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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
86% 
Page quality
75% 
Page structure
92% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
55% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.09 s
File size
1,182.10 kB
Words
576
Media files
4
Number of links
26 internal / 4 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | CCCU
The page title is too short. (128 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Join Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent - ranked top 10 in the UK for teaching quality and student experience (Good University Guide 2026).
The length of the meta description is perfect. (918 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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
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)
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)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 576 words. That's ok.
36.5% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
16 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 18.9 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
The file size of the HTML document is very large (1182.1 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width,initial-scale=1,shrink-to-fit=no" 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)
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
...fd-fef944341e41/static/img/logo-dark.svgCanterbury Christ Church University Logo
...us-cet-v2.x1a7bcdbb.jpg?w=500&h=500&q=70A person interacting with a laptop.
...ll-us-cet.x6e8e71ba.jpg?w=500&h=500&q=70A support officer smiling at the camera.
...ont-card-chat-500x500.x2a1ca402.jpg?q=70A student in an archive smiling at the camera.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
June Open Days
The H1 heading is too short (14 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 June Open Days
H2 Choose CCCU
H2 Transform your future
H2 Discover more about us
H3 Clearing at CCCU
H3 Explore undergraduate
H3 Explore postgraduate
H3 Subject areas
H3 Scholarships and bursaries
H3 Why make CCCU your first choice?
H3 What's it like to be a CCCU student?
H3 Get your undergraduate prospectus
H3 Explore CCCU with a virtual campus tour
H3 University continues to climb Complete University Guide rankings
H3 Canterbury Christ Church University ranked among England’s top apprenticeship providers
H3 Canterbury Christ Church University is second in UK for graduates in employment
H3 Expert comment
H3 Expert comment Duplicate text
H3 Annual Report
H3 Email us
H3 Phone us
H3 Chat with a student
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.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
There are 4 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://cccu.canterbury.ac.uk/External Subdomain Staff
/alumniAlumni
https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/IMG-ALT Canterbury Christ Church University Logo
/study-here/applying/visit-usBook now
/study-here/subject-areasSubject areas
/search/undergraduate-coursesView all courses
/study-here/applying/visit-usOpen Days and events
/contact-cccuContact us
/study-here/clearing-hubClearing at CCCU Everything you need to know about Clearing, from courses and applications to support and next steps.
/news/2025/canterbury-christ-c...Trivial anchor text
Read more
/study-here/explore-undergraduateExplore undergraduate Every year our undergraduate courses make a positive difference to thousands of people, providing skills and opportunities that change ...
/study-here/explore-postgraduateExplore postgraduate Find out more about our supportive postgraduate community where you can develop your skills, explore a subject in-depth and enhance your...
/study-here/subject-areasSubject areas Got a passion for a subject but need help to find the best course for you? Find out about our subject areas to help you decide.
/study-here/fees-and-funding/s...Scholarships and bursaries At CCCU there are a range of scholarships and bursaries to help you thrive at university. We offer awards to both our undergraduat...
/study-here/student-life/why-c...Why make CCCU your first choice? Our community provides a safe and supportive place to learn, on a campus with fantastic facilities, surrounded by countrysid...
/study-here/student-life/stude...What's it like to be a CCCU student? Get a feel of student life through our student stories. Read about our students' experiences, how they've made an impact...
/study-here/fees-and-funding/p...Find out more
/blogs/2026/cccu-scholarships-...Explore our scholarships and bursaries
/study-here/applying/order-you...Get your undergraduate prospectus Order your copy of our printed prospectus.
https://explore.canterbury.ac.uk/External Subdomain Explore CCCU with a virtual campus tour Use our virtual tour to explore our campuses, facilities, accommodation, and Canterbury itself from wherever you are ...
https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/newsView all news
/eventsView all events
/events?eventCategory=650b0b59...View arts and culture
/news/2025/university-continue...University continues to climb Complete University Guide rankings For a second consecutive year, Canterbury Christ Church University has risen a significant n...
/news/2025/canterbury-christ-c...Canterbury Christ Church University ranked among England’s top apprenticeship providers Canterbury Christ Church University ranked 12th in England for appren...
/news/2025/canterbury-christ-c...Canterbury Christ Church University is second in UK for graduates in employment Canterbury Christ Church University graduates enjoy some of the strongest emp...
https://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk...External Subdomain Expert comment The silent strain: what this heatwave is really doing to children
https://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk...External Subdomain Expert comment University support for driving regional growth and innovation
/about-us/our-story/facts-and-...Annual Report
/study-here/student-life/join-...Chat with a student Chat to one of our students via Unibuddy
IMG-ALT A student in an archive smiling at the camera.

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/"
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 (1.09 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.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (1,182 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 810 referring domains.
This page has 15,677 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 658 different ip addresses.

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