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Meta information
70% 
Page quality
70% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.03 s
File size
242.90 kB
Words
957
Media files
31
Number of links
116 internal / 17 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage | ERC
The page title is too short. (159 pixels of 580 max pixel length) 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://erc.europa.eu/homepage
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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 markup is not in the first line of your HTML document. There must be no white spaces before the doctype markup.
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleHomepage
twitter:urlhttps://erc.europa.eu/homepage
og:determinerauto
og:site_nameERC
og:typeLanding page
og:urlhttps://erc.europa.eu/homepage
og:titleHomepage
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 33.22 words is high.
This page contains 957 words. That's ok.
26.1% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
12 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.
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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 219 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"from 26-28 june, the university of bergen (uib) is hosting the plenary meeting of the erc scientific c..."
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
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...on for the ERC in 2024.png?itok=aCqbyGRIExtra €125 million for the ERC in 2024Extra €125 million for the ERC in 2024
.../2024-05/Madeleine_0_0.png?itok=FZZogzmySpeech on the role of R&I ahead of the next EU Framework ProgrammeSpeech on the role of R&I ahead of the next EU Framework Programme
...blic/2024-04/PICOCRYPT.jpg?itok=eieEwzZkPICOCRYPTPICOCRYPT
.../2024-04/AdG2023 (1)_0.jpg?itok=KmvSfz5zAdG2023AdG2023
...24-04/News AdG2023 (3).jpg?itok=A8qtOLTWNews AdG2023News AdG2023
...c/2024-02/div-abstract.png?itok=unDzt463Diversity in excellent researchDiversity in excellent research
...024-02/diversity_cover.jpg?itok=8f0DpjGFDiversity in research, research in diversity Diversity in research, research in diversity
...-GettyImages-155378839.jpg?itok=NE5ZXL2VBeing an evaluation panel chair – a worthwhile experience? Being an evaluation panel chair – a worthwhile experience?
...ttyImages-96333295-(2).jpg?itok=VbPkH0WKView from both sides of the fence: a remote reviewers experienceView from both sides of the fence: a remote reviewers experience
...GettyImages-1463075575.jpg?itok=sK-YuGyFIt’s always too soon to quit: Reapplying for an ERC grantIt’s always too soon to quit: Reapplying for an ERC grant
...ds/public/2024-06/hope.jpg?itok=_SHVuFQkHopeHope
...4-06/GettyImages-cover.jpg?itok=v1kqtiJ1PortwingPortwing
...raffiti in Marseille_0.jpg?itok=T_jLXyTmDennis RodgersDennis Rodgers
...as panel_1 (Small)_0_0.jpg?itok=TvWoihUXIn search of Amazon’s ancient huntersIn search of Amazon’s ancient hunters
...-02/Photo-Homepage-(2).jpg?itok=eMNda-MbAfrica’s rising citiesAfrica’s rising cities
...rds/public/2024-06/uib.jpg?itok=YCLCQOt2UiBUib
...ic/2024-05/ecb2024 (3).png?itok=Z77D8otXEuropean Congress on BiotechnologyEuropean Congress on Biotechnology
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...anding pages (7 × 6cm).png?itok=2ZFU8zZKCover of Amazing ERC science projectsCover of Amazing ERC science projects
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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 homepage
H4 European Research Council
H5 Main navigation
H5 Main navigation MOBILE
H5 Established by the European Commission
H5 RRSS Footer
H5 Footer
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.
18 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 17 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://erc.europa.eu/homepageAnchor Skip to main content
https://erc.europa.eu/IMG-ALT Home
A-TITLE Home
https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grantApply for a grant
/manage-your-projectManage your project
/projects-statisticsProjects & statistics
https://erc.europa.eu/supportSupport
https://erc.europa.eu/news-eventsNews & events
https://erc.europa.eu/about-ercAbout the ERC
https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grantText duplicate Apply for a grant
/apply-grant/starting-grantStarting Grant
/apply-grant/consolidator-grantConsolidator Grant
/apply-grant/advanced-grantAdvanced Grant
/apply-grant/proof-conceptProof of Concept
/apply-grant/synergy-grantSynergy Grant
/apply-grant/panel-membersPanel members
/apply-grant/non-european-rese...For non-EU researchers
/apply-grant/additional-opport...Additional opportunities
/apply-grant/science-journalis...Science Journalism Initiative
/apply-grant/erc-ukraineSubdomain ERC for Ukraine
/manage-your-projectText duplicate Manage your project
/manage-your-project/set-and-d...Set-up & develop your team
/manage-your-project/scientifi...Scientific reporting
/manage-your-project/open-scienceOpen Science
/manage-your-project/ethics-gu...Ethics guidance
/manage-your-project/communica...Communicate your research
/manage-your-project/public-en...Public engagement with research
/projects-statisticsText duplicate Projects & statistics
/projects-statistics/erc-dashb...ERC dashboard
/projects-statistics/science-s...Science stories
/projects-statistics/scientifi...Scientific Prizes
/projects-statistics/mapping-e...Mapping ERC frontier research
https://erc.europa.eu/news-eventsText duplicate News & events
/news-events/newsNews
/news-events/eventsEvents
/erc-magazineMagazine
/news-events/podcastPodcast
/news-events/erc-publicationsERC publications
https://erc.europa.eu/supportText duplicate Support
/support/contact-usContact us
/support/document-libraryDocument library
/support/logosSubdomain Logos
/support/public-access-documentsPublic access to documents
https://erc.europa.eu/about-ercText duplicate About the ERC
/about-erc/erc-glanceERC at a glance
/about-erc/erc-president-scien...ERC President & Scientific Council
/about-erc/thematic-working-gr...Thematic working groups
/about-erc/standing-committeesStanding committees
/about-erc/erc-executive-agencyERC Executive Agency
/about-erc/work-with-usWork with us
/about-erc/tender-opportunitiesTender opportunities
/projects-statistics/science-s...Subdomain Read the story
/news-events/news/kavli-2024-p...Subdomain Read the press release
https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grantSubdomain Open calls
/quicktabs/nojs/homepage_media/0Text duplicate News
/quicktabs/nojs/homepage_media/1Text duplicate Magazine
/quicktabs/nojs/homepage_media/2Text duplicate Science stories
/quicktabs/nojs/homepage_media/3Text duplicate Events
/news-events/newsMore news
/news-events/news/extra-eu125-...No Text
/news-events/news/speech-role-...No Text
/news-events/news/researchers-...No Text
/news-events/news/erc-2023-adv...No Text
/news-events/news/advanced-gra...No Text
/news-events/newsText duplicate More news
/erc-magazineMore magazines
/news-events/magazine-article/...No Text
/news-events/magazine-article/...No Text
/news-events/magazine-article/...No Text
/tags?f[0]=tag:2052New window #EVALUATION PANELS
/news-events/magazine-article/...No Text
/tags?f[0]=tag:2052New window Text duplicate #EVALUATION PANELS
/news-events/magazine-article/...No Text
/tags?f[0]=tag:2052New window Text duplicate #EVALUATION PANELS
/erc-magazineText duplicate More magazines
/projects-statistics/science-s...More stories
/projects-statistics/science-s...No Text
/tags?f[0]=tag:233New window #OCEAN
/projects-statistics/science-s...No Text
/tags?f[0]=tag:351New window #ROBOTICS
/tags?f[0]=tag:175New window #INNOVATION
/projects-statistics/science-s...No Text
/tags?f[0]=tag:261New window #CITIES
/tags?f[0]=tag:507New window #SECURITY
/projects-statistics/science-s...No Text
/tags?f[0]=tag:488New window #BIODIVERSITY
/tags?f[0]=tag:141New window #CULTURAL HERITAGE
/tags?f[0]=tag:515New window #WORLD
/projects-statistics/science-s...No Text
/tags?f[0]=tag:261New window Text duplicate #CITIES
/tags?f[0]=tag:225New window #SUSTAINABILITY
/tags?f[0]=tag:711New window #DIVERSITY
/projects-statistics/science-s...Text duplicate More stories
/news-events/eventsMore events
/news-events/events/erc-scient...No Text
/news-events/events/erc-sessio...No Text
https://www.ecb2024.com/External Subdomain Event Page
/news-events/events/erc-info-d...No Text
/news-events/eventsText duplicate More events
/apply-grant/starting-grantSubdomain ERC Starting Grant
/apply-grant/starting-grantSubdomain View more
/apply-grant/consolidator-grantSubdomain ERC Consolidator Grant
/apply-grant/consolidator-grantSubdomain Text duplicate View more
/apply-grant/advanced-grantSubdomain ERC Advanced Grant
/apply-grant/advanced-grantSubdomain Text duplicate View more
/apply-grant/proof-conceptSubdomain ERC Proof of Concept
/apply-grant/proof-conceptSubdomain Text duplicate View more
/apply-grant/synergy-grantSubdomain ERC Synergy Grant
/apply-grant/synergy-grantSubdomain Text duplicate View more
/apply-grant/additional-opport...Subdomain Text duplicate Additional opportunities
/apply-grant/additional-opport...Subdomain Text duplicate View more
https://ec.europa.eu/info/fund...External Subdomain Proof of Concept Grant
https://ec.europa.eu/info/fund...External Subdomain Go to open call
https://ec.europa.eu/info/fund...External Subdomain Text duplicate Advanced Grant
https://ec.europa.eu/info/fund...External Subdomain Text duplicate Go to open call
https://dashboard.tech.ec.euro...External Subdomain Text duplicate ERC dashboard
https://dashboard.tech.ec.euro...External Subdomain Explore
https://dashboard.tech.ec.euro...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Dashboard-landing page
https://youtube.com/playlist?l...External No Text
https://youtube.com/playlist?l...External No Text
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Subdomain No Text
https://youtube.com/playlist?l...External No Text
/about-erc/erc-president-scien...Subdomain Organisation
/about-erc/erc-president-scien...Subdomain Go to ERC President and Scientific Council
/about-erc/erc-president-scien...Subdomain IMG-ALT ScC_2024
/sites/default/files/document/...New window Privacy notice
https://twitter.com/ERC_ResearchExternal Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Linkedin
https://instagram.com/erc_rese...External Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/Europ...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/c/Euro...External Subdomain Youtube
/accessibility-statementAccessibility
/records-registerData protection
/legal-noticeLegal notice

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://erc.europa.eu/homepage"
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 is excellent with 0.03 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (243 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 776 referring domains.
This page has 10,907 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 674 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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# 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: *
# 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.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/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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