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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
32% 
Page structure
10% 
Link structure
87% 
Server
63% 
External factors
18% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.70 s
File size
36.20 kB
Words
689
Media files
21
Number of links
19 internal / 5 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Recalibrating Afrikanistik | Home
The length of the page title is perfect. (293 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Recalibrating Afrikanistik (RecAf) funded by the Volkswagen Foundation is to thematically and strategically set the ground for the future of the study of African languages and literatures.
The meta description is too long: 1131 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
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
viewportwidth=device-width,initial-scale=1.0
descriptionRecalibrating Afrikanistik (RecAf) funded by the Volkswagen Foundation is to thematically and strategically set the ground for the future of the study of African languages and literatures.
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og:urlhttps://recaf.de
og:type=website
og:titleHome
og:descriptionIn a globalized world, language regiments the flow of knowledge. Against the background of its "difficult heritage", Afrikanistik as the study of African languages, literatures and texts is in a privileged position to mediate heterotopic and heterogeneous knowledge practices. We invite young scholars to recalibrate Afrikanistik with their innovative ideas in dialogue with African Studies.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 13 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: The “Recalibrating Afrikanistik” (RecAf) project invites young researc...
  • Duplicate 2: “Recalibrating Afrikanistik” (RecAf) and the Graduate School Global an...
  • Duplicate 3: In this session of the RecAf Forum on Language Work, Clarissa Vierke, ...
  • Duplicate 4: As an outcome of the RecAf seasonal school in Abuja, AHYU (A JOURNAL O...
  • Duplicate 5: Every first Tuesday of the Month, RecAf hosts the Forum on (African) L...
  • Duplicate 6: This month’s question is: “Please compose a creative contribution - ei...
The average number of words per sentence of 42.45 words is high.
This page contains 689 words. That's ok.
30.3% 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.
14 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 8 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 following tag is repeated too often: deadline for application: 23 march 2025
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
13 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
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...ome/6d9db44f6a-1696506599/logo-recaf.pngLogo Recalibrating Afrikanistik
...1729502415/fellowship-cfa-2025-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
...1736756428/grant-workshop-2025-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
...09/recaf-forum-clarissa-vierke-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
...sue/429b4959dd-1736333100/ahyu-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
...aa57865-1736326324/recaf-forum-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
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...8/stellenbosch-school-report-1-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
...1729502415/fellowship-cfa-2025-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
...1736756428/grant-workshop-2025-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
...09/recaf-forum-clarissa-vierke-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
...sue/429b4959dd-1736333100/ahyu-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
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...8/stellenbosch-school-report-1-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
...1729502415/fellowship-cfa-2025-320x.webpNo alt attribute provided
...ts/logo/sponsors/volkswagen-stiftung.pngLogo Volkswagen Stiftung
https://recaf.de/assets/logo/kirby-logo.svgLogo Kirby CMS

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
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.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Latest News
H2 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2025/26 Fellowships
H2 Grant Proposal Write-Up Capacity Building (03-04 April 2025)
H2 RecAf Forum - Poetry Works
H2 AHYU Special Issue
H2 Forum on (African) Language Work
H2 Creative Writing: Learning a Language | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 39
H2 RecAf Conference 2024 in Stellenbosch
H2 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2025/26 Fellowships Duplicate text
H2 Grant Proposal Write-Up Capacity Building (03-04 April 2025) Duplicate text
H2 RecAf Forum - Poetry Works Duplicate text
H2 AHYU Special Issue Duplicate text
H2 Forum on (African) Language Work Duplicate text
H2 Creative Writing: Learning a Language | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 39 Duplicate text
H2 RecAf Conference 2024 in Stellenbosch Duplicate text
H2 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2025/26 Fellowships Duplicate text
H2 Where are we heading?
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 5 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://recaf.de/IMG-ALT Logo Recalibrating Afrikanistik
https://recaf.de/projectProject
https://recaf.de/networkNetwork
https://recaf.de/newsNews
https://recaf.de/contactContact
/news/call-for-applications-20...CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2025/26 Fellowships The “Recalibrating Afrikanistik” (RecAf) project invites young researchers and lecturers working in the field of ...
/news/grant-proposal-write-up-...Grant Proposal Write-Up Capacity Building (03-04 April 2025) “Recalibrating Afrikanistik” (RecAf) and the Graduate School Global and Area Studies (GSGAS), Un...
/news/recaf-forum-poetry-worksRecAf Forum - Poetry Works In this session of the RecAf Forum on Language Work, Clarissa Vierke, Professor of Literatures in African Languages at the Univers...
https://ahyujournal.org/index....External AHYU Special Issue As an outcome of the RecAf seasonal school in Abuja, AHYU (A JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE) recently published the special issue "Cre...
/news/forum-on-african-languag...Forum on (African) Language Work Every first Tuesday of the Month, RecAf hosts the Forum on (African) Language Work highlighting diverse perspectives of and ...
/news/recaf-conference-2024-in...RecAf Conference 2024 in Stellenbosch Brady Blackburn reports on the RecAf Conference 2024, hosted by the Stellenbosch University. 29. November 2024
/news/call-for-applications-20...Text duplicate CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2025/26 Fellowships The “Recalibrating Afrikanistik” (RecAf) project invites young researchers and lecturers working in the field of ...
/news/grant-proposal-write-up-...Text duplicate Grant Proposal Write-Up Capacity Building (03-04 April 2025) “Recalibrating Afrikanistik” (RecAf) and the Graduate School Global and Area Studies (GSGAS), Un...
/news/recaf-forum-poetry-worksText duplicate RecAf Forum - Poetry Works In this session of the RecAf Forum on Language Work, Clarissa Vierke, Professor of Literatures in African Languages at the Univers...
https://ahyujournal.org/index....External Text duplicate AHYU Special Issue As an outcome of the RecAf seasonal school in Abuja, AHYU (A JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE) recently published the special issue "Cre...
/news/forum-on-african-languag...Text duplicate Forum on (African) Language Work Every first Tuesday of the Month, RecAf hosts the Forum on (African) Language Work highlighting diverse perspectives of and ...
/news/recaf-conference-2024-in...Text duplicate RecAf Conference 2024 in Stellenbosch Brady Blackburn reports on the RecAf Conference 2024, hosted by the Stellenbosch University. 29. November 2024
/news/call-for-applications-20...Text duplicate CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2025/26 Fellowships The “Recalibrating Afrikanistik” (RecAf) project invites young researchers and lecturers working in the field of ...
https://instagram.com/rec_af/New window External RecAf on Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/group...New window External Subdomain RecAf on Facebook
https://recaf.de/privacyDatenschutz
https://recaf.de/legalLegal Notice
https://recaf.de/© 2025 / Recalibrating Afrikanistik
https://getkirby.com/External IMG-ALT Logo Kirby CMS

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
The checked page does not redirect to another URL.
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 of 0.70 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.
This page loads 8 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (36 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateSat, 18 Jan 2025 04:54:50 GMT
serverApache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=15768000
varyAccept-Encoding
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
connectionkeep-alive
keep-alivetimeout=5
content-length37094
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1
content-encodinggzip

External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 6 referring domains.
This page only has 61 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 6 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

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Recalibrating Afrikanistik (RecAf) funded by the Volkswagen Foundation is to thematically and strategically set the ground for the future of the study of African languages and literatures.

Most important keywords

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Afrikanistik59%Check
Recalibrating59%Check
Recalibrating Afrikanistik59%Check
RecAf Forum58%Check
language56%Check
African56%Check
CALL56%Check
RecAf Conference 202456%Check
African languages52%Check
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