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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
86% 
Page structure
2% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.07 s
File size
674.40 kB
Words
837
Media files
19
Number of links
201 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
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Home - Harvard Law School | Harvard Law School
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (450 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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
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https://hls.harvard.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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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
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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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This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
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This page contains 837 words. That's ok.
19.1% 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.
3 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 13 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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The file size of the HTML document is very large (674.4 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 17 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
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This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
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No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
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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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Home
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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
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Some headings occur twice on the page.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

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H1 Home
H2 Explore Harvard Law
H2 Elizabeth Prelogar, former solicitor general, says the legal community should work together to uphold the rule of law
H2 The Courts of Last Resort
H2 At Berkman Klein event, Arden urges people to expect more from elected leaders
H2 A great intellect, an even greater person: Celebrating William J. Stuntz
H2 Three Harvard Law faculty members shared stories of how they shifted their views
H2 Follow us on social media
H2 Students revive historic competition honoring renowned contracts professor
H2 Professor David Wilkins on the future of the workplace, legal education, and preparing for a world of uncertainty
H2 "Honoring the life and ongoing impact of William J. Stuntz"
H2 Explore
H2 Resources
H2 Follow
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H4 Resources Duplicate text
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 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 23 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://hls.harvard.edu/Anchor Skip to content
/jdadmissions/Subdomain J.D. Admissions
https://hls.harvard.edu/sfs/Subdomain J.D. Student Financial Services
/graduate-program/Subdomain Graduate Admissions & Aid
https://hls.harvard.edu/why-hls/Subdomain Why HLS
/jdadmissions/apply-to-harvard...Subdomain Apply to the J.D. Program
/category/admissions/Subdomain J.D. Admissions Blog
/graduate-program/graduate-pro...Subdomain Apply to the Graduate Program
/sfs/prospective-and-admitted-...Subdomain The Need-Based Aid Philosophy
/academics/Subdomain Academics Overview
/areas-of-interest/Areas of Interest
/academics/degree-programs/Subdomain Degree Programs
/academics/curriculum/Subdomain Curriculum
/academics/writing-at-hls/Subdomain Writing at HLS
https://hls.harvard.edu/ils/Subdomain International Legal Studies & Opportunities
/academics/winter-term/Subdomain Winter Term
/academics/fellowships-and-pri...Subdomain Fellowships and Prizes
/academics/academic-calendar/Subdomain Academic Calendar
https://hls.harvard.edu/courses/Subdomain Course Catalog
/academics/harvard-law-school-...Subdomain Handbook of Academic Policies
/academics/curriculum/syllabi-...Subdomain Syllabi, Exam and Course Evaluation Archive
https://helios.law.harvard.edu/External Subdomain HELIOS
/registrar/Subdomain Office of the Registrar
/office-of-academic-affairs/Subdomain Office of Academic Affairs
https://hls.harvard.edu/clinics/Subdomain Clinical Programs
/experiential-learning/Subdomain Experiential Learning
https://hls.harvard.edu/pro-bono/Subdomain Pro Bono Program and SPOs
/clinical-policies-and-registr...Subdomain Clinical Registration Center
/clinics/policies-and-faqs/Subdomain Policies and FAQs
/clinical-policies-and-registr...Subdomain Clinical Travel Funding
/support-resources/Subdomain I'm Looking for Legal Support
/clinics/advising/Subdomain Advising
https://clinics.law.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Student Stories
https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/Faculty Directory
/bibliography/Faculty Bibliography
/research-programs-centers/Subdomain Research Programs
/for-faculty/For Faculty
/communications-office/media-r...Subdomain Media Relations
/student-life/Subdomain Student Life
/student-life/office-of-commun...Subdomain Student Organizations
/student-life/office-of-commun...Subdomain Student Journals
/student-life/the-well-health-...Subdomain Health & Wellness (The Well)
/student-life/advising-and-men...Subdomain Academic Advising & Mentorship
/dean-of-students/student-supp...Subdomain Student Support
/student-life/inclusion-and-be...Subdomain Inclusion & Belonging
/student-life/living-in-cambri...Subdomain Living in Cambridge
https://hls.harvard.edu/housing/Subdomain HLS Housing
/rights-and-responsibilities/Subdomain Community Rights and Responsibilities
/home/accessibility-services-r...Subdomain Accessibility Services
/student-life/student-services...Subdomain Student Services Offices
/dean-of-students/ad-up/Subdomain Administrative Updates (AdUp)
https://amicus.law.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Amicus
/career-planning/Subdomain Career Planning at HLS
/career-planning/1l-career-adv...Subdomain 1L Career Advising
/office-of-career-services-ocs/Subdomain Private Sector Career Services
/bernard-koteen-office-of-publ...Subdomain Public Interest Career Services
/career-planning/judicial-cler...Subdomain Clerkships
/law-teaching/Subdomain Law Teaching
/dean-of-students/overview-of-...Subdomain Bar Exam
https://law-harvard-csm.sympli...External Subdomain Private Sector Jobs
/bernard-koteen-office-of-publ...Subdomain Public Sector Jobs
/career-planning/for-employers...Subdomain For Employers: Career Resources
/career-planning/recent-employ...Subdomain Recent Employment Data
/professional-and-lifelong-lea...Subdomain Professional & Lifelong Learning
/executive-education/Subdomain Executive Education
https://www.pon.harvard.edu/ex...External Subdomain Program on Negotiation
/professional-and-lifelong-lea...Subdomain Online Courses and Casebooks
/professional-and-lifelong-lea...Subdomain Pre-law Programs
https://hls.harvard.edu/library/HLS Library
/library/research-services/Subdomain Research Services
/library/use-the-library/Subdomain Use the Library
/library/historical-special-co...Subdomain Historical & Special Collections
/library/about-the-library/Subdomain About the Library
/library/faculty-services/Subdomain Faculty Services
https://hollis.harvard.edu/pri...External Subdomain HOLLIS Catalog
/library/research-services/res...Subdomain Guides & Videos
/library/research-services/leg...Subdomain Legal Databases
/library/about-the-library/lib...Subdomain Library Staff Directory
https://hls.harvard.edu/alumni/HLS Alumni
/alumni/giving-to-hls/Subdomain Giving to HLS
/alumni/harvard-law-school-reu...Subdomain Reunions
/alumni/harvard-law-school-ass...Subdomain Harvard Law School Association
/alumni/alumni-eventsSubdomain Alumni Events
/alumni/networking-and-careers/Subdomain Networking & Careers
/alumni/alumni-news-and-profiles/Subdomain Alumni News & Profiles
/alumni/contact-the-alumni-cen...Subdomain Contact the Alumni Center
/alumni/how-to-make-your-gift/Subdomain How to Make Your Gift
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/class-notes-submission-form/Subdomain Submit a Class Note
/registrar/transcript-requests/Subdomain Transcript Requests
/alumni/alumni-events/hls-unit...Subdomain SCOTUS Bar Admission
https://hls.harvard.edu/today/Harvard Law Today News
/today/bulletin/spring-2025/Subdomain Harvard Law Bulletin: Current Issue
/today/bulletin/Harvard Law Bulletin: Archive
/communications-office/media-r...Subdomain Text duplicate Media Relations
/sign-up-for-the-harvard-law-t...Subdomain Sign Up for the Harvard Law Today Newsletter
/sign-up-for-newslaw/Subdomain Sign Up for News@Law
https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/Events Calendar
https://hls.harvard.edu/about/About HLS
/campus-resources/Subdomain Department Directory & Campus Resources
/staff-dashboard/Subdomain Staff Dashboard
https://community.alumni.harva...External Subdomain Make a Gift
/events/cybersecurity-original...Subdomain Cybersecurity Originalism, or What Ben Franklin and John Jay Would Have Thought about Signal, April 28
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/jdadmissions/Subdomain Text duplicate J.D. Admissions
/graduate-program/Subdomain Graduate Program
https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/Text duplicate Faculty Directory
https://hls.harvard.edu/courses/Text duplicate Course Catalog
/academics/Academics
https://hls.harvard.edu/clinics/Subdomain Clinics at HLS
/career-planning/Student Career Planning
/professional-and-lifelong-lea...Subdomain Professional and Lifelong Learning
https://hls.harvard.edu/today/Text duplicate Harvard Law Today News
https://hls.harvard.edu/library/Library
https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/Text duplicate Events Calendar
/campus-resources/department-d...Subdomain Department Directory
/student-life/For Students
/for-faculty/Text duplicate For Faculty
/staff-dashboard/Subdomain For Staff
https://hls.harvard.edu/alumni/For Alumni
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/today/a-great-intellect-an-ev...Subdomain IMG-ALT Thomas Griffith, Elena Kagan, Stephanos Bibas, Martha Minow, and Andrew Oldham.
/today/a-great-intellect-an-ev...Subdomain A great intellect, an even greater person: Celebrating William J. Stuntz
/today/during-the-annual-why-i...Subdomain IMG-ALT Man and woman speaking at panel.
/today/during-the-annual-why-i...Subdomain Three Harvard Law faculty members shared stories of how they shifted their views
https://www.instagram.com/reel...New window External Subdomain A day in the life at the Education Law Clinic
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/...New window External Subdomain The HLS alum rethinking the marathon starting gun
https://www.facebook.com/share...New window External Subdomain Highlights from Spring Reunion
https://www.threads.net/@harva...New window External Subdomain Celebrating World Book Day
/today/students-revive-histori...Subdomain IMG-ALT A group photo of participants and judges of the Williston Competition.
/today/students-revive-histori...Subdomain Students revive historic competition honoring renowned contracts professor
/today/a-challenging-but-excit...Subdomain IMG-ALT Legal icons on a touchscreen.
/today/a-challenging-but-excit...Subdomain Professor David Wilkins on the future of the workplace, legal education, and preparing for a world of uncertainty
/today/a-citizen-of-heaven-and...Subdomain IMG-ALT Slide with a photo of William Stuntz that reads
/today/a-citizen-of-heaven-and...Subdomain "Honoring the life and ongoing impact of William J. Stuntz"
/areas-of-interest/administrat...Subdomain Administrative and Regulatory Law
/areas-of-interest/american-in...Subdomain American Indian Law
/areas-of-interest/animal-law/Subdomain Animal Law
/areas-of-interest/antitrust/Subdomain Antitrust
/areas-of-interest/arts-entert...Subdomain Arts, Entertainment, and Sports Law
/areas-of-interest/bankruptcy-...Subdomain Bankruptcy and Commercial Law
/areas-of-interest/children-fa...Subdomain Children and Family Law
/areas-of-interest/civil-litig...Subdomain Civil Litigation
/areas-of-interest/civil-rights/Subdomain Civil Rights
/areas-of-interest/conflict-of...Subdomain Conflict of Laws
/areas-of-interest/constitutio...Subdomain Constitutional Law
/areas-of-interest/criminal-la...Subdomain Criminal Law and Procedure
/areas-of-interest/contracts/Subdomain Contracts
/areas-of-interest/comparative...Subdomain Comparative Law
/areas-of-interest/corporate-a...Subdomain Corporate and Transactional Law
/areas-of-interest/courts-juri...Subdomain Courts, Jurisdiction, and Procedure
/areas-of-interest/disability-...Subdomain Disability Law
/areas-of-interest/education-law/Subdomain Education Law
/areas-of-interest/election-la...Subdomain Election Law and Democracy
/areas-of-interest/employment-...Subdomain Employment and Labor Law
/areas-of-interest/environment...Subdomain Environmental Law and Policy
/areas-of-interest/finance-acc...Subdomain Finance, Accounting, and Strategy
/areas-of-interest/financial-a...Subdomain Financial and Monetary Institutions
/areas-of-interest/gender-and-...Subdomain Gender and the Law
/areas-of-interest/health-law/Subdomain Health, Food, and Drug Law
/areas-of-interest/human-rights/Subdomain Human Rights
/areas-of-interest/immigration...Subdomain Immigration Law
/areas-of-interest/intellectua...Subdomain Intellectual Property
/areas-of-interest/internation...Subdomain International Law
/areas-of-interest/jurispruden...Subdomain Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
/areas-of-interest/law-economics/Subdomain Law and Economics
/areas-of-interest/law-and-phi...Subdomain Law and Philosophy
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/areas-of-interest/law-religion/Subdomain Law and Religion
/areas-of-interest/leadership/Subdomain Leadership
/areas-of-interest/legal-history/Subdomain Legal History
/areas-of-interest/legal-profe...Subdomain Legal Profession and Ethics
/areas-of-interest/lgbtq/Subdomain LGBTQ+
/areas-of-interest/national-se...Subdomain National Security Law
/areas-of-interest/negotiation...Subdomain Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
/areas-of-interest/poverty-law...Subdomain Poverty Law and Economic Justice
/areas-of-interest/private-law/Subdomain Private Law
/areas-of-interest/property/Subdomain Property
/areas-of-interest/torts/Subdomain Torts
/areas-of-interest/race-and-th...Subdomain Race and the Law
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/areas-of-interest/tax-law-and...Subdomain Tax Law and Policy
/areas-of-interest/technology-...Subdomain Technology Law and Policy
/areas-of-interest/trusts-esta...Subdomain Trusts, Estates, and Fiduciary Law
/areas-of-interest/Subdomain Trivial anchor text
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/today/brenna-phillips-awarded...Subdomain Brenna Phillips ’24
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/today/building-bridges-and-po...Subdomain Julio Quiroz Colby ’24
IMG-ALT Julio Quiroz Colby.
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/today/david-paul-wins-the-dav...Subdomain David Paul ’24
IMG-ALT David Paul.
https://hls.harvard.edu/Subdomain Harvard Law School home
https://hls.harvard.edu/today/Text duplicate Harvard Law Today News
https://hls.harvard.edu/courses/Text duplicate Course Catalog
https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/Text duplicate Faculty Directory
https://hls.harvard.edu/library/Law Library
https://hls.harvard.edu/alumni/Alumni
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/about/campus-map-and-directions/Subdomain Campus Map and Directions
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/emergency-information/Subdomain Emergency Information
/about/aba-standard-509-requir...Subdomain Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures)
/about/non-discrimination-and-...Subdomain Non-Discrimination and Anti-Bullying Policies
http://harvard.edu/External Harvard University
https://accessibility.harvard....External Subdomain Accessibility
https://accessibility.huit.har...External Subdomain Digital Accessibility
https://trademark.harvard.edu/...External Subdomain Trademark Notice
/privacy-and-copyright/Subdomain Privacy and Copyright
https://www.facebook.com/harva...External Subdomain Facebook
https://x.com/harvard_lawExternal Twitter
http://instagram.com/harvardlaw/External Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/H...External Subdomain Youtube
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain Linkedin
https://www.threads.net/@harva...External Subdomain Threads

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