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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
78% 
Page structure
35% 
Link structure
22% 
Server
0% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.07 s
File size
49.10 kB
Words
632
Media files
6
Number of links
78 internal / 27 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Information Systems & Technology
The length of the page title is perfect. (308 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://ist.mit.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)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
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, maximum-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, user-scalable=no
generatorDrupal 7 (http://drupal.org)
langen
twitter:titleInformation Systems & Technology
twitter:urlhttps://ist.mit.edu/home
twitter:cardsummary
og:typewebsite
og:titleInformation Systems & Technology
og:urlhttps://ist.mit.edu/
og:site_nameInformation Systems & Technology
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 632 words. That's ok.
31.5% 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 22.43 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 20 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, user-scalable=no" 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)
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
.../all/themes/ist/images/mit-ist-brand.svgMIT IS&T
.../all/themes/ist/images/mit-ist-brand.svgMIT IS&T
...ark_Fibers_MIT_News_01.jpg?itok=Ew7pZuyaNo alt attribute provided
...ws_images/lastpasslogo.png?itok=75GOqCCbLastPass logo
...icategraphics3-740x555.jpg?itok=oPoXgvwNIt's that time of year! Renew your MIT certificate by July 30.
...mes/ist/images/mit-logo-brand-footer.svgMIT logoMassachusetts Institute of Technology

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)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home
H2 Audiences
H2 Search form
H2 Get Help
H2 IS&T Headlines see all news →
H2 Certificates
H2 System Status
H2 Knowledge Base top 5 see all →
H2 Knowledge Base top 5 see all → Duplicate text
H2 Get Help Duplicate text
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.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (27) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://ist.mit.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
/for-faculty-staffFor Faculty & Staff
https://ist.mit.edu/for-studentsFor Students
/for-support-providersFor IT Support Providers
https://ist.mit.edu/IMG-ALT MIT IS&T
https://ist.mit.edu/startGet Started with ITconnect, configure, & go
/start-studentsStudentsGet answers to your technology questions even before you arrive.
/start-fac-staffFaculty and StaffLearn what IT services are available to you as a faculty or staff member.
https://ist.mit.edu/start-guestsVisitors and GuestsLearn what IT services are available to you as a guest or visitor.
https://ist.mit.edu/aiGenerative AI use at MIT
https://ist.mit.edu/ai-guidanceGuidance for use of Generative AI Tools
https://ist.mit.edu/ai-toolsGenerative AI Tools Available at MIT
https://ist.mit.edu/ai-facultyOpenAI ChatGPT for MIT Faculty
https://ist.mit.edu/servicesOur Services Find Resources Fast
/services?category=6Subdomain Accounts and PasswordsAccounts and Passwords
/services?category=20Subdomain AudiovisualAudiovisual
/services?category=12Subdomain Business AppsBusiness Apps
/services?category=7Subdomain Collaboration and CommunicationCollaboration and Communication
/services?category=19Subdomain Educational TechnologyEducational Technology
/services?category=101Subdomain End-User Support ToolsEnd-User Support Tools
/services?category=9Subdomain HelpHelp
/services?category=10Subdomain Network and InfrastructureNetwork and Infrastructure
/services?category=15Subdomain Web, Data, and ServersWeb, Data, and Servers
/services?category=8Subdomain HardwareHardware
/services?category=11Subdomain SecuritySecurity
/software-hardwareGet Software Get Software
/software-hardware?type=646Subdomain Collaboration
/software-hardware?type=647Subdomain Data and Reporting
/software-hardware?type=648Subdomain Design and Media
/software-hardware?type=649Subdomain Engineering and Science
/software-hardware?type=650Subdomain Information Security
/software-hardware?type=651Subdomain Mathematics
/software-hardware?type=652Subdomain Operating Systems
/software-hardware?type=653Subdomain Productivity
/software-hardware?type=654Subdomain Research and Analysis
/software-hardware?type=656Subdomain Utilities
https://ist.mit.edu/securityInformation Securityprepare, protect, & prevent
https://ist.mit.edu/aboutAbout IS&TGet News & Information
https://ist.mit.edu/newsNews
https://ist.mit.edu/about/orgOur Organization
/about/policiesIT Policies
https://ist.mit.edu/about/jobsJob Openings
https://ist.mit.edu/Menu
https://ist.mit.edu/startGet Started with IS&T
https://ist.mit.edu/servicesOur Services
/software-hardwareGet Software
https://ist.mit.edu/securitySecure Computing
https://ist.mit.edu/aboutAbout IS&T
https://ist.mit.edu/Get Help
http://kb.mit.edu/External Subdomain Search the Knowledge Base
https://ist.mit.edu/helpRequest Help from the Service Desk
http://kb.mit.edu/External Subdomain Search the Knowledge Base for how-tos and answers to questions
https://ist.mit.edu/helpRequest help from the Service Desk
/security/reportReport a security incident to the Security Team
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x...External Subdomain Learn more about MIT's wireless networks
/software-hardwareSubdomain Find software now
https://ist.mit.edu/newssee all news →
/news/ground-imagingNo Text
/news/ground-imagingMIT Images the Ground Beneath Campus Using Fiber Optic Infrastructure
/news/LastPass-Privacy-Enhance...IMG-ALT LastPass logo
/news/LastPass-Privacy-Enhance...Coming Soon: LastPass Privacy Enhancement Requires Users to Accept URL Encryption
/news/certificate-renewalIMG-ALT It's that time of year! Renew your MIT certificate by July 30.
/news/certificate-renewalRenew your MIT certificates in July
https://ca.mit.edu/External Subdomain Get a Certificate
http://web.mit.edu/certificate...External Subdomain Test Certificate
http://kb.mit.edu/External Subdomain see all →
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/p...External Subdomain Using IS&T's volume-licensed Microsoft Office installer
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/p...External Subdomain Text duplicate Using IS&T's volume-licensed Microsoft Office installer
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/p...External Subdomain Leaving MIT - What happens to my MIT accounts and services?
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/p...External Subdomain How do I connect to MIT SECURE wireless?
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/d...External Subdomain Microsoft 365 Landing Page
http://kb.mit.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate see all →
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/p...External Subdomain Text duplicate Using IS&T's volume-licensed Microsoft Office installer
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/p...External Subdomain Text duplicate Using IS&T's volume-licensed Microsoft Office installer
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/p...External Subdomain Text duplicate Leaving MIT - What happens to my MIT accounts and services?
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/p...External Subdomain Text duplicate How do I connect to MIT SECURE wireless?
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/d...External Subdomain Text duplicate Microsoft 365 Landing Page
http://kb.mit.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Search the Knowledge Base
https://ist.mit.edu/helpRequest help
http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E17External Subdomain E17-106
https://ist.mit.edu/startGet Started with IT
A-TITLE connect, configure, & go|Access data, software, and resources with a few simple steps
https://ist.mit.edu/servicesText duplicate Our Services
A-TITLE Find Resources Fast|Discover all the services we offer to make IT at MIT e-a-s-y
/software-hardwareGet <br />Software
A-TITLE Get Software|Obtain software licensed for use by the MIT community
https://ist.mit.edu/securityText duplicate Information Security
A-TITLE prepare, protect, & prevent|Protect your data, your devices, and your identity
https://ist.mit.edu/aboutText duplicate About IS&T
A-TITLE Get News & Information|Get the latest news and learn about IS&T projects, policies, and more
http://www.mit.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT MIT logo
https://ist.mit.edu/helpGet Help 24/7 — Ask the Service Desk
/mit-apps/atlas-mobileSubdomain Access 24/7 Chat via the Atlas App
https://accessibility.mit.edu/External Subdomain Accessibility
/for-faculty-staffText duplicate For Faculty & Staff
https://web.mit.edu/canvas/External Subdomain Canvas
https://atlas.mit.edu/External Subdomain Atlas
https://ist.mit.edu/email-listsEmail lists
/guest-accountsGuest accounts
https://ist.mit.edu/for-studentsText duplicate For Students
https://web.mit.edu/canvas/External Subdomain Text duplicate Canvas
http://student.mit.edu/External Subdomain WebSIS
https://ist.mit.edu/mitnetConnect to MITnet
https://ist.mit.edu/start-guestsFor Visitors
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x...External Subdomain Guest wireless access
/guest-accountsText duplicate Guest accounts
http://whereis.mit.edu/External Subdomain Campus map
https://ist.mit.edu/for-istFor IS&T Staff
https://ist.mit.edu/newsIS&T News
https://ist.mit.edu/about/orgOrganizational charts

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://ist.mit.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The used PHP version is outdated and may be a security risk.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.07 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 20 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page does not require any CSS files.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (49 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 27 May 2025 02:03:27 GMT
serverApache
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-powered-byPHP/5.6.25
x-drupal-cacheHIT
etag"1748303204-1"
content-languageen
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-generatorDrupal 7 (http://drupal.org)
link<https://ist.mit.edu/>; rel="shortlink",<https://ist.mit.edu/>; rel="canonical"
cache-controlpublic, max-age=900
last-modifiedMon, 26 May 2025 23:46:44 GMT
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
varyCookie,Accept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
connectionclose
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 615 referring domains.
This page has 808 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 156 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# 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: *
Crawl-delay: 10
# Directories
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /misc/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /profiles/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /themes/
# Files
Disallow: /CHANGELOG.txt
Disallow: /cron.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.mysql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.pgsql.txt
Disallow: /INSTALL.sqlite.txt
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /INSTALL.txt
Disallow: /LICENSE.txt
Disallow: /MAINTAINERS.txt
Disallow: /update.php
Disallow: /UPGRADE.txt
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
# Paths (clean URLs)
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/
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /?q=admin/
Disallow: /?q=comment/reply/
Disallow: /?q=filter/tips/
Disallow: /?q=node/add/
Disallow: /?q=search/
Disallow: /?q=user/password/
Disallow: /?q=user/register/
Disallow: /?q=user/login/
Disallow: /?q=user/logout/

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