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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
57% 
Page structure
81% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.70 s
File size
135.90 kB
Words
1097
Media files
16
Number of links
68 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | North Carolina Central University
The length of the page title is perfect. (366 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
For more than a century, NCCU has prepared students to transform communities. We made the commitment as the nation's first public liberal arts institution for African American students. We sustain it as a future-focused modern university.
The meta description is too long: 1473 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.nccu.edu/
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

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descriptionFor more than a century, NCCU has prepared students to transform communities. We made the commitment as the nation's first public liberal arts institution for African American students. We sustain it as a future-focused modern university.
keywordsNC central, NCCU, Home page, Home, NCCU Home, Our community, NCCU news, NCCU events
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msapplication-TileColor#da532c
theme-color#ffffff
favicon-generatorDrupal responsive_favicons + realfavicongenerator.net
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 12 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Two state-of-the-art research institutes, collaborations with the Rese...
  • Duplicate 2: Equipping students to thrive academically and socially; student succes...
  • Duplicate 3: Making a measurable difference in the lives of our neighbors throughou...
  • Duplicate 4: Steeped in a rich history, the City of Medicine thrives as a center fo...
  • Duplicate 5: Committed to embracing a wide range of ideas, people, and communities,...
  • Duplicate 6: With 15 Division I sports and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion...
This page contains 1097 words. That's ok.
29.4% 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.
25 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.53 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 30 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 usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 22 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
.../NCCU1855_0.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=HngS0LhQNCCU Banner in Spring. The banner states "The Eagle Promise is You!"
...Dr. Shepard.png?h=17a3816e&itok=FhCxyQmYDr. shepard
... art museum.jpg?h=ec041e41&itok=HGfGlBNEart museum, image
...-Watch-lead.jpg?h=65f44148&itok=ewcys1wNANTOINE LYERS*
...design (81).jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=L937s_1LLegal Counseling
...ball-helmet.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=1LUFL-laNCCU football helmet
...il_IMG_9732.jpg?h=69d1cea9&itok=XFgycXbyJayden Taylor
...ell-biology.jpg?h=2e5cdddf&itok=BpVwF0-PCell-Biology
...GcnhAGarMxZ.jpg?h=517e702d&itok=SA1OAceULeToya Luckett in white blazer
...of business.jpg?h=ab677bb3&itok=UqrvJV_eNew School of Business
...2024 copy_0.png?h=b6717701&itok=nCt-iaq9Diel Rhinehart at fire station
...formance-mountaintop_1.png?itok=Vu2T4ZZoArt of Martin Luther King Jr
.../2022-02/helen_miller_.jpg?itok=XNX5cFHtHelen S Miller Lecture Banner
...ublic/2021-11/_CHI7547.jpg?itok=d8GZPVVsJazz Studies
...ublic/2021-11/_CHI7547.jpg?itok=d8GZPVVsJazz Studies
Video URLWidthHeight
...85a8f8fc85273b71d7f0d90add2bac4952057d54

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
North Carolina Central University
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 32 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 North Carolina Central University
H2 Featured Message
H2 Everything is up at NCCU
H2 Rising Through the Ranks
H2 The Eagle Promise
H2 Tour NCCU Virtually Today
H2 Chancellor Search
H2 NCCU in the News
H2 Empty heading
H2 World-Class Research
H2 You Matter
H2 Service to the Community
H2 Connection to Durham
H2 Diversity and Inclusion
H2 Division 1 Athletics
H2 Top-Ranked Programs and World-Class Faculty
H2 Leading the Way
H2 NCCU Has Joined Hands with SPGBK
H2 NC Central News
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Additional Links
H2 Central in the World
H2 Visit Us
H2 Site Footer
H3 Two-Time Grammy Winner, Destiny Child’s Founding Member LeToya Luckett Visits NCCU, March 28
H3 NCCU Introduces Innovative School of Business Building
H3 Fighting Fire as a Freshman
H3 The Mountaintop (3/2)
H3 27th Annual NCCU Department of Nursing Helen S. Miller Lecture
H3 Eagles' Nest Jam at Missy Lane's Assembly Room (3/7/2024)
H3 Eagles' Nest Jam at Missy Lane's Assembly Room (3/14/2024)
H3 Information
H4 Contact
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 22 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.nccu.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
/institutional-advancement/off...New window Alumni & Friends
/nccu-foundationNCCU Foundation
https://www.nccu.edu/quick-factsQuick Facts
https://nccueaglepride.com/New window External Athletics
https://www.nccu.edu/newsNews
https://www.nccu.edu/eventsEvents
/institutional-advancementGiving
/directory/formDirectory
https://myeol.nccu.edu/New window External Subdomain myEOL
https://www.nccu.edu/No Text
https://www.nccu.edu/we-are-nccuWe Are NCCU
https://www.nccu.edu/dsaLife at NCCU
https://www.nccu.edu/academicsAcademics
/admissions/undergraduate-admi...Undergraduate Admissions
/admissions/readmissionReadmission
/admissions/graduate-admissionsGraduate Admissions
https://www.nccu.edu/registrarRegistrar
/enrollment/veterans-affairsVeterans Affairs
https://www.nccu.edu/otsTransfer Services
https://www.nccu.edu/researchResearch
/administrationAdministration
/leadership/office-chancellorOffice of the Chancellor
/institutional-advancementInstitutional Advancement
/directory/formSearch the Directory
https://www.nccu.edu/we-are-nccuText duplicate We Are NCCU
https://www.nccu.edu/dsaText duplicate Life at NCCU
https://www.nccu.edu/academicsText duplicate Academics
/admissions/undergraduate-admi...Text duplicate Undergraduate Admissions
/admissions/readmissionText duplicate Readmission
/admissions/graduate-admissionsText duplicate Graduate Admissions
https://www.nccu.edu/registrarText duplicate Registrar
/enrollment/veterans-affairsText duplicate Veterans Affairs
https://www.nccu.edu/otsText duplicate Transfer Services
https://www.nccu.edu/researchText duplicate Research
/administrationText duplicate Administration
/leadership/office-chancellorText duplicate Office of the Chancellor
/institutional-advancementText duplicate Institutional Advancement
/institutional-advancement/off...New window Text duplicate Alumni & Friends
/nccu-foundationText duplicate NCCU Foundation
https://www.nccu.edu/quick-factsText duplicate Quick Facts
https://nccueaglepride.com/New window External Text duplicate Athletics
https://www.nccu.edu/newsText duplicate News
https://www.nccu.edu/eventsText duplicate Events
/institutional-advancementText duplicate Giving
/directory/formText duplicate Directory
https://myeol.nccu.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate myEOL
/news/everything-north-carolin...See What's Up
/news/nccu-rises-2024-us-news-...Learn more
https://www.nccu.edu/node/25706Discover More
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/...External Visit NCCU Now
https://www.nccu.edu/node/28231/New window Learn More
https://www.cbs17.com/video/nc...New window External Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.rollingstone.com/m...New window External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://nclawyersweekly.com/20...New window External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://newsone.com/4869508/sz...New window External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.cbs17.com/news/loc...New window External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.wunc.org/education...New window External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.nccu.edu/node/52Explore Here
/leadership/office-chancellorLearn More about Leading the Way
https://www.springbreakwatches...External View More Information
https://www.nccu.edu/newsView All News
/news/two-time-grammy-winner-d...Two-Time Grammy Winner, Destiny Child’s Founding Member LeToya Luckett Visits NCCU, March 28
/news/nccu-introduces-innovati...NCCU Introduces Innovative School of Business Building
/news/fighting-fire-freshmanFighting Fire as a Freshman
https://www.nccu.edu/newsText duplicate View All News
/events/mountaintop-32The Mountaintop (3/2)
/events/27th-annual-nccu-depar...27th Annual NCCU Department of Nursing Helen S. Miller Lecture
/events/eagles-nest-jam-missy-...Eagles' Nest Jam at Missy Lane's Assembly Room (3/7/2024)
/events/eagles-nest-jam-missy-...Eagles' Nest Jam at Missy Lane's Assembly Room (3/14/2024)
https://www.nccu.edu/we-are-nccuLearn More about Central in the World
https://nccentral.university-t...External Subdomain See Details
https://www.nccu.edu/libraryLibraries
https://myeol.nccu.edu/mapNew window External Subdomain Campus Map
/administration/university-policePolice Department
https://eaglepromise.nccu.edu/...External Subdomain Visit Us
https://jobs.nccu.edu/External Subdomain Careers
https://www.nccu.edu/policiesNew window Policies
https://nccu.nextrequest.com/External Subdomain Public Records
/registrar/ordering-nc-central...Transcript Services
/administration/university-pol...Clery Act
/administration/title-ixTitle IX
/institutional-advancement/off...New window Text duplicate Alumni & Friends
/nccu-foundationText duplicate NCCU Foundation
https://www.nccu.edu/quick-factsText duplicate Quick Facts
https://www.facebook.com/NCCUE...New window External NCCU on Facebook
https://twitter.com/NCCUNew window External NCCU on X
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External NCCU on YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/nccu...New window External NCCU on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External NCCU on LinkedIn

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.nccu.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 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.
This page loads 4 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 30 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (136 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 3,411 referring domains.
This page has 54,643 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,301 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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# 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
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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.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/
# 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/

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www.nccu.edu
Home | North Carolina Central University
For more than a century, NCCU has prepared students to transform communities. We made the commitment as the nation's first public liberal arts institution for African American students. We sustain it as a future-focused modern university.

Most important keywords

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Central University71%Check
NCCU70%Check
Carolina Central University68%Check
NC Central68%Check
North Carolina Central University67%Check
Central66%Check
North62%Check
Carolina62%Check
North Carolina62%Check
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