Maths.cam.ac.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
66% 
Page quality
73% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
38% 
Server
70% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.26 s
File size
53.40 kB
Words
766
Media files
18
Number of links
99 internal / 76 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to Mathematics in Cambridge | Faculty of Mathematics
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
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.maths.cam.ac.uk/index
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)
The average number of words per sentence of 25.9 words is high.
This page contains 766 words. That's ok.
30.9% 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.
9 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 amount of tags is very high (17). We recommend using a maximum of 15 tags for this page.
Some tags are too long. With 85 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"undergraduate admissions... postgraduate admissions... more about studying with us..."
The following tag is repeated too often: find out more...
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
12 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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H3 Mathematics in Cambridge
H3 Study With Us
H3 Our Research
H3 Mathematics For All
H3 Features
H3 Work With Us
H3 Forthcoming Seminars
H3 News, Announcements and Events
H3 Study at Cambridge
H3 About the University
H3 Research at Cambridge
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
11 links don't have an anchor text.
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 (76) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/Anchor skip to content
http://www.cam.ac.uk/External Subdomain IMG-ALT University of Cambridge
https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/Anchor Study at Cambridge
https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/Anchor About the University
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http://www.cam.ac.uk/study-at-...External Subdomain Text duplicate Study at Cambridge
http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/und...External Subdomain Undergraduate
http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/und...External Subdomain Courses
http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/und...External Subdomain Applying
http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/und...External Subdomain Events and open days
http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/und...External Subdomain Fees and finance
http://www.becambridge.com/External Subdomain Student blogs and videos
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/stu...External Subdomain Graduate
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/stu...External Subdomain Why Cambridge
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/stu...External Subdomain Qualifications directory
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/stu...External Subdomain How to apply
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/stu...External Subdomain Fees and funding
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/stu...External Subdomain Frequently asked questions
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http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/External Subdomain Continuing education
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/off...External Subdomain Executive and professional education
http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/External Subdomain Courses in education
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the...External Subdomain Text duplicate About the University
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http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the...External Subdomain History
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the...External Subdomain Visiting the University
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the...External Subdomain Term dates and calendars
http://map.cam.ac.uk/External Subdomain Map
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http://webservices.admin.cam.a...External Subdomain Find an expert
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the...External Subdomain Publications
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the...External Subdomain International Cambridge
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http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/wha...External Subdomain Events
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http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/External Subdomain Jobs
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http://www.cam.ac.uk/email-and...External Subdomain Email & phone search
https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/Home
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/collaborationSubdomain Industrial Collaboration
/internshipsSubdomain Internships
/opportunities/careers-for-mat...Subdomain Text duplicate Careers for Mathematicians
/opportunities/careers-for-mat...Subdomain Summer Research in Mathematics: CMP and Research in the CMS
/adams-prizeSubdomain Adams Prize
/outreach/mathematics-for-allSubdomain Mathematics for all - outreach overview
/outreach/millennium-mathemati...Subdomain The Millennium Mathematics Project (MMP)
https://undergroundmathematics...External Underground Mathematics
/outreach/step-preparation-sup...Subdomain STEP preparation support - widening participation
/events/hands-maths-fair-cambr...Subdomain Mathematics at the Cambridge Science Festival
/eventsSubdomain Text duplicate Events
/internalSubdomain Internal overview
/internal/adminSubdomain Administration and Facilities
/events/internal/faculty_bulle...Subdomain Bulletins
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/internal/degreecommittee/inde...Subdomain Degree Committee and Postgraduate Education
/internal/faculty/maths-dosSubdomain Directors of Studies
/internal/postdocsSubdomain Postdocs
/internal/faculty/facultyboardSubdomain Faculty Board
/internal/research-facilitationSubdomain Research Facilitation
/internal/teachingSubdomain Teaching and Examining
/internal/wellbeingSubdomain Wellbeing
/about/contactsSubdomain Contacts
/about/equality-diversity-incl...Subdomain Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
/internal/faculty/equality-and...Subdomain Women in Mathematics
/featuresSubdomain Text duplicate Features
/friendsSubdomain Alumni and Friends
https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/newsSubdomain News and Announcements
/eventsSubdomain Text duplicate Events
/peoplePeople
/about/departmentsSubdomain The Departments
https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/aboutSubdomain Mathematics in Cambridge
https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/aboutSubdomain Text duplicate Mathematics in Cambridge
https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/aboutSubdomain No Text
https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/newsSubdomain News and announcements...
/eventsSubdomain Events...
https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/aboutSubdomain More about us...
/study-usSubdomain Study With Us
/study-usSubdomain No Text
/undergraduate-admissionsSubdomain Undergraduate admissions...
/postgraduate-admissionsSubdomain Postgraduate admissions...
/study-usSubdomain More about studying with us...
/research/Subdomain Our Research
/research/Subdomain No Text
https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/External Subdomain DPMMS
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/External Subdomain DAMTP
/research/Subdomain More about our research...
/outreach/mathematics-allSubdomain Mathematics For All
/outreach/mathematics-allSubdomain No Text
/outreach/mathematics-allSubdomain Find out more...
/featuresSubdomain Text duplicate Features
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/features/professor-sir-john-a...Subdomain No Text
/features/professor-sir-john-a...Subdomain Text duplicate Find out more...
/features/power-collaborationSubdomain No Text
/features/power-collaborationSubdomain Text duplicate Find out more...
/features/professor-anne-chris...Subdomain No Text
/features/professor-anne-chris...Subdomain Text duplicate Find out more...
/features/four-members-mathema...Subdomain No Text
/features/four-members-mathema...Subdomain Text duplicate Find out more...
/features/unravelling-secrets-...Subdomain No Text
/features/unravelling-secrets-...Subdomain Text duplicate Find out more...
/features/quantum-leap-mapping...Subdomain No Text
/features/quantum-leap-mapping...Subdomain Text duplicate Find out more...
/collaboration/collaboration-o...Subdomain Work With Us
/collaboration/collaboration-o...Subdomain No Text
/collaboration/collaboration-o...Subdomain collaborate and consult
/vacanciesSubdomain recruit
/friendsSubdomain alumnae and alumni
/collaboration/collaboration-o...Subdomain Find out more about our collaborations...
/about/contactsSubdomain Contact us
/about/privacySubdomain Privacy policy
https://twitter.com/FacultyMathsExternal @FacultyMaths
/seminars/damtpSubdomain DAMTP Seminars
/seminars/dpmmsSubdomain DPMMS Seminars
/seminars/statslabSubdomain Statistical Laboratory Seminars
/seminars/iniSubdomain Isaac Newton Institute Seminars
/announcementsSubdomain Text duplicate News and Announcements
/eventsSubdomain Text duplicate Events
http://www.cam.ac.uk/universit...External Subdomain University A-Z
http://www.cam.ac.uk/contact-t...External Subdomain Contact the University
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-thi...External Subdomain Accessibility
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/uni...External Subdomain Freedom of information
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-thi...External Subdomain Terms and conditions
http://www.cam.ac.uk/study-at-...External Subdomain Text duplicate Study at Cambridge
http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/und...External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/stu...External Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the...External Subdomain Text duplicate International students
http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Continuing education
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/off...External Subdomain Text duplicate Executive and professional education
http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Courses in education
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the...External Subdomain Text duplicate About the University
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the...External Subdomain Text duplicate How the University and Colleges work
http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the...External Subdomain Text duplicate Visiting the University
http://map.cam.ac.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Map
http://www.cam.ac.uk/newsExternal Subdomain Text duplicate News
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/wha...External Subdomain Text duplicate Events
http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/External Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs
http://www.philanthropy.cam.ac...External Subdomain Text duplicate Giving to Cambridge
http://www.cam.ac.uk/researchExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Research at Cambridge
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/...External Subdomain Text duplicate News
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Features
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/...External Subdomain Discussion
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/...External Subdomain Spotlight on...
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/...External Subdomain About research at Cambridge

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The page response time is excellent with 0.26 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (53 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 1,632 referring domains.
This page has 44,374 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 681 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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# robots.txt for websites run by the Faculty of Mathematics
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# 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.
#
# 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
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /misc/*.css$
Allow: /misc/*.css?
Allow: /misc/*.js$
Allow: /misc/*.js?
Allow: /misc/*.gif
Allow: /misc/*.jpg
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Allow: /misc/*.png
Allow: /modules/*.css$
Allow: /modules/*.css?
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Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
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Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
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Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
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Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
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Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips/
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register/
Disallow: /user/password/
Disallow: /user/login/
Disallow: /user/logout/
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Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
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Disallow: /?q=search/
Disallow: /?q=user/password/
Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
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# Cambridge additions
Disallow: /subjects/
Disallow: /affiliations/
Disallow: /people/
Disallow: /external-affiliations/
Disallow: /taxonomy/
Disallow: /news-feed-generator

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Mathematics61%Check
Cambridge58%Check
Research49%Check
Study49%Check
Applied Mathematics49%Check
Pure Mathematics49%Check
Faculty47%Check
Welcome46%Check
News45%Check
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research45%Check

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