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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
86% 
Page structure
74% 
Link structure
72% 
Server
72% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.34 s
File size
23.00 kB
Words
672
Media files
9
Number of links
24 internal / 49 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
News Service • Iowa State University
The length of the page title is perfect. (333 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)
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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
format-detectiontelephone=no
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 672 words. That's ok.
30.8% 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.
11 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 20.59 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 6 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width,initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 13 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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
/media/2024/12/YJVM-160sq.jpgPresident Wintersteen congratulates students at fall 2023 commencement in Hilton Coliseum.
/media/2024/12/PWF6-160sq.jpgCelebration at grand opening of Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
/media/2024/12/PMTC-160sq.jpgMatt McGarry in a coat, hat and gloves in a cattle barn, with dairy cows visible in the background.
/media/2024/12/R47X-160sq.jpgChase O'Connell in a Coover Hall lab with his honors project
/media/2024/12/605Y-160sq.jpgWinning team members standing in brewing science lab
/img/newsserviceblock.pngNo alt attribute provided
/media/2024/12/506P-648.jpgGraduating senior Sybil Below found her passion for teaching
/media/2022/04/4F4N-472.pngInnovate logo
...dn.theme.iastate.edu/img/isu-stacked.svgIowa State University

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
News Service
The H1 heading is too short (12 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 News Service
H3 Iowa State celebrates fall graduates, provides support in the final stretch
H3 2024 Year in Review
H3 Long-delayed degree puts dairy farm dream within reach for Iowa State graduate
H3 Chase O’Connell: Saying yes to NASA, South Korea, Germany, honors studies (and more)
H3 Innovation on tap: Students create new IPA for Backpocket Brewing
H3 Iowa State inventors recognized by NAI for tackling real-world issues
H3 Graduating senior Sybil Below found her passion for teaching
H3 Innovation at Work
H3 In the news
H3 The oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse
H3 A hub of innovation
H3 Study: Iowa farmland values decline after 5-year climb
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (49) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.news.iastate.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
http://www.iastate.edu/External Subdomain iastate.edu
http://www.iastate.edu/index/AExternal Subdomain Index
http://www.iastate.edu/index/A/External Subdomain A
http://www.iastate.edu/index/B/External Subdomain B
http://www.iastate.edu/index/C/External Subdomain C
http://www.iastate.edu/index/D/External Subdomain D
http://www.iastate.edu/index/E/External Subdomain E
http://www.iastate.edu/index/F/External Subdomain F
http://www.iastate.edu/index/G/External Subdomain G
http://www.iastate.edu/index/H/External Subdomain H
http://www.iastate.edu/index/I/External Subdomain I
http://www.iastate.edu/index/J/External Subdomain J
http://www.iastate.edu/index/K/External Subdomain K
http://www.iastate.edu/index/L/External Subdomain L
http://www.iastate.edu/index/M/External Subdomain M
http://www.iastate.edu/index/N/External Subdomain N
http://www.iastate.edu/index/O/External Subdomain O
http://www.iastate.edu/index/P/External Subdomain P
http://www.iastate.edu/index/Q/External Subdomain Q
http://www.iastate.edu/index/R/External Subdomain R
http://www.iastate.edu/index/S/External Subdomain S
http://www.iastate.edu/index/T/External Subdomain T
http://www.iastate.edu/index/U/External Subdomain U
http://www.iastate.edu/index/V/External Subdomain V
http://www.iastate.edu/index/W/External Subdomain W
http://www.iastate.edu/index/X/External Subdomain X
http://www.iastate.edu/index/Y/External Subdomain Y
http://www.iastate.edu/index/Z/External Subdomain Z
http://info.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Directory
http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/External Subdomain Maps
http://web.iastate.edu/safety/External Subdomain Safety
https://login.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Sign Ons
https://www.news.iastate.edu/Iowa State University News Service
A-TITLE Home
https://www.news.iastate.edu/newsNews Releases
/videoVideo
/news/2014/06/25/livestudioBroadcast studio
https://iowastate.photoshelter...External Subdomain Campus images
https://www.news.iastate.edu/mugsFaculty, staff headshots
https://www.inside.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Inside Iowa State
https://www.inside.iastate.edu...External Subdomain Employee announcements
https://www.inside.iastate.edu...External Subdomain Student announcements
/page/othernewsCampus news
https://src.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Change agents
https://theconversation.com/in...External The Conversation
https://www.futurity.org/unive...External Subdomain Futurity
/news/2024/12/18/commencement-...IMG-ALT President Wintersteen congratulates students at fall 2023 commencement in Hilton Coliseum.
/news/2024/12/18/commencement-...Iowa State celebrates fall graduates, provides support in the final stretch
/news/2024/12/17/year-in-reviewIMG-ALT Celebration at grand opening of Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
/news/2024/12/17/year-in-review2024 Year in Review
/news/2024/12/16/mcgarrygradfe...IMG-ALT Matt McGarry in a coat, hat and gloves in a cattle barn, with dairy cows visible in the background.
/news/2024/12/16/mcgarrygradfe...Long-delayed degree puts dairy farm dream within reach for Iowa State graduate
/news/2024/12/15/chasegradIMG-ALT Chase O'Connell in a Coover Hall lab with his honors project
/news/2024/12/15/chasegradChase O’Connell: Saying yes to NASA, South Korea, Germany, honors studies (and more)
/news/2024/12/12/brewing-scienceIMG-ALT Winning team members standing in brewing science lab
/news/2024/12/12/brewing-scienceInnovation on tap: Students create new IPA for Backpocket Brewing
/news/2024/12/10/inventors-fel...No Text
/news/2024/12/10/inventors-fel...Iowa State inventors recognized by NAI for tackling real-world issues
/news/2024/12/16/sybil-below-t...Graduating senior Sybil Below found her passion for teaching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Graduating senior Sybil Below found her passion for teaching
/news/2022/04/08/innvoationatworkInnovation at Work
/news/2024/12/31/clamsThe oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse
/news/2024/12/26/research-parkA hub of innovation
/news/2024/12/18/land-valuesStudy: Iowa farmland values decline after 5-year climb
http://www.iastate.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Iowa State University
https://src.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Strategic Relations and Communications
http://facebook.com/IowaStateU/External Facebook
https://twitter.com/iowastateu...External @iowastateunews
http://instagram.com/iowastateu/External @iowastateu
https://www.youtube.com/user/I...External Subdomain YouTube
http://www.policy.iastate.edu/...External Subdomain Non-discrimination Policy
http://www.policy.iastate.edu/...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
http://digitalaccess.iastate.edu/External Subdomain Digital Access & Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.news.iastate.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 slow (1.34 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
This page loads 6 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 6 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (23 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateSat, 04 Jan 2025 06:46:28 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
content-length6132
connectionclose
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
pragmano-cache
set-cookie44 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

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This page has backlinks from 5,242 referring domains.
This page has 43,752 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,189 different ip addresses.

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