Graduateschool.brown.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
51% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.07 s
File size
103.30 kB
Words
980
Media files
1
Number of links
163 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Graduate School | Brown University
The length of the page title is perfect. (320 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Graduate School at Brown oversees admission and student support for the University’s doctoral and MFA students, ensuring that they receive an outstanding graduate education that reflects the excellence in research and teaching for which Brown is known.
The meta description is too long: 1607 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://graduateschool.brown.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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: The Graduate School at Brown oversees admission and student support fo...
The average number of words per sentence of 27.32 words is high.
This page contains 980 words. That's ok.
25.3% 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.
13 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
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 20 tags for this page.
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
...om/brown/static/images/logo_together.pngBrown Together

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Graduate School
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (15 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Graduate School
H1 Graduate School Duplicate text
H1 Graduate School Duplicate text
H2 Secondary Navigation Navigation
H2 Site Navigation
H2 The Ph.D. Experience at Brown
H2 Innovative Ph.D. Experience
H2 Guaranteed Financial Support
H2 Inclusive Graduate Education
H2 Supportive Admissions Process
H2 Explore Graduate Programs
H2 Quick Navigation
H2 Footer Navigation
H2 Mobile Site Navigation
H2 Mobile Site Navigation Duplicate text
H2 Mobile Secondary Navigation Navigation
H3 Collaborative Research
H3 Teaching and Mentoring
H3 Career Exploration
H3 Community and Leadership
H3 Communicating Research
H3 Travel and Grant Opportunities
H3 Graduate School Duplicate text
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
10 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.

Found links on this page

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https://graduateschool.brown.edu/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://www.brown.edu/External Subdomain Brown University
https://graduateschool.brown.edu/Graduate School
/newsNews & Announcements
/eventsEvents
/admitted-students-orientationAdmitted Students & Orientation
/healthy-brown-faqs-graduate-s...Healthy Brown FAQ
/information-graduate-studentsGraduate Students
/information-faculty-staffFaculty & Staff
https://graduateschool.brown.edu/Anchor Search
https://graduateschool.brown.edu/Anchor Menu
/graduate-schoolHome
/aboutAbout
/about/deans-staffDeans & Staff
/about/deans-messageDean’s Message
/about/mission-factsMission & Facts
/about/diversity-and-inclusion...Diversity and Inclusion
/about/news-communicationsNews & Communications
/about/academic-events-honorsAcademic Events & Honors
/about/initiativesInitiatives in Doctoral Education and Student Support
/about/graduate-student-resourcesGraduate Student Resources
/about/contact-us-visitContact Us & Visit
/phd-experiencePh.D. Experience
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/academics-research/partnershi...Partnerships & Exchanges
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/living-resources/providence-riProvidence & RI
/living-resources/housingHousing
/living-resources/offices-reso...Offices & Resources
/living-resources/campus-facil...Campus Facilities
/living-resources/family-resou...Family Resources
/living-resources/internationa...International Students
/living-resources/crisis-supportCrisis Support
/living-resources/food-and-rel...Food and Related Resources for Graduate Students
/financing-supportFinancing & Support
/financing-support/funding-gua...Funding Guarantee
/financing-support/tuition-feesTuition & Fees
/financing-support/health-dent...Graduate Student Insurance
/financing-support/financial-c...Financial Considerations
/financing-support/phd-fundingPh.D. Funding
/financing-support/internal-fu...Internal Funding & Appointments
/financing-support/student-loansStudent Loans
/financing-support/student-emp...Student Employment
/financing-support/student-pay...Student Payroll Procedures
/financing-support/emergency-f...Emergency Funding Programs
/apply-mfa-or-doctoral-study-b...Apply
/application-information/docto...Application Fee Waivers
/application-information/gre-i...GRE Information
/apply/international-applicantsInternational Applicants
/application-information/accom...Accommodations for Applicants Facing Extenuating Circumstances
/application-information/appli...Application FAQs
https://graduateschool.brown.edu/Anchor Text duplicate Search
/phd-experienceNo Text
/phd-experienceInnovative Ph.D. Experience
/phd-experiencePhD360 Experience
/phd-experience/collaborative-...No Text
/phd-experience/collaborative-...Text duplicate Collaborative Research
/phd-experience/collaborative-...Visit Page
/phd-experience/teaching-mento...No Text
/phd-experience/teaching-mento...Teaching and Mentoring
/phd-experience/teaching-mento...Text duplicate Visit Page
/phd-experience/career-explora...No Text
/phd-experience/career-explora...Text duplicate Career Exploration
/phd-experience/career-explora...Text duplicate Visit Page
/phd-experience/community-lead...No Text
/phd-experience/community-lead...Community and Leadership
/phd-experience/community-lead...Text duplicate Visit Page
/phd-experience/communicating-...No Text
/phd-experience/communicating-...Text duplicate Communicating Research
/phd-experience/communicating-...Text duplicate Visit Page
/phd-experience/travel-grant-o...No Text
/phd-experience/travel-grant-o...Travel and Grant Opportunities
/phd-experience/travel-grant-o...Text duplicate Visit Page
/financing-support/funding-gua...No Text
/financing-support/funding-gua...Guaranteed Financial Support
/financing-support/funding-gua...Financial Support
/about/diversity-and-inclusion...No Text
/about/diversity-and-inclusion...Inclusive Graduate Education
/about/diversity-and-inclusion...Community & Belonging
/apply-mfa-or-doctoral-study-b...No Text
/apply-mfa-or-doctoral-study-b...Supportive Admissions Process
/apply-mfa-or-doctoral-study-b...Application
https://graduateprograms.brown...External Subdomain No Text
https://graduateprograms.brown...External Subdomain Graduate Programs
https://www.google.com/maps/di...New window External Subdomain Providence RI 02912
/about/maps-directionsSubdomain Contact Us
https://www.brown.edu/Faciliti...External Subdomain Anchor Campus Map
/about/deans-staffSubdomain Meet our Deans and Staff
/newsSubdomain Text duplicate News & Announcements
/eventsSubdomain Text duplicate Events
/application-informationSubdomain Admission
/about/diversity-and-inclusionSubdomain Diversity & Inclusion
/academics-research/distinctiv...Subdomain Distinctive Opportunities
https://www.brown.edu/website-...External Subdomain Accessibility
http://alumni-friends.brown.ed...External Subdomain Give To Brown
https://graduateschool.brown.edu/Text duplicate Brown University
/admitted-students-orientationText duplicate Admitted Students & Orientation
/healthy-brown-faqs-graduate-s...Text duplicate Healthy Brown FAQ
/information-graduate-studentsText duplicate Graduate Students
/information-faculty-staffText duplicate Faculty & Staff
https://graduateschool.brown.edu/Anchor Text duplicate Search
https://graduateschool.brown.edu/Anchor Text duplicate Menu
/graduate-schoolText duplicate Home
/aboutText duplicate About
/about/deans-staffText duplicate Deans & Staff
/about/deans-messageText duplicate Dean’s Message
/about/mission-factsText duplicate Mission & Facts
/about/diversity-and-inclusion...Text duplicate Diversity and Inclusion
/about/news-communicationsText duplicate News & Communications
/about/academic-events-honorsText duplicate Academic Events & Honors
/about/initiativesText duplicate Initiatives in Doctoral Education and Student Support
/about/graduate-student-resourcesText duplicate Graduate Student Resources
/about/contact-us-visitText duplicate Contact Us & Visit
/phd-experienceText duplicate Ph.D. Experience
/phd-experience/career-explora...Text duplicate Career Exploration
/phd-experience/collaborative-...Text duplicate Collaborative Research
/phd-experience/communicating-...Text duplicate Communicating Research
/phd-experience/community-lead...Text duplicate Community & Leadership
/phd-experience/teaching-mento...Text duplicate Teaching & Mentoring
/phd-experience/travel-grant-o...Text duplicate Travel & Grant Opportunities
/academicsText duplicate Academics
/academics-research/programs-r...Text duplicate Programs & Requirements
/academics-research/graduate-a...Text duplicate Graduate Advising and Mentoring
/academics-research/rules-regu...Text duplicate Rules & Regulations
/academics-research/course-reg...Text duplicate Course Registration
/academics-research/profession...Text duplicate Professional Development
/academics-research/training-o...Text duplicate Training Opportunities, Events & Tools
/academics-research/partnershi...Text duplicate Partnerships & Exchanges
/living-resourcesText duplicate Living & Resources
/living-resources/providence-riText duplicate Providence & RI
/living-resources/housingText duplicate Housing
/living-resources/offices-reso...Text duplicate Offices & Resources
/living-resources/campus-facil...Text duplicate Campus Facilities
/living-resources/family-resou...Text duplicate Family Resources
/living-resources/internationa...Text duplicate International Students
/living-resources/crisis-supportText duplicate Crisis Support
/living-resources/food-and-rel...Text duplicate Food and Related Resources for Graduate Students
/financing-supportText duplicate Financing & Support
/financing-support/funding-gua...Text duplicate Funding Guarantee
/financing-support/tuition-feesText duplicate Tuition & Fees
/financing-support/health-dent...Text duplicate Graduate Student Insurance
/financing-support/financial-c...Text duplicate Financial Considerations
/financing-support/phd-fundingText duplicate Ph.D. Funding
/financing-support/internal-fu...Text duplicate Internal Funding & Appointments
/financing-support/student-loansText duplicate Student Loans
/financing-support/student-emp...Text duplicate Student Employment
/financing-support/student-pay...Text duplicate Student Payroll Procedures
/financing-support/emergency-f...Text duplicate Emergency Funding Programs
/apply-mfa-or-doctoral-study-b...Text duplicate Apply
/application-information/docto...Text duplicate Application Fee Waivers
/application-information/gre-i...Text duplicate GRE Information
/apply/international-applicantsText duplicate International Applicants
/application-information/accom...Text duplicate Accommodations for Applicants Facing Extenuating Circumstances
/application-information/appli...Text duplicate Application FAQs
/newsText duplicate News & Announcements
/eventsText duplicate Events
https://www.brown.edu/searchExternal Subdomain All of Brown.edu
https://www.brown.edu/search/p...External Subdomain People
https://directory.brown.edu/External Subdomain Advanced Search
https://graduateschool.brown.edu/Anchor Close Search
/graduate-schoolSubdomain Text duplicate Graduate School

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://graduateschool.brown.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 excellent with 0.07 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (103 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 67 referring domains.
This page has 221 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 59 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

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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:
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User-agent: *
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Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
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Allow: /core/*.jpeg
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Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
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Allow: /profiles/*.js?
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Disallow: /user/login
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graduateschool.brown.edu
Graduate School | Brown University
The Graduate School at Brown oversees admission and student support for the University’s doctoral and MFA students, ensuring that they receive an outstanding graduate education that reflects the excellence in research and teaching for which Brown is known.

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graduate students69%Check
Brown University67%Check
Graduate Programs65%Check
outstanding graduate education63%Check
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