Iastate.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
77% 
Page structure
81% 
Link structure
68% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.97 s
File size
57.70 kB
Words
785
Media files
26
Number of links
68 internal / 45 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Iowa State University
The page title is too short. (192 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.iastate.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)
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
GeneratorDrupal 9 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
langen
og:imagehttps://cdn.theme.iastate.edu/img/isu-wall.jpg
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
og:image:width720
og:image:height1080
og:image:altIowa State University
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 785 words. That's ok.
25.1% 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.
7 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 20.17 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
This page loads 6 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 16 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
...state-university-logo-no-tagline-red.svgIowa State University
...ate-university-logo-with-tagline-red.svgIowa State University of Science and Technology
...images/2022-08/HP_HeroVertical082222.jpgView from behind of three students walking through the Campanile's arched passageway
/files/images/2022-08/HP-HeroVert082222.jpgView from behind of three students walking through the Campanile's arched passageway
/files/images/2022-06/HP_LCactivities.jpgThree students take a selfie with their decorated cookies
/files/images/2022-06/HP_EngHive.jpgA group of students work on laptops in an Engineering space
/files/images/2022-06/HP_JuliaCampbell.jpgHeadshot of Julia Campbell
.../images/2022-06/20220214_HPAcademics.jpgSilhouette of two students studying in the Student Innovation Center
...images/2022-06/HP_GradPrograms062822.jpgJavier Vela and another researcher examine a liquid in a lab setting
/files/images/2022-06/VetMed_HPvetmed.jpgTwo vet students perform a check up on a black and white cat
/files/images/2022-09/AbigailFowler.jpgAbigail Fowler pipettes a solution with neural stem cells onto the edge of a gelatin scaffold.
/files/images/2022-09/AbigailFowler.jpgAbigail Fowler pipettes a solution with neural stem cells onto the edge of a gelatin scaffold.
/files/images/2022-07/MichahWalker2.jpegThree students look at design ideas for a track and field shoe
/files/images/2022-07/MichahWalker2.jpegThree students look at design ideas for a track and field shoe
/files/images/2022-06/HP_ZebraFishStudy.jpgRaquel Espin Palazon and co-investigators Karin Dorman and Clyde Campbell in the zebrafish room in the basement of the Advanced Teaching and Research Building
/files/images/2022-06/HP_ZebraFishStudy.jpgRaquel Espin Palazon and co-investigators Karin Dorman and Clyde Campbell in the zebrafish room in the basement of the Advanced Teaching and Research Building
...ion-jack-trice-stadium.jpg?itok=ZTAfd2r5Jack Trice Stadium filled to capacity
/files/images/2022-06/HP_SMhammock.jpgTwo students in hammocks, including one with a puppy
/files/images/2022-06/HP_SMflowersMU.jpgFlowers bloom outside the Memorial Union
/files/images/2022-09/HP_SMvirtual.jpgA student using virtual reality goggles and controllers.
...2022-05/HP_Start-Your-Future_Photo_1.jpgStart your future 1
/files/images/2022-06/HPFuture_tulips22.jpgA bed of blooming red tulips with yellow tulips in the shape of a heart at the center.
...rt-Your-Future_Photo_3.jpg?itok=0VyX7iWxOverhead shot of students and central campus
...mages/2022-06/HP_CampusRainbowMobile.jpgView of the fountain and campanile with a double rainbow backdrop
...-06/HP_CampusRainbow22.jpg?itok=uB78IaRhView of the fountain and campanile with a double rainbow backdrop
...niversity-logo-with-tagline-sci-tech.svgIowa State University of Science and Technology

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
This is Your Future in the Making
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 28 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 This is Your Future in the Making
H2 The Iowa State University Community
H2 Learning Communities: A recipe for success
H2 Iowa State equips students with the knowledge and tools to enjoy their adventure, find their passions and join other Cyclones in creating, sharing and applying knowledge to make Iowa and the world ...
H2 Turn your passion into a profession
H2 Innovating solutions for today and tomorrow
H2 Undergrad researchers test new ways to repair severed nerves
H2 Undergrad researchers test new ways to repair severed nerves Duplicate text
H2 Student entrepreneurs collaborate to design specialized shoe
H2 Student entrepreneurs collaborate to design specialized shoe Duplicate text
H2 Scientists explore regenerative treatments for blood diseases
H2 Scientists explore regenerative treatments for blood diseases Duplicate text
H2 What we’re up to now
H2 University Holidays
H2 University Holiday
H2 Spring semester begins
H2 Pumpkin harvest leads to learning, ideas and possibilities for the future
H2 Students gain research experience studying rare pollinators
H2 Biology students dive in to a unique research opportunity
H2 Cyclones on social
H2 Start Your Future at Iowa State
H2 Take the Next Step
H2 Quick Links
H3 Loyal. Forever. True.
H3 89%
H3 Explore programs by college
H3 Resources for future students
H3 Questions? Meet your Admissions counselor
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 (45) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.iastate.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.iastate.edu/IMG-ALT Iowa State University
https://apps.admissions.iastat...External Subdomain My Admissions Account
https://apps.admissions.iastat...External Subdomain Request Info
/admission-and-aid/applyApply
https://securelb.imodules.com/...External Subdomain Give
https://students.info.iastate....External Subdomain Current Students
https://facultystaff.info.iast...External Subdomain Faculty and Staff
https://login.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Sign Ons
https://www.iastate.edu/Anchor Search
https://www.iastate.edu/Anchor Toggle Menu
https://www.iastate.edu/academicsAcademics
/academics/majors-minors-certi...Majors, Minors and Certificates
/academics/pre-professional-pr...Pre-Professional Programs
/academics/graduate-collegeGraduate College
/academics/veterinary-medicineVeterinary Medicine
/admission-and-aidAdmission and Aid
/admission-and-aid/admissionsAdmissions
/admission-and-aid/tuition-and...Tuition and Fees
/admission-and-aid/affording-c...Affording College
/admission-and-aid/new-student...New Student Programs
/admission-and-aid/applyText duplicate Apply
https://apps.admissions.iastat...External Subdomain Request Information
/admission-and-aid/visitVisit
/admission-and-aid/meet-your-a...Meet Your Admissions Counselor
/admission-and-aid/chat-with-s...Chat with Students and Staff
/admission-and-aid/for-admitte...For Admitted Students
/admission-and-aid/be-a-studen...Be a Student Leader
/learn-by-doingLearn by Doing
/learn-by-doing/career-prepara...Career Preparation
/learn-by-doing/honors-programHonors Program
/learn-by-doing/industry-partnersIndustry Partners
/learn-by-doing/innovation-and...Innovation and Entrepreneurship
/learn-by-doing/researchResearch
/learn-by-doing/study-abroadStudy Abroad
/life-at-iowa-stateLife at Iowa State
/life-at-iowa-state/learning-c...Learning Communities
/life-at-iowa-state/campus-and...Campus and Ames
/life-at-iowa-state/housing-an...Housing and Dining
/life-at-iowa-state/health-and...Health and Safety
/life-at-iowa-state/athletics-...Athletics and Recreation
/life-at-iowa-state/activities...Activities and Involvement
/life-at-iowa-state/academic-s...Academic Support
/life-at-iowa-state/history-an...History and Traditions
/diversity-and-inclusionDiversity and Inclusion
/diversity-and-inclusion/princ...Principles of Community
/diversity-and-inclusion/progr...Programs and Initiatives
/diversity-and-inclusion/stude...Student Resources
https://apps.admissions.iastat...External Subdomain Text duplicate My Admissions Account
https://apps.admissions.iastat...External Subdomain Text duplicate Request Info
/admission-and-aid/applyText duplicate Apply
https://securelb.imodules.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give
https://students.info.iastate....External Subdomain Text duplicate Current Students
https://facultystaff.info.iast...External Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty and Staff
https://login.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Sign Ons
/life-at-iowa-stateSee the Iowa State Experience
/life-at-iowa-state/learning-c...About Learning Communities
/academics/majors-minors-certi...Agriculture and Life Sciences
/academics/majors-minors-certi...Business
/academics/majors-minors-certi...Design
/academics/majors-minors-certi...Engineering
/academics/majors-minors-certi...Human Sciences
/academics/majors-minors-certi...Liberal Arts and Sciences
/academics/majors-minors-certi...Find your major
/academics/graduate-collegeGraduate programs
/academics/veterinary-medicineText duplicate Veterinary Medicine
https://www.news.iastate.edu/n...External Subdomain Read the full story
https://www.isupjcenter.org/20...External Text duplicate Read the full story
https://www.news.iastate.edu/n...External Subdomain Text duplicate Read the full story
/life-at-iowa-stateExplore Life at Iowa State
https://www.event.iastate.edu/...External Subdomain University Holidays
https://www.event.iastate.edu/...External Subdomain University Holiday
https://www.event.iastate.edu/...External Subdomain Spring semester begins
https://www.event.iastate.edu/External Subdomain View full event calendar
https://youtu.be/_IKlC3QEJPsExternal Pumpkin harvest leads to learning, ideas and possibilities for the future
https://www.news.iastate.edu/n...External Subdomain Students gain research experience studying rare pollinators
https://news.las.iastate.edu/2...External Biology students dive in to a unique research opportunity
https://www.news.iastate.edu/External Subdomain View all news
https://instagram.com/iowastat...New window External Instagram
https://youtube.com/isuadmissionsNew window External YouTube
https://facebook.com/iowastate...New window External Facebook
https://twitter.com/beacycloneNew window External Twitter
/admission-and-aid/applyHow to apply
/admission-and-aid/tuition-and...Tuition and fees
/admission-and-aid/affording-c...Scholarships
/life-at-iowa-state/housing-an...Housing and dining
/admission-and-aid/new-student...New student programs
https://apps.admissions.iastat...External Subdomain My Admissions account
/admission-and-aid/meet-your-a...Meet your Admissions counselor
https://apps.admissions.iastat...External Subdomain Request information
/admission-and-aid/applyText duplicate Apply
/admission-and-aid/visitText duplicate Visit
https://www.instagram.com/iowa...External Text duplicate Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/i...External Youtube
https://www.facebook.com/IowaS...External Text duplicate Facebook
https://twitter.com/IowaStateUExternal Text duplicate Twitter
https://apps.admissions.iastat...External Subdomain Text duplicate Request Info
/admission-and-aid/applyText duplicate Apply
/admission-and-aid/visitText duplicate Visit
https://www.iastate.edu/contactContact
https://securelb.imodules.com/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Give
https://www.news.iastate.edu/External Subdomain News
https://cyclones.com/External Athletics
https://www.iastate.edu/indexA-Z Index
https://www.info.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Directory
https://www.jobs.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Employment
https://www.event.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Events
https://www.extension.iastate....External Subdomain Extension and Outreach
https://www.lib.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Library
/disclaimers-and-termsPrivacy Policy
https://www.policy.iastate.edu...External Subdomain Non-discrimination Policy
https://www.digitalaccess.iast...External Subdomain Digital Access and Accessibility
/consumer-informationConsumer Information

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.iastate.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.97 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.
This page loads 9 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 6 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (58 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSun, 01 Jan 2023 09:17:57 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length11750
connectionkeep-alive
serverApache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
permissions-policyinterest-cohort=()
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
x-generatorDrupal 9 (https://www.drupal.org)
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
x-drupal-cacheHIT
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

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 62,732 referring domains.
This page has 14,825,566 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 40,552 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.
Listed on Webwiki
(Nice to have)
This website is listed on Webwiki.

Links from Wikipedia

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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
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# 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: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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Iowa State University

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KeywordResultRecheck
State70%Check
Iowa State64%Check
State University64%Check
Iowa State University62%Check
Future58%Check
Iowa State University Community57%Check
State Athletics53%Check
State History53%Check
Students44%Check
Research44%Check
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