Colostate.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
87% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.78 s
File size
149.90 kB
Words
601
Media files
6
Number of links
41 internal / 136 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Colorado State University
The length of the page title is perfect. (231 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
There are more than one meta descriptions on the page. Only one is allowed.
The meta description is empty.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.colostate.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 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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descriptionAt Colorado State, there’s this energy we all share—this undeniable excitement for what’s next. And it’s a feeling you can only find here.
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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover
domainwww.colostate.edu
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twitter:titleColorado State University
twitter:descriptionAt Colorado State, there’s this energy we all share—this undeniable excitement for what’s next. And it’s a feeling you can only find here.
twitter:imagehttps://www.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/brand.webp
twitter:site@coloradostateu
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleColorado State University
og:descriptionAt Colorado State, there’s this energy we all share—this undeniable excitement for what’s next. And it’s a feeling you can only find here.
og:urlhttps://www.colostate.edu/
og:site_nameColorado State University
og:imagehttps://www.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/brand.webp
og:image:width1200
og:image:height675
og:image:typeimage/webp
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 601 words. That's ok.
24.6% 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.
5 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 10 words is good.
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, viewport-fit=cover" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 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
/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/welcome.webpStudents in a river
...oads/2023/09/sustainability-300x300.webpWindmills and solar panels
...content/uploads/2023/09/cam-300x300.webpCam the Ram
...g-a-sunset-with-rainbow-flag-300x222.pngCSU students embody inclusive excellence, taking in a sunset together as the day ends in the mountains
...theme-landing/assets/img/feature/ram.svgCSU Ram Logo
...-landing/assets/img/csu-logo-oneline.svgCSU Home

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Find your inspiration
H2 Explore our eight Colleges
H2 Let it Move You
H2 Discover what’s possible
H2 Explore our programs
H2 Undergraduate
H2 Graduate
H2 CSU Online
H2 Research
H2 Colorado State News
H3 Location
H3 Sustainability
H3 About
H3 Inclusive Excellence
H3 Colleges:
H3 Schools & Programs:
H3 Contact:
H3 CSU System:
H3 Prospective Students
H3 Current Students
H3 Faculty & Staff
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 (136) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.colostate.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.colostate.edu/No Text
http://admissions.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Admissions
/academics/Subdomain Academics
http://www.research.colostate....External Subdomain Research
http://www.csurams.com/External Subdomain Athletics
http://alumni.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Alumni
https://giving.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Give
http://engagement.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Engagement
https://vimeo.com/899954129?sh...External play
https://admissions.colostate.e...External Subdomain Visit
https://admissions.colostate.e...External Subdomain Apply
https://admissions.colostate.e...External Subdomain Request Info
https://agsci.colostate.edu/External Subdomain College of Agricultural Sciences
https://biz.colostate.edu/External Subdomain College of Business
https://www.engr.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/External Subdomain College of Health and Human Sciences
https://www.libarts.colostate....External Subdomain College of Liberal Arts
https://www.natsci.colostate.edu/External Subdomain College of Natural Sciences
https://vetmedbiosci.colostate...External Subdomain College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
https://www.warnercnr.colostat...External Subdomain Warner College of Natural Resources
https://admissions.colostate.e...External Subdomain Learn more about our location
https://green.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Learn more about sustainability
https://about.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Learn more about CSU
https://inclusiveexcellence.co...External Subdomain Learn more about DEI
https://admissions.colostate.e...External Subdomain Undergraduate Nearly 300 academic programs, including over 70 majors. Discover your passion, then unleash it to its fullest potential.
https://graduateschool.colosta...External Subdomain Graduate Feeling inspired? Take the next step in your education, and dive deeper into what moves you most.
https://online.colostate.edu/External Subdomain CSU Online The whole world is at your fingertips—virtually, and beyond. Explore the limitless possibilities of an online degree.
https://www.research.colostate...External Subdomain Research Ask the questions that matter most. Find your energy, and transform the world with it.
https://source.colostate.edu/External Subdomain More news from SOURCE
http://www.facebook.com/colora...External Subdomain No Text
http://instagram.com/colorados...External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain No Text
http://www.youtube.com/colorad...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/ColoradoSt...External No Text
https://www.tiktok.com/@colora...External Subdomain No Text
https://agsci.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Agricultural Sciences
https://biz.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Business
https://www.chhs.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Health and Human Sciences
https://www.libarts.colostate....External Subdomain Liberal Arts
https://www.natsci.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Natural Sciences
https://vetmedbiosci.colostate...External Subdomain Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
https://www.engr.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
https://warnercnr.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Warner College of Natural Resources
https://graduateschool.colosta...External Subdomain Graduate School
https://international.colostat...External Subdomain International Programs
https://lib.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Morgan Library
https://www.engr.colostate.edu...External Subdomain School of Biomedical Engineering
https://www.research.colostate...External Subdomain School of Advanced Materials Discovery
https://soe.chhs.colostate.edu/External Subdomain School of Education
https://sustainability.colosta...External Subdomain School of Global Environmental Sustainability
https://smtd.colostate.edu/External Subdomain School of Music, Theatre and Dance
https://publichealth.colostate...External Subdomain School of Public Health
http://www.ssw.chhs.colostate....External Subdomain School of Social Work
https://admissions.colostate.e...External Subdomain Contact Admissions
https://www.online.colostate.e...External Subdomain Contact CSU Online
https://www.colostate.edu/contactSubdomain Contact more...
https://www.csupueblo.edu/External Subdomain CSU-Pueblo
https://csuglobal.edu/External CSU-Global Campus
https://csuspur.org/External CSU Spur
https://www.csusystem.edu/External Subdomain CSU System
/contact/Subdomain Contact CSU
/equal-opportunitySubdomain Equal Opportunity
https://www.colostate.edu/privacySubdomain Privacy Statement
/accessibility-statementSubdomain Accessibility Statement
/disclaimerSubdomain Disclaimer
https://financialaid.colostate...External Subdomain CARES Act
https://www.colostate.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT CSU Home
http://portal.office.com/External Subdomain Office 365
http://mail.rams.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Google Apps
http://calendar.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Calendar
http://canvas.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Canvas
https://directory.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Find People
http://maps.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Campus Maps
http://jobs.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Jobs
http://source.colostate.edu/External Subdomain SOURCE (news)
/a-z/search-csu-a-z-web-directorySubdomain CSU A-Z:
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/aSubdomain A
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/bSubdomain B
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/cSubdomain C
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/dSubdomain D
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/eSubdomain E
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/fSubdomain F
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/gSubdomain G
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/hSubdomain H
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/iSubdomain I
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/jSubdomain J
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/kSubdomain K
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/lSubdomain L
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/mSubdomain M
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/nSubdomain N
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/oSubdomain O
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/pSubdomain P
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/qSubdomain Q
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/rSubdomain R
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/sSubdomain S
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/tSubdomain T
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/uSubdomain U
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/vSubdomain V
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/wSubdomain W
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/xSubdomain X
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/ySubdomain Y
https://www.colostate.edu/a-z/zSubdomain Z
http://admissions.colostate.ed...External Subdomain Text duplicate Academics
http://admissions.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Admissions
http://admissions.colostate.ed...External Subdomain Text duplicate Apply
http://maps.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Maps
http://admissions.colostate.ed...External Subdomain Connect with CSU
/consumer-information-disclosu...Subdomain Consumer Information and Disclosures
http://admissions.colostate.ed...External Subdomain Costs & Financial Aid
https://online.colostate.edu/External Subdomain CSU Online
http://disabilitycenter.colost...External Subdomain Disability Center
http://admissions.colostate.ed...External Subdomain Get Information
http://graduateschool.colostat...External Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate School
http://housing.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Housing & Dining
https://inclusiveexcellence.co...External Subdomain Inclusive Excellence
http://sfs.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Student Financial Services
https://green.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Sustainability
http://admissions.colostate.ed...External Subdomain The CSU Experience
https://admissions.colostate.e...External Subdomain Visiting Campus
http://ramweb.colostate.edu/External Subdomain RAMweb
http://canvas.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Canvas
http://portal.office.com/External Subdomain Email (Office 365)
http://mail.rams.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Email (Google Workspace)
http://advising.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Advising
https://ascsu.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Associated Students of Colorado State University (ASCSU)
http://bookstore.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Bookstore
https://www.fm.colostate.edu/A...External Subdomain Building Alterations, Repairs & Maintenance
https://financialaid.colostate...External Subdomain Text duplicate CARES Act
https://csurec.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Campus Recreation
https://career.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Career Center
/consumer-information-disclosu...Subdomain Text duplicate Consumer Information and Disclosures
https://online.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate CSU Online
http://disabilitycenter.colost...External Subdomain Text duplicate Disability Center
https://netid.colostate.edu/External Subdomain NetID
https://financialaid.colostate...External Subdomain Financial Aid
http://catalog.colostate.edu/External Subdomain General Catalog
http://health.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Health Network
http://housing.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Housing & Dining
https://inclusiveexcellence.co...External Subdomain Text duplicate Inclusive Excellence
https://inclusivecampus.colost...External Subdomain Inclusive Physical & Virtual Campus
https://tilt.colostate.edu/External Subdomain The Institute for Learning and Teaching
http://lib.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Libraries
http://busfin.colostate.edu/De...External Subdomain Payment Options
http://parents.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Parents & Family
http://ramlink.colostate.edu/External Subdomain RamLink
http://registrar.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Registrar/Records
http://summer.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Summer Session
https://green.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Sustainability
http://you.colostate.edu/External Subdomain You@CSU
http://portal.office.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Email (Office 365)
https://www.acns.colostate.edu...External Subdomain Microsoft Teams
https://www.acns.colostate.edu...External Subdomain GlobalProtect VPN (Replaces Pulse)
https://www.acns.colostate.edu...External Subdomain DUO: Two factor authentication instructions
http://canvas.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Canvas
http://ariesweb.colostate.edu/External Subdomain ARIESweb
https://aar.is.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Administrative Applications and Resources (AAR)
http://ap.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Administrative Professional Council
/administration/Subdomain Administration
https://www.fm.colostate.edu/A...External Subdomain Text duplicate Building Alterations, Repairs & Maintenance
http://source.colostate.edu/co...External Subdomain Commitment to Campus
http://cpc.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Classified Personnel Council
http://eid.colostate.edu/External Subdomain eID
https://employeeconflictresolu...External Subdomain Employee Conflict Resolution
http://catalog.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate General Catalog
https://hr.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Human Resources
http://facultycouncil.colostat...External Subdomain Faculty Council
https://inclusiveexcellence.co...External Subdomain Text duplicate Inclusive Excellence
https://inclusivecampus.colost...External Subdomain Text duplicate Inclusive Physical & Virtual Campus
http://tilt.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate The Institute for Learning and Teaching
http://lib.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Libraries
https://mylearning.colostate.edu/External Subdomain My Learning
http://registrar.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Registrar
https://green.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Sustainability
https://training.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Talent Development
https://universitygrievanceoff...External Subdomain University Grievance Officer
/faculty-and-staff/Subdomain More Faculty and Staff Resources

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.colostate.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
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 is very slow (1.78 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (150 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 14 Jun 2024 14:47:33 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
x-powered-byWP Engine
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
strict-transport-securitymax-age=300
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
referrer-policyno-referrer
link<https://www.colostate.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
x-cacheablebot
cache-controlmax-age=10800, must-revalidate
x-cacheHIT: 110
x-cache-groupbot
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
servercloudflare
cf-ray893b1dc0fa0771b3-FRA
content-encodinggzip
alt-svch3=":443"; ma=86400
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 7,373 referring domains.
This page has 1,139,504 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 4,752 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 24153 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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User-agent: *
Disallow:

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
State63%Check
Colorado State57%Check
State University55%Check
Colorado State University53%Check
CSU46%Check
Students46%Check
Ram46%Check
CSU Online44%Check
Contact CSU44%Check
College43%Check
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