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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
98% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
75% 
Link structure
88% 
Server
55% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.55 s
File size
82.80 kB
Words
573
Media files
19
Number of links
64 internal / 24 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages | University of Oxford
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 585 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Homepage for the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (552 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
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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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 573 words. That's ok.
26.5% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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.
The average number of words per sentence of 23.9 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 14 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 11 tags for this page.
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
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/themes/contrib/oxon_theme/logo-mml.svgFaculty of Medieval & Modern Languages logo
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...aren Leeder.jpg?h=1cf366b6&itok=2gndbuzkBook Cover of Sandig's shining sheep translated by Karen Leeder
...aren Leeder.jpg?h=43a769f4&itok=yLSQld29Book Covers for the Griffin Prize Shortlist
...chlan_Prize.jpg?h=0548a58e&itok=sE1kAjuEImage of Ian Maclachlan
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...-students_0.jpg?h=3a51597d&itok=UDgruBY5Photograph of a graduate student
...ols-liaison.jpg?h=4945f1e2&itok=1cMcFRhzDr Simon Kemp with school pupils
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...aren Leeder.jpg?h=43a769f4&itok=xQZrzFJkBook Covers for the Griffin Prize Shortlist
/themes/contrib/oxon_theme/logo-oxford.svgUniversity of Oxford logo
...default/files/athena-swan-logo-white.svgAthea Swan Bronze Award (Gender Charter)

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
H2 Header social
H2 Header contact
H2 Main navigation
H2 Header menu
H2 Latest News
H2 Follow us on X
H2 Oxford and the EU
H2 Languages
H2 Resources
H2 Quick Links
H2 Footer menu
H3 Introducing 'The Oxford Polyglot'
H3 Adventures on the Bookshelf
H5 Undergraduate Admissions
H5 Graduate Studies
H5 Information for Schools
H5 Our Research
H5 About the Faculty
H5 Book Gallery
H5 Languages Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 24 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.facebook.com/MMLOx...New window External Subdomain Follow Oxford Modern Languages on Facebook
https://twitter.com/OxfordModL...New window External Follow Oxford Modern Languages on X (Twitter)
/oxford-polyglot/latestNewsletter
/contact-usContact us
https://www.ox.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT University of Oxford logo
A-TITLE University of Oxford homepage
https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/New window Subdomain IMG-ALT Faculty of Medieval & Modern Languages logo
A-TITLE Faculty of Medieval & Modern Languages homepage
https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
A-TITLE Home
https://www.ox.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain University of Oxford
/admissionsAdmissions
/languagesLanguages
/newsNews & Events
/researchResearch
/schools-liaison-and-outreachOutreach
/peoplePeople
/alumni-engagementAlumni & Engagement
/equality-diversityEquality & Diversity
/canvasCanvas
https://unioxfordnexus.sharepo...New window External Subdomain Sharepoint
https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/Home
/faculty-medieval-and-modern-l...Text duplicate Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
https://www.facebook.com/share...External Subdomain facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/share...External Subdomain linkedin
https://pinterest.com/pin/crea...External pinterest
https://twitter.com/intent/twe...External twitter
https://wa.me/?text=Faculty of...External whatsapp
/news/2025/05/16/faculty-recei...Faculty Receives Athena SWAN Bronze Award for Gender Equality Efforts The Faculty is delighted to have been awarded Bronze award through the Athena Swan Char...
IMG-ALT Logo of the Athena Swan Membership 2025
/news/2025/05/09/shining-sheep...Shining Sheep longlisted for Oxford Weidenfeld prize 2025 Karen Leeder's translation of Ulrike Almut Sandig's Shining Sheep has been longlisted for the Oxfor...
IMG-ALT Book Cover of Sandig's shining sheep translated by Karen Leeder
/news/2025/04/24/karen-leeder-...Karen Leeder shortlisted for Griffin Prize Karen Leeder has been shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize 2025 with her translation of Durs Grünbein, Psyche ...
IMG-ALT Book Covers for the Griffin Prize Shortlist
/news/2025/04/24/ian-maclachla...Ian Maclachlan wins Modern Language Review prize Ian Maclachlan has won the prize awarded by the Modern Language Review for the best article published in 202...
IMG-ALT Image of Ian Maclachlan
/news/2025/04/15/leverhulme-re...Leverhulme Research Fellowship Awarded Kirstin Gwyer has been awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for 2025-26.
IMG-ALT Photo of Kirstin Gywer
/undergraduate-studiesUndergraduate Admissions Thinking of applying to Oxford? Get the latest information about open days, admissions and course details
IMG-ALT Photograph of students studying
/graduate-studiesGraduate Studies Visit the Graduate Studies site for prospective and current postgraduates
IMG-ALT Photograph of a graduate student
/schools-liaison-and-outreachInformation for Schools Resources and details for teachers and schools
IMG-ALT Dr Simon Kemp with school pupils
/researchOur Research Find out about the full range of the faculty's research
IMG-ALT Medieval manuscript
/oxford-polyglot/latestonline
/newsletter/subscribeclick here to subscribe
https://bookshelf.mml.ox.ac.uk...New window External Subdomain blog
/aboutAbout the Faculty
IMG-ALT Photograph of the Taylor Institution
/booksBook Gallery
IMG-ALT Books on a shelf
/languagesText duplicate Languages
IMG-ALT Assorted flags of Europe
/newsLatest News
/news/2025/05/16/faculty-recei...Subdomain IMG-ALT Logo of the Athena Swan Membership 2025
/news/2025/05/16/faculty-recei...Faculty Receives Athena SWAN Bronze Award for Gender Equality Efforts
/news/2025/05/09/shining-sheep...Subdomain IMG-ALT Book Cover of Sandig's shining sheep translated by Karen Leeder
/news/2025/05/09/shining-sheep...Shining Sheep longlisted for Oxford Weidenfeld prize 2025
/news/2025/04/24/karen-leeder-...Subdomain IMG-ALT Book Covers for the Griffin Prize Shortlist
/news/2025/04/24/karen-leeder-...Karen Leeder shortlisted for Griffin Prize
https://www.facebook.com/MMLOx...External Subdomain Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford
https://twitter.com/OxfordModL...New window External Follow us on X
https://twitter.com/OxfordModL...External Follow @OxfordModLangs
https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/...New window External Subdomain Click here for details
https://www.ox.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT University of Oxford logo
A-TITLE University of Oxford homepage
/frenchFrench
/germanGerman
/spanishSpanish
/italianItalian
/russianRussian
/portuguesePortuguese
/modern-greekModern Greek
/czech-slovakCzech
/polishPolish
/catalanCatalan
/galicianGalician
/yiddishYiddish
/other-slavonicOther Slavonic
/booksBook gallery
/podcastsPodcasts
/room-hireRoom hire
http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk...New window External Subdomain Taylor Institution blog
https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/...New window External Subdomain Taylor Institution library
/alumni-engagementAlumni
/canvasCanvas - internal site for current students
/contact-usText duplicate Contact us
https://www.campaign.ox.ac.uk/...New window External Subdomain Donate
/job-vacanciesJobs and vacancies
/schools-liaison-and-outreach/...Open days
/linksRelated links
https://unioxfordnexus.sharepo...New window External Subdomain Sharepoint - internal site for Faculty members
https://www.ox.ac.uk/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate University of Oxford
/accessibility-statementAccessibility
/contact-usText duplicate Contact us
https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/Anchor Cookie settings
/privacyPrivacy policy
/termsTerms & conditions
https://www.facebook.com/MMLOx...External Subdomain Text duplicate facebook
https://twitter.com/OxfordModL...External Text duplicate twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/@...External Subdomain youtube

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/"
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 of 0.55 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
This page loads 5 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 14 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (83 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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serverApache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
cache-controlmax-age=86400, public
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE (poor cacheability)
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x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedMon, 19 May 2025 10:33:23 GMT
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transfer-encodingchunked
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 27 referring domains.
This page has 70 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 27 different ip addresses.

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Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages | University of Oxford
Homepage for the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford.

Most important keywords

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Faculty86%Check
Faculty Medieval82%Check
Languages80%Check
Modern Languages80%Check
Medieval Modern Languages77%Check
Modern75%Check
Medieval75%Check
Oxford73%Check
Modern Languages University71%Check
Follow Oxford Modern Languages67%Check
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