Umd.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
72% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
28% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.42 s
File size
50.50 kB
Words
1535
Media files
18
Number of links
39 internal / 130 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The University of Maryland | A Preeminent Public Research University
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 626 pixels long. 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://www.umd.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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google-site-verification4xWtIb--uwnpTd6HhREuPfkZyh2Tek2hFuTCfeXQ3Cc
langen
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og:image:typeimage/png
og:image:width1200
og:image:height600
Content-Typetext/html; charset=utf-8
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1535 words. That's ok.
30.3% 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.
18 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 17.98 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 7 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)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: support the clark challenge for the maryland promise scholarship
Some tags are too long. With 117 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"at the university of maryland, our commitment to the safety and well-being of our students is paramoun..."
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
...umd.edu/themes/umd/build/images/logo.svgUniversity of Maryland
...ent_KB_05242019_9882-1920x1080_final.jpgClose-up of graduating student's hand on Testudo statue
...onnect_07012015_0098_1920x1080_final.jpgStudents at CompSciConnect camp
...Garage_10242017_9270-1920x1080_final.jpgSolar panels mounted on top of a parking garage
...nage_07142020_SC_2459_1920x1080 copy.jpgFind Semester Updates and Learn About Critical Health Behaviors to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus 4 Everyone at UMD
...du/files/4-Maryland-banner copy@3x_0.png4 Maryland logo banner
/sites/umd.edu/files/Do_Good_0_0_0.pngNo alt attribute provided
/sites/umd.edu/files/MPP/MPP_HD.pngClark Challenge For Maryland PromiseClark Challenge For Maryland Promise
...s/998977611144445953/hknvMM_W_normal.jpgUofMaryland
...710174590451720/img/HJlDECmWfjdrnlFw.jpgImage shared by UofMaryland
...virus/Icon - 3000x3000 white smaller.pngUniversity of Maryland App Icon
...edu/files/UMD17_OnCampus_UMDreflects.jpgUMD Reflects
...files/TheM_10232020_SC_3084_1200x500.jpgM Circle on the University of Maryland campus
...edu/files/MarylandPromise2020-square.pngMaryland Promise Students
/sites/umd.edu/files/MPP-workmark@4x.pngClark Challenge for the Maryland Promise
...hemes/umd/build/images/logo-inverted.svgUniversity of Maryland
Video URLWidthHeight
...youtube.com/embed/sN4ynr6QbtA?rel=0

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
A Preeminent Public Research University
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 36 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 A Preeminent Public Research University
H2 Spring Commencement Preview
H2 2021 UMD Summer Camps
H2 Committed to Climate Action
H2 4 Maryland
H2 Maryland COVID-19 Information for UMD
H2 About
H2 Academics
H2 Research and Innovation
H2 Arts
H2 UMD Rankings
H2 Athletics
H2 UMD App
H2 Student Life
H2 UMD Student Crisis Fund
H2 On Campus
H2 News & Events
H2 News
H2 Events
H2 Admissions
H2 Search
H2 Giving to Maryland
H2 Give to Maryland
H3 DO GOOD
H3 Schools and Colleges
H3 Events Duplicate text
H3 #19
H3 #10
H3 #60
H3 #6
H3 Undergraduate Admissions
H3 Graduate Admissions
H3 Campus Resources
H3 Student Resources
H3 Technical Support
H4 Univ. of Maryland @UofMaryland
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 2 links with a trivial anchor text.
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 (130) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.umd.edu/IMG-ALT University of Maryland
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor Search
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor Inside UMD
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor News & Events
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor Admissions
https://www.umd.edu/Anchor Support UMD
https://www.youtube.com/user/U...External YouTube
https://www.facebook.com/Univo...External Facebook
https://twitter.com/UofMarylandExternal Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/univ...External Instagram
https://today.umd.edu/articles...New window External Spring Commencement Preview
https://today.umd.edu/articles...New window External Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://today.umd.edu/articles...New window External 2021 UMD Summer Camps
https://today.umd.edu/articles...New window External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://today.umd.edu/articles...New window External Committed to Climate Action
https://today.umd.edu/articles...New window External Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://umd.edu/4marylandNew window 4 Maryland
https://umd.edu/4marylandNew window Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.umd.edu/4MarylandFind the latest updates and information
https://president.umd.edu/admi...New window External Administration
https://alumni.umd.edu/External Alumni Association
https://www.diversity.umd.edu/New window External Diversity & Inclusion
https://prepare.umd.edu/New window External Emergency Management
/history-and-missionHistory & Mission
/faqs-heoaconsumer-informationHEOA/Consumer Information (FAQs)
http://shop.umterps.com/New window External Subdomain Maryland Merchandise
http://mpower.maryland.edu/New window External Subdomain MPowering the State
/rankings-and-fast-factsRankings and Fast Facts
https://sustainability.umd.edu/New window External Sustainability
https://umd.edu/commitmentUMD Commitment to Student Athletes
https://www.umd.edu/virtual-tourVirtual Tour
/information-visitors-parents-...Visitors, Parents and Families
http://dogood.umd.edu/New window External Do Good
http://www.provost.umd.edu/cal...New window External Academic Calendar
https://tltc.umd.edu/External Teaching & Learning Transformation Center
http://www.scholars.umd.edu/New window External College Park Scholars
http://globalmaryland.umd.edu/External Global Maryland
http://www.honors.umd.edu/New window External Honors College
http://www.lib.umd.edu/New window External Libraries
http://www.admissions.umd.edu/...New window External Majors and Minors
http://oes.umd.edu/External Office of Extended Studies
http://www.provost.umd.edu/New window External Provost
http://www.registrar.umd.edu/New window External Registrar
https://www.admissions.umd.edu...New window External Special Academic Programs
http://www.testudo.umd.edu/New window External Testudo (Student Portal)
https://catalogundergraduate.u...New window External Undergraduate Catalog
http://agnr.umd.edu/External Agriculture and Natural Resources
http://www.arch.umd.edu/External Architecture, Planning and Preservation
http://www.arhu.umd.edu/External Arts and Humanities
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/External Behavioral and Social Sciences
http://www.smith.umd.edu/External Business (Robert H. Smith)
http://www.cmns.umd.edu/External Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
http://www.education.umd.edu/External Education
https://eng.umd.edu/External Engineering (A. James Clark)
http://www.gradschool.umd.edu/External Graduate School
http://www.journalism.umd.edu/External Journalism (Philip Merrill)
http://www.ischool.umd.edu/External Information Studies
http://www.sph.umd.edu/External Public Health
https://spp.umd.edu/External Public Policy
http://www.ugst.umd.edu/External Undergraduate Studies
https://promise.umd.edu/External Support the Clark Challenge for the Maryland Promise Scholarship
http://innovation.umd.edu/New window External Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
/colleges-and-schoolsColleges and Schools
http://www.research.umd.edu/New window External Division of Research
https://fire.umd.edu/New window External FIRE: The First-Year Innovation & Research Experience
https://innovate.umd.edu/New window External Innovation Gateway
https://innovate.umd.edu/New window External Text duplicate Innovation Gateway
https://twitter.com/UofMarylandExternal Univ. of Maryland @UofMaryland
https://t.co/L1DKZhKZ67External URL anchor text
https://t.co/L1DKZhKZ67
https://t.co/loshLteSs7External URL anchor text
https://t.co/loshLteSs7
https://twitter.com/UofMarylandExternal Follow UofMaryland
https://www.arhu.umd.edu/New window External College of Arts and Humanities
https://www.music.umd.edu/New window External School of Music
http://tdps.umd.edu/New window External School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
http://theclarice.umd.edu/New window External The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
http://www.lib.umd.edu/mspalNew window External Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
http://www.arch.umd.edu/New window External School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
https://umd-phillips.umd.edu/i...New window External University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge at The Phillips Collection
http://www.driskellcenter.umd....New window External David C. Driskell Center
http://devosinstitute.umd.edu/New window External DeVos Institute of Arts Management
https://www.umd.edu/galleriesGalleries
http://thestamp.umd.edu/art_le...External The Art & Learning Center at Stamp
/rankings-and-fast-factsText duplicate Rankings and Fast Facts
http://www.umterps.com/New window External Intercollegiate Athletics
https://www.golf.umd.edu/New window External University of Maryland Golf Course
http://recwell.umd.edu/New window External University Recreation and Wellness
https://www.umd.edu/node/152Learn more about our commitment
https://umd.edu/appIMG-ALT University of Maryland App Icon
https://umd.edu/appNew window umd.edu/app
http://thestamp.umd.edu/shops_...New window External Book Center
http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/New window External Career Center
http://www.counseling.umd.edu/External Counseling Center
http://dining.umd.edu/New window External Dining Services
http://www.greek.umd.edu/New window External Fraternity and Sorority Life
http://health.umd.edu/New window External Health Center
http://thestamp.umd.edu/memori...New window External Memorial Chapel
http://och.umd.edu/New window External Off-Campus Housing
http://reslife.umd.edu/External Resident Life
http://thestamp.umd.edu/New window External Stamp Student Union
http://studentaffairs.umd.edu/New window External Student Affairs
http://orgsync.umd.edu/browse_...New window External Student Clubs
http://transportation.umd.edu/New window External Transportation Services
http://recwell.umd.edu/New window External Text duplicate University Recreation and Wellness
https://health.umd.edu/coronav...External Latest information on Coronavirus
https://giving.umd.edu/giving/...New window External HELP TERPS IN NEED
http://calendar.umd.edu/cal/ma...New window External Calendar
https://www.umd.edu/directoriesDirectories
http://maps.umd.edu/map/New window External Map
https://umd.edu/umdreflectsUMD Reflects / University Gathers Resources, Provides Updates And Takes Action To Combat Hate
https://umd.edu/umdreflectsNew window Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://alert.umd.edu/New window External Campus Alerts
http://calendar.umd.edu/New window External Campus Calendar
https://www.umdrightnow.umd.ed...External Resources for News Media
http://www.terp.umd.edu/New window External Terp Magazine
http://www.umdrightnow.umd.edu/New window External UMD Right Now
https://www.umd.edu/weareumdWe Are UMD
https://umd.edu/weatherNew window Weather Alerts
https://today.umd.edu/External Maryland Today
https://www.umdrightnow.umd.ed...External Text duplicate UMD Right Now
https://umd.edu/4MarylandNew window Latest 4 Maryland Updates
http://umd.bwcs-hosting.com/ca...External Subdomain Gardenside Studying
http://umd.bwcs-hosting.com/ca...External Subdomain The Day the Markets Roared
http://umd.bwcs-hosting.com/ca...External Subdomain Competing with Great Powers Through Competitive Strategy and Unconventional Warfare
http://calendar.umd.edu/New window External All Events
https://www.admissions.umd.edu/New window External Undergraduate Admissions
https://www.admissions.umd.edu...External Requirements
https://www.admissions.umd.edu...External Frequently Asked Questions
https://www.admissions.umd.edu...External 90+ Undergraduate Majors
https://www.gradschool.umd.edu/New window External Graduate Admissions
https://gradschool.umd.edu/adm...External Admissions Process
http://apps.gradschool.umd.edu...External Subdomain Graduate Programs
http://www.financialaid.umd.edu/External Financial Aid
https://www.admissions.umd.edu...External Visit
https://www.umd.edu/contact-usContact Us
/policies-and-procedures/acces...Accessibility
http://calendar.umd.edu/External Text duplicate Campus Calendar
http://maps.umd.edu/map/External Campus Map
https://www.umd.edu/directoriesText duplicate Directories
https://uhr.umd.edu/External Human Resources
/policies-and-proceduresPolicies and Procedures
https://www.provost.umd.edu/ca...External Text duplicate Academic Calendar
http://www.registrar.umd.edu/External Text duplicate Registrar
http://www.testudo.umd.edu/External Text duplicate Testudo (Student Portal)
https://identity.umd.edu/passw...External Change Password
http://it.umd.edu/External Division of IT
https://umd.service-now.com/itscExternal Subdomain Get IT Support
https://giving.umd.edu/giving/New window External IMG-ALT M Circle on the University of Maryland campus
https://giving.umd.edu/giving/External Give Now
https://promise.umd.edu/New window External IMG-ALT Maryland Promise Students
https://promise.umd.edu/External Text duplicate Support the Clark Challenge for the Maryland Promise Scholarship
https://promise.umd.edu/External IMG-ALT Clark Challenge for the Maryland Promise
https://www.youtube.com/user/U...External University of Maryland on YouTube
https://www.facebook.com/Univo...External University of Maryland on Facebook
https://twitter.com/UofMarylandExternal University of Maryland on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/univ...External University of Maryland on Instagram
http://www.usmd.edu/External The Flagship Institution of the State of Maryland
/information-visitors-parents-...Information for Visitors, Parents and Families
/faqs-heoaconsumer-informationFAQs (HEOA/Consumer Information)
https://www.umd.edu/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
https://ejobs.umd.edu/External Careers
https://form.asana.com/?hash=f...External Subdomain Issues
A-TITLE Experiencing a bug or website issues?
https://www.ocrsm.umd.edu/External Office of Civil Rights & Sexual Misconduct
http://www.umpd.umd.edu/External UMD Police Department
/web-accessibilityWeb Accessibility
A-TITLE Information about web accessibility at UMD
/policies-and-proceduresText duplicate Policies and Procedures
/administration/public-informa...Public Records Request
/privacy-noticePrivacy Notice
http://mpower.maryland.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate MPowering the State

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.umd.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The used PHP version is outdated and may be a security risk.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 of 0.42 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 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (51 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
transfer-encodingchunked
connectionkeep-alive
dateWed, 19 May 2021 03:21:49 GMT
serverApache/2.4.6 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
x-powered-byPHP/5.6.25
x-drupal-cacheHIT
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-generatorDrupal 7 (http://drupal.org)
link<https://www.umd.edu/>; rel="canonical",<https://www.umd.edu/>; rel="shortlink"
cache-controlpublic, max-age=900
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
varyCookie,Accept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
etag"1621387268-1"
last-modifiedWed, 19 May 2021 01:21:08 GMT
x-cacheMiss from cloudfront
via1.1 df86e917220bc08caa68b0eb8ddabe91.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-amz-cf-popFRA6-C1
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statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

Blacklists
(Critically important)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
Shallalist classifies this website as Education/schools. This classification is fine.
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 102,321 referring domains.
This page has 26,319,912 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 68,260 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
This page has social activity like shares, comments or likes on facebook.
Listed on Webwiki
(Nice to have)
This website is listed on Webwiki.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# 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: *
Crawl-delay: 10
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /misc/*.css$
Allow: /misc/*.css?
Allow: /misc/*.js$
Allow: /misc/*.js?
Allow: /misc/*.gif
Allow: /misc/*.jpg
Allow: /misc/*.jpeg
Allow: /misc/*.png
Allow: /modules/*.css$
Allow: /modules/*.css?
Allow: /modules/*.js$
Allow: /modules/*.js?
Allow: /modules/*.gif
Allow: /modules/*.jpg
Allow: /modules/*.jpeg
Allow: /modules/*.png
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: /themes/*.css$
Allow: /themes/*.css?
Allow: /themes/*.js$
Allow: /themes/*.js?
Allow: /themes/*.gif
Allow: /themes/*.jpg
Allow: /themes/*.jpeg
Allow: /themes/*.png
# Directories
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/
# Files
Disallow: /CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
# 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/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /?q=admin/
Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /?q=node/add/
Disallow: /?q=search/
Disallow: /?q=user/password/
Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
Disallow: /?q=user/logout/

Facebook popularity

Shares / Likes / Comments
3,255

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