Transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu - SEO Checker

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Meta information
67% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
74% 
Link structure
72% 
Server
91% 
External factors
45% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.58 s
File size
97.00 kB
Words
781
Media files
19
Number of links
34 internal / 36 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Transition Magazine
The page title is too short. (183 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
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)
https://transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.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)
The domain name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
robotsmax-image-preview:large
generatorHarvard University Sites 6.5.5 - http://websites.harvard.edu/
mobile-web-app-capableyes
apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
apple-mobile-web-app-titleTransition Magazine -
langen-us
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 27.35 words is high.
This page contains 781 words. That's ok.
35.9% 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.
14 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.
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, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: —
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
6 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
...themes/harvard-flex/img/harvard-logo.svgHarvard University homepage
/files/2022/08/logo1.svgtransition magazine logologo1
...houry-©-Issam-Zeljy-aa89a3e93d1bbcfa.jpgBird with Young Dieye's Plume de la Fortune
...4/On-the-wire-heart-dc34eb8c897acde5.jpgTransition on the Wire in Heart. version of Cover of T31
/files/2024/05/Spotify-Logo.pngspotify logo
/files/2024/05/Apple-Podcasts-Logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
/files/2024/05/Sound-Cloud-Logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ted_high-5-7e7e03519db82ce5-1024x683.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...-he-was-a-Tiger-Cover-Image-1-copy-1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...-at-3.17.19 PM-copy-573d143045598f5c.jpgCover of Best Debut Short Stories 2024
...estone-Manchester-Jamaica-3-765x1024.jpgThomas Glave's hands on Stephen Sharp Glave's Headstone
/files/2022/07/Transition-collage.pngTransition magazine covers
..._Chihota_I-am-a-child-of-Signed-2018.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...22/10/03_1_Chihota_I-am-a-child-of-1.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/files/2022/08/footer-logo.pngTransition magazine logo
.../2022/12/thumbnail_Outlook-ngmhjp4v.jpegtwitter icon
.../2022/12/thumbnail_Outlook-souapu1d.jpegfacebook icon
.../2022/12/thumbnail_Outlook-4e2uitzl.jpeginstagram icon
Audio URL
/files/2024/05/k5v2-1.mp3

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
SPECIES
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (7 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 SPECIES
H2 Transition on the Wire
H2 Kapwani Kiwanga
H2 Winelle Felix and Zkara Gaillard Win PEN/Dau Awards for Debut Short Stories
H2 Upon Returning to Jamaica in Search of the Undead
H2 The Longest-Running Pan-African Cultural Magazine
H2 Submit
H2 Subscribe
H2 Follow Us
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 (36) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.harvard.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Harvard University homepage
https://www.harvard.edu/External Subdomain HARVARD.EDU
https://transition.submittable...External Subdomain Submit
A-TITLE Submit
https://www.press.jhu.edu/jour...External Subdomain Subscribe
A-TITLE Subscribe
/contact/Subdomain Contact
A-TITLE Contact
/Subdomain IMG-ALT transition magazine logo
A-TITLE Transition Magazine
/about/Subdomain Overview
A-TITLE Overview
/about/masthead/Subdomain Masthead
A-TITLE Masthead
/about/news/Subdomain News
A-TITLE News
/from-the-archive/Subdomain From the Archive
A-TITLE From the Archive
/home/current-issue/Subdomain Current Issue
A-TITLE Current Issue
/issues/Subdomain Issues
A-TITLE Issues
/our-story/Subdomain Our Story
A-TITLE Our Story
/awards/Subdomain Awards
A-TITLE Awards
https://soundcloud.com/transit...External Podcast
A-TITLE Podcast
/home/current-issue/Subdomain Text duplicate Current Issue
https://soundcloud.com/transit...New window External IMG-ALT Transition on the Wire in Heart. version of Cover of T31
https://soundcloud.com/transit...External Transition on the Wire
https://www.sarahladipomanyika...External Subdomain Sarah Ladipo Manyika
https://bevaristo.com/External Bernardine Evaristo
https://open.spotify.com/show/...New window External Subdomain Spotify
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...New window External Subdomain Apple Podcasts,
https://soundcloud.com/transit...New window External Soundcloud
https://will.i.am/External Subdomain will.i.am
https://open.spotify.com/show/...External Subdomain IMG-ALT spotify logo
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...External Subdomain No Text
https://on.soundcloud.com/xjv6...External Subdomain No Text
http://news.artnet.com/art-wor...External Subdomain “Trinket
https://news.artnet.com/art-wo...External Subdomain No Text
https://news.artnet.com/art-wo...External Subdomain No Text
/home/current-issue/questions-...Subdomain interview with Makeda Best
https://urldefense.proofpoint....New window External Subdomain Catapult
https://urldefense.proofpoint....New window External Subdomain Best Debut Short Stories: The PEN America Dau Prize.
/from-the-archive/in-search-of...Subdomain Upon Returning to Jamaica in Search of the Undead
/from-the-archive/in-search-of...Subdomain “In Search of the Undead: (Un)marked Graves and The Sea of We,”
/our-story/Subdomain The Longest-Running Pan-African Cultural Magazine
https://transition.submittable...External Subdomain Text duplicate Submit
https://www.press.jhu.edu/jour...External Subdomain Text duplicate Subscribe
https://www.press.jhu.edu/jour...External Subdomain Individual Print and Electronic Subscription, (3) print and electronic issues a year: $47.85
https://www.press.jhu.edu/jour...External Subdomain Individual Print Subscription, (3) print issues: $43.45
https://www.press.jhu.edu/jour...External Subdomain Individual Print Subscription for two years, (6) issues: $86.90
https://curator.io/New window External Powered by Curator.io
https://twitter.com/Transition...External IMG-ALT twitter icon
https://www.facebook.com/Trans...External Subdomain IMG-ALT facebook icon
https://www.instagram.com/tran...External Subdomain IMG-ALT instagram icon
/about/Subdomain Text duplicate Overview
/about/masthead/Subdomain Text duplicate Masthead
/about/news/Subdomain Text duplicate News
/from-the-archive/Subdomain Text duplicate From the Archive
/home/current-issue/Subdomain Text duplicate Current Issue
/issues/Subdomain Text duplicate Issues
/our-story/Subdomain Text duplicate Our Story
/awards/Subdomain Text duplicate Awards
https://soundcloud.com/transit...External Text duplicate Podcast
/photo-credits/Subdomain Credits
https://accessibility.harvard....External Subdomain Accessibility
https://accessibility.huit.har...External Subdomain Digital Accessibility
https://www.harvard.edu/copyri...External Subdomain Report Copyright Infringement
https://websites.harvard.edu/t...External Subdomain Log In
/Anchor About
A-TITLE About
/about/Subdomain Text duplicate Overview
A-TITLE Overview
/about/masthead/Subdomain Text duplicate Masthead
A-TITLE Masthead
/about/news/Subdomain Text duplicate News
A-TITLE News
/from-the-archive/Subdomain Text duplicate From the Archive
A-TITLE From the Archive
/home/current-issue/Subdomain Text duplicate Current Issue
A-TITLE Current Issue
/issues/Subdomain Text duplicate Issues
A-TITLE Issues
/our-story/Subdomain Text duplicate Our Story
A-TITLE Our Story
/awards/Subdomain Text duplicate Awards
A-TITLE Awards
https://soundcloud.com/transit...External Text duplicate Podcast
A-TITLE Podcast

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.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 0.58 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 (97 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
serveropenresty
dateMon, 22 Jul 2024 19:02:15 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
last-modifiedMon, 22 Jul 2024 18:03:16 GMT
cache-controlmax-age=61, must-revalidate
varyCookie
link<https://transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
x-cacheMISS
x-cache-bypass-reason0
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 15 referring domains.
This page only has 29 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 15 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

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KeywordResultRecheck
Transition65%Check
magazine65%Check
Transition Magazine65%Check
HARVARD50%Check
SPECIES50%Check
EDU48%Check
Wire42%Check
Short40%Check
Debut40%Check
Stories40%Check
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