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SEO

· 7 checks — Canonical, meta, content depth, internal links, image SEO, and hreflang rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
97
GRADE
A+
FIX
0
REVIEW
0
PASS
6
INFO
1

Cross-tab audit — SEO, performance, crawlability, mobile, structured data

Checks
7
6 PASS
A+
Canonical URL
Properly configured
PASS
Properly configured
Info::
Canonical tag present
Got: https://vu.nl/nl
Info::
Canonical is self-referencing
Info::
Canonical matches final URL after redirects
Info::
Canonical target reachable (self-referencing)
Canonical URL Problem
Page URL https://vu.nl Canonical https://vu.nl/nl Match Self-referencing (correct)
A
Meta Tags
Title: 28 chars
PASS
Title: 28 chars
Info::
Page title is set
Got: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Warning::
Title is only 28 characters — consider expanding
Info::
Title and H1 are identical
Consider differentiating — the title is for search results, the H1 is for the page.
Title

"Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam"

28 characters Too short
Title: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
H1: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Match: Similar ✓
Robots: Indexable (no restrictions)

Consider differentiating — the title is for search results, the H1 is for the page.

Why this matters

Title and H1 match exactly — internally consistent but misses an opportunity to optimize each for its audience (Title for SERP CTR, H1 for on-page).

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Title and H1 don't have to be identical — and often shouldn't be. The Title competes for SERP click-through (lead with keyword + value prop), while the H1 confirms to the visitor they're on the right page (more conversational is fine). Differentiating gains both surfaces.

Source: Google Search Central / on-page SEO

A+
Content Depth
2265 words, Difficult
PASS
2265 words, Difficult
Info::
Page has 2265 words — good depth for search engines
Info::
Reading level: Difficult (grade 11)
2265 words

Good depth

Reading level

Very Easy
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Fairly Easy
Standard
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Grade 11

Text-to-HTML Ratio

10% text 90% HTML

15 KB / 150 KB

A+
Image SEO
5 images, 5 descriptive filenames
PASS
5 images, 5 descriptive filenames
Info::
All images have descriptive filenames
Info::
4 image(s) missing alt text — see Accessibility tab
5 descriptive
0 hash-based
0 generic
5 total
FilenameQualityAltIssues
Duo_79_.jpg.jpegdescriptive✗1
AMS%20Institute%20Scientific%20Conference%202026%20high%20res%2019%20%E2%80%93%20foto%20Maarten%20Nauw_1250x600.jpgdescriptive✗1
open_competitie_enw_ballon_1250x600.jpgdescriptive✗1
nathan-cima-Qw6wa96IvvQ-unsplash.jpgdescriptive✗1

See Accessibility tab for detailed alt text quality analysis.

A+
Schema Markup Audit
Per-type completeness vs Schema.org requirements + rich-result eligibility
PASS

No structured data detected

Without JSON-LD or microdata, this page can't qualify for any of Google's rich result formats. Even basic Organization or WebSite schema is a quick win.

Hreflang
0 hreflang tags
INFO
0 hreflang tags

No hreflang tags detected.

Hreflang tags are only needed for multilingual or multi-regional sites.

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