Cropsciencecentre.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
100% 
Server
99% 
External factors
74% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.42 s
File size
51.70 kB
Words
571
Media files
20
Number of links
43 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Crop Science Centre | Sustainable food for everyone
The length of the page title is perfect. (471 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Crop Science Centre is a coalition between the University of Cambridge and NIAB, that combines their diverse expertise to create an environment for research excellence, with the capability to apply discoveries to crop improvement in the field.
The meta description is too long: 1519 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.cropsciencecentre.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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 571 words. That's ok.
26.6% 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.
7 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 24.9 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
9 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
...s/university-of-cambridge-logo-white.pngUniversity of Cambridge
.../assets/build/images/niab-logo-white.svgNIAB
...content/uploads/2023/10/csc-building.jpgCSC Building
...csc/assets/build/images/icons/beaker.svgNo alt attribute provided
...ants_web-banner-885-x-432-px-600x293.pngReference: Pellegrin and Damm et al., The SUbventral-Gland Regulator (SUGR-1) of nematode virulence, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415861122 (2025)
...ent/uploads/2023/11/DSC9615a-600x600.jpgVictor
/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Figure2.jpgSuuq Bacaad grain market, Mogadishu, Somalia
...l-legume-Medicago-truncatula-600x390.jpgApplying cell-type-specific CRISPR in the nodules of model legume Medicago truncatula
...ntent/uploads/2025/01/Slide1-450x600.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...t/uploads/2023/11/C0798_004e-600x400.jpgBarley at one of the CSC field trials in Cambridge
...ent/uploads/2023/11/DSC9926a-600x600.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...Min-Yao_profile_photo_edited-600x600.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...oads/2024/09/fungi-field-day-425x600.pngNo alt attribute provided
...Sebastian_Eves-van_den_Akker-450x600.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...2024/09/Sebsnematode-machine-600x450.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ontent/uploads/2024/09/Ahmed-480x600.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...c/assets/build/images/building-green.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../images/university-of-cambridge-logo.pngUniversity of Cambridge
...es/csc/assets/build/images/niab-logo.svgNIAB
...es/department-of-plant-sciences-logo.pngDepartment of Plant Sciences

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Sustainable food for everyone
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Sustainable food for everyone
H2 About us
H2 Latest news
H2 What our team has to say
H3 Receive updates from the Crop Science Centre
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
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
/Subdomain No Text
/about/Subdomain About
/news/Subdomain News
/publications/Subdomain Publications
/research/Subdomain Our Research
/research/crop-nutritional-qua...Subdomain Legume quality and resilience
/research/crop-breeding-techno...Subdomain Crop breeding technologies
/research/crop-resilience/Subdomain Crop resilience
/research/cereal-symbiosis/Subdomain Cereal symbiosis
/research/crop-pathogen-immunity/Subdomain Crop pathogen immunity
/research/sustainable-crop-nut...Subdomain Sustainable crop nutrition
/research/plant-parasitic-inte...Subdomain Plant-parasitic interactions
/research/artificial-intellige...Subdomain Artificial intelligence and data sciences
/research/crop-genetic-resources/Subdomain Crop genetic resources
/research/crop-molecular-physi...Subdomain Crop molecular physiology
/research/environmental-plant-...Subdomain Environmental plant physiology
/research/crop-quantitative-ge...Subdomain Crop quantitative genetics
/research/pathogenomics-and-di...Subdomain Pathogenomics and disease resistance
/research/genetic-and-epigenet...Subdomain Genetic and epigenetic inheritance in plants
/research/trait-genetics/Subdomain Trait genetics
/research/molecular-physiology/Subdomain Molecular physiology
/research/Subdomain Anchor More...
/staff/Subdomain Staff
/careers/Subdomain Careers
/courses/Subdomain Courses
/media/Subdomain Media
/contact/Subdomain Contact
/Anchor A-TITLE Scroll down
/about/Subdomain Learn more about us
/news/disrupting-communication...Subdomain News April 2025 Disrupting ‘communication’ with plants could limit cyst nematode infections
IMG-ALT Reference: Pellegrin and Damm et al., The SUbventral-Gland Regulator (SUGR-1) of nematode virulence, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), ...
A-TITLE Disrupting ‘communication’ with plants could limit cyst nematode infections
/news/dr-victor-souza-coordina...Subdomain News January 2025 Dr Victor Souza Coordinates Editorial on Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and Sustainable Crop Management
IMG-ALT Victor
A-TITLE Dr Victor Souza Coordinates Editorial on Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and Sustainable Crop Management
/news/research-visit-to-somali...Subdomain News January 2025 Ahmed's Research visit to Somalia
IMG-ALT Suuq Bacaad grain market, Mogadishu, Somalia
A-TITLE Ahmed's Research visit to Somalia
/news/applying-conventional-an...Subdomain News January 2025 Applying conventional and cell-type-specific CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in legume plants
IMG-ALT Applying cell-type-specific CRISPR in the nodules of model legume Medicago truncatula
A-TITLE Applying conventional and cell-type-specific CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in legume plants
/news/using-fungus-to-protect-...Subdomain News January 2025 Using fungus to protect key crops in Brazil
A-TITLE Using fungus to protect key crops in Brazil
/news/precision-breeding-legis...Subdomain News October 2024 Precision breeding: legislation, applications, and implications for the UK
IMG-ALT Barley at one of the CSC field trials in Cambridge
A-TITLE Precision breeding: legislation, applications, and implications for the UK
/news/tania-chancellor-awarded...Subdomain News October 2024 Tania Chancellor awarded prestigious fellowship in technology transfer
A-TITLE Tania Chancellor awarded prestigious fellowship in technology transfer
/news/dr-min-yao-jhu-selected-...Subdomain News October 2024 Dr Min-Yao Jhu selected as Assistant Features Editor for The Plant Cell
A-TITLE Dr Min-Yao Jhu selected as Assistant Features Editor for The Plant Cell
/news/csc-staff-supporting-fun...Subdomain News September 2024 CSC staff supporting 'Fungi Field Day' to promote public engagement with fungal science
A-TITLE CSC staff supporting 'Fungi Field Day' to promote public engagement with fungal science
/news/sebastian-eves-van-den-a...Subdomain News September 2024 Sebastian Eves-van den Akker appointed Professor of Biotic Interactions
A-TITLE Sebastian Eves-van den Akker appointed Professor of Biotic Interactions
/news/advancing-global-food-se...Subdomain News September 2024 Advancing global food security by harnessing AI and 3D printing to combat hidden crop killers
A-TITLE Advancing global food security by harnessing AI and 3D printing to combat hidden crop killers
/news/dr-ahmed-warsame-joins-c...Subdomain News September 2024 Dr Ahmed Warsame joins Crop Science Centre as Research Fellow
A-TITLE Dr Ahmed Warsame joins Crop Science Centre as Research Fellow
/Subdomain A-TITLE Home
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/...New window External Subdomain CB3 0LE
A-TITLE Map of CSC location
https://twitter.com/CropSciCentreNew window External A-TITLE CSC on X/Twitter
https://uk.linkedin.com/compan...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE CSC on LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE CSC on YouTube
https://www.cam.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain About the University
https://www.niab.com/New window External Subdomain About NIAB
https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain About the Department of Plant Sciences
/privacy/Subdomain Privacy and Terms
https://www.cam.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT University of Cambridge
https://www.niab.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT NIAB
https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Department of Plant Sciences

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cropsciencecentre.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.42 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (52 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateSat, 03 May 2025 10:51:53 GMT
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External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 23 referring domains.
This page only has 212 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 22 different ip addresses.
This page is referenced by wikipedia.

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Crop Science Centre | Sustainable food for everyone
The Crop Science Centre is a coalition between the University of Cambridge and NIAB, that combines their diverse expertise to create an environment for research excellence, with the capability to apply discoveries to crop improvement in the field.

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