/sentinelle-nordSubdomain Lire le rapport d'héritage
/etudes/admission-tardiveDécouvrez les programmes encore ouverts
/etudes/ecoles-deteSubdomain Découvrez les écoles d’été
https://www.ulaval.ca/etudes1 Trouvez votre programme
/admission/preparez-votre-dossier2 Préparez votre dossier
/admission/deposez-votre-deman...3 Déposez votre demande
/admission/faites-le-suivi-de-...4 Faites le suivi de votre demande
https://www.promo.ulaval.ca/T/...External Subdomain Questions
/internationalInternational Marquer la formation d’une empreinte internationale.
/entrepreneuriat-responsableEntrepreneuriat responsable L'audace d'agir différemment.
/engagement-socialEngagement social Agir pour et avec les collectivités.
https://www.ulaval.ca/ediÉquité, diversité et inclusion Créer un milieu assurant le respect et l'inclusion de chaque personne.
/developpement-durableDéveloppement durable Nos actions en DD inspirent un mode de vie sur le campus et dans la société.
https://www.ulaval.ca/fondation/New window Subdomain Philanthropie Développement et relations avec les diplômés
/notre-universite/plan-institu...New window Plan institutionnel ULaval 2023-2028 Agir ensemble pour plus d'impact
/intelligence-artificielleIntelligence artificielle Créer des solutions éthiques et profitables pour les communautés
/services-sur-le-campusIMG-ALT Ballon
https://nouvelles.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Toutes les nouvelles
/calendrier-ulaval/sante-durab...28 mai 2025 La révolution active | Conférence Santé durable Activité physique Activité ULaval Conférence
/calendrier-ulaval/visites-a-l...28 mai 2025 Visite à la carte Visites à la carte Rencontrez ULaval Futurs étudiants Québec
/calendrier-ulaval/visites-a-l...30 mai 2025 Visite à la carte Visites à la carte Rencontrez ULaval Futurs étudiants Québec
/calendrier-ulaval/dates-impor...1er juin 2025 Date limite -Demandes d’admission à la session d’automne 2025 - Pour les candidatures québécoises et canadiennes hors Québec à certains program...
/calendrier-ulavalTous les événements
/webdiffusions-ulavalToutes les webdiffusions
https://www.ulaval.ca/La ville de Québec: votre ville universitaire Vivante, technoculturelle et écologique, la ville de Québec anime de son caractère unique tout un milieu univer...
https://www5.bibl.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Bibliothèque
https://www.peps.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Complexe sportif
https://www.spla.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Stages et emplois étudiants
https://www.bbaf.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Bourses et aide financière
https://www.residences.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Résidences
https://www.rh.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain Carrière à l'UL
https://www.ulaval.ca/entreprisesNew window Subdomain Services aux entreprises
https://www.fesp.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain ÉTUDES SUPÉRIEURES Découvrez tout sur le cheminement aux 2e et 3e cycles.
IMG-ALT ÉTUDES SUPÉRIEURES
https://www.bve.ulaval.ca/proj...New window External Subdomain VIE ÉTUDIANTE Demandez un soutien financier pour vos activités parascolaires.
IMG-ALT VIE ÉTUDIANTE
https://www.ombudsman.ulaval.ca/New window External Subdomain OMBUDSMAN Droits négligés? Victime d’injustice? Faites appel à l’ombudsman.
IMG-ALT OMBUDSMAN
https://www.flsh.ulaval.ca/eco...New window External Subdomain ÉCOLE DE LANGUES Des cours intensifs, réguliers ou à distance crédités, dans 11 langues.
IMG-ALT ÉCOLE DE LANGUES
/premiers-peuplesPREMIERS PEUPLES Créer des solutions éthiques et profitables pour les communautés.
IMG-ALT Tente des premiers peuples sur le campus de l'Université Laval
/respect-de-la-personneRESPECT DE LA PERSONNE Victime de harcèlement? Vous avez le pouvoir de changer les choses.
IMG-ALT #
/mon-equilibre-ulSAINES HABITUDES Nutrition, exercice, gestion du stress: sachez comment garder l'équilibre.
IMG-ALT SAINES HABITUDES
https://www.google.com/maps/pl...New window External Subdomain 2325, rue de l'Université, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6
https://www.facebook.com/ulava...New window External Subdomain Suivez-nous sur Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Suivez-nous sur LinkedIn
https://www.instagram.com/ulaval/New window External Subdomain Suivez-nous sur Instagram
https://x.com/universitelavalNew window External Suivez-nous sur X
https://www.youtube.com/ulavaltvNew window External Subdomain Suivez-nous sur Youtube
https://formulaireweb.ulaval.c...External Subdomain Des questions?
https://outlook.com/owa/ulaval.caExternal Courrier électronique
https://monportail.ulaval.ca/g...External Subdomain IDUL et mot de passe
/technologies-de-linformation/...Subdomain Connexion au réseau
https://capsuleweb.ulaval.ca/p...External Subdomain Capsule
https://www.ulaval.ca/entreprisesSubdomain Text duplicate Services aux entreprises
https://salledepresse.ulaval.ca/External Subdomain Salle de presse
https://www.rh.ulaval.ca/External Subdomain Carrière
https://www.rh91.ulaval.ca/External Subdomain PeopleSoft RH
https://www5.bibl.ulaval.ca/External Subdomain Text duplicate Bibliothèque
https://www.peps.ulaval.ca/External Subdomain PEPS
https://rougeetor.ulaval.ca/External Subdomain Rouge et Or
https://www.residences.ulaval.ca/External Subdomain Text duplicate Résidences
https://www.ssp.ulaval.ca/stat...External Subdomain Stationnement
/mesures-durgenceSubdomain Mesures d'urgence
http://www.ulaval.ca/Subdomain No Text
https://www.ulaval.ca/conditionsSubdomain Conditions générales d'utilisation
/cybersecuriteSubdomain Fraude en ligne
/confidentialiteSubdomain Confidentialité

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ulaval.ca/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.65 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 4 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 22 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (130 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 26 May 2025 03:07:56 GMT
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE
content-languagefr
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expires-1
x-drupal-cacheHIT
pragmano-cache
content-length133153
keep-alivetimeout=5, max=31
connectionclose
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie150 Characters
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,611 referring domains.
This page has 350,213 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,225 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# 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
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# 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
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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L'Université Laval, située dans la ville de Québec au Canada, est reconnue à l'international pour l'excellence de sa formation aux 3 cycles et de sa recherche scientifique

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de Québec64%Check
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