Iu.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
73% 
Page quality
86% 
Page structure
98% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
72% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.50 s
File size
130.80 kB
Words
590
Media files
15
Number of links
20 internal / 30 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Indiana University
The page title is too short. (162 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
One of America’s leading research universities, Indiana University has campuses and medical centers located across Indiana. Our work improves lives. Our impact is global. Our vision is excellence.
The meta description is too long: 1217 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.iu.edu/index.html
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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
robotsmax-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionOne of America’s leading research universities, Indiana University has campuses and medical centers located across Indiana. Our work improves lives. Our impact is global. Our vision is excellence.
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langen
og:urlhttps://www.iu.edu/index.html
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
X-UA-Compatibleie=edge

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 590 words. That's ok.
31.7% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
8 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 23.86 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 12 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
...-reputation/ai/homepage-overview-ai.webpA female student stands next to a table where an older woman sits looking back at her. A white robot stands on the table next to both of the women, the student holds a controller and a microphone sits on the table. A large IU Trident stands behind the student.
...gined_homepage_no_trident_1440x1440.webpJohn Racek demonstrates a prosthetic arm to a female student at the Luddy SICE Protolabs.
...ancer_homepage_no-trident_1440x1440.webpDr. Tarah Ballinger, MD, sits with a black female breast cancer patient in the bright lobby of the Simon Cancer Center.
...ences_homepage_no-trident_1440x1440.webpKei Kawata stands with a high school football player while holding a brain during a scrimmage on a football field.
...ampaign/homepage-defaultcard-filter.webp${sideAltImg}
..._brand-reputation/brand/ar-filter-qr.jpg${qrImngAlt}
/images/home/marcus-scott.jpgAn IU student works on a laptop outside at dusk
/images/home/students-on-campus.jpgThree students sit under a tree, smiling and talking
https://www.iu.edu/images/home-research.jpgStudent drops research sample into tube.
/images/impact/global-impact-promo.jpgFlags from various nations on display at the IU Indianapolis Campus Center.
...300/20690_Sims-and-Felton_1-newsroom.jpgTwo women in lab coats look over a paper in a laboratory
...080/20680_alexandre-oswalt_1920x1080.pngPromotional photos of documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe and actor/comedian Patton Oswalt.
...6_20190411_edgewood_education_ER_002.jpgA teacher holds up a book while reading to students in her classroom
data:[...] Base64Download on the App Store
data:[...] Base64Get it on Google Play

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Bring on tomorrow
The H1 heading is too short (17 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Bring on tomorrow
H2 Explore stories about
H2 Put IU in the picture
H2 Pursue your passion or explore the possibilities
H2 Find your ideal campus life at IU
H2 See how IU is leading research
H2 Be part of a university that makes a global impact
H2 IU news and events
H2 Explore IU
H2 Download the IU Mobile app
H2 Social media
H2 Additional resources
H3 $1.1 million grant to help researchers improve Type 1 diabetes screening in Indiana
H3 IU Cinema brings Patton Oswalt, awards frontrunners, sci-fi classics to Bloomington big screen
H3 Education pathway programs at IU help alleviate state’s teacher shortage
H3 IU Admissions
H3 Explore cost, financial aid, and scholarships
H3 Indiana University
H3 Services
H3 Email
H3 Find
H3 Library
H3 Resources
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 (30) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.iu.edu/index.htmlAnchor Skip to main content
https://www.iu.edu/index.htmlIndiana University
/about/features/index.htmlSee how we are creating tomorrow
/about/features/arts-humanitie...Arts and Humanities
/about/features/cancer-researc...Cancer Research
/about/features/brain-health.htmlBrain Science
https://www.iu.edu/life-at-iu9 campuses
https://www.iu.edu/academics930+ academic programs
https://www.iu.edu/admissions90,000+ students
/impact/global-impact.htmlSubdomain 170 countries represented
https://alumni.iu.edu/External Subdomain 790,000+ alumni
https://www.instagram.com/ar/9...External Subdomain Get the filter
/academics/index.htmlExplore IU academics
/life-at-iu/index.htmlExplore life at IU
https://research.impact.iu.edu...External Subdomain Explore IU's research impact
https://global.iu.edu/presence...External Subdomain Explore IU's global impact
https://news.iu.edu/External Subdomain All news stories
https://events.iu.edu/External Subdomain View IU events
https://medicine.iu.edu/news/2...External Subdomain $1.1 million grant to help researchers improve Type 1 diabetes screening in Indiana
https://news.iu.edu/live/news/...External Subdomain IU Cinema brings Patton Oswalt, awards frontrunners, sci-fi classics to Bloomington big screen
https://news.iu.edu/live/news/...External Subdomain Education pathway programs at IU help alleviate state’s teacher shortage
/admissions/index.htmlIU Admissions
/cost-financial-aid/index.htmlExplore cost, financial aid, and scholarships
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Download on the App Store
https://play.google.com/store/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Get it on Google Play
https://www.facebook.com/India...External Subdomain Facebook for IU
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Linkedin for IU
https://twitter.com/IndianaUnivExternal Twitter for IU
https://www.instagram.com/iubl...External Subdomain Instagram for IU
https://www.youtube.com/user/iuExternal Subdomain Youtube for IU
/about/contact.htmlContact us
https://www.myiu.org/give-now?...External Subdomain Give now
https://uits.iu.edu/askiuExternal Subdomain Have a question? AskIU
https://canvas.iu.edu/External Subdomain Canvas
https://one.iu.edu/External Subdomain One.IU
https://uits.iu.edu/services/a...External Subdomain Exchange
https://servicenow.iu.edu/kb?i...External Subdomain About Email at IU
https://directory.iu.edu/External Subdomain People Directory
https://jobs.iu.edu/External Subdomain Jobs at IU
/nondiscrimination/index.htmlNon-discrimination Notice
https://iucat.iu.edu/External Subdomain IUCAT
https://diversity.iu.edu/External Subdomain Diversity
https://uits.iu.edu/External Subdomain IT Services
https://servicenow.iu.edu/kbExternal Subdomain Knowledge Base
https://protect.iu.edu/External Subdomain Protect IU
https://accessibility.iu.edu/a...External Subdomain Accessibility
/college-scorecard.htmlCollege Scorecard
/privacy/index.htmlPrivacy Notice
/copyright/index.htmlCopyright
https://www.iu.edu/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Indiana University

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.iu.edu/index.html"
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 slow (1.50 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.
This page loads 4 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (131 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateWed, 15 Jan 2025 06:30:12 GMT
serverApache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000
upgradeh2
connectionUpgrade, close
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
access-control-allow-origin*
x-frame-optionsDENY
content-length29272
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
set-cookie100 Characters
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 669 referring domains.
This page has 69,666 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 526 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
Allow: /campaigns/

User-agent: AdsBot-Google
Allow: /campaigns/


User-agent: *
Disallow: /president/communications/vip-updates/index.html
Disallow: /tomorrow/
Disallow: /_archive/
Disallow: /_css/
Disallow: /_dev/
Disallow: /_includes/
Disallow: /_internal/
Disallow: /_js/
Disallow: /_links/
Disallow: /_php/
Disallow: /_shared/
Disallow: /error/
Disallow: /gwassets/
Disallow: /machform/
Disallow: /mobile/
Disallow: /search/index.html
Disallow: /search/index.htm
Disallow: /search/index.shtml
Sitemap: https://www.iu.edu/sitemap.xml

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Indiana University
One of America’s leading research universities, Indiana University has campuses and medical centers located across Indiana. Our work improves lives. Our impact is global. Our vision is excellence.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Indiana68%Check
University66%Check
Indiana University66%Check
Research University62%Check
Research58%Check
leading research55%Check
campus54%Check
Bring54%Check
research universities53%Check
impact52%Check
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