Giving.ncsu.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
68% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
55% 
Server
54% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.76 s
File size
125.80 kB
Words
704
Media files
10
Number of links
58 internal / 44 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Giving
The page title is too short. (58 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
The page title is only one word.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Learn more about the impact NC State donors make each day.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (385 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://giving.ncsu.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)
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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 704 words. That's ok.
30.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 22.82 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 22 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" 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 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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
...tent/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/BK-2565.jpgStudents celebrate graduation.
...023/07/ISB-Rendering-e1690573559665.jpegrendering of the Integrative Sciences Building
...nt/uploads/sites/4/2015/10/woodsons1.jpgChancellor Woodson and his wife, Susan, facing the crowd while being introduced during a football game
.../sites/4/2015/05/CH-Study-Abroad-web.jpgChancellor Woodson poses with student scholarship recipients in Talley student union
...7/11/Talley-Wolf-16x9-e1571239743156.jpgoutline of wolf in talley student union
...tent/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/BK14783.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...022/08/philanthropy-podcast-copper-1.jpgA NC State philanthropy podcast web banner.
...tes/4/2022/04/MAH1777-e1650991837833.jpgFireworks lighting the night sky during graduation ceremonies at Carter Finley stadium.
.../sites/4/2022/10/campus-map-300x169.jpegCampus Map

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Celebrating Transformation
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Celebrating Transformation
H2 307% Endowment Growth
H2 1,100+ EDTS Scholarships
H2 $2.1 Billion Fundraising Campaign
H2 BOT Chair Leads Philanthropic Effort to Honor Woodson
H2 14 years of impact
H2 Philanthropy Podcast
H2 434 Extraordinary Opportunity Scholarship Recipients
H2 439 Student Emergency Fund Grants
H2 Philanthropy in the News
H2 Connect with us on social
H2 Quick links
H2 Campus Map
H2 Connect With Us
H3 Flashback: The Woodsons’ Historic Philanthropy
H3 Flashback: Impact of Chancellor’s Study Abroad Scholarship
H3 Flashback: Announcing a New Scholarship Fund
H3 Catch Up on the NC State Philanthropy Podcast
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 (44) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://giving.ncsu.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://giving.ncsu.edu/Subdomain Giving
/help-us-think-and-do-the-extr...Subdomain About Your Support
/support-our-students/Subdomain Support Our Students
/support-our-work/Subdomain Support Our Work
/support-our-infrastructure/Subdomain Support Our Infrastructure
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain Latest Features and Gift Announcements
/featured-series/Subdomain Story Collections
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/c...External Subdomain NC State Philanthropy Podcast
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/c...External Subdomain Philanthropy in the News
/where-to-give/colleges/Subdomain Colleges
/where-to-give/units-and-progr...Subdomain Units and Programs
https://giving.ncsu.edu/cfr/Subdomain Corporate and Foundation Gifts
/how-to-give/matching-gifts/Subdomain Matching Gifts
https://crowdfunding.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain Crowdfunding
/how-to-give/annual-giving/Subdomain Annual Giving
/how-to-give/giftplanning/Subdomain Planned Giving
/how-to-give/endowments/Subdomain Endowments
/how-to-give/nc-state-day-of-g...Subdomain NC State Day of Giving
/how-to-give/give-today/Subdomain Give Today
/connect/senior-campaign/Subdomain Students
https://alumni.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain Alumni
/connect/faculty-and-staff/Subdomain Faculty and Staff
http://www.wolfpackclub.com/External Subdomain Wolfpack Fans
/connect/wwip/Subdomain Wolfpack Women in Philanthropy
/connect/share-your-story/Subdomain Share Your Story
/how-to-give/recognition/Subdomain Donor Recognition
/connect/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/connect/meet-our-fundraisers/Subdomain Meet Our Development Officers
/connect/parent-giving/Subdomain Parents and Families
https://give.ncsu.edu/?appealc...External Subdomain Give Now
/help-us-think-and-do-the-extr...Subdomain Text duplicate About Your Support
/support-our-students/Subdomain Text duplicate Support Our Students
/support-our-work/Subdomain Text duplicate Support Our Work
/support-our-infrastructure/Subdomain Text duplicate Support Our Infrastructure
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Latest Features and Gift Announcements
/featured-series/Subdomain Text duplicate Story Collections
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/c...External Subdomain Text duplicate NC State Philanthropy Podcast
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/c...External Subdomain Text duplicate Philanthropy in the News
/where-to-give/colleges/Subdomain Text duplicate Colleges
/where-to-give/units-and-progr...Subdomain Text duplicate Units and Programs
https://giving.ncsu.edu/cfr/Subdomain Text duplicate Corporate and Foundation Gifts
/how-to-give/matching-gifts/Subdomain Text duplicate Matching Gifts
https://crowdfunding.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Crowdfunding
/how-to-give/annual-giving/Subdomain Text duplicate Annual Giving
/how-to-give/giftplanning/Subdomain Text duplicate Planned Giving
/how-to-give/endowments/Subdomain Text duplicate Endowments
/how-to-give/nc-state-day-of-g...Subdomain Text duplicate NC State Day of Giving
/how-to-give/give-today/Subdomain Text duplicate Give Today
/connect/senior-campaign/Subdomain Text duplicate Students
https://alumni.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
/connect/faculty-and-staff/Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty and Staff
http://www.wolfpackclub.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Wolfpack Fans
/connect/wwip/Subdomain Text duplicate Wolfpack Women in Philanthropy
/connect/share-your-story/Subdomain Text duplicate Share Your Story
/how-to-give/recognition/Subdomain Text duplicate Donor Recognition
/connect/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/connect/meet-our-fundraisers/Subdomain Text duplicate Meet Our Development Officers
/connect/parent-giving/Subdomain Text duplicate Parents and Families
https://give.ncsu.edu/?appealc...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give Now
https://transformation.ncsu.ed...External Subdomain Honor the Woodsons with us
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/2...External Subdomain Learn more
/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/20...Subdomain IMG-ALT rendering of the Integrative Sciences Building
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain More Stories
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/2...External Subdomain Flashback: The Woodsons’ Historic Philanthropy Chancellor and Mrs. Woodson launched the first-ever effort to provide tuition assistance to the dependents of ...
IMG-ALT Chancellor Woodson and his wife, Susan, facing the crowd while being introduced during a football game
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/2...External Subdomain Flashback: Impact of Chancellor’s Study Abroad Scholarship Since 2014, Chancellor Woodson has directed resources to the Chancellor’s Study Abroad Scholarship...
IMG-ALT Chancellor Woodson poses with student scholarship recipients in Talley student union
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/2...External Subdomain Flashback: Announcing a New Scholarship Fund In this message from 2020, Chancellor Woodson announced the launch of the Extraordinary Opportunity Scholarship ...
IMG-ALT outline of wolf in talley student union
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/2...External Subdomain More on the chancellor’s recent award
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/c...External Subdomain Catch Up on the NC State Philanthropy Podcast Scholarship recipients, distinguished professors, donors and more share their own philanthropic stories, comple...
IMG-ALT A NC State philanthropy podcast web banner.
/how-to-give/annual-giving/Subdomain Text duplicate Annual Giving
https://crowdfunding.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Crowdfunding
/how-to-give/endowments/Subdomain Text duplicate Endowments
/how-to-give/giftplanning/Subdomain Text duplicate Planned Giving
https://give.ncsu.edu/?appealc...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give Now
https://www.facebook.com/ncstateExternal Subdomain Facebook
https://www.twitter.com/ncstateExternal Subdomain X
https://www.instagram.com/ncstateExternal Subdomain Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain LinkedIn
/connect/meet-our-fundraisers/Subdomain Meet Our Development Team
/connect/share-your-story/Subdomain Text duplicate Share Your Story
/featured-series/a-legend-in-s...Subdomain The Memorial Belltower
/foundation/Subdomain Foundation Board
https://give.ncsu.edu/?appealc...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give Now
https://giving.ncsu.edu/Subdomain Home
https://maps.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Campus Map
https://accessibility.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain Accessibility
https://advancement-services.n...External Subdomain Advancement Services
https://news.giving.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain Giving News
/how-to-give/give-today/Subdomain Make a Gift
https://www.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain NC State Website
/foundation/Subdomain NC State University Foundation
https://policies.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain Policies
https://leadership.ncsu.edu/ad...External Subdomain Privacy Statement
/connect/share-your-story/Subdomain Text duplicate Share Your Story
https://strategicplan.ncsu.edu/External Subdomain Strategic Plan
https://advancement-services.n...External Subdomain Update Your Information
https://leadership.ncsu.edu/ad...External Subdomain University Advancement
https://www.facebook.com/ncstateExternal Subdomain No Text
https://www.twitter.com/ncstateExternal Subdomain No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain No Text
https://www.instagram.com/ncstateExternal Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/NCStateExternal Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://giving.ncsu.edu/"
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 of 0.76 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.
This page loads 34 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 22 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (126 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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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 335 referring domains.
This page has 434 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 131 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Search preview

giving.ncsu.edu
Giving
Learn more about the impact NC State donors make each day.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
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Giving59%Check
Impact54%Check
State52%Check
Transformation50%Check
Celebrating50%Check
Planned Giving47%Check
Woodson46%Check
Philanthropy46%Check
Podcast46%Check

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