Website Review: waikato.ac.nz
Generated on November 07 2026 23:45 PM
The score is 71/100
SEO Content
Title
Study in Hamilton and Tauranga | University of Waikato
Length : 54
Great, your title tag's length is between 40 and 70 characters. Title tag length between 50 and 70 characters is optimal for SEO.
Description
Find degrees and courses at the University of Waikato in Hamilton and Tauranga. Explore careers, qualifications, scholarships and accommodation.
Length : 144
Great, your meta description tag's length is between 90 and 160 characters. A description tag of 155 to 160 characters is optimal.
Keywords
Not good (but low priority). We haven't found a meta keywords tag on your page. You can add a meta keywords tag to the page's <head> with our free meta tag generator.
Og Meta Properties
Good, your page takes advantage of Open Graph Properties. Open Graph properties can help with indexing.
| Property | Content |
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| title | Study in Hamilton and Tauranga | University of Waikato |
| type | website |
| url | https://www.waikato.ac.nz/ |
| image | https://www.waikato.ac.nz/assets/Uploads/Site-Image/university-of-waikato-pa.webp |
| image:width | 1200 |
| image:height | 630 |
Headings
| H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 |
| 1 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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- [H2] Get ahead this summer
- [H2] I'm interested in
- [H2] Start planning
- [H2] Apply to study with us
- [H2] Apply to study with us
- [H2] Apply to study with us
- [H2] View our research
- [H2] Want to get in touch?
- [H2] Why the University of Waikato?
- [H2] Why the University of Waikato?
- [H2] Why study at Waikato?
- [H2] Why research at Waikato?
- [H2] Why the University of Waikato?
- [H2] Information sessions
- [H2] Latest news
- [H2] Research impact
- [H2] What's on?
- [H2] What our students are saying
- [H2] Contact us
- [H2] Useful links
- [H2] Popular links
- [H2] About us
- [H2] Contact Links
- [H2] You’re viewing this website as a domestic student
- [H3] Find your career
- [H3] Browse our qualifications
- [H3] Search scholarships
- [H3] Explore accommodation
- [H3] Hungry scent detection dogs more likely to ‘cry wolf’
- [H3] Nature's hidden connections: Waikato University study reveals what keeps ecosystems healthy
- [H3] General enquiries
- [H3] International enquiries
- [H3] To reach an extension number
- [H3] In New Zealand
- [H3] International
Images
We found 156 images on this web page.
146 image alt attributes were missing. Please add alt text to all images to help search engines better understand the content of your images.
Text/HTML Ratio
Ratio : 26%
Ideal! This page's ratio of text to HTML code is between 25 and 70 percent.
Iframe
Not ideal - You have Iframes on the web page, this mean that content in an Iframe cannot be indexed.
SEO Links
URL Rewrite
Bad. We found links with query strings (?). Avoid using query strings to improve search engine indexing. Use URL rewriting (for example, rewrite rules in an .htaccess file) to replace dynamic URLs with clean ones. Our free URL rewriting tool generates the rules.
Underscores in the URLs
We have detected underscores in your URLs. It would be better to use hyphens to optimize your SEO.
In-page links
We found a total of 59 links including 1 link(s) to files
| Anchor | Type | Juice |
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| Skip to main content | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Contact | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Alumni | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Library | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Donate | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Undergraduate | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Postgraduate | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Explore our subject areas | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Information for parents and whānau | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Undergraduate domestic | Internal | Passing Juice |
| International students | Internal | Passing Juice |
| PhD and Doctoral | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Study Abroad and Exchange | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Global Experiences for Waikato students | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Student Health Service | Internal | Passing Juice |
| ICT for Students | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Accessibility Services | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Tauranga support services and facilities | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Learn with others | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Research institutes | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Research centres | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Ethics committees | Internal | Passing Juice |
| History of The University of Waikato | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Campus maps | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Tauranga campus | Internal | Passing Juice |
| HIKO hub | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Information sessions | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Find an event | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Open Day events | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Campus Tours | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Hamilton Campus | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Tauranga Campus Event Facilities | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Event Services | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Find summer papers | Internal | Passing Juice |
| All | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Study | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Research | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The University | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Apply now | Internal | Passing Juice |
| How to apply | Internal | Passing Juice |
| View research | Internal | Passing Juice |
| PhD opportunities | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Explore why Waikato | Internal | Passing Juice |
| All news | Internal | Passing Juice |
| All stories | Internal | Passing Juice |
| International student support | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Fees and costs | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Scholarships | Internal | Passing Juice |
| International | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Key University dates | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Accommodation | Internal | Passing Juice |
| News and events | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Rankings and reputation | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Careers at Waikato | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Copyright and legal statement | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Privacy policy | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Accessibility statement | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Continue as domestic | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Switch to international | Internal | Passing Juice |
SEO Keywords
Keywords Consistency
| Keyword | Content | Title | Keywords | Description | Headings |
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| waikato | 54 |  |
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| research | 51 | |
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| new | 34 | |
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| student | 34 | |
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| study | 33 | |
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Usability
Url
Domain : waikato.ac.nz
Length : 13
Favicon
Great, your website has a favicon.
Language
Good. Your declared language is en.
Document
Doctype
HTML 5
Encoding
Great. Your declared charset is UTF-8.
Email Privacy
Warning! At least one email address has been found in plain text. Consider using an image or a form to hide email from spammers.
Deprecated HTML
Great! We haven't found deprecated HTML tags in your HTML.
Speed Tips
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Not great, your website is using inline styles. This is not optimal. |
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Great, your website has few CSS files. |
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Perfect, your website has few JavaScript files. |
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Awesome, your website takes advantage of GZIP compression for SEO optimization. |
Mobile
Mobile Optimization
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Apple Icon |
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Meta Viewport Tag |
Optimization
XML Sitemap
Great, your website has an XML sitemap.
| https://www.waikato.ac.nz/sitemap.xml |
Robots.txt
http://waikato.ac.nz/robots.txt
Great, your website has a robots.txt file.
Analytics
Missing
Unverified
AI Search Readiness
AI Crawlers
AI search crawlers are allowed, so the site can be shown and cited in AI answers (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity).
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OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT search | AI search |
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ChatGPT-User | ChatGPT (user requests) | AI search |
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Claude-SearchBot | Claude search | AI search |
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Claude-User | Claude (user requests) | AI search |
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PerplexityBot | Perplexity | AI search |
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GPTBot | OpenAI training | AI training |
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ClaudeBot | Anthropic training | AI training |
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Google-Extended | Google Gemini training | AI training |
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Applebot-Extended | Apple AI training | AI training |
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CCBot | Common Crawl | AI training |
Blocking AI training crawlers is a common choice and doesn't affect the score. Only the AI search crawlers count.
Structured Data
The homepage describes itself with schema.org structured data, which helps search engines and AI tools understand it: WebPage, WebSite, SearchAction, PropertyValue, PostalAddress, Place, GeoCoordinates, ContactPoint, OfferCatalog, ApplyAction, ImageObject
Canonical Tag
The homepage has a canonical tag, which tells search engines which URL is the main version of the page.
llms.txt
This site has an llms.txt file, a short summary written for AI tools.
Security
HTTPS
The site loads over HTTPS, so connections are encrypted. Browsers and search engines expect this.
HSTS
The site sends a Strict-Transport-Security header, so browsers always use HTTPS for it.
Security Headers
0 of 5 common security headers found. At least 2 are needed to pass.
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Content-Security-Policy |
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X-Content-Type-Options |
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X-Frame-Options |
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Referrer-Policy |
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Permissions-Policy |
Domain Info
waikato.ac.nz accepts email and has both SPF and DMARC records. The Wayback Machine first archived it in December 1996.
Hosting
| IPv4 address | 45.223.148.158, 45.223.151.158 |
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IPv6 support |
Email Security
Mail servers: waikato-ac-nz.mail.protection.outlook.com
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SPF record |
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DMARC record (policy: reject) |
Archive History
The Wayback Machine has snapshots of this site from 302 different months, from December 1996 to November 2026. View snapshots
PageSpeed Insights
Device
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