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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
16% 
Server
97% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.45 s
File size
145.40 kB
Words
1111
Media files
24
Number of links
74 internal / 93 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
EF - There's no limit to where you can go.
The length of the page title is perfect. (371 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
EF, world leader in international education since 1965. Offering educational tours, immersion language learning, cultural exchange and academic programs around the world. Whether you study abroad, learn a language at one of our language schools, host an exchange student or travel with your teacher or professor to exciting new destinations, our programs will expand your horizons, teach you new skills and show you the world.
The meta description is too long: 2655 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.ef.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: Canada
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
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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
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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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1111 words. That's ok.
22.3% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
20 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 12.03 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 22 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
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There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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
...f/61891/750x78/6b58768994/ef-60yrs_m.jpgPromotional Logo - EF's 60th Anniversary
...-educators_00.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)For educators
...e-everyone_00.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)For everyone
.../us-2-4-weeks.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)Host for 2 to 4 weeks
...s-5-10-months.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)Host for 5 or 10 months
...711/efhello_d.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF Hello
...set-no-border.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF SET English test
...6c8b/00_lt-sr.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF Language Travel
...2396c02/00-eu.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF Language Abroad
...382417619a/00.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF Language Abroad
...b13207143b/00.png/m/filters:format(webp)EF Language Abroad
...ed6f65be34/00.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF English Courses in the USA
...eb52c82/00_eu.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF Language year abroad
...183828fd95/00.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF Ultimate Break
...77672/adv_00.jpeg/m/filters:format(webp)EF ADVENTURES
...44f170826d/00.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF Go Ahead Tours
...042b6f2690/00.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF Gap Year
...4c2e93ffac/00.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF ACADEMY
...cf4a4ce/00-eu.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF University Preparation Abroad
...621561057f/00.jpg/m/filters:format(webp)EF English Live
...14f80e/cor_00.png/m/filters:format(webp)EF Corporate learning
...e6b034dca6/00.png/m/filters:format(webp)EF English for Schools
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There's no limit to where you can go.
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 39 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 There's no limit to where you can go.
H2 Explore with us
H2 For educators
H2 For everyone
H2 Study with us
H2 Learn a foreign language abroad
H2 English courses
H2 International boarding school
H2 University abroad
H2 Gap year
H2 Host with us
H2 Host for 2 to 4 weeks
H2 Host for 5 or 10 months
H2 Explore tools and apps
H2 EF Hello
H2 EF SET English test
H2 Highlights
H2 Careers at EF
H2 Empty heading
H2 EF Language Travel
H2 EF Language Abroad
H2 EF Language Abroad Duplicate text
H2 EF Language Abroad Duplicate text
H2 EF English Courses in the USA
H2 EF Language year abroad
H2 EF Ultimate Break
H2 EF ADVENTURES
H2 EF Go Ahead Tours
H2 EF Gap Year
H2 EF ACADEMY
H2 EF University Preparation Abroad
H2 EF English Live
H2 EF Corporate learning
H2 EF English for Schools
H2 Hult International Business School
H2 HULT ASHRIDGE EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
H2 Order free brochure
H3 EF EPI 2024
H3 EF Pro Cycling
H3 Successful first year!
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 too many external links (93) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.ef.edu/No Text
https://www.ef.edu/Home Welcome to EF
https://www.ef.edu/overview/Programs See everything we do
https://www.ef.edu/contact/Offices Find an office near you
https://www.ef.edu/about-us/About us Who we are
https://careers.ef.com/External Subdomain Careers Join the team
https://www.ef.edu/Text duplicate Home Welcome to EF
https://www.ef.edu/overview/Text duplicate Programs See everything we do
https://www.ef.edu/contact/Text duplicate Offices Find an office near you
https://www.ef.edu/about-us/Text duplicate About us Who we are
https://careers.ef.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Careers Join the team
https://www.ef.edu/educators/For educators Programs for teachers and educators leading groups
IMG-ALT For educators
https://www.ef.edu/everyone/For everyone Programs for students and adults
IMG-ALT For everyone
/pg/learn-language/?noshow=ILS...Learn a foreign language abroad Choose from 10 languages in 50 accredited EF International Language Campuses around the world.
/pg/english-courses/English courses Learn English in the USA as well as English Live – the world’s largest online English school
https://www.efacademy.org/en-us/New window External Subdomain International boarding school Earn your high school diploma living with students from around the world
/pg/university-abroad/?noshow=...University abroad University preparation and degree programs
https://efgapyear.com/New window External Gap year Travel, learn a language, participate in service learning, and intern around the world for a semester or school year.
https://www.ef.edu/host-family/Host for 2 to 4 weeks Host a language school student, 14-22 years.
IMG-ALT Host for 2 to 4 weeks
https://www.efexchangeyear.org/New window External Subdomain Host for 5 or 10 months Host a foreign high school exchange student.
IMG-ALT Host for 5 or 10 months
https://efhello.go.link/1vvG8New window External Subdomain EF Hello Award winning language learning app
IMG-ALT EF Hello
https://www.efset.org/New window External Subdomain EF SET English test Free online English certificate
IMG-ALT EF SET English test
https://www.ef.edu/epi/No Text
https://www.ef.edu/epi/EF EPI 2024 This year's index ranks 116 countries and regions based on test data from more than two million adults.
/about-us/ef-pro-cycling/No Text
/about-us/ef-pro-cycling/EF Pro Cycling Our international team is racing around the globe on the UCI WorldTour – the pinnacle of professional cycling.
https://www.efacademy.com/en-u...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.efacademy.com/en-u...New window External Subdomain Successful first year! EF Academy’s newest, state-of-the-art school in Pasadena, California just completed its inaugural year. Join nearly 300 classmates fro...
https://careers.ef.com/search/External Subdomain View jobs
https://www.ef.edu/ils-sr/IMG-ALT EF Language Travel
/ils-sr/brochure/Order free brochure
https://www.ef.edu/ils-sr/Learn more
https://www.ef.edu/ils/IMG-ALT EF Language Abroad
https://www.ef.edu/ils/brochure/Text duplicate Order free brochure
https://www.ef.edu/ils/Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.ef.edu/ils/ils-25/Text duplicate IMG-ALT EF Language Abroad
https://www.ef.edu/ils/brochure/Text duplicate Order free brochure
https://www.ef.edu/ils/ils-25/Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.ef.edu/illj/Text duplicate IMG-ALT EF Language Abroad
https://www.ef.edu/illj/brochure/Text duplicate Order free brochure
https://www.ef.edu/illj/Text duplicate Learn more
/campaign/ilsd/us/overview/IMG-ALT EF English Courses in the USA
/cp/brochure/ilsd/Text duplicate Order free brochure
/campaign/ilsd/us/overview/Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.ef.edu/aya/IMG-ALT EF Language year abroad
https://www.ef.edu/aya/brochure/Text duplicate Order free brochure
https://www.ef.edu/aya/Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.efultimatebreak.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT EF Ultimate Break
https://www.efultimatebreak.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.efadventures.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT EF ADVENTURES
https://www.efadventures.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.goaheadtours.com/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT EF Go Ahead Tours
https://www.goaheadtours.ca/?u...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Order free brochure
https://www.goaheadtours.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
https://efgapyear.com/New window External IMG-ALT EF Gap Year
https://efgapyear.com/New window External Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.efacademy.org/en-us/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT EF ACADEMY
https://www.efacademy.org/en/f...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Order free brochure
https://www.efacademy.org/en-us/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.ef.edu/upa/IMG-ALT EF University Preparation Abroad
https://www.ef.edu/upa/brochure/Text duplicate Order free brochure
https://www.ef.edu/upa/Text duplicate Learn more
https://englishlive.ef.com/en/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT EF English Live
https://englishlive.ef.com/en/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
https://corporatelearning.ef.c...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT EF Corporate learning
https://corporatelearning.ef.c...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.efekta.com/k12scho...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT EF English for Schools
https://www.efekta.com/k12scho...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.hult.edu/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Hult International Business School
https://www.hult.edu/brochure/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Order free brochure
https://www.hult.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.hultashridge.com/en/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT HULT ASHRIDGE EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
https://www.hultashridge.com/en/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn more
https://www.ef.edu/No Text
https://www.ef.edu/pg/?code=mid13-16 years
https://www.ef.edu/pg/?code=high16-18 years
https://www.ef.edu/pg/?code=uni18-25 years
https://www.ef.edu/pg/?code=prof25+ years
https://www.ef.edu/pg/?code=sen50+ years
https://www.ef.edu/pg/?code=corpCompanies and governments
https://www.ef.edu/pg/?code=allAll ages
/pg/student-exchange/Student exchange programs
/pg/study-abroad/Study abroad
/pg/learn-language/french/fran...Learn French in Paris
/pg/learn-language/japanese/ja...Learn Japanese in Japan
/pg/high-school-study-abroad/High school study abroad
/pg/learn-language/french/france/Learn French in France
/pg/learn-language/spanish/spain/Learn Spanish in Spain
/pg/gap-year-abroad/Gap year programs abroad
/pg/student-exchange/japan/Student exchange programs in Japan
https://www.ef.edu/learn-english/Learn English
https://www.ef.edu/pg/?code=allAll programs
https://www.ef.edu/blog/EF Blog
https://www.ef.edu/epi/EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI)
/english-resources/Resources for learning English
https://www.ef.edu/test/Language tests
https://www.ef.edu/tz/EF Teacher Zone
https://www.ef.edu/guides/Useful guides
https://www.ef.edu/about-us/About us
https://www.ef.edu/contact/EF Offices
https://www.ef.edu/overview/All EF programs
https://careers.ef.com/External Subdomain Careers
/about-us/press/Media inquiries
/legal/privacy-policy/Privacy policy
/legal/terms-and-conditions/Terms and Conditions
/legal/cookie-policy/Cookies
/legal/contact-us/© Signum International AG 2025. All rights reserved.
https://www.ef.com/ca/External Subdomain Canada / English
https://www.ef.com/cafr/External Subdomain Canada / Français
https://www.ef.com.mx/External Subdomain México / Español
https://www.ef.edu/Subdomain United States / English
https://www.ef.com.ar/External Subdomain Argentina / Español
https://www.ef.com.br/External Subdomain Brasil / Português
https://www.ef.com/cl/External Subdomain Chile / Español
https://www.ef.com.co/External Subdomain Colombia / Español
https://www.ef.com.ec/External Subdomain Ecuador / Español
https://www.ef.com.pa/External Subdomain Panamá / Español
https://www.ef.com.pe/External Subdomain Perú / Español
https://www.ef.com/ve/External Subdomain Venezuela / Español
https://www.ef.at/External Subdomain Österreich / Deutsch
https://www.ef.be/fr/External Subdomain Belgique / Français
https://www.ef.be/nl/External Subdomain België / Nederlands
https://www.ef-czech.cz/External Subdomain Česká republika / Čeština
https://www.ef-danmark.dk/External Subdomain Danmark / Dansk
https://www.ef.de/External Subdomain Deutschland / Deutsch
https://www.ef.com.es/External Subdomain España / Español
https://www.ef.fr/External Subdomain France / Français
https://www.ef-italia.it/External Subdomain Italia / Italiano
https://www.ef.lv/External Subdomain Latvija / Latviešu
https://www.ef.lu/fr/External Subdomain Luxembourg / Français
https://www.ef.co.hu/External Subdomain Magyarország / Magyar
https://www.ef.nl/External Subdomain Nederland / Nederlands
https://www.ef.no/External Subdomain Norge / Norsk
https://www.ef.pl/External Subdomain Polska / Polski
https://www.ef.edu.pt/External Subdomain Portugal / Português
https://www.ef.ro/External Subdomain România / Română
https://www.efswiss.ch/de/External Subdomain Schweiz / Deutsch
https://www.efswiss.ch/fr/External Subdomain Suisse / Français
https://www.ef-slovakia.sk/External Subdomain Slovensko / Slovenský
https://www.ef.fi/External Subdomain Suomi / Suomi
https://www.ef.si/External Subdomain Slovenija / Slovenščina
https://www.ef.se/External Subdomain Sverige / Svenska
https://www.efswiss.ch/it/External Subdomain Svizzera / Italiano
https://www.ef.com.tr/External Subdomain Türkiye / Türkçe
https://www.ef.co.uk/External Subdomain United Kingdom / English
https://www.ef.dz/fr/External Subdomain Algérie / Français
https://www.ef.dz/ar/External Subdomain الجزائر/ عربي
https://www.ef.com/sa/External Subdomain السعودية / عربي
https://www.ef.com/saen/External Subdomain Saudi Arabia / English
https://www.ef.tn/fr/External Subdomain Tunisie / Français
https://www.ef.tn/ar/External Subdomain تونس / عربي
https://www.ef-australia.com.au/External Subdomain Australia / English
https://www.ef.com.cn/External Subdomain 中国大陆地区 / 简体中文
https://www.ef.com.hk/External Subdomain 香港 / 繁體中文
https://www.ef.co.id/External Subdomain Indonesia / Bahasa Indonesia
https://www.efjapan.co.jp/External Subdomain 日本 / 日本語
https://www.ef.com/kz/External Subdomain Қазақстан / Русский
https://www.ef.co.kr/External Subdomain 한국 / 한국어
https://www.ef.co.th/External Subdomain ประเทศไทย / ภาษาไทย
https://www.ef.com.tw/External Subdomain 台灣 / 繁體中文
https://www.ef.com.vn/External Subdomain Việt Nam / Tiếng Việt
https://www.ef.com/wwen/External Subdomain Global Site / English
https://www.ef.com/wwes/External Subdomain Global Site / Español
https://www.ef.com/wwru/External Subdomain Global Site / Русский
https://www.ef.com/wwfr/External Subdomain Global Site / Français
https://www.ef.com/wwar/External Subdomain Global Site / العربية
https://www.ef.com/wwpt/External Subdomain Global Site / Português

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HTTP redirects
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HTTP header
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The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
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The page response time of 0.45 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 (145 kB).

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This page has backlinks from 393 referring domains.
This page has 32,324 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 302 different ip addresses.

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EF - There's no limit to where you can go.
EF, world leader in international education since 1965. Offering educational tours, immersion language learning, cultural exchange and academic programs around the world. Whether you study abroad, learn a language at one of our language schools, host an exchange student or travel with your teacher or professor to exciting new destinations, our programs will expand your horizons, teach you new skills and show you the world.

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