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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
85% 
Page structure
68% 
Link structure
46% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.18 s
File size
76.50 kB
Words
525
Media files
13
Number of links
75 internal / 56 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Top Private University | Drake University
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (362 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
Drake University is a mid-sized private university in Des Moines, IA, recognized as one of the finest universities for experiential learning.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (837 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.drake.edu/
There is a valid canonical link 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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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no
descriptionDrake University is a mid-sized private university in Des Moines, IA, recognized as one of the finest universities for experiential learning.
keywordsDrake University, universities in midwest, colleges in Iowa, private university, college in Des Moines
msapplication-TileColor#2b5797
msapplication-config/fav/browserconfig.xml
theme-color#ffffff
robotsall
langen
og:image/media/drakeuniversity/2rm/ogimage-default.png
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 525 words. That's ok.
24.2% 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.
5 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 19.4 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no" 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)
3 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
...akeuniversity/2rm/headers/mentorship.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...university/2rm/headers/global-engage.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...rakeuniversity/2rm/headers/community.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...iversity/2rm/headers/JCP_Drake_06899.jpgDrake University student studying in the library
/media/drakeuniversity/2rm/location.jpgDrake University Bulldog Icon
...nstagram/large/onpaintedstreet000312.jpgonpaintedstreet000312
...nstagram/small/onpaintedstreet000477.pngonpaintedstreet000477
...nstagram/small/onpaintedstreet000484.pngonpaintedstreet000484
...nstagram/small/onpaintedstreet000487.pngonpaintedstreet000487
...nstagram/small/onpaintedstreet000485.pngonpaintedstreet000485
...ic.drake.edu/images/drake_logo_white.svgDrake University
/media/drakeuniversity/2rm/ones-full.svgThe Ones
Video URLWidthHeight
...versity/2rm/headers/video-compressed.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Drake
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading is too short (16 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to Drake
H2 98.7%
H2 130+
H2 11:1
H2 100%
H2 Find your program
H2 Your education is top dog.
H2 Feel an immediate connection
H2 Drake News and Upcoming Events
H3 visit campus
H3 Apply Now
H3 Request Info
H3 Cost Estimate
H3 Undergraduate Programs
H3 Graduate Programs
H3 Online Programs
H3 Continuing Education & Professional Development
H4 Personal Mentorship
H4 Global Opportunities
H4 Community Service
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.
There are 6 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (56) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.drake.edu/No Text
https://www.drake.edu/No Text
https://theones.drake.edu/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.drake.edu/visit/Visit
https://www.drake.edu/admission/Apply
https://www.drake.edu/contactRequest Info
https://www.drake.edu/about/About Drake
https://www.drake.edu/academics/Academics
https://www.drake.edu/admission/Admission
https://www.drake.edu/life/Campus Life
https://online.drake.edu/External Subdomain Online
http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/New window External Subdomain Athletics
https://alumni.drake.edu/External Subdomain Alumni
http://news.drake.edu/External Subdomain News & Events
https://alumni.drake.edu/givingExternal Subdomain Giving
https://my.drake.edu/External Subdomain myDrake
A-TITLE myDrake Portal
https://drake.blackboard.com/New window External Subdomain Blackboard
A-TITLE Links to Blackboard
https://www.drake.edu/its/Technology Support
https://library.drake.edu/External Subdomain Cowles Library
https://oncampus.wp.drake.edu/External Subdomain OnCampus News
/continuous-improvement/Strategic Plan
https://www.drake.edu/diversity/Diversity
https://drake.ecampus.com/External Subdomain Shop
https://www.drake.edu/students/Students
https://www.drake.edu/parents/Parents
https://www.drake.edu/facstaff/Faculty & Staff
https://alumni.drake.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
https://www.drake.edu/No Text
https://www.drake.edu/about/Text duplicate About Drake
https://www.drake.edu/academics/Text duplicate Academics
https://www.drake.edu/admission/Text duplicate Admission
https://www.drake.edu/life/Text duplicate Campus Life
https://online.drake.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Online
http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Athletics
https://alumni.drake.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
http://news.drake.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate News & Events
https://alumni.drake.edu/givingExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Giving
https://www.drake.edu/Anchor Skip to Content
https://www.drake.edu/parents/Parent Landing Page
A-TITLE Parent's Landing Page
/contagious-illness-protocols/Contagious Illness Protocols
/parents-families/Parents & Families
A-TITLE Parents and Families
https://www.drake.edu/students/Student Landing Page
A-TITLE Student Landing Page
/international-students/International Students
/academics/academiccalendar/Academic Calendar
http://www.drakesenate.com/New window External Subdomain Student Senate
/access-success/Academic Achievement
/global/studyabroad/Study Abroad
/dc/j-termexperience/J-Term Experience
https://alumni.drake.edu/External Subdomain University Advancement
https://alumni.drake.edu/netwo...External Subdomain Alumni Communities
https://alumni.drake.edu/eventsExternal Subdomain Events & Reunions
https://alumni.drake.edu/givet...External Subdomain Giving to Drake
https://alumni.drake.edu/updateExternal Subdomain Update Contact Info
https://www.drake.edu/facstaff/Faculty & Staff Landing Page
A-TITLE Faculty & Staff Landing Page
https://ems.drake.edu/emswebapp/New window External Subdomain Room Scheduler
A-TITLE EMS Room Scheduler
https://www.drake.edu/directory/Contact Directory
https://drakeedu.sharepoint.co...New window External Subdomain HR for Current Faculty & Staff
A-TITLE HR for Current Faculty & Staff | Only Accessible by current faculty and staff.
https://drakeedu.sharepoint.co...New window External Subdomain Faculty Senate
A-TITLE Drake University Faculty Senate
https://drakeedu.sharepoint.co...External Subdomain All Staff Council
A-TITLE All Staff Council
https://news.drake.edu/media-c...External Subdomain Submit News
https://my.drake.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate myDrake
A-TITLE myDrake Portal
https://drake.blackboard.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Blackboard
A-TITLE Links to Blackboard
https://www.drake.edu/its/Text duplicate Technology Support
http://library.drake.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Cowles Library
http://oncampus.wp.drake.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate OnCampus News
/continuous-improvement/Text duplicate Strategic Plan
https://www.drake.edu/diversity/Text duplicate Diversity
https://drake.ecampus.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Shop
A-TITLE Bulldog Shop
https://www.drake.edu/visit/VISIT
https://www.drake.edu/admission/APPLY
https://www.drake.edu/contactREQUEST INFO
https://vimeo.com/695707453External No Text
/academics/undergraduate/commi...Trivial anchor text
Read More
/academics/undergraduate/global/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/academics/undergraduate/commi...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.drake.edu/visit/Subdomain visit campus
https://www.drake.edu/admission/Subdomain Apply Now
https://www.drake.edu/contactSubdomain Text duplicate Request Info
/admission/first-yearstudents/...Subdomain Cost Estimate
/academics/undergraduate/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/academics/graduate/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://online.drake.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/academics/continuingeducation/Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/life/lifeindesmoines/New window Subdomain explore Des Moines.
https://www.drake.edu/New window Subdomain Anchor Virtual Tour
https://www.drake.edu/life/New window Text duplicate Campus Life
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT onpaintedstreet000312
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT onpaintedstreet000477
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT onpaintedstreet000484
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT onpaintedstreet000487
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT onpaintedstreet000485
https://news.drake.edu/?p=64518New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://news.drake.edu/?p=64671New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://news.drake.edu/?p=64674New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://news.drake.edu/New window External Subdomain All News
https://calendar.drake.edu/New window External Subdomain All Events
https://www.drake.edu/?Subdomain Anchor Text duplicate Virtual Tour
A-TITLE Virtual Reality, Virtual Tour
https://www.drake.edu/IMG-ALT Drake University
/visit/directions/2507 University Ave. Des Moines, IA 50311
/visit/directions/Maps & Directions
https://calendar.drake.edu/External Subdomain University Calendar
https://www.drake.edu/directory/Text duplicate Contact Directory
/publicsafety/Public Safety
https://www.drake.edu/visit/Text duplicate VISIT
https://www.drake.edu/admission/Text duplicate APPLY
https://www.drake.edu/contactText duplicate REQUEST INFO
https://www.drake.edu/artsci/College of Arts & Sciences
https://www.drake.edu/zimpleman/Zimpleman College of Business
https://www.drake.edu/bright/John Dee Bright College
https://www.drake.edu/soe/School of Education
https://www.drake.edu/sjmc/School of Journalism & Mass Communication
https://www.drake.edu/law/Law School
https://www.drake.edu/cphs/College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
http://library.drake.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Cowles Library
https://www.drake.edu/hr/Employment
https://alumni.drake.edu/makea...External Subdomain Text duplicate Giving to Drake
A-TITLE Make a financial contribution to Drake University
https://www.drake.edu/its/Information Technology Services
https://www.drake.edu/info/Consumer Information
https://www.drake.edu/diversity/Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
/nondiscrimination-accessibility/Nondiscrimination & Accessibility
https://www.drake.edu/privacy/Privacy Statement
https://www.drake.edu/privacy/Do Not Sell My Information
/contagious-illness-protocols/Text duplicate Contagious Illness Protocols
https://theones.drake.edu/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT The Ones
https://www.facebook.com/Drake...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.twitter.com/DrakeU...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://instagram.com/drakeuni...New window External No Text
https://www.youtube.com/GoDrak...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@drakeu...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://cms.drake.edu/terminal...External Subdomain Anchor ©

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.drake.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.18 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.
This page loads 11 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (77 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx/1.14.2
dateMon, 06 Jan 2025 06:48:29 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length19565
connectionclose
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
set-cookie137 Characters
access-control-allow-origin*
cache-controlno-cache, no-store, max-age=0
expires0
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
strict-transport-securitymax-age=16070400; includeSubDomains
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 4,433 referring domains.
This page has 38,005 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,287 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cgi-bin
Disallow: /direct-admission
Disallow: /kelsey
Disallow: /jeremy
Sitemap: http://www.drake.edu/sitemap-en.xml

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Top Private University | Drake University
Drake University is a mid-sized private university in Des Moines, IA, recognized as one of the finest universities for experiential learning.

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
Drake93%Check
Drake University79%Check
University60%Check
Private University59%Check
Top Private University56%Check
Top Private54%Check
top50%Check
Welcome50%Check
Moines46%Check
learning46%Check
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