Alcorn.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
83% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
28% 
Server
76% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.73 s
File size
188.00 kB
Words
867
Media files
16
Number of links
176 internal / 43 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Alcorn State University - Alcorn State University
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (428 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
A great educational choice, Alcorn State University is a place of purpose, history, and discovery, and the nation’s oldest, land-grant HBCU.
There are more than one meta descriptions on the page. Only one is allowed.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.alcorn.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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descriptionAlcorn is a place of purpose, history, and discovery. Alcorn in Motion >WATCH ALL With a steadfast focus on the future, bolstered by its rich heritage of
article:modified_time2024-05-21T20:25:28+00:00
urlhttps://www.alcorn.edu
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langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleAlcorn State University - Alcorn State University
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og:site_nameAlcorn State University
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X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 867 words. That's ok.
18.5% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 20.64 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.
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: academic
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
8 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
/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/footerlogo.pngAlcorn State University Logo
...ent/uploads/2022/03/home-bg-1024x600.pngNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/play.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ontent/uploads/2023/06/sddefault-new.jpgLearn more about Alcorn State University, dare to be Brave.
...ploads/2023/06/brea_video_thumbnail2.jpgAlcorn State University virtual tour
/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ask-icon.pngNo alt attribute providedask-icon
/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/visit-icon.pngNo alt attribute providedvisit-icon
/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/apply-icon.pngNo alt attribute providedapply-icon
...024/09/Kenneth-Kellogg-Web-Thumbnail.pngKenneth Kellogg
.../2024/09/Best-Colleges-Web-Thumbnail.pngNo alt attribute provided
...uploads/2024/05/Alcorn-Web-Thumbnail.pngNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mail.pngNo alt attribute providedmail
/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/footerlogo.pngAlcorn State University - Logo
/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/f1.pngAlcorn State University - Mississippi Public University
/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/f2.pngAlcorn State University - Legislative Update
Video URLWidthHeight
...1&loop=1&playlist=EJi1aXQ7SbI&controls=1100%100%

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Where Knowledge and Character Matter
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Where Knowledge and Character Matter
H3 Generations of successful alumni have distinguished themselves in the most competitive arenas, including education, medicine, law, business, and professional sports.
H3 Alcorn is a place of purpose, history, and discovery.
H3 News and Events
H3 About Alcorn
H3 Alcorn Newsletter
H4 Alcorn in Motion >WATCH ALL
H4 Find More Information
H4 Visit Alcorn
H4 Apply Now
H4 Acclaimed Bass Kenneth Kellogg to perform and lead masterclass at Alcorn State University
H4 Alcorn State University maintains strong position in 2025 US News & World Report College rankings
H4 Alcorn State University Department of Social Work hosts 52nd Annual Alabama-Mississippi Social Work Education Conference
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
8 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 3 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (43) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.alcorn.edu/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.alcorn.edu/students/STUDENTS
https://www.alcorn.edu/Anchor Column
https://selfserve.alcorn.edu/New window External Subdomain Banner Online Services
https://www.alcornstate.bkstr....New window External Subdomain Bookstore
https://alcorn.instructure.com/New window External Subdomain Canvas LMS
https://rdvsch.alcorn.edu/New window External Subdomain Class Schedule
/academics/student-computer-su...Computer Survey
https://secure.ethicspoint.com...New window External Subdomain Ethics Line
https://go.alcorn.edu/New window External Subdomain go.alcorn.edu
https://portal.office.com/New window External Subdomain Office 365
/students/residence-lifeResidence Life
https://mail.alcorn.edu/New window External Subdomain Student Email
/discover-alcorn/covid-19/COVID-19
https://www.alcorn.edu/Anchor Text duplicate Column
/academics/student-affairsStudent Affairs
/offices/finance-and-administr...Student Employment Center (SEC)
/academics/provost-memos/stude...Student Complaint Portal
https://www.alcorn.edu/studentsStudent Portal
https://alcorn.upswing.io/New window External Subdomain Student Tutoring
https://asuvapps1.alcorn.edu/c...New window External Subdomain Wireless Services
/academics/schools-and-departm...Writing Center
https://alcorn.mywconline.com/New window External Subdomain Writing Center Appointments
/facultystaffFaculty/Staff
https://www.alcorn.edu/Anchor Text duplicate Column
/facultystaff/bannerBANNER
https://selfserve.alcorn.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Banner Online Services
https://alcorn.instructure.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Canvas LMS
https://outlook.office365.com/New window External Subdomain Employee Email
https://secure.ethicspoint.com...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Ethics Line
/facultystaff/faculty-senateFaculty Senate
https://go.alcorn.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate go.alcorn.edu
/facultystaff/Subdomain Faculty and Staff
https://alcorn.gradesfirst.com...New window External Subdomain GradesFirst
https://www.alcorn.edu/Anchor Text duplicate Column
https://iwww.alcorn.edu/New window External Subdomain Intranet
/facultystaff/it-purchase-requ...Subdomain IT Purchase Request Form
https://portal.office.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Office 365
https://roll.alcorn.edu/New window External Subdomain Online Class Roll
/facultystaff/staff-senateStaff Senate
https://asuvapps1.alcorn.edu/c...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Wireless Services
https://alcorn.mywconline.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Writing Center Appointments
https://alcorn.upswing.io/New window External Subdomain Upswing
/discover-alcorn/covid-19/Text duplicate COVID-19
https://www.alcorn.edu/news/News/Events
https://www.alcorn.edu/Anchor Text duplicate Column
/marketing-and-communication/Marketing and Communication
https://www.alcorn.edu/eventsCalendar
https://www.alcorn.edu/Anchor Text duplicate Column
https://www.alcorn.edu/newsNews
/alcorn-in-the-news/Subdomain Alcorn in the News
https://jobopps.alcorn.edu/New window External Subdomain Careers
https://www.alcorn.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT Alcorn State University Logo
/discover-alcorn/DISCOVER
A-TITLE oip
/discover-alcorn/why-alcornWhy Alcorn
/discover-alcorn/mission-visionMission & Vision
/discover-alcorn/historyHistory
/discover-alcorn/past-presidentsPast Presidents
/discover-alcorn/accreditationAccreditation
/discover-alcorn/administrativ...Administrative Offices
/discover-alcorn/Subdomain Discover Alcorn
/discover-alcorn/summer-camps/Subdomain Summer Camps 2024
/office-of-the-president/inaug...Subdomain Inauguration 2024
/discover-alcorn/at-a-glanceAt A Glance
https://jobopps.alcorn.edu/External Subdomain Work for Alcorn
/discover-alcorn/socially-disa...Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center
/?page_id=61618Subdomain Archived: Annual Career Fair
/discover-alcorn/educational-e...Education Equity And Inclusion
/discover-alcorn/title-ix/Title IX
/discover-alcorn/alcorn-odeAlcorn Ode
/office-of-the-president/Subdomain Office of the President
/discover-alcorn/coronavirusCoronavirus
/academics/asu-reaffirmation-c...ASU Reaffirmation Class of 2021
/discover-alcorn/martin-luther...Martin Luther King Jr Virtual Convocation
/discover-alcorn/a-brave-startA Brave Start
/discover-alcorn/notable-alcor...Notable Alcornites
/discover-alcorn/notable-women...Notable Women Alcornites
/discover-alcorn/womens-busine...Subdomain Women’s Business Center
/?page_id=61612Subdomain Archived: Homecoming 2022
/discover-alcorn/university-po...University Policies
https://www.alcorn.edu/academics/ACADEMICS
https://www.alcorn.edu/academicsWelcome
/academics/meet-the-officeMeet the Office
/academics/admissions/Admissions
/academics/register-for-classes/Subdomain Register Now for Classes
/academics/asu-reaffirmation-c...ASU Reaffirmation Class Of 2021
/academics/center-for-culture-...Center of Culture and Learning
/academics/calendarsCalendars
/commencement/Commencement
/academics/c2cComplete to Compete
/academics/resourcesFaculty Resources
/academics/schools-and-departm...Global and Multicultural Programs
/academics/graduate-studiesGraduate Studies
/academics/institutional-effec...Institutional Effectiveness Assessments
/institutional-research-and-as...Institutional Research and Assessment
/academics/libraryLibrary
/academics/mew-honors-program/Subdomain Myrlie Evers-Williams Honors Program
/academics/registrars-officeOffice of Student Records
/academics/online-programsOnline Programs
/academics/policies-procedures...Policies , Procedures & Communications
/academics/presidents-and-dean...Subdomain President’s and Dean’s Scholars
/academics/provost-memosProvost Guidance
/academics/graduate-studies/fo...Provost Event Attendance Request
/academics/schools-and-departm...School and Departments
/academics/student-affairsStudents Affairs
/academics/university-collegeUniversity College
/academics/strategic-plan/Subdomain Strategic Plan 2021-2026
/academics/vicksburg-expansion...Subdomain Vicksburg Expansion Program
/admissions/ADMISSIONS
/admissions/Text duplicate Welcome
/admissions/fall-2024-high-sch...Subdomain Fall 2024 High School and Transfer Day
/admissions/contact-information/Contact Information
/admissions/admissions-require...Admissions Requirements
/admissions/admission-checklist/Admissions Checklist
/admissions/campus-tours/Campus Tours
/admissions/transfer-students/Transfer Students
/admissions/admission-forms/Admission Forms
/admissions/international-stud...International Students
/admissions/admission-of-veter...Admission of Veterans
/academics/university-college/...First Year Experience (FYE)
/academics/graduate-studies/Text duplicate Graduate Studies
/financial-aid/Financial Aid
/students/residence-life/Text duplicate Residence Life
/offices/finance-and-administr...Bursar
/admissions/office-of-student-...Text duplicate Office of Student Records
/student-affairs/Text duplicate Student Affairs
/student-affairs/career-services/Subdomain Career Services
/student-affairs/drug-free-pol...New window Subdomain Drug Free Policy
/student-affairs/natchez-campu...Subdomain Natchez Campus Student Services Access Center
/student-affairs/smoke-free-ca...Subdomain Smoke Free Campus
/student-affairs/Subdomain Text duplicate Student Affairs
/student-affairs/contact-infor...Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Information
/student-affairs/faqs/Subdomain FAQ’s
/student-affairs/registration-...Subdomain Registration Guides
/student-affairs/student-conduct/Subdomain Student Conduct
/student-affairs/counseling-se...Subdomain Counseling Services
/student-affairs/health-and-di...Subdomain Student Health and Well-Being
/student-affairs/religious-life/Subdomain Religious Life
/student-affairs/student-engag...Subdomain Student Engagement
/student-affairs/departmental-...Subdomain Departmental Forms
/student-affairs/james-l-bolde...Subdomain James L. Bolden Campus Union
/student-affairs/student-handb...Subdomain Student Handbook
/student-affairs/services/Subdomain Services
https://www.alcorn.edu/alumni/ALUMNI
/alumni/national-alumni-associ...Subdomain National Alumni Association
/?page_id=61635Subdomain Alumni Oral History Project
/alumni/resolutions-policy-and...Subdomain Resolution Request Form
/alumni/alumni-necrology-repor...Subdomain Alumni Necrology Reporting Form
/alumni/2024-alumni-weekend/Subdomain 2024 Alumni Weekend
/alumni/golden-class-of-1974/Subdomain Golden Class of 1974
https://www.alcorn.edu/alumni/Subdomain Alumni
https://www.alcornsports.com/External Subdomain ATHLETICS
/giving-back/GIVING BACK
/giving-back/annual-fund/Annual Fund
/giving-back/asu-foundation-inc/ASU Foundation , Inc.
/giving-back/ways-to-give/Ways To Give
/giving-back/staff/Staff
/giving-back/donor-bill-of-rig...Donor Bill of Rights
/giving-back/giving-reports/Giving Reports
https://app.mobilecause.com/e/...External Subdomain Giving Day
/giving-back/scholarships-phas...Scholarships (phase I)
/giving-back/video-score-board...Video Scoreboard Sposorship Opportunities
https://app.mobilecause.com/vf...External Subdomain Champions Fund
/giving-back/sesquicentennial-...Sesquicentennial Celebration
/giving-back/osher-reentry-sch...Subdomain The Bernard Osher Foundation Reentry Scholarship Program
/giving-back/Subdomain Giving Back
/discover-alcorn/Text duplicate Discover Alcorn
/author/iamalcorndev/Subdomain iamalcorndev
A-TITLE Posts by iamalcorndev
https://youtu.be/EJi1aXQ7SbI?a...External No Text
https://youtu.be/w-5mEKYFavo?a...External IMG-ALT Learn more about Alcorn State University, dare to be Brave.
https://alcorn.university-tour...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Alcorn State University virtual tour
/admissions/Start Now
https://alcorn.university-tour...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Start Now
/admissions/Subdomain Text duplicate Start Now
/academics/schools-and-departm...No Text
/academics/schools-and-departm...No Text
/academics/schools-and-departm...No Text
/academics/schools-and-departm...No Text
/academics/schools-and-departm...No Text
/academics/graduate-studies/No Text
https://www.alcorn.edu/news/Subdomain News and Events
/2024/09/26/acclaimed-bass-ken...Subdomain IMG-ALT Kenneth Kellogg
/author/mgreenleaf/Subdomain mgreenleaf
A-TITLE Posts by mgreenleaf
/2024/09/26/acclaimed-bass-ken...Subdomain Acclaimed Bass Kenneth Kellogg to perform and lead masterclass at Alcorn State University
/2024/09/26/acclaimed-bass-ken...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/2024/09/25/alcorn-state-unive...Subdomain No Text
/author/mgreenleaf/Subdomain Text duplicate mgreenleaf
A-TITLE Posts by mgreenleaf
/2024/09/25/alcorn-state-unive...Subdomain Alcorn State University maintains strong position in 2025 US News & World Report College rankings
/2024/09/25/alcorn-state-unive...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/2024/09/24/alcorn-state-unive...Subdomain No Text
/author/mgreenleaf/Subdomain Text duplicate mgreenleaf
A-TITLE Posts by mgreenleaf
/2024/09/24/alcorn-state-unive...Subdomain Alcorn State University Department of Social Work hosts 52nd Annual Alabama-Mississippi Social Work Education Conference
/2024/09/24/alcorn-state-unive...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/discover-alcorn/welcome/More about Alcorn
https://maps.google.com/maps?q...New window External Subdomain 1000 ASU Drive Lorman, Mississippi 39096-7500
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection[email protected]
/campus-police/Subdomain Campus Police
/offices/finance-and-administr...Subdomain Fire, Environmental Health and Safety
https://alcorn.university-tour...New window External Subdomain Campus Map
/privacy-policy/Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://www.alcorn.edu/sitemap/Subdomain Site Map
/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Em...New window Subdomain Emergency Management Plan
https://jobopps.alcorn.edu/New window External Subdomain Career Opportunities
/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Al...New window Subdomain 2023 Campus Safety Report
https://www.alcornstate.bkstr....New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Bookstore
https://alcorn.sodexomyway.com/New window External Subdomain Dining Services
/accessibility-statement/Subdomain Accessibility Statement
/discover-alcorn/title-ix/Subdomain Text duplicate Title IX
/academics/student-affairs/hea...Subdomain Health & Disability Services
/financial-aid/asu-cares-act-s...Subdomain CARES Act Reporting
/discover-alcorn/frequently-ca...New window Subdomain Frequently Called Numbers
https://www.facebook.com/Alcor...External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://www.twitter.com/Alcorn...External Subdomain A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/A...External Subdomain A-TITLE YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/alco...External Subdomain A-TITLE Instagram
http://www.mississippi.edu/tra...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Alcorn State University - Mississippi Public University
http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Alcorn State University - Legislative Update
/discover-alcorn/administrativ...Subdomain OFFICES
https://www.alcorn.edu/resourcesSubdomain RESOURCES

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.alcorn.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.73 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (188 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
x-powered-byWP Engine
link<https://www.alcorn.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
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x-cache-groupbot
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
servercloudflare
cf-ray8cb326211bc44dc0-FRA
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,885 referring domains.
This page has 158,752 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,359 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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Alcorn State University - Alcorn State University
A great educational choice, Alcorn State University is a place of purpose, history, and discovery, and the nation’s oldest, land-grant HBCU.

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