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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
95% 
Page quality
95% 
Page structure
97% 
Link structure
86% 
Server
73% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.83 s
File size
129.40 kB
Words
607
Media files
17
Number of links
100 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - University of Victoria
The length of the page title is perfect. (255 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (864 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.uvic.ca/index.php
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
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

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Last-Modified1746034724525
descriptionInspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
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twitter:site@uvic
twitter:titleHome - University of Victoria - University of Victoria
twitter:imagehttps://www.uvic.ca/_assets/images/landing-heros/acet-2857_3600x2025_v2.jpg
fb:app_id1545257999056382
og:typewebsite
og:site_nameUVic.ca
og:titleHome - University of Victoria - University of Victoria
og:descriptionInspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
og:imagehttps://www.uvic.ca/_assets/images/landing-heros/acet-2857_3600x2025_v2.jpg
og:urlhttps://www.uvic.ca/index.php
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 607 words. That's ok.
29.8% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 17.29 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
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)
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
...ts/core-4-0/img/uvic-wordmark-colour.svgUniversity of Victoria
...-indigenous-nurses-profile-1800x1012.jpgChristina Tsuil-menak and Kyla Elliott, fourth year UVic nursing students. A wall featuring Indigenous artwork of a bird and flowers is behind them.
...mages/cards/cards/odp-priority-card.webpGraphic image of syringe and other medical equipment
...s/cards/cards/accept-offer-1064x599.webpThree students walking through UVic's Finnerty Gardens.
...od-conservation_acimg_9911_1064x599.webpA fish swims in the ocean surrounded by other fish.
...rds/undergrad_card_1064x599-532x299.webpgroup of students on a hill with a telescope
...s/cards/grad_image_1064x599-532x299.webpperson holding a charging cable beside an electric car
...overlay/territory-3600-1450-1800x725.jpgclose up of cedar branches
...images/cards/storygrid/trees-in-mist.jpgTrees in the morning mist
...rygrid/tammy-hopper-520x346-260x173.webpProfile image of Tammy Hopper.
...uvic-signs-protocol_520x346-260x173.webpDr. Fraser Hof signs the Relationship Protocol document.
...torygrid/drones2025_520x346-260x173.webpFive people stand together as they review a drone's settings before a test flight.
...torygrid/twocryst-2_520x346-260x173.webpInstallation of the TWOCRYST proof-of-principle setup at Point 3 of the largest particle physics laboratory in the world—the Large Hadron Collider. Photo credit: CERN.
...tickland-field-trip_520x346-260x173.webpTwo people wearing protective gear hold equipment on a boat.
...ards/storygrid/coop_soty_ig-260x260.webpIzzy Morrissey.
...ets/core-4-0/img/the-impact-rankings.svgThe Impact Ranking
/assets/core-4-0/img/shield-horz-white.svgUniversity of Victoria Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Making an impact
The H1 heading is too short (16 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Making an impact
H2 Look forward from here
H2 Territory acknowledgement
H2 News & events
H2 Rankings & reputation
H3 Undergraduate studies
H3 Graduate studies
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.uvic.ca/Anchor Skip to main content
/search/people/index.phpPeople
/search/departments/index.phpDepartments
/search/maps/index.phpMaps
/search/buildings/index.phpBuildings
/search/rooms/index.phpRooms
/search/a-z-list/index.phpA-Z
https://www.uvic.ca/index.phpUniversity of Victoria
IMG-ALT University of Victoria
/admissions/uvic-admissions/in...Apply
https://www.uvic.ca/library/Library
/search/index.phpSearch
/cas/login?service=https://www...Sign in
/tools/index.phpOnline tools
/cas/logout?url=https://www.uv...Sign out
https://www.uvic.ca/index.phpText duplicate University of Victoria
/undergraduate/index.phpUndergraduate studies
/graduate/index.phpGraduate studies
/law/admissions/index.phpLaw school
/admissions/continuing-studies...Continuing studies
/admissions/professional-devel...Professional development
/academics/faculties-schools-a...Faculties, divisions & services
https://www.uvic.ca/calendar/Academic calendars
/research-innovation/research-...Research at UVic
/research-innovation/our-resea...Our researchers
/research-innovation/our-resea...Find a UVic expert
/research-innovation/research-...Research centres & facilities
/research-innovation/research-...Innovation & partnerships
/research-innovation/postdocto...Post-doctoral fellows
/research-innovation/student-r...Student opportunities
/research-innovation/strategic...Strategic initiatives
/research-innovation/office-vp...Office of the VPRI
/research-services/index.phpResearch services
/campus/tours-and-visits/index...Tours & visits
/security/parking/index.phpParking & transportation
/security/index.phpCampus security & safety
/residence/index.phpHousing
/campus/food-and-drink/index.phpFood & drink
/campus/indigenous-building-na...Indigenous building names
/campus/arts-and-culture/index...Arts & culture
/campus/athletics-and-recreati...Athletics & recreation
https://events.uvic.ca/External Subdomain Events calendar
https://www.uvicbookstore.ca/External Subdomain Bookstore
/campus/sustainability-on-camp...Sustainability
/about-uvic/about-the-universi...About the university
/about-uvic/rankings-reputatio...Rankings & reputation
/about-uvic/university-plans/i...University plans
/about-uvic/governance-and-adm...Governance & administration
https://www.uvic.ca/news/UVic News
/about-uvic/contact-us/index.phpContact us
/support-uvic/index.phpSupport UVic
/students/index.phpStudents
/faculty-staff/index.phpFaculty & staff
/alumni/index.phpAlumni
/info-for/indigenous/index.phpIndigenous
/info-for/international/index.phpInternational
/info-for/lgbtq/index.php2SLGBTQIA+
/info-for/business-and-industr...Business & industry
/info-for/community/index.phpCommunity
/hsd/news/hsd-announcements/cu...Read the story
/campus/overdose-prevention/in...UVic is taking steps
/undergraduate/admissions/how-...Anchor Accept your offer now.
https://news.uvic.ca/2025/arct...External Subdomain Arctic cod conservation
/undergraduate/index.phpUndergraduate programs
/undergraduate/admissions/how-...How to apply
https://www.uvic.ca/graduate/Graduate programs
/graduate/admissions/how-to-ap...Apply online
/research-innovation/our-resea...Find a researcher
/coop/index.phpCo-operative education
/international-experiences/get...Global community
/students/index.phpCurrent students
/student-wellness/index.phpStudent wellness supports
/support-uvic/index.phpGive to UVic
/info-for/indigenous/index.phpIndigenous initiatives
https://news.uvic.ca/2025/refl...External Subdomain Reflecting on the BC Coroner’s inquest 
https://news.uvic.ca/2025/a-he...External Subdomain Tammy Hopper: dean of UVic’s new Faculty of Health
https://news.uvic.ca/media-rel...External Subdomain Protocol advances First Nations climate leadership
https://news.uvic.ca/2025/aeri...External Subdomain Aerial mapping tool takes flight
https://news.uvic.ca/media-rel...External Subdomain Scientists awarded Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
https://news.uvic.ca/expert-ad...External Subdomain BC Marine Energy & Decarbonization Hub
https://www.instagram.com/p/DI...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Izzy Morrissey.
https://www.uvic.ca/news/News
https://events.uvic.ca/External Subdomain Events
/info/social-media/index.phpSocial media
/about-uvic/rankings-reputatio...More rankings & reputation
https://www.instagram.com/univ...External Subdomain ​ UVic Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/unive...External Subdomain ​ UVic Facebook
https://twitter.com/uvicExternal ​ UVic Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain ​ UVic Linkedin
https://www.youtube.com/uvicExternal Subdomain ​ UVic YouTube
/info/social-media/index.phpView all UVic social media
/about-uvic/about-the-universi...Learn more about UVic's impacts
/about-uvic/about-the-universi...About UVic
/admissions/uvic-admissions/in...Admissions
/research-innovation/research-...Research
https://news.uvic.ca/External Subdomain News & media
https://events.uvic.ca/External Subdomain Text duplicate Events
/faculty-staff/careers/why-app...Careers
/support-uvic/index.phpDonate
/covid19/index.phpCOVID-19
/students/index.phpText duplicate Students
/faculty-staff/index.phpText duplicate Faculty & staff
https://www.uvic.ca/alumni/Text duplicate Alumni
/info-for/indigenous/index.phpText duplicate Indigenous
/info-for/international/index.phpText duplicate International
/info-for/business-and-industr...Text duplicate Business & industry
/info-for/community/index.phpText duplicate Community
https://www.uvic.ca/index.phpIMG-ALT University of Victoria Logo
/search/maps-buildings/index.php​Maps
/about-uvic/contact-us/campus-...​Hours
/about-uvic/contact-us/index.php​Contacts
/info/terms-of-use/index.phpTerms of use
/info/accessibility/index.phpAccessibility
/info/emergency-contacts/index...Emergency contacts
/info/copyright-information/in...© University of Victoria
/info/website-feedback/index.phpWebsite feedback
https://www.uvic.ca/Anchor Back to top of page
/info/terms-of-use/index.phpTerms of Use
/universitysecretary/assets/do...Protection of Privacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.uvic.ca/"
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 0.83 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.
This page loads 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (129 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 19 May 2025 17:44:09 GMT
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
set-cookie76 Characters
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
varyAccept-Encoding,User-Agent
content-encodinggzip
feature-policyaccelerometer 'none'; camera 'none'; geolocation 'none'; gyroscope 'none'; magnetometer 'none'; microphone 'none'; payment 'none'; usb 'none'
content-length11608
connectionclose
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
strict-transport-securitymax-age=16070400
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 2,174 referring domains.
This page has 42,129 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,499 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

# Production only.
# Do not put child site rules in here.
# Since this file is publicly readable, do not put in URLs that contain sensitive information and are not locked down with proper access controls.

Sitemap: https://www.uvic.ca/sitemapindex.xml
User-agent: *
Disallow: /*search*q=
Disallow: /*?deptid=*
Disallow: /BAN1P/

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Home - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

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UVic50%Check
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Victoria48%Check
Community46%Check
studies43%Check
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