saylor.org | Website SEO Review

Response time

0.44 s

File size

85.30 kB

Words

569

Media files

11

Number of links

38 internal / 22 external

Meta specifications 89% achieved

Title

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Saylor Academy

The page title is too short. (146 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title

There are no duplicate words in the title

Meta Title

Meta description

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Learn new skills, earn credit toward a degree, or advance your career at your own pace with free Saylor Academy courses!

The length of the meta description is perfect. (754 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)

Meta Description

Crawlability

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There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

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https://www.saylor.org/

There is a valid canonical link specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

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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

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

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There are no alternate links specified on this page.

Hreflang

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.

Meta Tags

Domain

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The domain is no subdomain.

The domain length is good.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

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.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

The favicon is linked correctly.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
viewport	width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
mobile-web-app-capable	yes
apple-mobile-web-app-capable	yes
apple-mobile-web-app-title	Saylor Academy - Free and open online courses for people everywhere
msapplication-TileColor	#f5f5f5
theme-color	#ffffff
robots	index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
description	Learn new skills, earn credit toward a degree, or advance your career at your own pace with free Saylor Academy courses!
generator	Site Kit by Google 1.173.0
google-adsense-platform-account	ca-host-pub-2644536267352236
google-adsense-platform-domain	sitekit.withgoogle.com
article:modified_time	2026-02-19T21:55:00+00:00
lang	en-us
twitter:card	summary_large_image
twitter:title	Home \| Saylor Academy
twitter:description	Empty
twitter:image	https://resources.saylor.org/og/default-1200x1200.png
twitter:site	Saylor Academy
og:locale	en_US
og:type	website
og:title	Home \| Saylor Academy
og:description	Empty
og:url	https://www.saylor.org
og:site_name	Saylor Academy
og:image	https://resources.saylor.org/og/default-1200x1200.png
og:image:width	1200
og:image:height	1200
og:image:type	image/png
og:image:secure_url	https://resources.saylor.org/og/default-1200x1200.png
charset	UTF-8

Page quality 98% achieved

Content

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This page contains 569 words. That's ok.

32.3% 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.

7 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 23.14 words is good.

Content is King

Frames

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This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

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A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.

At least one Apple touch icon is specified.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 11 tags for this page.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

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1 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.

Image SEO

This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.

Social Sharing

Additional markup

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No additional page markup was found.

HTTPS

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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
...aylorstrap/img/logos/logo_dark_large.svg	Saylor	Saylor
...0200617152114/Diane-T_square-300x300.png	Diane Thomas, Finishline Program Graduate	Diane T thumbnail image
...uploads/20181108155005/snhu-logo-rev.png	Southern New Hampshire University
...arketingLogo-NoTag-4-19-2016-300x121.jpg	Western Governors University	WGU-MarketingLogo-NoTag-4-19-2016-300×121
...tent/uploads/20241120180522/primary.webp	Texas A&M University system
...5209/PG-Logo-H-Full-Coated-Process-2.jpg	Purdue Global	PG-Logo-H-Full-Coated-Process (2)
...an-Education-for-All-RMEPT-Network-2.png	Partner Spotlight graphic with Saylor Academy and Mauritania Education for All Network. Saylor Academy logo is a book outline in dark blue and light blue with a black cursor arrow over it. Mauritania Education for All Network is a gold book outline with an inscription of Mauritania Education for All Network, in French, in black text.
...ent/uploads/20260211191657/AGIOEARMC.png	No alt attribute provided
...ylorstrap/img/logos/logo_white_small.svg	Saylor Academy	Saylor Academy
...ylorstrap/img/logos/logo_white_small.svg	Saylor Academy	Saylor Academy
...themes/saylorstrap/img/logos/cc/ccby.svg	CCBY	CCBY

Page structure 100% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

Your Bridge to Better

The H1 heading is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

(Important)

The heading structure is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	Your Bridge to Better
H2	I want to:
H2	Student Successes
H2	College Credit Transfer Partners
H2	Saylor Academy’s Mission
H2	News + Updates
H2	Saylor Academy now holds International Accreditation from ASIC (Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges, and Universities)!
H2	Saylor Academy and RMEPT Partner to offer free education for better opportunities in Mauritania
H2	Saylor Academy and AGIOEARMC partner to offer Free Skill Education for Afghan Women and Girls
H3	“Just knowing that I took the time, for myself, to do this – it’s just a huge sense of accomplishment for me.”
H3	– Diane T.
H4	Click here to explore more student stories.
H4	About
H4	Partners
H4	Blog
H4	Contact
H5	Sitemap \| Terms of Use \| Privacy Policy

Link structure 82% achieved

Internal links

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Some internal link anchor texts are too long.

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.

1 links don't have an anchor text.

The number of internal links is ok.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are 22 external links on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://learn.saylor.org/?utm_...	External Subdomain	Course Catalog A-TITLE Course Catalog
/getting-started/?utm_source=n...		Getting Started A-TITLE Getting Started
https://support.saylor.org/hc/	External Subdomain	Help Center & FAQ A-TITLE Help Center & FAQ
https://learn.saylor.org/local...	External Subdomain	Translation A-TITLE Translation
https://learn.saylor.org/local...	External Subdomain	Verify Certificate A-TITLE Verify Certificate
https://www.saylor.org/		IMG-ALT Saylor
https://learn.saylor.org/login...	External Subdomain	Log in or Sign up
https://learn.saylor.org/?utm_...	External Subdomain	Start learning
/certificates/		Learn New Skills
https://www.saylor.org/credit/		Earn College Credit
https://www.saylor.org/partners/		Partner With Saylor Academy
https://degrees.saylor.org/	External Subdomain	Earn a Graduate Degree with Saylor
https://www.saylor.org/stories/		IMG-ALT Diane Thomas, Finishline Program Graduate
https://www.saylor.org/stories		Click here to explore more student stories.
/partners/credit-partners/sout...	New window	IMG-ALT Southern New Hampshire University
/partners/credit-partners/west...	New window	IMG-ALT Western Governors University
/partners/credit/purdue-global/	New window	IMG-ALT Purdue Global
/partners/credit-partners/		Check out all our College Credit Partners
/2026/02/saylor-academy-now-ho...		Saylor Academy now holds International Accreditation from ASIC (Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges, and Universities)!
/2026/02/saylor-academy-now-ho...		February 27, 2026 (February 27, 2026)
/author/ryan-mcdonnell/		Ryan Mcdonnell
/2026/02/saylor-academy-now-ho...		Read More… from Saylor Academy now holds International Accreditation from ASIC (Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges, and Universities)!
/saylor-academy-and-rmept-part...		IMG-ALT Partner Spotlight graphic with Saylor Academy and Mauritania Education for All Network. Saylor Academy logo is a book outline in dark blue and light blue wit...
/2026/02/saylor-academy-and-rm...		Saylor Academy and RMEPT Partner to offer free education for better opportunities in Mauritania
/2026/02/saylor-academy-and-rm...		February 21, 2026 (February 26, 2026)
/author/jacqueline-arnold/		Jacqueline Arnold
/2026/02/saylor-academy-and-rm...		Read More… from Saylor Academy and RMEPT Partner to offer free education for better opportunities in Mauritania
/saylor-academy-and-agioearmc-...		No Text
/2026/02/saylor-academy-and-ag...		Saylor Academy and AGIOEARMC partner to offer Free Skill Education for Afghan Women and Girls
/2026/02/saylor-academy-and-ag...		February 12, 2026 (February 11, 2026)
/author/jacqueline-arnold/	Text duplicate	Jacqueline Arnold
/2026/02/saylor-academy-and-ag...		Read More… from Saylor Academy and AGIOEARMC partner to offer Free Skill Education for Afghan Women and Girls
https://www.saylor.org/		IMG-ALT Saylor Academy
https://www.facebook.com/Saylo...	New window External Subdomain	A-TITLE Facebook \| /SaylorFoundation
https://twitter.com/saylordotorg	New window External	A-TITLE Twitter \| @saylordotorg
https://www.instagram.com/sayl...	New window External Subdomain	A-TITLE Instagram \| @saylordotorg
https://github.com/saylordotorg	New window External	A-TITLE GitHub \| /saylordotorg
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...	New window External Subdomain	A-TITLE LinkedIn \| Saylor Academy
https://www.saylor.org/about		About A-TITLE About
https://www.saylor.org/partners		Partners A-TITLE Partners
https://www.saylor.org/blog		Blog A-TITLE Blog
https://www.saylor.org/contact		Contact A-TITLE Contact
https://www.saylor.org/	Text duplicate	IMG-ALT Saylor Academy
https://www.facebook.com/Saylo...	New window External Subdomain Text duplicate	A-TITLE Facebook \| /SaylorFoundation
https://twitter.com/saylordotorg	New window External Text duplicate	A-TITLE Twitter \| @saylordotorg
https://www.instagram.com/sayl...	New window External Subdomain Text duplicate	A-TITLE Instagram \| @saylordotorg
https://github.com/saylordotorg	New window External Text duplicate	A-TITLE GitHub \| /saylordotorg
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...	New window External Subdomain Text duplicate	A-TITLE LinkedIn \| Saylor Academy
http://creativecommons.org/lic...	New window External	Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
/open/licensing-information	New window	detailed licensing information
https://www.saylor.org/sitemap		Sitemap
/terms-of-use		Terms of Use
/privacy-policy		Privacy Policy
https://www.saylor.org/about/		About Saylor Academy A-TITLE About Saylor Academy
https://www.saylor.org/blog	Text duplicate	Blog A-TITLE Blog
https://learn.saylor.org/?utm_...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Course Catalog A-TITLE Course Catalog
/getting-started/?utm_source=n...	Text duplicate	Getting Started A-TITLE Getting Started
https://support.saylor.org/hc/	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Help Center & FAQ A-TITLE Help Center & FAQ
https://learn.saylor.org/local...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Translation A-TITLE Translation
https://learn.saylor.org/local...	External Subdomain Text duplicate	Verify Certificate A-TITLE Verify Certificate

Server configuration 98% achieved

HTTP redirects

(Critically important)

This page redirects to "https://www.saylor.org/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

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No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.

HTTP headers

Performance

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The page response time of 0.44 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.

The file size of the HTML document is fine (85 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
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cf-ray	9d885a39e8cd1ad7-FRA
cf-cache-status	HIT
age	43085
cache-control	max-age=0
expires	Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:52:19 GMT
last-modified	Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:52:19 GMT
link	<https://www.saylor.org/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://www.saylor.org/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/103731>; rel="alternate"; title="JSON"; type="application/json", <https://www.saylor.org/>; rel=shortlink
server	cloudflare
strict-transport-security	max-age=15552000; preload
vary	Accept-Encoding
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cf-apo-via	tcache
cf-edge-cache	cache,platform=wordpress
content-security-policy	frame-ancestors 'self';
x-ua-compatible	IE=edge
server-timing	cfCacheStatus;desc="HIT"
content-encoding	br
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 100% achieved

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This page is referenced by wikipedia.

This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 756 referring domains.

This page has 5,493 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 625 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /site/
Disallow: /author/nobody/
Disallow: /author/ryan-mcdonnell/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

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Saylor Academy

Learn new skills, earn credit toward a degree, or advance your career at your own pace with free Saylor Academy courses!

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

Keyword	Result	Recheck
Saylor	88%	Check
Saylor Academy	81%	Check
Academy	74%	Check
or advance	63%	Check
free	59%	Check
Better	59%	Check
communities. Saylor Academy	56%	Check
credit	55%	Check
Bridge	55%	Check
Skill	55%	Check
earn credit	53%	Check
new	52%	Check
Learn	51%	Check
earn	51%	Check
skills	51%	Check
degree	51%	Check
offer free	51%	Check
new skills	51%	Check
Learn new skills	51%	Check
offer Free Skill Education	51%	Check
Partner	49%	Check
College Credit	49%	Check
offer free education	49%	Check
Free Online	48%	Check
Student	47%	Check

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Link structure 82% achieved

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Server configuration 98% achieved

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External factors 100% achieved

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