Hls.harvard.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
2% 
Link structure
30% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.09 s
File size
670.50 kB
Words
855
Media files
23
Number of links
204 internal / 27 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
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Home - Harvard Law School | Harvard Law School
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (452 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
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The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://hls.harvard.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
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Charset encoding
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
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This page contains 855 words. That's ok.
19.1% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
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.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 11 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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The file size of the HTML document is very large (670.5 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 17 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
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Additional markup
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HTTPS
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
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Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 26 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

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H1 Home
H2 Explore Harvard Law
H2 Harvard Law alumni in Congress 2024: Election update
H2 LL.M. 100: Celebrating a century
H2 Honoring student veterans
H2 How the law can help build better neighborhoods
H2 (Anti)Trust Issues The Biden administration is cracking down on Big Tech. But will Amazon, Apple,
Google, and Meta go the way of Standard Oil? Lone Wolf No More State of Democracy a close up shot o...
H2 Gazette: IGs oversee most federal agencies. Why not the Supreme Court?
H2 Follow us on social media
H2 Parsing the vulnerabilities of presidential elections
H2 Time for ‘emergence of a new and better democracy,’ says MLK lecturer Ifill
H2 How and why US elections are changing
H2 Explore
H2 Resources
H2 Follow
H3 Lone Wolf No More
H3 State of Democracy
H3 Empty heading
H4 Resources Duplicate text
H4 Resources Duplicate text
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H4 Resources Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are too many external links (27) on this page.
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https://hls.harvard.edu/Anchor Skip to content
/jdadmissions/Subdomain J.D. Admissions
https://hls.harvard.edu/sfs/Subdomain J.D. Student Financial Services
/graduate-program/Subdomain Graduate Admissions & Aid
https://hls.harvard.edu/why-hls/Subdomain Why HLS
/jdadmissions/apply-to-harvard...Subdomain Apply to the J.D. Program
/category/admissions/Subdomain J.D. Admissions Blog
/graduate-program/graduate-pro...Subdomain Apply to the Graduate Program
/sfs/prospective-and-admitted-...Subdomain The Need-Based Aid Philosophy
/academics/Subdomain Academics Overview
/areas-of-interest/Areas of Interest
/academics/degree-programs/Subdomain Degree Programs
/academics/curriculum/Subdomain Curriculum
/academics/writing-at-hls/Subdomain Writing at HLS
https://hls.harvard.edu/ils/Subdomain International Legal Studies & Opportunities
/academics/winter-term/Subdomain Winter Term
/academics/fellowships-and-pri...Subdomain Fellowships and Prizes
/academics/academic-calendar/Subdomain Academic Calendar
https://hls.harvard.edu/courses/Subdomain Course Catalog
/academics/harvard-law-school-...Subdomain Handbook of Academic Policies
/academics/curriculum/syllabi-...Subdomain Syllabi, Exam and Course Evaluation Archive
https://helios.law.harvard.edu/External Subdomain HELIOS
/registrar/Subdomain Office of the Registrar
/office-of-academic-affairs/Subdomain Office of Academic Affairs
https://hls.harvard.edu/clinics/Subdomain Clinical Programs
/experiential-learning/Subdomain Experiential Learning
https://hls.harvard.edu/pro-bono/Subdomain Pro Bono Program and SPOs
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/clinics/policies-and-faqs/Subdomain Policies and FAQs
/clinical-policies-and-registr...Subdomain Clinical Travel Funding
/support-resources/Subdomain I'm Looking for Legal Support
/clinics/advising/Subdomain Advising
https://clinics.law.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Student Stories
https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/Faculty Directory
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https://hls.harvard.edu/housing/Subdomain HLS Housing
/rights-and-responsibilities/Subdomain Community Rights and Responsibilities
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/student-life/student-services...Subdomain Student Services Offices
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/career-planning/judicial-cler...Subdomain Clerkships
/law-teaching/Subdomain Law Teaching
/dean-of-students/overview-of-...Subdomain Bar Exam
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/bernard-koteen-office-of-publ...Subdomain Public Sector Jobs
/career-planning/for-employers...Subdomain For Employers: Career Resources
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/professional-and-lifelong-lea...Subdomain Professional & Lifelong Learning
/executive-education/Subdomain Executive Education
https://www.pon.harvard.edu/ex...External Subdomain Program on Negotiation
/professional-and-lifelong-lea...Subdomain Online Courses and Casebooks
/professional-and-lifelong-lea...Subdomain Pre-law Programs
https://hls.harvard.edu/library/HLS Library
/library/research-services/Subdomain Research Services
/library/use-the-library/Subdomain Use the Library
/library/historical-special-co...Subdomain Historical & Special Collections
/library/about-the-library/Subdomain About the Library
/library/faculty-services/Subdomain Faculty Services
https://hollis.harvard.edu/pri...External Subdomain HOLLIS Catalog
/library/research-services/res...Subdomain Guides & Videos
/library/research-services/leg...Subdomain Legal Databases
/library/about-the-library/lib...Subdomain Library Staff Directory
https://hls.harvard.edu/alumni/HLS Alumni
/alumni/giving-to-hls/Subdomain Giving to HLS
/alumni/harvard-law-school-reu...Subdomain Reunions
/alumni/harvard-law-school-ass...Subdomain Harvard Law School Association
/alumni/alumni-eventsSubdomain Alumni Events
/alumni/networking-and-careers/Subdomain Networking & Careers
/alumni/alumni-news-and-profiles/Subdomain Alumni News & Profiles
/alumni/contact-the-alumni-cen...Subdomain Contact the Alumni Center
/alumni/how-to-make-your-gift/Subdomain How to Make Your Gift
http://amicus.law.harvard.edu/External Subdomain HLS Amicus: Alumni Directory
/class-notes-submission-form/Subdomain Submit a Class Note
/registrar/transcript-requests/Subdomain Transcript Requests
/alumni/alumni-events/hls-unit...Subdomain SCOTUS Bar Admission
https://hls.harvard.edu/today/Harvard Law Today News
/today/bulletin/fall-2024/Subdomain Harvard Law Bulletin: Current Issue
/today/bulletin/Harvard Law Bulletin: Archive
/communications-office/media-r...Subdomain Text duplicate Media Relations
/sign-up-for-the-harvard-law-t...Subdomain Sign Up for the Harvard Law Today Newsletter
/sign-up-for-newslaw/Subdomain Sign Up for News@Law
https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/Events Calendar
https://hls.harvard.edu/about/About HLS
/campus-resources/Subdomain Department Directory & Campus Resources
/staff-dashboard/Subdomain Staff Dashboard
https://community.alumni.harva...External Subdomain Make a Gift
/events/media-mythmaking-of-pu...Subdomain Media Mythmaking of Punishment and Safety: Changing the Narrative on Race, Crime, and Reform, Nov. 15
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/events/ames-moot-court-compet...Subdomain Ames Moot Court Competition Final Round 2024, Nov. 19
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/graduate-program/Subdomain Graduate Program
https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/Text duplicate Faculty Directory
https://hls.harvard.edu/courses/Text duplicate Course Catalog
/academics/Academics
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/career-planning/Student Career Planning
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/student-life/For Students
/for-faculty/Text duplicate For Faculty
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DB...New window External Subdomain HLS Fall Festival
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/...New window External Subdomain Nicholas Stephanopoulos's chair lecture
https://www.facebook.com/share...New window External Subdomain How much are your airline miles worth?
https://www.threads.net/@harva...New window External Subdomain Commonly searched admissions questions answered for you
/today/parsing-the-vulnerabili...Subdomain IMG-ALT Larry Schwartztol and Lawrence Lessig.
/today/parsing-the-vulnerabili...Subdomain Parsing the vulnerabilities of presidential elections
https://news.harvard.edu/gazet...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Sherrilyn Ifill.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazet...External Subdomain Time for ‘emergence of a new and better democracy,’ says MLK lecturer Ifill
/today/how-and-why-us-election...Subdomain IMG-ALT Nicholas Stephanopoulos.
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/areas-of-interest/animal-law/Subdomain Animal Law
/areas-of-interest/antitrust/Subdomain Antitrust
/areas-of-interest/arts-entert...Subdomain Arts, Entertainment, and Sports Law
/areas-of-interest/bankruptcy-...Subdomain Bankruptcy and Commercial Law
/areas-of-interest/children-fa...Subdomain Children and Family Law
/areas-of-interest/civil-litig...Subdomain Civil Litigation
/areas-of-interest/civil-rights/Subdomain Civil Rights
/areas-of-interest/conflict-of...Subdomain Conflict of Laws
/areas-of-interest/constitutio...Subdomain Constitutional Law
/areas-of-interest/criminal-la...Subdomain Criminal Law and Procedure
/areas-of-interest/contracts/Subdomain Contracts
/areas-of-interest/comparative...Subdomain Comparative Law
/areas-of-interest/corporate-a...Subdomain Corporate and Transactional Law
/areas-of-interest/courts-juri...Subdomain Courts, Jurisdiction, and Procedure
/areas-of-interest/disability-...Subdomain Disability Law
/areas-of-interest/education-law/Subdomain Education Law
/areas-of-interest/election-la...Subdomain Election Law and Democracy
/areas-of-interest/employment-...Subdomain Employment and Labor Law
/areas-of-interest/environment...Subdomain Environmental Law and Policy
/areas-of-interest/finance-acc...Subdomain Finance, Accounting, and Strategy
/areas-of-interest/financial-a...Subdomain Financial and Monetary Institutions
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/areas-of-interest/health-law/Subdomain Health, Food, and Drug Law
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/areas-of-interest/internation...Subdomain International Law
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/areas-of-interest/law-economics/Subdomain Law and Economics
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/areas-of-interest/legal-profe...Subdomain Legal Profession and Ethics
/areas-of-interest/lgbtq/Subdomain LGBTQ+
/areas-of-interest/national-se...Subdomain National Security Law
/areas-of-interest/negotiation...Subdomain Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
/areas-of-interest/poverty-law...Subdomain Poverty Law and Economic Justice
/areas-of-interest/private-law/Subdomain Private Law
/areas-of-interest/property/Subdomain Property
/areas-of-interest/torts/Subdomain Torts
/areas-of-interest/race-and-th...Subdomain Race and the Law
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/areas-of-interest/technology-...Subdomain Technology Law and Policy
/areas-of-interest/trusts-esta...Subdomain Trusts, Estates, and Fiduciary Law
/areas-of-interest/Subdomain Trivial anchor text
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/today/brenna-phillips-awarded...Subdomain Brenna Phillips ’24
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/today/building-bridges-and-po...Subdomain Julio Quiroz Colby ’24
IMG-ALT Julio Quiroz Colby.
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/today/david-paul-wins-the-dav...Subdomain David Paul ’24
IMG-ALT David Paul.
https://hls.harvard.edu/Subdomain Harvard Law School home
https://hls.harvard.edu/today/Text duplicate Harvard Law Today News
https://hls.harvard.edu/courses/Text duplicate Course Catalog
https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/Text duplicate Faculty Directory
https://hls.harvard.edu/library/Law Library
https://hls.harvard.edu/alumni/Alumni
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https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/Text duplicate Events Calendar
/about/campus-map-and-directions/Subdomain Campus Map and Directions
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https://community.alumni.harva...External Subdomain Make a Gift to HLS
/emergency-information/Subdomain Emergency Information
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http://harvard.edu/External Harvard University
https://accessibility.harvard....External Subdomain Accessibility
https://accessibility.huit.har...External Subdomain Digital Accessibility
https://trademark.harvard.edu/...External Subdomain Trademark Notice
/privacy-and-copyright/Subdomain Privacy and Copyright
https://www.facebook.com/harva...External Subdomain Facebook
https://x.com/harvard_lawExternal Twitter
http://instagram.com/harvardlaw/External Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/H...External Subdomain Youtube
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain Linkedin
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Performance
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The file size of the HTML document is very large (671 kB).
The page response time is excellent with 0.09 seconds.

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