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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
52% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
72% 
Server
88% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.66 s
File size
69.00 kB
Words
380
Media files
1
Number of links
30 internal / 73 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Research Guides at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
The length of the page title is perfect. (490 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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The domain name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 380 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
17.1% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 8 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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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
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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.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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The H1 heading is empty
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

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H1 Empty heading
H1 Empty heading
H2 Robert E. Kennedy Library
H2 Empty heading
H2 Databases
H2 Special Topics Guides
H2 Librarians
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 too many external links (73) on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://guides.lib.calpoly.edu/Anchor Skip to content
https://guides.lib.calpoly.edu/Anchor Skip to site navigation
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/faculty/External Subdomain Faculty
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https://guides.lib.calpoly.edu/No Text
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/search...External Subdomain Borrow, renew, request
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/search...External Subdomain Good Reads and new books
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/search...External Subdomain Teacher’s Resource Collection
A-TITLE Teacher’s Resource Collection
https://lib.calpoly.edu/search...External Subdomain Special Collections and Archives
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/search...External Subdomain University Archives
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http://artcollection.calpoly.edu/External Subdomain University Art Collection
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http://lib.calpoly.edu/study-s...External Subdomain Study Spaces and Tech
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/study-...External Subdomain Library maps
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/study-...External Subdomain Library spaces
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/study-...External Subdomain Library computers
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https://techrentals.calpoly.edu/External Subdomain Tech rentals
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/study-...External Subdomain Print, copy, scan
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http://www.calpolyprintcopy.com/External Subdomain Cal Poly Print & Copy
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/study-...External Subdomain Convert a file
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http://lib.calpoly.edu/help-an...External Subdomain Help and Support
A-TITLE Help and Support
https://lib.calpoly.edu/help-a...External Subdomain Research Help Desk
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/DPLSubdomain Data, GIS and Digital Projects
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/teams/...External Subdomain College Librarians and Specialists
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https://writingandlearning.cal...External Subdomain Writing and Learning Center
A-TITLE Writing and Learning Center
http://guides.lib.calpoly.edu/Subdomain Research guides
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/research-101Subdomain Research 101
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/citationhelpSubdomain Citations and Annotated Bibliography
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/copyrightfairuseSubdomain Copyright and Fair Use
A-TITLE Copyright and Fair Use
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/onesearchfaqs/googlescholarSubdomain Google Scholar Search Tips
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/onesearchfaqs/offcampusaccess...Subdomain Off-Campus Access
A-TITLE Off-Campus Access
https://lib.calpoly.edu/help-a...External Subdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE Accessibility
https://lib.calpoly.edu/help-a...External Subdomain FAQ: Top 20
A-TITLE FAQ: Top 20
http://lib.calpoly.edu/events-...External Subdomain Exhibits
A-TITLE Events and Exhibits
https://lib.calpoly.edu/events...External Subdomain Creative Works
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/events...External Subdomain Text duplicate Exhibits
A-TITLE Exhibits
https://lib.calpoly.edu/events...External Subdomain Community exhibits
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/events...External Subdomain Traveling exhibits
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http://lib.calpoly.edu/about-a...External Subdomain About and Contact
A-TITLE About and Contact
https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain Open hours
A-TITLE Open hours
https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain Publications
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https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain Careers
A-TITLE Careers
https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain People and organization
A-TITLE People and organization
https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain Contact
A-TITLE Contact
https://renovation.lib.calpoly...External Subdomain Library renovation project
A-TITLE Library renovation project
https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain Vision and Values
A-TITLE Vision and Values
https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain Student Library Advisory Council
A-TITLE Student Library Advisory Council
https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain Faculty Advisory Committee
A-TITLE Faculty Advisory Committee
https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain Dean’s Advisory Council
A-TITLE Dean’s Advisory Council
https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain History of Kennedy Library
A-TITLE History of Kennedy Library
https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain Policies
A-TITLE Policies
https://lib.calpoly.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Robert E. Kennedy Library
https://guides.lib.calpoly.edu/Subdomain Research Guides
/az.phpGo to Databases
/onesearchfaqsUsing OneSearch and Off Campus Access to Library Resources
/researchhelpdeskResearch Help Desk and Reference Resources
/citationhelpCitation Help and Annotated Bibliographies
/DPLData, GIS, Digital Projects Lab
/datasourcesData Sources & Repositories
/digitalcommonsDigitalCommons@CalPoly
/ebookguideFinding Ebooks
/governmentinformationGovernment Information and Resources
/gradGraduate Thesis Research Guide
/research-101Text duplicate Research 101
/DEIResources for Learning about DEI
/archivesText duplicate Special Collections and Archives
/openAffordable Course Materials
/copyrightfairuseText duplicate Copyright and Fair Use
http://lib.calpoly.edu/teams/c...External Subdomain College Librarians
https://calpoly.libapps.com/li...External Subdomain Login to LibApps
https://lib.calpoly.edu/about-...External Subdomain Report a problem.
http://facebook.com/kennedylib...New window External A-TITLE Facebook
http://instagram.com/kennedyli...New window External A-TITLE Instagram
http://twitter.com/REKLibraryNew window External A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE YouTube
http://vimeo.com/kennedylibraryNew window External A-TITLE Vimeo
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http://soundcloud.com/kennedy-...New window External A-TITLE SoundCloud
https://open.spotify.com/user/...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Spotify
http://lib.calpoly.edu/study-s...External Subdomain Text duplicate Open hours
A-TITLE Open hours
http://lib.calpoly.edu/study-s...External Subdomain Text duplicate Library maps
A-TITLE Library maps
http://lib.calpoly.edu/help-an...External Subdomain Get research help
A-TITLE Get research help
https://lib.calpoly.edu/study-...External Subdomain Reserve a study room
A-TITLE Reserve a study room
https://lib.calpoly.edu/study-...External Subdomain Text duplicate Print, copy, scan
A-TITLE Print, copy, scan
https://lib.calpoly.edu/help-a...External Subdomain Text duplicate FAQ: Top 20
A-TITLE FAQ: Top 20
/DEISubdomain Resources for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A-TITLE University Diversity & Inclusivity
https://accessibility.calpoly....External Subdomain Website Accessibility Statement
A-TITLE Cal Poly Website Accessibility Statement
https://www.calpoly.edu/privacyExternal Subdomain Privacy Notice
A-TITLE Privacy Notice
https://reserves.calstate.edu/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Search Course Reserves
A-TITLE Search Course Reserves
https://renovation.lib.calpoly...External Subdomain Learn more about the upcoming library renovation.
http://lib.calpoly.edu/help-an...External Subdomain Chat with a librarian

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://guides.lib.calpoly.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 of 0.66 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 (69 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
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This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 71 referring domains.
This page has 151 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 65 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
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The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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