Bard.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
84% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
57% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.28 s
File size
56.30 kB
Words
1021
Media files
24
Number of links
88 internal / 41 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Bard College
The page title is too short. (118 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Bard College seeks to inspire curiosity, a love of learning, idealism, and a commitment to the link between higher education and civic participation.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (898 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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

NameValue
descriptionBard College seeks to inspire curiosity, a love of learning, idealism, and a commitment to the link between higher education and civic participation.
keywordsbard, college, undergraduate, graduate, early college, high school, private liberal arts college, northeast, new york state, liberal arts, private college, liberal arts and sciences
authorBard College
viewportwidth=device-width, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=2
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langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@BARDCollege
twitter:titleBard College at Bard College
twitter:descriptionBard College seeks to inspire curiosity, a love of learning, idealism, and a commitment to the link between higher education and civic participation.
twitter:creator@BARDCollege
twitter:image:srcEmpty
og:titleBard College at Bard College
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.bard.edu/
og:imageEmpty
og:descriptionBard College seeks to inspire curiosity, a love of learning, idealism, and a commitment to the link between higher education and civic participation.
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1021 words. That's ok.
28.2% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
16 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 22.28 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=2" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: fall benefit: “e.t. the extra-terrestrial” in concert
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
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
/images/icons/instagram-wht.pngLink to Instagram @bardadmissionInstagram
/images/icons/facebook-wht.pngLink to Facebook @bardcollegeny
/images/icons/twitter-wht.pngLink to Twitter/X @bardcollege
/images/icons/instagram-wht.pngLink to Instagram @bardcollege
/images/icons/threads-white.pngLink to Threads @bardcollege
/images/icons/youtube-wht.pngLink to YouTube @bardcollege
...id=1662586&disposition=inline&type=imageSummerScape 2024
...id=8761455&disposition=inline&type=imageAcademics
...id=7061851&disposition=inline&type=imageCivic Engagement
...id=5508220&disposition=inline&type=imageArts at Bard
/files/pr/main_news_image.php?id=20248Antonios Kontos, associate professor and director of physics at Bard College.Antonios Kontos, associate professor and director of physics at Bard College.
/files/pr/main_news_image.php?id=20220Suzanne Kite MFA ’18, director of the Wihanble S’a Center for Indigenous AI.Suzanne Kite MFA ’18, director of the Wihanble S’a Center for Indigenous AI.
...7302/1/Bard_Levy_20230420_KR_0115_sq.jpgPhoto by Karl RabePhoto by Karl Rabe
...dia/files/9917302/3/early_college_sq.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s/9917302/2/berlin Ibrar Mirzai 9 sq.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...302/4/Bard_Birds_20230421_KR_0039_sq.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...d=99961262&disposition=inline&type=imageBard College
...d=99961265&disposition=inline&type=imageFollow Us on Twitter
...d=99961263&disposition=inline&type=imageLike us on Facebook
...d=99961266&disposition=inline&type=imageFollow Us on Instagram
...id=7802424&disposition=inline&type=imageThreads
...&id=163036&disposition=inline&type=imageYou Tube
Video URLWidthHeight
...c38b32c2b78eaa075d7d5b0177c104bd631de175640360
https://www.youtube.com/embed/HkrQ0WIcPBM560315

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Bard College
The H1 heading is too short (12 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Bard College
H2 SummerScape 2024
H2 Academics
H2 Civic Engagement
H2 At Bard, We Show Up
H2 Campus Life
H2 Arts at Bard
H2 Bard News and Events
H2 Featured News
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Discover More
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.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (41) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.bard.edu/Anchor Skip to main content.
https://www.bard.edu/inside/Subdomain Faculty + Staff
https://alums.bard.edu/External Subdomain Alumni/ae
https://families.bard.edu/External Subdomain Families
https://www.bard.edu/students/Subdomain Students
https://www.bard.edu/Subdomain Bard
https://www.bard.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Bard
https://www.bard.edu/academics/Subdomain Academics
https://www.bard.edu/academics/Subdomain Text duplicate Academics
/academics/programs/Subdomain Programs and Divisions
/academics/curriculum/Subdomain Structure of the Curriculum
/academics/courses/Subdomain Courses
/academics/requirements/Subdomain Requirements
/academics/calendar/Subdomain Academic Calendar
/academics/faculty/Subdomain Faculty
https://www.bard.edu/catalogue/Subdomain College Catalogue
https://www.bard.edu/bardabroad/Subdomain Bard Abroad
/academics/libraries/Subdomain Libraries
/academics/dual/Subdomain Dual-Degree Programs
/conservatory/Subdomain Bard Conservatory of Music
/academics/additional/Subdomain Other Study Opportunities
https://www.bard.edu/graduate/Subdomain Graduate Programs
https://bhsec.bard.edu/New window External Subdomain Early Colleges
https://www.bard.edu/admission/Subdomain Admission
/admission/applying/Subdomain Applying
/admission/applying/Subdomain Apply Now
/financialaid/New window Subdomain Financial Aid
/studentaccounts/New window Subdomain Tuition + Payment
/admission/tours/Subdomain Campus Tours
/admission/students/Subdomain Meet Our Students + Alumni/ae
/admission/families/Subdomain For Families
/admission/families/es/Subdomain Para Familias
/admission/inquiries/form/Subdomain Join Our Mailing List
/admission/contact/Subdomain Contact Us
https://www.instagram.com/bard...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Link to Instagram @bardadmission
https://www.bard.edu/campus/Subdomain Campus Life
https://www.bard.edu/campus/Subdomain Living on Campus
/campus/reslife/Subdomain Housing + Dining
/campus/services/Subdomain Campus Resources
/campus/activities/Subdomain Get Involved on Campus
https://www.bard.edu/visiting/Subdomain Visiting + Transportation
https://bardathletics.com/External Athletics + Recreation
/montgomeryplace/Subdomain Montgomery Place Campus
https://www.bard.edu/students/Subdomain Current Students
/campus/newstudents/Subdomain New Students
https://cce.bard.edu/External Subdomain Civic Engagement
https://cce.bard.edu/get-invol...External Subdomain Get Involved
https://cce.bard.edu/engaged-l...External Subdomain Engaged Learning
https://cce.bard.edu/student-l...External Subdomain Student Leadership
https://cce.bard.edu/network/External Subdomain Grow Your Network
https://cce.bard.edu/about/External Subdomain About CCE
https://cce.bard.edu/partners/External Subdomain Our Partners
https://www.bard.edu/news/Subdomain News + Events
https://www.bard.edu/news/Subdomain Newsroom
https://www.bard.edu/news/events/Subdomain Events Calendar
/news/releases/Subdomain Press Releases
/communications/Subdomain Office of Communications
/commencement/Subdomain Commencement
https://www.bard.edu/reunion/Subdomain Reunion
https://fishercenter.bard.edu/New window External Subdomain Fisher Center + SummerScape
https://families.bard.edu/fami...External Subdomain Family and Alumni/ae Weekend
https://bardathletics.com/New window External Athletic Events
https://www.facebook.com/bardc...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Link to Facebook @bardcollegeny
https://twitter.com/bardcollegeNew window External IMG-ALT Link to Twitter/X @bardcollege
https://www.instagram.com/bard...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Link to Instagram @bardcollege
https://www.threads.net/@bardc...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Link to Threads @bardcollege
https://www.youtube.com/user/b...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Link to YouTube @bardcollege
https://www.bard.edu/about/Subdomain About Bard
https://www.bard.edu/about/Subdomain About Bard College
/about/history/Subdomain Bard History
/admission/tours/Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Tours
https://www.bard.edu/employment/Subdomain Employment
https://www.bard.edu/visiting/Subdomain Visiting Bard
https://giving.bard.edu/External Subdomain Support Bard
/about/diversity/Subdomain Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
https://bos.bard.edu/External Subdomain Sustainability
/nondiscrimination/Subdomain Title IX and Nondiscrimination
https://www.bard.edu/trustees/Subdomain Board of Trustees
https://www.bard.edu/bardabroad/Subdomain Text duplicate Bard Abroad
https://opensocietyuniversityn...New window External Open Society University Network
https://www.bard.edu/network/Subdomain The Bard Network
https://bardian.bard.edu/regis...New window External Subdomain Give
https://www.bard.edu/search/Subdomain Search
https://www.bard.edu/about/Subdomain Discover Bard
/admission/applying/Subdomain Apply to Bard
/admission/tours/Subdomain Request a Tour
https://bardian.bard.edu/regis...External Subdomain Text duplicate Support Bard
https://fishercenter.bard.edu/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT SummerScape 2024
https://fishercenter.bard.edu/...External Subdomain Learn More + Get Your Tickets Now
/academics/programs/New window Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Academics
/academics/programs/New window Subdomain View All Academic Programs
https://cce.bard.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Civic Engagement
https://cce.bard.edu/External Subdomain Visit the Center for Civic Engagement
https://www.bard.edu/campus/New window Subdomain Learn More about Campus Life
https://arts.bard.edu/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Arts at Bard
https://arts.bard.edu/New window External Subdomain Get to Know the Division of the Arts
/news/bard-professor-antonios-...Subdomain IMG-ALT Antonios Kontos, associate professor and director of physics at Bard College.
/news/bard-professor-antonios-...Subdomain More >
/news/wihanble-sa-center-bard-...Subdomain IMG-ALT Suzanne Kite MFA ’18, director of the Wihanble S’a Center for Indigenous AI.
/news/wihanble-sa-center-bard-...Subdomain Text duplicate More >
https://www.bard.edu/news/Subdomain View All News >>
/news/events/event/?eid=147701...Subdomain Mahler & Strauss
/news/events/event/?eid=147702...Subdomain Fall Benefit: “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” in Concert
/news/events/event/?eid=147703...Subdomain Text duplicate Fall Benefit: “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” in Concert
https://www.bard.edu/news/events/Subdomain View All Events >>
https://www.bard.edu/graduate/Subdomain IMG-ALT Photo by Karl Rabe
https://www.bard.edu/graduate/Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate Programs
https://bhsec.bard.edu/External Subdomain No Text
https://bhsec.bard.edu/New window External Subdomain Bard Early Colleges
https://www.bard.edu/bardabroad/Subdomain No Text
https://www.bard.edu/bardabroad/New window Subdomain International Programs
https://www.bard.edu/network/Subdomain No Text
https://www.bard.edu/network/Subdomain Centers and Institutes
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection[email protected]
https://twitter.com/BARDCollegeNew window External IMG-ALT Follow Us on Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/BardC...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Like us on Facebook
https://instagram.com/bardcoll...New window External IMG-ALT Follow Us on Instagram
https://www.threads.net/@bardc...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Threads
https://www.youtube.com/user/b...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT You Tube
https://www.bard.edu/admission/Subdomain Prospective Students
https://www.bard.edu/employment/Subdomain Current Employees
https://alums.bard.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni/ae
https://families.bard.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Families
/employment/employment/Subdomain Text duplicate Employment
/visiting/directions/Subdomain Travel to Bard
https://www.bard.edu/search/Subdomain Site Search
https://giving.bard.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Support Bard
https://www.bard.edu/covid19/Subdomain COVID-19 Info
https://www.bard.edu/it/security/New window Subdomain Bard IT Policies & Security

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.bard.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 is slow (1.28 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (56 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSun, 15 Sep 2024 07:00:54 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
x-powered-byPHP/8.3.9
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
set-cookie44 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
strict-transport-securitymax-age=2592000; includeSubDomains
access-control-allow-originhttps://opensocietyuniversitynetwork.org
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
servercloudflare
cf-ray8c36be0cdae12c61-FRA
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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This page has 90,639 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,453 different ip addresses.

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