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Meta information
96% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
100% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.08 s
File size
165.20 kB
Words
685
Media files
14
Number of links
70 internal / 20 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Professional & Executive Development | Harvard DCE
The length of the page title is perfect. (483 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Whether you want to hone your existing skills or reinvent your career, our programs give you the knowledge and expertise you need to succeed.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (883 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://professional.dce.harvard.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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
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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og:site_nameProfessional & Executive Development | Harvard DCE
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 685 words. That's ok.
30.7% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
12 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 16.47 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" 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)
3 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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

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...25/01/DCE-50-Year-Logo-White-outline.svgHarvard Division of Continuing Education Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Build skills for a changing world.
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Build skills for a changing world.
H2 Certificates of Leadership Excellence
H2 From the Blog
H2 4 Tips for Live Learning Success
H2 Harvard Division of Continuing Education
H3 Certificate of Leadership Excellence in Management Development
H3 Certificate of Leadership Excellence in Strategy and Innovation for Senior Leaders
H3 Certificate of Leadership Excellence in Leading Teams
H3 Certificate of Leadership Excellence in Executive Development
H3 7 Reasons Why Change Management Strategies Fail and How to Avoid Them
H3 Women Negotiation Skills: How Women Can Get What They Want in a Negotiation
H3 How to Engage a Disengaged Employee
H3 Preventing and Managing Team Conflict
H3 Harvard Extension School
H3 Harvard Summer School
H3 Harvard Professional & Executive Development
H3 Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 3 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 20 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.hio.harvard.edu/External Subdomain More Information
/Subdomain Professional & Executive Development | Harvard DCE Harvard Division of Continuing Education
IMG-ALT test
/find-a-program/Subdomain Programs
/find-a-program/Subdomain Find a Program
/certificates-of-leadership-ex...Subdomain Leadership Certificates
/on-campus-or-online/Subdomain On Campus or Online?
/custom-organization-programs/Programs for Organizations
/custom-organization-programs/Subdomain For Organizations
/custom-organization-programs/...Subdomain Client Testimonials
/plan-your-visit/Subdomain Visit
/plan-your-visit/Subdomain Plan Your Visit
/explore-one-brattle-square/Subdomain Explore One Brattle Square
/find-a-program/registration-d...Subdomain FAQs
/about-us/Subdomain About
/about-us/Subdomain About Us
/about-us/participants-at-a-gl...Subdomain Our Participants at a Glance
/success-stories/Subdomain Participant Success Stories
/faculty/Our Faculty
/about-us/teaching-opportunities/Subdomain Teaching Opportunities
/about-us/events/Events
/about-us/contact-us/Subdomain Contact Us
/blog/Subdomain Blog
/request-information/Get Info
/search/Subdomain No Text
/Subdomain Text duplicate Professional & Executive Development | Harvard DCE Harvard Division of Continuing Education
/search/Subdomain No Text
/request-information/Subdomain Request Information
/find-a-program/Subdomain Text duplicate Programs
/find-a-program/Subdomain Text duplicate Find a Program
/certificates-of-leadership-ex...Subdomain Text duplicate Leadership Certificates
/on-campus-or-online/Subdomain Text duplicate On Campus or Online?
/custom-organization-programs/Text duplicate Programs for Organizations
/custom-organization-programs/Subdomain Text duplicate For Organizations
/custom-organization-programs/...Subdomain Text duplicate Client Testimonials
/plan-your-visit/Subdomain Text duplicate Visit
/plan-your-visit/Subdomain Text duplicate Plan Your Visit
/explore-one-brattle-square/Subdomain Text duplicate Explore One Brattle Square
/transportation-and-directions/Subdomain Transportation And Directions
/find-a-program/registration-d...Subdomain Text duplicate FAQs
/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate About
/about-us/Subdomain Text duplicate About Us
/about-us/participants-at-a-gl...Subdomain Text duplicate Our Participants at a Glance
/success-stories/Subdomain Text duplicate Participant Success Stories
/faculty/Text duplicate Our Faculty
/about-us/teaching-opportunities/Subdomain Text duplicate Teaching Opportunities
/about-us/events/Text duplicate Events
/about-us/contact-us/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact Us
/blog/Subdomain Professional & Executive Development Blog
https://dce.harvard.edu/privac...External Subdomain Privacy Statement
/blog/4-tips-to-optimize-live-...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.facebook.com/Profe...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain YouTube
https://www.instagram.com/harv...New window External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain LinkedIn
/ai-courses/Artificial Intelligence
/business-strategy-programs/Business Strategy
/communications-programs/Communication
/executive-leadership-programs/Executive Leadership
/innovation-strategy-programs/Innovation
/leadership-management-programs/Leadership and Management
/marketing-programs/Marketing
/negotiation-programs/Negotiation
/find-a-program/Explore Our Programs
/success-stories/improving-str...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/certificates-of-leadership-ex...Certificate of Leadership Excellence in Management Development Participants refine their management and leadership skills while challenging their current thi...
/certificates-of-leadership-ex...Certificate of Leadership Excellence in Strategy and Innovation for Senior Leaders Designed to equip senior leaders with tools to lead, manage change, innova...
/certificates-of-leadership-ex...Subdomain Certificate of Leadership Excellence in Leading Teams Participants will learn effective strategies to motivate, engage, and empower teams. Learn evolving bes...
/certificates-of-leadership-ex...Subdomain Certificate of Leadership Excellence in Executive Development Build upon and improve your ability to bring out the best in others, develop an authentic leade...
/blog/7-reasons-why-change-man...Subdomain 7 Reasons Why Change Management Strategies Fail and How to Avoid Them Blog
IMG-ALT A woman stands in front of a white board with colored sticky notes explaining something (successful change initiatives)to two colleagues
/blog/women-negotiation-skills...Subdomain Women Negotiation Skills: How Women Can Get What They Want in a Negotiation Blog
IMG-ALT A young Black woman smiles confidently while extended her hand for a handshake. Women Negotiation Skills.
/blog/how-to-engage-a-disengag...Subdomain How to Engage a Disengaged Employee Blog
IMG-ALT Bored employee.
/blog/preventing-and-managing-...Subdomain Preventing and Managing Team Conflict Blog
IMG-ALT One man looks at a whiteboard while two men argue behind him.
/request-information/Subdomain Text duplicate Get Info
/blog/4-tips-to-optimize-live-...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://www.facebook.com/Profe...External Subdomain Text duplicate Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/harv...External Subdomain Text duplicate Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...External Subdomain Text duplicate LinkedIn
https://dce.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Harvard Division of Continuing Education
https://extension.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Harvard Extension School
https://summer.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Harvard Summer School
/Subdomain Harvard Professional & Executive Development
https://hilr.dce.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement
https://dce.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Harvard Division of Continuing Education
IMG-ALT Harvard Division of Continuing Education Logo
https://dce.harvard.edu/privac...External Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Statement
https://extension.harvard.edu/...External Subdomain Accessibility
https://extension.harvard.edu/...External Subdomain Rights & Regulations
https://accessibility.huit.har...External Subdomain Digital Accessibility Policy
https://www.harvard.edu/External Subdomain Harvard.edu

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://professional.dce.harvard.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 0.08 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (165 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 134 referring domains.
This page has 182 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 93 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/sites/9/wpforms/
Disallow: *?live_global*
Disallow: *?date=*
Sitemap: https://professional.dce.harvard.edu/sitemap_index.xml

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Whether you want to hone your existing skills or reinvent your career, our programs give you the knowledge and expertise you need to succeed.

Most important keywords

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KeywordResultRecheck
skills70%Check
Harvard68%Check
Harvard DCE66%Check
Professional65%Check
Professional Development63%Check
Professional Executive61%Check
Professional Executive Development60%Check
Development58%Check
DCE58%Check
Negotiation Skills57%Check
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