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Meta information
68% 
Page quality
90% 
Page structure
93% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
83% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.76 s
File size
207.10 kB
Words
568
Media files
15
Number of links
72 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Stanford Report
The page title is too short. (144 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://news.stanford.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)
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width,initial-scale=1
application-nameStanford University
msapplication-TileColor#FFFFFF
msapplication-TileImagehttps://news.stanford.edu/__data/assets/image/0024/9375/mstile-144x144.png
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msapplication-square150x150logohttps://news.stanford.edu/__data/assets/image/0026/9377/mstile-150x150.png
msapplication-square310x310logohttps://news.stanford.edu/__data/assets/image/0027/9378/mstile-310x310.png
squiz:dxp:interestEmpty
langen
og:urlhttps://news.stanford.edu/home-page
og:typearticle
og:titleHome Page
og:descriptionEmpty
og:imagehttps://news.stanford.edu/__data/assets/image/0018/152064/20220405_Campus_N6A5605.jpg
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 568 words. That's ok.
25% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 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 23 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 following tag is repeated too often: featured scholar:
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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
.../0031/128992/logo-stanford-uni-white.pngStanford University
...ssets/file/0034/128995/sr-logo-color.svgStanford Report
...assets/file/0035/128996/srlogo_light.svgStanford Report
...ulets-final-between-trees-95A8790-AB.jpgImage of Amulets on Meyer Green.
...sets/image/0029/160949/Zimbardo_feat.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...age/0015/160350/204_PIA19048-resized.jpgReprocessed color view of Jupiter's moon Europa, made from images taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s.
.../0018/160812/bernicebing_sul_news_0.webpIn an artist's studio, a young woman sprawls on the floor with her chin propped on her hand as she stares at the viewer.
...mage/0028/160759/Cardinal-football24.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...32/160799/Three-Books-composite_feat.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...022/160690/20240627_Burnbot__N6A6652.jpgA worker operates BurnBot in a golden field.
...025/160675/20240627_Burnbot__95A9456.jpgA scorched path of earth frames the large BurnBot machine, which is pulled by a small tractor-like vehicle.
...026/160685/20240627_Burnbot__N6A6440.jpgA team member follows behind BurnBot with a handheld hoe.
...025/160684/20240627_Burnbot__N6A6431.jpgThe BurnBot machine leaves scorched earth behind it.
...s/image/0018/160803/francis-fukuyama.jpgHeadshot of Professor Fukuyama
.../file/0032/128993/global-footer-icon.svgStanford University

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home Page
The H1 heading is too short (9 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home Page
H2 Along with Stanford news and stories, show me:
H2 Meyer Green welcomes ‘Amulets’
H2 Philip Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the ‘Stanford Prison Experiment,’ dies at 91
H2 The search for water in space yields engineering gains on Earth
H2 ‘Archive Rooms’ at the Cantor is a window into artists’ work
H2 Cardinal welcomes Mustangs to Stanford Stadium
H2 Memoirs feature in Three Books program
H2 Media gallery
H2 A living lab for wildfire management
H2 In the news
H2 Recent Stories
H2 University News
H2 Research & Scholarship
H2 On Campus
H2 Student Experience
H3 California’s ‘Surgical’ Approach to Regulating AI Is Working
H3 How a caring teacher can make or break school for young students
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 22 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://news.stanford.edu/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.stanford.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Stanford University
/university-newsSubdomain University News
/research-and-scholarshipSubdomain Research & Scholarship
/on-campusSubdomain On Campus
/student-experienceSubdomain Student Experience
https://news.stanford.edu/videoSubdomain Videos
https://news.stanford.edu/profileSubdomain Community Profiles
/in-the-newsSubdomain In the News
/university-updatesSubdomain University Updates
/announcementSubdomain Announcements
/news-archiveSubdomain Recent Stories
https://news.stanford.edu/contactSubdomain Contact
/subscribeSubdomain Subscribe
/media-contactsSubdomain Media Contacts
/press-centerSubdomain Press Center
https://community.stanford.edu/New window External Subdomain Community Engagement
https://admission.stanford.edu/New window External Subdomain Admissions
https://giving.stanford.edu/New window External Subdomain Giving
https://events.stanford.edu/New window External Subdomain Events
https://news.stanford.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT Stanford Report
https://news.stanford.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Stanford Report
/university-newsSubdomain Text duplicate University News
/research-and-scholarshipSubdomain Text duplicate Research & Scholarship
/on-campusSubdomain Text duplicate On Campus
/student-experienceSubdomain Text duplicate Student Experience
/on-campus/topic/artsSubdomain Arts
/stories/2024/10/meyer-green-w...Subdomain Meyer Green welcomes ‘Amulets’
/research-and-scholarship/topi...Subdomain Social Sciences
/stories/2024/10/philip-zimbar...Subdomain Philip Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the ‘Stanford Prison Experiment,’ dies at 91
/research-and-scholarship/topi...Subdomain Science & Engineering
/stories/2024/10/four-question...Subdomain The search for water in space yields engineering gains on Earth
/stories/2024/10/archive-rooms...Subdomain ‘Archive Rooms’ at the Cantor is a window into artists’ work
/on-campus/topic/athleticsSubdomain Athletics
/stories/2024/10/cardinal-welc...Subdomain Cardinal welcomes Mustangs to Stanford Stadium
/student-experience/topic/acad...Subdomain Academics
/stories/2024/10/three-books-h...Subdomain Memoirs feature in Three Books program
/in-the-newsSubdomain View all In the news
https://www.ft.com/content/068...External Subdomain Read the article in the Financial Times
https://www.bloomberg.com/opin...External Subdomain California’s ‘Surgical’ Approach to Regulating AI Is Working
https://edsource.org/2024/cari...External How a caring teacher can make or break school for young students
/news-archiveSubdomain View all Recent Stories
https://news.stanford.edu/Subdomain Stanford Report Home
/university-newsSubdomain Text duplicate University News
/university-news/topic/disting...Subdomain Distinguished Visitors
/university-news/topic/leaders...Subdomain Leadership & Governance
/university-news/topic/institu...Subdomain Institutional News
/university-news/topic/campus-...Subdomain Campus & Facilities
/university-news/topic/awards-...Subdomain Awards, Honors & Appointments
/research-and-scholarshipSubdomain Text duplicate Research & Scholarship
/research-and-scholarship/topi...Subdomain Text duplicate Social Sciences
/research-and-scholarship/topi...Subdomain Text duplicate Science & Engineering
/research-and-scholarship/topi...Subdomain Law
/research-and-scholarship/topi...Subdomain Health & Medicine
/research-and-scholarship/topi...Subdomain Education
/research-and-scholarship/topi...Subdomain Economics
/research-and-scholarship/topi...Subdomain Earth & Climate
/research-and-scholarship/topi...Subdomain Business
/research-and-scholarship/topi...Subdomain Arts & Humanities
/on-campusSubdomain Text duplicate On Campus
/on-campus/topic/campus-safetySubdomain Campus Safety
/on-campus/topic/community-and...Subdomain Community & Culture
/on-campus/topic/eventsSubdomain Text duplicate Events
/on-campus/topic/athleticsSubdomain Text duplicate Athletics
/on-campus/topic/artsSubdomain Text duplicate Arts
/student-experienceSubdomain Text duplicate Student Experience
/student-experience/topic/acad...Subdomain Text duplicate Academics
/student-experience/topic/volu...Subdomain Volunteer & Service
/student-experience/topic/ment...Subdomain Mental Health
https://news.stanford.edu/videoSubdomain Text duplicate Videos
https://news.stanford.edu/profileSubdomain Text duplicate Community Profiles
/in-the-newsSubdomain Text duplicate In the News
/university-updatesSubdomain Text duplicate University Updates
/announcementSubdomain Text duplicate Announcements
/news-archiveSubdomain Text duplicate Recent Stories
https://news.stanford.edu/contactSubdomain Text duplicate Contact
/subscribeSubdomain Text duplicate Subscribe
/media-contactsSubdomain Text duplicate Media Contacts
/press-centerSubdomain Text duplicate Press Center
https://community.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Community Engagement
https://admission.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Admissions
https://giving.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Giving
https://events.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Events
https://news.stanford.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Stanford University
https://www.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Stanford Home
https://visit.stanford.edu/plan/External Subdomain Maps & Directions
https://www.stanford.edu/search/External Subdomain Search Stanford
https://emergency.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Emergency Info
https://www.stanford.edu/site/...External Subdomain Terms of Use
https://www.stanford.edu/site/...External Subdomain Privacy
https://uit.stanford.edu/secur...External Subdomain Copyright
https://adminguide.stanford.ed...External Subdomain Trademarks
https://bulletin.stanford.edu/...External Subdomain Non-Discrimination
https://www.stanford.edu/site/...External Subdomain Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://news.stanford.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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (207 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSun, 20 Oct 2024 06:04:15 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
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cf-cache-statusHIT
age340
cache-controlprivate, max-age=0
expiresSun, 20 Oct 2024 06:28:35 GMT
set-cookie90 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
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x-cdn-original-ttl180
x-cdn-response-staleResponse is stale
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
servercloudflare
content-encodinggzip
alt-svch3=":443"; ma=86400
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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This page has backlinks from 32,979 referring domains.
This page has 518,250 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 20,997 different ip addresses.

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