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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
73% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
72% 
Server
72% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.21 s
File size
105.30 kB
Words
624
Media files
14
Number of links
77 internal / 34 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Career and Professional Development | Career and Professional Development | Virginia Tech
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 833 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
Our work is to assist all students at Virginia Tech, in all majors, first year through graduate level, throughout your journey of career and professional development.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (991 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

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twitter:urlhttps://career.vt.edu/content/career_vt_edu/en/index.html
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twitter:descriptionOur work is to assist all students at Virginia Tech, in all majors, first year through graduate level, throughout your journey of career and professional development.
twitter:cardsummary
og:urlhttps://career.vt.edu/content/career_vt_edu/en/index.html
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og:titleCareer and Professional Development
og:descriptionOur work is to assist all students at Virginia Tech, in all majors, first year through graduate level, throughout your journey of career and professional development.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: Smith Career Center viewed across daffodils blooming in the center of ...
This page contains 624 words. That's ok.
21.3% 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.
3 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 22.67 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
10 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

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...t-accessibility_accessibility-portal.svgNo alt attribute provided
...s.vt.edu/images/toggle_slider_off-01.svgNo alt attribute provided
...ms.vt.edu/images/toggle_slider_on-01.svgNo alt attribute provided
...s.vt.edu/images/toggle_slider_off-01.svgNo alt attribute provided
...ms.vt.edu/images/toggle_slider_on-01.svgNo alt attribute provided
...aptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpgNo alt attribute providedSmith Career Center viewed across daffodils blooming in traffic circle that connects Washington Street and West Campus Drive.. Career and Professional Development is located in Smith Career Center on the Blacksburg campus.
...aptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpgWhat can I do with this major?What can I do with this major (logo updated March 2023)
...aptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpgcandidcareer
...mage_145158.transform/m-medium/image.jpgCareer Shift
...mage_165324.transform/m-medium/image.jpgGoinGlobal
..._1273778190.transform/m-medium/image.pngNo alt attribute providedUSA-Careers-blue-font-logo-rescale.png

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Career and Professional Development
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Career and Professional Development
H2 People Results
H2 VT News Results
H2 Additional resources FOR: GRADUATE STUDENTS | ALUMNI | FACULTY & STAFF | PARENTS & FAMILIES EMPLOYERS | EMPLOYER PARTNERS
H2 Advising
H2 Handshake
H2 Iris photo booth
H2 Career Outfitters
H2 Events
H2 Career Pathways
H2 Explore careers
H2 Get experience
H2 Plan for grad or professional school
H2 Seek internships and jobs
H2 Outcomes after undergraduate degree
H2 Planning guide
H3 Career and Professional Development for Virginia Tech students
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (34) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://career.vt.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.vt.edu/External Subdomain Virginia Tech® home
https://www.vt.edu/accessibili...External Subdomain Report a barrier
https://www.vt.edu/accessibili...External Subdomain Accessibility portal
https://www.vt.edu/apply.htmlExternal Subdomain Apply
https://www.vt.edu/visit.htmlExternal Subdomain Visit
https://give.vt.edu/External Subdomain Give
https://shop.hokiesports.com/v...External Subdomain Hokie Gear Apparel, clothing, gear and merchandise
https://www.bkstr.com/virginia...External Subdomain Hokie Shop University Bookstore, merchandise and gifts
https://www.vt.edu/platesExternal Subdomain Hokie License Plates Part of every Virginia Tech plate purchase funds scholarships
https://www.vt.edu/admissions....External Subdomain Future Students
https://www.vt.edu/resources/c...External Subdomain Current Students
https://www.vt.edu/resources/p...External Subdomain Parents and Families
https://www.vt.edu/resources/f...External Subdomain Faculty and Staff
https://alumni.vt.edu/External Subdomain Alumni
https://www.vt.edu/link.htmlExternal Subdomain Industry and Partners
https://career.vt.edu/Career and Professional Development
https://career.vt.edu/Text duplicate Career and Professional Development
https://career.vt.edu/index.htmlSubdomain Home
https://career.vt.edu/about.htmlSubdomain About
/about/office-hours.htmlSubdomain Office hours
/about/our-staff.htmlSubdomain CPD staff
/about/contact-us.htmlSubdomain Contact us
/about/first-destination.htmlSubdomain First destination after undergraduate degree
/about/faq.htmlSubdomain Frequently asked questions
/advising.htmlSubdomain Advising
/advising/hpa.htmlSubdomain Health Professions Advising [HPA]
https://career.vt.edu/events.htmlSubdomain Events
/STUDENTS.htmlSubdomain For students
/exploring.htmlSubdomain Explore self, careers & majors
/exploring/self-assessment.htmlSubdomain Who am I? Self-assessment for career exploration
/exploring/career-research.htmlSubdomain What’s out there? Exploring careers
/exploring/explore-majors.htmlSubdomain What's at VT? Exploring majors
/exploring/redirect-informatio...Subdomain Informational interviews
/exploring/What-can-I-do-with-...Subdomain What can I do with this major?
/experience.htmlSubdomain Get experience
/job-search.htmlSubdomain Job & internship search
/develop.htmlSubdomain Professional competencies
/grad-school.htmlSubdomain Plan for graduate or professional school
/grad-school/should-you-go.htmlSubdomain Should you go?
/grad-school/vt-grads-after-ba...Subdomain Where VT grads went
/grad-school/redirect-adv-prep...Subdomain Pre-professional advising
/grad-school/redirect-adv-hpa....Subdomain Health Professions Advising
/for-employers.htmlSubdomain For employers
/for-faculty.htmlSubdomain For faculty & staff
/for-faculty/career-readiness-...Subdomain CPD Career Readiness Toolkit
/for-alumni.htmlSubdomain For alumni
/for-parents.htmlSubdomain For Hokie families
/career-readiness.htmlSubdomain redirect to career readiness toolkit
https://vt.edu/apply.htmlExternal Text duplicate Apply
https://vt.edu/visit.htmlExternal Text duplicate Visit
https://give.vt.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Give
https://shop.hokiesports.com/v...External Subdomain Text duplicate Hokie Gear Apparel, clothing, gear and merchandise
https://www.bkstr.com/virginia...External Subdomain Text duplicate Hokie Shop University Bookstore, merchandise and gifts
https://vt.edu/platesExternal Text duplicate Hokie License Plates Part of every Virginia Tech plate purchase funds scholarships
https://vt.edu/admissions.htmlExternal Text duplicate Future Students
https://vt.edu/resources/curre...External Text duplicate Current Students
https://vt.edu/resources/paren...External Text duplicate Parents and Families
https://vt.edu/resources/facul...External Text duplicate Faculty and Staff
https://alumni.vt.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
https://vt.edu/resources/indus...External Text duplicate Industry and Partners
https://career.vt.edu/Anchor See more
A-TITLE See more people results
https://career.vt.edu/Anchor Text duplicate See more
A-TITLE See more news results
https://career.vt.edu/Subdomain Career and Professional Development /
https://career.vt.edu/about.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate About
/advising.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Advising
https://career.vt.edu/events.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Events
/STUDENTS.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate For students
/exploring.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Explore self, careers & majors
/experience.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Get experience
/job-search.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Job & internship search
/develop.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Professional competencies
/grad-school.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Plan for graduate or professional school
/for-employers.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate For employers
/for-faculty.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate For faculty & staff
/for-alumni.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate For alumni
/for-parents.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate For Hokie families
/career-readiness.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate redirect to career readiness toolkit
/STUDENTS.htmlSubdomain FOR STUDENTS: Advising, career topics, population resources, more.
/job-search/grad-student-job-s...Subdomain GRADUATE STUDENTS
/for-alumni.htmlSubdomain ALUMNI
/for-faculty.htmlSubdomain FACULTY & STAFF
/for-parents.htmlSubdomain PARENTS & FAMILIES
/for-employers.htmlSubdomain EMPLOYERS
/for-employers/sponsorship.htmlSubdomain EMPLOYER PARTNERS
/advising.htmlSubdomain Advising appointments
/job-search/Handshake.htmlSubdomain For students, employers, advisors
/advising/iris-professional-ph...Subdomain Free professional photo by appointment
/advising/CareerOutfitters.htmlSubdomain Free professional clothing by appointment
https://career.vt.edu/events.htmlSubdomain Workshops | career fairs | employer info sessions | YouTube workshops
/career-pathways.htmlSubdomain Career Pathways
/exploring.htmlSubdomain Explore self, careers, majors
/experience.htmlSubdomain Internships, co-op, and more
/grad-school.htmlSubdomain Plan for grad or professional school
/advising/hpa.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Health Professions Advising
/job-search.htmlSubdomain Job and internship search guide
/job-search/presenting_yoursel...Subdomain Resume writing guide
/about/first-destination.htmlSubdomain First destination survey and report
/about/publications.htmlSubdomain Traditional: Career Planning Guide booklet
https://tips.career.vt.edu/External Subdomain New: Career quick start resume tips, samples, and interview prep
http://www.linkedin.com/edu/sc...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.facebook.com/VTcar...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/vtcpdNew window External Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/vtca...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/health...New window External Subdomain Health Professions Advising Blog
/exploring/What-can-I-do-with-...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT What can I do with this major?
/exploring/candid-career.htmlSubdomain IMG-ALT candidcareer
/job-search/search-tools/caree...Subdomain IMG-ALT Career Shift
/job-search/search-tools/goin-...Subdomain IMG-ALT GoinGlobal
/job-search/search-tools/goin-...Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://career.vt.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.21 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.
This page loads 9 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 3 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (105 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
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This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 519 referring domains.
This page has 1,206 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 434 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Our work is to assist all students at Virginia Tech, in all majors, first year through graduate level, throughout your journey of career and professional development.

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Professional79%Check
Development79%Check
Professional Development79%Check
or professional72%Check
Career Readiness66%Check
Virginia Tech62%Check
or professional school62%Check
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