Parents.wfu.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
94% 
Link structure
61% 
Server
80% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.81 s
File size
122.90 kB
Words
923
Media files
13
Number of links
54 internal / 131 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Parents & Families | Wake Forest University
The length of the page title is perfect. (392 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Whether you need information on important academic dates, support available for students, communications to families, family events, safety, or other key topics, please refer to our family resources below.
The meta description is too long: 1257 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://parents.wfu.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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descriptionWhether you need information on important academic dates, support available for students, communications to families, family events, safety, or other key topics, please refer to our family resources below.
generatorWP Rocket 3.18.2
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og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleParents & Families | Wake Forest University
og:descriptionWhether you need information on important academic dates, support available for students, communications to families, family events, safety, or other key topics, please refer to our family resources below.
og:urlhttps://parents.wfu.edu/
og:site_nameParents & Families
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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 923 words. That's ok.
25% 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 18.87 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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: begins in:
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
...cure.wfu.edu/images/_heater/wfu-logo.svgWake Forest University
...2023/07/info-for-specific-classes-hp.jpgPhoto of students sitting on chairs on the Mag Quad. This section of the website is Info for Parents of Specific Classes
....cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/16/2016/08/dd.jpgDaily Deac
...du/sites/16/2023/07/family-events-hp.jpgA photo of a student receiving their diploma at Wake Forest Commencement
....wfu.edu/sites/16/2023/07/calendar-2.pngan icon of a calendar
...dn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/16/2023/07/help.pngan icon of conversation bubbles with a question mark
...ws.wfu.edu/sites/16/2023/07/shield-1.pngan icon of a shield
...s/16/2023/07/magnolia-flowers-square.jpgMagnolia flowers bloom in front of the ZSR Library
.../08/Office-of-Family-Engagement-logo.pngOffice of Family Engagement logo
...u/assets/images/Winston-Salem-footer.pngWinston-Salem, NC
....wfu.edu/assets/images/giving-footer.jpgZSR library cupola at sunset
...ets/images/Giving_Society_Web_Footer.jpgGiving Society logo
...ages/_heater/_footer/wfu-footer-logo.svgWake Forest Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Parents & Families
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Parents & Families
H2 Wake Forest University
H2 A Hub For Wake Families
H2 Most Visited Resources
H2 Family Info by P’ Year
H2 Family Communications
H2 Parent and Family Events
H2 Parents & Families Duplicate text
H2 Where to start
H2 Get to know WFU
H2 Resources
H3 Important Dates & Deadlines
H3 Support for Students
H3 Campus Safety & Help
H3 Let's Keep in Touch!
H3 Support Wake Forest
H3 Wake Forest Giving Societies
H4 May 17-19, 2025
H4 Sept. 26-28, 2025
H5 Family Weekend: September 26-28, 2025
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 too many external links (131) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://parents.wfu.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://wfu.edu/External IMG-ALT Wake Forest University
https://admissions.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Admissions
https://admissions.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Overview
https://admissions.wfu.edu/facts/External Subdomain Quick Facts
https://admissions.wfu.edu/exp...External Subdomain Life at Wake
https://admissions.wfu.edu/aff...External Subdomain Affordability
https://admissions.wfu.edu/vis...External Subdomain Visit & Tours
https://admissions.wfu.edu/apply/External Subdomain Apply
https://admissions.wfu.edu/vis...External Subdomain Winston-Salem, NC
https://about.wfu.edu/academics/External Subdomain Academics
https://about.wfu.edu/academics/External Subdomain Text duplicate Overview
https://admissions.wfu.edu/aca...External Subdomain Majors & Minors
https://about.wfu.edu/academic...External Subdomain Academic Calendar
https://about.wfu.edu/academic...External Subdomain Libraries
https://research.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Research
https://global.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Global Studies
https://wakedowntown.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Wake Downtown
https://about.wfu.edu/External Subdomain About WFU
https://about.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Overview
https://about.wfu.edu/athletics/External Subdomain Athletics
https://diversity.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Diversity & Inclusion
https://opcd.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Personal & Career Development
https://campuslife.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Campus Life
https://about.wfu.edu/leadership/External Subdomain Administration
https://arts.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Arts
https://news.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Wake Forest News
https://events.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Events Calendar
https://magazine.wfu.edu/External Subdomain WFU Magazine
https://inside.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Inside WFU
https://about.wfu.edu/visiting/External Subdomain Visitor Information
https://about.wfu.edu/visiting...External Subdomain Campus Photos
https://webcam.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Quad Cam
https://wfu.edu/weather/External 72° Weather
https://admissions.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Future Students
https://wfu.edu/students/External Current Students
https://parents.wfu.edu/Subdomain Parents & Families
https://alumni.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Alumni & Friends
https://wfu.edu/faculty-staff/External Faculty & Staff
https://college.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Undergraduate
https://graduate.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Graduate
https://business.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Business
https://divinity.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Divinity
https://law.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Law
https://school.wakehealth.edu/External Subdomain Medicine
https://sps.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Professional Studies
https://about.wfu.edu/director...External Subdomain Directories
https://about.wfu.edu/director...External Subdomain Search People
https://social.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Social Media
https://about.wfu.edu/academic...External Subdomain Text duplicate Majors & Minors
https://financialaid.wfu.edu/c...External Subdomain Tuition & Fees
https://about.wfu.edu/academic...External Subdomain Text duplicate Academic Calendar
https://about.wfu.edu/athletics/External Subdomain Text duplicate Athletics
https://www.wfu.careers/External Subdomain Employment
https://hr.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Human Resources
https://events.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Event Calendar
https://www.bkstr.com/deaconsh...External Subdomain Bookstore
https://studyabroad.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Study Abroad
https://parents.wfu.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Parents & Families
/information-for/incoming-fami...Subdomain Incoming Families (P’29)
/information-for/first-year-fa...Subdomain First-Year Families (P’28)
/information-for/upperclass-fa...Subdomain Upperclass Families (P’25-’27)
/information-for/grandparents/Subdomain Grandparents
/information-for/prospective-f...Subdomain Prospective Families
/daily-deac/Subdomain Daily Deac
/daily-deacSubdomain Text duplicate Daily Deac
/family-news/Subdomain Family News
/communications/newsletter/Subdomain Family E-Newsletter
/communications/student-enewsl...Subdomain Student E-Newsletter
/communications/how-we-communi...Subdomain How We Communicate
/engage/parents-campaign/Subdomain Support the Parents’ Campaign
https://wakecommunities.wfu.edu/External Subdomain WakeCommunities
/engage/update-your-info/Subdomain Update Your Info
/engage/parents-council/Subdomain Parents’ Council
https://drive.google.com/file/...External Subdomain Pay Your Bill
/resources/after-hours/Subdomain After Hours Help
/resources/a-z-of-wfu/Subdomain A-Z of WFU: A Glossary of Terms
/resources/who-to-contact/Subdomain Who to Contact for...
https://mailservices.wfu.edu/p...External Subdomain Mailing to WFU
/resources/stop-drop-and-roll/Subdomain Stop, Drop, and Roll
/resources/family-recommendati...Subdomain Dining, Hotels, and More (Recommendations)
https://familyweekend.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Family Weekend
https://commencement.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Commencement
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
https://familyweekend.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Family Weekend: September 26-28, 2025
https://newstudents.wfu.edu/External Subdomain For New Students
https://registrar.wfu.edu/cale...External Subdomain Text duplicate Academic Calendar
/resources/who-to-contact/Subdomain Who to Contact For…
/communications/how-we-communi...Subdomain Campus Safety Alerts
/daily-deac/Subdomain Daily Deac Blog
/resources/after-hours/Subdomain Text duplicate After Hours Help
https://drive.google.com/file/...External Subdomain Workday Job Aid (to pay tuition)
https://drive.google.com/file/...External Subdomain Workday Job Aid (to view grades)
https://parents.wfu.edu/Anchor Family Info by P’ Year
https://parents.wfu.edu/Anchor Family Communications
https://parents.wfu.edu/Anchor Parent and Family Events
https://parents.wfu.edu/Anchor Important Dates & Deadlines
https://parents.wfu.edu/Anchor Support for Students
https://parents.wfu.edu/Anchor Campus Safety & Help
/information-for/incoming-fami...Subdomain Text duplicate Incoming Families (P’29)
/information-for/first-year-fa...Subdomain Text duplicate First-Year Families (P’28)
/information-for/upperclass-fa...Subdomain Text duplicate Upperclass Families (P’25-’27)
/information-for/grandparents/Subdomain Text duplicate Grandparents
/information-for/prospective-f...Subdomain Text duplicate Prospective Families
/daily-deac/Subdomain Daily Deac blog
https://policies.google.com/pr...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://policies.google.com/termsExternal Subdomain Terms of Service
/communications/family-news/Subdomain Text duplicate Family News
/communications/newsletter/Subdomain Text duplicate Family E-Newsletter
/communications/student-enewsl...Subdomain Text duplicate Student E-Newsletter
/communications/how-we-communi...Subdomain Text duplicate How We Communicate
/2025/03/happy-spring-break/Subdomain Happy Spring Break!
/2025/03/nearly-spring-break-n...Subdomain Nearly Spring Break News!
/communications/daily-deac/Subdomain See All Posts
https://commencement.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Commencement
https://familyweekend.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Family Weekend
https://www.instagram.com/wfuc...External Subdomain @wfucampuslife
https://registrar.wfu.edu/cale...External Subdomain Academic Services Calendar
https://finance.wfu.edu/studen...External Subdomain Financial Dates
https://rlh.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Residence Life & Housing Dates
https://wakeday.wfu.edu/workda...External Subdomain Workday Jobaids and Training
https://advising.wfu.edu/emerg...External Subdomain Academic and Personal Support Offices
/resources/who-to-contact/Subdomain Text duplicate Who to Contact for...
https://shs.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Deacon Health After Hours Nurse Line
https://we.wfu.edu/External Subdomain We Are Wake
https://rlh.wfu.edu/help-home/External Subdomain Help @ Home
https://iss.wfu.edu/External Subdomain For International Students
/resources/after-hours/Subdomain Text duplicate After Hours Help
https://advising.wfu.edu/emerg...External Subdomain Family and Medical Emergencies
/communications/guidelines-phi...Subdomain Opt in to Campus Safety Alerts
https://police.wfu.edu/safety/External Subdomain Crime Prevention Tips
https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.ed...External Subdomain Blue Light Call Box Map
https://wakeready.wfu.edu/emer...External Subdomain In Emergency Situations
https://police.wfu.edu/clery/External Subdomain WFU Annual Security and Fire Report
https://www.crimemapping.com/m...External Subdomain Crime Mapping (27109 zip
/contact-us/Subdomain Office of Family Engagement
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Family Communications
https://www.facebook.com/WFUPa...External Subdomain WFUParents
https://www.instagram.com/wfun...External Subdomain WFUniversity
https://social.wfu.edu/External Subdomain All Wake Forest social accounts
https://webcam.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Quad Cam
https://magazine.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Wake Forest Magazine
https://wakecommunities.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Regional WFU community events
https://giving.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Make a gift
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Office of Family Engagement
https://umc.wfu.edu/teams/stra...External Subdomain Text duplicate Family Communications
/communications/daily-deac/Subdomain Text duplicate Daily Deac
https://www.facebook.com/WFUPa...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://ourmottomeansmore.wfu....External Subdomain Pro Humanitate
https://wfu.edu/weather/External 72°
https://about.wfu.edu/contact-...External Subdomain Let us know
https://parents.wfu.edu/Anchor Back to Top
https://admissions.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Admissions
https://admissions.wfu.edu/aca...External Subdomain Text duplicate Majors & Minors
https://admissions.wfu.edu/vis...External Subdomain Schedule a Visit
https://admissions.wfu.edu/aff...External Subdomain Text duplicate Affordability
https://admissions.wfu.edu/apply/External Subdomain Apply to WFU
https://about.wfu.edu/academic...External Subdomain College & Schools
https://about.wfu.edu/External Subdomain About Wake Forest
https://admissions.wfu.edu/stu...External Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Life
https://about.wfu.edu/athletics/External Subdomain Text duplicate Athletics
https://about.wfu.edu/visiting/External Subdomain Text duplicate Visitor Information
https://wakedowntown.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Wake Downtown
https://admissions.wfu.edu/vis...External Subdomain Experience Winston-Salem
https://hr.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Human Resources
http://events.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Event Calendar
https://about.wfu.edu/academic...External Subdomain Text duplicate Libraries
https://thrive.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Wellbeing
https://map.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Campus Map
https://news.wfu.edu/External Subdomain News & Media
https://hr.wfu.edu/careers/External Subdomain Work at Wake
https://about.wfu.edu/director...External Subdomain Text duplicate Directories
https://about.wfu.edu/contact-us/External Subdomain Contact
https://forms.secure.wfu.edu/g...External Subdomain Give now
https://giving.wfu.edu/giving-...External Subdomain Join today
https://wfu.edu/External IMG-ALT Wake Forest Logo
https://about.wfu.edu/visiting...External Subdomain Affiliates
https://about.wfu.edu/privacy-...External Subdomain Privacy
https://wakealert.wfu.edu/External Subdomain Emergency
https://titleix.wfu.edu/nondis...External Subdomain Non‑Discrimination
https://secure.ethicspoint.com...External Subdomain Ethics Hotline
https://www.facebook.com/wfuni...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/WakeForestNew window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/wfun...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://social.wfu.edu/New window External Subdomain social.wfu.edu

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://parents.wfu.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.81 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 (123 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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set-cookie178 Characters
serverApache
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
varyX-Forwarded-For,Accept-Encoding
last-modifiedTue, 11 Mar 2025 21:45:38 GMT
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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This page has backlinks from 67 referring domains.
This page has 87 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 63 different ip addresses.

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KeywordResultRecheck
Parents79%Check
Parents Families78%Check
Families77%Check
Wake Families66%Check
Parent Family Events65%Check
Family63%Check
Family Events59%Check
Prospective Families58%Check
family resources58%Check
Wake56%Check
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