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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
76% 
Page structure
72% 
Link structure
78% 
Server
80% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.65 s
File size
48.50 kB
Words
997
Media files
18
Number of links
81 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage - Critical Language Scholarship Program
The length of the page title is perfect. (465 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
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://clscholarship.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
(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

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generatorSEOmatic
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robotsall
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@clsscholarship
twitter:creator@clsscholarship
twitter:titleHomepage
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: This blog is written by CLS alumnus Hyunbean Park, an Army Officer and...
This page contains 997 words. That's ok.
30% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
19 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 14.67 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)
Some tags are too long. With 276 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"the critical language scholarship (cls) program provides fully funded immersive summer programs for u...."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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
...37023&s=3851b191d4b0b74368fd57179714e0ccCritical Language Scholarship Program
...56804&s=5d83c76c8d22480c3bccc147651e05beU.S. Flag
...56554&s=56088af4ae61b8eb48fb142b838f8684State Department Seal
...48416&s=779ee70422017821b4baf777dac29776Critical Language Scholarship Program
...09659&s=f941ffe5511fc817da74b876d0d0cb30No alt attribute provided
...80216&s=06183aeb554047b0e85067d7c8acd716No alt attribute provided
...80216&s=06183aeb554047b0e85067d7c8acd716No alt attribute provided
...56804&s=33020e2229fc06ecc771177a6a0bcf41U.S. Flag
...56554&s=aaf3505902fa26688e2ae55196e2230aState Department Seal
...56802&s=a3abb91352e4414b93866f0c9e1601ddAmerican Councils for International Education
...56800&s=6d0e12feaeb4dc3338181982218ccea7Facebook
...56797&s=48f2ed7e983c35437450ad7559167484Twitter
...56801&s=160f76b4e463734c04bc6ea2aac005e6Instagram
...56796&s=15b5c36b7920b277215ec0e37dde515aYouTube
Video URLWidthHeight
...&rel=0&color=white&controls=0&autoplay=1

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 28 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H3 Finalist notification messages for the 2025 CLS Program and CLS Spark are out now. Congratulations to the nearly 600 students selected. Read more about the 2025 CLS Program Awards here.
H3 What Alumni Say About the CLS Program
H3 Languages Offered
H3 CLS News and Stories
H4 Key Benefits
H4 Arabic
H4 Chinese
H4 Hindi
H4 Indonesian
H4 Japanese
H4 Korean
H4 Persian
H4 Portuguese
H4 Russian
H4 Swahili
H4 Turkish
H4 Urdu
H4 CLS in the Press
H5 Develop Key Expertise
H5 Career Ready Skills
H5 Citizen Diplomacy
H5 Announcing the 2025 CLS Program Awards
H5 The Critical Importance of Learning a Foreign Language in the Military
H5 Announcing 2024 CLS Alumni Photo Contest Winners
H5 CLS Alumnus Begins Life as Rhodes Scholar
H5 Grace Enz ’26 selected for Critical Language Scholarship to study Swahili in Tanzania
H5 'Professors encouraged me to explore new academic interests'
H5 Three UAB students receive Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
3 links don't have an anchor text.
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 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://clscholarship.org/Anchor Skip to Content
https://clscholarship.org/applyApply Now!
https://clscholarship.org/Home
https://clscholarship.org/eventsEvents & Webinars
https://clscholarship.org/newsNews & Stories
/contact-usContact Us
https://state.gov/New window External U.S. Department of State
https://clscholarship.org/IMG-ALT Critical Language Scholarship Program
https://clscholarship.org/applyText duplicate Apply Now!
https://clscholarship.org/Text duplicate Home
https://clscholarship.org/eventsText duplicate Events & Webinars
https://clscholarship.org/newsText duplicate News & Stories
/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
https://clscholarship.org/aboutCLS Program
/about/sparkCLS Spark
https://clscholarship.org/impactImpact
/about/staffProgram Staff
/languagesAll Languages
/languages/arabicArabic
/languages/chineseChinese
/languages/hindiHindi
/languages/indonesianIndonesian
/languages/japaneseJapanese
/languages/koreanKorean
/languages/persianPersian
/languages/portuguesePortuguese
/languages/russianRussian
/languages/swahiliSwahili
/languages/turkishTurkish
/languages/urduUrdu
/applicants/eligibilityEligibility
/applicants/passport-assistancePassport Assistance
/applicants/language-levelsLanguage Levels and Prerequisites
/applicants/selectionSelection Criteria
/applicants/participation-requ...Participation Requirements
/universitiesSearch for an Advisor
/applicants/applicant-resourcesApplicant Resources
/applicants/frequently-asked-q...Applicant FAQ
https://clscholarship.org/applyApply for CLS
https://clscholarship.org/alumniCLS Program Alumni
/alumni/past-participantsPast Participants
/alumni/ambassadorsAlumni Ambassadors
/alumni/national-security-webi...National Security Webinar Series
/alumni/alumni-development-fundAlumni Development Fund
/alumni/alumni-outreachAlumni Outreach
/alumni/directoryAlumni Resource Directory
/alumni/clsasCLS Alumni Society
/alumni/cls-refreshCLS Refresh
/alumni/nceNoncompetitive Eligibility
/alumni/photocontestAlumni Photo Contest
/advisors/advisor-overviewAdvisor Overview
/advisors/sign-upSign-Up and Update Your CLS Advisor Account
/advisors/selection-panelsSelection Panels
/advisors/advisor-resourcesAdvisor Resources
/advisors/frequently-asked-que...Advisor FAQ
/cls-advisor-roadmapCLS Advisor Roadmap
https://clscholarship.org/applyApply Now
/news/2025/announcing-the-2025...No Text
/news/2025/the-critical-import...No Text
/news/2025/the-critical-import...No Text
/news/2025/announcing-the-2025...2025 CLS Program Awards here
https://clscholarship.org/Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program
https://clscholarship.org/sparkNew window Text duplicate CLS Spark
https://eca.state.gov/External Subdomain Text duplicate U.S. Department of State
https://www.americancouncils.org/External Subdomain American Councils for International Education
/languages/arabicText duplicate Arabic
/languages/chineseText duplicate Chinese
/languages/hindiText duplicate Hindi
/languages/indonesianText duplicate Indonesian
/languages/japaneseText duplicate Japanese
/languages/koreanText duplicate Korean
/languages/persianText duplicate Persian
/languages/portugueseText duplicate Portuguese
/languages/russianText duplicate Russian
/languages/swahiliText duplicate Swahili
/languages/turkishText duplicate Turkish
/languages/urduText duplicate Urdu
/languagesSee the full list of languages offered by the CLS Program
/news/2025/announcing-the-2025...Announcing the 2025 CLS Program Awards
/news/2025/the-critical-import...The Critical Importance of Learning a Foreign Language in the Military
/news/2025/announcing-2024-cls...Announcing 2024 CLS Alumni Photo Contest Winners
/news/2025/cls-alumnus-begins-...CLS Alumnus Begins Life as Rhodes Scholar
https://www.carleton.edu/news/...New window External Subdomain Grace Enz ’26 selected for Critical Language Scholarship to study Swahili in Tanzania
https://as.cornell.edu/news/pr...New window External Subdomain 'Professors encouraged me to explore new academic interests'
https://www.uab.edu/news/peopl...New window External Subdomain Three UAB students receive Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship
https://eca.state.gov/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT State Department Seal
A-TITLE A Program of the U.S. Department of State
https://www.americancouncils.org/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT American Councils for International Education
A-TITLE Supported in its implementation by American Councils for International Education
https://eca.state.gov/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate U.S. Department of State
http://www.americancouncils.org/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate American Councils for International Education
/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy
/cookies-policyCookies Policy
http://www.facebook.com/clscho...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
http://www.twitter.com/clsscho...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Twitter
http://www.instagram.com/clsch...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Instagram
http://www.youtube.com/user/cl...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT YouTube

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://clscholarship.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.65 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 (49 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-robots-tagall
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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
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cache-controlno-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
x-powered-byCraft CMS
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
content-encodinggzip
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 668 referring domains.
This page has 2,138 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 536 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

# robots.txt for https://clscholarship.org/

sitemap: https://clscholarship.org/sitemaps-1-sitemap.xml

# live - don't allow web crawlers to index cpresources/ or vendor/

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cpresources/
Disallow: /vendor/
Disallow: /.env
Disallow: /cache/

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