Colorado.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
56% 
Page structure
35% 
Link structure
85% 
Server
60% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.22 s
File size
126.60 kB
Words
372
Media files
27
Number of links
84 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | University of Colorado Boulder
The length of the page title is perfect. (344 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The University of Colorado Boulder is a bold, innovative community of scholars and learners who accelerate human potential to solve the humanitarian, social and technological challenges of our time. Come to CU Boulder and discover what you can be.
The meta description is too long: 1551 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.colorado.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
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:cardsummary_large_image
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twitter:descriptionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 372 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
22.3% 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.
3 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 21 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 15 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
The amount of tags is very high (21). We recommend using a maximum of 7 tags for this page.
Some tags are too long. With 89 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"third-year landscape architecture students design for eco-healing near marshall mesa site"
The following tag is repeated too often:
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)
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
...cb/images/cu-boulder-logo-text-white.svgUniversity of Colorado Boulder
...ck/vitro_news_lede.jpg.jpg?itok=7d_-7GnH(left to right) Rachel Anderson, Camila Uzcategui, Johnny Hergert, Jennifer Howard and engineering professor Robert McLeod pose for a picture
...lydia_wagenkencht_vert.jpg?itok=zYh18AwDLydia Wagenknecht is photographed in the snow
...k/dainelle_edwards.jpg.jpg?itok=mCSu6xMuDanielle Edwards leans against the railing of an ornate stairwell
...rus_hs_group_photo.jpg.jpg?itok=WBFxOZMQGroup photo of Centaurus High School students
...ng_lot_group_photo.jpg.jpg?itok=7k1nvmsTMembers of the Sounding Rocket Laboratory stand with AISES the morning of the test launch
...cnic_table_group_photo.jpg?itok=Qw97uoa1Students listen to instructions at a picnic table
...block/hearst_katie.jpg.jpg?itok=uE8V2gs0Katie Hnida in her University of New Mexico football uniform
...crosoftteams-image_1_0.png?itok=Yiw1xUWuillustration of colorful doors
...ewalk_symposium_pc0041.jpg?itok=SFu8ec67Students draw on the sidewalk with chalk2022_10_18_urops_sidewalk_symposium_pc0041.jpg
...022_commencement1208ga.jpg?itok=IM7SBl9QStudents celebrate during a graduation ceremony2022_commencement1208ga.jpg
...ck/2022_cunityfest11ga.jpg?itok=mIVDnN8sStudents chat during the CUnity Fest2022_cunityfest11ga.jpg
..._day_of_classes_pc0232.jpg?itok=k9XICcM4A student answers a questionduring the first day of classes2022_first_day_of_classes_pc0232.jpg
...irst_week_of_class64ga.jpg?itok=Du666iIIStudent poses with a prop that says "first day of school"2022first_week_of_class64ga.jpg
..._tcu_football_game17ga.jpg?itok=7XF15L8nA crowd at Folsom Field during a football game cu_tcu_football_game17ga.jpg
..._tcu_football_game37ga.jpg?itok=KbxUX9hOStudents take a selfie in front of an inflatable Ralphiecu_tcu_football_game37ga.jpg
...dge_block_party_pc0062.jpg?itok=kij3HYx0Students sit around a fire pit at the Kittredge Block Party kittredge_block_party_pc0062.jpg
..._watt-cloutier_pc00137.jpg?itok=VMlNDfGKSheila Watt-Cloutier speaks at the Right Here, Right Now climate summitrhrn_keynote_sheila_watt-cloutier_pc00137.jpg
...mu_liu_stepnrepeat52ga.jpg?itok=WoQd_eowThe Cultural Events Board poses with Simu Liu after an eventsimu_liu_stepnrepeat52ga.jpg
..._tcu_football_game21ga.jpg?itok=3KfpJV-fRalphie the buffalo is run across Folsom Fieldcu_tcu_football_game21ga.jpg
...oach_prime_presser23ga.jpg?itok=VzHMem1oCU's Coach Prime at a press conferencecoach_prime_presser23ga.jpg
...humbnail/leslie_flute.jpeg?itok=X2LjEYFDGrace Leslie plays the flute in front oof computer screens while a small group of people look on
...bnail/youth_panel_cc13.jpg?itok=zLbS_T9CRight Here Right Now Global Climate Summit
...ate_solutions_pc00036.jpeg?itok=4V1ddi6DThinking Globally, Engage Locally climate series
...ult/files/block/be-boulder-whitex320.pngBe Boulder.
Video URLWidthHeight
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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 Search
H2 Main menu
H2 Secondary Menu
H2 Search Duplicate text
H2 Mobile menu
H2 Highlighting Students' 2022 Achievements
H2 A Snapshot of 2022 in Photos
H2 Campus Highlights
H2 Campus Events
H2 Discover What's Here
H2 Get Help
H2 Getting Around
H2 Information for
H2 Initiatives
H2 University of Colorado Boulder
H3 Other ways to search:
H3 Other ways to search: Duplicate text
H3 Play Video
H3 Can music heal? This artist and researcher wants to find out
H3 Vetting of human rights commitments next step in global climate summit
H3 6 ways universities can address climate change, boost resilience
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 10 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.colorado.edu/Anchor Skip to Content
http://www.colorado.edu/IMG-ALT University of Colorado Boulder
https://www.colorado.edu/searchSearch
https://calendar.colorado.edu/External Subdomain Events Calendar
https://www.colorado.edu/mapCampus Map
https://www.colorado.edu/Home
https://www.colorado.edu/aboutAbout
/academicsAcademics
/admissionsAdmissions
https://www.colorado.edu/researchResearch
https://www.colorado.edu/visitVisit
https://www.colorado.edu/studentsStudents
/faculty-0Faculty
https://www.colorado.edu/staffStaff
/orientation/familiesFamilies
http://www.colorado.edu/alumniAlumni
https://calendar.colorado.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Events Calendar
https://www.colorado.edu/mapText duplicate Campus Map
https://www.colorado.edu/Text duplicate Home
https://www.colorado.edu/aboutText duplicate About
/academicsText duplicate Academics
/admissionsText duplicate Admissions
https://www.colorado.edu/researchText duplicate Research
https://www.colorado.edu/visitText duplicate Visit
https://www.colorado.edu/studentsText duplicate Students
/faculty-0Text duplicate Faculty
https://www.colorado.edu/staffText duplicate Staff
/orientation/familiesText duplicate Families
http://www.colorado.edu/alumniText duplicate Alumni
https://www.colorado.edu/Anchor Play Video
https://www.colorado.edu/Anchor No Text
/business/news/2022/02/15/mba-...Aligning Business and Tech—and Teeth, Too
/music/2022/05/04/music-studen...No Text
/music/2022/05/04/music-studen...Music Student Finds Inspiration at the Gateway to Antarctica
/law/2022/04/06/law-buff-spotl...Law Buff Spotlight: Danielle Edwards '23​
/education/2022/10/27/fertile-...From Fertile Soil: Co-creating a Youth-led Ethnic Studies Curriculum
/engineering/2022/10/27/flying...Flying Before Walking: The CU Trailblazers
/envd/2022/10/04/third-year-la...Third-Year Landscape Architecture Students Design for Eco-Healing Near Marshall Mesa Site
/cmcinow/two-cmci-journalism-s...Student Journalists Win National Honors
/law/2022/04/06/law-buff-spotl...
/asmagazine/2022/06/22/student...Students Opening Doors
/law/2022/04/06/law-buff-spotl...Text duplicate
/snapshot-2022-photosSee Full 2022 Photo Gallery
/2022/12/08/can-music-heal-art...IMG-ALT Grace Leslie plays the flute in front oof computer screens while a small group of people look on
/2022/12/08/can-music-heal-art...Can music heal? This artist and researcher wants to find out
/2022/12/08/vetting-human-righ...IMG-ALT Right Here Right Now Global Climate Summit
/2022/12/08/vetting-human-righ...Vetting of human rights commitments next step in global climate summit
/2022/12/04/6-ways-universitie...IMG-ALT Thinking Globally, Engage Locally climate series
/2022/12/04/6-ways-universitie...6 ways universities can address climate change, boost resilience
http://www.colorado.edu/todayMore News Stories on CU Boulder Today
/admissionsApply
https://www.colorado.edu/discoverText duplicate Visit
/discover/video-toursExplore
/admissionsApply for Admission
https://www.colorado.edu/visitVisit Campus
/advancementSupport CU Boulder
/get-help/safety-health-quick-...Safety & Health Services
https://www.colorado.edu/covid-19COVID-19 Information
http://www.colorado.edu/todayCampus Communications
http://alerts.colorado.edu/External Subdomain Emergency Alert System
/orientationNew Student & Family Programs
http://www.colorado.edu/map/Text duplicate Campus Map
http://www.colorado.edu/eventsCampus Events
http://www.colorado.edu/pts/Parking & Transportation
http://www.colorado.edu/visitVisit Information
/facultystaffFaculty & Staff
http://www.colorado.edu/parentsText duplicate Families
/today/mediaJournalists
http://www.colorado.edu/industry/Business & Industry Collaborations
http://www.colorado.edu/odece/Diversity & Community Engagement
/free-expressionFree Speech
/entrepreneurshipInnovation & Entrepreneurship
/internationalInternational Students
http://outreach.colorado.edu/External Subdomain Public & Outreach Programs
/sustainabilitySustainability
http://www.facebook.com/cuboulderExternal Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook
http://www.twitter.com/cuboulderExternal Twitter
A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/cuboulderExternal YouTube
A-TITLE YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External LinkedIn
A-TITLE LinkedIn
http://instagram.com/cuboulderExternal Instagram
A-TITLE Instagram
http://pinterest.com/cuboulder/External Pinterest
A-TITLE Pinterest
https://www.colorado.edu/Text duplicate University of Colorado Boulder
/contact-usContact Us
/policies/privacy-statementPrivacy
/about/legal-trademarksLegal & Trademarks
/accessibilityAccessibility
/about/your-right-knowStudent Consumer Information
/land-acknowledgmentLand Acknowledgement
https://www.colorado.edu/policiesPolicies
https://www.colorado.edu/jobsCU Boulder Jobs
/node/5273/attachmentClery Act Annual Security & Fire safety report
/police/cleryrequest a paper copy
https://www.colorado.edu/police/Police Department
https://www.colorado.edu/Anchor Return to the top of the page
A-TITLE Back to Top

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.colorado.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 8 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 15 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.22 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (127 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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last-modifiedSun, 01 Jan 2023 22:39:22 GMT
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x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-drupal-cacheHIT
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
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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 90,514 referring domains.
This page has 15,542,112 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 56,379 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.
Listed on Webwiki
(Nice to have)
This website is listed on Webwiki.

Robots.txt

#
# 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/

# CUSTOM
Disallow: /catalog/catalog10-11/
Disallow: /law/admissions/admitted/
Disallow: /law/admissions/protected/
Disallow: /UCB/Administration/police/blotter
Disallow: /UCB/Administration/police/stats
Disallow: /police/blotter
Disallow: /police/stats
Disallow: /gsearch
Disallow: /?=gsearch
Disallow: /cgi-bin/finger
Disallow: /physics/phet/dev
# INC0331010 - 2017-03-02
Disallow: /physics/phet/dev/*

# FIT-1785 - 06/06/2016
Disallow: /*?quicktabs_*
Disallow: /*&quicktabs_*
Disallow: /*?qt-*
Disallow: /*&qt-*

# EXP-3960 - 06/15/2016
Disallow: /connect/offer*

# feature/1
Disallow: /today/find-a-story*

# EXPRESS
Disallow: /p1*
Disallow: /demos/*

Search preview

www.colorado.edu
Home | University of Colorado Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a bold, innovative community of scholars and learners who accelerate human potential to solve the humanitarian, social and technological challenges of our time. Come to CU Boulder and discover what you can be.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Colorado77%Check
Colorado Boulder71%Check
Boulder65%Check
university63%Check
CU Boulder61%Check
human50%Check
Discover50%Check
community46%Check
climate46%Check
Students45%Check

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