Gwu.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
45% 
Link structure
48% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.96 s
File size
84.60 kB
Words
755
Media files
10
Number of links
62 internal / 50 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The George Washington University
The length of the page title is perfect. (314 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Housed in a city unlike any other, our students gain an education unlike any other. Our students emerge with experiences that could only happen at GW.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (935 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.gwu.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
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

NameValue
descriptionHoused in a city unlike any other, our students gain an education unlike any other. Our students emerge with experiences that could only happen at GW.
abstractHoused in a city unlike any other, our students gain an education unlike any other. Our students emerge with experiences that could only happen at GW.
keywordsgw, george washington university, gwu, gw, gw university, george washington, dc universities, dc colleges, education, higher education
generatorVarbase
referrerorigin
rights©2023 The George Washington University. All rights reserved.
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
GeneratorDrupal 9 (https://www.drupal.org)
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:descriptionHoused in a city unlike any other, our students gain an education unlike any other. Our students emerge with experiences that could only happen at GW.
twitter:titleThe George Washington University
twitter:urlhttps://www.gwu.edu/
twitter:imagehttps://www.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5066/files/2022-09/gw_opengraph.jpeg
og:site_nameThe George Washington University
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttps://www.gwu.edu/
og:titleThe George Washington University
og:descriptionHoused in a city unlike any other, our students gain an education unlike any other. Our students emerge with experiences that could only happen at GW.
og:imagehttps://www.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5066/files/2022-09/gw_opengraph.jpeg
og:image:urlhttps://www.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5066/files/2022-09/gw_opengraph.jpeg
og:image:altThe George Washington University Logo
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 755 words. That's ok.
28.3% 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 22.17 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 13 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 15 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
.../files/header_block/Monogram_250x186.pngThe George Washington University site logo
...om/gwu_content_types/img/gw_mono_0_0.pngGW Home
/themes/contrib/vartheme_bs4/logo-print.pngThe George Washington University
data:[...] Base64Program Coordinator Nico MacDougall (second from right) with Harlan scholars (from left) Cole Christensen, Valerie Chen, Zoe Ilgenfritz, Martina Tsimba, Maggie Connolly and Margarita Kyza-Karavioti at the Botanic Gardens. Not shown scholar Kiana Kamrava.
data:[...] Base64George Washington statue
data:[...] Base64Sonya Rankin, Tony Goldwyn, Kerry Washington and Ellen M. Granberg backstage at Lisner Auditorium.
data:[...] Base64President Granberg Talks with GW Community Members
...5066/files/2022-09/gw_primary_2c_rev.pngThe George Washington University, Washington, DC
Video URLWidthHeight
...066/files/2023-03/main_gw_hero_ver_6.mp41600900
...s5066/files/2023-03/gwtoday_motion_0.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Homepage
The H1 heading contains the words Homepage! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Homepage
H2 MAKE AN IMPACT
H2 NEWS AND EVENTS
H2 #GWTODO
H2 STORIES FROM OUR COMMUNITY
H3 Find a Program
H3 Visit
H3 Apply
H3 GW Students Conduct Hands-On Field Research
H3 GW Launches Bold, University-Wide Alliance for a Sustainable Future
H3 Opening Doors to a Liberal Arts Education at GW
H3 GW Together
H3 A Diverse Community is a Strong Community
H3 Accessibility Notice
H3 Equal Opportunity (EO) Statement
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (50) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.gwu.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://students.gwu.edu/?utm_...New window External Students
https://www.gwu.edu/faculty-staffFaculty & Staff
https://alumni.gwu.edu/?utm_so...New window External Alumni
/gw-email-calendarEmail
https://banweb.gwu.edu/?utm_so...New window External GWeb
https://blackboard.gwu.edu/New window External Blackboard
http://my.gwu.edu/mod/director...New window External Directory
https://giving.gwu.edu/?utm_so...New window External Give
https://www.gwu.edu/IMG-ALT The George Washington University site logo
/admissions-aidApply
https://www.gwu.edu/IMG-ALT GW Home
https://www.gwu.edu/aboutAbout
https://www.gwu.edu/leadershipLeadership
https://www.gwu.edu/our-locationOur Location
/foggy-bottom-campusFoggy Bottom Campus
/mount-vernon-campusMount Vernon Campus
/virginia-science-technology-c...Virginia Science & Technology Campus
/online-virginia-academic-centersOnline & Virginia Academic Centers
/admissions-aidAdmissions & Aid
/undergraduate-admissionsUndergraduate
/graduate-admissionsGraduate
https://www.gwu.edu/academicsAcademics
/schools-collegesSchools & Colleges
/academic-calendarAcademic Calendar
https://www.gwu.edu/researchResearch
https://www.gwu.edu/gw-experienceGW Experience
https://www.gwu.edu/campus-lifeCampus Life
https://www.gwu.edu/traditionsTraditions
/internships-career-servicesInternships & Career Services
/athletics-recreationAthletics & Recreation
https://www.gwu.edu/campus-healthCampus Health
https://www.gwu.edu/arts-cultureArts & Culture
https://www.gwu.edu/aboutText duplicate About
https://www.gwu.edu/leadershipText duplicate Leadership
https://www.gwu.edu/our-locationText duplicate Our Location
/foggy-bottom-campusText duplicate Foggy Bottom Campus
/mount-vernon-campusText duplicate Mount Vernon Campus
/virginia-science-technology-c...Text duplicate Virginia Science & Technology Campus
/online-virginia-academic-centersText duplicate Online & Virginia Academic Centers
/admissions-aidText duplicate Admissions & Aid
/undergraduate-admissionsText duplicate Undergraduate
/graduate-admissionsText duplicate Graduate
https://www.gwu.edu/academicsText duplicate Academics
/schools-collegesText duplicate Schools & Colleges
/academic-calendarText duplicate Academic Calendar
https://www.gwu.edu/researchText duplicate Research
https://www.gwu.edu/gw-experienceText duplicate GW Experience
https://www.gwu.edu/campus-lifeText duplicate Campus Life
https://www.gwu.edu/traditionsText duplicate Traditions
/internships-career-servicesText duplicate Internships & Career Services
/athletics-recreationText duplicate Athletics & Recreation
https://www.gwu.edu/campus-healthText duplicate Campus Health
https://www.gwu.edu/arts-cultureText duplicate Arts & Culture
https://www.gwu.edu/Anchor Previous
https://www.gwu.edu/Anchor Next
https://bulletin.gwu.edu/find-...New window External No Text
https://bulletin.gwu.edu/find-...New window External Find a Program
https://www.gwu.edu/node/581No Text
https://www.gwu.edu/our-locationVisit
A-TITLE Our Location
https://www.gwu.edu/node/571No Text
/admissions-aidText duplicate Apply
A-TITLE Admissions & Aid
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/summer...New window External GW Students Conduct Hands-On Field Research
https://columbian.gwu.edu/New window External Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
https://biology.columbian.gwu....New window External Subdomain Wilbur V. Harlan Undergraduate Research Fellowship
https://www.gwu.edu/academicsText duplicate Find a Program
https://www.gwu.edu/node/546Explore the GW Experience
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/New window External No Text
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-lau...New window External GW Launches Bold, University-Wide Alliance for a Sustainable Future
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/mercy-...New window External Mercy Mission: Alumnus Connects Africa to Health Care
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/new-te...New window External No Text
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/ukrain...New window External Ukrainian Entrepreneur Fellow Finds Inspiration and Mentorship at GW’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/new-te...New window External No Text
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/new-ap...New window External No Text
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/q-cele...New window External Q & A: Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/new-ap...New window External No Text
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-tod...New window External Subscribe to GW Today
https://calendar.gwu.edu/New window External View More
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/kerry-...New window External Opening Doors to a Liberal Arts Education at GW
https://president.gwu.edu/gw-t...New window External GW Together
https://president.gwu.edu/gw-t...New window External Anchor share your ideas for GW’s future
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/New window External Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
https://accessibility.gwu.edu/...New window External please let us know
https://bulletin.gwu.edu/find-...New window External Text duplicate Find a Program
https://explore.gwu.edu/?utm_m...New window External Interactive Campus Map
http://www.gwsports.com/?utm_m...New window External Athletics
https://giving.gwu.edu/?utm_me...New window External Give to GW
https://www.facebook.com/georg...New window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/gwun...New window External No Text
https://twitter.com/GWtweets?l...New window External No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/d...New window External No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@gwuniv...New window External No Text
https://www.gwu.edu/contact-gwContact GW
https://undergraduate.admissio...New window External Subdomain Undergraduate Visits
https://graduate.admissions.gw...New window External Subdomain Graduate Visits
/admissions-aidText duplicate Apply
https://careers.gwu.edu/?utm_m...New window External GW Careers
http://www.campusadvisories.gw...New window External Campus Advisories
https://undocumented.gwu.edu/?...New window External Resources for Undocumented Individuals
https://calendar.gwu.edu/?utm_...New window External Calendars
https://accessibility.gwu.edu/...New window External Accessibility
https://financialaid.gwu.edu/c...New window External Consumer Information
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/?utm_m...New window External GW Today
http://magazine.gwu.edu/?utm_m...New window External GW Magazine
https://mediarelations.gwu.edu...New window External Media Room
https://www.gwu.edu/copyrightCopyright
https://www.gwu.edu/terms-useTerms of Use
/privacy-noticeWebsite Privacy Notice
https://compliance.gwu.edu/equ...New window External EO/Nondiscrimination Policy
https://titleix.gwu.edu/gw-pol...New window External Title IX
https://accessibility.gwu.edu/...New window External Accessibility Feedback Form
/?utm_medium=link&utm_campaign...IMG-ALT The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.gwu.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 0.96 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 6 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 13 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (85 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
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strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
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x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
x-generatorDrupal 9 (https://www.drupal.org)
varyAccept-Encoding
x-request-idv-3d997e60-89b7-11ee-9285-ffe0efdf7276
x-ah-environment02live
viavarnish
x-cacheMISS
cf-cache-statusEXPIRED
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servercloudflare
cf-ray82a69a8f6f5b37d1-FRA
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
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 17,173 referring domains.
This page has 952,300 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 11,344 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.
Listed on Webwiki
(Nice to have)
This website is listed on Webwiki.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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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
#
# 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
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# 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
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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www.gwu.edu
The George Washington University
Housed in a city unlike any other, our students gain an education unlike any other. Our students emerge with experiences that could only happen at GW.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
GW Experience59%Check
GW Today54%Check
university52%Check
Washington University51%Check
Washington50%Check
Students50%Check
George50%Check
Education50%Check
Homepage50%Check
George Washington50%Check
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