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Meta information
83% 
Page quality
79% 
Page structure
54% 
Link structure
73% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.10 s
File size
130.30 kB
Words
591
Media files
5
Number of links
142 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
MIT Libraries
The page title is too short. (116 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The libraries of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Search, Visit, Research, Explore
The length of the meta description is perfect. (565 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://libraries.mit.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)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 591 words. That's ok.
21.8% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 14.5 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 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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
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...files/branding/local/mitlib-wordmark.svgMIT Libraries logo
.../mit_lockup_std-three-line_rgb_white.svgMIT

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
MIT Libraries
The H1 heading is too short (13 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 45 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 MIT Libraries
H2 Search
H2 Hours & locations
H2 Borrow & request
H2 Research support
H2 About
H2 Ask Us
H2 Account
H2 Search the MIT libraries
H2 Hours & locations Duplicate text
H2 News & events
H2 Research guides & experts
H3 Start here
H3 Also try
H3 Locations
H3 Using the Libraries
H3 Renew, request, suggest
H3 More information
H3 Help & useful tools
H3 Publishing & content management
H3 About the Libraries
H3 News, events, & exhibits
H3 All panel
H3 Books and media panel
H3 Articles and chapters panel
H3 More panel
H3 Looking for something else?
H3 Other useful tools
H3 Get help from a librarian
H3 Search the library website
H3 Barker Library
H3 Dewey Library
H3 Hayden Library
H3 Rotch Library
H3 Distinctive Collections Reading Room
H3 Lewis Music Library
H3 Zine-Making Workshop
H3 Data management for postdocs and research scientists
H3 Research guides
H3 Research experts
H4 Search Duplicate text
H4 Hours & locations Duplicate text
H4 Borrow & request Duplicate text
H4 Research support Duplicate text
H4 About us
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://libraries.mit.edu/Anchor Skip to Main Content
https://libraries.mit.edu/searchSearch
https://libraries.mit.edu/hoursHours & locations
https://libraries.mit.edu/borrowBorrow & request
/research-supportResearch support
https://libraries.mit.edu/aboutAbout
https://libraries.mit.edu/MIT Libraries
https://libraries.mit.edu/searchSearch tools home
/search-collectionsSearch Our Collections Books, articles, and more
/worldcatWorldCatBooks & more worldwide
https://libguides.mit.edu/az.phpExternal Subdomain Databases A-ZJSTOR, PubMed, Web of Science, etc.
/search-reservesCourse reserves
/google-scholar-tipsGoogle Scholar for MIT Change settings to get better access
https://libraries.mit.edu/dspaceDSpace@MIT MIT research
https://libraries.mit.edu/domeDome MIT-digitized images, maps, etc.
/site-searchSite search
https://libraries.mit.edu/hoursHours and locations home
https://libraries.mit.edu/barkerBarker Library
https://libraries.mit.edu/deweyDewey Library
https://libraries.mit.edu/haydenHayden Library
https://libraries.mit.edu/rotchRotch Library
/distinctive-collectionsDistinctive Collections
https://libraries.mit.edu/musicLewis Music Library
https://libraries.mit.edu/lsaLibrary Storage Annex
/locationsMap of locations
https://libraries.mit.edu/studyStudy spaces
/disabilitiesPersons with disabilities
https://libraries.mit.edu/copyingScan & print
/exhibitsExhibits & galleries
/visitorsVisitors
/use-policiesLibrary use policy
https://libraries.mit.edu/borrowBorrow & request home
/accountsAccounts overview Your Account, ILLiad, Aeon, etc.
/search-collectionsSearch Our Collections Request items owned by MIT
/worldcatWorldCat Request items not owned by MIT
https://libraries.mit.edu/illiadILLiad Track your Interlibrary Borrowing requests
/suggest-purchaseSuggest a purchase
/reservesText duplicate Course reserves
/borrow-directBorrow Direct Request items from Harvard, Yale, etc.
/otherlibrariesVisit non-MIT libraries Harvard, Borrow Direct, etc.
/research-supportResearch support home
https://libraries.mit.edu/askAsk us Email, chat, call, drop by
https://libraries.mit.edu/expertsResearch guides & expert librarians For every research interest
/authenticateAuthenticate to online resources Tips & tricks
/referencesCitation & writing tools Mendeley, Zotero, & Overleaf
https://libraries.mit.edu/citingCiting sources Avoid plagiarism, format references, etc.
/data-servicesData services GIS, data management, statistical support
/scholarlyScholarly communications Open access, copyright, & publishing
https://libraries.mit.edu/apisAPIs for scholarly resources
https://libraries.mit.edu/about/About us home
https://libraries.mit.edu/contactContact us
https://libraries.mit.edu/jobsJobs
https://libraries.mit.edu/givingGiving to the MIT Libraries
https://libraries.mit.edu/eventsClasses & events
https://libraries.mit.edu/newsNews
/exhibitsText duplicate Exhibits & galleries
/news/in-the-mediaIn the media
/mit-reads/MIT Reads
https://libraries.mit.edu/askMore ways to ask us
/accountsAccount
http://www.mit.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT MIT logo
https://libraries.mit.edu/searchText duplicate Search
/accountsText duplicate Account
https://libraries.mit.edu/contactContact
https://libraries.mit.edu/Anchor All
https://libraries.mit.edu/Anchor Books + media
https://libraries.mit.edu/Anchor Articles + chapters
https://libraries.mit.edu/Anchor More...
/search-advanced/Advanced search
/citation-search/Citation search
/search-mit-theses/MIT theses
/search-reserves/Text duplicate Course reserves
/search-journals/Journals
/search-databases/Databases
/citation-search/Text duplicate Citation search
/reservesText duplicate Course reserves
https://libraries.mit.edu/thesesText duplicate MIT theses
https://dspace.mit.edu/External Subdomain DSpace@MIT
https://archivesspace.mit.edu/External Subdomain ArchivesSpace
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/...External Subdomain MIT Libraries Dataverse
/experts/Search tools by subject
https://libraries.mit.edu/searchMore search options: images, data, etc.
/worldcatSubdomain WorldCat
https://libguides.mit.edu/goog...External Subdomain Google Scholar for MIT
https://libraries.mit.edu/askSubdomain Ask Us chat and email
https://libguides.mit.edu/visi...External Subdomain Visitor access
https://libraries.mit.edu/barkerText duplicate Barker Library
https://libraries.mit.edu/barkerText duplicate Barker Library
/locations/?_escaped_fragment_...10-500
https://libraries.mit.edu/deweyText duplicate Dewey Library
https://libraries.mit.edu/deweyText duplicate Dewey Library
/locations/?_escaped_fragment_...E53-100
https://libraries.mit.edu/haydenText duplicate Hayden Library
https://libraries.mit.edu/haydenText duplicate Hayden Library
/locations/?_escaped_fragment_...14S-100
https://libraries.mit.edu/Anchor Show 3 More
https://libraries.mit.edu/rotchText duplicate Rotch Library
https://libraries.mit.edu/rotchText duplicate Rotch Library
/locations/?_escaped_fragment_...7-238
/distinctive-collectionsDistinctive Collections Reading Room
/distinctive-collectionsText duplicate Distinctive Collections Reading Room
/locations/?_escaped_fragment_...14N-118
https://libraries.mit.edu/musicText duplicate Lewis Music Library
https://libraries.mit.edu/musicText duplicate Lewis Music Library
/locations/?_escaped_fragment_...14E-109
https://libraries.mit.edu/hoursAll hours & locations
https://libraries.mit.edu/mapMap
https://libraries.mit.edu/studyText duplicate Study spaces
https://libraries.mit.edu/newsNews & events
https://calendar.mit.edu/event...External Subdomain Event Zine-Making Workshop October 22 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
IMG-ALT calendar icon
https://calendar.mit.edu/event...External Subdomain Event Data management for postdocs and research scientists October 21 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
IMG-ALT calendar icon
https://libraries.mit.edu/newsAll news & events
https://libraries.mit.edu/expertsResearch guides & experts
https://libraries.mit.edu/askAsk Us
https://libraries.mit.edu/expertsAll experts
https://libraries.mit.edu/searchText duplicate Search
/search-collectionsSearch Our Collections
/worldcatText duplicate WorldCat
https://libguides.mit.edu/az.phpExternal Subdomain Databases A-Z
/search-reservesText duplicate Course reserves
/site-searchText duplicate Site search
https://libraries.mit.edu/searchMore search options
https://libraries.mit.edu/hoursText duplicate Hours & locations
https://libraries.mit.edu/hoursHours
/locationsText duplicate Map of locations
https://libraries.mit.edu/studyText duplicate Study spaces
/exhibitsText duplicate Exhibits & galleries
https://libraries.mit.edu/borrowText duplicate Borrow & request
/accountsAccounts overview
/reservesText duplicate Course reserves
/otherlibrariesVisit non-MIT libraries
https://libraries.mit.edu/borrowMore borrow & request options
/research-supportText duplicate Research support
https://libraries.mit.edu/askAsk us
https://libraries.mit.edu/expertsResearch guides & expert librarians
/scholarlyScholarly communications
/referencesCitation & writing software
/research-supportMore research support options
https://libraries.mit.edu/aboutAbout us
https://libraries.mit.edu/contactText duplicate Contact us
https://libraries.mit.edu/followFollow us
https://libraries.mit.edu/newsText duplicate News
https://libraries.mit.edu/eventsText duplicate Classes & events
/use-policiesUse policy
https://libraries.mit.edu/givingGiving
https://libraries.mit.edu/aboutMore about us
https://libraries.mit.edu/IMG-ALT MIT Libraries logo
https://libraries.mit.edu/privacySubdomain Privacy
/permissionsSubdomain Permissions
/accessibilitySubdomain Accessibility
https://libraries.mit.edu/contactSubdomain Text duplicate Contact us
https://www.mit.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT MIT
https://creativecommons.org/li...External CC BY-NC
/research-support/notices/copy...Subdomain Notify us about copyright concerns

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://libraries.mit.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 0.10 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (130 kB).

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