Library.educause.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
85% 
Page structure
83% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.04 s
File size
128.10 kB
Words
793
Media files
4
Number of links
38 internal / 147 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
EDUCAUSE Library | EDUCAUSE Library
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (373 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
The EDUCAUSE Library is the preeminent clearing house for information about timely topics and research supporting the use and management of technology
The length of the meta description is perfect. (969 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://library.educause.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Canada
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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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
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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
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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)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 793 words. That's ok.
24.1% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 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 18.6 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, minimum-scale=1, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 16 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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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.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Search within the world's largest collection of information about higher ed technology.
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 31 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Search within the world's largest collection of information about higher ed technology.
H2 Featured Showcase
H2 Upcoming Showcase
H2 Past Showcases
H2 Focus Areas
H2 Library Topics
H2 Research
H2 Publications
H2 Benchmarking and Assessment
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Signature Conferences
H2 Career Advancement Guides
H2 Annual Conference
H2 Leadership & Management Programs
H2 More Learning Experiences
H2 Get Connected
H2 Volunteer
H2 Career Center
H2 Awards
H2 My EDUCAUSE Profile
H2 About Us
H2 Careers at EDUCAUSE
H2 Membership
H2 Corporate Engagement
H3 Explore our trending topics
H3 Connect with EDUCAUSE
H4 Topics
H4 About the Library
H4 Artificial Intelligence (AI)
H4 Higher Education Policy
H4 Mental Health and Wellness
H5 Empty heading
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 too many external links (147) on this page.
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https://www.educause.edu/showc...External Subdomain Hiring Resilience
https://www.educause.edu/showc...External Subdomain Meeting Students Where They Are
https://www.educause.edu/showc...External Subdomain Improving Data Quality and Governance
https://www.educause.edu/showc...External Subdomain AI...Friend or Foe?
https://www.educause.edu/showc...External Subdomain Adapting to the Future
https://www.educause.edu/showc...External Subdomain A Matter of Trust
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https://www.educause.edu/focus...External Subdomain Cybersecurity
https://www.educause.edu/focus...External Subdomain Digital Transformation
https://www.educause.edu/focus...External Subdomain Federal Policy
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Organizational Culture
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https://www.educause.edu/highe...External Subdomain Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit (HECVAT)
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https://net.educause.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate .EDU Domain
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://library.educause.edu/No Text
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https://events.educause.edu/ed...External Subdomain EDUCAUSE Summit
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https://events.educause.edu/ed...External Subdomain Leadership Series
https://events.educause.edu/ev...External Subdomain Anchor Demo Days
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https://events.educause.edu/ev...External Subdomain Anchor Webinars
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https://www.educause.edu/caree...External Subdomain Find or Become a Mentor Get just-in-time help and share your expertise, values, skills, and perspectives.
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https://www.educause.edu/priva...External Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
https://www.educause.edu/terms...External Subdomain Text duplicate Terms of Use
https://net.educause.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate .EDU Domain
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
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https://events.educause.edu/ev...External Subdomain Anchor Member QuickTalks
https://members.educause.edu/External Subdomain Member Directory
https://www.educause.edu/caree...External Subdomain Mentoring
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Ambassador Program
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https://www.educause.edu/priva...External Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
https://www.educause.edu/terms...External Subdomain Text duplicate Terms of Use
https://net.educause.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate .EDU Domain
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://library.educause.edu/No Text
https://www.educause.edu/aboutExternal Subdomain What Is EDUCAUSE?
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Leadership and Staff
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Board of Directors
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Mission and Organization
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Strategic Partnerships
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Contact us >
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Explore Job Openings
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Discover Membership
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Renew Membership
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Member Orientation
https://members.educause.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Member Directory
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Corporate Membership
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Sponsorships and Advertising
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Corporate Engagement Program
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Corporate Partners
https://www.educause.edu/priva...External Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
https://www.educause.edu/terms...External Subdomain Text duplicate Terms of Use
https://net.educause.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate .EDU Domain
https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
https://library.educause.edu/No Text
https://www.educause.edu/priva...External Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Policy
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https://www.educause.edu/terms...External Subdomain Text duplicate Terms of Use
A-TITLE terms of use
https://www.educause.edu/External Subdomain .EDU Home
A-TITLE Main
https://www.educause.edu/aboutExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
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/topicsSubdomain Topics
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/topics/infrastructure-and-res...Subdomain Artificial Intelligence (AI)
/topics/policy-and-law/higher-...Subdomain Higher Education Policy
/topics/student-success/mental...Subdomain Mental Health and Wellness
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/topics/infrastructure-and-res...New window Subdomain Text duplicate Artificial Intelligence
https://www.educause.edu/focus...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate CIOs and Senior Technology Leaders
https://www.educause.edu/focus...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Cybersecurity
https://www.educause.edu/focus...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Digital Transformation
https://www.educause.edu/focus...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Federal Policy
https://www.educause.edu/about...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Organizational Culture
/topics/leadership-and-managem...New window Subdomain Text duplicate Presidents and Senior Executives
/topics/student-successNew window Subdomain Text duplicate Student Success
https://www.educause.edu/focus...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Teaching and Learning
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https://www.educause.edu/resea...New window External Subdomain Insights
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https://www.educause.edu/resea...External Subdomain Core Data Service
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https://events.educause.edu/External Subdomain Conferences & Learning
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https://events.educause.edu/cy...External Subdomain Text duplicate Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference
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https://events.educause.edu/ev...External Subdomain Anchor Face-to-Face
https://events.educause.edu/ev...External Subdomain Anchor Online
https://events.educause.edu/ev...External Subdomain Explore All Upcoming Events
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https://members.educause.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Member Directory
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https://www.educause.edu/caree...External Subdomain Volunteering
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https://www.educause.edu/about...External Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
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https://www.educause.edu/terms...External Subdomain Text duplicate Terms of Use
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https://www.educause.edu/web-a...External Subdomain Web Accessibility Assistance
https://www.facebook.com/EDUCAUSENew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT EDUCAUSE Facebook
A-TITLE EDUCAUSE on Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/educ...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT EDUCAUSE Instagram
A-TITLE EDUCAUSE on Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT EDUCAUSE LinkedIn
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https://www.youtube.com/user/e...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT EDUCAUSE YouTube
A-TITLE EDUCAUSE on YouTube

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HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://library.educause.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 slow (1.04 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 (128 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 111 referring domains.
This page has 195 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 92 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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EDUCAUSE Library | EDUCAUSE Library
The EDUCAUSE Library is the preeminent clearing house for information about timely topics and research supporting the use and management of technology

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