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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
99% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
22% 
Link structure
85% 
Server
70% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.85 s
File size
69.50 kB
Words
415
Media files
10
Number of links
69 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home – Mortar Board
The page title is too short. (195 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Mortar Board helps leaders flourish by developing skills and creating a space where students and faculty come together to learn, grow and help each other.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (953 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://mortarboard.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
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
application-nameMortar Board
msapplication-TileColor#ffffff
msapplication-TileImagehttps://mortarboard.org/wp-content/themes/mortarboard/images/favicon/mstile-144x144.png
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionMortar Board helps leaders flourish by developing skills and creating a space where students and faculty come together to learn, grow and help each other.
article:publisherhttps://www.facebook.com/MortarBoard/
article:modified_time2024-09-17T18:57:16+00:00
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleHome – Mortar Board
og:descriptionMortar Board helps leaders flourish by developing skills and creating a space where students and faculty come together to learn, grow and help each other.
og:urlhttps://mortarboard.org/
og:site_nameMortar Board
og:imagehttps://mortarboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Home-Mortar-Board_2-1600x974.png
og:image:width1600
og:image:height974
og:image:typeimage/png
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 415 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
27.7% 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.
5 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 20.43 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" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
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)
3 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...f-family-2021-e1663875996477-600x389.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../03/women_in_dorm_1920x1080-600x350.webpNo alt attribute provided
.../2022/12/Kathy-Campbell_CMYK-600x350.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...oads/2023/08/LTC-Global-Logo-600x350.jpgExplore all partners
...ugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.pngLast Officer Meet-Up - Membership Chairs! 🫶 📣 Meet with other membership chairs to discuss recruitment, selection, and initiation! mortarboard.org/events
...ugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.pngHi Treasurers & Fundraising Chairs! 📣 💰 💚 Looking to get ideas on chapter fundraisers or how to better your chapter's financial health? Come meet others in your position and brainstorm. See you tonight. mortarboard.org/events
...ugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.pngATTN Service, Recognition, Alumni, Social, Scholarship, and Leadership Chairs! Our programming chairs meet-up is tonight! See you then. mortarboard.org/events
...ugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.pngATTN Comms & Social Media Chairs! 📣 📱 💻 Join us to discuss best strategies for managing our brand, learn about resources and engaging members, and network with others in your role. mortarboard.org/events
...d/images/logo/mortarboard-horiz-dark.svgMortar Board National College Senior Honor Society
.../themes/mortarboard/images/logo/achs.pngACHS

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Chosen for leadership
H2 Leading the way for success since 1918
H2 Insights
H2 Partners
H2 Catch up with us on social media
H3 Curfews, Dress Codes and Cookery Classes
H3 Reflections on the value of a Mortar Board experience
H5 Membership
H5 Advisors
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
2 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 16 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://mortarboard.org/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.facebook.com/Morta...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/mort...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/group...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://mortarboard.org/store/Store
/conference/Conference
/resources/events/Events
https://mortarboard.org/search/Search
/contact-us/Contact
/pay-member-fees/Pay Member Fees
https://mortarboard.org/partners/Partner
https://mortarboard.org/donate/Donate
https://mortarboard.org/Home
https://mortarboard.org/about/About
/membership/Membership
/awards-fellowships/Awards and Fellowships
/collegiate-chapters/Collegiate Chapters
/conference/Text duplicate Conference
https://mortarboard.org/advisors/Advisors
https://mortarboard.org/alumni/Alumni
/resources/Resources
/publications-news/Publications
https://mortarboard.org/New window Anchor Text duplicate Pay Member Fees
/were-hiring/Learn More Here
https://www.hispanicheritagemo...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More Here
/collegiate-awards/2024-award-...Click Here to Learn More About the 2024 Recipients
/awards-fellowships/alumni-awa...Text duplicate Click Here to Learn More About the 2024 Recipients
https://www.flipsnack.com/mort...New window External Subdomain Read the Forum Here
https://youtu.be/c5r3LGpXH-oExternal Watch Video
/resources/events/Learn more
https://mortarboard.org/about/Learn More
/membership/Text duplicate Membership
https://mortarboard.org/advisors/Text duplicate Advisors
/2024/03/curfews-dress-codes-a...No Text
/2024/03/curfews-dress-codes-a...Curfews, Dress Codes and Cookery Classes
/2022/12/reflections-on-the-va...No Text
/2022/12/reflections-on-the-va...Reflections on the value of a Mortar Board experience
/publications-news/insights/View All Insights
/about/partners/IMG-ALT Explore all partners
https://www.instagram.com/p/DA...New window Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT Last Officer Meet-Up - Membership Chairs! 🫶 📣 Meet with other membership chairs to discuss recruitment, selection, and initiation! mortarboard.org/events
https://www.instagram.com/p/DA...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Hi Treasurers & Fundraising Chairs! 📣 💰 💚
IMG-ALT Hi Treasurers & Fundraising Chairs! 📣 💰 💚 Looking to get ideas on chapter fundraisers or how to better your chapter's financial health? Come meet others in y...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DA...New window Nofollow External Subdomain ATTN Service, Recognition, Alumni, Social, Scholar
IMG-ALT ATTN Service, Recognition, Alumni, Social, Scholarship, and Leadership Chairs! Our programming chairs meet-up is tonight! See you then. mortarboard.org/events
https://www.instagram.com/p/DA...New window Nofollow External Subdomain ATTN Comms & Social Media Chairs! 📣 📱 💻
IMG-ALT ATTN Comms & Social Media Chairs! 📣 📱 💻 Join us to discuss best strategies for managing our brand, learn about resources and engaging members, and network wi...
https://www.facebook.com/Morta...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/mort...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/group...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
https://mortarboard.org/about/Text duplicate About
/about/national-leadership/National Leadership
/about/national-leadership/reg...Region Coordinators
/about/national-leadership/stu...Student Representatives
https://mortarboard.org/partners/Partners
/membership/Text duplicate Membership
/membership/member-benefits-an...Member Benefits
/membership/achs/ACHS
/awards-fellowships/Text duplicate Awards and Fellowships
/awards-fellowships/advisor-aw...Advisor Awards
/awards-fellowships/alumni-awa...Alumni Awards
/collegiate-awards/Collegiate Awards
/awards-fellowships/fellowship...Fellowships
/collegiate-chapters/Text duplicate Collegiate Chapters
/active-chapters/Active Chapters
/collegiate-chapters/start-a-c...Start a Chapter
/collegiate-chapters/mortar-bo...Mortar Board Week
/collegiate-chapters/reading-i...Reading is Leading
/collegiate-chapters/reports/Reports
https://mortarboard.org/advisors/Text duplicate Advisors
/advisors/lead/Leadership Excellence and Advisor Education (LEAD)
/advisors/review-online-payments/Review Online Payments
https://mortarboard.org/alumni/Text duplicate Alumni
/alumni/alumni-engagement/Alumni Engagement
/alumni/update-your-information/Update Your Information
/resources/Text duplicate Resources
/resources/events/Text duplicate Events
/advisors/advisor-resources/Advisor Resources
/resources/conference-resources/Conference Resources
/resources/logos/Logos
/publications-news/Text duplicate Publications
/publications-news/insights/Insights
/publications-news/mbits/MBits
/publications-news/mortar-boar...Mortar Board Forum
/home/terms-and-conditions/Terms & Conditions
/home/privacy-statement/Privacy Policy
https://www.achshonor.org/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT ACHS

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://mortarboard.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.85 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 (70 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateSat, 28 Sep 2024 21:16:49 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
x-powered-byWP Engine
x-pingbackhttps://mortarboard.org/xmlrpc.php
link<https://mortarboard.org/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
x-cacheablebot
cache-controlmax-age=10800, must-revalidate
x-cacheHIT: 20
x-cache-groupbot
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 465 referring domains.
This page has 1,136 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 208 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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Home – Mortar Board
Mortar Board helps leaders flourish by developing skills and creating a space where students and faculty come together to learn, grow and help each other.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Mortar77%Check
Board77%Check
Mortar Board77%Check
leaders52%Check
mortarboard50%Check
Learn48%Check
helps leaders flourish48%Check
students46%Check
helps46%Check
flourish46%Check
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