Catalyst.harvard.edu - SEO Checker

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Meta information
66% 
Page quality
54% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
83% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.76 s
File size
107.20 kB
Words
476
Media files
11
Number of links
66 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to Harvard Catalyst - Harvard Catalyst
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
There are word repetitions in the page 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://catalyst.harvard.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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
facebook-domain-verificationd9zmma4gpc5g0qx432vcm8zv3k11v8
robotsmax-image-preview:large
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:titleWelcome to Harvard Catalyst
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are only 476 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 31 words is high.
21.4% 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.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 10 tags for this page.
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
...mes/_curryint/assets/img/icon-search.pngSearch
...mes/_curryint/assets/img/header-logo.pngHarvard Catalyst Logo
...mes/_curryint/assets/img/footer-logo.pngHarvard Catalyst Logo
.../themes/_curryint/assets/img/icon-ig.svgInstagram
.../themes/_curryint/assets/img/icon-fb.svgFacebook
...hemes/_curryint/assets/img/icon-tw-x.svgX, formerly Twitter
.../themes/_curryint/assets/img/icon-li.svgLinkedIn
.../themes/_curryint/assets/img/icon-em.svgEmail Us
...mes/_curryint/assets/img/header-logo.pngHarvard Catalyst Logo
...mes/_curryint/assets/img/footer-logo.pngHarvard Catalyst Logo
...ssets/img/footer-think-research-logo.pngThinkResearch Podcast Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Accelerating Research. Improving Health.
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Accelerating Research. Improving Health.
H1 Harvard Catalyst
H1 News & Highlights
H1 Opportunities & Announcements
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 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://catalyst.harvard.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
/about/Subdomain About
/news/Subdomain News & Highlights
/calendar/Subdomain Calendar
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
https://catalyst.harvard.edu/Subdomain IMG-ALT Harvard Catalyst Logo
A-TITLE View Harvard Catalyst Homepage
/train/Subdomain Train
/connect/Subdomain Connect
/support/Subdomain Support
/include/Subdomain Include
/about/Subdomain Text duplicate About
/news/Subdomain Text duplicate News & Highlights
/calendar/Subdomain Text duplicate Calendar
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/about/Subdomain Text duplicate About
/about/all-people/Subdomain People
/about/programs/Subdomain Programs
/publications-documents/Subdomain Publications and Documents
/train/Subdomain Text duplicate Train
/clinical-and-translational-re...Subdomain C/T Research Academy
/postgraded/Subdomain Education in C/T Science
/courses/Subdomain Browse Our Courses
/courses/kawards/Subdomain K12 Training Award
/postgraded/harvard-catalyst-o...Subdomain Harvard Catalyst On-Demand
/connect/Subdomain Text duplicate Connect
/connector/Subdomain Connector
https://crrc.catalyst.harvard....External Subdomain Catalyst Connect
/smartirb/Subdomain SMART IRB Reliance Request
/support/Subdomain Text duplicate Support
/biostatistics/consultations/Subdomain Biostatistics Consulting
/regulatory/Subdomain Regulatory Support
/pilot-funding/Subdomain Pilot Funding
/informatics/Subdomain Informatics Program
/include/Subdomain Text duplicate Include
/community-engagement/Subdomain Community Engagement
/research-enrollment-diversity/Subdomain Enhancing Research Enrollment
/news/Subdomain Text duplicate News & Highlights
https://connects.catalyst.harv...External Subdomain Harvard Catalyst Profiles
/calendar/Subdomain Text duplicate Calendar
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://catalyst.harvard.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Harvard Catalyst Logo
A-TITLE View Harvard Catalyst Homepage
https://www.instagram.com/harv...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
A-TITLE Instagram
http://www.facebook.com/Harvar...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook
http://www.twitter.com/Harvard...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT X, formerly Twitter
A-TITLE X, formerly Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn
A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://catalyst.harvard.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Harvard Catalyst Logo
A-TITLE View Harvard Catalyst Homepage
/train/Subdomain Text duplicate Train
/connect/Subdomain Text duplicate Connect
/support/Subdomain Text duplicate Support
/include/Subdomain Text duplicate Include
/news/Subdomain ALL NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS
/news/article/support-group-fo...Subdomain ‘Support Group’ for Early-Career Investigators
/news/article/born-for-biostat...Subdomain Born for Biostatistics
/news/article/worth-the-grind/Subdomain Worth the Grind
/news/article/medical-research...Subdomain Medical Researchers Baffled by Trump Administration’s Stop Work Order for Clinical Trial System: ‘A Giant Step Backwards’
/news/article/mindfulness-duri...Subdomain Mindfulness During Times of Uncertainty
/news/article/how-halt-in-fund...Subdomain How Halt in Funding Hurts Efforts to Ensure Safety of Patients in Medical Research
/calendar/event/grand-rounds-e...Subdomain Grand rounds: Extending Healthspan: Advancing Mind-Body Interventions for Warrior Well-Being – August 5
/calendar/event/symposium-immu...Subdomain Symposium: Immunity and Inflammation in Disease and Tissue – August 6
/calendar/event/training-progr...Subdomain Training program: Grant Review and Support Program – October 1, 8, & 15
/calendar/event/online-course-...Subdomain Online course: Introduction to Implementation Research: Designing & Evaluating Interventions – September 3-October 29
/calendar/event/online-course-...Subdomain Online course: Community-Engaged Research – September 3-November 12
/calendar/Subdomain ALL OPPORTUNITIES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
https://catalyst.harvard.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Harvard Catalyst Logo
A-TITLE View Harvard Catalyst Homepage
/about/Subdomain Text duplicate About
/news/Subdomain Text duplicate News & Highlights
/calendar/Subdomain Text duplicate Calendar
/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/thinkresearch/New window Subdomain IMG-ALT ThinkResearch Podcast Logo
A-TITLE Listen to the ThinkResearch Podcast
https://www.instagram.com/harv...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Instagram
http://www.facebook.com/Harvar...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Facebook
http://www.twitter.com/Harvard...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE X, formerly Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://soundcloud.com/user-50...New window External A-TITLE SoundCloud
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE YouTube
/newsletter-sign-up/Subdomain Subscribe to Newsletter
https://connects.catalyst.harv...External Subdomain Text duplicate Harvard Catalyst Profiles
https://accessibility.harvard....External Subdomain Accessibility
/privacy/Subdomain Privacy Statement
/about/citing-support/Subdomain Cite Us

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://catalyst.harvard.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 0.76 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 (107 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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cache-controlpublic, max-age=60
content-encodinggzip
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link<https://catalyst.harvard.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
servernginx
set-cookie50 Characters
strict-transport-securitymax-age=300
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accept-rangesbytes
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varyAccept-Encoding, Origin, Cookie, Cookie
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 172 referring domains.
This page has 338 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 102 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-content/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /secure/

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