Libraries.rutgers.edu - SEO Checker

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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
70% 
Page structure
27% 
Link structure
83% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.30 s
File size
65.30 kB
Words
373
Media files
6
Number of links
56 internal / 17 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Rutgers University Libraries
The length of the page title is perfect. (316 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.libraries.rutgers.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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google-site-verificationCnUPXZPsNwA3n6GfruSrpp510mwxsUGBwy61s1mSeVA
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
format-detectiontelephone=no
langen
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 373 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
21.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 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 16.29 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)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
The amount of tags is very high (19). We recommend using a maximum of 7 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: libraries home
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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/custom/wayah/logo.svgHome
...23-07/hero1-1-basement_stacks_books3.jpgStacks of books in libraryStacks of books in library
...23-07/hero1-1-basement_stacks_books3.jpgStacks of books in libraryStacks of books in library
...arch_blocks/images/quicksearch_white.svgQuicksearch logo
.../Impact Report hairline white border.pngImpact Report Cover 2024Impact Report Cover 2024
...3-01/RU_Library_Mobile_App_1-11-2023.pngStudent pointing at phone displaying Library Mobile AppStudent pointing at phone displaying Library Mobile App

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 Libraries Home
H2 Libraries Home Duplicate text
H2 External links
H2 Main navigation
H2 Today’s Hours
H2 What’s Happening at the Libraries?
H2 Read Our Impact Report
H2 Download Library Mobile
H2 Rutgers University Libraries
H2 Social-Core
H2 About Rutgers University Libraries
H2 About Rutgers University Libraries Duplicate text
H2 Contact the Libraries
H2 Contact the Libraries Duplicate text
H2 External links 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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 17 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to main content
/IMG-ALT Home
/find-borrowFind & Borrow
/research-supportResearch Support
/teaching-supportTeaching Support
/visit-studyVisit & Study
/about-rutgers-university-libr...About
/Libraries Home
/camdenCamden
/health-sciencesHealth Sciences
/newarkNewark
/new-brunswickNew Brunswick
/archivesArchives
https://library.law.rutgers.ed...External Subdomain Law
/Text duplicate Libraries Home
/Text duplicate Libraries Home
/find-borrowText duplicate Find & Borrow
/research-supportText duplicate Research Support
/teaching-supportText duplicate Teaching Support
/visit-studyText duplicate Visit & Study
/about-rutgers-university-libr...Text duplicate About
https://www.rutgers.edu/External Subdomain Rutgers.edu
https://www.rutgers.edu/search...External Subdomain Search rutgers.edu
/hoursHours
https://quicksearch.libraries....External Subdomain My Account
/askAsk Us
/appMobile App
/searchSite Search
/Text duplicate Libraries Home
/camdenText duplicate Camden
/health-sciencesText duplicate Health Sciences
/newarkText duplicate Newark
/new-brunswickText duplicate New Brunswick
/archivesText duplicate Archives
https://library.law.rutgers.ed...External Subdomain Text duplicate Law
https://quicksearch.libraries....External Subdomain Advanced QuickSearch
https://rutgers.primo.exlibris...External Subdomain QuickSearch Help
/databasesDatabases
/visit-study/library-hoursAll Locations and Hours
/book-a-spaceBook a Space
/find-borrow/interlibrary-loan...Interlibrary Loan
/subject-librarians?keyword&di...Find a Subject Specialist
/teaching-support/reading-list...Course Reserves for Instructors
/databasesText duplicate Databases
/askAsk a Librarian
/eventsEvent Calendar
/events/discerning-truth-marie...Discerning the Truth with Marie Lu (9th-12th Grade)
/events/crafting-your-search-s...Crafting Your Search Strategy: A Workshop for Systematic and Scoping Review Writers in the Social Sciences
/events/illuminating-hope-and-...Illuminating Hope and Grace in the Face of Hardship with Rex Ogle (5th-8th Grade)
/eventsText duplicate Event Calendar
/node/3208View the Report
/appDownload the app
/askContact Us
/about-rutgers-university-libr...Giving to the Libraries
https://staff.libraries.rutger...External Subdomain Staff Resources
https://www.instagram.com/rutg...External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/RULib...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn
https://twitter.com/RULibraries/External Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/rutger...External Subdomain YouTube
/about-rutgers-university-libr...Our Organization
/about-rutgers-university-libr...Accessibility
/about-rutgers-university-libr...Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
/about-rutgers-university-libr...Policies & Guidelines
/askText duplicate Ask a Librarian
/about-rutgers-university-libr...Employment
/directoryStaff & Faculty Directory
/website-feedbackWebsite Feedback
/about-rutgers-university-libr...Privacy Policy
https://www.rutgers.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Rutgers.edu
https://www.rutgers.edu/search...External Subdomain Text duplicate Search rutgers.edu
https://www.rutgers.edu/External Subdomain Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
https://it.rutgers.edu/it-acce...External Subdomain Report Accessibility Barrier / Provide Feedback

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.libraries.rutgers.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 0.30 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (65 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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cache-controlmax-age=3600, public
content-encodinggzip
content-languageen
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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last-modifiedSun, 13 Jul 2025 15:34:46 GMT
servernginx
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-drupal-cacheMISS
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 81 referring domains.
This page has 12,702 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 73 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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# robots.txt
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# 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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