Howardgardner.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
70% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.24 s
File size
202.60 kB
Words
1018
Media files
22
Number of links
175 internal / 23 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Howard Gardner
The page title is too short. (150 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.howardgardner.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
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
(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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
descriptionEmpty
langen-us
twitter:titleHoward Gardner
twitter:urlhttps://www.howardgardner.com
twitter:cardsummary
og:site_nameHoward Gardner
og:titleHoward Gardner
og:urlhttps://www.howardgardner.com
og:typewebsite
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
Accept-CHSec-CH-UA-Platform-Version, Sec-CH-UA-Model
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1018 words. That's ok.
29.8% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
7 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 24.75 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
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)
1 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
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...af1f-4ea0-ba32-3b106e652d6c/Shepherd.jpgNo alt attribute provided

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.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Ongoing Projects
H3 Welcome to the Website of Howard Gardner.
H3 Featured Posts from Howard’s Project on Synthesizing
H3 Featured Posts from Howard’s Personal Blog
H3 Higher Education
H3 Preschool Education
H3 The Good Project
H4 For information about Howard Gardner’s new Essentials collections on Mind and Education, please click here.
H4 For information about Howard Gardner and Wendy Fischman’s study on higher education and recent book, The Real World of College (MIT), please click here.
H4 Empty heading
H4 Empty heading
H4 To see a list of Howard Gardner’s top 5 recommended books on educating for the future, please click here.
H4 Contact
H4 Elsewhere
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.
1 links don't have an 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

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/cartNo Text
https://www.howardgardner.com/Anchor Skip to Content
https://www.howardgardner.com/Howard Gardner
https://www.howardgardner.com/Home
/about-howardAbout Howard
/aboutAbout
/pagecvCV
/booksBooks
/selected-research-papersSelected Research Papers
/linksAffiliated Websites
https://www.howardgardner.com/faqFAQ
/new-pageAppearance Inquiries
/media-1Media
/a-synthesizing-mindA Synthesizing Mind
/book-summaryBook Summary
/reviewsReviews
/mediaMedia and Publicity
/purchasePurchase
/media-inquiriesMedia Inquiries
https://www.multipleintelligen...New window External Subdomain MI Theory
/events-1Events
/eventsUpcoming Events
/past-eventsPast Presentations
/howards-blogsHoward's Blogs
/howards-blogGeneral
/synthesizingSynthesizing
https://www.multipleintelligen...New window External Subdomain MI Oasis
https://www.therealworldofcoll...New window External Subdomain The Real World of College
https://www.thegoodproject.org...New window External Subdomain The Good Project
/contact-1Contact
/contactText duplicate Contact
/a-special-note-to-studentsA Special Note to Students
https://www.howardgardner.com/Text duplicate Howard Gardner
https://www.howardgardner.com/Text duplicate Home
/about-howardText duplicate About Howard
/aboutText duplicate About
/pagecvText duplicate CV
/booksText duplicate Books
/selected-research-papersText duplicate Selected Research Papers
/linksText duplicate Affiliated Websites
https://www.howardgardner.com/faqText duplicate FAQ
/new-pageText duplicate Appearance Inquiries
/media-1Text duplicate Media
/a-synthesizing-mindText duplicate A Synthesizing Mind
/book-summaryText duplicate Book Summary
/reviewsText duplicate Reviews
/mediaText duplicate Media and Publicity
/purchaseText duplicate Purchase
/media-inquiriesText duplicate Media Inquiries
https://www.multipleintelligen...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MI Theory
/events-1Text duplicate Events
/eventsText duplicate Upcoming Events
/past-eventsText duplicate Past Presentations
/howards-blogsText duplicate Howard's Blogs
/howards-blogText duplicate General
/synthesizingText duplicate Synthesizing
https://www.multipleintelligen...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MI Oasis
https://www.therealworldofcoll...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate The Real World of College
https://www.thegoodproject.org...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate The Good Project
/contact-1Text duplicate Contact
/contactText duplicate Contact
/a-special-note-to-studentsText duplicate A Special Note to Students
https://www.howardgardner.com/Text duplicate Home
/about-howardFolder: About Howard
https://www.howardgardner.com/Back
/aboutText duplicate About
/pagecvText duplicate CV
/booksText duplicate Books
/selected-research-papersText duplicate Selected Research Papers
/linksText duplicate Affiliated Websites
https://www.howardgardner.com/faqText duplicate FAQ
/new-pageText duplicate Appearance Inquiries
/media-1Text duplicate Media
/a-synthesizing-mindFolder: A Synthesizing Mind
https://www.howardgardner.com/Text duplicate Back
/book-summaryText duplicate Book Summary
/reviewsText duplicate Reviews
/mediaText duplicate Media and Publicity
/purchaseText duplicate Purchase
/media-inquiriesText duplicate Media Inquiries
https://www.multipleintelligen...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MI Theory
/events-1Folder: Events
https://www.howardgardner.com/Text duplicate Back
/eventsText duplicate Upcoming Events
/past-eventsText duplicate Past Presentations
/howards-blogsFolder: Howard's Blogs
https://www.howardgardner.com/Text duplicate Back
/howards-blogText duplicate General
/synthesizingText duplicate Synthesizing
https://www.multipleintelligen...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate MI Oasis
https://www.therealworldofcoll...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate The Real World of College
https://www.thegoodproject.org...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate The Good Project
/contact-1Folder: Contact
https://www.howardgardner.com/Text duplicate Back
/contactText duplicate Contact
/a-special-note-to-studentsText duplicate A Special Note to Students
/booksNew window Subdomain please click here
https://www.therealworldofcoll...New window External Subdomain please click here.
https://shepherd.com/best-book...New window External Text duplicate please click here
/synthesizing/67k4z4297h84dnnr...IMG-ALT What’s in a Textbook?
/synthesizing/67k4z4297h84dnnr...Text duplicate What’s in a Textbook?
/synthesizing/67k4z4297h84dnnr...Read More →
/synthesizing/africanbspand-by...IMG-ALT Africa and Byzantium: Reflections on a Proposed New Synthesis (part 3/3)
/synthesizing/africanbspand-by...Africa and Byzantium: Reflections on a Proposed New Synthesis (part 3/3)
/synthesizing/africanbspand-by...Text duplicate Read More →
/synthesizing/africanbspand-by...IMG-ALT Africa and Byzantium: Reflections on a Proposed New Synthesis (part 2/3)
/synthesizing/africanbspand-by...Africa and Byzantium: Reflections on a Proposed New Synthesis (part 2/3)
/synthesizing/africanbspand-by...Text duplicate Read More →
/synthesizing/africanbsp-and-b...IMG-ALT Africa and Byzantium: Reflections on a Proposed New Synthesis (part 1/3)
/synthesizing/africanbsp-and-b...Text duplicate Africa and Byzantium: Reflections on a Proposed New Synthesis (part 1/3)
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/synthesizing/masterful-synthe...IMG-ALT Masterful Synthesis or Unnecessary Hyperbole? Comments on A Docudrama about Italian Master-Poet Dante Alighieri
/synthesizing/masterful-synthe...Text duplicate Masterful Synthesis or Unnecessary Hyperbole? Comments on A Docudrama about Italian Master-Poet Dante Alighieri
/synthesizing/masterful-synthe...Text duplicate Read More →
/synthesizing/f6b2sb9xv5vgwx7a...IMG-ALT Synthesizing: Insights from an Unexpected Source 
/synthesizing/f6b2sb9xv5vgwx7a...Synthesizing: Insights from an Unexpected Source
/synthesizing/f6b2sb9xv5vgwx7a...Text duplicate Read More →
/synthesizing/bloom-boyer-chim...IMG-ALT Bloom, Boyer, Chimney (An Americanized version of three familiar initials)
/synthesizing/bloom-boyer-chim...Text duplicate Bloom, Boyer, Chimney (An Americanized version of three familiar initials)
/synthesizing/bloom-boyer-chim...Text duplicate Read More →
/synthesizing/the-associations...IMG-ALT The Associations in One Human Mind: ChatGPT, Two German Novelists, and Synthesizing
/synthesizing/the-associations...Text duplicate The Associations in One Human Mind: ChatGPT, Two German Novelists, and Synthesizing
/synthesizing/the-associations...Text duplicate Read More →
/synthesizing/mixed-martial-ar...IMG-ALT Mixed Martial Arts as Interdisciplinary Street Fighting?
/synthesizing/mixed-martial-ar...Text duplicate Mixed Martial Arts as Interdisciplinary Street Fighting?
/synthesizing/mixed-martial-ar...Text duplicate Read More →
/synthesizing/a-synthesizing-m...IMG-ALT A Synthesizing Mechanism?
/synthesizing/a-synthesizing-m...Text duplicate A Synthesizing Mechanism?
/synthesizing/a-synthesizing-m...Text duplicate Read More →
/howards-blog/r7nisqx85rmmuciw...IMG-ALT Why Do I Blog? A Blog about Blogging
/howards-blog?author=600780edd...Text duplicate Howard Gardner
/howards-blog/r7nisqx85rmmuciw...Text duplicate Why Do I Blog? A Blog about Blogging
/howards-blog?author=600780edd...Text duplicate Howard Gardner
/howards-blog/r7nisqx85rmmuciw...Text duplicate Read More →
/howards-blog?author=600780edd...Text duplicate Howard Gardner
/howards-blog/on-influencing-l...IMG-ALT On Influencing Leaders: Parents, Peers, Paragons
/howards-blog?author=600780edd...Text duplicate Howard Gardner
/howards-blog/on-influencing-l...Text duplicate On Influencing Leaders: Parents, Peers, Paragons
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/howards-blog/on-influencing-l...Text duplicate Read More →
/howards-blog?author=600780edd...Text duplicate Howard Gardner
/howards-blog/thinking-about-t...IMG-ALT Thinking about “Thinking About Thinking” in the 21st Century: A Memory and an Aspiration
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/howards-blog/thinking-about-t...Text duplicate Thinking about “Thinking About Thinking” in the 21st Century: A Memory and an Aspiration
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/howards-blog?author=600780edd...Text duplicate Howard Gardner
/howards-blog/h7b9v2o6p2pyapgi...IMG-ALT Who Owns Your Words?
/howards-blog?author=65ca50c18...Shinri Furuzawa and Annie Stachura
/howards-blog/h7b9v2o6p2pyapgi...Text duplicate Who Owns Your Words?
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/howards-blog?author=65ca50c18...Text duplicate Shinri Furuzawa and Annie Stachura
/howards-blog/revisiting-susan...IMG-ALT Revisiting Susanne Langer’s “Philosophy in a New Key”—Again
/howards-blog?author=65a17773a...Anna Stachura
/howards-blog/revisiting-susan...Text duplicate Revisiting Susanne Langer’s “Philosophy in a New Key”—Again
/howards-blog?author=65a17773a...Text duplicate Anna Stachura
/howards-blog/revisiting-susan...Text duplicate Read More →
/howards-blog?author=65a17773a...Text duplicate Anna Stachura
/howards-blog/a-hrefhttpsthego...IMG-ALT CHAT GPT: FIRST MUSINGS</a>
/howards-blog?author=600780edd...Text duplicate Howard Gardner
/howards-blog/a-hrefhttpsthego...CHAT GPT: FIRST MUSINGS
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/howards-blog/in-defense-of-di...IMG-ALT In Defense of Disinterestedness
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/howards-blog/in-defense-of-di...Text duplicate In Defense of Disinterestedness
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/howards-blog/are-all-intellig...IMG-ALT Are all Intelligences Equal? An Issue Raised by Cormac McCarthy’s Recent Novels
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/howards-blog/are-all-intellig...Text duplicate Are all Intelligences Equal? An Issue Raised by Cormac McCarthy’s Recent Novels
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/howards-blog/a-good-ending-an...IMG-ALT A Good Ending and Three Options
/howards-blog?author=63121bf0a...Shinri Furuzawa and Howard Gardner
/howards-blog/a-good-ending-an...Text duplicate A Good Ending and Three Options
/howards-blog?author=63121bf0a...Text duplicate Shinri Furuzawa and Howard Gardner
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/howards-blog?author=63121bf0a...Text duplicate Shinri Furuzawa and Howard Gardner
/howards-blog/where-does-the-b...IMG-ALT Where Does the Buck Stop?
/howards-blog?author=63121bf0a...Text duplicate Shinri Furuzawa and Howard Gardner
/howards-blog/where-does-the-b...Text duplicate Where Does the Buck Stop?
/howards-blog?author=63121bf0a...Text duplicate Shinri Furuzawa and Howard Gardner
/howards-blog/where-does-the-b...Text duplicate Read More →
/howards-blog?author=63121bf0a...Text duplicate Shinri Furuzawa and Howard Gardner
https://www.therealworldofcoll...External Subdomain The Real World of College.
https://www.therealworldofcoll...New window External Subdomain Learn more here
https://pz.harvard.edu/project...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more here
https://www.thegoodproject.org/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more here
https://www.thegoodproject.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate The Good Project
https://www.multipleintelligen...External Subdomain Text duplicate MI Oasis
https://twitter.com/DrHowardGa...New window External Twitter
https://accessibility.huit.har...New window External Subdomain Digital Accessibility Policy
https://accessibility.huit.har...External Subdomain Click here for link)

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.howardgardner.com/"
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 0.24 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (203 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 471 referring domains.
This page has 1,329 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 428 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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