Reed.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
84% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
70% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.65 s
File size
45.50 kB
Words
1017
Media files
26
Number of links
57 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Reed College
The page title is too short. (121 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Reed College is a leading liberal arts college known for encouraging intellectual curiosity. Learn about our vibrant, inclusive community in Portland, Oregon.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (954 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)
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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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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descriptionReed College is a leading liberal arts college known for encouraging intellectual curiosity. Learn about our vibrant, inclusive community in Portland, Oregon.
AuthorReed College
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
cmsid430f724a860a0f1b2d4c35c28203472c
rclayoutoneCol
langen-us
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1017 words. That's ok.
30.8% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
20 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 21.5 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, 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 20 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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
...sets/images/logo/griffin-2016/ffffff.svgReed College
...et-the-reedies/reed-home-safi-zenger.jpgA portrait of Safi Zenger, who is wearing a red vest and has long braids under a gray beret.
...et-the-reedies/reed-home-safi-zenger.jpgA portrait of Safi Zenger, who is wearing a red vest and has long braids under a gray beret.
...eet-the-reedies/reed-home-caz-barnum.jpgA portrait of Caz Barnum wearing a dark blue button down shirt.
...eet-the-reedies/reed-home-caz-barnum.jpgA portrait of Caz Barnum wearing a dark blue button down shirt.
...-the-reedies/reed-home-alyssa-gorkin.jpgA portrait of Alyssa Gorkin wearing glasses and a long-sleeved black shirt.
...-the-reedies/reed-home-alyssa-gorkin.jpgA portrait of Alyssa Gorkin wearing glasses and a long-sleeved black shirt.
...et-the-reedies/reed-home-joshua-park.jpgA portrait photo of Joshua Park who is fliging a frisbee at the viewer
...et-the-reedies/reed-home-joshua-park.jpgA portrait photo of Joshua Park who is fliging a frisbee at the viewer
...the-reedies/reed-home-olivia-mcgough.jpgA portrait photo of Olivia McGough, who poses in a black tank top and black pants
...the-reedies/reed-home-olivia-mcgough.jpgA portrait photo of Olivia McGough, who poses in a black tank top and black pants
...he-reedies/reed-home-caden-corontzos.jpgA portrait photo of Caden Corontzos who is hunched forward and dribbling a basketball
...he-reedies/reed-home-caden-corontzos.jpgA portrait photo of Caden Corontzos who is hunched forward and dribbling a basketball
...ed-grades-students-learning-outdoor.webpNo alt attribute provided
...d-students-prepare-research-samples.webpNo alt attribute provided
...ges/homepage-card/reed-thesis-tower.webpNo alt attribute provided
...homepage-card/reed-humanities-notes.webpNo alt attribute provided
...reed-home-reedies-students-laughing.webpFour Reed College students sit around a round table outside. Two Reedies are laughing and one student looks into the camera with a knowing smile
...ure-panels/reed-home-student-hiking.webpA female Reed College student walks down a forested trail covered with leaves
.../stories/2025/reed-commencement-1915.jpgA black and white photo of a man handing diplomas to students at commencement.
...ages/stories/2025/Reed-Michael-Pitts.jpgPhoto portrait of Psychology Professor Michael Pitts
...s/images/stories/2025/angie-beiriger.jpgA headshot of Angie Beiriger.
...ne/assets/images/2025/Fey-lab-Helens.jpgBiology Professor Sam Fey Wins Swanson Promise Award
...zine/assets/images/2025/EH-map-thumb.jpgLiving Laboratory
...gazine/assets/images/2025/bill-naito.jpgHow Bill Naito Reshaped Portland
Video URLWidthHeight
...-main/video/reed-loop-1600x900-6mbps.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Reed College in Portland, Oregon
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to Reed College in Portland, Oregon
H2 Meet the Reedies
H2 A Transformative Liberal Arts College Experience
H2 Become a Reedie
H2 Imagine Yourself Here
H2 Recent News
H2 Recent Magazine Stories
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Take the Next Step
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 11 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.reed.edu/Anchor Skip to site navigation.
https://www.reed.edu/Anchor Skip to content.
https://www.reed.edu/Anchor Skip to Reed contact information.
https://www.reed.edu/Subdomain Reed College
https://www.reed.edu/academics/Subdomain Academics
/admission-aid/Subdomain Admission & Aid
https://www.reed.edu/campus-life/Subdomain Campus Life
https://www.reed.edu/about/Subdomain About
/hub/current-students/Subdomain Current Students
/hub/faculty-staff/Subdomain Faculty & Staff
/hub/parents-families/Subdomain Parents & Families
https://www.reed.edu/hub/alumni/Subdomain Alumni
https://iris.reed.edu/External Subdomain IRIS Login
https://directory.reed.edu/External Subdomain Directory
/admission-aid/how-to-apply/Subdomain Apply
/admission-aid/visit/Subdomain Visit
https://apply.reed.edu/registe...External Subdomain Request Info
https://www.reed.edu/make-a-gift/Subdomain Give
https://www.reed.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Reed College
/admission-aid/how-to-apply/Subdomain Text duplicate Apply
/admission-aid/visit/Subdomain Text duplicate Visit
https://apply.reed.edu/registe...External Subdomain Text duplicate Request Info
https://www.reed.edu/make-a-gift/Subdomain Text duplicate Give
/about/alumni-careers-outcomes...Subdomain See Where Reed Takes You
/reed-magazine/articles/2021/o...Subdomain Go Beyond the ABCs
/academics/experiential-learni...Subdomain Research from Day One
/academics/thesis.htmlSubdomain Contribute to the Thesis Tower
/humanities/hum110/index.htmlSubdomain Oh, the Humanities!
/academics/index.htmlSubdomain Discover Reed Academics
/admission-aid/how-to-apply/in...Subdomain Learn How to Apply to Reed
/admission-aid/visit/Subdomain Visit Reed
/admission-aid/visit/virtual.htmlSubdomain Explore Reed Virtually
/newsroom/index.htmlSubdomain Reed Newsroom
/newsroom/stories/2025/parting...Subdomain IMG-ALT A black and white photo of a man handing diplomas to students at commencement.
/newsroom/stories/2025/parting...Subdomain Parting Words: The Evolution of Reed’s Commencement Address
/newsroom/stories/2025/prof-mi...Subdomain IMG-ALT Photo portrait of Psychology Professor Michael Pitts
/newsroom/stories/2025/prof-mi...Subdomain Prof. Michael Pitts and Cogitate Consortium Publish Study on Human Consciousness
/newsroom/stories/2025/reed-li...Subdomain IMG-ALT A headshot of Angie Beiriger.
/newsroom/stories/2025/reed-li...Subdomain Reed Librarian Receives ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence
/reed-magazine/index.htmlSubdomain Reed Magazine
/reed-magazine/articles/2025/s...Subdomain IMG-ALT Biology Professor Sam Fey Wins Swanson Promise Award
/reed-magazine/articles/2025/s...Subdomain Text duplicate Biology Professor Sam Fey Wins Swanson Promise Award
/reed-magazine/articles/2025/e...Subdomain IMG-ALT Living Laboratory
/reed-magazine/articles/2025/e...Subdomain Text duplicate Living Laboratory
/reed-magazine/articles/2025/b...Subdomain IMG-ALT How Bill Naito Reshaped Portland
/reed-magazine/articles/2025/b...Subdomain Text duplicate How Bill Naito Reshaped Portland
https://events.reed.edu/External Subdomain All events
/academics/index.htmlSubdomain Discover Academics
https://apply.reed.edu/registe...External Subdomain Request Information
/admission-aid/visit/index.htmlSubdomain Text duplicate Visit Reed
https://www.reed.edu/Subdomain Text duplicate Reed College
/about/getting-to-reed.htmlSubdomain Getting to Reed
https://www.reed.edu/map/Subdomain Campus Map
https://www.reed.edu/about/Subdomain About Reed
https://jobs.reed.edu/External Subdomain Job opportunities
/about/college-offices.htmlSubdomain College offices
/public-affairs/Subdomain Contact public affairs
/reed-magazine/Subdomain Text duplicate Reed Magazine
/campus-life/diversity-at-reed...Subdomain Diversity, equity, and inclusion
/sustainability/Subdomain Sustainability
/emergency-alert/Subdomain Reed campus alerts
https://www.youtube.com/user/r...External Subdomain YouTube
https://instagram.com/reedcollegeExternal Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/reedc...External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/Reed_College_External Twitter
https://www.reed.edu/policies/Subdomain Privacy, web & copyright policies
https://www.reed.edu/title-ix/Subdomain Title IX policy
/institutional_diversity/bias/Subdomain Report a bias incident

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.reed.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 very slow (1.65 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 (46 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateTue, 03 Jun 2025 03:55:13 GMT
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
cross-origin-opener-policysame-origin
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accept-languagebytes
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
content-length8739
content-typetext/html
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000
set-cookie39 Characters
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 673 referring domains.
This page has 1,511 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 479 different ip addresses.

Search preview

www.reed.edu
Reed College
Reed College is a leading liberal arts college known for encouraging intellectual curiosity. Learn about our vibrant, inclusive community in Portland, Oregon.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

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Reed College86%Check
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Liberal Arts College61%Check
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