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Meta information
74% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
33% 
Server
79% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.68 s
File size
140.80 kB
Words
939
Media files
30
Number of links
148 internal / 4 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Complete University Guide - University Rankings, Guides and Courses
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 632 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
We help students around the world research degree courses and universities. Independent UK university league tables and rankings, overall and by subject.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (958 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
Language defined in HTTP-Equiv meta tag: en
Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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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descriptionWe help students around the world research degree courses and universities. Independent UK university league tables and rankings, overall and by subject.
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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 939 words. That's ok.
29.7% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 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 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, user-scalable=no, maximum-scale=1.0" 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 19 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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

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...p-connect.com/cug-cont/images/img_px.gif Female climbing stairs at university - iStock - What happens after submitting your UCAS application?
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Your future, your choice
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 53 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Your future, your choice
H2 University league tables
H2 The shortcut to your shortlist
H2 Getting to grips with your finances
H2 University rankings
H2 What's new
H2 Popular subject areas
H2 Most popular
H2 We're here to help
H3 League tables
H3 Popular subject league tables
H3 Regional League tables
H3 Subject search
H3 Popular subjects
H3 University search
H3 Popular universities
H3 Course search
H3 Popular undergraduate courses
H3 Open days search
H3 Upcoming open days
H3 Article search
H3 Popular topics
H3 Popular articles
H3 Find a course
H3 Find a university
H3 Find an open day
H3 Get advice for each part of your journey
H3 UK university league tables – hidden gems...
H3 Five reasons why university league tables...
H3 How to use the league tables
H3 Top 10 unis for Continuation 2025
H3 Top 10 unis for Facilities Spend 2025
H3 Top 10 unis for Student Satisfaction 2025
H3 Law
H3 Medicine
H3 Economics
H3 Computer Science
H3 Psychology
H3 Accounting & Finance
H3 Business & Management Studies
H3 Architecture
H3 Biological Sciences
H3 Subscribe to our newsletter
H4 Student cost of living calculator
H4 New uni budgeting tool
H4 Are you eligible for student finance?
H4 Student finance and funding
H4 The 2025 tuition fee increase: What it means...
H4 What is UCAS Extra?
H4 New uni budgeting tool Duplicate text
H4 What to do when your uni budget doesn't add...
H4 How the calculator works
H4 What happens after submitting your UCAS...
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Some anchor texts are used more than once.
21 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 4 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/universities/coventry-universityCoventry University
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/universities/london-metropoli...London Metropolitan University
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/courses/search/undergraduate/...LLB Bachelor of Laws
/courses/search/undergraduate/...History
/courses/search/undergraduate/...Biomedical Sciences
/courses/search/undergraduate/...Finance
/courses/search/undergraduate/...Physiotherapy
/courses/search/undergraduate/...Sports Science
/open-daysOpen days
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/open-days/search/university-o...University of Brighton
/open-days/search/health-scien...Health Sciences University (formerly AECC University College)
/open-days/search/university-o...University of Southampton
/open-days/search/university-o...University of Bedfordshire
/open-days/search/university-o...Text duplicate University of Brighton
/open-days/search/edge-hill-un...Edge Hill University
/student-advice/what-to-studyStudent advice
/student-cost-of-living-calcul...TRY IT NOW!
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/student-advice/applying-to-un...UCAS key dates and deadlines
/student-advice/where-to-studyChoosing where to study
/article/search/open-daysText duplicate Open days
/student-advice/after-you-startStudent life
/student-advice/blog/cost-of-l...New uni budgeting tool
/student-advice/finance/uni-bu...What to do when your uni budget doesn't add up
/student-advice/finance/calcul...How the calculator works
/student-advice/offers/ucas-extraWhat is UCAS Extra?
/student-advice/where-to-study...What's a university open day
/student-advice/what-to-studyBROWSE ALL ADVICE
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/student-advice/finance/2025-t...Subdomain No Text
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/subject-guide/economicsSubdomain No Text
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/subject-guide/architectureSubdomain No Text
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/student-advice/where-to-study...Subdomain Top ten most affordable universities for...
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/student-advice/applying-to-un...Subdomain Tips for writing your personal statement
/student-advice/where-to-study...Subdomain Cheapest universities for a postgraduate...
/askSubdomain READ FAQS
/terms-and-conditionsNew window Terms and Conditions
/terms-and-conditions/privacy-...New window Privacy Notice
https://www.facebook.com/Compl...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://twitter.com/compuniguideNew window External IMG-ALT Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/comp...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Linkedin
/about-usAbout us
/contact-usContact us
/sectorResources for sector
/clearingClearing
/cookiesCookies
/terms-and-conditions/privacy-...Privacy notice
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/sitemapSitemap
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Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 0.68 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (141 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 987 referring domains.
This page has 21,945 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 511 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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Disallow: /*qualification=m
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /enquiry
Disallow: /profile
Disallow: /universities*?
Disallow: /clearing/courses/*?

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We help students around the world research degree courses and universities. Independent UK university league tables and rankings, overall and by subject.

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