Eli.ubc.ca - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
50% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
100% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.64 s
File size
60.40 kB
Words
429
Media files
6
Number of links
42 internal / 17 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home Page - English Language Institute
The length of the page title is perfect. (360 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
If the weather is very bad, please check for the most up to date information on ubc.ca for updates on campus conditions, classes or exams. If UBC classes are running on campus, ELI classes will run on campus. If UBC classes or exams are cancelled, ELI classes will be moved online. Please contact your instructor […]
The meta description is too long: 1966 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://eli.ubc.ca/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
templateUBC Collab 1.0.5
descriptionIf the weather is very bad, please check for the most up to date information on ubc.ca for updates on campus conditions, classes or exams. If UBC classes are running on campus, ELI classes will run on campus. If UBC classes or exams are cancelled, ELI classes will be moved online. Please contact your instructor […]
article:modified_time2026-01-30T17:15:40+00:00
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome Page - English Language Institute
og:descriptionIf the weather is very bad, please check for the most up to date information on ubc.ca for updates on campus conditions, classes or exams. If UBC classes are running on campus, ELI classes will run on campus. If UBC classes or exams are cancelled, ELI classes will be moved online. Please contact your instructor […]
og:urlhttps://eli.ubc.ca/
og:site_nameEnglish Language Institute
og:imagehttps://educ-eli-2021.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2022/03/students-smiling-1600x900-1-768x432.jpg
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are only 429 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
30.8% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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 18.8 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width" 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 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
.../students-smiling-1600x900-1-768x432.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...022/03/sports-day-1600x900-1-768x432.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...22/03/girl-laptop-1600x900-1-768x432.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...t.ubc.ca/files/2022/03/caroline-kuhn.pngNo alt attribute provided
...06/ubc-clocktower-1280x720-1-940x529.jpgNo alt attribute provided
Video URLWidthHeight
...om/embed/IsfRRADxqBQ?si=NOcSvbUCwIRePRHV560315

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
UBC English Language Institute (ELI)
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 UBC English Language Institute (ELI)
H2 Learn English from a World-Class Canadian University
H2 Ready to Apply?
H2 Learn More About Studying English at UBC
H3 Explore our programs and find the one for you
H3 Take part in activities outside the classroom
H3 Stay with a Vancouver family while studying
H3 “I really feel more confident in English now”
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 17 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ubc.ca/External Subdomain The University of British Columbia
A-TITLE The University of British Columbia (UBC)
https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/apl...External Subdomain UBC - A Place of Mind
A-TITLE UBC a place of mind
https://www.ubc.ca/External Subdomain Text duplicate The University of British Columbia
A-TITLE The University of British Columbia (UBC)
https://eli.ubc.ca/Faculty of EducationEnglish Language Institute
A-TITLE English Language Institute
https://eli.ubc.ca/about/Subdomain About
https://eli.ubc.ca/about/ubc/Subdomain About UBC
/about/vancouver/Subdomain About Vancouver
/about/policies/Subdomain ELI Policies
https://eli.ubc.ca/our-people/Subdomain Our People
/about/strategic-plan/Subdomain ELI Strategic Plan
https://eli.ubc.ca/about/careers/Subdomain Careers
https://eli.ubc.ca/programs/Subdomain Programs
/programs/aspire/Subdomain ASPIRE
/programs/discover/Subdomain DISCOVER
https://eli.ubc.ca/academic/Subdomain English for Academic Purposes
/programs/explore-2/Subdomain EXPLORE
/programs/explore-online/Subdomain EXPLORE Online
/programs/explore-online-youth/Subdomain EXPLORE Online Youth
/customized-programs/Subdomain Customized Programs
/programs/dates-fees/Subdomain Program Dates & Fees
/future-students/Subdomain Future Students
/future-students/faqs/Subdomain Frequently Asked Questions – Future Students
/future-students/group-bookings/Subdomain Group Bookings
/future-students/apply/Subdomain How to Apply
/future-students/level-alignme...Subdomain Level Alignment Chart
/future-students/medical/Subdomain Medical Insurance
/future-students/housing/Subdomain Student Housing
/future-students/housing/appli...Subdomain Apply for Homestay
/future-students/housing/homes...Subdomain Homestay
/future-students/housing/homes...Subdomain Become a Homestay Host
/future-students/housing/homes...Subdomain Resources for Homestay Host
/current-students/Subdomain Student Centre
/english-language-experience/Subdomain English Language Experience
/current-students/conduct/Subdomain Student Code of Conduct
/current-students/student-poli...Subdomain Student Policies
/student-service-ii/Subdomain Student Services
https://eli.ubc.ca/activities/Subdomain Activities
/current-students/health/Subdomain Health & Wellbeing
/staying-safe-ii/Subdomain Staying Safe
https://eli.ubc.ca/contact/Subdomain Contact
/contact/stay-connected/Subdomain Stay Connected!
https://eli.ubc.ca/agents/Subdomain Agents
https://eli.ubc.ca/about/agents/Subdomain Our Agents
https://eli.ubc.ca/apply-now/Subdomain Apply Now
http://www.ubc.ca/External Subdomain ubc.ca
https://educ-eli-2021.sites.ol...External Subdomain Text duplicate Programs
/future-students/sociocultural/Subdomain Student Life
https://educ-eli-2021.sites.ol...External Subdomain Text duplicate Homestay
https://educ-eli-2021.sites.ol...External Subdomain Read More Student Testimonials
https://educ-eli-2021.sites.ol...External Subdomain Text duplicate Apply Now
https://educ-eli-2021.sites.ol...External Subdomain Text duplicate About UBC
https://www.facebook.com/theub...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/ubceli/External Subdomain No Text
https://www.ubc.ca/External Subdomain Text duplicate The University of British Columbia
A-TITLE The University of British Columbia (UBC)
https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/eme...External Subdomain Emergency Procedures
A-TITLE Emergency Procedures
https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/termsExternal Subdomain Terms of Use
A-TITLE Terms of Use
https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/cop...External Subdomain Copyright
A-TITLE UBC Copyright
https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/acc...External Subdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://eli.ubc.ca/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.64 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 loads 17 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (60 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 21 Mar 2026 00:29:50 GMT
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
link<https://eli.ubc.ca/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://eli.ubc.ca/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/133>; rel="alternate"; title="JSON"; type="application/json", <https://eli.ubc.ca/>; rel=shortlink
connectionclose
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie49 Characters
strict-transport-securitymax-age=16070400
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 57 referring domains.
This page has 74 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 43 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /wp-admin
Disallow: /wp-includes
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /readme.html
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*.js
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*.css
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*.css
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*/*.css
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*/*/*/*.css
Allow: /wp-includes/*.js
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*/*/*.js
Allow: /wp-includes/*.css
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*.css
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*/*.css
Allow: /wp-includes/*/*/*/*.css
Disallow: /wp-content/cache
Disallow: /wp-content/themes
Allow: /wp-content/themes/wp-hybrid-clf/
Disallow: /trackback
Disallow: /comments

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: SeekportBot
Disallow: /

Search preview

eli.ubc.ca
Home Page - English Language Institute
If the weather is very bad, please check for the most up to date information on ubc.ca for updates on campus conditions, classes or exams. If UBC classes are running on campus, ELI classes will run on campus. If UBC classes or exams are cancelled, ELI classes will be moved online. Please contact your instructor […]

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
UBC79%Check
If UBC66%Check
UBC English Language Institute66%Check
UBC classes64%Check
English63%Check
Language62%Check
Institute62%Check
Language Institute62%Check
English Language61%Check
English Language Institute61%Check

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