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79% 
Page quality
72% 
Page structure
77% 
Link structure
40% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.08 s
File size
140.10 kB
Words
776
Media files
23
Number of links
99 internal / 31 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Impactful Research to Fight Diseases & Save Lives | Duke Pratt School of Engineering
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 774 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Duke Engineering is committed to improving the health of individuals, communities and the environment
The length of the meta description is perfect. (637 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://pratt.duke.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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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
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No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
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Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 776 words. That's ok.
21.4% 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.
13 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 19.59 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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This page loads 32 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
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 16 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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5 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
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No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

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...uploads/2024/03/duke-pratt-navy-logo.pngDuke Pratt School of Engineering
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...ins/youtube-feed-pro/img/placeholder.pngIn this episode of the Dean's Minutes, join Dean Lynch and Professor Amanda Randles in a conversation about how digital twins - advanced, personalized computational models of a patient's body - could help save lives. Learn more about Amanda Randles at: https://randleslab.pratt.duke.edu/ https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/10/duke-university-medical-forecasting-biomedical-engineering-center-for-computational-and-digital-health-innovation-revolutionize-healthcare-data-driven-approaches
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...ins/youtube-feed-pro/img/placeholder.pngDesign and Innovation is a theme that cuts across our Masters of Engineering programs at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. As a Masters student, you’ll have a transformative design and innovation experience in your chosen degree program. However, you’ll also take part in a rich and diverse ecosystem of design and innovation activities both within and beyond your specific degree program that will enrich your experience and education. We highlighted just a few of these opportunities and the faculty and student leadership that brings them to life. Learn more about Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering Masters Programs – both those shown in the video and many more that have design and innovation at their core: https://pratt.duke.edu/admissions/masters/ 2024 Application deadlines are January 15 (priority and preferred) and March 15 (final). https://pratt.duke.edu/apply/ Programs Highlighted: Design Climate @ Duke: https://designclimate.duke.edu/ Design Health @ Duke: https://designhealth.duke.edu/ Christensen Family Center for Innovation: https://cfci.pratt.duke.edu/ Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship: https://entrepreneurship.duke.edu/ Masters of Engineering in Design & Technology Innovation: https://ene.duke.edu/programs/dti Masters of Engineering in Game Design, Development & Innovation: https://ene.duke.edu/programs/gddi Masters of Engineering in Artificial Intelligence: https://ai.meng.duke.edu/ Masters of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering: https://bme.duke.edu/masters/meng-bme Masters of Engineering in Medical Technology Device Design: https://bme.duke.edu/masters/meng-medtech-design Masters of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science: https://mems.duke.edu/masters/degrees/meng Masters of Engineering in Civil & Environmental Engineering: https://cee.duke.edu/grad/masters#civil-meng Masters of Engineering in Electrical & Computer Engineering: https://ece.duke.edu/masters/degrees Innovation Co-Lab: https://colab.duke.edu/ Generative AI Hackathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxMYjXQr8Tk Pratt School of Engineering Graduate Students Programs & Services: https://sites.duke.edu/prattgsps/
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Impactful Research to Fight Diseases & Save Lives
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
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
H1 Impactful Research to Fight Diseases & Save Lives
H2 Transformative Discoveries
H2 A Check Engine Light for the Human Body
H2 Changing Lives
H2 Research Leadership
H2 Innovative Education
H2 Health Technology Design
H2 Educational Opportunities
H2 Highly Ranked Programs
H2 Make a Connection
H3 Next-Gen Genomic Medicine
H3 Precision Microbiome Engineering
H3 Women’s Health Care
H3 Tenure-Track Engineering Faculty
H3 Major Engineering Research Centers
H3 Annual Engineering Research Expenditures
H3 Revenue from Faculty Inventions
H3 Medical Robotics
H3 AI Ethics in Health
H3 Engineering in Medical Education
H3 Undergraduate
H3 Master’s
H3 PhD
H3 Advances in Treatments for Tremors
H3 Duke Engineering Now Newsletter
H6 Feature Story
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (31) on this page.

Found links on this page

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/news/newsletters/Subdomain Email Newsletters
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https://pratt.duke.edu/e-week/Subdomain Engineers Week
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https://pratt.duke.edu/industry/Subdomain Industry Engagement
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HTTP redirects
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This page redirects to "https://pratt.duke.edu/"
HTTP header
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The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
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The page response time is slow (1.08 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.
This page loads 8 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 32 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the JQuery files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (140 kB).

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