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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
42% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
72% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.70 s
File size
24.80 kB
Words
287
Media files
19
Number of links
54 internal / 51 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Lebanese American University
The length of the page title is perfect. (272 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
LAU is an accredited American university operating in Beirut and Byblos, Lebanon, under a charter from the State of New York.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (778 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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
descriptionLAU is an accredited American university operating in Beirut and Byblos, Lebanon, under a charter from the State of New York.
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@lebamericanuni
og:titleLebanese American University
og:typearticle
og:urlhttps://www.lau.edu.lb/
og:imagehttps://toolbox.lau.edu.lb/_ui/lau-logo-social-media.jpg
og:site_nameLAU
X-UA-CompatibleIE=Edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 287 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
14.6% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 14 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
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 following tag is repeated too often: 17
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
11 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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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...ges/soe-agentic-ai-presentation-2025.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...images/soe-poster-presentations-2025.jpgNo alt attribute provided
https://www.lau.edu.lb/images/team.svgNo alt attribute provided
https://www.lau.edu.lb/images/list.svgNo alt attribute provided
toolbox.lau.edu.lb/_ui/sm/facebook.svgFacebook
toolbox.lau.edu.lb/_ui/sm/youtube.svgYouTube
toolbox.lau.edu.lb/_ui/sm/twitter.svgTwitter
toolbox.lau.edu.lb/_ui/sm/linkedin.svgLinkedIn
toolbox.lau.edu.lb/_ui/sm/instagram.svgInstagram
toolbox.lau.edu.lb/_ui/sm/snapchat.svgSnapchat
toolbox.lau.edu.lb/_ui/sm/pinterest.svgPinterest

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Lebanese American University
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Lebanese American University
H2 News
H2 In Brief
H2 Events
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 (51) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.lau.edu.lb/Subdomain Lebanese American University
https://alumni.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Alumni
https://www.lau.edu.lb/parents/Subdomain Parents
/enterprise/employers/Subdomain Employers
/enterprise/Subdomain Enterprise
https://giving.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Donate
https://myportal.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain No Text
https://it.lau.edu.lb/services...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.google.com/advance...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.lau.edu.lb/about/Subdomain About
/about/mission.phpSubdomain Mission, Values, and Vision
/about/facts.phpSubdomain Facts
/about/student-success.phpSubdomain Student Success Indicators
/about/history/Subdomain History
/about/accreditation.phpSubdomain Accreditation
/about/rankings.phpSubdomain Rankings
/about/governance/Subdomain Governance and Administration
/about/governance/president/pr...Subdomain President’s Report
/about/policies.phpSubdomain Policies
/about/strategic-plan/Subdomain Strategic Plan
/about/centers-institutes/Subdomain Centers & Institutes
/about/offices-services.phpSubdomain Offices & Services
/about/locations/Subdomain Locations
/sustainability/Subdomain Sustainability
https://www.lau.edu.lb/academics/Subdomain Academics
/about/governance/provost/Subdomain Office of the Provost
/study/schools.phpSubdomain Schools
https://online.lau.edu.lb/?utm...External Subdomain Online Programs
https://gsr.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Graduate Studies & Research
https://soas.lau.edu.lb/academ...External Subdomain Liberal Arts & Sciences Curriculum
https://honors.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Honors Program
https://www.lau.edu.lb/calendar/Subdomain Academic Calendar
/academics/international/Subdomain International Partnerships
https://libraries.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Libraries
/about/accreditation.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Accreditation
https://www.lau.edu.lb/study/Subdomain Study
/study/undergraduate/Subdomain Find Your Major
/study/schools.phpSubdomain Schools (Faculties)
https://honors.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Text duplicate Honors Program
/study/graduate.phpSubdomain Graduate Programs
https://ace.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Academy of Continuing Education
http://sinarc.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Learn Arabic
/study/international-students/Subdomain International Students
https://online.lau.edu.lb/?utm...External Subdomain Text duplicate Online Programs
/experience/Subdomain Experience
/experience/career-guidance/Subdomain Get Ready for Your Career
https://studyabroad.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Study Abroad
https://oce.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Serve Your Community
/experience/activities.phpSubdomain Organize & Participate in Activities
https://athletics.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Exercise & Play Sports
/experience/health/Subdomain Stay Healthy
/experience/counseling/Subdomain Get Counseling
/experience/facilities.phpSubdomain Use Special Labs & Spaces
/experience/housing.phpSubdomain Live at the Dorms
/experience/student-councils.phpSubdomain Vote or Run in Elections
/experience/awards.phpSubdomain Receive an Award at Graduation
https://www.lau.edu.lb/apply/Subdomain Apply
https://www.lau.edu.lb/apply/Subdomain Step-by-Step Guide
/apply/financial-aid/need-base...Subdomain Financial Aid & Scholarships
https://www.lau.edu.lb/research/Subdomain Research
https://news.lau.edu.lb/research/External Subdomain Spotlight on Research
/study/graduate.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Graduate Programs
/research/labs-centers.phpSubdomain Labs & Centers
/research/support-facilities.phpSubdomain Support & Facilities
/research/sponsored-programs.phpSubdomain Sponsored Programs
http://gsr.lau.edu.lb/irb/External Subdomain Ethical Compliance
/research/schools.phpSubdomain Research at Schools & Institutes
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Text duplicate Libraries
https://gsr.lau.edu.lb/New window External Subdomain Graduate Studies and Research
https://news.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain News
https://news.lau.edu.lb/2025/b...External Subdomain Beyond the Rubble: Healing, Rebuilding, and Reimagining Post-War Lebanon
https://news.lau.edu.lb/2025/l...External Subdomain LAU Jr. NBA Celebrates a Thrilling Season of Youth Talent and Sportsmanship
https://news.lau.edu.lb/2025/l...External Subdomain LAU Students Excel at the Third Annual Entrepreneurship Competition
https://news.lau.edu.lb/2025/a...External Subdomain Alumnus and Filmmaker Oualid Mouaness Hits “Replay” at LAU
https://news.lau.edu.lb/2025/i...External Subdomain International Days 2025: Cultivating Global Citizens
https://news.lau.edu.lb/2025/l...External Subdomain LAU Runs the Distance—With Heart, Help, and Hope
https://news.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain More >
https://news.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain In Brief
https://news.lau.edu.lb/2025/l...External Subdomain LAU Partners with RIT Dubai
https://news.lau.edu.lb/2025/s...External Subdomain Students Gain Insights on Agentic AI from Industry Experts
https://news.lau.edu.lb/2025/l...External Subdomain LAU Engineers Pitch their Projects
https://eventscal.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Events
https://eventscal.lau.edu.lb/e...External Subdomain YOU@LAU 2025
https://eventscal.lau.edu.lb/e...External Subdomain Mastering Influence and Strategic Job Searching - Free Career Workshop
https://eventscal.lau.edu.lb/e...External Subdomain بين زَخيا وزَيْزَفُونِه، تراث وزَرع ومُونِه
https://eventscal.lau.edu.lb/e...External Subdomain Graduate Fashion Show: PANORAMA
https://eventscal.lau.edu.lb/e...External Subdomain Vick Vanlian Awards Exhibition
https://eventscal.lau.edu.lb/e...External Subdomain Commencement Exercises 2025
https://eventscal.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Text duplicate More >
https://eventscal.lau.edu.lb/s...External Subdomain Student Activities
https://www.lau.edu.lb/calendar/Subdomain Text duplicate Academic Calendar
https://www.facebook.com/Leban...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube
A-TITLE YouTube
https://twitter.com/lebamerica...External IMG-ALT Twitter
A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/edu/s...External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn
A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://instagram.com/lebameri...External IMG-ALT Instagram
A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.snapchat.com/add/l...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Snapchat
A-TITLE Snapchat
https://www.pinterest.com/leba...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Pinterest
A-TITLE Pinterest
/employment/Subdomain Careers
https://directory.lau.edu.lb/External Subdomain Directory
https://stratcom.lau.edu.lb/fo...External Subdomain Media Resources
https://www.lau.edu.lb/contact/Subdomain Contact
/announcements/Subdomain Alerts
https://www.lau.edu.lb/a-z/Subdomain A-Z Index
/privacy-statement.phpSubdomain Privacy Statement

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.lau.edu.lb/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.70 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 (25 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateWed, 14 May 2025 23:54:29 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length6875
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
cache-controlmax-age=600
expiresThu, 15 May 2025 00:04:29 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding,User-Agent
content-encodinggzip
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
servercloudflare
cf-ray93fe522d8ccf6f51-CDG
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 334 referring domains.
This page has 1,273 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 266 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /employment/staff/expired/
Disallow: /about/governance/president/search/docs/

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www.lau.edu.lb
Lebanese American University
LAU is an accredited American university operating in Beirut and Byblos, Lebanon, under a charter from the State of New York.

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