Hms.harvard.edu - SEO Checker

Sign up for free! PDF Export
Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
93% 
Page structure
43% 
Link structure
56% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
3.00 s
File size
70.30 kB
Words
635
Media files
7
Number of links
110 internal / 27 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Harvard Medical School
The length of the page title is perfect. (213 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Since the School was established in 1782, faculty members have improved human health by innovating in their roles as physicians, mentors and scholars.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (946 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://hms.harvard.edu/
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)
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
descriptionSince the School was established in 1782, faculty members have improved human health by innovating in their roles as physicians, mentors and scholars.
GeneratorDrupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleHarvard Medical School
twitter:site@harvardmed
twitter:descriptionSince the School was established in 1782, faculty members have improved human health by innovating in their roles as physicians, mentors and scholars.
twitter:site:id@harvardmed
twitter:creator@harvardmed
twitter:imagehttps://hms.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/hero-images/about%20harvard%20medical%20school.jpg
fb:pages112070142203026
og:urlhttps://hms.harvard.edu/home
og:titleHome
ImageToolbarfalse
charsetutf-8

Automatically check hms.harvard.edu including all subpages at once!

Try for free
Guaranteed free of charge during trial period.

Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 635 words. That's ok.
24.6% 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.
5 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 20.13 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)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 13 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)
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
/themes/shared/harvardmedical/logo.svgNo alt attribute provided
...dotcom-5489.jpg?h=3cf82d79&itok=T9rLM_mGFive young people jump up and down holding their match day signs in front of a Harvard Medical School backdrop.
...03/exposome.png?h=c5cab179&itok=CNpGM6pKpedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles moving down a busy city street
.../848 thymus.jpg?h=c5cab179&itok=nEs43J7gTwo side-by-side CT scans of the chest, each of which has a small triangular orange outline in the middle indicating the thymus. One is filled with gray while the other is dark.
...eral warren.jpg?h=e67f75e0&itok=rq9Zh2OiPhotograph of the John Trumbull painting “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775” depicts Colonial and British soldiers on a stormy hilltop while Joseph Warren lies mortally wounded in the arms of a comrade.
...ed/harvardmedical/images/footer-logo.svgHarvard Medical School
Video URLWidthHeight
...iles/2026-02/hmsbanner_anthemvideo_2.mp4640480

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Mobile Main Navigation
H2 Mobile Utility Navigation
H2 Utility Navigation
H2 Main navigation
H2 Discover Harvard Medical School
H2 News & Research
H2 Education
H2 Footer
H3 Match Day at Harvard Medical School Marks Milestone for Class of 2026
H3 A Large-Scale Look at the Exposome
H3 Thymus May Be Critical for Longevity and Cancer Immunotherapy Response
H3 Tracing the Role of Physicians, Medicine, and Disease in the American Revolution
H3 Threats to Research Funding
H3 Give Now
H3 Events at HMS
H3 Culture & Community
H3 Preparing for the Next Pandemic
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (27) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://hms.harvard.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://hms.harvard.edu/educationEducation & Admissions
/education-admissions/md-programMD Program
/education-admissions/md-progr...Subdomain MD Admissions
A-TITLE MD Admissions
/md_phd/MD-PhD Program
/education-admissions/masters-...Master's Degree Programs
/education-admissions/phd-degr...PhD Degree Programs
https://learn.hms.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Professional, Corporate, and Continuing Education
/departments/office-registrarNew window Registrar
A-TITLE Registrar
/education-admissions/graduationGraduation
https://www.health.harvard.edu/New window External Subdomain Health Info
https://hms.harvard.edu/life-hmsLife at HMS
/life-hms/experience-bostonExperience Boston
/life-hms/housing-diningHousing and Dining
/life-hms/our-campusOur Campus
/life-hms/student-life-communityStudent Life and Community
/life-hms/student-spacesStudent Spaces
https://hms.harvard.edu/researchResearch
/research/research-departments...Research Departments, Centers, Initiatives and more
A-TITLE Research Departments, Centers, Initiatives and more
/research/blavatnik-instituteBlavatnik Institute
https://postdoc.hms.harvard.edu/New window External Subdomain Postdoctoral Training
A-TITLE Postdoctoral Training
/research/researcher-resourcesHMS Researcher Resources
https://countway.harvard.edu/New window External Subdomain Countway Library of Medicine
A-TITLE Countway Library of Medicine
https://guides.library.harvard...New window External Subdomain Paper Chase
A-TITLE Paper Chase
/research/animal-researchAnimal Research
/research/examples-current-res...Examples of Current Research
/research/threats-research-fun...Threats to Research Funding
https://hms.harvard.edu/newsNews & Events
https://hms.harvard.edu/newsNews
A-TITLE News
https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Harvard Medicine magazine
/news-events/multimediaMultimedia
/news-events/calendarCalendar
/news-events/sign-email-commun...Sign Up for Email Communications
/news-events/mediaFor Media
/news-events/publications-archivePublications Archive
/news-events/anatomical-gift-p...Anatomical Gift Program Resources
https://hms.harvard.edu/about-hmsAbout HMS
/about-hms/history-hmsThe History of HMS
/about-hms/campus-cultureCampus and Culture
/about-hms/campus-culture/cult...Culture and Community
/about-hms/discover-harvard-me...Discover Harvard Medical School
/about-hms/facts-figuresFacts and Figures
/about-hms/hms-affiliatesHMS Affiliates
/about-hms/affiliate-branding-...Affiliate Branding Manual
/about-hms/strategic-plan-2025Strategic Plan 2025
/about-hms/lcme-accreditationLCME Accreditation
/about-hms/leadershipLeadership
A-TITLE Leadership
/about-hms/contact-harvard-med...Contact HMS
/about-hms/office-deanOffice of the Dean
/about-hms/people-harvard-medi...People of Harvard Medical School
/about-hms/hms-affiliatesTeaching Hospitals & Affiliates
A-TITLE Teaching Hospitals & Affiliates
/departmentsDepartments & Offices
A-TITLE Departments & Offices
https://community.alumni.harva...External Subdomain Give Now
https://hms.harvard.edu/A-TITLE Home
/about-hms/hms-affiliatesText duplicate Teaching Hospitals & Affiliates
A-TITLE Teaching Hospitals & Affiliates
/departmentsText duplicate Departments & Offices
A-TITLE Departments & Offices
https://community.alumni.harva...External Subdomain Text duplicate Give Now
https://hms.harvard.edu/educationText duplicate Education & Admissions
/education-admissions/md-programText duplicate MD Program
/education-admissions/md-progr...Subdomain Text duplicate MD Admissions
A-TITLE MD Admissions
/md_phd/Text duplicate MD-PhD Program
/education-admissions/masters-...Text duplicate Master's Degree Programs
/education-admissions/phd-degr...Text duplicate PhD Degree Programs
https://learn.hms.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Professional, Corporate, and Continuing Education
/departments/office-registrarNew window Text duplicate Registrar
A-TITLE Registrar
/education-admissions/graduationText duplicate Graduation
https://www.health.harvard.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Health Info
https://hms.harvard.edu/life-hmsText duplicate Life at HMS
/life-hms/experience-bostonText duplicate Experience Boston
/life-hms/housing-diningText duplicate Housing and Dining
/life-hms/our-campusText duplicate Our Campus
/life-hms/student-life-communityText duplicate Student Life and Community
/life-hms/student-spacesText duplicate Student Spaces
https://hms.harvard.edu/researchText duplicate Research
/research/research-departments...Text duplicate Research Departments, Centers, Initiatives and more
A-TITLE Research Departments, Centers, Initiatives and more
/research/blavatnik-instituteText duplicate Blavatnik Institute
https://postdoc.hms.harvard.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Postdoctoral Training
A-TITLE Postdoctoral Training
/research/researcher-resourcesText duplicate HMS Researcher Resources
https://countway.harvard.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Countway Library of Medicine
A-TITLE Countway Library of Medicine
https://guides.library.harvard...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Paper Chase
A-TITLE Paper Chase
/research/animal-researchText duplicate Animal Research
/research/examples-current-res...Text duplicate Examples of Current Research
/research/threats-research-fun...Text duplicate Threats to Research Funding
https://hms.harvard.edu/newsText duplicate News & Events
https://hms.harvard.edu/newsText duplicate News
A-TITLE News
https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Harvard Medicine magazine
/news-events/multimediaText duplicate Multimedia
/news-events/calendarText duplicate Calendar
/news-events/sign-email-commun...Text duplicate Sign Up for Email Communications
/news-events/mediaText duplicate For Media
/news-events/publications-archiveText duplicate Publications Archive
/news-events/anatomical-gift-p...Text duplicate Anatomical Gift Program Resources
https://hms.harvard.edu/about-hmsText duplicate About HMS
/about-hms/history-hmsText duplicate The History of HMS
/about-hms/campus-cultureText duplicate Campus and Culture
/about-hms/campus-culture/cult...Text duplicate Culture and Community
/about-hms/discover-harvard-me...Text duplicate Discover Harvard Medical School
/about-hms/facts-figuresText duplicate Facts and Figures
/about-hms/hms-affiliatesText duplicate HMS Affiliates
/about-hms/affiliate-branding-...Text duplicate Affiliate Branding Manual
/about-hms/strategic-plan-2025Text duplicate Strategic Plan 2025
/about-hms/lcme-accreditationText duplicate LCME Accreditation
/about-hms/leadershipText duplicate Leadership
A-TITLE Leadership
/about-hms/contact-harvard-med...Text duplicate Contact HMS
/about-hms/office-deanText duplicate Office of the Dean
/about-hms/people-harvard-medi...Text duplicate People of Harvard Medical School
/about-hms/discover-harvard-me...Discover Harvard Medical School Meet our community that shares a genuine passion for making a difference Learn More
/news/match-day-harvard-medica...Match Day at Harvard Medical School Marks Milestone for Class of 2026
/news/match-day-harvard-medica...IMG-ALT Five young people jump up and down holding their match day signs in front of a Harvard Medical School backdrop.
/news/large-scale-look-exposomeA Large-Scale Look at the Exposome
/news/large-scale-look-exposomeIMG-ALT pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles moving down a busy city street
/news/thymus-may-be-critical-l...Thymus May Be Critical for Longevity and Cancer Immunotherapy Response
/news/thymus-may-be-critical-l...IMG-ALT Two side-by-side CT scans of the chest, each of which has a small triangular orange outline in the middle indicating the thymus. One is filled with gray whil...
/news/tracing-role-physicians-...Tracing the Role of Physicians, Medicine, and Disease in the American Revolution
/news/tracing-role-physicians-...IMG-ALT Photograph of the John Trumbull painting “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775” depicts Colonial and British soldiers on...
/research/threats-research-fun...Subdomain Learn more
/education-admissions/md-programMedical (MD)
/education-admissions/masters-...Text duplicate Master's Degree Programs
/education-admissions/phd-degr...Text duplicate PhD Degree Programs
https://learn.hms.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Professional, Corporate, and Continuing Education
https://community.alumni.harva...External Subdomain Give Now Now, more than ever, we need your support Your gift helps to sustain independent research at Harvard Medical School in uncertain times. Together, we...
/news-events/calendarSubdomain Events at HMS Calendar Curious about events at HMS? Check out our community event calendar where you can find event information on upcoming talks, conference...
https://occe.hms.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Culture & Community Better Together Harvard Medical School is committed to convening and nurturing a diverse community of individuals dedicated to promoting ...
https://masscpr.hms.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Preparing for the Next Pandemic Unifying experts across 25 institutions The Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR) has pioneered a new mode...
https://hms.harvard.edu/IMG-ALT Harvard Medical School
https://www.facebook.com/Harva...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain linkedin
https://www.instagram.com/harv...New window External Subdomain instagram
https://www.youtube.com/harvar...New window External Subdomain youtube
/about-hms/campus-culture/miss...Mission and Values
A-TITLE Mission and Values
/privacy-policyPrivacy Policy
A-TITLE Privacy Policy
https://accessibility.huit.har...New window External Subdomain Digital Accessibility
https://accessibility.harvard....External Subdomain Accessibility
/about-hms/contact-harvard-med...Text duplicate Contact HMS
https://hr.hms.harvard.edu/job...External Subdomain Jobs
https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Harvard Medicine magazine
A-TITLE Harvard Medicine magazine
http://alumni.hms.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Alumni

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://hms.harvard.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 is very slow (3.00 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.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (70 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlmax-age=1800, public
content-encodinggzip
content-languageen
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
etagW/"1774042447"
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedFri, 20 Mar 2026 21:34:07 GMT
servernginx
strict-transport-securitymax-age=300
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-drupal-cacheMISS
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheHIT
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-generatorDrupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-pantheon-styx-hostnamestyx-us-b-69d75c5d8b-lnhvp
x-styx-req-id8687b5b2-24a4-11f1-bdb0-6e392a600c53
dateSat, 21 Mar 2026 18:10:42 GMT
x-served-bycache-chi-kigq8000154-CHI, cache-fra-eddf8230224-FRA
x-cacheHIT, HIT
x-cache-hits5, 0
x-timerS1774116642.448833,VS0,VE3
varyAccept-Encoding, Cookie, Cookie, Cookie
age1798
accept-rangesbytes
via1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
set-cookie161 Characters
x-cdnImperva
x-iinfo18-238311883-238311888 NNNN CT(1 2 0) RT(1774116639510 7) q(0 30 30 0) r(30 30) U24
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 4,156 referring domains.
This page has 170,541 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,943 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

You can find more links using Wikipedia search

Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

Similar sites

Search preview

hms.harvard.edu
Harvard Medical School
Since the School was established in 1782, faculty members have improved human health by innovating in their roles as physicians, mentors and scholars.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
Harvard74%Check
School72%Check
Harvard Medical School69%Check
Medical63%Check
HMS56%Check
Physicians55%Check
Health51%Check
human51%Check
Research47%Check
Navigation47%Check
Show more keywords and terms

Automatically check hms.harvard.edu including all subpages at once!

Try for free
Guaranteed free of charge during trial period.

Cookie Policy

We use cookies to make our site work and also for analytics and advertising purposes. You can enable or disable optional cookies as desired. See the following links for more information.

Contact | Privacy

We need these so the site can function properly

So we can better understand how visitors use our website

So we can serve you tailored ads and promotions