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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
43% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.29 s
File size
235.70 kB
Words
1606
Media files
21
Number of links
116 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
UWS | University of the West of Scotland
The length of the page title is perfect. (365 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Career-focused teaching. World-leading research. An international outlook. And a far-sighted approach to technology and innovation. For the ultimate student and business experience, look to UWS.
The meta description is too long: 1211 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.uws.ac.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1606 words. That's ok.
29.7% 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.
26 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 21.78 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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 32 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
15 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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Open for Clearing 2025
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 45 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 Open for Clearing 2025
H2 Find a course
H2 Discover UWS
H2 They found their place at UWS - Find yours!
H2 Study with us
H2 International
H2 UWS ranked in top 300 in the world for sustainable development
H2 Research
H2 Business
H2 Latest News
H2 Latest Events
H3 Search the site
H3 Or search for a course
H3 Undergraduate courses
H3 Postgraduate Taught & Research
H3 More options
H3 Find a course Duplicate text
H3 Study options
H3 How to Apply
H3 More
H3 Find a course Duplicate text
H3 Campuses
H3 Student Accommodation
H3 More...
H3 Find a course Duplicate text
H3 Research Institutes, Centres & Groups
H3 UN Sustainable Development Goals
H3 More... Duplicate text
H3 Find a course Duplicate text
H3 Health and social care course launched at UWS
H3 UWS partnerships in innovation awards
H3 Project to tackle complex health needs
H3 New research warns of risks of undoing progress
H3 UWS informs new trauma-informed bullying training
H3 Brothers study and graduate together
H3 Postgraduate Information Session - 21 August
H3 CMDCI Conference 2025
H3 Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 - Lanarkshire
H3 Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 - Ayr Campus
H3 Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 - Dumfries
H3 Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 Paisley Campus
H3 Study with us Duplicate text
H3 Campuses Duplicate text
H3 Explore
H3 More Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
6 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 13 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.uws.ac.uk/Anchor Skip navigation
/study/undergraduate/undergrad...Subdomain Undergraduate Course Search
/study/postgraduate/postgradua...Subdomain Postgraduate Course Search
https://www.uws.ac.uk/No Text
/current-students/Subdomain Students
https://www.uws.ac.uk/alumni/Subdomain Alumni
/academic-staff-profiles/Subdomain Academic Staff Profiles
https://www.uws.ac.uk/about-uws/Subdomain About
https://www.uws.ac.uk/news/Subdomain News
https://www.uws.ac.uk/library/Subdomain Library
https://ce0974li.webitrent.com...External Subdomain Jobs
https://shop.uws.ac.uk/External Subdomain Shop
https://www.uws.ac.uk/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/Study
/study/undergraduate/No Text
/study/undergraduate/Find out more about Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduate/No Text
/study/postgraduate/Find out more about Postgraduate Taught & Research
/study/open-days-info-sessions/Open Days
/study/undergraduate/clearing/Clearing
/study/english-language-courses/English Language courses
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/study/cpd-short-courses-modules/CPD, short courses and modules
/study/potential-new-courses/Potential new courses
/current-students/supporting-y...Supporting your studies
/money-fees-funding/Money, Fees & Funding
/about-uws/policies-procedures...Learning & Teaching policies and procedures
/study/undergraduate/undergrad...A-Z Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduate/postgradua...A-Z Postgraduate Taught & Post-experience courses
/study/open-days-info-sessions/Open Days & Info Sessions
/international/International
/international/study-options/IMG-ALT UWS London campus students
/international/study-options/Find out more about Study options
/international/how-to-apply/No Text
/international/how-to-apply/How to Apply about How to Apply
/study/undergraduate/Undergraduate (Bachelor's) degrees
/study/postgraduate/Taught postgraduate (Master's) degrees
/study/research-degrees/Research postgraduate degrees
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/money-fees-funding/Text duplicate Money, Fees & Funding
/international/how-to-apply/How to apply to UWS
/international/country-informa...中文官方网站
/international/partner-with-us/Partner with us (TNE)
/study/undergraduate/undergrad...Text duplicate A-Z Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduate/postgradua...Text duplicate A-Z Postgraduate Taught & Post-experience courses
/university-life/Life at UWS
/university-life/campuses/No Text
/university-life/campuses/Campuses about Campuses
/university-life/accommodation/No Text
/university-life/accommodation/Accommodation about Student Accommodation
/university-life/uws-sport/UWS Sport
/international/living-in-scotl...Living in Scotland
/university-life/student-suppo...Student Support & Wellbeing
/university-life/blog/Blog
https://www.uws.ac.uk/events/Events
/study/undergraduate/undergrad...Text duplicate A-Z Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduate/postgradua...Text duplicate A-Z Postgraduate Taught & Post-experience courses
https://www.uws.ac.uk/research/Research
/research/research-institutes-...IMG-ALT UWS Research Student | Transformative & Ethical Research | University of the West of Scotland
/research/research-institutes-...Research Institutes Centres & Groups about Research Institutes, Centres & Groups
/research/united-nations-susta...No Text
/research/united-nations-susta...United Nations Sustainable Development Goals about UN Sustainable Development Goals
/research/ref-2021/REF 2021
/research/doctoral-college/Doctoral College
/research/trusted-research/Trusted Research
/study/undergraduate/undergrad...Text duplicate A-Z Undergraduate courses
/study/postgraduate/postgradua...Text duplicate A-Z Postgraduate Taught & Post-experience courses
/study/undergraduate/clearing/Find out more about Clearing 2025 and apply
A-TITLE Clearing
/study/undergraduate/clearing/Find out more about Clearing at UWS 2025 Clearing at UWS 2025 All you need to know about applying to study at UWS through Clearing 2025 Find out more
/study/open-days-info-sessions/Find out more about Open Days & Info Sessions Open Days & Info Sessions Attend our Open Days and information sessions to find out more about full-time or par...
/study/undergraduate/offer-hol...Find out more about Offer-Holder Hub Offer-Holder Hub Congratulations on receiving an offer from UWS! Our offer holder hub has information and resources to h...
/study/undergraduate/graduate-...Find out more about Graduate Apprenticeships Graduate Apprenticeships Graduate Apprenticeships have been developed in response to demand from industry, and a...
/university-life/i-found-my-pl...Find out more about Anna, Applied Bioscience & Zoology Student Anna, Applied Bioscience & Zoology Student "The facilities are all brand new. The labs have go...
/university-life/i-found-my-pl...Find out more about Lauren, Adult Nursing Student Lauren, Adult Nursing Student "My favourite thing about studying at UWS would be the amazing facilities. On...
/university-life/i-found-my-pl...Find out more about Kurt, Midwifery Student Kurt, Midwifery Student "The best thing about UWS is that you’re not another number - there is a very strong comm...
/study/undergraduate/Undergraduate STUDY
A-TITLE Undergrad Study
/study/postgraduate/Postgraduate STUDY
A-TITLE Postgrad Study
/international/International Studies
A-TITLE International study
/research/united-nations-susta...More on Our UNSDG Success
A-TITLE United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
https://www.uws.ac.uk/research/Text duplicate Research
https://www.uws.ac.uk/business/Business
/news/health-and-social-care-l...about Health and social care course launched at UWS today Health and social care course launched at UWS Vital skills gaps in the health and social care secto...
/news/uws-ktp-partnerships-nam...about UWS partnerships in innovation awards Wednesday 23-07-2025 UWS partnerships in innovation awards Two UWS KTPs have been named as finalists in this year...
/news/project-supports-nurses-...about Project to tackle complex health needs Wednesday 23-07-2025 Project to tackle complex health needs Ensuring newly Registered Nurses are prepared to tac...
/news/new-research-warns-frami...about New research warns of risks of undoing progress Monday 21-07-2025 New research warns of risks of undoing progress New research warns framing older adul...
/news/uws-research-informs-new...about UWS informs new trauma-informed bullying training Wednesday 16-07-2025 UWS informs new trauma-informed bullying training Trauma can make children more ...
/news/brothers-graduate-at-the...about Brothers study and graduate together Friday 11-07-2025 Brothers study and graduate together A pair of brothers are celebrating their graduation – after...
https://www.uws.ac.uk/news/View all news
/events/2025/august/postgradua...about Postgraduate Information Session - 21 August Thursday 21 August 2025 Postgraduate Information Session - 21 August Online Join us for our Postgraduate O...
/events/2025/september/centre-...about CMDCI Conference 2025 Friday 12 September 2025 CMDCI Conference 2025 Online This interdisciplinary conference organised by CMDCI London invites early c...
/events/2025/september/undergr...about Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 - Lanarkshire Saturday 20 September 2025 Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 - Lanarkshire Lanarkshire Undergraduate ...
/events/2025/september/undergr...about Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 - Ayr Campus Saturday 27 September 2025 Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 - Ayr Campus Ayr Undergraduate Autumn Ope...
/events/2025/october/undergrad...about Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 - Dumfries Thursday 09 October 2025 Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 - Dumfries Dumfries Undergraduate Autumn Open...
/events/2025/october/undergrad...about Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 Paisley Campus Saturday 18 October 2025 Undergraduate Autumn Open Day 2025 Paisley Campus Paisley Undergraduate Autu...
https://www.uws.ac.uk/events/View all events
https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/Text duplicate Study
/international/Text duplicate International
/university-life/Text duplicate Life at UWS
https://www.uws.ac.uk/research/Text duplicate Research
https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/Join us
/study/open-days-info-sessions/Text duplicate Open Days & Info Sessions
/money-fees-funding/Text duplicate Money, Fees & Funding
https://www.uws.ac.uk/Home
/university-life/campuses/ayr-...Ayr
/university-life/campuses/dumf...Dumfries
/university-life/campuses/lana...Lanarkshire
/university-life/campuses/lond...London
/university-life/campuses/pais...Paisley
https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/Text duplicate Study
/international/Text duplicate International
/university-life/University Life
https://www.uws.ac.uk/research/Text duplicate Research
/current-students/Text duplicate Students
https://www.uws.ac.uk/about-uws/About UWS
https://uws.asia/External UWS Asia
https://cpd.uws.ac.uk/External Subdomain CPD web site
https://ce0974li.webitrent.com...External Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs
https://www.gov.uk/check-unive...New window External recognised body
A-TITLE UK Government's List of Recognised HE providers webpage
/about-our-website/Subdomain About our website
/about-uws/modern-slavery-stat...Subdomain Modern Slavery Statement
/about-uws/policies-procedures...Subdomain Policies, Procedures & Guidelines
/about-our-website/accessibility/Subdomain Accessibility Statement
https://www.facebook.com/UniWe...New window External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE UWS on Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/user/U...New window External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE UWS on YouTube
https://twitter.com/UniWestSco...New window External X / Twitter
A-TITLE UWS on X / Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/uniw...New window External Subdomain Instagram
A-TITLE UWS on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
A-TITLE UWS on LinkedIn
https://www.uws.asia/wechat.htmNew window External Subdomain WeChat
A-TITLE UWS on WeChat
http://www.weibo.com/UWSofficialNew window External Subdomain Weibo
A-TITLE UWS on Weibo

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.uws.ac.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.29 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (236 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This page has backlinks from 763 referring domains.
This page has 11,435 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 605 different ip addresses.

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UWS | University of the West of Scotland
Career-focused teaching. World-leading research. An international outlook. And a far-sighted approach to technology and innovation. For the ultimate student and business experience, look to UWS.

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Research58%Check
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