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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
72% 
Page quality
97% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
73% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.87 s
File size
33.70 kB
Words
710
Media files
11
Number of links
134 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Aberystwyth University: Top in England and Wales for Student Satisfaction
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 664 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Awarded University of the Year for Teaching Quality, Aberystwyth University delivers cutting-edge research and teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
The meta description is too long: 1020 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Language defined in meta tags: en
Language defined in HTTP-Equiv meta tag: en
Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
There are different language information within the page markup.
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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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
languageen
authorAberystwyth University Web Team
descriptionAwarded University of the Year for Teaching Quality, Aberystwyth University delivers cutting-edge research and teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
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og:descriptionAberystwyth University- University of the Year for Teaching Quality. A TEF Gold and University of the Year for the second consecutive year, we deliver cutting-edge research and teaching.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
These Typos were found:
  • accessable => accessible
This page contains 710 words. That's ok.
23.9% 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 19.5 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 5 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 following tag is repeated too often: top in the uk
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
https://www.aber.ac.uk/img/logo/au-logo.pngAberystwyth University
.../homepage/hero/clearing-places-25-xl.jpgAberystwyth students
/img/homepage/hero/clearing-25-xl.jpgAberystwyth students
/img/homepage/hero/nss-25-xl.jpgAberystwyth students
/img/homepage/hero/graduation-2022-xl.jpgAberystwyth students
/img/homepage/hero/welcome-3-xl.jpgAberystwyth students
/img/footer/aber-map.pngMaps and travel
/img/footer/gug-24-en.pngGood University Guide 2024 - Welsh University of the year
https://www.aber.ac.uk/img/footer/qaa.pngQAA Quality Mark thumbnail
/img/footer/access-en.pngAccessAble Access Guide
/img/footer/disability-en.pngDisability Confident Employer

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Aberystwyth University
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Aberystwyth University
H2 Course Search
H2 Study with us
H2 Not just any University
H2 Research at Aber
H2 Discover Aberystwyth
H2 Community
H2 News
H3 Undergraduate Studies:
H3 Postgraduate Studies:
H3 Other Study Options
H3 Record numbers attend Aberystwyth’s widening participation course
H3 Migration conference discusses climate change and border-making
H3 Aberystwyth University announces 2025 Honorary Fellowships and Doctorates
H3 Student’s ‘cards of calm’ mental health creations win
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/Anchor Skip navigation & go straight to the main content.
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/IMG-ALT Aberystwyth University
A-TITLE Aberystwyth University homepage
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/Anchor Toggle menu
A-TITLE Menu
/en/graduation/?from=globalnavGraduation
/en/graduation/order-ceremonie...Order of Ceremonies
/en/graduation/video/stream/?f...Live Graduation Video
/en/graduation/students/?from=...Graduating Students
/en/clearing/?from=globalnavClearing 2025
/en/clearing/courses/?from=glo...Our Courses
/en/clearing/clearing-guide/?f...Your Guide to Clearing
/en/clearing/accommodation/?fr...Accommodation
/en/study-with-us/?from=globalnavStudy with us
/en/study-with-us/subjects/?fr...Our Subjects
https://courses.aber.ac.uk/?fr...External Subdomain Course Search
/en/study-with-us/ug-studies/?...Undergraduate
/en/study-with-us/ug-studies/h...Aber Hub
/en/study-with-us/pg-studies/?...Postgraduate
/en/study-with-us/open-days/?f...Open Days
/en/study-with-us/fees/?from=g...Fees and Finance
/en/study-with-us/prospectus/?...Prospectus
/en/study-with-us/accommodatio...Text duplicate Accommodation
/en/study-with-us/global-oppor...Global Opportunities
/en/study-with-us/online-dista...Online & Distance Learning
/en/lifelong-learning/?from=gl...Lifelong Learning
/en/student/?from=globalnavCurrent Students
/en/study-with-us/internationa...International
/en/study-with-us/internationa...How to Apply
/en/study-with-us/internationa...Your Country
/en/study-with-us/internationa...Scholarships
/en/study-with-us/internationa...Your English
/en/sscs/visa-support-advice/?...Visa Support & Advice Service
/en/research/?from=globalnavResearch
https://research.aber.ac.uk/en/External Subdomain Aberystwyth Research Portal
/en/rbi/staff-students/?from=g...Research Support
/en/rbi/business/?from=globalnavWorking with Us
/en/news/?from=globalnavNews
/en/news/?from=globalnavLatest News
/en/news/archive/?from=globalnavNews Archive
/en/development/?from=globalnavAlumni
/en/development/alumni/?from=g...Alumni Services
/en/development/support/?from=...Support Aber
/en/development/alumni/update/...Update your Details
/en/development/osa/?from=glob...Old Students' Association
/en/discover-aberystwyth/?from...Discover Aberystwyth
https://www.aberystwythartscen...External Subdomain Aberystwyth Arts Centre
/en/visitors/?from=globalnavConferences and Events
/en/discover-aberystwyth/life-...Life on Campus
/en/discover-aberystwyth/maps-...Maps and Travel
/en/music/?from=globalnavMusic at Aber
/en/sportscentre/?from=globalnavSports Centre
/en/about-us/?from=globalnavAbout Us
/en/about-us/departments-facul...Departments and Faculties
/en/ccc/?from=globalnavColeg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol
/en/staff/?from=globalnavInformation for Staff
/en/maps-travel/?from=globalnavMaps & Travel
/en/hr/jobs/?from=globalnavJobs
/en/contact-us/?from=globalnavContact Us
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/search/No Text
https://www.aber.ac.uk/cy/Cymraeg
/en/clearing/Clearing places available Apply Now
IMG-ALT Aberystwyth students
/en/clearing/Register your Interest in Clearing Explore available courses
IMG-ALT Aberystwyth students
/en/news/archive/2025/07/title...Top in Wales for Student Satisfaction for the 10th year running (NSS 2025)
IMG-ALT Aberystwyth students
/en/graduation/Graduation 2025 Learn more about Graduation ceremonies
IMG-ALT Aberystwyth students
/en/study-with-us/student-life/Top in England and Wales for Student Experience Good University Guide 2025
IMG-ALT Aberystwyth students
/en/clearing/Text duplicate Clearing 2025
/en/graduation/Graduation 2025
/en/study-with-us/Study with Us
/en/study-with-us/subjects/Text duplicate Our Subjects
/en/study-with-us/prospectus/Text duplicate Prospectus
/en/study-with-us/online-dista...Online and Distance Learning
/en/study-with-us/international/Information for International Students
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/rbi/Text duplicate Research
/en/study-with-us/subjects/Browse by subject
https://courses.aber.ac.uk/atoz/External Subdomain Browse by A-Z
/en/study-with-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Study with us
/en/study-with-us/subjects/Subdomain Text duplicate Browse by subject
https://courses.aber.ac.uk/atoz/External Subdomain Text duplicate Browse by A-Z
/en/study-with-us/foundation-y...Foundation Year
/en/study-with-us/pg-studies/s...Subdomain Postgraduate Taught
/en/study-with-us/pg-studies/s...Subdomain Postgraduate Research
/en/study-with-us/mba/Professional and Executive MBA
/en/study-with-us/online-dista...Text duplicate Online and Distance Learning
/en/study-with-us/online-dista...Text duplicate Online and Distance Learning
/en/study-with-us/continuing-p...Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
/en/lifelong-learning/Text duplicate Lifelong Learning
/en/learn-welsh/Learn Welsh
/en/international-english/cour...English Language
/en/study-with-us/online-dista...Text duplicate Online and Distance Learning
/en/study-with-us/open-days/Visit Us
/en/study-with-us/subjects/Text duplicate Our Subjects
/en/study-with-us/ug-studies/s...Scholarships and Bursaries
/en/study-with-us/global-oppor...Text duplicate Global Opportunities
/en/about-us/awards-and-accola...Subdomain View our Awards and Rankings
/en/about-us/awards-and-accola...Welsh University of the Year (Good University Guide, The Times and Sunday Times 2024) Top in Wales and 3rd in the UK for Teaching Quality (Good University Gu...
/en/about-us/awards-and-accola...Top in Wales for Student Satisfaction (National Student Survey 2024) Top in the UK for Student Life (WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2023)
/en/about-us/awards-and-accola...Top in the UK for Lecturers and Teaching Quality (WhatUni? Student Choice Awards 2023) 2nd in the UK for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2024...
/en/research/Research at Aber
/en/research/research-in-action/Research in Action
/en/rbi/business/Industry Collaboration
/en/research/news/Research News
/en/discover-aberystwyth/Text duplicate Discover Aberystwyth
/en/discover-aberystwyth/life-...Life on campus
/en/study-with-us/student-life/Student Life
/en/discover-aberystwyth/about...Our location
https://virtual-tour.aber.ac.uk/External Subdomain Virtual Tour
/en/study-with-us/international/Information for international students
https://aberinnovation.com/en/External AberInnovation
https://www.aberystwythartscen...External Subdomain Arts Centre
/en/visitors/?from=homepage-co...Text duplicate Conferences and Events
/en/learn-welsh/?from-homepage...Text duplicate Learn Welsh
/en/lifelong-learning/?from=ho...Text duplicate Lifelong Learning
/en/music/?from=homepage-commu...Music Centre
/en/oldcollege/?from=homepage-...Old College
/en/sportscentre/?from=homepag...Text duplicate Sports Centre
/en/news/?from=homepage-newsView all news
/en/news/archive/2025/07/title...Subdomain Record numbers attend Aberystwyth’s widening participation course
/en/news/archive/2025/07/title...Subdomain Migration conference discusses climate change and border-making
/en/news/archive/2025/07/title...Subdomain Aberystwyth University announces 2025 Honorary Fellowships and Doctorates
/en/news/archive/2025/07/title...Subdomain Student’s ‘cards of calm’ mental health creations win
/en/study-with-us/?from=footerSubdomain Text duplicate Study with us
/en/international/?from=footerSubdomain Text duplicate International
/en/research/?from=footerSubdomain Text duplicate Research
/en/news/?from=footerSubdomain Text duplicate News
/en/development/?from=footerSubdomain Text duplicate Alumni
/en/about-us/?from=footerSubdomain Text duplicate About Us
/en/student/?from=footerSubdomain Information for Students
/en/staff/?from=footerSubdomain Text duplicate Information for Staff
/en/hr/jobs/?from=footerSubdomain Text duplicate Jobs
/en/departments/?from=footerSubdomain Departments
/en/contact-us/?from=footerSubdomain Contact
/en/contact-us/?from=footerSubdomain Send us a message
https://www.facebook.com/abery...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/user/a...External Subdomain YouTube
https://bsky.app/profile/aberu...External Bluesky
https://www.instagram.com/aber...External Subdomain Instagram
/en/maps-travel/Subdomain Text duplicate Maps & Travel
/en/maps-travel/Subdomain IMG-ALT Maps and travel
/en/news/archive/2023/09/title...Subdomain IMG-ALT Good University Guide 2024 - Welsh University of the year
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviewin...External Subdomain IMG-ALT QAA Quality Mark thumbnail
https://www.accessable.co.uk/o...External Subdomain IMG-ALT AccessAble Access Guide
/en/equality/disability-confid...Subdomain IMG-ALT Disability Confident Employer
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/Anchor ^ Back to top
/en/cookie-policy/?from=footerCookie Policy
A-TITLE Cookie Policy
/en/site-map/?from=footerSite Map
A-TITLE A text map of this web site.
/en/accessibility/?from=foooterAccessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility information
/en/terms-and-conditions/?from...Terms & Conditions
A-TITLE Terms & Conditions, including information on copyright and privacy.
/en/feedback/?from=footerWeb Site Feedback
A-TITLE Send us feedback on this web site.
/en/corporate-information/fina...Modern Slavery Statement
A-TITLE Modern Slavery Statement

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/"
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 0.87 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 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (34 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateMon, 14 Jul 2025 09:00:46 GMT
serverApache
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varyAccept-Encoding
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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 1,007 referring domains.
This page has 8,808 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 664 different ip addresses.

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