Centralmethodist.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
75% 
Page quality
52% 
Page structure
95% 
Link structure
65% 
Server
66% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.78 s
File size
31.00 kB
Words
398
Media files
8
Number of links
81 internal / 48 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home Page | CMU | Central Methodist University
The length of the page title is perfect. (439 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Looking for more from your college experience - and from yourself? At Central Methodist University you'll achieve your very best - as a scholar, as a leader, as a difference-maker in the world.
The meta description is too long: 1173 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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 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 character encoding is not specified.
The character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
descriptionLooking for more from your college experience - and from yourself? At Central Methodist University you'll achieve your very best - as a scholar, as a leader, as a difference-maker in the world.
msapplication-TileColor#da532c
theme-color#ffffff
langen-us
og:imagehttps://centralmethodist.edu/_resources/images/icons/apple-touch-icon.png
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 398 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
18.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 11.33 words is good.
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 8 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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Change a Life - Refer a Student to CMU
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Change a Life - Refer a Student to CMU
H2 Join Us At CMU
H2 Happening at CMU
H2 Band Day Slated for October 12
H2 Homecoming Weekend Around the Corner
H2 Choir Events Slated for Next Weekend
H3 Homecoming is October 4-6 Homecoming 2024
H3 Academics
H3 Digital U
H3 Athletics
H3 Fine Arts
H4 Ashby Hodge Art Gallery
H4 Football Team Meetings
H4 World Tree Club Meeting
H4 Football Team Meetings Duplicate text
H5 Sep 26, 2024 1:30:00 PM
H5 Sep 26, 2024 2:00:00 PM
H5 Sep 27, 2024 7:00:00 AM
H5 Sep 27, 2024 2:00:00 PM
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 (48) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/index.htmlIMG-ALT CMU Logo
/admissions/applications.htmlApply
https://compass.centralmethodi...External Subdomain myCMU
https://centralmethodist.instr...External Subdomain Canvas
https://outlook.com/owa/centra...External Eagle Mail
https://centralmethodist.libgu...External Subdomain Library
https://www.cmueaglestore.com/...External Subdomain Pay Deposit
/locations/index.htmlLocations
https://pushpay.com/g/centralm...External Give to CMU
/about/index.htmlAbout
/about/president/index.htmlOffice of the President
/about/historyofcentral.htmlHistory
/about/accreditation.htmlAccreditation
https://calendar.centralmethod...New window External Subdomain Event Calendar
/student-life/services-and-res...Subdomain Student Parking
/about/campus-attractions/inde...Campus Attractions
/about/visiting-cmu/index.htmlVisiting CMU
/about/offices/index.htmlOffices
https://directory.centralmetho...External Subdomain Faculty & Staff Directory
/academics/provost/student-con...Student Consumer Information
/academics/index.htmlAcademics
/academics/undergraduate/index...Undergraduate Programs
/academics/graduate/index.htmlGraduate Programs
/academics/online/index.htmlOnline Programs
/academics/catalog/index.htmlCatalogs
/academics/dual-credit/index.htmlDual Credit
/academics/digitalu/index.htmlDigital U
/about/course-schedule-redirec...New window Course Schedules
https://centralmethodist.libgu...External Subdomain Library Services
/academics/provost/academic-ca...Academic Calendar
/academics/provost/graduation....Graduation Information
/academics/registrar/transcrip...Request Transcript
/admissions/index.htmlAdmissions & Aid
/admissions/visit-cmu/index.htmlSchedule a Visit
/academics/undergraduate/index...Text duplicate Undergraduate Programs
/academics/graduate/index.htmlText duplicate Graduate Programs
/admissions/business-office/in...Business Office
/admissions/parents/index.htmlParent Connection
/admissions/applications.htmlApply Now
/admissions/request-informatio...Request More Information
/admissions/financial-aid/scho...Scholarship Opportunities
/admissions/financial-aid/inde...Financial Assistance
/admissions/veteran-military/i...Veteran-Military
/student-life/index.htmlStudent Life
/student-life/services-and-res...Student Services & Resources
A-TITLE Student Services and Resources
/student-life/residence-life/i...Residence Life
/student-life/dining/index.htmlDining at CMU
/about/offices/safety/index.htmlCampus Safety
/international/index.htmlInternational Students
https://centralmethodist.libgu...External Subdomain Career Development Center
/student-life/clubs-organizati...Clubs & Organizations
/about/offices/bookstore/index...Eagle Bookstore
/about/fine-arts/index.htmlFine Arts
A-TITLE Fine Arts
/alumni/index.htmlAlumni
https://pushpay.com/g/centralm...External Make A Gift
/alumni/about-us/meet-the-team...Meet Our Team
/alumni/make-a-difference/inde...Make a Difference
/alumni/stay-connected/index.htmlStay Connected
https://centralmethodist.libgu...External Subdomain Text duplicate Career Development Center
https://www.centralalumnievent...External Subdomain Alumni Events
/alumni/stay-connected/alumni-...Alumni Association
/alumni/stay-connected/alumni-...Alumni Awards
/alumni/stay-connected/talon.htmlTalon
https://www.cmueagles.com/land...External Subdomain Athletics
/admissions/index.htmlI Am A...
/admissions/index.htmlProspective Student
/academics/visiting-student.htmlVisiting Student
/admissions/parents/index.htmlParent
/alumni/index.htmlAlumni & Friend
/about/visiting-cmu/visitor-in...Visitor
A-TITLE Visitor Infomration
/student-life/services-and-res...Current Student
/about/faculty-staff/index.htmlFaculty & Staff
/international/index.htmlInternational Learner
/about/index.htmlText duplicate About
/academics/index.htmlText duplicate Academics
/admissions/index.htmlAdmissions
https://www.cmueagles.com/land...External Subdomain Text duplicate Athletics
/student-life/index.htmlText duplicate Student Life
/admissions/financial-aid/scho...Aid / Scholarships
/locations/index.htmlText duplicate Locations
/admissions/applications.htmlText duplicate Apply
https://www.cmueaglestore.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Pay Deposit
https://centralmethodist.libgu...External Subdomain Text duplicate Library
/academics/registrar/transcrip...Transcripts
/alumni/index.htmlAlumni / Giving
https://centralmethodist.instr...External Subdomain Text duplicate Canvas
https://compass.centralmethodi...External Subdomain Text duplicate myCMU
http://outlook.com/owa/central...External Text duplicate Eagle Mail
https://www.centralalumnievent...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.centralalumnievent...New window External Subdomain Learn More
https://cloud.3dvista.com/host...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Take the virtual tour!
/admissions/request-informatio...Request Information
/admissions/visit-cmu/index.htmlSchedule A Visit
/admissions/applications.htmlText duplicate Apply Now
/academics/index.htmlText duplicate Academics
/academics/digitalu/index.htmlText duplicate Digital U
https://www.cmueagles.com/land...External Subdomain Text duplicate Athletics
/about/fine-arts/index.htmlText duplicate Fine Arts
https://news.centralmethodist....External Subdomain IMG-ALT News header image
https://news.centralmethodist....External Subdomain Band Day Slated for October 12
https://news.centralmethodist....External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT News header image
https://news.centralmethodist....External Subdomain Homecoming Weekend Around the Corner
https://news.centralmethodist....External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT News header image
https://news.centralmethodist....External Subdomain Choir Events Slated for Next Weekend
https://news.centralmethodist....External Subdomain More News
http://calendar.centralmethodi...External Subdomain Sep 26, 2024 1:30:00 PM
http://calendar.centralmethodi...External Subdomain Sep 26, 2024 2:00:00 PM
http://calendar.centralmethodi...External Subdomain Sep 27, 2024 7:00:00 AM
http://calendar.centralmethodi...External Subdomain Sep 27, 2024 2:00:00 PM
https://calendar.centralmethod...External Subdomain More Events
https://www.cmueagles.com/comp...External Subdomain Athletics Calendar
/admissions/refer-a-student.htmlRefer a student
https://goo.gl/maps/eccFLWgLyt...External 411 Central Methodist Square, Fayette, Missouri 65248
/about/accreditation.htmlText duplicate Accreditation
/about/offices/index.htmlContact Us
/coronavirus/faqs.htmlCoronavirus Information
/about/offices/human-resources...Employment
https://calendar.centralmethod...External Subdomain Text duplicate Event Calendar
/about/offices/safety/index.htmlText duplicate Campus Safety
https://compass.centralmethodi...External Subdomain Text duplicate myCMU
https://centralmethodist.instr...External Subdomain Text duplicate Canvas
https://outlook.com/owa/centra...External Text duplicate Eagle Mail
https://directory.centralmetho...External Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty & Staff Directory
http://centralmethodist.meritp...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/C...External Subdomain No Text
http://instagram.com/centralme...External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/centr...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/cmunivExternal No Text
/about/privacy-policy.htmlTerms of Use & Privacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://centralmethodist.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
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 0.78 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 (31 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlmax-age=86400
content-typetext/html
content-encodinggzip
last-modifiedThu, 26 Sep 2024 13:00:08 GMT
accept-rangesbytes
etag"07c6631410db1:0"
varyAccept-Encoding
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
x-powered-byASP.NET
dateFri, 27 Sep 2024 02:41:40 GMT
content-length6753
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,568 referring domains.
This page has 164,965 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,145 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /Admin/
Disallow: /_editor/
Disallow: /_ldp/
Disallow: /_resources/
Disallow: /_training/
Disallow: /rd/
Disallow: /web.config
Disallow: *.pdf
Disallow: /cmathletics/

User-agent: googlebot
Disallow: *.pdf

Sitemap: https://centralmethodist.edu/sitemap.xml

Search preview

centralmethodist.edu
Home Page | CMU | Central Methodist University
Looking for more from your college experience - and from yourself? At Central Methodist University you'll achieve your very best - as a scholar, as a leader, as a difference-maker in the world.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Central69%Check
Methodist69%Check
Central Methodist69%Check
CMU68%Check
Central Methodist University65%Check
University56%Check
Refer54%Check
Student50%Check
world50%Check
Life50%Check

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