usc.edu Website Health Report
University of Southern California
University of Southern California
Analyzed 8/2/2026, 3:43:43 AM · https://usc.edu
Summary
As of August 2, 2026, usc.edu scores 68/100 overall (grade C), ranking #352 of 995 websites in the E:LAB STUDIO database — the top 36%. Its strongest area is SEO (100/100); its weakest is AI Visibility (38/100).
Its AI-search visibility (AEO) score is 38/100 — a measure of how citable the page is to AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. 9 structured-data types detected (WebPage, ReadAction, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList). Top fixes: Organization schema, FAQ schema, Substantive, descriptive content (heuristic).
Speed scores 78/100: the server answered in 20ms, the HTML weighs 303 KB, compression is on, and 7 render-blocking resources sit in <head>. Security scores 60/100: the site is served over HTTPS and is missing the Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy headers.
Detected tech stack: WordPress, WordPress 6.9.5. Compared with the database average (61/100 overall), usc.edu scores 7 points higher.
How to improve
20Based on this report, here are the highest-impact fixes across SEO, AI-search visibility, speed and security:
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SEO
- ✓Title tag present10/10
- ✓Meta description present10/10
- ✓H1 heading present10/10
- ✓Canonical URL set10/10
- ✓Open Graph tags present10/10
- ✓sitemap.xml found10/10
- ✓robots.txt found10/10
- ✓Images have alt text10/10
- ✓Internal links present10/10
- ✓Structured data present10/10
AI Visibility (AEO)
- ✗Organization schema0/15
- ✗FAQ schema0/15
- ◐Substantive, descriptive content (heuristic)8/15
- ✗Company/brand identity (About page or Org schema)0/10
- ✓Author / publish date present10/10
- ✓Structured heading (single clear H1)10/10
- ✓External source/citation links10/10
- ✗Industry/location info0/10
- ✗Price/product info0/5
Schema
- ✓Any JSON-LD present20/20
- ✗Organization0/15
- ✗FAQPage0/15
- ✗LocalBusiness0/15
- ✗Article or Product0/15
- ✓Breadcrumb10/10
- ✓Author/date structured10/10
Technical
- ✓robots.txt found15/15
- ✓sitemap.xml found15/15
- ✓Canonical URL set15/15
- ✓Mobile viewport meta15/15
- ✓Language attribute set10/10
- ✓Open Graph tags10/10
- ✓Title length is optimal10/10
- ✗Description length is optimal0/10
Speed
- ✓Fast server response (TTFB)25/25
- ✓HTML delivered quickly15/15
- ✓Compression enabled15/15
- ◐HTML payload is lean5/10
- ✓Browser caching headers10/10
- ◐Few render-blocking resources8/15
- ✗Images are lazy-loaded0/5
- ✗Images have explicit dimensions0/5
Security
- ✓Served over HTTPS20/20
- ✓HTTP redirects to HTTPS10/10
- ✓TLS certificate not near expiry5/5
- ✓HSTS header15/15
- ✗Content-Security-Policy header0/12
- ✗X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff0/8
- ✗Clickjacking protection0/8
- ✗Referrer-Policy header0/7
- ✗Permissions-Policy header0/5
- ✓No mixed content5/5
- ✓Server version not disclosed5/5
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FAQ about usc.edu
What is usc.edu's SEO score?
usc.edu scores 100/100 for on-page SEO and 68/100 overall (grade C) — rank #352 of 995 sites in the E:LAB STUDIO database.
Is usc.edu visible to AI search engines like ChatGPT?
Its AI-visibility score is low at 38/100. Priority gaps: Organization schema, FAQ schema.
What technology does usc.edu use?
From its public HTML we detected WordPress, WordPress 6.9.5.
What should usc.edu fix first?
Based on this report: Organization schema, FAQ schema. The full prioritized list is in the "How to improve" section below.
When was this report generated?
On August 2, 2026, from publicly fetched HTML. Anyone can re-run the analysis for free to refresh it.
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