Transfervirginia.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
30% 
Server
40% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.57 s
File size
48.30 kB
Words
539
Media files
13
Number of links
56 internal / 4 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Transfer Virginia
The length of the page title is perfect. (216 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
ECCompass
The meta description is too short. (78 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
The meta description contains only one word.
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

NameValue
GeneratorDrupal 7 (http://drupal.org)
googlenotranslate
robotsindex, follow
descriptionECCompass
keywordstransfer credits in Virginia, plan transfer journey in Virginia, transfer from community college in Virginia, vertical transfer, lateral transfer, reverse transfer, credits for exams at Virginia schools, find transfer courses in Virginia, find major at Virginia schools for transfer, get transfer credits from Virginia schools for college courses, get credits for military experience to transfer, process Joint Services Transcript, schools in Virginia for transfer, course catalogs for schools in Virginia, majors available at schools in Virginia, transfer guidance, how will my transfer credits apply, transferrable or transfer courses I can take to complete my degree faster
authorIndtai, Inc.
CopyrightCopyright All Years. All Rights Reserved.
DC.titleMyCompass Patent pending
DC.subjectMyCompass Patent pending
DC.creatorIndtai, Inc.
apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-styleblack
format-detectiontelephone=yes
HandheldFriendlyTrue
MobileOptimized320
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimal-ui
langen
cleartypeon
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 539 words. That's ok.
32.7% 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.
12 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 18 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimal-ui" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 11 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)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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
...emes/vccs/images/TVA_horizontal-logo.pngTransfer Virginia Home
...themes/vccs/images/TransferPartners2.jpgTransfer Partners
...es/vccs.tva/themes/vccs/images/UCGS2.jpgUCGS
...emes/vccs/images/Equivalent Course 2.jpgTransfer Guides
...va/themes/vccs/images/MajorTransfer2.jpgWhere Will My Major Transfer?
...a/themes/vccs/images/Coursetransfer2.jpgWhere Will My Course Transfer?
...themes/vccs/images/CreditEvaluation2.jpgCredit Evaluation
...mes/vccs/images/credits2careers_logo.pngCredits 2 Careers Logo
...va/themes/vccs/images/onlinevccslogo.pngVCCS Online Logo
...es/vccs/images/VA Wizard Logo-Purple.pngVirginia Wizard Logo
...a/themes/vccs/images/SCHEVHorizontal.pngState Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) logo
...tva/themes/vccs/images/vccs_c2c_logo.pngthe Virginia Community College System (VCCS) logo
...es/eccompass/images/eccompasslogohc1.pngNo alt attribute providedEducation and Career Compass logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The H1 heading is empty
Headings
(Important)
There are no headings specified on the page. Headings are important for search engine optimization and help to structure your content.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Empty heading
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.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 4 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.transfervirginia.org/Anchor Jump to navigation
/user/login?current=homeLog in
/events/viewEvents
/coursesCourses
A-TITLE Courses
/programsPrograms
A-TITLE Programs
/partnersTransfer Partners
https://www.transfervirginia.org/IMG-ALT Transfer Virginia Home
/transferva-initiativeTransferVA Initiative
/get-startedGet Started
/glossaryGlossary
/release-highlightsRelease Highlights
/college-university-in-virginiaCollege Location Map
/explore-optionsExplore Options
/get-adviceGet Advice
/make-decisionsMake Decisions
/create-a-planCreate A Plan
/prepare-to-transferPrepare To Transfer
/exams-by-institutionCredits for Exams
/degrees_transferWhere Will My Major Transfer
A-TITLE Where Will My Major Transfer
/courses_transferWhere Will My Course Transfer
A-TITLE Where Will My Course Transfer
/courses_reverse_transferWhere Can I Take An Equivalent Course
A-TITLE Where Can I Take An Equivalent Course
/search_programsSearch Programs
A-TITLE Search Programs
/search_coursesSearch Courses
A-TITLE Search Courses
/user/storyCheck All My Credits
/discover-my-future-careerExplore Careers
/transfer-savingsTransfer Savings
A-TITLE Transfer Savings
/resource-centerResource Center
/contactContact an Institution
/partnersExplore partner schools and view consistent profiles with key details to help both transfer and non-transfer students plan their next steps. Transfer Partners
IMG-ALT Transfer Partners
/programs?aw=UCGSEarn the 32-credit Uniform Certificate of General Studies (UCGS), guaranteed to transfer to all public and most private colleges in Virginia. Explore UCGS re...
IMG-ALT UCGS
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...Plan your transfer with confidence. Follow a program pathway using a Transfer Guide to start at a community college and make every credit count toward your 4...
IMG-ALT Transfer Guides
/degrees/transferDiscover 4-year programs that build on your community college studies—available through Transfer Virginia partner schools. Where Will My Major Transfer?
IMG-ALT Where Will My Major Transfer?
/courses/transferCheck how individual courses transfer to Transfer Virginia partner institutions. Where Will My Course Transfer?
IMG-ALT Where Will My Course Transfer?
/user/storyBuild your portfolio of courses, exams, and certificates to get credit estimates. Create an account to see how your credits apply to a specific program. Cred...
IMG-ALT Credit Evaluation
/user/loginA-TITLE Sign in or create an account at Transfer Virginia
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...A-TITLE Resource Center - Transfer Guides
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...A-TITLE Resource Center - Academic Planning
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...A-TITLE Resource Center - How-To Videos
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...A-TITLE Resource Center - Transfer Planning
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...A-TITLE Resource Center - Student Support Services
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...A-TITLE Resource Center - Financial Planning
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...Text duplicate A-TITLE Resource Center - Transfer Guides
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...Text duplicate A-TITLE Resource Center - How-To Videos
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...Text duplicate A-TITLE Resource Center - Student Support Services
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...Text duplicate A-TITLE Resource Center - Academic Planning
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...Text duplicate A-TITLE Resource Center - Transfer Planning
/resources?f[0]=field_cc_resou...Text duplicate A-TITLE Resource Center - Financial Planning
https://www.credits2careers.org/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Credits 2 Careers Logo
https://online.vccs.edu/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT VCCS Online Logo
https://www.vawizard.org/wizar...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Virginia Wizard Logo
/user/loginSign In
/user/registerCreate Account
/contact-portal-teamContact Portal Team
/contact-schoolText duplicate Contact an Institution
/glossaryText duplicate Glossary
/terms-of-useTERMS OF USE
/privacy-policyPRIVACY
http://www.eccompass.com/External Subdomain Powered by Education and Career Compass
A-TITLE Powered by Education and Career Compass (Indtai Inc.)
https://www.transfervirginia.org/Anchor A-TITLE back to Top of the page
https://www.transfervirginia.org/Anchor A-TITLE to bottom of the Page

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.transfervirginia.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (1.57 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 fine (48 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSun, 23 Nov 2025 21:38:15 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
servernginx/1.27.2
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
cache-controlno-cache, must-revalidate
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
x-generatorDrupal 7 (http://drupal.org)
referrer-policyorigin
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 49 referring domains.
This page has 11,825 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 47 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /misc/*.css$
Allow: /misc/*.css?
Allow: /misc/*.js$
Allow: /misc/*.js?
Allow: /misc/*.gif
Allow: /misc/*.jpg
Allow: /misc/*.jpeg
Allow: /misc/*.png
Allow: /modules/*.css$
Allow: /modules/*.css?
Allow: /modules/*.js$
Allow: /modules/*.js?
Allow: /modules/*.gif
Allow: /modules/*.jpg
Allow: /modules/*.jpeg
Allow: /modules/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /themes/*.css$
Allow: /themes/*.css?
Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
Allow: /themes/*.gif
Allow: /themes/*.jpg
Allow: /themes/*.jpeg
Allow: /themes/*.png
# Directories
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/
# Files
Disallow: /CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /?q=admin/
Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /?q=node/add/
Disallow: /?q=search/
Disallow: /?q=user/password/
Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
Disallow: /?q=user/logout/

Search preview

www.transfervirginia.org
Home | Transfer Virginia
ECCompass

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Transfer66%Check
Transfer Virginia65%Check
Virginia64%Check
Transfer Virginia partner57%Check
Transfer Partners54%Check
college transfer53%Check
Virginia Community52%Check
Virginia Community College48%Check
career45%Check
Log45%Check

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