What technology does usd.edu use?

We did not detect any specific technologies for usd.edu in the latest scan.

Is usd.edu secure (HTTPS)?

Yes. usd.edu uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by DigiCert Inc, valid until Sep 11, 2026.

Hosting provider information for usd.edu is not available yet.

What is usd.edu's SEO score?

usd.edu scored 80/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (great).

What is usd.edu's overall website score?

usd.edu has an overall SiteGraph score of 79/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.

usd.edu

USD Home | University of South Dakota

Last scanned Jul 26, 2026, 5:47 AM

Overall score

Fair

Summary

University of South Dakota is a comprehensive, liberal arts university offering undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. SEO is good (80/100) and accessibility is excellent (100/100). Security scores good (75/100) and performance fair (65/100). Top issue: No structured data (JSON-LD) found.

University of South Dakota is a comprehensive, liberal arts university offering undergraduate, graduate and professional programs.

Top issues to fix

7 issues found · 2 high priority

Missing Strict-Transport-Security header
Security
Add HSTS so browsers always use HTTPS — this closes the protocol-downgrade attack window.
Missing Content-Security-Policy header
Security
Add a CSP to control which sources can run scripts — the strongest single defense against XSS.
Missing X-Content-Type-Options header
Security
Add X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff to stop MIME-sniffing attacks.
2 cookies without Secure/HttpOnly flags
Security
Set Secure and HttpOnly on session cookies so they can't leak over HTTP or be read by injected scripts.
No structured data (JSON-LD) found
SEO
Add JSON-LD (Organization, Article, Product…) to become eligible for rich results.
robots.txt not found
SEO
Publish /robots.txt with a Sitemap: directive to guide crawlers.

+1 more issue — details in the sections below.

SEO

3 issue(s) found

Performance

1.88 s

Security

HTTPS & header checks

100

Accessibility

0 issue(s) found

Not enough scan history yet to show a trend — check back after this site has been re-scanned a few more times.

Organization

Company details published in this site's own structured data.

University of South Dakota is a comprehensive, liberal arts university offering undergraduate, graduate and professional programs.

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Contact

Email, phone, and address published on this site's own pages.

Phone: //8772696837

Meta tags

Title: USD Home | University of South Dakota
Description: University of South Dakota is a comprehensive, liberal arts university offering undergraduate, graduate and professional programs.
Canonical: https://www.usd.edu/
Language: en
Charset
Viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1
Robots meta
Manifest

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

No technologies detected.

Hosting & CDN

Hosting provider: —
CDN provider: Cloudflare
IP address: —
ASN: —

DNS records

Type	Value
A	—
AAAA	—
MX	—
TXT	—
NS	—
CAA	—
CNAME	—
IPv6 support	No

TLS / SSL certificate

Version: TLS 1.3
Issuer: DigiCert Inc
Subject: usd.edu
Valid from: Mar 11, 2026
Valid to: Sep 11, 2026
Days until expiry: 47
SAN domains: usd.edu

Security headers

Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing
Content-Security-PolicyMissing
X-Frame-OptionsEnabled
X-Content-Type-OptionsMissing
Referrer-PolicyMissing
Permissions-PolicyMissing

Compression: gzip · 6 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 1 · H2 14 · H3 7

Links

83 internal · 13 external · 0 broken

Images

26 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

13 scripts · 5 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

1.9 MB · 593 KB

Page size

249 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

robots.txt: Not found
Disallow rules: 0
sitemap.xml: Not found
URLs in sitemap: 0

SEO issues

No structured data (JSON-LD) found
robots.txt not found
sitemap.xml not found

Scan details

Requested URL: https://usd.edu
Final URL: https://usd.edu
HTTP status: 200
HTTP version: HTTP/2
Response time: 1.87 s
HTML size: 249 KB
Redirect chain: https://usd.edu

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Frequently asked questions

What technology does usd.edu use?: We did not detect any specific technologies for usd.edu in the latest scan.
Is usd.edu secure (HTTPS)?: Yes. usd.edu uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by DigiCert Inc, valid until Sep 11, 2026.
Who hosts usd.edu?: Hosting provider information for usd.edu is not available yet.
What is usd.edu's SEO score?: usd.edu scored 80/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (great).
What is usd.edu's overall website score?: usd.edu has an overall SiteGraph score of 79/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.