Wou.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
90% 
Page quality
72% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
57% 
Server
77% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
3.66 s
File size
539.50 kB
Words
1384
Media files
47
Number of links
81 internal / 61 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to WOU – Western Oregon University
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Experience small classes, diverse community, and strong support at WOU. Join Western Oregon University and start shaping your future today!
The length of the meta description is perfect. (883 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://wou.edu/
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

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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
descriptionExperience small classes, diverse community, and strong support at WOU. Join Western Oregon University and start shaping your future today!
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generatorSite Kit by Google 1.174.0
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langen-us
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:titleWelcome to WOU – Western Oregon University
twitter:descriptionExperience small classes, diverse community, and strong support at WOU. Join Western Oregon University and start shaping your future today!
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fb:adminsEmpty
fb:app_idEmpty
og:urlhttps://wou.edu/
og:site_nameWestern Oregon University
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleWelcome to WOU – Western Oregon University
og:descriptionExperience small classes, diverse community, and strong support at WOU. Join Western Oregon University and start shaping your future today!
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 7 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Spring Preview Day at WOU is calling your name. Spend the day on campu...
  • Duplicate 2: You are the key to unlocking the BIG Gift of... $25,000! 🎉 Giving our ...
  • Duplicate 3: Meet Yair Gomez Romero! A hispanic first-generation student in his sec...
This page contains 1384 words. That's ok.
34.4% 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 12.61 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (539.5 kB).
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 28 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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)
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
data:[...] Base64Western Oregon Universitywolves_wordmark_mixed (1)
data:[...] Base64padlock
data:[...] Base64canvas icon
data:[...] Base64Western Oregon Universitywolves_wordmark_mixed (1)
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data:[...] Base64wolves wordmarkwolves_wordmark_CLR
data:[...] Base64Western Oregon University
data:[...] Base64paper with arrow
data:[...] Base64WOU logo on map
data:[...] Base64grad cap
data:[...] Base64calculator
data:[...] Base64Application with arrow
data:[...] Base64Map with WOU
data:[...] Base64Cap
data:[...] Base64Calculator
data:[...] Base64WOU student on computerapply-computer-student
data:[...] Base64Western Oregon University students making a WW
data:[...] Base64Graduate with grad cap that says She believed she could so she didfirst-gen-spot
data:[...] Base64Western Oregon University alum nominated for 2026–2027 Oregon Teacher of the Year
data:[...] Base64Western Oregon University takes a bold step towards enhancing student success with Gardner Institute’s strategic support
data:[...] Base64TEDxMtHood to take place at Western Oregon University on May 16
data:[...] Base64white silhouette treestrees-silhouette-white
data:[...] Base64Account avatar for Western Oregon University
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Account avatar for Western Oregon University
data:[...] Base64No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64Account avatar for Western Oregon University
data:[...] Base64Spring Preview Day at WOU is calling your name. Spend the day on campus. Meet professors. Connect with current students. Ask all the questions. Take a tour. Picture your future here! This is not just a visit... it is your chance to see what being a Wolf really feels like. 🐺 Thinking about applying? Already admitted? Perfect. This day is for you. Spots will fill fast. Save yours now. Link in bio.
data:[...] Base64Account avatar for Western Oregon University
data:[...] Base64Spring Preview Day at WOU is calling your name. Spend the day on campus. Meet professors. Connect with current students. Ask all the questions. Take a tour. Picture your future here! This is not just a visit... it is your chance to see what being a Wolf really feels like. 🐺 Thinking about applying? Already admitted? Perfect. This day is for you. Spots will fill fast. Save yours now. Link in bio.
data:[...] Base64Account avatar for Western Oregon University
data:[...] Base64You are the key to unlocking the BIG Gift of... $25,000! 🎉 Giving our students the funds to unlock their passions. As the countdown continues, are you ready to howl from the heart on April 7th, 2026?
data:[...] Base64Account avatar for Western Oregon University
data:[...] Base64You are the key to unlocking the BIG Gift of... $25,000! 🎉 Giving our students the funds to unlock their passions. As the countdown continues, are you ready to howl from the heart on April 7th, 2026?
data:[...] Base64Account avatar for Western Oregon University
data:[...] Base64Meet Yair Gomez Romero! A hispanic first-generation student in his second year majoring in exercise science with a concentration in pre-clinical.  You may see him around campus as an orientation leader, on our socials as part of the social media team, or playing on the field with our club soccer team! One of Yair’s favorite parts about college has been taking advantage of many opportunities provided here at WOU. He wants to make and be the difference in this world by helping people in need and inspiring others.  Yair’s quote of the day: “You will never feel ready because being ready is not a feeling, it’s a decision.”  Yair’s favorite place to grab a bite to eat off campus is at Casa Burrito.  He chose to attend WOU after seeing the success his uncle Aaron found during his own experience at WOU back in 2012. The Romero family has been running with the pack since way back! Check out our Instagram Stories today to see a day in Yair’s life as a student here at WOU!
data:[...] Base64Account avatar for Western Oregon University
data:[...] Base64Meet Yair Gomez Romero! A hispanic first-generation student in his second year majoring in exercise science with a concentration in pre-clinical.  You may see him around campus as an orientation leader, on our socials as part of the social media team, or playing on the field with our club soccer team! One of Yair’s favorite parts about college has been taking advantage of many opportunities provided here at WOU. He wants to make and be the difference in this world by helping people in need and inspiring others.  Yair’s quote of the day: “You will never feel ready because being ready is not a feeling, it’s a decision.”  Yair’s favorite place to grab a bite to eat off campus is at Casa Burrito.  He chose to attend WOU after seeing the success his uncle Aaron found during his own experience at WOU back in 2012. The Romero family has been running with the pack since way back! Check out our Instagram Stories today to see a day in Yair’s life as a student here at WOU!
data:[...] Base64Account avatar for Western Oregon University
data:[...] Base64Meet Yair Gomez Romero! A hispanic first-generation student in his second year majoring in exercise science with a concentration in pre-clinical.  You may see him around campus as an orientation leader, on our socials as part of the social media team, or playing on the field with our club soccer team! One of Yair’s favorite parts about college has been taking advantage of many opportunities provided here at WOU. He wants to make and be the difference in this world by helping people in need and inspiring others.  Yair’s quote of the day: “You will never feel ready because being ready is not a feeling, it’s a decision.”  Yair’s favorite place to grab a bite to eat off campus is at Casa Burrito.  He chose to attend WOU after seeing the success his uncle Aaron found during his own experience at WOU back in 2012. The Romero family has been running with the pack since way back! Check out our Instagram Stories today to see a day in Yair’s life as a student here at WOU!
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 41 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 ADMISSIONS
H2 ACADEMICS
H2 ABOUT WOU
H2 Portal padlock
H2 Canvas canvas icon
H2 Find pages, people and places at Western Oregon University
H2 We Got You.
H2 We Got You. Duplicate text
H2 Apply
H2 Visit
H2 Majors
H2 Financial Aid
H2 Know Your Teachers
H2 Diversity at WOU
H2 First Generation
H2 Oldest Public University in Oregon
H2 and located on the west coast
H2 Western Oregon University alum nominated for 2026–2027 Oregon Teacher of the Year
H2 Western Oregon University takes a bold step towards enhancing student success with Gardner Institute’s strategic support
H2 TEDxMtHood to take place at Western Oregon University on May 16
H2 Stay Connected
H3 Future Students
H3 Current Students
H3 Graduate Students
H3 Faculty and Staff
H3 Alumni and Donors
H3 Athletics
H3 Calendar of Events
H3 Apply Duplicate text
H3 Visit Duplicate text
H3 Majors Duplicate text
H3 Financial Aid Duplicate text
H3 Average Class Size
H3 Average Class Size Duplicate text
H3 Students of Color
H3 Students of Color Duplicate text
H3 First-Generation Students
H3 First-Generation Students Duplicate text
H3 News
H3 Tools
H3 Resources
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 (61) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://wou.edu/admission/apply/Apply
https://www2.wou.edu/nora/port...External Subdomain Portal
/foundation/give-to-wou/Give
https://wou.edu/admission/Future Students
https://wou.edu/current-students/Current Students
https://graduate.wou.edu/External Subdomain Graduate Students
/resources/faculty-resources/Faculty and Staff
https://wou.edu/alumni/Alumni and Donors
https://wou.edu/athletics/Athletics
https://calendar.wou.edu/External Subdomain Calendar of Events
https://wou.edu/admission/ADMISSIONS
https://wou.edu/admission/apply/Apply Now
https://wou.edu/admission/Undergraduate Admissions
https://graduate.wou.edu/how-t...External Subdomain Graduate Admissions
/admission/wou-said-yes/Accepted Students
https://network.wou.edu/regist...External Subdomain Request Information
https://www.youvisit.com/?External Subdomain Anchor Virtual Tour
https://wou.edu/admission/visit/Visit WOU
https://wou.edu/admission/Visit Admissions
https://wou.edu/academics/ACADEMICS
https://wou.edu/provost/Office of the Provost
https://wou.edu/academics/Majors
https://catalog.wou.edu/External Subdomain Course Catalog
https://library.wou.edu/External Subdomain Library
/registrar/calendars/academic-...Academic Calendar
https://wou.edu/academics/Visit Academics
https://wou.edu/aboutwou/ABOUT WOU
https://wou.edu/aboutwou/Overview of WOU
https://wou.edu/life-at-wou/Life at WOU
/resources/campus-map/Campus Maps
/institutionalresearch/Institutional Facts & Stats
https://wou.edu/president/Leadership
/hr/employment/jobs/Jobs at WOU
https://wou.edu/portal/Text duplicate Portal
IMG-ALT padlock
https://wou.instructure.com/External Subdomain Canvas
IMG-ALT canvas icon
https://wou.edu/IMG-ALT wolves wordmark
https://wou.edu/Text duplicate IMG-ALT wolves wordmark
https://wou.edu/admission/apply/IMG-ALT paper with arrow
https://wou.edu/admission/apply/Text duplicate Apply
https://wou.edu/admission/visit/IMG-ALT WOU logo on map
https://wou.edu/admission/visit/Visit
https://wou.edu/academics/IMG-ALT grad cap
https://wou.edu/academics/Text duplicate Majors
https://wou.edu/finaid/IMG-ALT calculator
https://wou.edu/finaid/Financial Aid
https://wou.edu/admission/apply/IMG-ALT Application with arrow
https://wou.edu/admission/apply/Text duplicate Apply
https://wou.edu/admission/visit/IMG-ALT Map with WOU
https://wou.edu/admission/visit/Text duplicate Visit
https://wou.edu/academics/IMG-ALT Cap
https://wou.edu/academics/Text duplicate Majors
https://wou.edu/finaid/IMG-ALT Calculator
https://wou.edu/finaid/Text duplicate Financial Aid
https://wou.edu/admission/apply/Text duplicate Apply Now
https://wou.edu/dei/Diversity Info
https://wou.edu/firstgen/First Gen Resources
https://wou.edu/life-at-wou/Check out WOU life
https://wou.edu/the-college-tour/Meet our students
/student-success-stories/See how we transform lives
https://wou.edu/life-at-wou/Text duplicate Check out WOU life
https://wou.edu/the-college-tour/Text duplicate Meet our students
/student-success-stories/Text duplicate See how we transform lives
/2026/03/13/western-oregon-uni...IMG-ALT Western Oregon University alum nominated for 2026–2027 Oregon Teacher of the Year
/2026/03/13/western-oregon-uni...Text duplicate Western Oregon University alum nominated for 2026–2027 Oregon Teacher of the Year
/2026/03/10/western-oregon-uni...IMG-ALT Western Oregon University takes a bold step towards enhancing student success with Gardner Institute’s strategic support
/2026/03/10/western-oregon-uni...Text duplicate Western Oregon University takes a bold step towards enhancing student success with Gardner Institute’s strategic support
/2026/03/03/tedxmthood-to-take...IMG-ALT TEDxMtHood to take place at Western Oregon University on May 16
/2026/03/03/tedxmthood-to-take...Text duplicate TEDxMtHood to take place at Western Oregon University on May 16
https://wou.edu/news/View All News
/marcom/newsletters/WolfBytes Newsletters
http://facebook.com/wounewsNew window External Follow
A-TITLE Follow on Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/west...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
A-TITLE Follow on Instagram
https://pin.it/2jebAXFNew window External Text duplicate Follow
A-TITLE Follow on Pinterest
https://www.tiktok.com/@wester...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
A-TITLE Follow on TikTok
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain 22 hours ago
IMG-ALT Account avatar for Western Oregon University
https://scontent-sea5-1.xx.fbc...External Subdomain Lightbox link for post with description
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate 22 hours ago
IMG-ALT Account avatar for Western Oregon University
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbc...External Subdomain Text duplicate Lightbox link for post with description
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain 2 days ago
IMG-ALT Account avatar for Western Oregon University
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbc...External Subdomain Lightbox link for post with description Spring Preview Day at WOU is calling your name....
https://www.instagram.com/west...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
https://www.instagram.com/reel...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/west...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate 2 days ago
IMG-ALT Account avatar for Western Oregon University
https://scontent-sea1-1.cdnins...External Subdomain Text duplicate Lightbox link for post with description Spring Preview Day at WOU is calling your name....
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain 4 days ago
IMG-ALT Account avatar for Western Oregon University
https://scontent-sea5-1.xx.fbc...External Subdomain Lightbox link for post with description You are the key to unlocking the BIG Gift of......
https://www.instagram.com/west...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
https://www.instagram.com/reel...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/west...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate 4 days ago
IMG-ALT Account avatar for Western Oregon University
https://scontent-sea5-1.cdnins...External Subdomain Text duplicate Lightbox link for post with description You are the key to unlocking the BIG Gift of......
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain 5 days ago
IMG-ALT Account avatar for Western Oregon University
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbc...External Subdomain Lightbox link for post with description Meet Yair Gomez Romero! A hispanic...
https://www.instagram.com/west...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
https://www.instagram.com/p/DV...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/west...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate 5 days ago
IMG-ALT Account avatar for Western Oregon University
https://scontent-sea1-1.cdnins...External Subdomain Text duplicate Lightbox link for post with description Meet Yair Gomez Romero! A hispanic...
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/17983...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate 5 days ago
IMG-ALT Account avatar for Western Oregon University
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbc...External Subdomain Text duplicate Lightbox link for post with description Meet Yair Gomez Romero! A hispanic...
https://wou.edu/IMG-ALT WOU logo
https://www.facebook.com/Weste...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/west...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
https://twitter.com/westernore...New window External No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/W...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn
https://www.bkstr.com/woustore...New window External Subdomain Bookstore
/resources/campus-map/Text duplicate Campus Maps
https://wou.instructure.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Canvas
/resources/find-people/Find People
https://wou.edu/portal/Text duplicate Portal
https://wou.edu/ucs/Technical Support
https://mail.google.com/a/mail...External Subdomain WOU Email
https://wou.edu/wp-admin/•
/resources/a-z-index/A-Z Index
https://wou.edu/accessibility/Accessibility
/registrar/calendars/academic-...Text duplicate Academic Calendar
https://wou.edu/findcourse/Class Schedule
https://app.meadowfi.com/wouNew window External Subdomain Net Price Calculator
/hr/employment/jobs/Text duplicate Jobs at WOU
https://wou.edu/news/News
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/wouExternal Subdomain Explore WOU
https://wou.edu/partnerships/Partnerships
https://wou.edu/student/Student Services
/freedom-of-expression/Freedom of Expression
https://www.grandronde.org/New window External Subdomain Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
https://www.ctsi.nsn.us/New window External Subdomain Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians
https://wou.edu/accessibility/New window Text duplicate Accessibility
/institutionalresearch/data-re...Public Records
/ucs/policies-procedures/infor...Privacy
/finaid/managing-my-aid/consum...Student Consumer Information
https://wou.edu/wp-admin/New window No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://wou.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (3.66 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 very large (540 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 14 Mar 2026 16:36:37 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie178 Characters
servernginx/1.28.2
varyAccept-Encoding
x-w3tc-cdncf2
x-powered-byW3 Total Cache/2.9.2
link<https://wou.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
cache-controlno-cache
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 450 referring domains.
This page has 1,494 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 276 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: 
Disallow: /wp-admin
Disallow: /wp-includes
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins
Disallow: /wp-content/cache
Disallow: /wp-content/themes
Disallow: /trackback
Disallow: /comments

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Welcome to WOU – Western Oregon University
Experience small classes, diverse community, and strong support at WOU. Join Western Oregon University and start shaping your future today!

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