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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
57% 
Page structure
66% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
83% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.75 s
File size
80.90 kB
Words
414
Media files
12
Number of links
49 internal / 15 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Dickinson College Homepage
The length of the page title is perfect. (265 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to the home page of Dickinson College, a nationally recognized and highly selective liberal arts college located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (899 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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
msvalidate.01D38F2C3B7A1378FD86160053E6174BB9
dcterms.coverageworldwide
dcterms.creatorDickinson College
dcterms.identifierhttps://www.dickinson.edu/
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherDickinson College
dcterms.rightsHolder2012 Dickinson College
Keywordsdickinson college, liberal arts college, private college, selective college, international education, international studies, international business, global, study abroad, arts, humanities, social science, natural science, learning, higher education, carlisle, pennsylvania, cumberland county, cumberland valley, sustainable, sustainability
DescriptionWelcome to the home page of Dickinson College, a nationally recognized and highly selective liberal arts college located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
dcterms.titleDickinson College - Tel: 717-243-5121
dcterms.descriptionWelcome to the home page of Dickinson College, a nationally recognized and highly selective liberal arts college located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
langen
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 414 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
23.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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 20.91 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Some tags are too long. With 261 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"dickinson alumni are some of the most influential thinkers, leaders, artists and innovators in the wor..."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
/images/Cancer_Conference_thumb.jpgDickinson Students Present at World’s Leading Cancer Research Conference
/images/Why_Dickinson_circle_800.pngA red photo of Old West with Why Dickinson in text overlaid on top
/images/Burgess_logo_500w.pngBurgess Institute for the Global Economy logo
/images/Cross_Country_Practice_800w_1.jpgcross country practice in the morning
/images/adirondack_chair_red_250w.pngAdirondack Chair Red Icon
..._20240506_LOH_033_10thingsAS_700x467.jpg10 Things I Wish I Knew as a First-Year Student
/images/AEPi_Fraternity.jpgNew Fraternity Aims to Build Community & Leadership
/images/ROTC_2_THUMB.jpgBlue Mountain Battalion: ROTC at Dickinson
/images/ryan_adler_700w.jpegSupported & Empowered
/images/hp_map_icon.pngmap with Dickinson icon
/site/styles/css_img/logo-seal.pngThe Dickinson College Seal

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Where a challenging liberal-arts and sciences education creates real-world impact.
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Where a challenging liberal-arts and sciences education creates real-world impact.
H1 Dickinson College
H2 Dickinson Students Present at World’s Leading Cancer Research Conference
H2 Photo Gallery
H2 A POWERFUL NETWORK OF 30,000 ENGAGED ALUMNI
H2 Dickinson’s Commitment to Inclusivity
H2 Dickinson College Duplicate text
H3 Career Development
H3 92%
H3 96%
H3 EVENTS
H3 The World is Our Classroom.
H4 GRAD SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATES:
H4 MEDICAL SCHOOL
H4 LAW SCHOOL
H4 SHAPING TOMORROW'S GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADERS
H4 Click to see what's happening on campus!
H5 ARTS AT DICKINSON p
H5 DICKINSON ATHLETICS p
H5 ONE YEAR AFTER GRADUATION:
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 15 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.dickinson.edu/Subdomain Anchor Skip To Content
https://www.dickinson.edu/Subdomain Anchor Skip To Menu
https://www.dickinson.edu/Subdomain Anchor Skip To Footer
https://www.dickinson.edu/Subdomain Dickinson College
https://admissions.dickinson.e...External Subdomain Request Info
/homepage/278/visitSubdomain Visit
/homepage/279/applySubdomain Apply
/homepage/1047/alumni_homepageSubdomain Alumni
/info/20264/giveSubdomain Give
/homepage/284/about_overviewSubdomain About
/homepage/285/academicsSubdomain Academics
/homepage/286/life_at_dickinsonSubdomain Life at Dickinson
/homepage/287/admissionsSubdomain Admissions
/homepage/281/tuition_and_aid_...Subdomain Tuition & Aid
https://www.dickinsonathletics...External Subdomain Athletics
A-TITLE Dickinson College Athletics
https://admissions.dickinson.e...External Subdomain Text duplicate Request Info
/homepage/278/visitSubdomain Text duplicate Visit
/homepage/279/applySubdomain Text duplicate Apply
/homepage/1047/alumni_homepageSubdomain Text duplicate Alumni
/info/20264/giveSubdomain Text duplicate Give
https://www.dickinson.edu/eventsSubdomain Calendars
https://www.dickinson.edu/newsSubdomain News & Events
https://www.dickinson.edu/contactSubdomain Contact
/homepage/298/current_studentsSubdomain Current Students
/homepage/296/current_parentsSubdomain Current Parents
/homepage/287/admissionsSubdomain Prospective Students
/homepage/297/parents_of_prosp...Subdomain Parents of Prospective Students
/homepage/299/faculty_and_staffSubdomain Faculty and Staff
/homepage/1047/alumni_homepageSubdomain Text duplicate Alumni
/news/article/6126/dickinson_s...Subdomain IMG-ALT Dickinson Students Present at World’s Leading Cancer Research Conference
/news/article/6126/dickinson_s...Subdomain READ MORE p
/homepage/136/career_developmentSubdomain Career Development Personalized support for your future success.
/homepage/273/artsSubdomain ARTS AT DICKINSON p
https://dickinsonathletics.com/External DICKINSON ATHLETICS p
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...External Subdomain Photo Gallery
/limestoneSubdomain GRAD SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATES: 92% MEDICAL SCHOOL 96% LAW SCHOOL
/homepage/282/why_dickinsonSubdomain ONE YEAR AFTER GRADUATION: 96% Dickinsonians are employed, completing an internship, attending graduate school or pursuing meaningful service WHAT MAKES US D...
IMG-ALT A red photo of Old West with Why Dickinson in text overlaid on top
/homepage/282/why_dickinsonSubdomain WHAT MAKES US DISTINCTIVE
/homepage/1713/burgess_institu...Subdomain SHAPING TOMORROW'S GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADERS
IMG-ALT Burgess Institute for the Global Economy logo
https://www.instagram.com/Dick...New window Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT cross country practice in the morning
https://www.dickinson.edu/eventsSubdomain EVENTS Click to see what's happening on campus!
/homepage/1662/notable_alumniSubdomain READ MORE ABOUT GRADUATE SUCCESS p
/news/article/6111/10_things_i...Subdomain IMG-ALT 10 Things I Wish I Knew as a First-Year Student
/news/article/6111/10_things_i...Subdomain Text duplicate 10 Things I Wish I Knew as a First-Year Student
/news/article/6110/new_fratern...Subdomain IMG-ALT New Fraternity Aims to Build Community & Leadership
/news/article/6110/new_fratern...Subdomain Text duplicate New Fraternity Aims to Build Community & Leadership
/news/article/6067/blue_mounta...Subdomain IMG-ALT Blue Mountain Battalion: ROTC at Dickinson
/news/article/6067/blue_mounta...Subdomain Text duplicate Blue Mountain Battalion: ROTC at Dickinson
/news/article/6119/supported_a...Subdomain IMG-ALT Supported & Empowered
/news/article/6119/supported_a...Subdomain Text duplicate Supported & Empowered
https://www.dickinson.edu/globalSubdomain The World is Our Classroom. We maintain our own long-established centers run by Dickinson faculty in 15 countries to make the study abroad experience truly i...
IMG-ALT map with Dickinson icon
/homepage/255/diversityfundamental policy
https://www.facebook.com/Dicki...New window External Subdomain Facebook
http://instagram.com/dickinson...New window External Instagram
http://www.youtube.com/user/Di...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.tiktok.com/@dickin...New window External Subdomain TikTok
https://www.snapchat.com/add/D...New window External Subdomain Snapchat
/info/20053/the_campus_and_com...Subdomain Directions
https://jobs.dickinson.edu/External Subdomain Employment
https://bookstore.dickinson.edu/External Subdomain Bookstore
/info/20043/about/3700/privacy...Subdomain Privacy Statement
/download/downloads/id/11679/n...Subdomain Non-Discrimination Policy
https://auth.dickinson.edu/cas...External Subdomain Log in to Dickinson Gateway
https://login.microsoftonline....New window External Subdomain Log in to Microsoft 365

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.dickinson.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 page response time of 0.75 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.
A Content Delivery Network like Google Hosted Libraries can save bandwidth for the SFW Object files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (81 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=2592000
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
set-cookie69 Characters
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateTue, 13 May 2025 04:37:49 GMT
serverApache
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 617 referring domains.
This page has 6,744 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 491 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent:*
Disallow: /javascript
Disallow: /jadu
Disallow: /blogAdmin
Disallow: /preview
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /site/scripts/google_results.php

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Dickinson College Homepage
Welcome to the home page of Dickinson College, a nationally recognized and highly selective liberal arts college located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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College68%Check
ARTS66%Check
Arts College66%Check
Liberal Arts College63%Check
World61%Check
Dickinson College Homepage57%Check
College Athletics54%Check
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