Franklin.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
85% 
Page quality
76% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
71% 
Server
83% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.22 s
File size
122.50 kB
Words
1953
Media files
7
Number of links
222 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Online College & Nonprofit Accredited University | Franklin University
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 618 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
Your degree is possible at Franklin. Explore an accredited nonprofit university that's served the education needs of busy working adults since 1902.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (904 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.franklin.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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1953 words. That's ok.
19% 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.
14 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 22.39 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 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 87 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"commission on accreditation for health informatics and information management education"
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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

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...n Tiles/it-diploma_two_ribbons-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
...Tiles/it-diploma_three_ribbons-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
...on Tiles/it-browser_clocktower-white.svgNo alt attribute provided
...r/homepage/about-franklin-clocktower.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ages/Financial Aid/grants_inline_cta.pngfafsa_ebook_image_open_460x302.jpg

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Earn a Degree On Your Terms
H2 Explore More of Franklin University
H2 Build Skills Fast With the Marketplace
H2 Courtney B.
H2 Find Your Program
H2 Back to College Blog
H2 About Franklin University
H2 Free Guide: Where to Find Free Money to go Back to School
H3 You + the Quality of Your Education = Our Top Priorities
H3 Info
H3 Make the Most of Your Time with Convenient Course Options
H3 Find a Degree That Fits Your Life
H3 B.S. Communications ‘19
H3 Dedicated to Helping Ambitious Adults Succeed Since 1902
H3 I AM A:
H3 SHORTCUTS:
H3 Associated Sites
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 2 links with a trivial 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 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.franklin.edu/No Text
/degrees/program-finderSubdomain Find Your Program
/franklin-experience/accredite...Learn More
https://iacbe.org/memberpdf/Fr...New window External status page
/sites/default/files/fr/docume...New window Trivial anchor text
here
/about-us/university-details/a...New window Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
here
https://iacbe.org/External www.iacbe.org
http://caepnet.org/New window External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
here
https://www.cahiim.org/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
here
https://www.nsa.gov/Academics/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
here
https://caecommunity.org/New window External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
here
/degrees/onlineOnline Degrees
/degrees/program-finderFind Programs
/degrees/bachelorsBachelor's Degrees
/degrees/mastersMaster's Degrees
/degrees/doctoralDoctoral Degrees
/degrees/onlineText duplicate Online Degrees
/franklinworks-marketplace/cer...New window Excel Skills Certificate Online
/franklinworks-marketplace/cer...New window Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate Online
/franklinworks-marketplace/cer...New window Intuit Bookkeeping Certificate Online
/franklinworks-marketplace/cer...New window Google IT Support Professional Certificate Online
/franklinworks-marketplace/cer...New window Google Project Management Certificate Online
/franklinworks-marketplaceSee All Offerings
/degrees/program-finderText duplicate Find Programs
/blog/how-go-college-as-an-adultNew window How To Go To College As An Adult: 5 Strategies To Be Successful
/blog/going-back-school-40-it-...New window Going Back To School at 40: Is It Worth It?
/blog/best-careers-for-going-b...New window Best Careers For Going Back To School At 30
/blog/should-i-go-back-to-collegeNew window Should I Go Back To College? Understanding the Benefits of Going Back To School
/blog/can-i-go-back-college-if...New window Can I Go Back To College If I Dropped Out?
https://info.franklin.edu/acto...New window External Subdomain Download Now >
https://www.franklin.edu/degreesDegrees
/microcredentials-certificatesMicrocredentials & Certificates
/admissionsAdmissions
/tuition-financial-aidTuition & Financial Aid
/transferring-creditTransferring Credit
/franklin-experienceThe Franklin Experience
https://www.franklin.edu/about-usAbout Us
/franklinworks-marketplaceFranklinWORKS Marketplace
/about-us/university-details/s...Safety & Security
/about-us/policy-informationPolicy Information
/privacy-settingsYour Privacy Settings
/about-us/policy-information/p...Privacy Policy
/about-us/policy-information/i...Terms of Use
/about-us/careers-at-franklinCareers At Franklin
https://www.franklin.edu/sitemapSitemap
https://www.facebook.com/Frank...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/F...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/FranklinUExternal No Text
https://www.instagram.com/fran...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/edu/s...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.franklin.edu/No Text
https://apply.franklin.edu/External Subdomain Apply Now
/info/defaultRequest Info
https://www.franklin.edu/degreesText duplicate Degrees
/degrees/program-finderProgram Finder
/degrees/bachelorsText duplicate Bachelor's Degrees
/degrees/bachelors/accountingAccounting
/degrees/bachelors-degrees/ana...Analytics
/degrees/bachelors/analytics/a...Applied Data Science
/degrees/bachelors/analytics/b...Business Analytics
/degrees/bachelors/analytics/h...Healthcare Analytics
/degrees/bachelors/applied-man...Applied Management
/degrees/bachelors/business-ad...Business Administration
/degrees/bachelors/business-fo...Business Forensics
/degrees/bachelors/cloud-compu...Cloud Computing
/degrees/bachelors/communicationsCommunications
/degrees/bachelors/computer-sc...Computer Science
/degrees/bachelors/criminal-ju...Criminal Justice Administration
/degrees/bachelors/cybersecurityCybersecurity
/degrees/bachelors/educationEducation
/degrees/bachelors/education/a...Adolescence to Young Adult Education (7-12)
/degrees/bachelors/education/e...Education Studies
/degrees/bachelors/education/i...Intervention Specialist
/degrees/bachelors/education/m...Middle Childhood Education (4-9)
/degrees/bachelors/education/p...Primary Education (PK-5)
/degrees/bachelors/exercise-sc...Exercise Science
/degrees/bachelors/financial-m...Financial Management
/degrees/bachelors/financial-p...Financial Planning
/degrees/bachelors/forensic-ac...Forensic Accounting
/degrees/bachelors/health-educ...Health Education & Promotion
/degrees/bachelors/health-info...Health Information Management
/degrees/bachelors/healthcare-...Healthcare Management
/degrees/bachelors/human-resou...Human Resources Management
/degrees/bachelors/information...Information Systems
/degrees/bachelors/information...Text duplicate Analytics
/degrees/bachelors/information...Business Analysis & Project Management
/degrees/bachelors/information...Business Information Systems
/degrees/bachelors/information...Healthcare Information Systems
/degrees/bachelors/information...Information Technology
/degrees/bachelors/interactive...Interactive Media Design
/degrees/bachelors/management-...Management & Leadership
/degrees/bachelors/marketingMarketing
/degrees/bachelors/nursing-rn-bsnNursing (RN-BSN)
/degrees/bachelors/operations-...Operations & Supply Chain Management
/degrees/bachelors/psychologyPsychology
/degrees/bachelors/public-safe...Public Safety Management & Leadership
/degrees/bachelors/social-scie...Social Sciences
/degrees/bachelors/sport-manag...Sport Management
/degrees/mastersText duplicate Master's Degrees
/degrees/masters/accountingText duplicate Accounting
/degrees/masters/accounting/fi...M.S. in Accounting - Financial Operations Focus
/degrees/masters/accounting/ta...M.S. in Accounting - Taxation Focus
/degrees/masters/accounting/no...M.S. in Accounting (non-Accounting background)
/degrees/masters/business-anal...Text duplicate Business Analytics
/degrees/masters/business-psyc...Business Psychology
/degrees/masters/computer-scienceText duplicate Computer Science
/degrees/masters/computer-scie...M.S. in Computer Science - General
/degrees/masters/computer-scie...M.S. in Computer Science - Cybersecurity Focus
/degrees/masters/computer-scie...M.S. in Computer Science - Data Analytics Focus
/degrees/masters/computer-scie...M.S. in Computer Science - Software Systems Focus
/degrees/masters/computer-scie...M.S. in Computer Science (non-Computer Science background)
/degrees/masters/criminal-just...Text duplicate Criminal Justice Administration
/degrees/masters/cybersecurityText duplicate Cybersecurity
/degrees/masters/data-analyticsData Analytics
/degrees/masters/education-pro...Text duplicate Education
/degrees/masters/education-pro...M.Ed. - Higher Education Leadership
/degrees/masters/education-pro...M.Ed. - K-12 Building Level Leadership
/degrees/masters/education-pro...M.Ed. - Principal Licensure
/degrees/masters/health-inform...Health Informatics
/degrees/masters/healthcare-ad...Healthcare Administration (MHA)
/degrees/masters/human-resourc...Human Resource Management
/degrees/masters/information-s...Text duplicate Information Systems
/degrees/masters/information-t...Text duplicate Information Technology
/degrees/masters/information-t...M.S. in Information Technology - Cybersecurity
/masters/information-technolog...M.S. in Information Technology - Data Analytics
/degrees/masters/information-t...M.S. in Information Technology - Healthcare
/degrees/masters/information-t...M.S. in Information Technology - IT Leadership
/degrees/masters/information-t...M.S. in Information Technology - IT Management
/degrees/masters/information-t...M.S. in Information Technology - Learning Technology
/degrees/masters/instructional...Instructional Design & Learning Technology
/degrees/masters/mba-programsMBA Programs
/degrees/masters/mba-programs/...MBA-General
/degrees/masters/mba-programs/...MBA-Business Analytics
/degrees/masters/mba-programs/...MBA-Business Psychology
/degrees/masters/mba-programs/...MBA-Finance
/degrees/masters/mba-programs/...MBA-Healthcare
/degrees/masters/mba-programs/...MBA-Human Resources
/degrees/masters/mba-programs/...MBA-Information Technology
/degrees/masters/mba-programs/...MBA-Marketing
/degrees/masters/mba-programs/...MBA-Operational Excellence
/degrees/masters/mba-programs/...MBA-Organizational Leadership
/degrees/masters-degrees/mba-p...MBA-STEM
/degrees/masters/msn-programsMSN Programs
/degrees/masters/msn-programs/...Nursing-Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
/degrees/masters/msn-programs/...Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP)
/degrees/masters/msn-programs/...Nursing-Generalist (MSN)
/degrees/masters/msn-programs/...Nursing-Nurse Educator
/degrees/masters/msn-programs/...Nursing-Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
/degrees/masters/msn-programs/...Nurse Administrator (MSN-ADM)
/degrees/masters/msn-programs/...RN to MSN
/degrees/masters/professional-...Professional Sales Leadership
/degrees/masters/public-admini...Public Administration (MPA)
/degrees/doctoralText duplicate Doctoral Degrees
/degrees/doctoral/business-adm...Business Administration (DBA)
/degrees/doctoral/healthcare-a...Healthcare Administration (DHA)
/degrees/doctoral/instructiona...Instructional Design Leadership (DPS)
/degrees/doctoral/educationOrganizational Leadership (Ed.D.)
/degrees/doctoral/education/hi...Organizational Leadership (Ed.D.) - Higher Education Leadership Focus
/degrees/doctoral/education/or...Organizational Leadership (Ed.D.) - Organizational Leadership Focus
/degrees/doctoral/education/pk...Organizational Leadership (Ed.D.) - PK-12 Educational Leadership Focus
/degrees/doctoral/nursing-dnpNursing (DNP)
/degrees/doctoral/nursing-dnp/...DNP - Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Track
/degrees/doctoral/nursing-dnp/...DNP - Family Nurse Practitioner Track
/degrees/doctoral/nursing-dnp/...DNP - Leadership Track
/degrees/doctoral/nursing-dnp/...DNP - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track
/degrees/doctoral/nursing-dnp/...BSN to DNP Option
/degrees/associatesAssociate Degrees
/degrees/associates/accountingText duplicate Accounting
/degrees/associate/business-ad...Text duplicate Business Administration
/degrees/associate/business-ad...A.A.S. Business Administration
/degrees/associate/business-ad...A.S. Business Administration
/degrees/associates/communicat...Text duplicate Communications
/degrees/associates/computer-s...Text duplicate Computer Science
/degrees/associates/criminal-j...Criminal Justice
/degrees/associates/cybersecurityText duplicate Cybersecurity
/degrees/associates/financial-...Text duplicate Financial Management
/degrees/associates/forensic-a...Text duplicate Forensic Accounting
/degrees/associates/health-ser...Health Services
/degrees/associate/it-project-...IT-Project Management
/degrees/associates/informatio...Text duplicate Information Technology
/degrees/associate/public-safetyPublic Safety
/degrees/onlineText duplicate Online Degrees
/degrees/online/learning-at-fr...Online Learning at Franklin
/degrees/online/accounting-pro...Accounting Programs
/degrees/online/business-leade...Business & Leadership Programs
/degrees/online/computer-scien...Computer Science Programs
/degrees/online/criminal-justi...Criminal Justice & Public Safety Programs
/degrees/online/cybersecurity-...Cybersecurity Programs
/degrees/online/data-analytics...Data & Analytics Programs
/degrees/online/education-prog...Education Programs
/degrees/online/finance-programsFinance Programs
/degrees/online/healthcare-pro...Healthcare Programs
/degrees/online/human-resource...Human Resources Programs
/degrees/online/information-te...Information Technology Programs
/degrees/online/marketing-comm...Marketing & Communications Programs
/degrees/online/nursing-programsNursing Programs
/degrees/online/operations-pro...Operations & Project Management Programs
/degrees/online/psychology-pro...Psychology Programs
/degrees/online/public-social-...Public & Social Sciences Programs
/degrees/online/learning-factsOnline Learning Facts
/degrees/locationsDegrees By Location
/degrees/collegesDegrees By College
/degrees/colleges/arts-science...College of Arts, Sciences & Technology
/degrees/colleges/health-publi...College of Health & Public Administration
/degrees/colleges/internationa...International Institute For Innovative Instruction
/degrees/colleges/ross-college...Ross College of Business
/degrees/colleges/school-of-ed...School of Education
/degrees/colleges/school-of-nu...School of Nursing
/degrees/minorsMinors
/degrees/degree-completion-pro...Degree Completion Programs
/degrees/second-bachelors-degreesSecond Bachelor's Degrees
/microcredentials-certificatesText duplicate Microcredentials & Certificates
/admissionsText duplicate Admissions
/tuition-financial-aidText duplicate Tuition & Financial Aid
/transferring-creditText duplicate Transferring Credit
/franklin-experienceText duplicate The Franklin Experience
https://www.franklin.edu/about-usText duplicate About Us
/future-studentFuture Student
/about-us/partnershipsPotential Partner
/current-studentsCurrent Student
https://alumni.franklin.edu/s/...External Subdomain Franklin Alumni
/alumni/ways-giveSubdomain Potential Donor
/myfranklinSubdomain myFranklin
/about-us/locationsLocations
/degrees/onlineText duplicate Online Degrees
https://www.franklin.edu/degreesDegree Programs
/documents-formsDocuments & Forms
https://www.franklin.edu/faqsFAQS
/about-us/faculty-staff/univer...University Directory
/about-us/pressroom/newsNews
https://www.franklin.edu/blog/Subdomain Blog
/franklinworks-marketplaceText duplicate FranklinWORKS Marketplace
https://companywebstore.com/fr...External Franklin University Store & Apparel
https://institute.franklin.edu/External Subdomain International Institute for Innovative Instruction
http://leadership.franklin.edu/External Subdomain Leadership Center
https://gcn.franklin.edu/External Subdomain Global Center for Healthcare Education
/center-public-safety-cybersec...Subdomain Center for Public Safety & Cybersecurity Education
/best-adult-colleges-and-caree...Best Adult Colleges & Careers Guide
/blog/accounting-mvpAccounting MVP Blog
/blog/data-analytics-mvpSubdomain Data & Analytics MVP Blog

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.franklin.edu/"
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 (1.22 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 4 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (123 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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serverApache
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expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
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x-server-rolemaint
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via1.1 varnish (Varnish/6.0)
x-varnish-cacheHIT
accept-rangesbytes
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http_versionHTTP/1.1

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 3,852 referring domains.
This page has 35,622 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,512 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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# 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.
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# 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
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# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
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: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /lms/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/*
Disallow: /user/logout/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password/
Disallow: /index.php/user/register/
Disallow: /index.php/user/login/
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout/
Disallow: /taxonomy/
Disallow: /library/databases/gartner-portal
Disallow: /node/

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