Finaid.gatech.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
76% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
97% 
Server
21% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.91 s
File size
32.00 kB
Words
563
Media files
12
Number of links
56 internal / 20 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome! | Financial Aid
The length of the page title is perfect. (222 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid at Georgia Tech strives to assist all students in their financial aid process. Learn more about tuition and other costs, resources, and the aid process.
The meta description is too long: 1184 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
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 HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
descriptionThe Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid at Georgia Tech strives to assist all students in their financial aid process. Learn more about tuition and other costs, resources, and the aid process.
langen
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 563 words. That's ok.
29.3% 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.
10 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 20.27 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, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 117 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"when contacting us via email, it is critical to include your gtid# on all correspondence to ensure a t..."
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
/images/gt-logo-oneline-white.svgGA Tech Logo
/images/banners/FinAid2024banner.jpgA banner linking to GA Tech financial aid deadline info.
/images/banners/GT_App_header2024.jpgA banner linking to GA Tech Application for Scholarships and Financial Aid.
...s/banners/PayingForCollege-OUA-OSFA2.jpgA banner linking to student insights on affording GA Tech education.
/images/banners/PrincetonRanking24.jpgA banner linking to an article about a Princeton ranking. Click to read.
/images/blocks/3friends520x299.jpgThree undergraduate Georgia Tech students talking on campus in Technology Square, where Midtown Atlanta meets campus.
/images/blocks/2024-4-tech-tower.jpgTech Tower and the surrounding landscape on Georgia Tech’s campus in Atlanta, Georgia.
/images/blocks/2024-1.jpg A student poses for a selfie with Buzz, Georgia Tech’s mascot.
/images/blocks/14Photos-(520x299).jpgGeorgia Tech’s mascot, Buzz, poses as he drives a mini Ramblin’ Wreck during a parade.
/images/gt-logo-fullname-wht.svgGA Tech Logo
/images/BuzzChat2.pngVirtual Advisor

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 Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid
H2 Important Reminder for Students
H2 Learn About Financial Aid
H2 Check Your Application Status
H2 Contact Our Office
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 20 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://finaid.gatech.edu/IMG-ALT GA Tech Logo
https://finaid.gatech.edu/Home
/costs/cost-of-attendanceCost of Attendance
/costs/undergraduate-costsUndergraduate
/costs/graduate-costsGraduate
/costs/cost-adjustmentsCost Adjustments
/costs/net-price-calculatorNet Price Calculator
/costs/return-on-investmentReturn on Investment
/undergraduate-types-aid/schol...Scholarships
/undergraduate-types-aid/grantsGrants
/undergraduate-types-aid/feder...Federal Work Study
/undergraduate-types-aid/loans/Loans
/graduate-types-aidGraduate Aid
/apply/fall-first-yearFall First-Year Students
/apply/summer-first-yearSummer First-Year Students
/apply/transferTransfer Students
/apply/internationalInternational Students
/apply/transientTransient Students
/apply/returning-undergraduateFall and Spring Students
/apply/returning-undergraduate...Summer Students
/apply/graduatesGraduate Students
/apply/fafsa-simplificationFAFSA Simplification
/award-processAward Process
/award-process/aid-determinationHow Aid is Determined
/award-process/verificationVerification
/award-process/aid-notificationNotification of Aid
/award-process/understand-letterUnderstanding Your Award Letter
/award-process/accept-decline-aidFinalize Your Award
/award-process/finalize-loansFinalize Your Loans
/award-process/receive-aidReceive Your Aid
/manage-aid/maintain-eligibilityMaintaining Eligibility for Aid
/manage-aid/enrollment-require...Enrollment Requirements
/manage-aid/academic-progressSatisfactory Academic Progress
/manage-aid/reapplyReapply for Aid
/manage-aid/appeal-proceduresAppeal Procedures
/manage-aid/work-study-employerEmployer Information
/manage-aid/work-study-studentStudent Information
/manage-aid/consumer-informationConsumer Information & Policies
/manage-aid/tax-informationTax Information
/manage-aid/after-graduationAfter You Graduate
/check-statusCheck Status
/financial-aid-help-video-libraryVideos
https://news.em.gatech.edu/New window External Subdomain News
/contacting-our-officeContact Us
https://b.gatech.edu/3UI8IVRNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT A banner linking to GA Tech financial aid deadline info.
https://b.gatech.edu/3XWS31tNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT A banner linking to GA Tech Application for Scholarships and Financial Aid.
https://b.gatech.edu/49X7vAmNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT A banner linking to student insights on affording GA Tech education.
https://b.gatech.edu/4g7zsYNNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT A banner linking to an article about a Princeton ranking. Click to read.
https://finaid.gatech.edu/Anchor Previous
https://finaid.gatech.edu/Anchor Next
/undergraduate-types-aid/feder...Federal Work-Study Program page
/costs/cost-of-attendanceIMG-ALT Three undergraduate Georgia Tech students talking on campus in Technology Square, where Midtown Atlanta meets campus.
/costs/cost-of-attendanceReview Costs
/undergraduate-types-aid/Undergraduate Aid
/graduate-types-aidText duplicate Graduate Aid
/apply/incoming-undergraduateIncoming Undergraduates
/apply/returning-undergraduateReturning Undergraduates
/apply/graduatesText duplicate Graduate Students
/check-statusNew window IMG-ALT Georgia Tech’s mascot, Buzz, poses as he drives a mini Ramblin’ Wreck during a parade.
https://oscar.gatech.edu/New window External Subdomain OSCAR
/check-statusNew window Review Instructions
/contacting-our-officeContact OSFA
https://map.gatech.edu/New window External Subdomain Campus Map
https://directory.gatech.edu/External Subdomain Directory
A-TITLE Georgia Institute of Technology Directory
https://careers.gatech.edu/External Subdomain Employment
A-TITLE Georgia Institute of Technology Employment
https://www.gatech.edu/emergency/External Subdomain Emergency Information
A-TITLE Georgia Institute of Technology Emergency Information
https://get.adobe.com/reader/External Subdomain Download Adobe Acrobat Reader
A-TITLE Download Adobe Acrobat Reader
https://www.policylibrary.gate...External Subdomain Equal Opportunity, Nondiscrimination, and Anti-Harassment Policy
A-TITLE Equal Opportunity, Nondiscrimination, and Anti-Harassment Policy
https://www.gatech.edu/legal/External Subdomain Legal & Privacy Information
A-TITLE Georgia Institute of Technology Legal & Privacy Information
https://gbi.georgia.gov/human-...External Subdomain Human Trafficking Notice
A-TITLE Georgia Human Trafficking Resources
https://titleix.gatech.edu/External Subdomain Title IX/Sexual Misconduct
A-TITLE Georgia Tech Title IX/Sexual Misconduct Resources
https://osi.gatech.edu/hazing-...External Subdomain Hazing Public Disclosures
A-TITLE Georgia Tech Hazing Conduct History
https://www.gatech.edu/accessi...External Subdomain Accessibility
A-TITLE Georgia Institute of Technology Accessibility Resources
https://www.gatech.edu/account...External Subdomain Accountability
A-TITLE Georgia Institute of Technology Accountability Resources
https://www.gatech.edu/accredi...External Subdomain Accreditation
A-TITLE Georgia Institute of Technology Accreditation
https://secure.ethicspoint.com...External Subdomain Report Free Speech and Censorship Concerns
A-TITLE University System of Georgia Ethics and Compliance Reporting Hotline

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://finaid.gatech.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.91 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 (32 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
servernginx
dateFri, 17 Jan 2025 19:59:42 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
x-powered-byPHP/8.1.31
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 680 referring domains.
This page has 1,540 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 304 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

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finaid.gatech.edu
Welcome! | Financial Aid
The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid at Georgia Tech strives to assist all students in their financial aid process. Learn more about tuition and other costs, resources, and the aid process.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Aid81%Check
Financial Aid74%Check
Financial68%Check
Scholarships Financial Aid68%Check
financial aid process67%Check
Tech61%Check
Georgia Tech55%Check
Office54%Check
Students52%Check
Scholarships52%Check
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