Dining.ncsu.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
68% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
38% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.17 s
File size
65.70 kB
Words
412
Media files
5
Number of links
72 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
NC State Dining
The page title is too short. (144 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
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-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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
descriptionEmpty
robotsmax-image-preview:large
langen-us
twitter:cardEmpty
twitter:siteEmpty
og:typewebsite
og:imagehttp://brand.ncsu.edu/img/og.jpg
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 412 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
14.1% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 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 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.
This page loads 17 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 8 tags for this page.
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)
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
...ploads/2016/09/ncstate-brick-2x1-red.pngNC State University Dining
...1204_WEB720x480_DiningAds4-2-600x400.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...10_WEB720x480_DiningAd_Card2-600x400.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...412_720x480_FallMealPlanAd-1-600x400.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...loads/2016/09/ncstate-type-2x2-white.pngNC State University

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Dining
H2 #ncstatedining
H3 Upcoming Events More Events
H3 NC State Dining News More News
H4 NC State Dining Hosts Seasonal Showdown Culinary Competition
H4 NC State Dining Employees Honored with Division Award for Excellence
H4 NC State Dining Announces Summer Hours of Operation
H4 Choose a Date
H4 Choose a Date Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://dining.ncsu.edu/Subdomain NC State Dining Dining
IMG-ALT NC State University Dining
A-TITLE NC State Dining
/locations/All Locations
/locations/?type=dining-hallsDining Halls
/locations/?type=food-courtsFood Courts
/locations/?type=restaurantsRestaurants
/locations/?type=cafesCafés
/locations/?type=marketsMarkets
/services/vending/Subdomain Vending
/services/food-trucks/Subdomain Food Trucks
/meal-plans/Subdomain Meal Plan Options
/meal-plans/change-or-cancel-y...Subdomain Change or Cancel Your Meal Plan
/meal-plans/using-your-meal-plan/Subdomain Using Your Meal Plan
/meal-plans/meal-plan-accommod...Subdomain Meal Plan Accommodations
/meal-plans/faq/Subdomain FAQ
/meal-plans/payroll-deduction-...Subdomain Payroll Deduction Perks
https://services.jsatech.com/i...External Subdomain Manage My Account
/services/grubhub/Subdomain Grubhub Online Ordering
/services/dining-hall-takeout/Subdomain Dining Hall Takeout
/services/atrium-food-lockers/Subdomain Atrium Food Lockers
/services/get-well-meal-kits/Subdomain Get Well Meal Kits
/services/feedback-program/Subdomain TellUs Feedback Program
/services/conference-group-din...Subdomain Conference/Group Dining and Vouchers
/services/talley-market-bakery/Subdomain Talley Market Bakery
/services/food-trucks/Subdomain Text duplicate Food Trucks
/services/vending/Subdomain Text duplicate Vending
/nutrition/Subdomain Nutrition Services
/nutrition/health-wellness/Subdomain Health + Wellness
/nutrition/special-dietary-needs/Subdomain Special Dietary Needs
/nutrition/nutrition-programs/Subdomain Nutrition Programs
/nutrition/teaching-kitchen/Subdomain Teaching Kitchen
/about/dining-blog/Subdomain NC State Dining Blog
/nutrition/ask-the-dietitian/Subdomain Ask the Dietitian
https://dining.ncsu.edu/catering/Subdomain Catering
/sustainability/Subdomain What’s New
/sustainability/responsible-so...Subdomain Responsible Sourcing
/sustainability/waste-streaming/Subdomain Waste Streaming
/sustainability/community-cult...Subdomain Community + Culture
/sustainability/operations-pla...Subdomain Operations, Planning + Design
/about/overview/Subdomain About Us
/about/pride-in-foodservice-week/Subdomain Pride in Foodservice Week
/about/awards/Subdomain Awards + Accolades
/about/events/Subdomain Events
/about/latest-news/Subdomain News
/about/staff-directory/Subdomain Staff Directory
/about/advertising-and-sponsor...Subdomain Sponsorships
/about/employment/Subdomain Employment
/about/contact/Subdomain Contact
/employment/New window Subdomain No Text
https://my.onecard.ncsu.edu/New window External Subdomain No Text
/homepage/meal-plans/New window Subdomain No Text
https://dining.ncsu.edu/events/More Events
https://www.google.com/calenda...New window External Subdomain Campus Enterprises Student Employment Info Session
https://www.google.com/calenda...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Enterprises Student Employment Info Session
https://www.google.com/calenda...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Enterprises Student Employment Info Session
https://www.google.com/calenda...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Campus Enterprises Student Employment Info Session
https://www.google.com/calenda...New window External Subdomain Students can start signing up for the CE Virtual Job Fair
https://www.google.com/calenda...New window External Subdomain Campus Enterprises Student Employment Virtual Job Fair
https://www.instagram.com/expl...New window External Subdomain #ncstatedining
https://dining.ncsu.edu/news/More News
/news/nc-state-dining-hosts-se...Subdomain NC State Dining Hosts Seasonal Showdown Culinary Competition Finalists Carol Xiao, Anthony Hall and India Harris were selected to compete in NC State Dining'...
/news/nc-state-dining-employee...Subdomain NC State Dining Employees Honored with Division Award for Excellence Three team members have been named recipients of the 2025 Division of Finance and Admini...
/news/nc-state-dining-announce...Subdomain NC State Dining Announces Summer Hours of Operation Campus dining locations will operate according to the following schedules for Summer I and II sessions. S...
/locations/?type=dining-hallsText duplicate Dining Halls
/locations/?type=food-courtsText duplicate Food Courts
/locations/?type=restaurantsText duplicate Restaurants
/locations/?type=cafesCafes
/locations/?type=marketsText duplicate Markets
/services/vending/Subdomain Text duplicate Vending
https://dining.ncsu.edu/catering/Subdomain Text duplicate Catering
/services/food-trucks/Subdomain Text duplicate Food Trucks
/nutrition/Subdomain Text duplicate Nutrition Services
/meal-plans/using-your-meal-plan/Subdomain Text duplicate Using Your Meal Plan
/meal-plans/faq/Subdomain Text duplicate FAQ
/about/overview/Subdomain Text duplicate About Us
/about/latest-news/Subdomain Text duplicate News
/about/events/Subdomain Text duplicate Events
/about/staff-directory/Subdomain Text duplicate Staff Directory
/about/advertising-and-sponsor...Subdomain Text duplicate Sponsorships
/about/awards/Subdomain Awards and Accolades
/about/employment/Subdomain Text duplicate Employment
/about/contact/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact
https://www.facebook.com/ncsta...New window External Subdomain NC State Dining - Facebook
https://twitter.com/ncstatediningNew window External NC State Dining - Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/ncst...New window External Subdomain NC State Dining - Instagram

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://dining.ncsu.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (2.17 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
This page loads 14 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 17 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A Content Delivery Network like Bootstrap CDN can save bandwidth for Bootstrap front-end component library.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (66 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 26 Jun 2025 19:58:49 GMT
serverApache
link<https://dining.ncsu.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://dining.ncsu.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/5>; rel="alternate"; title="JSON"; type="application/json", <https://dining.ncsu.edu/>; rel=shortlink
connectionkeep-alive
transfer-encodingchunked
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 59 referring domains.
This page has 1,475 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 57 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

Sitemap: https://dining.ncsu.edu/wp-sitemap.xml

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Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Dining71%Check
NC State65%Check
NC State Dining64%Check
State60%Check
State University46%Check
Events43%Check
News43%Check
Upcoming43%Check
News New43%Check
Special Events39%Check
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