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Meta information
75% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
96% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.24 s
File size
62.40 kB
Words
417
Media files
12
Number of links
78 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage | OU Libraries
The length of the page title is perfect. (230 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://libraries.ou.edu/content/homepage
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 417 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
20.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 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 16 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, shrink-to-fit=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 8 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
...es/default/files/2021-05/ou_lib_logo.pngOU Libraries Home
...students in classroom.jpeg?itok=RzsZiE0DImage of four students in classroom
... books on a bookshelf.jpeg?itok=MLz5GXqrPerson reaching for books on a bookshelf
...04/Great Reading Room.jpeg?itok=Nrx5HrTGGreat Reading Room
...default/files/inline-images/Branches.pngInside the Fine Arts library
.../special_collections_0.png?itok=64nX22uASpecial Research Collections example of a collection item
...ic/2021-05/exhibits_0.jpeg?itok=izNo5UetBlack and white baseball player for Exhibitions
...023-04/Open at OU icon.png?itok=_EVhsuD_Open at OU
data:[...] Base64Pitfalls & Epiphanies - A Faculty Research Lecture Series
data:[...] Base64Bizzell Library low angle shot looking up at the beautiful architecture of red brick facade and ornate windows.
data:[...] Base64Open Access Week 6 blocks of images of white locks with people in the background
...021-05/LibrariesLinearWhite_footer_0.pngOU Libraries Home

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
University Libraries
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 University Libraries
H2 UPCOMING EVENTS
H2 QUICK LINKS
H2 MY FAVORITES (RECENT)
H2 NEWS
H2 RESOURCES BY SUBJECT
H2 Contact Us
H2 Important links
H5 Attend Pitfalls & Epiphanies Faculty Research Lecture Series on Nov. 12
H5 Single Case in the Social Sciences is now open access
H5 Join us for Open Access Week from October 21st to 25th
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 21 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://libraries.ou.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
http://www.ou.edu/web.htmlNew window External Subdomain OU Homepage
http://www.ou.edu/content/ouse...New window External Subdomain Search OU
http://www.ou.edu/web/socialme...New window External Subdomain OU Social Media
https://libraries.ou.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT OU Libraries Home
https://libraries.ou.edu/Home
https://libraries.ou.edu/aboutAbout
/locationsLocations
/resourcesResources
https://libraries.ou.edu/servicesServices
https://libraries.ou.edu/newsNews
https://libraries.ou.edu/ask-usAsk Us
https://ou-primo.hosted.exlibr...New window External Subdomain Advanced Search
https://guides.ou.edu/homeNew window External Subdomain Research Guides
/content/finding-books-shelfCall Number Locations
https://ou-primo.hosted.exlibr...New window External Subdomain Browse
https://ou-primo.hosted.exlibr...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Advanced Search
/eresourcesDatabase & E-Reference
https://guides.ou.edu/homeNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate Research Guides
/locationsText duplicate Locations
https://libraries.ou.edu/servicesText duplicate Services
https://libraries.ou.edu/newsLibraries Events
/content/bizzell-memorial-mapsFloor Maps
https://libraries.ou.edu/hoursWeekly hours for all locations
https://libraries.ou.edu/eventsEvents Calendar
/eresourcesDatabases & E-Reference
https://ou.illiad.oclc.org/ILL...New window External Subdomain My ILL / Sooner Xpress
https://ou-primo.hosted.exlibr...External Subdomain My Account
http://guides.ou.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Research Guides
/content/finding-books-shelfBook Locations (Call Numbers)
/reserve_a_roomReserve a Room
https://archives.libraries.ou....External Subdomain Search Archival Collections
/eresourcesdatabases
/my-favoritesMy Favorites
/locationsIMG-ALT Inside the Fine Arts library
/locationsBRANCHES
/locationsIMG-ALT Special Research Collections example of a collection item
/units/special-research-collec...SPECIAL RESEARCH COLLECTIONS
https://exhibits.libraries.ou....New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Black and white baseball player for Exhibitions
https://exhibits.libraries.ou....External Subdomain EXHIBITIONS
https://libraries.ou.edu/open-ouIMG-ALT Open at OU
https://libraries.ou.edu/open-ouOPEN OU
/news/attend-pitfalls-epiphani...Attend Pitfalls & Epiphanies Faculty Research Lecture Series on Nov. 12
/news/single-case-social-scien...Single Case in the Social Sciences is now open access
/news/join-us-open-access-week...Join us for Open Access Week from October 21st to 25th
https://libraries.ou.edu/newsAll News
/resources-subject/african-afr...African & African American Studies
/resources-subject/anthropologyAnthropology
/resources-subject/architectureArchitecture
/resources-subject/aviationAviation
/resources-subject/biological-...Biological Sciences & Medicine
/resources-subject/business-ec...Business & Economics
/resources-subject/chemistry-b...Chemistry & Biochemistry
/resources-subject/classics-le...Classics & Letters
/resources-subject/communicationCommunication
/resources-subject/dramaDrama
/resources-subject/educationEducation
/resources-subject/engineeringEngineering
/resources-subject/englishEnglish
/resources-subject/environmentEnvironment
/resources-subject/film-media-...Film & Media Studies
/resources-subject/fine-artsFine Arts
/resources-subject/generalGeneral
/resources-subject/geography-gisGeography & GIS
/resources-subject/geology-geo...Geology & Geophysics
/resources-subject/government-...Government Information
/resources-subject/health-exer...Health & Exercise Science
/resources-subject/historyHistory
/resources-subject/history-sci...History of Science
/resources-subject/human-relat...Human Relations
/resources-subject/internation...International & Area Studies
/resources-subject/journalism-...Journalism & Mass Communication
/resources-subject/lawLaw
/resources-subject/library-inf...Library & Information Studies
/resources-subject/mathematicsMathematics
/resources-subject/meteorologyMeteorology
/resources-subject/modern-lang...Modern Languages
/resources-subject/native-amer...Native American Studies
/resources-subject/performing-...Performing Arts
/resources-subject/philosophyPhilosophy
/resources-subject/physics-ast...Physics & Astronomy
/resources-subject/political-s...Political Science
/resources-subject/professiona...Professional & Continuing Studies
/resources-subject/psychologyPsychology
/resources-subject/religious-s...Religious Studies
/resources-subject/social-workSocial Work
/resources-subject/sociologySociology
/resources-subject/womens-gend...Women's & Gender Studies
https://libraries.ou.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT OU Libraries Home
https://www.facebook.com/oulib...New window External Subdomain OU Libraries Facebook
https://twitter.com/OU_LibrariesNew window External OU Libraries Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain OU Libraries Youtube
https://www.instagram.com/ouli...New window External Subdomain OU Libraries Instagram
https://libraries.ou.edu/contactText duplicate Ask Us
/content/about-websiteAbout This Site
/content/jobs-ou-librariesOU Libraries Jobs
https://www.ou.edu/marcomm/acc...External Subdomain OU Accessibility Statement
https://www.ou.edu/marcomm/cop...External Subdomain OU Copyright Statement
https://www.ou.edu/resources/l...External Subdomain OU Policies/Legal Notice

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://libraries.ou.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 is excellent with 0.24 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (62 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,412 referring domains.
This page has 5,142 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 462 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
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# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
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# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# 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: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
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