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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
99% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.70 s
File size
73.50 kB
Words
1150
Media files
7
Number of links
121 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Harvey Mudd College
The length of the page title is perfect. (266 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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://www.hmc.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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robotsmax-image-preview:large
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
generatorWordPress 6.6.2
langen-us
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1150 words. That's ok.
26.7% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
14 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 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" 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 23 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
...s/2023/08/academic-block_common-core.jpgFour student watch another measure component with caliper.
...t/uploads/2023/08/academic-block_hsa.jpgStudents work at printer press.
...ads/2023/08/academic-block_the-major.jpgStudents work with scientific equipment.
...ploads/2023/08/academic-block_clinic.jpgStudents watch as another adjusts a light on a device.
...oads/2023/08/academic-block_research.jpgStudents experiment.
...t/themes/mudd-2021/images/seal-black.pngHarvey Mudd College seal
Video URLWidthHeight
/wp-content/themes/mudd2021-home/video1.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Harvey Mudd College
The H1 heading is too short (19 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Harvey Mudd College
H2 The Liberal Arts College of Engineering, Science and Mathematics
H2 News and Events
H2 About Mudd
H2 Academics
H2 Life @ Mudd
H2 Mudders Can
H3 Latest News
H3 Upcoming Events
H3 Curriculum
H3 Senior Capstone Experience
H3 Shailee Samar ’18
H3 Christopher Pong ’08
H3 Mary Jessie Celestin ’21
H4 The Common Core
H4 Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
H4 The Major
H4 The Clinic Program
H4 Research
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 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.hmc.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.hmc.edu/Anchor Skip to navigation for this section
https://www.hmc.edu/Subdomain Home
/resources/students/Subdomain Students
/resources/faculty-staff/Subdomain Faculty and Staff
https://www.alumni.hmc.edu/External Subdomain Alumni
https://www.hmc.edu/parents/Subdomain Parents
https://www.hmc.edu/resources/Subdomain Mudd A–Z
https://www.hmc.edu/admission/Admission and Financial Aid
/admission/discover/Discover Harvey Mudd
/admission/connect/Connect to Harvey Mudd
/admission/apply/Apply to Harvey Mudd
/admission/afford/Afford to attend Harvey Mudd
https://www.hmc.edu/academics/Academics
https://www.hmc.edu/biology/Biology
https://www.hmc.edu/chemistry/Chemistry
https://www.hmc.edu/cs/Computer Science
https://www.hmc.edu/engineering/Engineering
https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
https://www.hmc.edu/mathematics/Subdomain Mathematics
https://www.hmc.edu/physics/Subdomain Physics
https://www.hmc.edu/hixon-center/Hixon Center for Climate and the Environment
/academics/interdisciplinary-c...Center for Design Education
/academics/interdisciplinary-c...Hixon-Riggs Program for Responsive Science and Engineering
/academics/majors/Majors at Harvey Mudd
/academics/emphases/Academic Emphases at Harvey Mudd
/academics/faculty/Faculty of Harvey Mudd
/academics/common-core-curricu...Common Core Curriculum
/academics/english-language-le...English Language Learning
https://www.hmc.edu/registrar/Registrar
/dean-of-faculty/Dean of the Faculty
/institutional-research/Institutional Research
/learning-programs/Learning Programs
https://www.hmc.edu/study-abroad/Study Abroad
https://www.hmc.edu/upward-bound/Upward Bound
/summer-session/Subdomain Summer Session
https://www.hmc.edu/makerspace/The Makerspace
/entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurship
https://www.hmc.edu/clinic/Clinic
/clinic/clinic-sponsors-and-pr...Sponsors and Projects
/clinic/prospective-sponsors/Prospective Sponsors
/clinic/impact-on-society/Impact on Society
/clinic/clinic-events/Clinic Events
/clinic/history-of-the-clinic-...History of the Clinic Program
/clinic/clinic-program-contacts/Clinic Program Contacts
https://www.hmc.edu/research/Research
/research/summer-research-and-...Subdomain Summer Research and Scholarship
/research/research-areas/Scholarship Focus Areas and Research Labs
/research/research-videos/Research Videos
/research/grant-resources-admi...Sponsored Faculty Research
/research/internal-faculty-res...Subdomain HMC-Sponsored Faculty Research Grants
/research/grant-resources-admi...Subdomain Postdoctoral Program in Interdisciplinary Computation
/research/student-research-opp...Student Research Opportunities
https://www.hmc.edu/student-life/Student Life
/student-success/Academic Resources and Student Success
https://www.hmc.edu/campus-life/Campus Life
/career-services/Career Services
https://www.hmc.edu/engagement/Civic and Community Engagement
https://www.hmc.edu/residential/Housing and Residential Life
https://www.hmc.edu/diversity/Institutional Diversity
https://www.hmc.edu/wellbeing/Wellbeing
/student-life/mission/About Division of Student Affairs
/student-life/staff/Meet the DSA Staff
https://www.hmc.edu/ashmc/ASHMC
/campus-life/athletics/Athletics
/student-life/commencement/Commencement
/student-life/orientation/Orientation
/student-success/accessible-ed...Accessible Education
/international-students/International Students and Scholars
/health-wellness/mudders-care-...Mudders Care for Mudders
/student-life/emergency-resour...Emergency Resources
/student-handbook/Student Handbook
/student-life/title-ix/Title IX and Sexual Assault
/student-life/7c-demonstration...Subdomain 7C Demonstration Policy
/student-life/safety-report/Annual Fire Safety and Security Report
https://www.hmc.edu/about/About
https://www.hmc.edu/about/visit/Visit Campus
https://www.hmc.edu/about/news/Harvey Mudd News
https://www.hmc.edu/calendar/Upcoming Events
https://www.hmc.edu/about/facts/Fast Facts
/about/history/History
/presidents-office/President's Office
/strategic-planning/Mission and Strategic Planning
https://www.hmc.edu/giving/Giving
https://www.hmc.edu/give/Make Your Gift Now
/giving/annual-fund/Annual Fund
/giving/endowed-giving/Endowed Giving at Harvey Mudd
/giving/planned-giving/Subdomain Planned Giving
/giving/other-initiatives/Current and Special Giving Initiatives
/giving/ways-to-give/Ways to Give
/giving/contact/Contact College Advancement
https://connect.hmc.edu/regist...External Subdomain Request info
/admission/apply/Subdomain Apply
/admission/connect/visiting-ca...Subdomain Visit
https://www.hmc.edu/about/news/Subdomain Trivial anchor text
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/about/2024/10/08/harvey-mudd-...Subdomain Harvey Mudd Students’ Work on Energy Storage Published in Scientific Journal
/about/2024/10/01/harvey-mudd-...Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Appoints Jennifer Eccles Vice President for Advancement
/about/2024/09/26/harvey-mudd-...Subdomain Harvey Mudd Ranks No. 2 for Student Experience in Wall Street Journal
https://www.hmc.edu/calendar/Subdomain Events Calendar
/calendar/events/concert-serie...Subdomain Concert Series– The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir: Classics for Clarinet Choir
/calendar/events/annenberg-lea...Subdomain “The Future of Sustainable Development: Technology and Education at the Forefront”
/calendar/events/2024-dr-bruce...Subdomain 2024 Dr. Bruce J. Nelson ’74 Distinguished Speaker Series: Emily M. Bender
/calendar/events/concert-serie...Subdomain Concert Series: The Los Angeles Arab Orchestra
https://www.hmc.edu/Anchor Common Core
https://www.hmc.edu/Anchor HSA
https://www.hmc.edu/Anchor The Major
/academics/common-core-curricu...Subdomain Learn More
/hsa/program/graduation-requir...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/academics/majors/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.hmc.edu/clinic/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.hmc.edu/research/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.hmc.edu/student-life/Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://magazine.hmc.edu/sprin...External Subdomain Shailee Samar ’18
https://magazine.hmc.edu/sprin...External Subdomain Christopher Pong ’08
https://magazine.hmc.edu/summe...External Subdomain Mary Jessie Celestin ’21
https://connect.hmc.edu/regist...External Subdomain Request Info
/admission/connect/visiting-ca...Subdomain Text duplicate Visit
/admission/apply/Subdomain Text duplicate Apply
https://www.hmc.edu/giveSubdomain Give now »
https://store.hmc.edu/External Subdomain Shop HMC »
/emergency-preparedness/Safety Information
/health-wellness/mudders-care-...Text duplicate Mudders Care for Mudders
https://www.hmc.edu/map/Subdomain Map and Directions
/resources/directory/Directory
/resources/privacy-statement/Privacy Statement
/resources/website-accessibility/Accessibility
/human-resources/policies-proc...Equal Opportunity and Nondiscrimination Statement
/human-resources/employment-at...Employment at Harvey Mudd
https://www.claremont.edu/External Subdomain The Claremont Colleges
https://www.facebook.com/harve...External Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Official Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/harv...External Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Official Instagram
https://www.threads.net/@harve...External Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Official Threads
https://www.youtube.com/user/H...External Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Official YouTube
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...External Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Official Flickr
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Official LinkedIn

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.hmc.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 is very slow (1.70 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 (74 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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cache-controlmax-age=600
expiresTue, 15 Oct 2024 15:13:51 GMT
access-control-allow-originhttps://physics.hmc.edu
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
content-length15749
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateTue, 15 Oct 2024 15:03:51 GMT
serverApache
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http_versionHTTP/2

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /admission/alumni-ambassadors/
Disallow: /parents/messages-from-president-klawe/
Disallow: /non-wp-sites/old-news/
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/hmc-core/images/seal.png
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

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