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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
74% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
82% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.78 s
File size
129.20 kB
Words
955
Media files
9
Number of links
89 internal / 17 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Institute of Politics at Harvard University | The Institute of Politics at Harvard University
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 816 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Harvard Kennedy School was established in 1966 as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (843 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://iop.harvard.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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 27.4 words is high.
This page contains 955 words. That's ok.
26.3% 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.
11 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 19 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
(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

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Inspiring public service, civic engagement, and leadership for more than 50 years
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Inspiring public service, civic engagement, and leadership for more than 50 years
H2 Main navigation
H2 Secondary Navigation
H2 This Fall in the JFK Jr. Forum
H2 More Events
H2 Programs for Undergraduates
H2 Internships & Career Services
H2 Meet Our Student Leadership
H2 Recent News & Announcements
H2 Footer
H2 Footer secondary
H2 Social Media Links
H2 Sub-Footer Menu
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
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 6 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 17 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/programs/citizenship-tutoringCitizenship Tutoring
/programs/community-action-com...Community Action Committee
/programs/conferencesConferences
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/programs/governance-lab-govlabGovernance Lab (GovLab)
/programs/harvard-political-re...Harvard Political Review
/programs/harvard-political-un...Harvard Political Union
/programs/harvard-public-opini...Harvard Public Opinion Project
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/programs/policy-programPolicy Program
/programs/politics-race-and-et...Politics of Race and Ethnicity
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/programs/womens-initiative-le...Women's Initiative in Leadership
/programs/iop-coalitionsIOP Coalitions
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/youth-poll/past-pollsPast Polls
/internshipsInternships & Careers
/internships/directors-interns...Director's Internship Program
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/internships/term-time-stipendsTerm-Time Stipends
/internships/senior-start-stipendSenior Start-Up Stipend
/internships/summer-stipend-pr...Summer Stipend Program
/internships/summer-serviceSummer of Service
/internships/priscilla-chan-su...Priscilla Chan Summer Service Stipend Program
/internships/tax-information-a...Tax Information for all IOP internships
https://iop.harvard.edu/fellowsFellows
https://iop.harvard.edu/fellowsFall 2024 Fellows
/events?keywords&start_date&en...Study Groups
/fellows/office-hoursOffice Hours
/fellows/apply-be-fellowApply to be a Fellow
/fellows/alumni-fellowsAlumni Fellows
https://iop.harvard.edu/searchSearch
https://iop.harvard.edu/aboutAbout
https://iop.harvard.edu/donateDonate
/press-releasesPress Releases
https://iop.harvard.edu/newsNews
https://twitter.com/HarvardIOPNew window External Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/Harva...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://instagram.com/harvardiop/New window External Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/harvar...New window External Subdomain Youtube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.tiktok.com/@harvar...New window External Subdomain TikTok
https://iop.harvard.edu/aboutLearn More
/jfk-jr-forumView all forums
/events/conversation-rt-hon-kp...A Conversation with Rt. Hon. KP Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal
/events/vice-presidential-deba...Vice Presidential Debate: Discussion and Watch Party
/events/race-and-identity-pres...Race and Identity in the Presidential Election
https://iop.harvard.edu/eventsView all events
/events/study-group-alejandra-...Study Group with Alejandra Castillo: It All Starts At Home! Building Our Economy & Strengthening Our Democracy One Community at a Time
/events/study-group-betsy-ankn...Study Group with Betsy Ankney: The American Experiment Under Fire: What Happens in a Close Election
/events/study-group-john-anzal...Study Group with John Anzalone: Dissecting the 2024 Presidential Election and Major Congressional Races
/programs/campaign-and-advocac...Text duplicate Campaign and Advocacy Program
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/programs/community-action-com...Community Action
/programs/fellows-and-study-gr...Fellows & Study Groups
/programs/civicsCivics
/programs/harvard-political-re...Text duplicate Harvard Political Review
/programs/harvard-political-un...Text duplicate Harvard Political Union
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/programs/policy-programPolicy Groups
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/internships/directors-interns...Trivial anchor text
Read More
/internships/summer-stipend-pr...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/internships/2023-senior-start...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/about/student-leadershipSubdomain View all student leaders
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/about/student-leadership/etha.../about/student-leadership/ethan-kelly
/about/student-leadership/saba.../about/student-leadership/saba-mehrzad
/about/student-leadership/hana.../about/student-leadership/hana-olooney
https://iop.harvard.edu/newsView all news
/news/harvards-institute-polit...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/news/duvernay-exploring-racis...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/news/remember-eric-garner-geo...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
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https://iop.turbovote.org/?r=vote
https://iop.harvard.edu/aboutAbout the IOP
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https://iop.harvard.edu/programsText duplicate Programs
https://iop.harvard.edu/fellowsText duplicate Fellows
https://iop.harvard.edu/contactContact the IOP
https://twitter.com/HarvardIOPNew window External Text duplicate Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/Harva...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://instagram.com/harvardiop/New window External Text duplicate Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/harvar...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Youtube
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate LinkedIn
https://www.tiktok.com/@harvar...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate TikTok
/privacy-statementPrivacy Statement
https://trademark.harvard.edu/...External Subdomain Trademark Notice
https://accessibility.huit.har...External Subdomain Web Accessibility
https://hks.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Harvard Kennedy School
https://www.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Harvard University

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://iop.harvard.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 0.78 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 (129 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 5,407 referring domains.
This page has 22,011 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 3,475 different ip addresses.

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The Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Harvard Kennedy School was established in 1966 as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.

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