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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
93% 
Page structure
37% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
76% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.91 s
File size
152.20 kB
Words
1061
Media files
15
Number of links
151 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage | CUNY Graduate Center
The length of the page title is perfect. (325 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://www.gc.cuny.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
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)
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

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theme-color#ffffff
langen
og:typesummary
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1061 words. That's ok.
25.4% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
13 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 20.81 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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 21 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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
...b-3200x1800.jpg?h=f0fb51a5&itok=jYRytBgOLooking up at GC flag and Empire State Building, photo credit: Alex Irklievski
...ulb-150x150.png?h=cc872d96&itok=zvbT3lbEbright-electric-bulb-idea
...one-150x150.png?h=cc872d96&itok=TXZX8A-pspeaker-gestures-lecturn-microphone
...e-150x150_0.png?h=cc872d96&itok=z_njmfZaglobe icon
...les-150x150.png?h=cc872d96&itok=3u__WOWobooks-hardback-bookmark
...ata-150x150.png?h=cc872d96&itok=SeKxAQEVmicroscope-optical-close-up-research-viewing-data
...ape-150x150.png?h=cc872d96&itok=CmpSk_ElIcon - Cityscape
...y-1255x1440.jpg?h=5a5cc451&itok=x6onU9LXStudents working on computers
...60px_1440px.jpg?h=a92f03cd&itok=DRZFCFvwAriel Barrera headshot
...30px_1200px.jpg?h=b9a918fd&itok=wHeI7bGUCUNY Graduate Center building façade with flags.
...map-435x315.jpg?h=70474cf7&itok=MH3qdOQ6NYC map
...r-1255x1440.jpg?h=5a5cc451&itok=xZw2Hex2The Graduate Center, CUNY building; Photo Credit: Chris Cooper
...k-1620x1240.jpg?h=5c4440e9&itok=DfkMRypnGC Library - front desk
...ustom/cunygc/assets/img/sock-desktop.svgNo alt attribute provided
...s/custom/cunygc/assets/img/cuny-logo.pngCUNY Graduate Center

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Homepage
The H1 heading contains the words Homepage! Use important keywords instead.
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Homepage
H1 We believe that knowledge is a public good
H2 A public graduate school in the center of NYC
H2 The Graduate Center By the Numbers
H2 Innovative. Interdisciplinary. Affordable.
H2 Latest News and Research
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 In the Center of NYC
H2 Support the GC
H2 We believe that knowledge is a public good Duplicate text
H3 Prized Scholars and Artists
H3 Part of the Conversation
H3 Open to the World
H3 Taught by Top Scholars
H3 49 Degrees, from Astrophysics to Urban Ed
H3 Empowering CUNY Students
H3 Digging Into a Dream: A Ph.D. Student Follows Her Passion for Paleoanthropology
H3 ‘Still Going to Do This Work’: Professor Pushes Ahead on LGBTQ+ Robotics Study
H3 Science Spotlight: Exploring the Chemical Roots of ALS and Dementia
H3 A New Look at Aggression in Schizophrenia
H3 Ph.D. Program in Chemistry In-Person Information Session
H3 AI + Physics Workshop
H3 PH.D. PROGRAM IN SOCIAL WELFARE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE
H3 Ph.D. Program in Chemistry Virtual Information Session
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 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Anchor Skip to main site navigation
https://www.cuny.edu/External Subdomain CUNY Home
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/The Graduate Center, CUNY Home
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/studentsStudents
A-TITLE Information for Students
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/facultyFaculty
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/staffStaff
/institutional-advancement/alumniAlumni
https://library.gc.cuny.edu/New window External Subdomain Library
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/peopleDirectory
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/givingGiving
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/applyApply
/events?audience=34Attend an Event
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/academicsAcademics
A-TITLE Academics
/academics/programs?type=45Doctoral Programs
A-TITLE Doctoral Programs
/academics/programs?type=44Master's Programs
A-TITLE Master's Programs
/academics/programs?type=83Certificate Programs
A-TITLE Certificate Programs
/academics/collaborative-and-i...Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Programs
/academics/continuing-educationContinuing Education
/academics/programs/interunive...Interuniversity Doctoral Consortium
/academics/preparing-teach-doc...Preparing to Teach as a Doctoral Student
/academic-calendarAcademic Calendar
/admissions-aidAdmissions and Aid
/admissions-aid/how-applyHow to Apply
/admissions-aid/tuition-and-feesTuition and Fees
/admissions-aid/apply-onlineApply Online
/fellowships-and-financial-aidFinancing Your Education
/research-facultyResearch and Faculty
/research-faculty/research-gra...Research at the Graduate Center
A-TITLE Research at the Graduate Center
/departments?type=15Centers and Institutes
A-TITLE Centers and Institutes
/departments?type=142Initiatives and Committees
A-TITLE Initiatives and Committees
/people?type=17Our Faculty
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/research-faculty/distinguishe...Distinguished and Notable Faculty
/news?category=137Faculty News
A-TITLE Faculty News
/news?topic=424Awards, Fellowships, and Grants News
/student-lifeStudent Life
/student-life/what-expect-grad...What to Expect as a Graduate Student
A-TITLE What to Expect as a Graduate Student
/student-life/living-and-learn...Living and Learning in NYC
A-TITLE Living and Learning in NYC
/student-life/activities-and-o...Activities and Organizations
/departments?type=141Student Services Directory
/student-life/student-resourcesStudent Resources
A-TITLE Student Resources
/career-planning-and-professio...Career Planning and Professional Development
/student-life/one-stop-servicesOne-Stop Services
/student-life/student-consumer...Student Consumer Information/Right to Know
/news-eventsNews and Events
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/newsNews
/events?audience=34Events
/gcpresentsPublic Programs
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/fyisFYIs
/news?category=135Podcasts
/news/in-the-newsMedia Placements
/news-events/mediaFor the Media
/news/covid-19-information-and...COVID-19
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/aboutAbout
/about/mission-vision-and-historyMission, Vision, and History
/about/gc-leadershipGC Leadership
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/diversityDiversity and Inclusion
/presidents-officePresident's Office
/provosts-officeProvost's Office
/departments?type=14Administrative Offices
https://spacerentals.gc.cuny.edu/New window External Subdomain Rent a Space
https://www.cuny.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate CUNY Home
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Text duplicate The Graduate Center, CUNY Home
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/applyText duplicate Apply
/events?audience=34Text duplicate Attend an Event
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/academicsText duplicate Academics
A-TITLE Academics
/academics/programs?type=45Text duplicate Doctoral Programs
A-TITLE Doctoral Programs
/academics/programs?type=44Text duplicate Master's Programs
A-TITLE Master's Programs
/academics/programs?type=83Text duplicate Certificate Programs
A-TITLE Certificate Programs
/academics/collaborative-and-i...Text duplicate Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Programs
/academics/continuing-educationText duplicate Continuing Education
/academics/programs/interunive...Text duplicate Interuniversity Doctoral Consortium
/academics/preparing-teach-doc...Text duplicate Preparing to Teach as a Doctoral Student
/academic-calendarText duplicate Academic Calendar
/admissions-aidText duplicate Admissions and Aid
/admissions-aid/how-applyText duplicate How to Apply
/admissions-aid/tuition-and-feesText duplicate Tuition and Fees
/admissions-aid/apply-onlineText duplicate Apply Online
/fellowships-and-financial-aidText duplicate Financing Your Education
/research-facultyText duplicate Research and Faculty
/research-faculty/research-gra...Text duplicate Research at the Graduate Center
A-TITLE Research at the Graduate Center
/departments?type=15Text duplicate Centers and Institutes
A-TITLE Centers and Institutes
/departments?type=142Text duplicate Initiatives and Committees
A-TITLE Initiatives and Committees
/people?type=17Text duplicate Our Faculty
A-TITLE Our Faculty
/research-faculty/distinguishe...Text duplicate Distinguished and Notable Faculty
/news?category=137Text duplicate Faculty News
A-TITLE Faculty News
/news?topic=424Text duplicate Awards, Fellowships, and Grants News
/student-lifeText duplicate Student Life
/student-life/what-expect-grad...Text duplicate What to Expect as a Graduate Student
A-TITLE What to Expect as a Graduate Student
/student-life/living-and-learn...Text duplicate Living and Learning in NYC
A-TITLE Living and Learning in NYC
/student-life/activities-and-o...Text duplicate Activities and Organizations
/departments?type=141Text duplicate Student Services Directory
/student-life/student-resourcesText duplicate Student Resources
A-TITLE Student Resources
/career-planning-and-professio...Text duplicate Career Planning and Professional Development
/student-life/one-stop-servicesText duplicate One-Stop Services
/student-life/student-consumer...Text duplicate Student Consumer Information/Right to Know
/news-eventsText duplicate News and Events
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/newsText duplicate News
/events?audience=34Text duplicate Events
/gcpresentsText duplicate Public Programs
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/fyisText duplicate FYIs
/news?category=135Text duplicate Podcasts
/news/in-the-newsText duplicate Media Placements
/news-events/mediaText duplicate For the Media
/news/covid-19-information-and...Text duplicate COVID-19
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/aboutText duplicate About
/about/mission-vision-and-historyText duplicate Mission, Vision, and History
/about/gc-leadershipText duplicate GC Leadership
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/diversityText duplicate Diversity and Inclusion
/presidents-officeText duplicate President's Office
/provosts-officeText duplicate Provost's Office
/departments?type=14Text duplicate Administrative Offices
https://spacerentals.gc.cuny.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Rent a Space
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/applyText duplicate Apply
/events?audience=34Text duplicate Attend an Event
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/studentsText duplicate Students
A-TITLE Information for Students
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/facultyText duplicate Faculty
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/staffText duplicate Staff
/institutional-advancement/alumniText duplicate Alumni
https://library.gc.cuny.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Library
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/peopleText duplicate Directory
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/givingText duplicate Giving
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/aboutLearn More
/academics/programs?type=45Text duplicate Doctoral Programs
/academics/programs?type=44Text duplicate Master's Programs
/news/digging-dream-phd-studen...IMG-ALT Ariel Barrera headshot
/news/digging-dream-phd-studen...Digging Into a Dream: A Ph.D. Student Follows Her Passion for Paleoanthropology
/news/still-going-do-work-prof...‘Still Going to Do This Work’: Professor Pushes Ahead on LGBTQ+ Robotics Study
/news/science-spotlight-explor...Science Spotlight: Exploring the Chemical Roots of ALS and Dementia
/news/new-look-aggression-schi...A New Look at Aggression in Schizophrenia
/news?category=879View More News
/events/phd-program-chemistry-...IMG-ALT CUNY Graduate Center building façade with flags.
/events/phd-program-chemistry-...Ph.D. Program in Chemistry In-Person Information Session
/events/phd-program-chemistry-...More Info
/events/ai-physics-workshopAI + Physics Workshop
/events/phd-program-social-wel...PH.D. PROGRAM IN SOCIAL WELFARE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE
/events/phd-program-chemistry-...Ph.D. Program in Chemistry Virtual Information Session
/events-allAll Events
/student-life/living-and-learn...Text duplicate Living and Learning in NYC
/about/mission-vision-and-hist...Campus and Location
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/givingDonate Now
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/applyText duplicate Apply
/admissionsRequest Info
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/eventsText duplicate Attend an Event
https://www.cuny.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate CUNY Home
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/FacebookNew window Subdomain Facebook
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/LinkedInNew window Subdomain LinkedIn
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/InstagramNew window Subdomain Instagram
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/YouTubeNew window Subdomain YouTube
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/blueskyNew window Subdomain Bluesky
https://cunyfirst.cuny.edu/New window External Subdomain CUNYfirst
https://bbhosted.cuny.edu/weba...New window External Subdomain CUNY Blackboard
https://outlook.live.com/owaNew window External Subdomain Faculty and Staff Email
https://portal.office.com/New window External Subdomain Student Email
/human-resources/employment-op...Careers
/human-resourcesHuman Resources
/information-technologyInformation Technology
/public-safety-and-security/po...Building Access
/compliance-and-diversity/titl...Title IX
https://www1.cuny.edu/sites/ti...New window External Subdomain Combating Sexual Misconduct
/nondiscriminationNotice of Non-Discrimination
https://www.cuny.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate CUNY Home
IMG-ALT CUNY Graduate Center
/cuny-graduate-centerContact Us
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/privacyNew window Privacy
https://www.w3.org/services/ht...External Subdomain Text-Only Version

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.gc.cuny.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
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 of 0.91 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 (152 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 393 referring domains.
This page has 8,135 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 339 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
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Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
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