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Meta information
77% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
72% 
Link structure
31% 
Server
74% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.51 s
File size
150.90 kB
Words
864
Media files
13
Number of links
105 internal / 66 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Vanderbilt University
The page title is too short. (186 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Vanderbilt is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. It offers 70 undergraduate majors and a full range of graduate and professional degrees across 10 schools and colleges.
The meta description is too long: 1152 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.vanderbilt.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
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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
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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
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The character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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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descriptionVanderbilt is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. It offers 70 undergraduate majors and a full range of graduate and professional degrees across 10 schools and colleges.
keywordsvanderbilt, vanderbilt university, commodores, nashville, tennessee
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twitter:cardsummary_large_image
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twitter:site@VanderbiltU
twitter:creator@VanderbiltU
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 864 words. That's ok.
24.9% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
10 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 17 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 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 17 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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)
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
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...-book-library-1-1800x1200-c-default.jpegStudents on Lawn
...a3809c99f9da6a0b-1800x1200-c-default.jpgStudents sitting at a table together.
...806f61f4dedaa67-1800x1200-c-default.jpegAlt Text
...06403eda4e28f809-1800x1200-c-default.jpgAlt
...graduation-line-1800x1200-c-default.jpegPhoto of alumni at football game
...oads/sites/3/2021/06/graduation-line.jpgCollaborative ethos and competitive drive makes Vanderbilt the nation’s #14 ranked university.
...ites/3/2021/06/person-book-library-1.jpgBenefit from financial aid that replaces student loans with grants and scholarships.
...ites/3/2021/04/bronson-ingram-facade.jpgResidential colleges are a distinct, communal approach to higher education.
...tes/3/2021/06/professor-in-classroom.jpgYou’ll thrive with our 7:1 student-to-highly-dedicated-faculty ratio.
.../3/2021/06/downtown-nashville-aerial.jpgA beautiful, intimate campus in a thriving and exciting 21st century city.
...3/2021/06/student-biking-with-guitar.jpgWe’re ranked #2 on Princeton Review’s list of happiest college students.
...s/3/2023/07/pabldkirh038-WEB_crop-01.jpgMade for this Moment

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Vanderbilt
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (10 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Vanderbilt
H2 Quick Guide
H2 What Sets Us Apart
H2 Vanderbilt News
H3 Together we excel
H3 Acquire knowledge, not debt
H3 An immersive academic community
H3 The faculty attention you deserve
H3 The heart of Nashville
H3 Happy you're here
H3 Made for this Moment
H3 Latest
H3 Events
H3 Watch This
H3 In Focus
H3 On Social
H4 Empty heading
H4 Dare to Grow
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are too many external links (66) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/Vanderbilt University
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/about/About
/admissions/Admissions
/academics/Academics
/research/Research
/student-life/Campus Life
/news-events/News & Events
https://giving.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain Give
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/Text duplicate Vanderbilt University
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/about/Text duplicate About
/this-is-vanderbilt/This is Vanderbilt
/about/quick-facts/Quick Facts
/about/university-leadership/University Leadership
/diversity/Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
/about/history/History
/about/contact/Contact
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/atoz/A to Z
/admissions/Text duplicate Admissions
https://admissions.vanderbilt....External Subdomain Undergraduate Admissions
/admissions/graduate-professio...Graduate & Professional School Admissions
/admissions/financial-aid/Financial Aid
/academics/Text duplicate Academics
/academics/program-finder/Program Finder
/academics/Anchor Schools & Colleges
/academics/residential-colleges/Residential Colleges
/academics/Anchor Study Abroad
https://www.library.vanderbilt...External Subdomain Libraries
/strategicplan/Strategic Plan
/research/Text duplicate Research
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/atoz/Anchor Centers & Institutes
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/re...External Subdomain Research News
/undergraduate-research/Undergraduate Research
https://gradschool.vanderbilt....External Subdomain Graduate School Research
https://www.vumc.org/oor/welcomeExternal VUMC Research
/student-life/Text duplicate Campus Life
/student-life/housing-and-dining/Housing & Dining
/student-life/health-safety/Health & Safety
/student-life/organizations-id...Organizations & Identity Centers
https://vucommodores.com/External Athletics
/nashville/Our Hometown - Nashville
/news-events/Text duplicate News & Events
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain Vanderbilt News
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/re...External Subdomain Text duplicate Research News
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/va...External Subdomain Vanderbilt Magazine
https://events.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain Events
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/150/Experience 150 Years of Vanderbilt
https://giving.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain Explore the campaign
https://admissions.vanderbilt....External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Admissions
/admissions/financial-aid/Financial Aid & Scholarships
/academics/Text duplicate Academics
/academics/program-finder/?deg...Find Your Major
/academics/Anchor Text duplicate Schools & Colleges
/student-life/Student Life
https://admissions.vanderbilt....External Subdomain Plan a Visit
/undergraduate-research/Text duplicate Undergraduate Research
https://vucommodores.com/External Athletics - Anchor Down!
/nashville/Our City - Nashville
/diversity/Diversity & Inclusion
/academics/residential-colleges/Text duplicate Residential Colleges
https://admissions.vanderbilt....External Subdomain Learn More
/admissions/graduate-professio...Text duplicate Admissions
/financialaid/graduate/Text duplicate Financial Aid
/academics/Text duplicate Academics
/academics/Anchor Text duplicate Schools & Colleges
/academics/program-finder/?deg...Find Your Program
https://research.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Research
https://vucommodores.com/External Text duplicate Athletics - Anchor Down!
/nashville/Text duplicate Our City - Nashville
/diversity/Text duplicate Diversity & Inclusion
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/20...External Subdomain Graduate and Professional Housing
/academics/program-finder/Text duplicate Find Your Program
/hub/category/housing-and-resi...Housing and Residential Living
/hub/category/health-safety-an...Health, Safety, and Wellness
/hub/category/student-involvem...Student Life and Involvement
/hub/category/undergraduate-ed...Undergraduate Education Resources
/hub/category/orientation-and-...Orientation and Transition Programs
/hub/category/money-matters/Money Matters
/career/Career Center
/diversity/Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
/deanofstudents/Dean of Students
/logins/Frequently Used Logins
/experience-vanderbilt/Text duplicate Learn More
https://outlook.office.com/van...External Subdomain Email
/logins/Text duplicate Frequently Used Logins
http://vu.edu/directoryExternal Faculty and Staff Directory
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/External Subdomain MyVU News
https://hr.vanderbilt.edu/bene...External Subdomain Benefits
/faculty/Faculty Gateway (Resources)
/child-family-center/Child and Family Center
/diversity/Text duplicate Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
/healthwellness/Health and Wellness
https://hr.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain Human Resources
/about/university-leadership/University Leadership Team
https://www.vumc.org/health-we...External Text duplicate Learn More
/work-at-vanderbilt/Work at Vanderbilt
/work-at-vanderbilt/benefits.phpBenefits and Perks
/work-at-vanderbilt/becomingac...Becoming a Commodore
/nashville/Text duplicate Our City - Nashville
/about/quick-facts/Quick Facts about Vanderbilt
https://ecsr.fa.us2.oracleclou...External Open Staff Positions
/provost/jobs/Open Faculty Positions
https://vanderbilt.studentempl...External Subdomain Student Employment
/postdoc/current-opportunities/Open Postdoc Positions
/work-at-vanderbilt/benefits.phpText duplicate Learn More
/alumni/Alumni Programs and Resources
/alumni/community/chapters/Find Your Local Alumni Chapter
https://events.vanderbilt.edu/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Events
https://reunion.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain Reunion/Homecoming
https://www.bkstr.com/vanderbi...External Shop Commodores Gear
https://giving.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain Giving Campaign: Dare to Grow
https://giving.vanderbilt.edu/...External Subdomain Ways to Give
/families/Parents and Family Program
/alumni/support-vu/Volunteer
/alumni/Stay connected.
/this-is-vanderbilt/Together we excel Collaborative ethos and competitive drive makes Vanderbilt the nation’s #13 ranked university. Collaborative ethos and competitive drive ma...
IMG-ALT Collaborative ethos and competitive drive makes Vanderbilt the nation’s #14 ranked university.
/admissions/financial-aid/Acquire knowledge, not debt Benefit from financial aid that replaces student loans with grants and scholarships. Benefit from financial aid that replaces stu...
IMG-ALT Benefit from financial aid that replaces student loans with grants and scholarships.
/academics/residential-colleges/An immersive academic community Residential colleges are a distinct, communal approach to higher education. Residential colleges are a distinct, communal app...
IMG-ALT Residential colleges are a distinct, communal approach to higher education.
/academics/The faculty attention you deserve You’ll thrive with our 7:1 student-to-highly-dedicated-faculty ratio. You’ll thrive with our 7:1 student-to-highly-dedicate...
IMG-ALT You’ll thrive with our 7:1 student-to-highly-dedicated-faculty ratio.
/nashville/The heart of Nashville A beautiful, intimate campus in a thriving and exciting 21st century city. A beautiful, intimate campus in a thriving and exciting 21s...
IMG-ALT A beautiful, intimate campus in a thriving and exciting 21st century city.
/student-life/Happy you're here We’re ranked #2 on Princeton Review’s list of happiest college students. We’re ranked #2 on Princeton Review’s list of happiest college stu...
IMG-ALT We’re ranked #2 on Princeton Review’s list of happiest college students.
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/20...External Subdomain Made for this Moment
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/20...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Made for this Moment
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/20...External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain View all stories
https://events.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain View more events
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/se...External Subdomain Events on Demand
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/va...External Subdomain Curing COVID
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/unity/The Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/se...External Subdomain Engineering & Technology
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/se...External Subdomain Health & Medicine
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/se...External Subdomain Education & Psychology
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/se...External Subdomain Law, Business & Politics
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/se...External Subdomain Life, Earth & Space
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/se...External Subdomain Nashville & Community
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/se...External Subdomain Society & Culture
http://twitter.com/vanderbiltuNew window External Twitter
http://www.facebook.com/vander...New window External Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External LinkedIn
http://www.instagram.com/vande...New window External Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/vander...New window External YouTube
https://www.tiktok.com/@vander...New window External TikTok
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/Text duplicate Vanderbilt University
/nashville/Nashville, Tennessee
/academics/program-finder/?deg...undergraduate majors
/academics/program-finder/?deg...graduate and professional degrees
https://vucommodores.com/External athletic
/this-is-vanderbilt/inspire and nurture
/research/research
/about/university-leadership/New window Text duplicate University Leadership
/academics/residential-colleges/New window Text duplicate Residential Colleges
/diversityNew window Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
/healthwellness/public-health/New window Health and Safety Protocols
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/re...New window External Subdomain Research@Vanderbilt
/work-at-vanderbilt/Working at Vanderbilt
https://events.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Events
/logins/Logins
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/map/Campus Map
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/ex...External Subdomain Media Resources
http://twitter.com/vanderbiltuExternal Text duplicate Twitter
http://www.facebook.com/vander...External Text duplicate Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Text duplicate LinkedIn
http://www.instagram.com/vande...External Text duplicate Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/vander...External Text duplicate YouTube
https://www.tiktok.com/@vander...External Text duplicate TikTok
https://www.flickr.com/digitalvu/External Flickr
https://goo.gl/maps/TU8FgZp3VK...External Nashville, Tennessee 37240
/about/contact/Contact Us
/about/privacy/Vanderbilt University’s Online Privacy Notice
/about/accessibility/Accessibility information
http://web.vanderbilt.edu/External Subdomain Site Development: Digital Strategies (Communications and Marketing.)
https://edit.dev.vanderbilt.ed...External ©

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.vanderbilt.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 of 0.51 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 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (151 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 17,256 referring domains.
This page has 890,523 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 11,258 different ip addresses.
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(Somewhat important)
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Vanderbilt is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. It offers 70 undergraduate majors and a full range of graduate and professional degrees across 10 schools and colleges.

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Vanderbilt University80%Check
University59%Check
Research University53%Check
Nashville52%Check
private research university50%Check
Colleges48%Check
University Leadership47%Check
Schools Colleges47%Check
Research46%Check
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