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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
85% 
Page structure
81% 
Link structure
71% 
Server
67% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.23 s
File size
75.70 kB
Words
1434
Media files
15
Number of links
28 internal / 143 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | The University of Maryland
The length of the page title is perfect. (310 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1434 words. That's ok.
30.4% 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.
15 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 17.73 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 following tag is repeated too often: support the clark challenge for the maryland promise scholarship
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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
...umd.edu/themes/umd/build/images/logo.svgUniversity of Maryland
...irwanHall_08022023_JC_9733_1920x1080.jpgPhoto of Kirwin Hall
...ria_Ressa_event_08_1920x1080_smaller.jpgFilipino and American journalist Maria Ressa speaks Wednesday at Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, where she accepted the Philip Merrill College of Journalism's inaugural Maria Ressa Prize for Courage in Journalism. As co-founder of the news site Rappler, her struggles over free expression with the government of the Philippines led to her 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Photo by Kate DeBlasis ’21/Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
...les/HenaKhan_Books_1920x1080_smaller.jpgHena Khan ’95, has published 24 books featuring Muslim kids as the main characters. This year, she's releasing five new books, including "We Are Big Time" and "Behind My Doors" (left). "As a young mother, I started thinking about stories I didn't have as a kid where I was the protagonist," she said. Book covers courtesy of Hena Khan.
...public/arts-4-all-logo.png?itok=CX_T4mobarts 4 all
/sites/umd.edu/files/Do_Good_0_0_0.pngNo alt attribute provided
...s/umd.edu/files/strategic-plan-cover.jpgStrategic Plan cover
/sites/umd.edu/files/MPP/MPP_HD.pngClark Challenge For Maryland PromiseClark Challenge For Maryland Promise
/sites/umd.edu/files/SS24_WebsiteSlide.jpgSummer Session >
...files/TheM_10232020_SC_3084_1200x500.jpgM Circle on the University of Maryland campus
...edu/files/MarylandPromise2020-square.pngMaryland Promise Students
/sites/umd.edu/files/[email protected]Clark Challenge for the Maryland Promise
...hemes/umd/build/images/logo-inverted.svgUniversity of Maryland
Video URLWidthHeight
...youtube.com/embed/sN4ynr6QbtA?rel=0

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
A Preeminent Public Research University
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 32 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 A Preeminent Public Research University
H2 UMD Receives $27.2M Gift to Support Mathematics Research and Outreach
H2 Press Freedom Champion Urges Courage
H2 Crescent Moons, Pink Hijabs and ‘Super Yous’
H2 About
H2 UMD Rankings
H2 Academics
H2 Research and Innovation
H2 Arts
H2 Athletics
H2 Student Life
H2 On Campus
H2 Summer Session
H2 News & Events
H2 News
H2 Events
H2 Admissions
H2 Search
H2 Giving to Maryland
H2 Give to Maryland
H3 DO GOOD
H3 #19
H3 #1
H3 #13
H3 #4
H3 Schools and Colleges
H3 Events Duplicate text
H3 Undergraduate Admissions
H3 Graduate Admissions
H3 Campus Resources
H3 Student Resources
H3 Technical Support
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 (143) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.umd.edu/IMG-ALT University of Maryland
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor Search
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor Inside UMD
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor News & Events
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor Admissions
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor Support UMD
https://www.youtube.com/user/U...External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.facebook.com/Univo...External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/UofMarylandExternal Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/univ...External Subdomain Instagram
https://today.umd.edu/umd-rece...New window External Subdomain UMD Receives $27.2M Gift to Support Mathematics Research and Outreach
https://today.umd.edu/umd-rece...New window External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://today.umd.edu/press-fr...New window External Subdomain Press Freedom Champion Urges Courage
https://today.umd.edu/press-fr...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://today.umd.edu/crescent...New window External Subdomain Crescent Moons, Pink Hijabs and ‘Super Yous’
https://today.umd.edu/crescent...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://arts.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT arts 4 all
https://arts.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain More about Arts for All
https://president.umd.edu/admi...New window External Subdomain Administration
https://alumni.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Alumni Association
https://www.diversity.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Diversity & Inclusion
https://prepare.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Emergency Management
https://strategicplan.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Fearlessly Forward - The UMD Strategic Plan
/faqs-heoaconsumer-informationSubdomain HEOA/Consumer Information (FAQs)
/history-and-missionSubdomain History & Mission
http://shop.umterps.com/New window External Subdomain Maryland Merchandise
http://mpower.maryland.edu/New window External Subdomain MPowering the State
/rankings-and-fast-factsSubdomain Rankings and Fast Facts
https://sustainability.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Sustainability
https://www.umd.edu/virtual-tourSubdomain Virtual Tour
/information-visitors-parents-...Subdomain Visitors, Parents and Families
http://dogood.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Do Good
https://www.umd.edu/node/11Text duplicate Rankings and Fast Facts
http://www.provost.umd.edu/cal...New window External Subdomain Academic Calendar
https://tltc.umd.edu/External Subdomain Teaching & Learning Transformation Center
http://www.scholars.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain College Park Scholars
https://marylandglobal.umd.edu/External Subdomain Maryland Global
http://www.honors.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Honors College
http://www.lib.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Libraries
http://www.admissions.umd.edu/...New window External Subdomain Majors and Minors
https://exst.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Extended Studies
http://www.provost.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Provost
http://www.registrar.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Registrar
https://www.admissions.umd.edu...New window External Subdomain Special Academic Programs
http://www.testudo.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Testudo (Student Portal)
https://admissions.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Undergraduate Admissions
https://gradschool.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Graduate School
http://agnr.umd.edu/External Subdomain Agriculture and Natural Resources
http://www.arch.umd.edu/External Subdomain Architecture, Planning and Preservation
http://www.arhu.umd.edu/External Subdomain Arts and Humanities
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/External Subdomain Behavioral and Social Sciences
http://www.smith.umd.edu/External Subdomain Business (Robert H. Smith)
http://www.cmns.umd.edu/External Subdomain Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
http://www.education.umd.edu/External Subdomain Education
https://eng.umd.edu/External Subdomain Engineering (A. James Clark)
http://www.gradschool.umd.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate School
http://www.journalism.umd.edu/External Subdomain Journalism (Philip Merrill)
http://www.ischool.umd.edu/External Subdomain Information Studies
http://www.sph.umd.edu/External Subdomain Public Health
https://spp.umd.edu/External Subdomain Public Policy
http://www.ugst.umd.edu/External Subdomain Undergraduate Studies
https://www.facebook.com/Univo...New window External Subdomain /UNIVofMARYLAND Facebook account for University of Maryland
https://www.youtube.com/@UofMa...New window External Subdomain @UofMaryland Youtube Channel for University of Maryland
https://twitter.com/UofMarylandNew window External @UofMARYLAND Twitter Profile for University of Maryland
https://www.instagram.com/univ...New window External Subdomain @UNIVofMARYLAND Instagram Profile for University of Maryland
https://linkedin.com/school/un...New window External University of Maryland LinkedIn page for University of Maryland
https://www.threads.net/@univo...New window External Subdomain @UNIVofMARYLAND Threads Profile for University of Maryland
http://innovation.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
/colleges-and-schoolsSubdomain Colleges and Schools
http://www.research.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Division of Research
https://fire.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain FIRE: The First-Year Innovation & Research Experience
https://innovate.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Innovation Gateway
https://innovate.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Innovation Gateway
https://strategicplan.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Strategic Plan cover
https://strategicplan.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Read the Strategic Plan
https://www.arhu.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain College of Arts and Humanities
https://www.music.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain School of Music
http://tdps.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
http://theclarice.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
http://www.lib.umd.edu/mspalNew window External Subdomain Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
http://www.arch.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
http://www.driskellcenter.umd....New window External Subdomain David C. Driskell Center
http://devosinstitute.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain DeVos Institute of Arts Management
https://www.umd.edu/galleriesSubdomain Galleries
http://thestamp.umd.edu/art_le...External Subdomain The Art & Learning Center at Stamp
https://calendar.umd.edu/categ...External Subdomain Events
https://terrapinstrong.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://terrapinstrong.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain More about TerrapinSTRONG
http://www.umterps.com/New window External Subdomain Intercollegiate Athletics
https://www.golf.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain University of Maryland Golf Course
http://recwell.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain University Recreation and Wellness
https://dogood.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://dogood.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Learn more about Do Good
http://thestamp.umd.edu/shops_...New window External Subdomain Book Center
http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Career Center
http://www.counseling.umd.edu/External Subdomain Counseling Center
http://dining.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Dining Services
http://greek.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Fraternity and Sorority Life
http://health.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Health Center
https://stamp.umd.edu/centers/...New window External Subdomain Memorial Chapel
http://och.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Off-Campus Housing
http://reslife.umd.edu/External Subdomain Resident Life
http://thestamp.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Stamp Student Union
http://studentaffairs.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Student Affairs
https://terplink.umd.edu/organ...New window External Subdomain Student Clubs
https://transportation.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Transportation Services
https://recwell.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate University Recreation and Wellness
https://promise.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Clark Challenge For Maryland Promise
https://promise.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Maryland Promise
http://calendar.umd.edu/cal/ma...New window External Subdomain Calendar
https://www.umd.edu/directoriesSubdomain Directories
http://maps.umd.edu/map/New window External Subdomain Map
http://summer.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Summer Session
https://summer.umd.edu/External Subdomain Learn more at summer.umd.edu
http://summer.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://alert.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Campus Alerts
http://calendar.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Campus Calendar
https://www.umdrightnow.umd.ed...External Subdomain Resources for News Media
http://www.terp.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Terp Magazine
http://www.umdrightnow.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain UMD Right Now
https://umd.edu/weatherNew window Inclement Weather FAQs
https://today.umd.edu/External Subdomain Maryland Today
https://www.umdrightnow.umd.ed...External Subdomain Text duplicate UMD Right Now
http://calendar.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Explore events on the Campus Calendar
https://www.admissions.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Admissions
https://admissions.umd.edu/how...External Subdomain Requirements
https://admissions.umd.edu/app...External Subdomain Frequently Asked Questions
https://admissions.umd.edu/pro...External Subdomain 100+ Undergraduate Majors
https://www.gradschool.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain Graduate Admissions
https://gradschool.umd.edu/adm...External Subdomain Admissions Process
http://apps.gradschool.umd.edu...External Subdomain Graduate Programs
http://www.financialaid.umd.edu/External Subdomain Financial Aid
https://financialaid.umd.edu/t...External Subdomain Terrapin Commitment
https://www.admissions.umd.edu...External Subdomain Visit
https://www.umd.edu/contact-usSubdomain Contact Us
/policies-and-procedures/acces...Subdomain Accessibility
http://calendar.umd.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Calendar
http://maps.umd.edu/map/External Subdomain Campus Map
https://www.umd.edu/directoriesSubdomain Text duplicate Directories
https://uhr.umd.edu/External Subdomain Human Resources
/policies-and-proceduresSubdomain Policies and Procedures
https://www.provost.umd.edu/ca...External Subdomain Text duplicate Academic Calendar
http://www.registrar.umd.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Registrar
http://www.testudo.umd.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Testudo (Student Portal)
https://identity.umd.edu/passw...External Subdomain Change Password
http://it.umd.edu/External Subdomain Division of IT
https://umd.service-now.com/itscExternal Subdomain Get IT Support
https://giving.umd.edu/giving/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT M Circle on the University of Maryland campus
https://giving.umd.edu/giving/External Subdomain Give Now
https://promise.umd.edu/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Maryland Promise Students
https://promise.umd.edu/External Subdomain Support the Clark Challenge for the Maryland Promise Scholarship
https://promise.umd.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Clark Challenge for the Maryland Promise
https://www.youtube.com/user/U...External Subdomain University of Maryland on YouTube
https://www.facebook.com/Univo...External Subdomain University of Maryland on Facebook
https://twitter.com/UofMarylandExternal University of Maryland on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/univ...External Subdomain University of Maryland on Instagram
http://www.usmd.edu/External Subdomain The Flagship Institution of the State of Maryland
/information-visitors-parents-...Information for Visitors, Parents and Families
/faqs-heoaconsumer-informationFAQs (HEOA/Consumer Information)
https://www.umd.edu/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
https://ejobs.umd.edu/External Subdomain Careers
https://www.ocrsm.umd.edu/External Subdomain Office of Civil Rights & Sexual Misconduct
http://www.umpd.umd.edu/External Subdomain UMD Police Department
/web-accessibilityWeb Accessibility
A-TITLE Information about web accessibility at UMD
/policies-and-proceduresText duplicate Policies and Procedures
/administration/public-informa...Public Records Request
/privacy-noticePrivacy Notice
https://accessibility.umd.edu/External Subdomain Accessibility at UMD
https://adminvp.umd.edu/ethics...External Subdomain Report Fraud and Waste
http://mpower.maryland.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate MPowering the State

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.umd.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 6 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.23 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (76 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
dateFri, 15 Mar 2024 18:55:52 GMT
serverApache/2.4.6 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
x-powered-byPHP/7.3.33
x-drupal-cacheHIT
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
cache-controlpublic, max-age=900
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
varyCookie,Accept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
etag"1710520530-1"
last-modifiedFri, 15 Mar 2024 16:35:30 GMT
x-cacheMiss from cloudfront
via1.1 7e3b2ebcc561cb84cf59a80a76eb7e28.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
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statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 7,722 referring domains.
This page has 1,434,779 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,217 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /misc/*.css$
Allow: /misc/*.css?
Allow: /misc/*.js$
Allow: /misc/*.js?
Allow: /misc/*.gif
Allow: /misc/*.jpg
Allow: /misc/*.jpeg
Allow: /misc/*.png
Allow: /modules/*.css$
Allow: /modules/*.css?
Allow: /modules/*.js$
Allow: /modules/*.js?
Allow: /modules/*.gif
Allow: /modules/*.jpg
Allow: /modules/*.jpeg
Allow: /modules/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /themes/*.css$
Allow: /themes/*.css?
Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
Allow: /themes/*.gif
Allow: /themes/*.jpg
Allow: /themes/*.jpeg
Allow: /themes/*.png
# Directories
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/
# Files
Disallow: /CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /?q=admin/
Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /?q=node/add/
Disallow: /?q=search/
Disallow: /?q=user/password/
Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
Disallow: /?q=user/logout/

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