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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
59% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.79 s
File size
91.10 kB
Words
594
Media files
11
Number of links
47 internal / 40 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Extension - Providing trusted, practical education to help you solve problems, develop skills and build a better future.
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 1041 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
CSU Extension provides resources on environment, lawn, garden, water, soils, crops, agriculture, natural resources, yard, garden, insects, nutrition, health, family, home and consumer
There are more than one meta descriptions on the page. Only one is allowed.
The meta description is too long: 1127 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://extension.colostate.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)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
keywordsExtension, Colorado State University, Environment, Lawn, Garden, Water, Soils, Crops,Agriculture, Natural Resources, Yard, Garden, Insects, Nutrition, Health, Family, Home, Consumer
descriptionColorado State University Extension offers research-based programs and resources to help you solve problems, work with your community, and more.
authorColorado State University Extension
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleExtension
og:descriptionColorado State University Extension offers research-based programs and resources to help you solve problems, work with your community, and more.
og:urlhttps://extension.colostate.edu/
og:site_nameExtension
og:imagehttps://extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/csuE-C1c.png
og:image:width563
og:image:height227
og:image:typeimage/png

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 594 words. That's ok.
26.8% 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.
9 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 18.46 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 32 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=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 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
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
...hemes/infowaytheme/images/close-icon.pngClose Icon
...ntent/uploads/2020/03/extension-logo.jpgExtension
...nt/uploads/2022/11/CCGP-Slider-Image.jpgSlide 1
...uploads/2022/10/Drought-Res-Slide-lm.jpgSlide 2
/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/4H-Slide-lm.jpgSlide 3
...oads/2022/10/Preserve-Smart-Slide-lm.jpgSlide 4
...oads/2022/10/Food-Nutrition-Slide-lm.jpgSlide 5
/images/make-a-gift.pngDonate button
...ontent/uploads/2023/01/americorps_23.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/serveco_23.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...kie-compliance/dist/images/gdpr-logo.pngExtension

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Colorado State University
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Colorado State University
H1 Featured Programs and Resources
H2 Extension
H2 Plant Talk Colorado Video Series
H2 Family Leadership Training Institute
H2 Online Pesticide Training
H3 CSU Green School
H3 Drought Resources
H3 Colorado 4-H
H3 Preserve Smart
H3 Food and Nutrition
H3 Search the Site
H3 Blogs
H3 Recent Posts
H3 Featured Partners
H4 About us
H4 Resources
H4 Other info
H4 COVID-19 Resources
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (40) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://colostate.edu/External Colorado State University
https://extension.colostate.edu/Subdomain Extension
https://twitter.com/csuextensionExternal A-TITLE Tweet this
https://www.facebook.com/pages...External Subdomain A-TITLE Share on Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain A-TITLE Share on Linkedin
https://youtube.com/csuextensionExternal A-TITLE Share on Youtube
https://www.pinterest.com/colo...External Subdomain A-TITLE Pinterest
/staff-directory/?cn-s&cn-cat=113Subdomain County Office List
/staff-directory/Online Directory
https://extension.colostate.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Extension
/topic-areasSubdomain Topics
/topic-areas/agriculture/Subdomain Agriculture
/animal-health/Subdomain Animal Health
https://drought.extension.colo...External Subdomain Drought
/disaster-web-sites/Subdomain Emergency Resources
/publications-2/energy-publica...Subdomain Energy Publications
/topic-areas/family-home-consu...Subdomain Home, Family & Finances
/topic-areas/insects/Subdomain Insects
/topic-areas/natural-resources/Subdomain Natural Resources
/topic-areas/nutrition-food-sa...Subdomain Nutrition, Food Safety & Health
/topic-areas/people-predators/Subdomain People & Predators
/publications-2/spanish-public...Subdomain Recursos en Espa??ol
https://sam.extension.colostat...External Subdomain Small Acreage Management
/topic-areas/water/Subdomain Water
/topic-areas/yard-garden/Subdomain Yard & Garden
https://co4h.colostate.edu/External Subdomain 4-H Youth Development
https://engagement.source.colo...New window External Subdomain News
/publications-2/Subdomain Publications
https://ask2.extension.org/New window External Subdomain Ask Extension
A-TITLE Formerly “Ask an Expert” – Ask an Extension expert a question and access the eXtension.org knowledgebase
/about-us/Subdomain About
/colorado-state-mission-statem...Subdomain Mission/Vision
/staff-directory/Subdomain Staff Directory
/staff-directory/?cn-s&cn-cat=113Subdomain County Extension Offices
/employment/Subdomain Employment
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact
https://give.colostate.edu/cam...New window External Subdomain Donate
/convierta-al-espanol/Subdomain Espa??ol
https://online.colostate.edu/c...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Slide 1
https://online.colostate.edu/c...External Subdomain Register for Gardening Classes
https://drought.extension.colo...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Slide 2
https://drought.extension.colo...External Subdomain Find helpful information for for drought-affected areas.
https://co4h.colostate.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Slide 3
https://co4h.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Teaching young people about leadership, citizenship, and life skills.
https://apps.chhs.colostate.ed...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Slide 4
https://apps.chhs.colostate.ed...External Subdomain Get high altitude home food preservation recipes and instructions.
/topic-areas/nutrition-food-sa...Subdomain IMG-ALT Slide 5
/topic-areas/nutrition-food-sa...Subdomain Explore nutrition, food safety and health information.
https://youtube.com/playlist?l...External Plant Talk Colorado Video Series
https://youtube.com/playlist?l...External Start Watching
https://fltiofcolorado.colosta...External Subdomain Family Leadership Training Institute
https://fltiofcolorado.colosta...External Subdomain Learn More
https://www.online.colostate.e...External Subdomain Online Pesticide Training
https://www.online.colostate.e...External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://livesmartcolorado.colo...New window External Subdomain Live Smart Colorado
http://csuhort.blogspot.com/New window External Subdomain CSU Horticulture Agents and Specialists Blog
/topic-areas/agriculture/pulse...Subdomain Pulse Crops for Healthful Eating
/docs/pubs/insect/ihm-bee.pdfSubdomain Integrated Beehive Management in Colorado
/about-us/Subdomain about us
/partners/Subdomain partners
/agricultural-producers/Subdomain Agricultural Producers
http://coloradocrisisservices....External Crisis Services
/communities/Subdomain Communities
/disaster-web-sites/Subdomain Disaster Preparedness
/educators-youth/Subdomain Educators & Youth
/family-consumers/Subdomain Families & Consumers
/topic-areas/yard-garden/Subdomain Gardeners
/homeowners-and-landowners/Subdomain Home & Landowners
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
https://ask2.extension.org/External Subdomain Ask an Expert
/employmentSubdomain Text duplicate Employment
/field-offices/Subdomain Field Offices
https://colostate.sharepoint.c...External Subdomain Staff Resources
/volunteer-opportunitiesSubdomain Volunteer
/epsilon-sigma-phi-zeta-chapte...Epsilon Sigma Phi
https://give.colostate.edu/cam...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Donate button
https://co4h.colostate.edu/4-h...External Subdomain No Text
https://servecolorado.colorado...External Subdomain No Text
/employment/Subdomain Text duplicate Employment
https://www.colostate.edu/equa...External Subdomain Equal Opportunity
A-TITLE Offsite link
https://www.colostate.edu/disc...External Subdomain Disclaimer
A-TITLE Offsite link
/?p=4054Subdomain Non-Discrimination Statement
https://www.colostate.edu/priv...External Subdomain Privacy Statement
A-TITLE Offsite link
/webmaster/Subdomain Webmaster
https://admissions.colostate.edu/External Subdomain Apply to CSU
A-TITLE Offsite link
https://www.colostate.edu/searchExternal Subdomain CSU A-Z Search
A-TITLE Offsite link
/disaster-web-sites/covid-19-r...Subdomain CSU Extension Resources
https://wordpress.org/plugins/...New window External Powered by GDPR Cookie Compliance

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://extension.colostate.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 very slow (1.79 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 26 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 32 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (91 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSun, 27 Jul 2025 09:36:38 GMT
serverApache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu)
link<https://extension.colostate.edu/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
content-length21124
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 515 referring domains.
This page has 1,510 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 294 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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State63%Check
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