Isas.illinois.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
76% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
60% 
Server
31% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.02 s
File size
59.70 kB
Words
429
Media files
8
Number of links
98 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Illinois State Archaeological Survey
The length of the page title is perfect. (387 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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.isas.illinois.edu/
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)
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 XHTML 1.0 Transitional is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=320, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no
langen-us
og:titleHome
og:urlhttps://www.isas.illinois.edu/home
Content-Typetext/html;charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 429 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
18.9% 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.
4 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 10.88 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=320, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 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
...r_260627/Image/Illinois-Block-I-logo.svgUniversity of Illinois logo
...State-Archaeological-Survey-wordmark.svgIllinois State Archaeological Survey wordmarkIllinois State Archaeological Survey
...e/Theme/ISAS-wordmark-orange-rev-800.pngIllinois State Archaeological Survey wordmark
...er_260627/image/icon-facebook-circle.pngFind us on FacebookFacebook
...ver_260627/image/icon-twitter-circle.pngFollow us on TwitterTwitter
...r_260627/image/icon-Instagram-circle.pngInstagramInstagram
...ver_260627/image/icon-YouTube-circle.pngYouTubeYouTube

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 Field Notes
H2 Illinois Insight: Archaeology
H2 Ask an Archaeologist
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 ISAS newsletter
H3 Home of Illinois’ State Scientific Surveys
Baselink: https://www.isas.illinois.edu/cms/One.aspx?portalId=260711&pageId=260719
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 14 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/cms/One.aspx?portalId=260711&...Anchor MENU
https://illinois.edu/New window External IMG-ALT University of Illinois logo
https://prairie.illinois.edu/New window External Subdomain Prairie Research Institute
https://www.isas.illinois.edu/IMG-ALT Illinois State Archaeological Survey wordmark
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Subdomain Make a Gift
/about_isasAbout ISAS
/about_isas/our_historyOur History
/about_isas/careersCareers
/about_isas/contact_usContact Us
/about_isas/directoryDirectory
/about_isas/NewsNew window News
/about_isas/sectionsSections
/about_isas/sections/collabora...Collaborative Research Engagement
/about_isas/sections/curationCuration
/about_isas/sections/historicsHistorics
/about_isas/sections/interdisc...Interdisciplinary Research
/about_isas/sections/special_p...Special Projects
/transportation_archaeologyTransportation Archaeology
/transportation_archaeology/id...New window IDOT Project Notification System
/transportation_archaeology/id...IDOT Projects
/transportation_archaeology/id...American Bottom Field Station-Fairview Heights
/transportation_archaeology/id...Central Illinois Field Office-Champaign
/transportation_archaeology/id...Northern Illinois Field Station-Elgin
/transportation_archaeology/id...Western Illinois Field Station-Macomb/Jacksonville
/transportation_archaeology/id...IDOT Historic Bridges
/transportation_archaeology/id...IDOT-ISAS Resources
/transportation_archaeology/nmrbNew Mississippi River Bridge Project/East St. Louis
/transportation_archaeology/nm...A Tale of Two Cities
/transportation_archaeology/nm...Feature 2000, East St. Louis Mound Center
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Office of the State Archaeologist
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Ask an Archaeologist
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Illinois Archaeological Predictive Model
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Public Engagement
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Public Partnerships
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Documenting Collections
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Donations
/research_2Research
/research_2/cahokiaCahokia
/research_2/climate_change_and...Climate Change and Cultural Heritage of Illinois
/research_2/data-and-collectionsData and Collections
/research_2/earliest_illinoisansEarliest Illinoisans
/research_2/huber_palos_and_th...Huber, Palos, and the colonial ‘Illinois Country’
/research_2/lidarLidar (Light Detection and Ranging)
/research_2/noble-_wietingNoble-Wieting
/research_2/mississippians_aft...Mississippians After Cahokia
/publicationsPublications
/publications/studies_in_archa...Studies in Archaeology
/publications/research_reportsResearch Reports
/publications/studies_in_archa...Studies in Archaeological Material Culture
/publications/fai-270FAI-270
/publications/archiveArchive
/about_isasText duplicate About ISAS
/about_isas/our_historyText duplicate Our History
/about_isas/careersText duplicate Careers
/about_isas/contact_usText duplicate Contact Us
/about_isas/directoryText duplicate Directory
/about_isas/NewsNew window Text duplicate News
/about_isas/sectionsText duplicate Sections
/about_isas/sections/collabora...Text duplicate Collaborative Research Engagement
/about_isas/sections/curationText duplicate Curation
/about_isas/sections/historicsText duplicate Historics
/about_isas/sections/interdisc...Text duplicate Interdisciplinary Research
/about_isas/sections/special_p...Text duplicate Special Projects
/transportation_archaeologyText duplicate Transportation Archaeology
/transportation_archaeology/id...New window Text duplicate IDOT Project Notification System
/transportation_archaeology/id...Text duplicate IDOT Projects
/transportation_archaeology/id...Text duplicate American Bottom Field Station-Fairview Heights
/transportation_archaeology/id...Text duplicate Central Illinois Field Office-Champaign
/transportation_archaeology/id...Text duplicate Northern Illinois Field Station-Elgin
/transportation_archaeology/id...Text duplicate Western Illinois Field Station-Macomb/Jacksonville
/transportation_archaeology/id...Text duplicate IDOT Historic Bridges
/transportation_archaeology/id...Text duplicate IDOT-ISAS Resources
/transportation_archaeology/nmrbText duplicate New Mississippi River Bridge Project/East St. Louis
/transportation_archaeology/nm...Text duplicate A Tale of Two Cities
/transportation_archaeology/nm...Text duplicate Feature 2000, East St. Louis Mound Center
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Text duplicate Office of the State Archaeologist
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Text duplicate Ask an Archaeologist
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Text duplicate Illinois Archaeological Predictive Model
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Text duplicate Public Engagement
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Text duplicate Public Partnerships
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Text duplicate Documenting Collections
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Text duplicate Donations
/research_2Text duplicate Research
/research_2/cahokiaText duplicate Cahokia
/research_2/climate_change_and...Text duplicate Climate Change and Cultural Heritage of Illinois
/research_2/data-and-collectionsText duplicate Data and Collections
/research_2/earliest_illinoisansText duplicate Earliest Illinoisans
/research_2/huber_palos_and_th...Text duplicate Huber, Palos, and the colonial ‘Illinois Country’
/research_2/lidarText duplicate Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging)
/research_2/noble-_wietingText duplicate Noble-Wieting
/research_2/mississippians_aft...Text duplicate Mississippians After Cahokia
/publicationsText duplicate Publications
/publications/studies_in_archa...Text duplicate Studies in Archaeology
/publications/research_reportsText duplicate Research Reports
/publications/studies_in_archa...Text duplicate Studies in Archaeological Material Culture
/publications/fai-270Text duplicate FAI-270
/publications/archiveText duplicate Archive
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Subdomain Text duplicate Ask an Archaeologist
https://groups.webservices.ill...New window External Subdomain Sign up for our newsletter
/office_of_the_illinois_state_...Text duplicate Ask an Archaeologist
https://www.inhs.illinois.edu/New window External Subdomain Illinois Natural History Survey
https://www.isas.illinois.edu/New window Subdomain Illinois State Archaeological Survey
https://www.isgs.illinois.edu/New window External Subdomain Illinois State Geological Survey
https://www.isws.illinois.edu/New window External Subdomain Illinois State Water Survey
https://www.istc.illinois.edu/New window External Subdomain Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
https://www.facebook.com/Illin...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Find us on Facebook
https://twitter.com/ILStateArchNew window External IMG-ALT Follow us on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/ilst...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/i...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
https://www.vpaa.uillinois.edu...New window External Subdomain Privacy statement
http://server.isas.illinois.edu/Nofollow External Subdomain ISAS Intranet
https://staff.prairie.illinois...New window External Subdomain PRI Intranet

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.isas.illinois.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.02 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (60 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlprivate
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
x-hostwww.isas.illinois.edu
x-resource/
x-urlschemehttps
set-cookie82 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
dateThu, 26 Dec 2024 23:22:30 GMT
content-length61112
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 452 referring domains.
This page has 5,932 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 152 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

#Global Level
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Disallow: /Search/
Disallow: /WebApi/
Disallow: /WebServices/
Disallow: /portal/svc/
Disallow: /Common/controls/StaffDirectory/ws/StaffDirectoryWS.asmx/
Disallow: /Common/controls/WorkspaceCalendar/ws/WorkspaceCalendarWS.asmx/
Disallow: /common/controls/General/CalendarPicker/CalendarPickerWS.asmx/

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Illinois72%Check
Illinois State65%Check
Illinois State Archaeological61%Check
Illinois State Archaeological Survey60%Check
Illinois Field56%Check
Survey55%Check
Central Illinois54%Check
Northern Illinois54%Check
Western Illinois54%Check
Archaeological52%Check

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