It.umn.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
79% 
Page structure
84% 
Link structure
91% 
Server
98% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.44 s
File size
77.40 kB
Words
537
Media files
2
Number of links
42 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
IT@UMN | The people behind the technology |
The length of the page title is perfect. (415 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://it.umn.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
rightsCopyright 2024 Regents of the University of Minnesota
msvalidate.0172A70CBE09F96E61294DBC2CC788E6B0
google-site-verificationqmY8YGfnozUGoYPew-OG1ZD_MFZbXjGOW2FhqBadqjs
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
This page contains 537 words. That's ok.
28.3% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
10 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 14.38 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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 11 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
...home-page-banner-image.jpg?itok=3_vNEgf0woman on mall using cellphone to search for IT terms
...-new-look-for-duo-news.jpg?itok=Nq4AgZvRComing Soon! A new look for Duo; Do the Duo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Technology Help
The H1 heading is too short (15 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 31 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 Technology Help
H2 Main navigation
H2 We're Here to Help
H2 All Services & Technologies
H2 Quick Links
H2 Frequently Requested
H2 Latest News
H2 New on Campus?
H3 Browse Services & Help
H3 Request & Manage Accounts & Passwords
H3 Use Communication & Conferencing Tools
H3 Use Technology for Courses
H3 Find & Maintain Hardware & Software
H3 Connect to the Internet & Networks
H3 Manage Data & Documents
H3 Produce Video, Media & Graphics
H3 Create, Publish, & Evaluate Websites
H3 Practice Safe Computing
H3 Manage Grants & Research Projects
H3 Access Administrative Systems
H3 Find Health Sciences Technology Services
H3 Reset your UMN Password
H3 Look Up a Ticket
H3 Get Technology Pointers
H3 Duo Security Gets a New Look March 19
H3 Get Started Using Technology
H3 For Students, Faculty, and Staff
H4 New Students
H4 New Instructors
H4 New Researchers
H4 New Staff
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 21 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://it.umn.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://twin-cities.umn.edu/External Subdomain Go to the U of M home page
https://onestop.umn.edu/External Subdomain One Stop
http://www.myu.umn.edu/External Subdomain MyU: For Students, Faculty, and Staff
https://it.umn.edu/Technology Help
/training-eventsTraining & Events
https://it.umn.edu/news-alertsNews & Alerts
/how-get-technology-helpHelp
/services-technologies/informa...Browse Services & Help
/services-technologies/informa...All
/services-technologies/technol...Students
/services-technologies/technol...Instructors
/services-technologies/technol...Researchers
/services-technologies/technol...Staff & Departments
/services-technologies/request...Request & Manage Accounts & Passwords
/services-technologies/use-com...Use Communication & Conferencing Tools
/services-technologies/use-tec...Use Technology for Courses
/services-technologies/find-ma...Find & Maintain Hardware & Software
/services-technologies/connect...Connect to the Internet & Networks
/services-technologies/manage-...Manage Data & Documents
/services-technologies/produce...Produce Video, Media & Graphics
/services-technologies/create-...Create, Publish, & Evaluate Websites
/services-technologies/practic...Practice Safe Computing
/services-technologies/manage-...Manage Grants & Research Projects
/services-technologies/access-...Access Administrative Systems
/services-technologies/find-he...Find Health Sciences Technology Services
https://z.umn.edu/sbar-pass-resetExternal Subdomain reset your UMN password yourself
https://z.umn.edu/sbar-ticket-...External Subdomain How to Find Your Technology Help Ticket(s)
https://z.umn.edu/sbar-teach-s...External Subdomain Teaching Support
https://z.umn.edu/sbar-off-campusExternal Subdomain Working and Learning Off Campus
https://it.umn.edu/node/130616Subdomain Reset your Internet ID Password
https://it.umn.edu/node/130006How to Connect to WiFi (eduroam)
https://onestop.umn.edu/person...External Subdomain Give Parent or Guest Access to your Account
https://it.umn.edu/node/128891Request Google Account Campus Domain Change
/services-technologies/self-he...Subdomain Duo: Set Up and Use Duo Security
A-TITLE Set Up and Use Duo Security
/services-technologies/self-he...Subdomain Zoom: Teach, Meet, and Learn with Zoom
/self-help-guide/new-students-...Subdomain Technology Guide for New Students
/self-help-guide/new-instructo...Subdomain Technology Guide for New Instructors
/news-alerts/news/duo-security...IMG-ALT Coming Soon! A new look for Duo; Do the Duo
/news-alerts/news/duo-security...Duo Security Gets a New Look March 19
https://it.umn.edu/news-alertsSee All News & Alerts
A-TITLE News & Alerts
https://tdx.umn.edu/TDClient/3...External Subdomain See System Status page
/self-help-guide/new-students-...Subdomain New Students
/self-help-guide/new-instructo...Subdomain New Instructors
/self-help-guide/new-researche...Subdomain New Researchers
/self-help-guide/new-staff-sta...Subdomain New Staff
https://it.umn.edu/helpSubdomain Text duplicate Technology Help
/how-get-technology-help?thfsSubdomain Anchor Use Self-Help |
/how-get-technology-help?thftSubdomain Anchor Contact a Technician |
https://z.umn.edu/thfooter-pas...External Subdomain Reset Password |
https://z.umn.edu/thfooter-tic...External Subdomain Look Up a Ticket
https://atlas.umn.edu/it-umn/o...External Subdomain Office of Information Technology Organization
https://atlas.umn.edu/it-umn/i...External Subdomain IT Ecosystem
/experts-communitiesExperts & Communities
/about-us/report-information-s...Report Information Security Issues
https://atlas.umn.edu/it-umn/e...External Subdomain Technology Selection Guidelines
https://atlas.umn.edu/it-umnExternal Subdomain Resources for IT Staff
https://system.umn.edu/External Subdomain System Website
http://onestop.umn.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate One Stop
https://www.myu.umn.edu/External Subdomain MyU
https://system.umn.edu/External Subdomain University of Minnesota
https://privacy.umn.edu/External Subdomain Privacy Statement
https://oit-drupal-prd-web.oit...External Subdomain Report Web Disability-Related Issue

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://it.umn.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 0.44 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 (77 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateWed, 17 Apr 2024 21:25:49 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
cache-controlpublic, max-age=2592000
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresFri, 17 May 2024 21:25:49 GMT
last-modifiedWed, 17 Apr 2024 20:58:47 GMT
varyCookie,Accept-Encoding
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
from-originsame
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
x-drupal-cacheMISS
x-request-idv-48b7696a-fcfd-11ee-b85f-b7c27a81d4a6
x-ah-environmentprod
viavarnish
x-cacheHIT
x-cache-hits18
cf-cache-statusREVALIDATED
servercloudflare
cf-ray875f7d63dfe937eb-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 724 referring domains.
This page has 5,445 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 601 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
# Updated 2024-01-23. Removed a lot of old directives.
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html
# For syntax checking, see:
# http://www.frobee.com/robots-txt-check

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/
Disallow: /group/
#  exclusions
Disallow: /technology/resources/
Disallow: /service-details/resources/
Disallow: /explore/resources/
# exclude URLs with parameters
Disallow: /*?page=
Disallow: /*&page=
# exclude taxonomy-generated pages
Disallow: /taxonomy/
Disallow: /tags/
# exclude pages formerly in front end remove URLs 13july2017
Disallow: /application-unavailable-planned
Disallow: /application-unavailable-special
Disallow: /application-unavailable-unplanned
Disallow: /um-reports-service-unavailable
# Files
Disallow: /CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
# 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: /community/resources-it-staff/enterprise-applications/financial-links/
Disallow: /community/resources-it-staff/enterprise-applications/financial-links
Disallow: /community/resources-it-staff/enterprise-applications/human-resources-links/
Disallow: /community/resources-it-staff/enterprise-applications/human-resources-links
Disallow: /community/resources-it-staff/enterprise-applications/student-links/
Disallow: /community/resources-it-staff/enterprise-applications/student-links
Disallow: /community/resources-it-staff/enterprise-applications/umanalytics-links/
Disallow: /community/resources-it-staff/enterprise-applications/umanalytics-links
Disallow: /community/resources-it-staff/enterprise-applications/other-links/
Disallow: /community/resources-it-staff/enterprise-applications/other-links
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /?q=admin/
Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /?q=node/add/
Disallow: /?q=search/
Disallow: /?q=user/password/
Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
Disallow: /?q=user/logout/
#    #     #    #     #      #

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Technology65%Check
UMN63%Check
Technology Help59%Check
Help54%Check
UMN Password54%Check
Technology Services53%Check
Technology News53%Check
Find technology53%Check
Information Technology51%Check
Technology Guide51%Check
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