Med.stanford.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
91% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
43% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.30 s
File size
165.60 kB
Words
690
Media files
2
Number of links
102 internal / 55 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Stanford Medicine
The length of the page title is perfect. (232 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Stanford Medicine integrates a premier medical school with world-class hospitals to advance human health.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (660 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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)
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 XHTML 1.0 Strict 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)
The average number of words per sentence of 27.38 words is high.
This page contains 690 words. That's ok.
21.3% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 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.
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 14 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
...elle.jpg/jcr:content/renditions/originalNeuroscientist Michelle Monje awarded MacArthur 'genius grant'
...lton.jpg/jcr:content/renditions/originalAlice L. Walton School of Medicine and Stanford Medicine host AI conference on community health

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 30 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 By re-creating neural pathway in dish, Stanford Medicine research may speed pain treatment
H2 Health Care
H2 Research
H2 Education
H2 About Stanford Medicine
H2 Shingles vaccine may lower dementia risk
H2 Stanford Life Flight’s new helicopter
H2 AI models of the brain could serve as ‘digital twins’ in research
H2 Physician burnout rates improve but still high
H2 Bryant Lin is graduation speaker
H3 Explore Stanford Medicine
H3 Find a doctor
H3 Clinics & Services
H3 Locations
H3 Explore Health Care
H3 Research Resources
H3 Professional Training
H3 Research News
H3 Explore Research
H3 Education Resources
H3 Education News
H3 Explore Education
H3 Support Stanford Medicine
H3 Support Children's Health
H3 Follow Stanford Medicine
H3 Stanford Medicine
H3 Health Care Duplicate text
H3 Research Duplicate text
H3 Education Duplicate text
H4 Non-Discrimination
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
8 links don't have an anchor text.
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 too many external links (55) on this page.
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https://med.stanford.edu/Anchor Skip to Content
https://med.stanford.edu/Subdomain Stanford Medicine
https://med.stanford.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Stanford Medicine
https://stanfordhealthcare.org...External Anchor Adult-care doctor
http://www.stanfordchildrens.o...External Subdomain Pediatrician or pediatric specialist
http://www.stanfordchildrens.o...External Subdomain Obstetrician
https://stanfordhealthcare.org...External Anchor Adult care
http://www.stanfordchildrens.o...External Subdomain Pediatric care
http://www.stanfordchildrens.o...External Subdomain Obstetrics
/clinicaltrials/Subdomain Clinical trials
https://stanfordhealthcare.org...External Anchor Stanford Health Care
http://www.stanfordchildrens.o...External Subdomain Stanford Children's Health
http://stanfordhealthcare.org/...External Emergency Department
/health-care.htmlSubdomain Explore Health Care Learn how we are healing patients through science & compassion
/school/directory/basic-scienc...Subdomain Basic science departments
/school/directory/clinical-sci...Subdomain Clinical science departments
/school/directory/stanford-med...Subdomain Institutes
/school/directory/research-cen...Subdomain Research centers
/school/directory.htmlSubdomain See full directory
/school/directory/research-adm...Subdomain Research administration
/profiles/Subdomain Academic profiles
/clinicaltrials/Subdomain Text duplicate Clinical trials
/rmg/funding/Subdomain Funding opportunities
/school/directory/researcher-r...Subdomain See all
https://postdocs.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Postdoctoral scholars
https://gme.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Clinical research fellows
/content/sm/news/all-news/2021...Subdomain Research News Neuroscientist Michelle Monje awarded MacArthur 'genius grant'
IMG-ALT Neuroscientist Michelle Monje awarded MacArthur 'genius grant'
/research.htmlSubdomain Explore Research Learn how we are fueling innovation
https://med.stanford.edu/md.htmlSubdomain MD program
https://med.stanford.edu/pa.htmlSubdomain PA Programs
/education/phd-programs.htmlSubdomain PhD programs
/education/masters-programs.htmlSubdomain Masters programs
https://med.stanford.edu/cme/Subdomain Continuing Medical Education
https://postdocs.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Postdoctoral scholars
https://gme.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Residencies & fellowships
/education/summer-outreach.htmlSubdomain High School & Undergraduate Programs
/education.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate See all
/profiles/Subdomain Text duplicate Academic profiles
/school/deans-office.htmlSubdomain School Administration
/school/directory/basic-scienc...Subdomain Text duplicate Basic science departments
/school/directory/clinical-sci...Subdomain Text duplicate Clinical science departments
https://med.stanford.edu/alumni/Subdomain Alumni services
/school/directory/academic-res...Subdomain Faculty resources
/about/diversity.htmlSubdomain Diversity programs
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/school/directory/academic-res...Subdomain Student resources
/content/sm/news/all-news/2025...Subdomain Education News Alice L. Walton School of Medicine and Stanford Medicine host AI conference on community health
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/educationSubdomain Explore Education Learn how we empower tomorrow's leaders
https://medicalgiving.stanford...External Subdomain Support Stanford Medicine
https://medicalgiving.stanford...External Subdomain Support teaching, research, and patient care.
https://medicalgiving.stanford...External Subdomain Ways to give
https://medicalgiving.stanford...External Subdomain Why giving matters
http://pgnet.stanford.edu/goto...External Subdomain Make a gift online
https://lpfch.org/External Support Children's Health
https://lpfch.org/External Support Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and child and maternal health
https://lpfch.org/ways-to-give/External Text duplicate Ways to give
https://lpfch.org/impact-stories/External How your gift helps
https://my.supportlpch.org/cam...External Subdomain Make an online gift
/about.htmlSubdomain About us
/news.htmlSubdomain News
/about/contacts.htmlSubdomain Contacts
/about/contacts/maps-direction...Subdomain Maps & directions
/school/leadership.htmlSubdomain Leadership
/about/vision.htmlSubdomain Vision
/about/diversity.htmlSubdomain Diversity
https://globalhealth.stanford....External Subdomain Global health
/about/community-engagement.htmlSubdomain Community engagement
/about/events.htmlSubdomain Events
/about/how-to-help.htmlSubdomain How you can help
/school.htmlSubdomain Stanford School of Medicine
http://stanfordhealthcare.org/External Text duplicate Stanford Health Care
http://www.stanfordchildrens.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Stanford Children's Health
https://med.stanford.edu/Anchor Site Search
/news/all-news/2025/04/pain-ne...Subdomain By re-creating neural pathway in dish, Stanford Medicine research may speed pain treatment
https://twitter.com/StanfordMedExternal No Text
https://www.facebook.com/stanf...External Subdomain No Text
https://instagram.com/stanford...External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain No Text
http://www.youtube.com/user/st...External Subdomain No Text
/health-careSubdomain No Text
/health-care.htmlSubdomain Health Care
/health-care.htmlSubdomain Healing through compassion and world-class science
https://med.stanford.edu/researchSubdomain No Text
/research.htmlSubdomain Research
/research.htmlSubdomain Fueling discovery and innovation to advance human health
/educationSubdomain No Text
/education.htmlSubdomain Education
/education.htmlSubdomain Empowering tomorrow's leading physicians and scientists
https://med.stanford.edu/Anchor Faculty
/school/leadership.htmlSubdomain School Leadership
/academicaffairs.htmlSubdomain Academic Affairs
https://med.stanford.edu/cme.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Continuing Medical Education
/facultydiversity.htmlSubdomain Faculty Development and Diversity
http://wellmd.stanford.edu/External Subdomain WellMD
/profiles/Subdomain Faculty Profiles
https://med.stanford.edu/Anchor Students
/md-admissions.htmlSubdomain MD Admissions
/about/diversity.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Diversity
http://med.stanford.edu/md.htmlSubdomain MD Program
/education/phd-programs.htmlSubdomain PhD Program
/education/dual-degree-program...Subdomain Dual-Degree Programs
/education/masters-programs.htmlSubdomain Masters Programs
https://med.stanford.edu/Anchor Community
/school/community-engagement.htmlSubdomain Community Engagement
http://clinicaltrials.stanford...External Subdomain Clinical Trials
/education/high-school-and-und...Subdomain Text duplicate High School & Undergraduate Programs
/connected.htmlSubdomain News, Events and Resources
/health-compass-podcast.htmlSubdomain No Text
/about.htmlSubdomain About Stanford Medicine
/about.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Stanford Medicine
/md-admissions/facts-and-figur...Subdomain Facts & Figures: Stanford School of Medicine Performance Metrics (released March 1, 2023)
/news.htmlSubdomain News Center
https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Scope: Beyond the Headlines
https://stanmed.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Stanford Medicine Magazine
/news/all-news/2025/03/shingle...Subdomain Shingles vaccine may lower dementia risk
/news/all-news/2025/04/stanfor...Subdomain Stanford Life Flight’s new helicopter
/news/all-news/2025/04/stanfor...Subdomain No Text
/news/all-news/2025/04/digital...Subdomain AI models of the brain could serve as ‘digital twins’ in research
/news/all-news/2025/04/digital...Subdomain No Text
/news/all-news/2025/04/doctor-...Subdomain Physician burnout rates improve but still high
/news/all-news/2025/04/doctor-...Subdomain No Text
/news/all-news/2025/04/bryant-...Subdomain Bryant Lin is graduation speaker
/news/all-news/2025/04/bryant-...Subdomain No Text
https://med.stanford.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Stanford Medicine
/news.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate News
https://medcareers.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Careers
/about/contacts.htmlSubdomain Contact
/health-care.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Health Care
https://stanfordhealthcare.org/External Text duplicate Stanford Health Care
https://www.stanfordchildrens....External Subdomain Text duplicate Stanford Children's Health
/research.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Research
/school/directory.htmlSubdomain Anchor Basic Science Departments
/school/directory.htmlSubdomain Anchor Clinical Science Departments
/school/directory.htmlSubdomain Anchor Centers & Programs
/school/directory.htmlSubdomain Anchor Text duplicate Institutes
/education.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Education
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/facultydiversity.htmlSubdomain Faculty Development & Diversity
/school/contacts.htmlSubdomain School Contacts
https://profiles.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Find People
/school/contacts/maps.htmlSubdomain Visit Stanford
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https://medicalgiving.stanford...External Subdomain Give a Gift
https://www.stanford.edu/site/...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://www.stanford.edu/site/...External Subdomain Terms of Use
https://www.stanford.edu/site/...External Subdomain Accessibility
https://bulletin.stanford.edu/...External Subdomain Non-Discrimination
https://www.facebook.com/stanf...External Subdomain See us on Facebook
https://twitter.com/stanfordmedExternal See us on X (Twitter)
https://bulletin.stanford.edu/...External Subdomain Stanford's Non-Discrimination Policy
https://www.stanford.edu/External Subdomain Stanford University
A-TITLE Stanford University
https://med.stanford.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Stanford School of Medicine
A-TITLE Stanford School of Medicine
http://stanfordhealthcare.org/External Text duplicate Stanford Health Care
A-TITLE Stanford Health Care
http://www.stanfordchildrens.org/External Subdomain Text duplicate Stanford Children's Health
A-TITLE Stanford Children's Health
http://valleycare.com/External Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
A-TITLE Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
http://universityhealthcareall...External Stanford Medicine Partners
A-TITLE Stanford Medicine Partners

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://med.stanford.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 (166 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,020 referring domains.
This page has 134,165 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,234 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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med.stanford.edu
Home | Stanford Medicine
Stanford Medicine integrates a premier medical school with world-class hospitals to advance human health.

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