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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
78% 
Page quality
100% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.06 s
File size
262.50 kB
Words
1350
Media files
12
Number of links
63 internal / 103 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
University of Southern California
The length of the page title is perfect. (289 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
University of Southern California
There are more than one meta descriptions on the page. Only one is allowed.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.usc.edu/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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

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descriptionUSC is one of the world's leading research universities. At USC, the human spirit is cultivated through learning, research and creativity.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1350 words. That's ok.
29.6% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
19 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 17.63 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
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 27 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)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Research That Saves Lives
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Research That Saves Lives
H2 What are you looking for?
H2 Top Headlines
H2 The Trojan Fund for Research Excellence
H2 Leaders. Changemakers. Trojans.
H2 Computing Without Boundaries
H2 Meet Beong-Soo Kim, USC’s Interim President
H2 After the Fires: USC in Action for Southern California
H2 USC Announces Presidential Search Committee, Interim Leadership
H2 Around the University
H2 Thinking about USC?
H3 Suggested Searches
H3 How AI is reshaping the job market
H3 New wearable sensor made at USC could help bipolar patients track medication levels through sweat
H3 USC cancer survivorship programs help patients thrive post-diagnosis
H3 $1 million grant boosts USC Dornsife researchers’ wildfire soil testing program
H3 Punk rocker with a PhD: The Offspring’s Dexter Holland is also a virologist
H3 Alum connects NASA space research to earthbound lawmakers
H3 New City Council member credits time at USC for inspiring his run for office
H3 USC Master of Business for Veterans program helps combat medic give back
H3 Rethinking the study of Black health and aging
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (103) on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://usc.edu/Anchor Skip to Content
https://www.usc.edu/Subdomain No Text
/we-are-usc/the-university/The University
/we-are-usc/the-university/lea...Leadership
/we-are-usc/the-university/fac...Faculty
/we-are-usc/the-university/val...Values
/we-are-usc/the-university/fac...Facts and Stats
https://usc.edu/usc-traditions/Traditions
/we-are-usc/the-university/our...Our History
/we-are-southern-california/We Are Southern California
/we-are-southern-california/ou...Our Communities
https://usc.edu/we-are-trojans/We Are Trojans
/we-are-connectors/We Are Connectors
/we-are-advancing-health/We Are Advancing Health
/we-are-usc/we-are-global/We Are Global
/we-are-usc/we-are-global/glob...Global Engagement
/we-are-usc/we-are-global/glob...Global Presence
/we-are-usc/we-are-global/educ...Educating Global Leaders
https://dornsife.usc.edu/External Subdomain Letters, Arts and Sciences
https://www.marshall.usc.edu/d...External Subdomain Accounting
https://sac.usc.edu/External Subdomain Advanced Computing
https://arch.usc.edu/External Subdomain Architecture
https://roski.usc.edu/External Subdomain Art and Design
https://iovine-young.usc.edu/External Subdomain Arts, Technology, Business of Innovation
https://www.marshall.usc.edu/External Subdomain Business
https://cinema.usc.edu/External Subdomain Cinematic Arts
https://annenberg.usc.edu/External Subdomain Communication and Journalism
https://kaufman.usc.edu/External Subdomain Dance
https://dentistry.usc.edu/External Subdomain Dentistry
https://dramaticarts.usc.edu/External Subdomain Dramatic Arts
https://rossier.usc.edu/External Subdomain Education
https://viterbischool.usc.edu/External Subdomain Engineering
https://gero.usc.edu/External Subdomain Gerontology
https://gould.usc.edu/External Subdomain Law
https://keck.usc.edu/External Subdomain Medicine
https://music.usc.edu/External Subdomain Music
https://chan.usc.edu/External Subdomain Occupational Therapy
https://mann.usc.edu/External Subdomain Pharmacy
https://pt.usc.edu/External Subdomain Physical Therapy
http://bovardcollege.usc.edu/External Subdomain Professional Studies
https://priceschool.usc.edu/External Subdomain Public Policy
https://dworakpeck.usc.edu/External Subdomain Social Work
/academics/explore-our-programs/Explore Our Programs
https://usc.edu/majors-minors/Majors & Minors
/graduate-professional/Graduate & Professional
/academics/explore-our-program...Postdoctoral Programs
/academics/explore-our-program...Pre-College Programs
/academics/undergraduate-study/Undergraduate Study
/academics/undergraduate-study...Your First-Year Experience
/academics/undergraduate-study...Interdisciplinary Freedom
/academics/undergraduate-study...Global Experiences
https://usc.edu/advising-support/Advising & Support
https://gradadm.usc.edu/New window External Subdomain Graduate & Professional Study
https://international.usc.edu/New window External Subdomain USC International Academy
https://online.usc.edu/New window External Subdomain USC Online
https://precollege.usc.edu/sum...New window External Subdomain High School Summer Programs
https://libraries.usc.edu/New window External Subdomain Libraries
/academic-calendar/Academic Calendar
https://classes.usc.edu/External Subdomain Schedule of Classes
/life-usc/living-in-la/Living in L.A.
/life-usc/campus-life/Campus Life
/life-usc/campus-life/housing-...Housing & Dining
/student-organizations-and-clubs/Student Organizations and Clubs
/community-service/Community Service
/life-usc/campus-life/usc-vill...USC Village
https://usc.edu/campus-safety/Campus Safety
/life-usc/health-and-wellness/Health and Well-being
/research-creativity/research-...Research & Innovation
/research-creativity/research-...Student Research
/research-creativity/research-...Faculty Research
/research-creativity/research-...Innovation
/research-resources/Research Resources
https://research.usc.edu/External Subdomain Office of Research & Innovation
/research-creativity/creative-...Creative Expression
/research-creativity/our-impact/Our Impact
/research-creativity/our-impac...Inventing Solutions
/research-creativity/our-impac...Exploring Medical Frontiers
/research-creativity/our-impac...Creating New Knowledge
https://admission.usc.edu/External Subdomain Undergraduate Admission
https://admission.usc.edu/new-...External Subdomain Undergraduate Orientation
https://gradadm.usc.edu/External Subdomain Graduate Admission
https://gradadm.usc.edu/gradua...External Subdomain Graduate Orientation
https://financialaid.usc.edu/External Subdomain Financial Aid
https://usc.edu/visit-usc/Visit USC
http://usctrojans.com/?utm_cam...External USC Athletics
https://usc.edu/usc-patient-care/USC Patient Care
https://my.usc.edu/?utm_campai...External Subdomain MyUSC
https://news.usc.edu/?utm_camp...External Subdomain News
http://calendar.usc.edu/?utm_c...External Subdomain Events
https://usc.edu/visit-usc/Visit
https://admit.usc.edu/?utm_cam...External Subdomain Apply
http://giving.usc.edu/?utm_cam...External Subdomain Giving
https://employees.usc.edu/?utm...External Subdomain Employees
https://studentaffairs.usc.edu...External Subdomain Students
https://faculty.usc.edu/?utm_c...External Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty
https://alumni.usc.edu/?utm_ca...External Subdomain Alumni
https://parents.usc.edu/?utm_c...External Subdomain Families
https://uscdirectory.usc.edu/w...External Subdomain Directories
/majors-minors/New window Subdomain Text duplicate Majors & Minors
/research-that-saves-lives/New window Subdomain Learn more
https://today.usc.edu/news/External Subdomain Visit USC News
https://www.isi.edu/news/78976...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Manufacturing robots
https://www.isi.edu/news/78976...New window External Subdomain How AI is reshaping the job market
https://viterbischool.usc.edu/...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Wearable sensor
https://viterbischool.usc.edu/...New window External Subdomain New wearable sensor made at USC could help bipolar patients track medication levels through sweat
https://today.usc.edu/usc-canc...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Kristine Kivuls, Kimiko Yamada, Duncan Wigg and Lauren Vera
https://today.usc.edu/usc-canc...New window External Subdomain USC cancer survivorship programs help patients thrive post-diagnosis
https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Wildfire testing
https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/...New window External Subdomain $1 million grant boosts USC Dornsife researchers’ wildfire soil testing program
https://giving.usc.edu/researc...External Subdomain How you can donate
https://youtu.be/Hecunphcmwk?s...External No Text
/we-are-trojans/Subdomain explore more: We Are Trojans
https://dornsife.usc.edu/magaz...External Subdomain Punk rocker with a PhD: The Offspring’s Dexter Holland is also a virologist
https://priceschool.usc.edu/ne...External Subdomain Alum connects NASA space research to earthbound lawmakers
https://dworakpeck.usc.edu/new...External Subdomain New City Council member credits time at USC for inspiring his run for office
https://www.marshall.usc.edu/p...External Subdomain USC Master of Business for Veterans program helps combat medic give back
https://gero.usc.edu/2024/11/1...External Subdomain Rethinking the study of Black health and aging
https://today.usc.edu/usc-laun...External Subdomain USC launches $12 million Institute on Ethics & Trust in Computing
https://today.usc.edu/breakthr...External Subdomain Breakthrough procedure opens new opportunities in quantum research
https://www.marshall.usc.edu/p...External Subdomain USC Marshall’s AI for Business program collaborates with Automus Consulting
https://today.usc.edu/meet-beo...External Subdomain Learn more in USC News
https://today.usc.edu/rebuildi...External Subdomain USC experts guide L.A.’s recovery after January wildfires
https://today.usc.edu/aspiring...External Subdomain Aspiring Trojans affected by L.A.-area wildfires get tips on admissions process
https://today.usc.edu/alumni-e...External Subdomain Alumni event brings together Trojan Family months after the L.A. wildfires
https://today.usc.edu/usc-anno...External Subdomain Learn more on USC News
https://presidentialsearch.usc...External Subdomain Visit USC’s Presidential Search Website
https://www.instagram.com/reel...New window External Subdomain View this post on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/reel...New window External Subdomain A post shared by USCRossier (@uscrossier)
https://www.instagram.com/reel...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate View this post on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/reel...New window External Subdomain A post shared by USC Annenberg (@uscannenberg)
https://www.instagram.com/reel...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate View this post on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/reel...New window External Subdomain A post shared by USC BKN & PT (@uscbknpt)
https://calendar.usc.edu/External Subdomain USC EVENT CALENDAR
/academics/explore-our-programs/Subdomain Text duplicate Explore Our Programs
https://www.usc.edu/visit-usc/Subdomain Text duplicate Visit USC
https://usc.edu/No Text
https://maps.usc.edu/?id=1928New window External Subdomain University Park Campus (Map)
https://maps.usc.edu/?id=1928&...External Subdomain Health Sciences Campus (Map)
https://www.usc.edu/tommy-cam/New window Subdomain Tommy Cam
https://www.usc.edu/hecuba-cam/Subdomain Hecuba Cam
https://www.facebook.com/usc/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/uscedu/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/uscNew window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/USCNew window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.president.usc.edu/...External Subdomain Office of the President
https://www.provost.usc.edu/?u...External Subdomain Office of the Provost
https://usc.edu/policies/Policies and Core Documents
/sustainability/Subdomain Sustainability
https://usc.edu/economic-impact/Economic Impact
https://studenthealth.usc.edu/...External Subdomain USC Student Health
http://www.keckmedicine.org/?u...External Subdomain Keck Medicine of USC
https://www.keckmedicine.org/r...External Subdomain Request an Appointment
https://www.keckmedicine.org/c...External Subdomain Medical Services and Programs
https://www.keckmedicine.org/f...External Subdomain Find a Provider
https://www.keckmedicine.org/l...External Subdomain Hospital and Clinic Locations
https://calendar.usc.edu/?utm_...External Subdomain Campus Events
https://safety.usc.edu/?utm_ca...External Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Safety
https://usccareers.usc.edu/?ut...External Subdomain Careers at USC
https://change.usc.edu/?utm_ca...External Subdomain Commitment to Change
/how-to-access-campus/How to Access Campus
https://pressroom.usc.edu/?utm...External Subdomain Pressroom
https://usc.edu/privacy-notice/Privacy Notice
https://eeotix.usc.edu/notice-...External Subdomain Notice of Non-Discrimination
https://accessibility.usc.edu/...External Subdomain Digital Accessibility
https://policy.usc.edu/smoke-f...External Subdomain Smoke-Free Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://usc.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The page response time is excellent with 0.06 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (263 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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This page has backlinks from 862 referring domains.
This page has 10,050 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 460 different ip addresses.

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