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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
96% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
85% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.15 s
File size
40.60 kB
Words
575
Media files
11
Number of links
85 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
University of Lincoln
The page title is too short. (180 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Situated in a historic city on the beautiful Brayford Pool Waterfront, the University of Lincoln is proud of putting students at the heart of everything it does.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (936 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
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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viewportinitial-scale=1
descriptionSituated in a historic city on the beautiful Brayford Pool Waterfront, the University of Lincoln is proud of putting students at the heart of everything it does.
DC.modified16/05/2025
authorUniversity of Lincoln
robotsindex, follow
google-site-verificationg8Oi4c31xfqkRzSVAlHKGWaVPdyYQGizJuCWY-Czj78
searchtitleHome
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 32.33 words is high.
This page contains 575 words. That's ok.
31.5% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: may
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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
...ets/images/HQ-Black-Landscaperesize2.pngUniversity of Lincoln Logo
...e2017/UG,Apply,Now_Homepage,banner,2.jpgTwo students on a blue background
...L,May23,520,by,Electric,Egg,eggr9364.jpgA student reading a book in their accommodation
/media/responsive2017/WUSCAs_square.pngWhatuni Student Choice Awards 2025
...ents,socialising,on,campus,1000x1000.jpgTwo students socialising on campus in front of the Brayford Pool
...L,May23,588,by,Electric,Egg,eggr9549.jpgStudents socialising in a kitchen
...wresearch/Research,spotlight,700x560.jpgColoured lines and lights
...ts,Outside,NDH,1920,x,1440-1429x1437.jpgTwo University of Lincoln Students outside NDLH building
...t/logo/UOL_greyscale_landscape_white.pngNo alt attribute provided
...e/map/uk_map_lincoln_highlighted_min.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
APPLY NOW
The H1 heading is too short (9 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 APPLY NOW
H2 Study
H2 Student Life
H2 Apply
H2 Research
H2 Services for Business
H2 Events and Conferencing
H2 About Us
H2 You can still join Lincoln this September
H2 Why Choose Lincoln
H2 Study Duplicate text
H2 Whatuni Student Choice Awards
H2 Living in Lincoln
H2 Apply for Accommodation
H2 Parents, Guardians, and Carers
H2 Creating Brighter Futures
H2 Event Highlights
H2 Latest News
H3 Medicine Open Day
H3 Postgraduate Interview Advice Session
H3 Medieval Discoveries: A Learning and Career Journey
H3 Empty heading
H3 Empty heading
H3 Empty heading
H3 Empty heading
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/IMG-ALT University of Lincoln Logo
/studywithus/Study at Lincoln
/studywithus/undergraduatestudy/Undergraduate
/studywithus/postgraduatestudy/Postgraduate
/studywithus/internationalstud...International
/studywithus/flexiblelearning/Flexible Learning
/studywithus/subjects/Our Subject Areas
/studywithus/opendaysandvisits/Open Days and Visits
/studentlife/Life on Campus
/studentlife/supportivecommunity/Support
/studentlife/accommodation/Accommodation
/globalopportunities/Study Abroad
/studentlife/sportatlincoln/Sports and Societies
/studentlife/discoverlincoln/Discover the City
/studentlife/maps/Getting Here
/studywithus/howtoapply/How to Apply
/studywithus/feesandfunding/Fees and Funding
/studywithus/scholarshipsandbu...Scholarships and Bursaries
/studywithus/applicantsandoffe...Applicants and Offer Holders
/studywithus/chatwithourstudents/Chat with Our Students
/parentsguardiansandcarers/Parents, Guardians, and Carers
/outreach/Outreach
/researchatlincoln/Research at Lincoln
/researchatlincoln/researchenv...Environment and Culture
/researchatlincoln/institutesc...Institutes, Centres, and Groups
/studywithus/postgraduatestudy...Postgraduate Research
/studywithus/postgraduatestudy...Research Studentships
/researchatlincoln/researcheth...Ethics and Integrity
/servicesforbusiness/Services for Business
/servicesforbusiness/ourexpert...Our Expertise
/servicesforbusiness/start-ups/Grow Your Business
/servicesforbusiness/developyo...Develop Your Staff
/servicesforbusiness/whowework...Who We Work With
/servicesforbusiness/networkin...Networks and Events
/servicesforbusiness/ourfacili...Facilities
/servicesforbusiness/graduater...Recruit a Graduate
/eventsandconferences/Events at Lincoln
/eventsandconferences/upcoming...Upcoming Events
/studywithus/opendaysandvisits/Text duplicate Open Days and Visits
/studentlife/graduation/Graduation
/servicesforbusiness/conferenc...Conferencing and Venue Hire
/servicesforbusiness/networkin...Networking and Business Events
/abouttheuniversity/About the University
/strategicplan/seniorleadershi...University Leadership
/strategicplan/Strategic Plan
/abouttheuniversity/sustainabi...Sustainability
/abouttheuniversity/onecommunity/One Community
/jobopportunities/Jobs at Lincoln
/abouttheuniversity/pressandme...Press and Media
https://news.lincoln.ac.uk/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Latest News
https://lncn.ac/appNew window Nofollow External Staff
https://lncn.ac/appNew window Nofollow External Students
/alumnicommunity/Alumni
/jobopportunities/Jobs
/alumnicommunity/supporttheuni...Support Us
/studywithus/undergraduatestud...Text duplicate How to Apply
/studywithus/opendaysandvisits/Visit Us
/studywithus/Text duplicate Study at Lincoln
/search/?searchStudioQuery=all...Subdomain Courses A-Z Find Your Perfect Course
IMG-ALT A student reading a book in their accommodation
/studywithus/undergraduatestudy/Text duplicate Undergraduate
/studywithus/postgraduatestudy/Text duplicate Postgraduate
/studywithus/flexiblelearning/Text duplicate Flexible Learning
/prospectus/Subdomain Order a Prospectus
https://news.lincoln.ac.uk/202...External Subdomain Read the Full Story
/studentlife/discoverlincoln/Text duplicate Discover the City
/studentlife/accommodation/Student Accommodation All of our accommodation is either on campus or a short distance away.
IMG-ALT Two students socialising on campus in front of the Brayford Pool
/studentlife/Text duplicate Life on Campus
/abouttheuniversity/onecommunity/Our One Community
/jobopportunities/Job Opportunities
/studentlife/accommodation/ Apply Now
/parentsguardiansandcarers/Explore Our Guide
/form/dd/parentsguardiansandca...Join Our Mailing List
https://www.facebook.com/group...External Subdomain Parents' Facebook Group
/researchatlincoln/ Explore Our Research
/eventsandconferences/upcoming...Subdomain Medicine Open Day
A-TITLE Medicine Open Day
/eventsandconferences/upcoming...Subdomain Postgraduate Interview Advice Session
A-TITLE Postgraduate Interview Advice Session
/eventsandconferences/upcoming...Subdomain Medieval Discoveries: A Learning and Career Journey
A-TITLE Medieval Discoveries: A Learning and Career Journey
/eventsandconferences/upcoming...All Events
https://news.lincoln.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain Search News
https://www.instagram.com/unil...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/unilincolnExternal No Text
https://www.facebook.com/unive...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@univer...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/Univer...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain No Text
/studentlife/maps/Maps and Directions
/contactus/Contact Us
https://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Staff Directory
/studentlife/termdates/Term Dates
/jobopportunities/Text duplicate Jobs
/abouttheuniversity/governance...Policies
/abouttheuniversity/accessibil...Accessibility
/abouttheuniversity/governance...Privacy
https://secretariat.blogs.linc...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Freedom of Information
/media/responsive2017/aboutthe...Anti-slavery Statement
/media/responsive2017/aboutthe...Admissions Terms and Conditions
/abouttheuniversity/governance...Transparency Information
/abouttheuniversity/governance...New window Nofollow Subdomain Anchor Access and Participation Plan

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.lincoln.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 excellent with 0.15 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (41 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 16 May 2025 15:05:09 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length9924
serverApache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
last-modifiedFri, 16 May 2025 12:57:33 GMT
etag"a298-635405367b708-gzip"
accept-rangesbytes
varyAccept-Encoding,User-Agent
content-encodinggzip
cache-controlmax-age=172800
expiresSun, 18 May 2025 15:05:09 GMT
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,013 referring domains.
This page has 96,705 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 697 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

# robots.txt for https://www.lincoln.ac.uk
#
User-agent:terminalfour-nutch-spider
Allow: /
Allow: /search/

User-agent: *
Disallow: /404/
Disallow: /archive/
Disallow: /cdm/
Disallow: /collegeofscience/foundationyear/
Disallow: /coronavirus/
Disallow: /email/
Disallow: /graduation/graduates
Disallow: /features/
Disallow: /form/
Disallow: /keepmediaalive/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /publish/
Disallow: /seasonsgreetings/
Disallow: /siteconfig/
Disallow: /sitemessages/
Disallow: /staffprofiles/

Disallow: /studyatlincoln/coursefees/
Disallow: /studywithus/chatwithourstudents/
Disallow: /vod/
Disallow: /offerholderdays/
Disallow: /offer-holder-days/
Disallow: /virtual-event/
Disallow: /virtualopenday/

Disallow: /course/archivedcoursesections/
Disallow: /studyatlincoln/coursefees/feeskeywords/

Sitemap: https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/sitemap-en.xml

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University of Lincoln
Situated in a historic city on the beautiful Brayford Pool Waterfront, the University of Lincoln is proud of putting students at the heart of everything it does.

Most important keywords

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Student58%Check
Apply56%Check
Student Accommodation52%Check
Students50%Check
Young University48%Check
Whatuni Student Choice48%Check
Student Choice Awards48%Check
Brayford Pool48%Check
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