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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
73% 
Page structure
16% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
77% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.45 s
File size
702.30 kB
Words
1159
Media files
17
Number of links
89 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - The Council on Undergraduate Research
The length of the page title is perfect. (440 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)
https://www.cur.org/
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
(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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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
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tec-api-versionv1
tec-api-originhttps://www.cur.org
msapplication-TileImagehttps://www.cur.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/logo-small.png
article:publisherhttps://www.facebook.com/CURinAction/
article:modified_time2024-09-23T15:43:51+00:00
urlhttps://www.cur.org
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langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@CURinAction
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome - The Council on Undergraduate Research
og:urlhttps://www.cur.org/
og:site_nameThe Council on Undergraduate Research
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1159 words. That's ok.
32.2% 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.
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 23.13 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
The file size of the HTML document is very large (702.3 kB).
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 23 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
...uploads/2023/06/cropped-logo-desktop.pngThe Council on Undergraduate Research
...themes/mg-starter/images/logo-mobile.pnglogo-mobile
...4/09/NCUR-Submission-Banner-2000x800.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ntent/uploads/2024/06/COEUR-2-Banner.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ds/2024/09/Sept-Featured-UR-1431x800.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...82-1-scaled-e1694183748164-1024x1024.jpgKegley230627CUR0782 1
...o-Award-Headshot-Naomi-Lee-1024x1024.jpgRonco Award Headshot - Naomi Lee
...0406-scaled-e1694183846118-1024x1024.jpgKegley220628CUR0406
/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Inperson.jpegInperson
...2023/08/Kegley230627CUR1381-1024x683.jpgKegley230627CUR1381
...content/uploads/2024/04/150x150-2025.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../2023/09/Franklin-College-of-Indiana.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../uploads/2023/10/Winthrop-University.pngNo alt attribute provided
...3/10/Kwantlen-Polytechnic-University.pngNo alt attribute provided
...am-Houston-State-University-1024x294.pngNo alt attribute provided
...sity-of-Illinois-at-Chicago-1024x284.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ploads/2024/07/Customer-Service-2024.jpgneed assistance image

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
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.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H1 Home Duplicate text
H2 National Conference on Undergraduate Research
H2 Updated ‘Characteristics of Excellence in Undergraduate Research’ Released
H2 Is the Pen Mighter than the Laptop?
H2 Some of Our Institutional Members
H2 Need Assistance?
H4 Connect With Us
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.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 22 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.cur.org/Anchor Skip to the content
https://www.cur.org/Subdomain IMG-ALT The Council on Undergraduate Research
https://www.cur.org/IMG-ALT logo-mobile
A-TITLE Go to The Council on Undergraduate Research
/membership-community/membersh...Subdomain Join
https://myaccount.cur.org/my-p...New window External Subdomain Profile
/?pagename=impexiumloginLog In
/?pagename=impexiumssologoutSubdomain Log Out
https://community.cur.org/comm...New window External Subdomain My Communities
https://myaccount.cur.org/acco...New window External Subdomain Recent Events
https://myaccount.cur.org/acco...New window External Subdomain Recent Purchases
http://cur.informz.net/cur/pag...New window External Subdomain Email Preferences
https://myaccount.cur.org/acco...New window External Subdomain Forgot Password
/about/what-is-undergraduate-r...Subdomain What is Undergraduate Research?
/about/mission-and-history/Subdomain Mission and History
/about/strategic-plan/Subdomain Strategic Plan
/about/leadership/Subdomain Leadership
/about/year-in-review/Subdomain Year In Review
/about/advocacy/Subdomain Advocacy
/about/code-of-conduct/Subdomain Code of Conduct
/membership-community/membership/Subdomain Membership
/membership-community/divisions/Subdomain Divisions
https://community.cur.org/netw...New window External Subdomain Member Directory
https://community.cur.org/homeNew window External Subdomain CUR Community
/membership-community/honors-a...Subdomain Honors & Awards
/membership-community/volunteers/Subdomain Volunteers
https://www.cur.org/events/list/Calendar of Events
/events-services/undergraduate...Subdomain Undergraduate Research Week
/events-services/connectur/Subdomain ConnectUR
/events-services/dialogues/Subdomain Grant Dialogues
/events-services/ncur/Subdomain NCUR
/events-services/str-program/Subdomain STR Program
/events-services/event-policie...Subdomain Event Policies & Procedures
/events-services/customized-se...Subdomain Customized Services
/resources-publications/spur/Subdomain SPUR Journal
/resources-publications/positi...Subdomain Position Statements
https://myaccount.cur.org/book...New window External Subdomain Publications
/category/undergraduate-research/Undergraduate Research Stories
/resources-publications/coeur-...Subdomain Characteristics of Excellence in Undergraduate Research 2.0
/resources-publications/integr...Subdomain Integrating and Scaffolding Research into Undergraduate Curricula
https://community.cur.org/comm...New window External Subdomain Job Board
/resources-publications/studen...Subdomain Student Resources
/resources-publications/mentor...Subdomain Mentor Resources
/insights/advocacy/Subdomain Text duplicate Advocacy
/insights/creating-a-ur-program/Subdomain Creating a UR Program
https://www.cur.org/insights/dei/Subdomain DEI
/insights/mentoring/Subdomain Mentoring
/insights/student-career-readi...Subdomain Student Career Readiness
/insights/sustaining-program-d...Subdomain Sustaining Program Development
/about/what-is-undergraduate-r...Subdomain Text duplicate What is Undergraduate Research?
/about/mission-and-history/Subdomain Text duplicate Mission and History
/about/strategic-plan/Subdomain Text duplicate Strategic Plan
/about/leadership/Subdomain Text duplicate Leadership
/about/year-in-review/Subdomain Text duplicate Year In Review
/about/advocacy/Subdomain Text duplicate Advocacy
/about/code-of-conduct/Subdomain Text duplicate Code of Conduct
/membership-community/membership/Subdomain Text duplicate Membership
/membership-community/divisions/Subdomain Text duplicate Divisions
https://community.cur.org/netw...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Member Directory
https://community.cur.org/homeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate CUR Community
/membership-community/honors-a...Subdomain Text duplicate Honors & Awards
/membership-community/volunteers/Subdomain Text duplicate Volunteers
https://www.cur.org/events/list/Text duplicate Calendar of Events
/events-services/undergraduate...Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Research Week
/events-services/connectur/Subdomain Text duplicate ConnectUR
/events-services/dialogues/Subdomain Text duplicate Grant Dialogues
/events-services/ncur/Subdomain Text duplicate NCUR
/events-services/str-program/Subdomain Text duplicate STR Program
/events-services/event-policie...Subdomain Text duplicate Event Policies & Procedures
/events-services/customized-se...Subdomain Text duplicate Customized Services
/resources-publications/spur/Subdomain Text duplicate SPUR Journal
/resources-publications/positi...Subdomain Text duplicate Position Statements
https://myaccount.cur.org/book...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Publications
/category/undergraduate-research/Text duplicate Undergraduate Research Stories
/resources-publications/coeur-...Subdomain Text duplicate Characteristics of Excellence in Undergraduate Research 2.0
/resources-publications/integr...Subdomain Text duplicate Integrating and Scaffolding Research into Undergraduate Curricula
https://community.cur.org/comm...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Job Board
/resources-publications/studen...Subdomain Text duplicate Student Resources
/resources-publications/mentor...Subdomain Text duplicate Mentor Resources
/insights/advocacy/Subdomain Text duplicate Advocacy
/insights/creating-a-ur-program/Subdomain Text duplicate Creating a UR Program
https://www.cur.org/insights/dei/Subdomain Text duplicate DEI
/insights/mentoring/Subdomain Text duplicate Mentoring
/insights/student-career-readi...Subdomain Text duplicate Student Career Readiness
/insights/sustaining-program-d...Subdomain Text duplicate Sustaining Program Development
https://www.cur.org/join-nowSubdomain Need Help?
/events-services/ncur/Subdomain National Conference on Undergraduate Research
A-TITLE Submit an Abstract
/resources-publications/coeur-...Subdomain Updated ‘Characteristics of Excellence in Undergraduate Research’ Released
A-TITLE Download COEUR 2.0 Here
/utah-state-undergraduates-pub...Subdomain Is the Pen Mighter than the Laptop?
A-TITLE Read Full Story Here
/membership-community/become-a...Subdomain Join Today
A-TITLE Join Today
/membership-community/honors-a...Subdomain Watch our 2024 CUR Award’s Celebration and Explore our Open Applications
A-TITLE Watch our 2024 CUR Award’s Celebration and Explore our Open Applications
/resources-publications/positi...Subdomain Download Your Free Copy
A-TITLE Download Your Free Copy
/about/advocacy/Subdomain Check Out CUR’s Many Advocacy Efforts
A-TITLE Check Out CUR's Many Advocacy Efforts
/about/mission-and-history/Subdomain Find out more about CUR’s Values + History
A-TITLE Find out more about CUR's Values + History
https://cur.informz.net/cur/pa...External Subdomain Subscribe Now!
/www.cur.org/ncurNational Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2025
A-TITLE National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2025
/event/spur-virtual-office-hou...Subdomain SPUR Virtual Office Hours with Patricia A. Mabrouk, SPUR Editor-in-Chief
A-TITLE SPUR Virtual Office Hours with Patricia A. Mabrouk, SPUR Editor-in-Chief
/event/how-can-i-get-more-invo...Subdomain How Can I Get More Involved with CUR? Taking that Next Step to be an Elected Leader
A-TITLE How Can I Get More Involved with CUR? Taking that Next Step to be an Elected Leader
/event/community-hour/Subdomain Community Hour: An Online Gathering for CUR Members hosted by the CUR DEI Committee
A-TITLE Community Hour: An Online Gathering for CUR Members hosted by the CUR DEI Committee
https://www.cur.org/events/list/Go to the Event Calendar
A-TITLE Go to the Event Calendar
https://myaccount.cur.org/inst...External Subdomain View Our Directory
A-TITLE View Our Directory
https://community.cur.org/homeExternal Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/CURinActionExternal No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/CURin...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain No Text
/privacy-noticeSubdomain Privacy Notice
/sponsor-advertise/Subdomain Sponsor + Advertise
https://www.cur.org/news/Subdomain News Room
/cur-addresses/Subdomain CUR Addresses
https://www.cur.org/Subdomain The Council on Undergraduate Research.
https://www.matrixgroup.net/External Subdomain Matrix Group International, Inc.

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cur.org/"
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 is slow (1.45 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (702 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateSun, 29 Sep 2024 12:25:58 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
last-modifiedSun, 29 Sep 2024 04:18:32 GMT
content-encodinggzip
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 1,283 referring domains.
This page has 18,696 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,055 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

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Undergraduate Research61%Check
Research59%Check
undergraduate research students53%Check
Council52%Check
CUR50%Check
CUR Members44%Check
CUR Nominations42%Check
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Events39%Check
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