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Meta information
100% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
80% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.29 s
File size
409.80 kB
Words
1002
Media files
22
Number of links
119 internal / 28 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
CFA Institute | Empowering Investment Professionals
The length of the page title is perfect. (474 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
We offer the CFA® and CIPM® designations, along with other programs and certificates that support finance professionals at all career stages.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (885 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.cfainstitute.org/
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
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The specified alternate links have no errors.
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
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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
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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
(Critically important)
This page contains 1002 words. That's ok.
26.4% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
12 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.33 words is good.
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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: 190k+
Image SEO
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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

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...eremy_thumbnail.png?crop=yes&w=768&h=512Thumbnails of Jeremy J. Heer, CFA.
...ambwe_thumbnail.png?crop=yes&w=768&h=512Mambwe Chibale, CFA
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Renew your membership
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 37 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 Renew your membership
H2 I'm looking for:
H2 Explore all our programs and certificates
H2 Achieve the highest distinction in investment management
H2 Voices of our community
H2 Empowering the investment industry to realize the world’s greatest possibilities
H2 In-depth insight from Research and Policy Center
H2 In Brief articles
H2 Newsfeed
H3 Advanced Private Equity Certificate
H3 Private Equity Certificate
H3 Climate Finance
H3 Sustainable Investing Certificate
H3 Climate Risk, Valuation, and Investing Certificate - Self-Paced
H3 CFA® Program
H3 CIPM® Program
H3 Private Markets and Alternative Investments Certificate
H3 Investment Foundations Certificate
H3 Climate Risk, Valuation, and Investing Certificate - Cohort
H3 Enhanced educational experience
H3 Global recognition
H3 Enhanced professional profile
H3 Expert insight
H3 Professional networking
H3 Personalized learning
H3 Career advancement
H3 Geoeconomics and Financial Markets
H3 A Comprehensive Guide to ETFs (2nd Edition)
H3 An Investment Perspective on Tokenization — Part II
H3 How to support your loved one during exams
H3 How to get the support you need from your loved ones during exams
H3 Thinking of a career as a trader? Here’s my story
H3 From teen trader to managing director at a university endowment
H3 How a young banker from Zambia became the CIO of a pension fund
H3 How the country head of a major asset manager used diplomacy and continuous learning to climb the career ladder
H3 Why success for one portfolio manager means being a mentor to others
H6 CFA® Program Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (28) on this page.

Found links on this page

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/about/governance/boardBoard of Governors
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/about/governance/policiesCFA Institute policies
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https://rpc.cfainstitute.org/r...New window External Subdomain An Investment Perspective on Tokenization — Part II
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/insights/articles/portfolio-m...Why success for one portfolio manager means being a mentor to others
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/about/press-room/2025/2025-re...9 May 2025 Student Team from Kozminski University in Poland Named Global Champion of the 2025 CFA Institute Research Challenge
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HTTP redirects
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HTTP header
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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 is excellent with 0.29 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (410 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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