It.cornell.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
65% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
50% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.14 s
File size
36.20 kB
Words
488
Media files
7
Number of links
50 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome | IT@Cornell
The length of the page title is perfect. (202 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://it.cornell.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

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GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
titleWelcome | IT@Cornell
content_typePage
accesspublic
langen
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 488 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
30.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
5 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 18.55 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 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 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
...nell/bold_cornell_logo_simple_b31b1b.svgCornell University
...Desk_News_1.jpg?h=76c528b5&itok=MaTLecYENo alt attribute provided
...ilding_Wall.png?h=76c528b5&itok=GYG61Nd6No alt attribute provided
...64254_00119.jpg?h=a6bb5bee&itok=EuDrt8MoNo alt attribute provided
... your files.png?h=c823aff7&itok=QxCak5XD""
...screenjpeg.jpeg?h=436b82d4&itok=KycGbrfmA computer screen displays an archery target with many arrows embedded
...mages/email.jpg?h=d16708e1&itok=VgX8YFbnBrowser pointer selecting Inbox in web email app

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Cornell University
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 26 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Cornell University
H1 Welcome
H2 IT@Cornell
H2 Services for:
H2 IT Service Alerts
H2 How can we help?
H2 IT Services
H2 Unsure About an Email?
H2 CIT at a Glance
H2 Featured News
H2 Events
H2 Quick Links
H2 Latest News
H2 Support
H2 Log In
H3 Current Top Ten Hot IT Topics
H3 Help Build Cornell's Defense Against Digital Threats with PhishAlarm
H3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Cornell
H3 Can AI Tools See Your Microsoft Files?
H3 The Stats are in: Hackers Target Faculty
H3 Avoid Email Account Troubles by Following These Guidelines
H3 CIT Training: Microsoft Excel for Office 365 (Desktop or Online) - Part 1
H3 CIT Training: Microsoft Excel for Office 365 (Desktop or Online) - Part 2
H3 CIT Training: Microsoft Excel for Office 365 (Desktop or Online) - Part 3
H3 CIT Training: Tableau Desktop Part 1 via Online Live
H3 IT Service Desk
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://it.cornell.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.cornell.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Cornell University
https://it.cornell.edu/IT@Cornell
https://it.cornell.edu/Home
https://it.cornell.edu/newsNews & Events
/security-and-policySecurity
/service-listingServices A-Z
/about-itcornellAbout
https://it.cornell.edu/supportHelp
/quick-loginQuick Login
A-TITLE Log In to IT Services
https://cornell.account.box.co...External Subdomain Box
https://canvas.cornell.edu/External Subdomain Canvas
http://gsuite.cornell.edu/External Subdomain Google Workspace (Student Email)
http://outlook.cornell.edu/External Subdomain Outlook on the Web
http://cornell.qualtrics.com/External Subdomain Qualtrics
https://sft.cornell.edu/External Subdomain Secure File Transfer
https://cornell.zoom.us/External Subdomain Zoom
/quick-login/login-linksMore Login Links
A-TITLE More quick login links
https://it.cornell.edu/studentsStudents
https://it.cornell.edu/facultyFaculty
https://it.cornell.edu/staffStaff
/it-professionalsIT Professionals
/alumni-and-visitorsAlumni & Visitors
https://itservicealerts.hostin...External Subdomain All
/service-listing?category=5437Audio & Video
/service-listing?category=5037Business & Finance
/service-listing?category=4878Collaboration
/service-listing?category=5120Email & Calendar
/service-listing?category=5175NetID & Access Management
/service-listing?category=4949Network & Internet
/service-listing?category=4906Permissions & Access
/service-listing?category=5017Phone
/service-listing?category=4864Text duplicate Security
/service-listing?category=4879Storage & Backups
/service-listing?category=5047Support Resources
/service-listing?category=5067Training
/service-listing?category=5131Web Hosting & Development
https://it.cornell.edu/phish-bowlPhish Bowl
/verified-cornell-communicationsVerified Communications
/news/current-top-ten-hot-it-t...Current Top Ten Hot IT Topics
/news/help-build-cornells-defe...Help Build Cornell's Defense Against Digital Threats with PhishAlarm
/ai-strategyArtificial Intelligence (AI) at Cornell
/news/can-ai-tools-see-your-mi...May 21, 2025 Can AI Tools See Your Microsoft Files?
IMG-ALT ""
/news/stats-are-hackers-target...May 21, 2025 The Stats are in: Hackers Target Faculty
IMG-ALT A computer screen displays an archery target with many arrows embedded
/news/avoid-email-account-trou...May 19, 2025 Avoid Email Account Troubles by Following These Guidelines
IMG-ALT Browser pointer selecting Inbox in web email app
/events/cit-training-microsoft...CIT Training: Microsoft Excel for Office 365 (Desktop or Online) - Part 1
/events/cit-training-microsoft...CIT Training: Microsoft Excel for Office 365 (Desktop or Online) - Part 2
/events/cit-training-microsoft...CIT Training: Microsoft Excel for Office 365 (Desktop or Online) - Part 3
/events/cit-training-tableau-d...CIT Training: Tableau Desktop Part 1 via Online Live
https://it.cornell.edu/eventsAll Events
/news/can-ai-tools-see-your-mi...Can AI Tools See Your Microsoft Files?
/news/stats-are-hackers-target...The Stats are in: Hackers Target Faculty
/news/avoid-email-account-trou...Avoid Email Account Troubles by Following These Guidelines
https://it.cornell.edu/supportGet Help
https://it.cornell.edu/trainingIT Training
https://it.cornell.edu/phish-bowlPhishing (Fake) Emails
/verified-cornell-communicationsVerified Cornell Communications
/cit-intranetCIT Staff Intranet
https://it.cornell.edu/user/loginLog In or Log Out
https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClie...External Subdomain Submit Support Ticket
https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClie...External Subdomain Give us website feedback
https://privacy.cornell.edu/External Subdomain University Privacy
https://accessibility.cornell....External Subdomain Web Accessibility Assistance
https://privacy.cornell.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate University Privacy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://it.cornell.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 excellent with 0.14 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (36 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
cache-controlmax-age=900, public
content-encodinggzip
content-languageen
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
etagW/"1748205944"
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedSun, 25 May 2025 20:45:44 GMT
servernginx
strict-transport-securitymax-age=300
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-drupal-cacheMISS
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-pantheon-styx-hostnamestyx-fe2-b-7b5dbfcc48-wwg9c
x-styx-req-id3ae92eb8-39a9-11f0-a42c-8e2a116f5980
dateSun, 25 May 2025 21:28:07 GMT
x-served-bycache-chi-klot8100148-CHI, cache-fra-eddf8230088-FRA
x-cacheHIT, HIT
x-cache-hits8, 1
x-timerS1748208488.537069,VS0,VE6
varyAccept-Encoding, Cookie, Cookie, Cookie
age700
accept-rangesbytes
via1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
content-length10831
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 102 referring domains.
This page has 161 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 97 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: *
# 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
# 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
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
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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KeywordResultRecheck
Cornell81%Check
Welcome50%Check
University48%Check
Email46%Check
News44%Check
Help43%Check
Microsoft43%Check
Excel43%Check
Part43%Check
Services43%Check
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