Admissions.usask.ca - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
74% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
96% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.22 s
File size
130.80 kB
Words
494
Media files
4
Number of links
30 internal / 25 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Admissions | University of Saskatchewan
The length of the page title is perfect. (367 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://admissions.usask.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: United States of America
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@usask
twitter:titleAdmissions
twitter:descriptionEmpty
twitter:image:srchttps://usaskcdn.ca/limestone2/latest/img/usask_green-with-logo.png
og:titleAdmissions
og:urlindex
og:imagehttps://usaskcdn.ca/limestone2/latest/img/usask_green-with-logo.png
og:descriptionEmpty
og:site_nameadmissions
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 494 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
33% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 15.45 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, maximum-scale=5.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
This page only loads 2 JavaScript files. That's good!
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on 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
....ca/limestone2/stable/img/uofs-logo.webpUniversity of Saskatchewan
...ca/limestone2/stable/img/uofs-crest.webpUniversity of Saskatchewan
/images/campus-tours.jpgUSask students at Welcome Week
....ca/limestone2/stable/img/uofs-logo.webpUniversity of Saskatchewan

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
University of Saskatchewan
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 University of Saskatchewan
H2 Start
H2 Prepare
H2 Fund
H2 Campus tours
H2 Get involved
H2 The world needs you
H2 Stay connected
H3 Choose from over 150 different programs
H5 Campus Tour Spring 2026 (Tuesday Morning)
H5 Campus Tour Spring 2026 (Tuesday Morning) Duplicate text
H5 Campus Tour Spring 2026 (Thursday Morning)
H5 Campus Tour Spring 2026 (Saturday Morning)
H6 FEATURED EVENT
H6 3-4 TOURS EVERY WEEK
H6 MAIN CAMPUS IN SASKATOON
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 25 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://admissions.usask.ca/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.usask.ca/External Subdomain IMG-ALT University of Saskatchewan
/index.phpSubdomain Admissions
https://paws.usask.ca/External Subdomain P AWS
A-TITLE PAWS
/programs/find-a-program.phpSubdomain Find a program
/programs/colleges-and-schools...Subdomain Colleges and schools
/programs/preparing-for-univer...Subdomain Preparing for university
/programs/flexible.phpSubdomain Flexible learning
https://pa.usask.ca/External Subdomain Study in Prince Albert
/requirements/apply.phpSubdomain How to apply
/requirements/deadlines.phpSubdomain Requirements and deadlines
/requirements/international.phpSubdomain International students
/requirements/transfer-credit.phpSubdomain Transfer credit
/money/tuition.phpSubdomain Tuition and costs
/money/scholarships.phpSubdomain Scholarships
/campus-life/housing.phpSubdomain Housing
/campus-life/support.phpSubdomain Support
/campus-life/why-usask.phpSubdomain Why choose USask
/tours-and-events/campus-tours...Subdomain Campus tours
/tours-and-events/events.phpSubdomain Events
https://students.usask.ca/even...External Subdomain U-Start
/contact.phpSubdomain Contact us
/indigenous-students.phpSubdomain Indigenous Students
/requirements/international.phpSubdomain International Students
/requirements/ib.phpSubdomain IB Students
/counsellors.phpSubdomain Counsellors
/programs/find-a-program.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Find a program
/requirements/apply.phpSubdomain Text duplicate How to apply
/requirements/deadlines.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Requirements and deadlines
/money/scholarships.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Scholarships
/tours-and-events/campus-tours...Subdomain Learn more
https://apply.usask.ca/Recruit...External Subdomain Register now
https://apply.usask.ca/Recruit...External Subdomain Campus Tour Spring 2026 (Tuesday Morning)
https://goo.gl/maps/FdLSBk7kUp42New window External Student Central
https://apply.usask.ca/Recruit...External Subdomain Text duplicate Register now
https://apply.usask.ca/Recruit...External Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Tour Spring 2026 (Tuesday Morning)
https://goo.gl/maps/FdLSBk7kUp42New window External Text duplicate Student Central
https://apply.usask.ca/Recruit...External Subdomain Text duplicate Register now
https://apply.usask.ca/Recruit...External Subdomain Campus Tour Spring 2026 (Thursday Morning)
https://goo.gl/maps/FdLSBk7kUp42New window External Text duplicate Student Central
https://apply.usask.ca/Recruit...External Subdomain Text duplicate Register now
https://apply.usask.ca/Recruit...External Subdomain Campus Tour Spring 2026 (Saturday Morning)
https://goo.gl/maps/FdLSBk7kUp42New window External Text duplicate Student Central
https://apply.usask.ca/Recruit...External Subdomain Text duplicate Register now
/tours-and-events/events.phpSubdomain All events
/tours-and-events/campus-tours...Subdomain All campus tours
https://apply.usask.ca/recruit...External Subdomain Sign up
/contact.phpSubdomain contact us
https://www.instagram.com/usas...External Subdomain Follow on Instagram
A-TITLE Follow on Instagram
https://give.usask.ca/External Subdomain Be What the World Needs campaign
https://www.usask.ca/External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT University of Saskatchewan
https://indigenous.usask.ca/in...External Subdomain Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis.
https://www.usask.ca/disclaime...External Subdomain Disclaimer
https://www.usask.ca/privacy-s...External Subdomain Privacy
https://www.usask.ca/accessibi...External Subdomain Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://admissions.usask.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 is slow (1.22 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 only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
This page only loads 2 JavaScript files. That's good!
The file size of the HTML document is fine (131 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 04 May 2026 09:43:27 GMT
serverApache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; preload
cache-controlmax-age=0
expiresMon, 04 May 2026 09:43:27 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
content-security-policydefault-src https:; script-src 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' https:; style-src 'unsafe-inline' https:; img-src 'self' *.usask.ca https: data: blob:; media-src 'self' *$
content-length23767
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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 198 referring domains.
This page has 305 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 67 different ip addresses.

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Disallow: /_test/*
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Saskatchewan63%Check
Admissions59%Check
USask50%Check
Tours44%Check
world43%Check
Programs43%Check
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Morning43%Check
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