Ncf.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
82% 
Page structure
72% 
Link structure
48% 
Server
80% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.63 s
File size
116.60 kB
Words
734
Media files
24
Number of links
81 internal / 25 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - New College of Florida
The length of the page title is perfect. (278 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Florida’s public honors college, educating free thinkers, risk takers and trailblazers. Discover a public arts and science education driven by your curiosity, career aspirations, and individual learning style on a beautiful bayfront campus in Sarasota.
The meta description is too long: 1504 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ncf.edu/
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)
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
mobile-web-app-capableyes
msapplication-TileColor#93d2ff
msapplication-confighttps://www.ncf.edu/wp-content/themes/primary/static-html/favicons/browserconfig.xml?v=2
theme-color#93d2ff
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
descriptionFlorida’s public honors college, educating free thinkers, risk takers and trailblazers. Discover a public arts and science education driven by your curiosity, career aspirations, and individual learning style on a beautiful bayfront campus in Sarasota.
google-site-verificationr7D_lkcBryXGFGZ7fvBECTIS17IuZ_6XbzVTtz1dPCU
tec-api-versionv1
tec-api-originhttps://www.ncf.edu
article:modified_time2024-06-03T19:30:23+00:00
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleNew College of Florida
twitter:descriptionFlorida’s public honors college, educating free thinkers, risk takers and trailblazers. Discover a public arts and science education driven by your curiosity, career aspirations, and individual learning style on a beautiful bayfront campus in Sarasota.
twitter:imagehttps://www.ncf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2015.11.12_NEWCOLLEGE_BUILDINGS_0033.jpg
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleNew College of Florida
og:descriptionFlorida’s public honors college, educating free thinkers, risk takers and trailblazers. Discover a public arts and science education driven by your curiosity, career aspirations, and individual learning style on a beautiful bayfront campus in Sarasota.
og:urlhttps://www.ncf.edu/
og:site_nameNew College of Florida
og:imagehttps://www.ncf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NCF-ACESign-Flowers.jpg
og:image:width1440
og:image:height1080
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
charsetutf-8

Test up to 1.000 webpages of ncf.edu with our free plan!

Try For Free
No trial. It's just free!

Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 734 words. That's ok.
26.3% 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.
8 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 18.46 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 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
20 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
...y/assets/media/img/NCF_Shield__white.pngNCF Shield
...ary/assets/media/img/ncf_logo__white.svgNew College of Florida Logo
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ontent/uploads/2023/12/community_img.pngEducation foto
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...oads/2024/04/LaurelStat_alt-1024x640.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...imary/static-html/images/placeholder.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ary/assets/media/img/ncf_logo__white.svgNew College of Florida Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 26 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 An Exceptional Education at an Affordable Price
H2 Meet the faces at New College
H3 Commencement 2024 Photos and Video
H3 Trending Now
H3 Events
H3 Join Our Community of Risk Takers and Trailblazers
H3 New College Commencement 2024
H3 New College Worldwide
H3 #1
H3 #1 Duplicate text
H3 #6
H3 Top 10
H3 Visit our Bayfront Campus
H3 Take the next step
H4 Watch: BlackRock COO Robert Goldstein on Liberal Arts and Hiring Humanities Majors
H4 President Richard Corcoran Addresses Disruptive Behavior at 2024 Commencement in Wall Street Journal Guest Commentary
H4 Introducing: Briana Aguila-Ames, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
H4 Commencement Conduct Statement
H4 Campus Improvements and Ecological Management
H4 2024 New College Commencement Address
H4 Introducing: Adam Rowe, Assistant Professor, History
H4 Introducing: Jeffrey Hanson, Associate Professor, Philosophy
H4 New York Times Opinion: Higher Education Needs More Socrates and Plato
H4 New College Baseball Ends Season with Upset of 5th-Ranked Webber International
H4 New College of Florida Hosts High School Leaders from Across the Region
H4 Board of Trustees
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
14 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 5 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 25 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ncf.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.ncf.edu/Subdomain New College of Florida
IMG-ALT NCF Shield
https://www.ncf.edu/why-new/Subdomain Why New College
https://www.ncf.edu/academics/Subdomain Academics
https://www.ncf.edu/admissions/Subdomain Admissions
https://www.ncf.edu/life-at-new/Subdomain Life
https://www.ncf.edu/news/Subdomain News
https://www.ncf.edu/about/Subdomain About
https://www.ncf.edu/resources/Subdomain Resources
https://www.ncf.edu/visit/Subdomain Visit
https://apply.ncf.edu/apply/External Subdomain Apply
https://www.ncf.edu/give/donate/Subdomain Give
https://www.ncf.edu/events/Subdomain Events
https://apply.ncf.edu/register...New window External Subdomain Request Information
https://myncf.ncf.edu/_layouts...External Subdomain Log In
https://apply.ncf.edu/apply/External Subdomain Apply Today
https://www.ncf.edu/why-new/Subdomain Text duplicate Why New College
https://www.ncf.edu/academics/Subdomain Text duplicate Academics
https://www.ncf.edu/admissions/Subdomain Text duplicate Admissions
https://www.ncf.edu/life-at-new/Subdomain Text duplicate Life
https://www.ncf.edu/news/Subdomain Text duplicate News
https://www.ncf.edu/about/Subdomain Text duplicate About
https://www.ncf.edu/resources/Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
https://www.ncf.edu/visit/Subdomain Text duplicate Visit
https://apply.ncf.edu/apply/External Subdomain Text duplicate Apply
https://www.ncf.edu/give/donate/Subdomain Text duplicate Give
https://www.ncf.edu/events/Subdomain Text duplicate Events
https://apply.ncf.edu/register...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Request Information
https://myncf.ncf.edu/_layouts...External Subdomain Text duplicate Log In
https://apply.ncf.edu/apply/External Subdomain Text duplicate Apply Today
/news/commencement-2024-photos...Subdomain No Text
/news/commencement-2024-photos...Subdomain Commencement 2024 Photos and Video
/news/watch-blackrock-coo-robe...Subdomain No Text
/news/watch-blackrock-coo-robe...Subdomain Watch: BlackRock COO Robert Goldstein on Liberal Arts and Hiring Humanities Majors
/news/president-richard-corcor...Subdomain No Text
/news/president-richard-corcor...Subdomain President Richard Corcoran Addresses Disruptive Behavior at 2024 Commencement in Wall Street Journal Guest Commentary
/news/introducing-biana-aguila...Subdomain No Text
/news/introducing-biana-aguila...Subdomain Introducing: Briana Aguila-Ames, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
/news/commencement-conduct-sta...Subdomain No Text
/news/commencement-conduct-sta...Subdomain Commencement Conduct Statement
/news/campus-improvements-and-...Subdomain No Text
/news/campus-improvements-and-...Subdomain Campus Improvements and Ecological Management
/news/2024-new-college-commenc...Subdomain No Text
/news/2024-new-college-commenc...Subdomain 2024 New College Commencement Address
/news/introducing-adam-rowe-as...Subdomain No Text
/news/introducing-adam-rowe-as...Subdomain Introducing: Adam Rowe, Assistant Professor, History
/news/introducing-jeffrey-hans...Subdomain No Text
/news/introducing-jeffrey-hans...Subdomain Introducing: Jeffrey Hanson, Associate Professor, Philosophy
/news/new-york-times-opinion-h...Subdomain No Text
/news/new-york-times-opinion-h...Subdomain New York Times Opinion: Higher Education Needs More Socrates and Plato
/news/new-college-baseball-ear...Subdomain No Text
/news/new-college-baseball-ear...Subdomain New College Baseball Ends Season with Upset of 5th-Ranked Webber International
/news/new-college-of-florida-h...Subdomain No Text
/news/new-college-of-florida-h...Subdomain New College of Florida Hosts High School Leaders from Across the Region
/event/board-of-trustees-4/Subdomain No Text
/event/board-of-trustees-4/Subdomain Board of Trustees
/why-new/curriculum/Individualized degree plan
/why-new/hands-on-learning/Hands-on learning
/why-new/personalized-career-p...Personalized career prep
/why-new/holistic-student-supp...Holistic student support
/event/new-college-commencement/Subdomain No Text
/event/new-college-commencement/Subdomain New College Commencement 2024
https://www.ncf.edu/events/Subdomain More Events
https://www.ncf.edu/worldwideWorldwide Information
https://www.ncf.edu/why-new/Why New College?
https://www.usnews.com/news/be...New window External Subdomain US News and World Report ranks the Florida Public University System
https://us.fulbrightonline.org...New window External Subdomain New College is the top producer of Fulbright ‘Scholars in Florida. Over the past 15 years New College has accounted for 77% of all Fulbrights awarded to Flor...
https://www.usnews.com/best-co...New window External Subdomain Public liberal arts college in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report
https://www.forbes.com/sites/m...New window External Subdomain Fiske Guide to Colleges ranks New College a “Best Buy” public college
https://www.ncf.edu/why-new/Text duplicate Why New College?
/news/student-spotlight-sydney...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/directory/mariano-jimenez/Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/news/new-college-treeleaders-...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/news/associate-professor-sher...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/news/new-college-of-florida-f...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.ncf.edu/visit/Visit Us
/admissions/first-year-students/First-Year Students
/admissions/transfer-students/Transfer Students
/admissions/international-stud...International Students
/admissions/ms-in-applied-data...M.S. in Applied Data Science Applicants
https://www.ncf.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate New College of Florida
IMG-ALT New College of Florida Logo
https://www.facebook.com/newco...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain Linkedin
https://twitter.com/NewCollege...New window External Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain Youtube
https://www.google.com/maps/se...New window External Subdomain 5800 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, FL 34243
https://www.ncf.edu/campus-map/Subdomain Campus Map
https://www.ncf.edu/directory/Subdomain Directory
https://www.ncf.edu/departments/Subdomain Department Directory
/departments/communication-mar...Subdomain Media Contacts & Resources
https://www.schooljobs.com/car...External Subdomain Careers
https://www.ncf.edu/library/Subdomain Jane Bancroft Cook Library
https://www.ncf.edu/alumni/Subdomain Foundation
https://www.bkstr.com/usfstoreExternal Subdomain Textbook Orders
https://shopncf.merchorders.com/External Subdomain NCF Store
/public-notices/Subdomain Public Notices
https://myncf.ncf.edu/External Subdomain myNCF
/departments/campus-police/eme...Subdomain Emergency Procedures
/report-a-problem/Subdomain Report a Problem
/site-accessibility/Subdomain Accessibility & Privacy Policy
https://www.ncf.edu/copyright/Subdomain Copyright
/sitemap_index.xmlNew window Site Map
https://www.facebook.com/newco...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Linkedin
https://twitter.com/NewCollege...New window External Text duplicate Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Youtube

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.ncf.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 of 0.63 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 (117 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:28:16 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
varyAccept-Encoding
link<https://www.ncf.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
x-tec-api-versionv1
x-tec-api-roothttps://www.ncf.edu/wp-json/tribe/events/v1/
x-tec-api-originhttps://www.ncf.edu
x-powered-byWP Engine
x-cacheablebot
cache-controlmax-age=10800, must-revalidate
x-cacheHIT: 110
x-cache-groupbot
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
servercloudflare
cf-ray89153d87c8eb71ac-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 2,794 referring domains.
This page has 13,783 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,464 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 11830 shares and comments on Facebook.

Search preview

www.ncf.edu
Home - New College of Florida
Florida’s public honors college, educating free thinkers, risk takers and trailblazers. Discover a public arts and science education driven by your curiosity, career aspirations, and individual learning style on a beautiful bayfront campus in Sarasota.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
College70%Check
New College64%Check
Florida63%Check
Arts College61%Check
New58%Check
2024 New College57%Check
Education56%Check
New College Commencement56%Check
College Baseball55%Check
Campus54%Check

Test up to 1.000 webpages of ncf.edu with our free plan!

Try For Free
No trial. It's just free!

Cookie Policy

We use cookies to make our site work and also for analytics and advertising purposes. You can enable or disable optional cookies as desired. See the following links for more information.

We need these so the site can function properly

So we can better understand how visitors use our website

So we can serve you tailored ads and promotions