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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
78% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
72% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.13 s
File size
178.50 kB
Words
669
Media files
6
Number of links
117 internal / 20 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 582 pixels long. 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://smtd.umich.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 669 words. That's ok.
21.2% 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.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 19.91 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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
...ntent/uploads/2023/07/informal-white.pngMusic, Theatre and Dance
...oads/2024/06/web-backgrounds-logo-02.png2024-25 SEASON with logo for University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Danceweb backgrounds-logo-02
...ploads/2024/09/Ireland-2024-featured.jpgStudents seated in a row, each holding a flat drum and a mallet
...ads/2017/04/Cynthia-Kortman-Westphal.jpgCynthia Kortman Westphal
...tz-Chamber-Orchestra-Poland-featured.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SMTD_white.pngNo alt attribute providedSMTD_white

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
School of Music Theater and Dance
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 School of Music Theater and Dance
H2 Find Your Path
H2 Featured Events
H2 News
H2 Tour & Explore
H2 Performances & Events
H2 Faculty & Research
H2 Engagement Programs
H2 Support SMTD
H2 You Should Know
H2 Social
H2 Contact Us
H2 Address
H3 Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
H3 7 Hours Difference Part II: Simple Present Tense
H3 Adam Lenhart, carillon: Celebrating the Life, Legacy & Music of JANIS JOPLIN
H3 Sunny Wilkinson, vocal jazz
H3 Immersion in the Lively Music and Dance of Ireland
H3 Cynthia Kortman Westphal Named Chair of Department of Musical Theatre
H3 Honoring the Humanity of Prisoner Musicians: SMTD Students Perform Music from Auschwitz in Austria and Poland
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 20 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://smtd.umich.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT Music, Theatre and Dance
https://smtd.umich.edu/Anchor U Search
https://smtd.umich.edu/eventsEvents Calendar
https://smtd.umich.edu/Anchor M
/admissions/Subdomain Admissions
/admissions/Subdomain Your Journey Begins Here
/admissions/undergraduate/find...Subdomain Explore Undergraduate Offerings
/admissions/graduate/graduate-...Subdomain Explore Graduate Offerings
https://smtd.umich.edu/faculty/Subdomain Meet our Exceptional Faculty
/admissions/undergraduate/Subdomain Undergraduate Admissions
/admissions/undergraduate/unde...Subdomain Degrees & Minors
/admissions/undergraduate/appl...Subdomain Apply
/admissions/undergraduate/affo...Subdomain Affording Your Education
/admissions/undergraduate/requ...Subdomain Pre-screening/Portfolios & Auditions/Interviews
/admissions/graduate/Subdomain Graduate Admissions
/admissions/graduate/graduate-...Subdomain Degrees & Certificates
/admissions/graduate/apply-grad/Subdomain Text duplicate Apply
/admissions/graduate/affording...Subdomain Text duplicate Affording Your Education
/admissions/graduate/auditions...Subdomain Text duplicate Pre-screening/Portfolios & Auditions/Interviews
/admissions/international-admi...Subdomain International Admissions
/beyond-the-curriculum/Subdomain Beyond the Curriculum
https://smtd.umich.edu/excel-lab/Subdomain EXCEL Lab
https://smtd.umich.edu/global/Subdomain Global Experiences
/health-wellness/Subdomain Health & Wellness
/departments/Subdomain Departments
/admissions/tour-and-explore-c...Subdomain Tour & Explore Campus
/admissions-statistics/Subdomain Admissions Statistics
/admissions/admissions-faq/Subdomain FAQ
/admissions/taking-smtd-classes/Subdomain Courses for All U-M Students
/admissions/new-students/Subdomain New Student Orientation
/performances-and-events/Subdomain Performances & Events
/performances-and-events/Subdomain About SMTD Performances
https://smtd.umich.edu/eventsCalendar
/department/university-product...Subdomain About University Productions
/events/?_viewing_options=37ac...Subdomain Livestream Performances
https://www.youtube.com/@UMICH...External Subdomain Performance Recordings
/24-25-season/Subdomain 2024-25 Performance Season
https://tickets.smtd.umich.edu...External Subdomain Buy Tickets
/maps-directions/Subdomain Maps & Directions
/performance-opportunities/Subdomain Performance Opportunities
https://docs.google.com/forms/...External Subdomain Usher with SMTD
https://smtd.umich.edu/faculty/Subdomain Faculty & Research
https://smtd.umich.edu/faculty/Subdomain SMTD Faculty
/news-stories/?_categories=fac...Subdomain Awards & Accolades
/faculty-and-staff-directory/Subdomain Faculty & Staff Directory
/news-stories/?_categories=fac...Faculty News
/research-collections/Subdomain Research Collections
https://www.lib.umich.edu/loca...External Subdomain Music Library
/research-collections/stearns-...Subdomain Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments
/research-initiatives/Subdomain Research Projects & Initiatives
/american-music-institute/Subdomain American Music Institute
/american-music-institute/U-M Gershwin Initiative
/research-initiatives/piano-li...Subdomain Piano Literature Corner
/research-initiatives/pccs/Subdomain Creativity & Consciousness Studies
/world-performance-studies/Subdomain Center for World Performance Studies
/engagement-outreach/Subdomain Engagement & Outreach
/engagement-outreach/Subdomain Engagement & Outreach Overview
/engagement-outreach/Youth Programs
/engagement-outreach/youth-pro...Subdomain Michigan Youth Ensembles
/engagement-outreach/youth-pro...Subdomain MPulse Summer Performing Arts Institutes
/engagement-outreach/youth-pro...Subdomain Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program
/engagement-outreach/youth-pro...Subdomain Michigan Youth Performing Arts Pre-College Program
/engagement-outreach/Adult Programs
/engagement-outreach/adult-pro...Subdomain Band Conducting and Pedagogy Workshop
/engagement-outreach/adult-pro...Subdomain The Beatles & You
/engagement-outreach/adult-pro...Subdomain Choral Conducting Symposium
/engagement-outreach/adult-pro...Subdomain NewBassoon Institute
/engagement-outreach/adult-pro...Subdomain String Educators Workshop
/engagement-outreach/adult-pro...Subdomain Singing Down the Barriers
/engagement-outreach/adult-pro...Subdomain Voices Valiant Adult Choir
/engagement-outreach/community...Subdomain Community Partnerships
/news-stories/Subdomain News
/news-stories/Subdomain News & Stories
/news-stories/?_categories=stu...Subdomain Student News
https://signup.e2ma.net/signup...External Subdomain Join Email List
https://t.e2ma.net/message/0n6...External Subdomain Monthly Email Newsletter
https://smtd.umich.edu/muse/Subdomain Michigan Muse magazine
/muse/winter-2024/Subdomain Michigan Muse Winter 2024
https://docs.google.com/forms/...External Subdomain Submit an Update
https://smtd.umich.edu/giving/Subdomain Giving
https://smtd.umich.edu/giving/Subdomain Sustaining Excellence in the Performing Arts
https://smtd.umich.edu/giving/Ways to Give
https://smtd.umich.edu/giving/The Impact of Giving
https://donate.umich.edu/qZd8nExternal Subdomain Give a Gift Online
/about-smtd/Subdomain About
/about-smtd/Subdomain About SMTD
/about-smtd/Leadership
https://smtd.umich.edu/history/Subdomain Our History
/accreditation/Subdomain Accreditation
/about/ann-arbor-michigan/Subdomain Ann Arbor, Michigan
/departments/Subdomain Text duplicate Departments
/diversity-equity-inclusion/Subdomain Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
/facilities/Subdomain Facilities
/emergency-preparedness/Subdomain Emergency Preparedness
/facilities/Inclusive Spaces
/backstage/home/Subdomain SMTD Backstage: Internal Resources for Students & Employees
/alumni-board/Subdomain Alumni Board
/alumni-awards/Subdomain Alumni Awards
/news-stories/?_categories=alumniSubdomain Alumni News
https://smtd.umich.edu/contact/Subdomain Contact Us
/faculty-and-staff-directory/Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty & Staff Directory
/admissions/undergraduate/Subdomain About Undergraduate Admissions
/admissions/graduate/Subdomain About Graduate Admissions
https://tickets.smtd.umich.edu...External Subdomain Get Tickets
/24-25-season/flex-series/Subdomain Flex Series Ticket Packages
/24-25-season/Subdomain Explore the 2024-25 Season
/event/26-september-2024-4/Subdomain 7 Hours Difference Part II: Simple Present Tense
/event/27-september-2024-4/Subdomain Adam Lenhart, carillon: Celebrating the Life, Legacy & Music of JANIS JOPLIN
/event/29-september-2024-3/Subdomain Sunny Wilkinson, vocal jazz
https://smtd.umich.edu/eventsSee Calendar
/immersion-in-the-lively-music...Subdomain Immersion in the Lively Music and Dance of Ireland
/cynthia-kortman-westphal-name...Subdomain Cynthia Kortman Westphal Named Chair of Department of Musical Theatre
/smtd-students-perform-music-f...Subdomain Honoring the Humanity of Prisoner Musicians: SMTD Students Perform Music from Auschwitz in Austria and Poland
/news-storiesSee More News
/admissions/tour-and-explore-c...Tour & Explore
/24-25-season/Text duplicate Performances & Events
https://smtd.umich.edu/faculty/Text duplicate Faculty & Research
/engagement-outreach/Engagement Programs
https://smtd.umich.edu/giving/Support SMTD
/backstage/home/Subdomain SMTD Backstage: Intranet
/departmentsText duplicate Departments
/about/emergency-preparedness/Text duplicate Emergency Preparedness
https://healthresponse.umich.edu/New window External Subdomain U-M COVID-19 Information
https://smtd.umich.edu/facilitiesFacilities & Rentals
https://umich.edu/External U-M Gateway
https://www.instagram.com/umic...New window External Subdomain Follow
A-TITLE Follow on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/u...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
A-TITLE Follow on Youtube
https://twitter.com/umichsmtdNew window External Text duplicate Follow
A-TITLE Follow on Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/umich...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
A-TITLE Follow on Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
A-TITLE Follow on LinkedIn
https://open.spotify.com/user/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Follow
A-TITLE Follow on Spotify
https://smtd.umich.edu/contactContact
https://smtd.umich.edu/admissionsText duplicate Admissions
https://smtd.umich.edu/givingText duplicate Giving
https://tickets.smtd.umich.edu...External Subdomain Tickets
https://regents.umich.edu/External Subdomain Regents of the University of Michigan
https://procurement.umich.edu/...New window External Subdomain Boxcar Studio

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://smtd.umich.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 (2.13 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 (179 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,463 referring domains.
This page has 26,741 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 953 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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School63%Check
Music Theatre62%Check
Theatre Dance61%Check
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