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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
59% 
Page quality
64% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
62% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.52 s
File size
91.20 kB
Words
563
Media files
10
Number of links
36 internal / 158 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
School of Biology and Ecology - School of Biology and Ecology - University of Maine
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 755 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page 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://sbe.umaine.edu/
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)
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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
No paragraphs were detected.
This page contains 563 words. That's ok.
14.6% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
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 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 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)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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
...maine/assets/images/temp-umaine-logo.pngLink to University of Maine homepage
...oodic-ready-for-an-excursion-300x225.jpgSchoodic students read to go bug collecting
...-2-student-gathering-foliage-300x225.jpgStudents at Schoodic gathering foliage on the roadside
...ploads/sites/92/2018/08/SBEHomepage2.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ads/sites/92/2019/10/newseminarphoto.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ds/sites/92/2022/04/IMG_5644-300x225.jpgStudent volunteers working in Murray Hall courtyard on Maine Day
...ploads/sites/92/2018/11/aes2-396x238.pngNo alt attribute provided
.../09/48423348177_d46c9e9fa8_k-423x238.jpgStudent with banded bird
...ssets/images/temp-umaine-footer-logo.pngLink to University of Maine homepage
...ntent/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/footer.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
School of Biology and Ecology
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 School of Biology and Ecology
H3 SBE News
H3 Media report on efforts involving UMaine to help Maine’s wild blueberry producers adapt to climate change
H3 Acadia’s lakes inform harmful algal bloom risk predictions statewide
H3 Emma Perry featured on ‘Maine Calling’ tardigrade segment
H3 Griffin Dill, EES/SBE Ph.D. candidate and integrated pest management specialist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, discusses mosquito-borne illnesses with WGME
H3 CBS News interviews Gardner on EEE virus
H3 SBE Thesis Defenses
H3 ELH Events Calendar
H3 SBE Seminar Series
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (158) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://sbe.umaine.edu/Anchor Skip to main navigation
https://sbe.umaine.edu/Anchor Skip to site navigation
https://sbe.umaine.edu/Anchor Skip to content
https://go.umaine.edu/apply/External Subdomain Apply to UMaine
https://umaine.edu/directory/External A-Z
https://calendar.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Calendar
https://securelb.imodules.com/...External Subdomain Give
https://umaine.edu/campus-mapExternal Map
https://umaine.edu/news/External News
https://umaine.edu/hr/career-o...External Careers
https://my.umaine.edu/External Subdomain myUMaine
https://umaine.edu/External IMG-ALT Link to University of Maine homepage
https://sbe.umaine.edu/Subdomain Home
/undergraduate/Subdomain Undergraduate
https://sbe.umaine.edu/graduate/Subdomain Graduate
https://sbe.umaine.edu/resources/Subdomain Resources
https://sbe.umaine.edu/personnel/Subdomain People
/school/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
https://go.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Admissions
https://go.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Admissions
https://go.umaine.edu/apply/External Subdomain Apply
https://umaine.secure.force.co...External Subdomain Learn More
https://go.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate
https://go.umaine.edu/transfer...External Subdomain Transfer
https://umaine.edu/graduate/External Text duplicate Graduate
https://umaine.edu/internation...External International
https://dll.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Lifelong Learning
https://umaine.edu/veterans/External Veterans
https://machias.edu/admissions/External Machias Admissions
https://umaine.edu/stuaid/External Financial Aid
https://umaine.edu/stuaid/aid-...External Apply for Financial Aid
https://umaine.edu/stuaid/aid-...External Costs
https://go.umaine.edu/apply/sc...External Subdomain Scholarships
https://go.umaine.edu/visit/External Subdomain Visits, Tours and more
https://go.umaine.edu/visit/External Subdomain Visit UMaine
https://go.umaine.edu/counselors/External Subdomain For Counselors
https://go.umaine.edu/admitted/External Subdomain For Accepted Students
https://machias.edu/admissions...External Machias Campus
https://umaine.edu/campus-life/External Campus Life
https://calendar.umaine.edu/External Subdomain What’s Happening
https://calendar.umaine.edu/ev...External Subdomain UMaine Calendar
https://umaine.edu/news/blog/c...External Campus Announcements
https://umaine.edu/socialnetwork/External Social Media
https://machias.edu/events/cat...External Events at UMM
https://umaine.edu/commencement/External Commencement
https://umaine.edu/studentinvo...External Community
https://umaine.edu/studentlife/External Division of Student Life
https://umaine.edu/housing/External Campus Living
https://umaine.sodexomyway.com/External Subdomain Dining
https://umaine.edu/campusrecre...External Recreation
https://umaine.edu/thearts/External Arts
https://www.goblackbears.com/External Subdomain Athletics
https://umaine.edu/studentlife...External Parents and Family
https://umaine.edu/bursar/External Bursar’s Office
https://umaine.edu/student-con...External Student Consumer Information
https://umaine.edu/police/cler...External Clery Safety and Security Report
https://umaine.edu/campus-map/External Getting Around
https://umaine.edu/campus-map/External Campus Map
https://umaine.edu/parking/External Parking Services
https://umaine.edu/parking/vis...External Visitors
https://machias.edu/campus-life/External Machias Campus Life
https://umaine.edu/colleges/External Academics
https://umaine.edu/colleges/External Colleges
https://umaine.edu/edhd/External College of Education and Human Development
https://umaine.edu/las/External College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
https://elh.umaine.edu/External Subdomain College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences
https://umaine.edu/graduate/External Graduate School
https://honors.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Honors College
https://umaine.edu/business/External Maine Business School
https://engineering.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Maine College of Engineering and Computing
https://umaine.edu/colleges/External Learning Locations
https://online.umaine.edu/External Subdomain UMaine Online
https://machias.edu/External University of Maine at Machias
https://dll.umaine.edu/profess...External Subdomain Professional and Continuing Education
https://umaine.edu/earlycollege/External Early College
https://dmc.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Darling Marine Center
https://umaine.edu/studyabroad/External Education Abroad
https://umaine.edu/current/External Text duplicate Resources
https://go.umaine.edu/find-a-m...External Subdomain Majors and Programs
https://studentrecords.umaine....External Subdomain Student Records
http://catalog.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Undergraduate Catalog
http://gradcatalog.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Graduate Catalog
https://library.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Fogler Library
https://calendar.umaine.edu/ev...External Subdomain Academic Calendar
https://umaine.edu/first-gen/External First-generation Student Support
https://umaine.edu/armyrotc/External Army ROTC
https://umaine.edu/adult-learner/External Adult Learner Resources
https://umaine.edu/navigate/External Navigate
https://umaine.edu/research-ex...External Research Learning Experiences
https://umaine.edu/research/External Research
https://umaine.edu/research/External Text duplicate Research
https://umaine.edu/portland/External Portland Gateway
https://umaine.edu/medicine/External Institute of Medicine
https://cugr.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Center for Undergraduate Research
https://umaine.edu/umss/External Student Symposium
https://umaine.edu/research/re...External Centers and Institutes
https://umaine.edu/research/re...External Research News
https://umaine.edu/research/re...External Announcements
https://umaine.edu/research/mi...External Vision and Mission
https://umaine.edu/research/re...External Research Report
https://umaine.edu/research/ab...External Initiatives
https://umaine.edu/epscor/External Maine EPSCoR
https://ai.umaine.edu/External Subdomain UMaine AI
https://umaine.edu/arctic/External UMaine Arctic
https://arts.umaine.edu/External Subdomain UMaine Arts
https://umaine.edu/epic/External Experiential Programs Innovation Central (EPIC)
https://umaine.edu/core/External Coordinated Operating Research Entities (CORE)
https://umaine.edu/forest/External UMaine FOREST
https://marine.umaine.edu/External Subdomain UMaine MARINE
https://umaine.edu/space/External UMaine Space
https://umaine.edu/research/re...External Text duplicate Resources
https://umaine.edu/ora/External Office of Research Administration
https://umaine.edu/research-co...External Office of Research Compliance
https://umaine.edu/research-de...External Office of Research Development
https://umaine.edu/arcsim/External Advanced Research Computing, Security, and Information Management
https://umaine.edu/graduate/External Graduate Studies
https://umaine.edu/research/ma...External Research Marketing and Communications
https://umaine.edu/research/or...External Organizational Chart
https://umaine.edu/about/External About Us
https://umaine.edu/about/External About UMaine
https://umaine.edu/president/External President’s Office
https://umaine.edu/provost/External Provost’s Office
https://umaine.edu/transforms/External UMS Transforms UMaine
https://umaine.edu/about/missi...External Mission
https://umaine.edu/about/quick...External Quick Facts
https://umaine.edu/news/External UMaine News
https://umaine.edu/news/home/m...External Contact Us / Media Inquiries
https://extension.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Community Outreach
https://extension.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Cooperative Extension
https://umainetoday.umaine.edu/External Subdomain UMaine Today Magazine
https://umaine.edu/alumniandgi...External Alumni and Giving
https://umaine.edu/conferences/External Events and Hospitality
https://umaine.edu/150/External Celebrating 150 years
https://umaine.edu/inspire/External Strategic Partnerships and Innovation
https://umaine.edu/inspire/External Office of Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Resources and Engagement
https://umaine.edu/inspire/bus...External Business and Industry
https://umaine.edu/inspire/off...External Student Opportunities
https://umaine.edu/inspire/fac...External Faculty Resources
https://umaine.edu/return/External COVID-19 Updates
https://umaine.edu/directory/External A to Z Directory
https://calendar.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate UMaine Calendar
https://securelb.imodules.com/...External Subdomain Give Now
https://umaine.edu/campus-map/External UMaine Map
https://umaine.edu/news/External Text duplicate UMaine News
https://umaine.edu/hr/career-o...External Career Opportunities
https://my.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate myUMaine
http://umaine.edu/facultystaff/External Faculty and Staff Resources
http://umaine.edu/current/External Student Resources
https://umaine.edu/titleix/External Title IX Student Services
https://umaine.edu/emergencyExternal Emergency Information
https://umaine.edu/police/External UMaine Police
https://sbe.umaine.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Home
/undergraduate/Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate
https://sbe.umaine.edu/graduate/Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate
https://sbe.umaine.edu/resources/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
https://sbe.umaine.edu/personnel/Subdomain Text duplicate People
/school/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://www.facebook.com/sbe.u...External Subdomain Facebook
/school/about-sbe/Subdomain About SBE
IMG-ALT Schoodic students read to go bug collecting
/undergraduate/Subdomain Undergraduate Program
IMG-ALT Students at Schoodic gathering foliage on the roadside
https://sbe.umaine.edu/graduate/Subdomain Graduate Program
/school/seminar-series/Subdomain SBE Seminars
/school/maine-rare-plants-garden/Subdomain Maine Rare Plants Garden
IMG-ALT Student volunteers working in Murray Hall courtyard on Maine Day
/school/videos/Subdomain Videos
https://securelb.imodules.com/...External Subdomain Support SBE
IMG-ALT Student with banded bird
/category/news/Subdomain SBE News
/2024/11/04/media-report-on-ef...Subdomain Media report on efforts involving UMaine to help Maine’s wild blueberry producers adapt to climate change
/2024/10/11/acadias-lakes-info...Subdomain Acadia’s lakes inform harmful algal bloom risk predictions statewide
/2024/10/08/emma-perry-feature...Subdomain Emma Perry featured on ‘Maine Calling’ tardigrade segment
/2024/10/02/griffin-dill-ees-s...Subdomain Griffin Dill, EES/SBE Ph.D. candidate and integrated pest management specialist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, discu...
/2024/09/03/cbs-news-interview...Subdomain CBS News interviews Gardner on EEE virus
/school/news/Subdomain Trivial anchor text
More
https://calendar.umaine.edu/ev...External Subdomain More events from the College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences
/event/sbe-seminar-series-one-...Subdomain SBE Seminar Series: One Health Graduate Student Lightning Talks
https://sbe.umaine.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Home
/undergraduate/Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate
https://sbe.umaine.edu/graduate/Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate
https://sbe.umaine.edu/resources/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
https://sbe.umaine.edu/personnel/Subdomain Text duplicate People
/school/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://www.facebook.com/sbe.u...External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://sbe.umaine.edu/Anchor ⨉
https://www.facebook.com/Unive...External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn
A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/user/T...External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE YouTube
https://instagram.com/universi...External Instagram
A-TITLE Instagram
https://umaine.edu/External Text duplicate IMG-ALT Link to University of Maine homepage
https://go.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Apply
https://umaine.edu/current/External Text duplicate Student Resources
https://umaine.edu/eo/disabili...External Nondiscrimination notice
https://www.maine.edu/privacy-...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://umaine.edu/police/cler...External Text duplicate Clery Safety and Security Report
https://umaine.edu/return/New window External COVID-19 health and safety guidance
https://umaine.edu/emergency/External Emergency

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://sbe.umaine.edu/"
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 is very slow (1.52 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (91 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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varyCookie
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x-tec-api-originhttps://sbe.umaine.edu
content-encodinggzip
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 386 referring domains.
This page has 780 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 227 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 1
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Crawl-delay: 1
User-agent: TurnitinBot
Crawl-delay: 1
User-agent: SemanticScholarBot
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# Block search results
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /page/*/?s=
Disallow: /search

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Disallow: *hide_subsequent_recurrences=*
Disallow: *tribe-bar-date=*
Disallow: *tribe-venue=*
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Disallow: *eventDate=*
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Disallow: *shortcode=*
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Disallow: *outlook-ical=*
Disallow: *related_series=*
Disallow: *tribe_geofence=*
Allow: /events/*
Allow: /event/*

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