Cmu.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
95% 
Page quality
44% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
20% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.37 s
File size
60.90 kB
Words
214
Media files
13
Number of links
56 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage - CMU - Carnegie Mellon University
The length of the page title is perfect. (422 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
CMU is a global research university known for its world-class, interdisciplinary programs: arts, business, computing, engineering, humanities, policy and science.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (990 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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
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 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

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descriptionCMU is a global research university known for its world-class, interdisciplinary programs: arts, business, computing, engineering, humanities, policy and science.
authorCarnegie Mellon University
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msapplication-TileColor#9f0000
msapplication-TileImage//www.cmu.edu/favicon-144.png
google-site-verification0AGzZ53pM9aOywIqk5rjWbyNoEynhvilysh3ptkqmMU
msvalidate.01D076AF9F1533CD4B81F0BC138F424182
facebook-domain-verificationf9ujy2kwimqm7hqiwskbw4ybwvkdwb
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@CarnegieMellon
twitter:creator@CarnegieMellon
twitter:titleCarnegie Mellon University
twitter:descriptionCMU is a global research university known for its world-class, interdisciplinary programs: arts, business, computing, engineering, humanities, policy, science.
twitter:image:srchttps://www.cmu.edu/assets/images/site/meta-image-cmu.jpg
og:titleHomepage - CMU - Carnegie Mellon University
og:descriptionCMU is a global research university known for its world-class, interdisciplinary programs: arts, business, computing, engineering, humanities, policy and science.
og:typewebsite
og:urlhttp://www.cmu.edu/index.html
og:imagehttp://www.cmu.edu/assets/images/site/meta-image-cmu.jpg
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 214 words on this page. Use at least 250 words to provide useful information.
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
No paragraphs were detected.
14% of the text are stop words.
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)
This page loads 7 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: —
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)
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
...ages/homepage/2024/pgh-1400x1400-min.jpgThe city of Pittsburgh
...anner_updated_april2021_2000x500-min.jpgMake Possible the Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University — Explore What's Possible
...anner_updated_april2021_2000x500-min.jpgMake Possible the Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University — Explore What's Possible
/assets/icon-placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ages/homepage/2024/designer1400x1400.jpgAI-generated image of campaign signs in a yard
/assets/icon-placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
/assets/icon-placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...images/dei-paint-collage-500x500-min.jpgPaint collage on homepage of Confronting Racism and Promoting Equity & Inclusion microsite
.../pittsburgh-skyline-shot-500x500-min.jpgPittsburgh skyline shot in the background with CMU students and faculty in the foreground
.../homepage/2019/pausch-bridge-600x600.jpgRandy Pausch Bridge on a Sunny Summer Day
...mepage/2019/cmu-sunny-campus-600x600.jpgCMU's Pittsburgh campus on a sunny day
/assets/images/site/instagram-footer.jpgCMU on Instagram
...homepage/2020/icon-goldwater-300x300.gifNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Carnegie Mellon University
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Carnegie Mellon University
H1 Spotlight Story
H1 Goldwater Scholars are tops in undergrad research. CMU has had 51.
H1 CMU In-depth
H1 CMU’s EarthTime tells the planet’s story through data and technology.
H1 13 Turing Awards
H1 Events
H1 Initiatives
H2 CMU Artists and Scholars at Risk program supports academic freedom worldwide
H2 2024 U.S. presidential campaign approaches its final weeks
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 1 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 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.cmu.edu/Subdomain Carnegie Mellon University
https://www.cmu.edu/Anchor Menu
/news/stories/archives/2024/oc...New window Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read more
https://www.cmu.edu/news/New window Subdomain Read more news
https://makepossible.cmu.edu/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Make Possible the Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University — Explore What's Possible
https://makepossible.cmu.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Make Possible the Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University — Explore What's Possible
/news/stories/archives/2024/ap...New window Subdomain Goldwater Scholars
/news/stories/archives/2024/Oc...New window Subdomain Discover practical tips for easing election anxieties
https://earthtime.org/New window External the planet’s story through data and technology
https://www.cmu.edu/news/New window Subdomain Text duplicate Read more news
/about/awards.htmlSee all awards
https://www.cmu.edu/diversity/New window Subdomain Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
IMG-ALT Paint collage on homepage of Confronting Racism and Promoting Equity & Inclusion microsite
/regional-impact/New window Subdomain Regional Impact
IMG-ALT Pittsburgh skyline shot in the background with CMU students and faculty in the foreground
/leadership/the-provost/provos...New window Subdomain Sustainability
IMG-ALT Randy Pausch Bridge on a Sunny Summer Day
/strategic-plan/New window Subdomain Strategic Plan 2025
IMG-ALT CMU's Pittsburgh campus on a sunny day
/events/index.htmlCalendar
https://www.cmu.edu/jobs/New window Subdomain Careers
/coronavirus/index.htmlSubdomain COVID-19 Updates
/directory-contact/index.htmlDirectory / Contact
/feedback/index.htmlFeedback
/global/index.htmlGlobal Locations
/health-safety/index.htmlHealth & Safety
https://www.cmu.edu/news/New window Subdomain News
/sitemap/index.htmlSite Map
https://www.cmu.edu/title-ix/New window Subdomain Title IX
/engage/alumni/New window Subdomain Alumni
/business-engagement/index.htmlNew window Subdomain BUSINESS & RESEARCH PARTNERS
/faculty-staff/index.htmlFaculty & Staff
/current-students/index.htmlStudents
https://www.instagram.com/carn...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT CMU on Instagram
https://www.cmu.edu/legal/New window Subdomain Legal Info
https://www.cmu.edu/Subdomain www.cmu.edu
http://www.facebook.com/carneg...New window External Subdomain CMU on Facebook
http://www.twitter.com/carnegi...New window External Subdomain CMU on Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain CMU on LinkedIn
http://www.youtube.com/carnegi...New window External Subdomain CMU YouTube Channel
https://instagram.com/carnegie...New window External Text duplicate CMU on Instagram
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...New window External Subdomain CMU on Flickr
/social-media/index.htmlCMU Social Media Directory
A-TITLE More Social Networks
/academics/index.htmlAcademics
/academics/interdisciplinary-p...Interdisciplinary Programs
http://www.library.cmu.edu/New window External Subdomain Libraries
/academics/learning-for-a-life...Learning for a Lifetime
/student-admission/index.htmlAdmission
https://www.cmu.edu/admissionNew window Subdomain Undergraduate
/graduate/admissions/New window Subdomain Graduate
/about/index.htmlAbout
http://www.cmu.edu/leadership/New window Subdomain Leadership
/about/mission.htmlVision, Mission and Values
/about/history.htmlHistory
/about/traditions.htmlTraditions
http://www.cmu.edu/diversityNew window Subdomain Text duplicate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
/about/pittsburgh.htmlPittsburgh
/about/rankings.htmlRankings
/about/awards.htmlAwards
/visit/index.htmlVisit
/visit/welcome-center/index.htmlDavid & Susan Coulter Welcome Center
/visit/maps-parking-transporta...Maps & Getting Here
/research/index.htmlResearch
/research/centers-and-institut...Centers & Institutes
/student-experience/index.htmlStudent Experience
http://athletics.cmu.edu/New window External Subdomain Athletics
/engage/give/opportunities/ind...New window Subdomain Give
/engage/alumni/New window Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
/business-engagement/index.htmlNew window Subdomain Business & Research Partners
/coronavirus/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate COVID-19 Updates
/faculty-staff/index.htmlText duplicate Faculty & Staff
/current-students/index.htmlText duplicate Students

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cmu.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.37 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.
This page loads 4 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 (61 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 18 Oct 2024 09:35:19 GMT
serverApache
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
varyReferer
accept-rangesbytes
cache-controlmax-age=7200, must-revalidate
expiresFri, 18 Oct 2024 11:35:19 GMT
connectionclose
content-typetext/html
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 32,125 referring domains.
This page has 1,536,830 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 20,049 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cmufront/
Disallow: /myandrew
Disallow: /homepage/health/2009/fall/nobel-prize.shtml

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www.cmu.edu
Homepage - CMU - Carnegie Mellon University
CMU is a global research university known for its world-class, interdisciplinary programs: arts, business, computing, engineering, humanities, policy and science.

Most important keywords

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CMU79%Check
University74%Check
Mellon University69%Check
Carnegie Mellon University67%Check
Research University61%Check
research50%Check
program50%Check
edu48%Check
BUSINESS46%Check
Global46%Check
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