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Meta information
88% 
Page quality
38% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
50% 
Server
96% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.09 s
File size
579.70 kB
Words
921
Media files
21
Number of links
59 internal / 104 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Tufts University
The page title is too short. (139 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Tufts University is a world-class private research university in Greater Boston that provides an education like no other.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (723 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.tufts.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
descriptionTufts University is a world-class private research university in Greater Boston that provides an education like no other.
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:site@TuftsUniversity
twitter:creator@TuftsUniversity
fb:app_id356092942511249
og:site_nameTufts University
og:typearticle
og:urlhttps://www.tufts.edu/node/1
og:titleHome Page
og:imagehttps://www.tufts.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large_feature_2500x1452/public/2022-03/Homepage.180426_4483_springstock300_2560x1440_0.JPG
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 39.44 words is high.
This page contains 921 words. That's ok.
25.6% of the text are stop words.
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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (579.7 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on 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
...Campusstock792_972x756.jpg?itok=qUkXTLsZStudents walk through the hallways between classes at the Cummings Center during the start of the semester.
...summerstock004_972x756.JPG?itok=h0h4_GAQAn aerial view of the roof of Tisch Library and the Boston skyline under a clear, blue sky
..._HNRCAstock057_972x756.jpg?itok=PLzwo8upA graduate student and faculty member in the sciences sit and talk, surrounded by scientific equipment including a microscope.
...23_cummings042_972x756.JPG?itok=cty-B6ShTwo students sit at separate desks, working on laptops while facing a window. Outside the window is a Tufts sign and views of Medford and the Boston skyline.
...springstock003_972x756.jpg?itok=poJ1T50oA sign reading “Tufts University Founded 1852” next to a tree with pink flowers
..._class_kagawa_1536x864.jpg?itok=ig5THicLA professor and a student huddle over a Japanese textbook.
...r_eng_students_580x450.jpg?itok=mrsi70kxFour students cluster around a laptop at a workbench.
...llenctr_lab_1536x864-1.jpg?itok=CPhhOPqkTwo students wearing lab coats and blue gloves discuss the contents of a Petri dish.
..._and_3students_580x450.jpg?itok=3_vjnBLHThree students examine a brown and white horse in a barn.
...blic/news/pokras_loons.jpg?itok=hAkz-XHuProfessor Mark Pokras reviews x-rays of a loon with veterinary students at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
.../250328_gili_cavisense.jpg?itok=x0GBwWDPGili Naveh in her lab in an engineering building on the Tufts Medforc campus
...as_new_fellows_2025_lg.jpg?itok=cijMQ1uyPhotos of three professors side by side, Elena Naumova, Michael Levin, and Matthias Scheutz. They are named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
...0325_uswnt_celebration.jpg?itok=hj6WiCOLThe U.S. women's soccer team celebrates winning the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
..._steps_in_fall_800x650.jpg?itok=0OKGOm6OEvent image
...ractersketches_800x650.jpg?itok=mz6YRHBcEvent image
...ions_laughter_1240x800.jpg?itok=E-VgxWfGA group of students talk and laugh in a lecture hall before class.
...41_dentalstockday2_403.jpg?itok=HU4Rzpk7Three graduate students in business-casual attire walk through an elevated glass walkway on the School of Dental Medicine campus in Boston.
...ge_tsre_group_1240x800.jpg?itok=y04GjBsKA professor and two students sit around a table with a laptop showing a distribution graph. A whiteboard behind them is covered in writing.
...ngstock300_2560x1440_0.JPG?itok=hT8CtEieStudents walk up and down a stone staircase flanked by blossoming trees toward a tan colonnade with three archways.
/themes/custom/tuftsedu_theme/logo.svgTufts University Logo
Video URLWidthHeight
...lt/files/video/250325_BannerTuftsedu.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Veterinary Students Build on Four Decades of Loon Research
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Veterinary Students Build on Four Decades of Loon Research
H1 Catching Cavities Before They Start
H1 Three Tufts Faculty Elected to World’s Largest Scientific Society
H1 Growth in Women’s Sports Has Been a Long Time Coming
H1 Visit Campus
H2 Utility Links
H2 Utility CTA
H2 Resources For
H2 Academics
H2 Research
H2 Animal Health and Medicine Image Veterinary Students Build on Four Decades of Loon Research A longtime professor at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine guides student projects that expand our un...
H2 What's Happening at Tufts
H2 Featured Events
H2 Undergraduate
H2 Graduate
H2 Learn at Any Age
H2 Connect With Us
H2 Footer menu
H2 Footer Utility Links
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 too many external links (104) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.tufts.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.tufts.edu/about/visitVisit
https://now.tufts.edu/External Subdomain News
https://events.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Events
https://directory.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Directory
https://give.tufts.edu/campaig...External Subdomain Give
/current-studentsCurrent Students
https://access.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Faculty & Staff
https://students.tufts.edu/who...External Subdomain Parents
https://communityrelations.tuf...External Subdomain Neighbors
https://alumniandfriends.tufts...External Subdomain Alumni & Friends
https://www.tufts.edu/A-TITLE Home
https://www.tufts.edu/academicsAcademics
/academics/schoolsSchools
https://as.tufts.edu/External Subdomain School of Arts and Sciences
https://asegrad.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
https://gsbs.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
https://vet.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
https://dental.tufts.edu/External Subdomain School of Dental Medicine
https://engineering.tufts.edu/External Subdomain School of Engineering
https://fletcher.tufts.edu/External Subdomain The Fletcher School
https://nutrition.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
https://medicine.tufts.edu/External Subdomain School of Medicine
https://smfa.tufts.edu/External Subdomain School of the Museum of Fine Arts
https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Tisch College of Civic Life
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain University College
/graduate-programsGraduate and Professional Programs
https://admissions.tufts.edu/d...External Subdomain Undergraduate Degree Programs
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Non-Degree and Pre-College Programs
https://global.tufts.edu/stude...External Subdomain Global Learning Opportunities
https://events.tufts.edu/acade...External Subdomain Academic Calendars
https://www.tufts.edu/admissionsAdmissions and Aid
https://admissions.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Undergraduate Admissions
/admissions/graduateGraduate Admissions
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Pre-College Admissions
/admissions/financial-aidFinancial Aid
https://www.tufts.edu/about/visitText duplicate Visit
https://www.tufts.edu/researchResearch
https://solutions.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Tufts Solutions
http://provost.tufts.edu/cente...External Subdomain Centers and Institutes
/research/librariesLibraries and Collections
/research/opportunities-for-st...Opportunities for Students
/student-experienceStudent Experience
https://gotuftsjumbos.com/External Athletics
https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Civic Engagement
/student-life/artsCreativity and the Arts
https://students.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Undergraduate Student Life
https://www.tufts.edu/aboutAbout
/about/mission-visionMission and Vision
/about/university-leadershipUniversity Leadership
https://www.tufts.edu/presidentOffice of the President
https://diversity.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Commitment to Diversity
https://www.tufts.edu/about/visitVisit Tufts
/about/offices-and-servicesOffices and Services
/about/contact-usContact Us
https://www.tufts.edu/Text duplicate A-TITLE Home
https://www.tufts.edu/Text duplicate A-TITLE Home
https://www.tufts.edu/Anchor Menu
A-TITLE Menu
https://admissions.tufts.edu/d...External Subdomain Undergraduate Programs
A-TITLE Undergraduate Programs
/graduate-programsGraduate Programs
A-TITLE Graduate Programs
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Continuing Education
A-TITLE Continuing Education
https://www.tufts.edu/academicsLearn more
A-TITLE Learn more
https://www.tufts.edu/researchText duplicate Learn more
A-TITLE Learn more
https://now.tufts.edu/2025/03/...External Subdomain No Text
https://now.tufts.edu/2025/03/...External Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read more
https://now.tufts.edu/2025/03/...External Subdomain No Text
https://now.tufts.edu/2025/03/...External Subdomain No Text
https://now.tufts.edu/2025/03/...External Subdomain Read now
https://now.tufts.edu/2025/03/...External Subdomain No Text
https://now.tufts.edu/2025/03/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Read now
https://now.tufts.edu/2025/03/...External Subdomain No Text
https://now.tufts.edu/2025/03/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Read now
https://events.tufts.edu/External Subdomain See all events
A-TITLE See all events
https://admissions.tufts.edu/d...External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Programs
https://admissions.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Admissions
https://admissions.tufts.edu/v...External Subdomain Visit Information
https://admissions.tufts.edu/d...External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Programs
https://admissions.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Admissions
https://admissions.tufts.edu/v...External Subdomain Text duplicate Visit Information
/graduate-programsText duplicate Graduate Programs
/admissions/graduateText duplicate Graduate Admissions
/graduate-programsText duplicate Graduate Programs
/admissions/graduateText duplicate Graduate Admissions
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Take a Course
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Pre-College
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Lifelong Learning
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Text duplicate Take a Course
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Text duplicate Pre-College
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Text duplicate Lifelong Learning
https://admissions.tufts.edu/v...External Subdomain Arrange a visit
http://instagram.com/tuftsuniv...New window External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/tuftsuNew window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/TuftsUnive...New window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/t...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.tufts.edu/IMG-ALT Tufts University Logo
A-TITLE Home
https://jobs.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Tufts Careers
/about/offices-and-servicesText duplicate Offices and Services
/research/librariesText duplicate Libraries and Collections
/about/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
http://instagram.com/tuftsuniv...New window External No Text
https://www.facebook.com/tuftsuNew window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/TuftsUnive...New window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/t...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://alumniandfriends.tufts...External Subdomain Learn More
https://oeo.tufts.edu/policies...External Subdomain Non-Discrimination Statement
https://access.tufts.edu/acces...External Subdomain Accessibility
https://oeo.tufts.edu/policies...External Subdomain Text duplicate Non-Discrimination Statement
/about/privacyPrivacy
https://www.tufts.edu/academicsText duplicate Academics
/academics/schoolsText duplicate Schools
https://as.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate School of Arts and Sciences
https://asegrad.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
https://gsbs.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
https://vet.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
https://dental.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate School of Dental Medicine
https://engineering.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate School of Engineering
https://fletcher.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate The Fletcher School
https://nutrition.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
https://medicine.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate School of Medicine
https://smfa.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate School of the Museum of Fine Arts
https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Tisch College of Civic Life
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Text duplicate University College
/graduate-programsText duplicate Graduate and Professional Programs
https://admissions.tufts.edu/d...External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Degree Programs
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Text duplicate Non-Degree and Pre-College Programs
https://global.tufts.edu/stude...External Subdomain Text duplicate Global Learning Opportunities
https://events.tufts.edu/acade...External Subdomain Text duplicate Academic Calendars
https://www.tufts.edu/admissionsText duplicate Admissions and Aid
https://admissions.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Admissions
/admissions/graduateText duplicate Graduate Admissions
https://universitycollege.tuft...External Subdomain Text duplicate Pre-College Admissions
/admissions/financial-aidText duplicate Financial Aid
https://www.tufts.edu/about/visitText duplicate Visit
https://www.tufts.edu/researchText duplicate Research
https://solutions.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Tufts Solutions
http://provost.tufts.edu/cente...External Subdomain Text duplicate Centers and Institutes
/research/librariesText duplicate Libraries and Collections
/research/opportunities-for-st...Text duplicate Opportunities for Students
/student-experienceText duplicate Student Experience
https://gotuftsjumbos.com/External Text duplicate Athletics
https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Civic Engagement
/student-life/artsText duplicate Creativity and the Arts
https://students.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduate Student Life
https://www.tufts.edu/aboutText duplicate About
/about/mission-visionText duplicate Mission and Vision
/about/university-leadershipText duplicate University Leadership
https://www.tufts.edu/presidentText duplicate Office of the President
https://diversity.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Commitment to Diversity
https://www.tufts.edu/about/visitText duplicate Visit Tufts
/about/offices-and-servicesText duplicate Offices and Services
/about/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
https://www.tufts.edu/about/visitText duplicate Visit
https://now.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate News
https://events.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Events
https://directory.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Directory
https://give.tufts.edu/campaig...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give
/current-studentsText duplicate Current Students
https://access.tufts.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Faculty & Staff
https://students.tufts.edu/who...External Subdomain Text duplicate Parents
https://communityrelations.tuf...External Subdomain Text duplicate Neighbors
https://alumniandfriends.tufts...External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni & Friends

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.tufts.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The file size of the HTML document is very large (580 kB).
The page response time is excellent with 0.09 seconds.

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,428 referring domains.
This page has 22,195 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,848 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
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# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
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Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
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Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
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Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
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Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
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