Housing.columbia.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
72% 
Page quality
87% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
79% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.10 s
File size
103.00 kB
Words
768
Media files
10
Number of links
89 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Columbia Housing
The page title is too short. (166 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.housing.columbia.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

NameValue
GeneratorDrupal 8 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 768 words. That's ok.
21.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
12 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 19.53 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 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on 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
...einDay2022_144 resized.png?itok=aeQoQGmXA Housing staff member greeting first-year students at Check-In
...ousing_Portal_Button_0.png?itok=dzg62yWzVisit the Housing Portal
...service_request_button.png?itok=7S9qXQF_Submit A Service Request
...ervice_Portal_Button_0.png?itok=8fRJdEFkRequest maintenance for a laundry machine
...ocialicons/Facebook-01.png?itok=ecyKEaZ4Facebook icon
...cons/Instagram-Icon-01.png?itok=WLJ-Y0RDInstagram icon
...mg/socialicons/youtube.png?itok=vVuEfYnbYou Tube icon
...ic/content/img/Van Am.jpeg?itok=4EcocWb8Students sitting on Van Am quad
...gs/Hartley/HartleyHall.jpg?itok=SKmY5FQeOutside of Hartley Hall
...tom/columbia/assets/img/cu-blue-logo.svgColumbia University Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
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
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Main navigation expanded
H2 Columbia Housing
H2 Follow Us on Social Media
H2 News & Announcements
H2 Room Selection Lottery Numbers and Group Size
H2 New! Download the Laundry App
H2 Room Selection 2024 Appointment Times Posted to the Housing Portal
H2 Important Dates
H2 Our Services
H2 VIDEO LIBRARY
H2 Columbia Student Mail
H2 Cooking Safety with Columbia Housing
H2 Fire Safety with Columbia Housing
H2 Good Neighbor
H2 How to Break Down Boxes
H2 Phone
H2 Contact Us
H2 Follow Us
H3 Room Selection
H3 First-Year Housing Application
H3 Lock Installation: Hogan Hall
H3 edit video
H4 HERE TO SUPPORT THE UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY
H4 No results
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 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 22 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.housing.columbia.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.columbia.edu/External Subdomain Columbia University in the City of New York
https://www.housing.columbia.edu/Columbia Housing
https://cufo.columbia.edu/External Subdomain Facilities and Operations
/content/housing-operationsCurrent Students
/Guide-to-LivingGuide to Living
/explore-residencesExplore Residences
/datesDates
https://conferencehousing.colu...External Subdomain Conference Housing
/content/housing-first-year-st...First-Year Housing
/content/first-year-applicationFirst-Year Application
/first-year-check-inFirst Year Check-In
/content/transfer-and-exchange...New Transfer and Exchange Housing
/content/visiting-student-housingVisiting Student Housing
/content/academic-breaksAcademic Breaks
/check-outSpring Check-Out
/content/summer-housingSummer Housing
/roomselectionHow It Works
/content/room-selection-rising...Room Selection for Rising Sophomores
/content/room-selection-rising...Room Selection for Rising Juniors
/content/room-selection-rising...Room Selection for Rising Seniors
/content/point-values-lottery-...Point Values, Lottery Numbers & Selection Appointments
/selectionSelection
/content/hartley-hospitality-deskHartley Hospitality Desk
/ra-ondutyResident Advisers On Duty
/content/public-safetyColumbia Public Safety
/content/formsForms
/explore-residencesResidence Halls Directory with Map
/carmanCarman Hall
/furnaldFurnald Hall
/johnjayJohn Jay Hall
/wallachWallach Hall
/content/campus-bike-storage-l...Bike Storage Locations
/content/clothing-textile-dona...Clothing & Textile Donation Bins
/content/computer-labs-print-s...Computer Labs & Print Stations
/content/fitness-center-locationsFitness Center Locations
/content/residence-hall-loungesResidence Hall Lounges
/47claremont47 Claremont Avenue
/548-w-113th-street548 W. 113th St.
/600west113600 W. 113th St.
/627W115thSt627 W. 115th St.
/broadwayBroadway Hall
/carltonarmsCarlton Arms
/eastcampusEast Campus
/harmonyHarmony Hall
/hartleyHartley Hall
/hoganHogan Hall
/mcbainMcBain Hall
/riverRiver Hall
/rugglesRuggles Hall
/schapiroSchapiro Hall
/wattWatt Hall
/content/wien-hallWien Hall
/woodbridgeWoodbridge Hall
/fsl-brownstonesFSL Brownstones
/sic-residencesSIC Residences
/content/ratesRate Structure
/content/fire-safety-2Fire Safety
/ra-ondutyText duplicate Resident Advisers On Duty
/content/hartley-hospitality-deskText duplicate Hartley Hospitality Desk
/content/about-columbia-housingAbout Columbia Housing
/directoryStaff Directory
/newsNews & Announcements
/videosVideo Library
/content/sustainabilityOur Sustainability Initiatives
https://sustainable.columbia.edu/External Subdomain Sustainable Columbia Website
/content/other-campus-housingOther Campus Housing
/content/first-year-applicationText duplicate First-Year Application
https://orsview.cuf.columbia.edu/External Subdomain Room Selection Live Viewer
https://residential.columbia.edu/New window External Subdomain Columbia Residential website
/[email protected][email protected]
https://servicerequest.cuf.col...External Subdomain Service Request
https://columbia.starrezhousin...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Visit the Housing Portal
https://servicerequest.cuf.col...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Submit A Service Request
/form/laundry-maintenance-repo...IMG-ALT Request maintenance for a laundry machine
/form/laundry-maintenance-repo...Subdomain Submit this form
https://www.facebook.com/Colum...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook icon
https://www.instagram.com/colu...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram icon
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...External Subdomain IMG-ALT You Tube icon
/news/room-selection-lottery-n...Room Selection Lottery Numbers and Group Size
/sites/default/files/content/N...Subdomain list of lottery numbers and corresponding group size
/news/new-download-laundry-appNew! Download the Laundry App
/news/room-selection-2024-appo...Room Selection 2024 Appointment Times Posted to the Housing Portal
/newsMore News
/events/room-selectionMar27Wed Apr17Wed
/events/room-selectionRoom Selection
/events/first-year-housing-app...Apr1Mon May15Wed
/events/first-year-housing-app...First-Year Housing Application
/events/lock-installation-hoga...Apr12Fri
/events/lock-installation-hoga...Lock Installation: Hogan Hall
/datesMore Events
/explore-residencesUndergraduate Housing
IMG-ALT Students sitting on Van Am quad
https://conferencehousing.colu...External Subdomain Text duplicate Conference Housing
IMG-ALT Outside of Hartley Hall
/videosfull video library
A-TITLE Video Library
/content/columbia-student-mailColumbia Student Mail
/content/cooking-safety-columb...Cooking Safety with Columbia Housing
/content/fire-safety-columbia-...Fire Safety with Columbia Housing
/content/good-neighborGood Neighbor
/content/how-break-down-boxesHow to Break Down Boxes
/{{ item.path }}No Text
/node/{{ item.nid }}/editedit video
/cdn-cgi/l/email-protectionText duplicate [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/Colum...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/colu...External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...External Subdomain Youtube
http://www.columbia.edu/External Subdomain Columbia University
IMG-ALT Columbia University Logo
https://www.columbia.edu/conte...External Subdomain ©2024 Columbia University
https://accessibility.columbia...External Subdomain Accessibility
http://eoaa.columbia.edu/notic...External Subdomain Nondiscrimination
https://careers.columbia.edu/External Subdomain Careers
https://sites.columbia.edu/External Subdomain Built using Columbia Sites

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.housing.columbia.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 (1.10 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 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 5 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (103 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 09 Apr 2024 15:12:03 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
cache-controlmax-age=300, public
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE
link<https://www.housing.columbia.edu/>; rel="canonical", <https://www.housing.columbia.edu/>; rel="shortlink"
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedMon, 08 Apr 2024 18:57:13 GMT
varyCookie
x-generatorDrupal 8 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-drupal-cacheHIT
set-cookie203 Characters
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
servercloudflare
cf-ray871b6ee1abc719ab-FRA
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 107 referring domains.
This page has 262 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 96 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# 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.
#
# 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
#
# 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: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
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: /sites/default/files/private/

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Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Housing74%Check
Columbia Housing72%Check
Columbia70%Check
Safety Columbia Housing62%Check
Student Housing61%Check
First-Year Housing59%Check
Conference Housing58%Check
Follow Us58%Check
Campus Housing56%Check
Columbia University54%Check
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