Umaine.edu - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
62% 
Link structure
55% 
Server
67% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.76 s
File size
342.30 kB
Words
1057
Media files
21
Number of links
120 internal / 71 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The University of Maine
The length of the page title is perfect. (212 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://umaine.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 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)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: $250,000 in new philanthropic funding announced to support UMaine grad...
This page contains 1057 words. That's ok.
27.6% 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.
15 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 19.56 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 amount of tags is very high (22). We recommend using a maximum of 21 tags for this page.
The following tag is repeated too often: watch the video
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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
...maine/assets/images/temp-umaine-logo.pngLink to University of Maine homepage
...024/09/Black-Bear-feature-3-824x1024.jpgA photo of a group of people posing for the camera
.../2023/12/Academics-feature2-824x1024.jpgA photo of a person holding a beaker in a lab
...sites/2/2023/12/Fieldwork-2-824x1024.jpgA photo of three people conducting fieldwork in the snow
...2/2024/07/Fieldwork-feature-1024x642.jpgA photo of two people working in a blueberry field
...ites/2/2024/07/ASCC-feature-1024x642.jpgA photo of researchers at the wave tank in the ASCC
...23/12/Campus-life-feature-2-824x1024.jpgA photo of a student rock climbing on an indoor wall
...07/Community-events-feature-1024x642.jpgA photo of a person singing on stage and reaching out to the audience
...s/sites/2/2024/07/Ice-Hockey-feature.jpgA photo of Men's Ice Hockey players celebrating after a goal is scored
...tes/2/2023/12/News-feature2-824x1024.jpgA photo of the Winslow Hall cupola on a foggy morning
...esearcher-Gift-news-feature-1024x578.jpgA photo of two grad students and a professor in a lab
...025/05/Steneck-news-feature-1024x578.jpgA photo of Bob Steneck at a podium
.../05/Singh-gift-news-feature-1024x578.jpgA photo of Raj and Neera Singh and President Joan Ferrini-Mundy
...esearcher-Gift-news-feature-1024x578.jpgA photo of two grad students and a professor in a lab
...obster-Habitat-news-feature-1024x578.jpgA photo of an American lobster on the ocean floor
.../President-JFM-news-feature-1024x578.jpgA photo of UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy
...ssets/images/temp-umaine-footer-logo.pngLink to University of Maine homepage
...ntent/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/footer.pngNo alt attribute provided
Video URLWidthHeight
...etingvids.umaine.edu/BH_Banner_Final.mp4
...ds.umaine.edu/homecoming-2024-banner.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Pursue Blue Horizons
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Pursue Blue Horizons
H1 Pursue Blue Horizons Duplicate text
H1 2025 Commencement
H1 College of our Hearts always
H1 Homecoming Oct. 18–20
H2 Discover more
H2 Become a Black Bear
H2 Explore UMaine’s regional campus in Machias
H2 Success after graduation
H2 Discover your future career
H2 Research that drives progress
H2 Global impact, local relevance
H2 Research centers & institutes
H2 Find your people here
H2 Community & events
H2 Maine’s NCAA DI program
H2 Get informed, stay connected
H2 RECENT HEADLINES
H2 American lobster population, habitat preferences shifting, study finds
H2 President Biden appoints UMaine’s Ferrini-Mundy to the National Science Board
H2 Ceremonies May 10 & 11
H2 Discover more Duplicate text
H3 Confirm your fall 2025 enrollment by may 1
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
5 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (71) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://umaine.edu/Anchor Skip to main navigation
https://umaine.edu/Anchor Skip to site navigation
https://umaine.edu/Anchor Skip to content
https://go.umaine.edu/apply/External Subdomain Apply to UMaine
https://umaine.edu/directory/A-Z
https://calendar.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Calendar
https://securelb.imodules.com/...External Subdomain Give
https://umaine.edu/campus-mapMap
https://umaine.edu/news/News
/hr/career-opportunities/Careers
https://my.umaine.edu/External Subdomain myUMaine
https://umaine.edu/IMG-ALT Link to University of Maine homepage
https://go.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Admissions
https://go.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Admissions
https://go.umaine.edu/apply/External Subdomain Apply
https://umaine.secure.force.co...External Subdomain Learn More
https://go.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Undergraduate
https://go.umaine.edu/transfer...External Subdomain Transfer
https://umaine.edu/graduate/Graduate
/international/international-p...International
https://dll.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Lifelong Learning
https://umaine.edu/veterans/Veterans
https://machias.edu/admissions/External Machias Admissions
https://umaine.edu/stuaid/Financial Aid
/stuaid/aid-basics/Apply for Financial Aid
/stuaid/aid-basics/costs-at-um...Costs
https://go.umaine.edu/apply/sc...External Subdomain Scholarships
https://go.umaine.edu/visit/External Subdomain Visits, Tours and more
https://go.umaine.edu/visit/External Subdomain Visit UMaine
https://go.umaine.edu/counselors/External Subdomain For Counselors
https://go.umaine.edu/admitted/External Subdomain For Accepted Students
https://machias.edu/admissions...External Machias Campus
https://umaine.edu/campus-life/Campus Life
https://calendar.umaine.edu/External Subdomain What’s Happening
https://calendar.umaine.edu/ev...External Subdomain UMaine Calendar
/news/blog/category/campus-ann...Campus Announcements
https://umaine.edu/socialnetwork/Social Media
https://machias.edu/events/cat...External Events at UMM
https://umaine.edu/commencement/Commencement
/studentinvolvement/Community
https://umaine.edu/studentlife/Division of Student Life
https://umaine.edu/housing/Campus Living
https://umaine.sodexomyway.com/External Subdomain Dining
/campusrecreation/Recreation
https://umaine.edu/thearts/Arts
https://www.goblackbears.com/External Subdomain Athletics
/studentlife/parents-and-family/Parents and Family
https://umaine.edu/bursar/Student Business Services
/student-consumer-information/Student Consumer Information
/police/clery-annual-safety-re...Clery Safety and Security Report
https://umaine.edu/campus-map/Getting Around
https://umaine.edu/campus-map/Campus Map
https://umaine.edu/parking/Parking Services
/parking/visitors/Visitors
https://machias.edu/campus-life/External Machias Campus Life
https://umaine.edu/colleges/Academics
https://umaine.edu/colleges/Colleges
https://umaine.edu/edhd/College of Education and Human Development
https://umaine.edu/las/College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
https://elh.umaine.edu/External Subdomain College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences
https://umaine.edu/graduate/Graduate School
https://honors.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Honors College
https://umaine.edu/business/Maine Business School
https://engineering.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Maine College of Engineering and Computing
https://umaine.edu/colleges/Learning Locations
https://online.umaine.edu/External Subdomain UMaine Online
https://machias.edu/External University of Maine at Machias
https://dll.umaine.edu/profess...External Subdomain Professional and Continuing Education
https://umaine.edu/earlycollege/Early College
https://dmc.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Darling Marine Center
https://umaine.edu/studyabroad/Education Abroad
https://umaine.edu/current/Resources
https://go.umaine.edu/find-a-m...External Subdomain Majors and Programs
https://studentrecords.umaine....External Subdomain Student Records
http://catalog.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Undergraduate Catalog
http://gradcatalog.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Graduate Catalog
https://library.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Fogler Library
https://calendar.umaine.edu/ev...External Subdomain Academic Calendar
https://umaine.edu/first-gen/First-generation Student Support
https://umaine.edu/armyrotc/Army ROTC
https://umaine.edu/adult-learner/Adult Learner Resources
https://umaine.edu/navigate/Navigate
/research-experiences/Research Learning Experiences
https://umaine.edu/research/Research
https://umaine.edu/research/Text duplicate Research
https://umaine.edu/portland/Portland Gateway
https://umaine.edu/medicine/Institute of Medicine
https://cugr.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Center for Undergraduate Research
https://umaine.edu/umss/Student Symposium
/research/research-centers-ins...Centers and Institutes
/research/research-news/Research News
/research/mission/Vision and Mission
/research/research-report/Research Report
/research/about-us/Initiatives
https://umaine.edu/epscor/Maine EPSCoR
https://ai.umaine.edu/External Subdomain UMaine AI
https://umaine.edu/arctic/UMaine Arctic
https://arts.umaine.edu/External Subdomain UMaine Arts
https://umaine.edu/epic/Experiential Programs Innovation Central (EPIC)
https://umaine.edu/core/Coordinated Operating Research Entities (CORE)
https://umaine.edu/forest/UMaine FOREST
https://marine.umaine.edu/External Subdomain UMaine MARINE
https://umaine.edu/space/UMaine Space
/research/resources/Text duplicate Resources
https://umaine.edu/ora/Office of Research Administration
/research-compliance/Office of Research Compliance
/research-development/Office of Research Development
https://umaine.edu/arcsim/Advanced Research Computing, Security, and Information Management
https://umaine.edu/graduate/Graduate Studies
/research/organizational-chart/Organizational Chart
https://umaine.edu/about/About Us
https://umaine.edu/about/About UMaine
https://umaine.edu/president/President’s Office
https://umaine.edu/provost/Provost’s Office
https://umaine.edu/transforms/UMS Transforms UMaine
/about/mission-2/Mission
/about/quick-facts/Quick Facts
https://umaine.edu/news/UMaine News
/news/home/media-contacts/Contact Us / Media Inquiries
https://extension.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Community Outreach
https://extension.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Cooperative Extension
https://umainetoday.umaine.edu/External Subdomain UMaine Today Magazine
/alumniandgiving/Alumni and Giving
https://umaine.edu/conferences/Events and Hospitality
https://umaine.edu/inspire/Strategic Partnerships and Innovation
https://umaine.edu/inspire/Office of Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Resources and Engagement
/inspire/business-industry/Business and Industry
/inspire/office-of-strategic-p...Student Opportunities
/inspire/faculty-resources/Faculty Resources
https://umaine.edu/directory/A to Z Directory
https://calendar.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate UMaine Calendar
https://securelb.imodules.com/...External Subdomain Give Now
https://umaine.edu/campus-map/UMaine Map
https://umaine.edu/news/Text duplicate UMaine News
/hr/career-opportunities/Career Opportunities
https://my.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate myUMaine
http://umaine.edu/facultystaff/Faculty and Staff Resources
http://umaine.edu/current/Student Resources
https://umaine.edu/titleix/Title IX Student Services
https://umaine.edu/emergencyEmergency Information
https://umaine.edu/police/UMaine Police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain Watch the video
https://umaine.edu/horizons/New window Discover more
https://umaine.edu/horizons/New window No Text
https://go.umaine.edu/deposit/External Subdomain Submit Deposit
https://go.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
https://go.umaine.edu/apply/External Subdomain Apply Today
https://go.umaine.edu/visit/External Subdomain Visit Campus
https://go.umaine.edu/scholars...External Subdomain Text duplicate Scholarships
https://go.umaine.edu/parents-...External Subdomain Parents & Family
https://machias.edu/External Learn more about UMaine Machias
https://umaine.edu/colleges/Learn More about academics
https://umaine.edu/colleges/Academic Areas
https://go.umaine.edu/find-a-m...External Subdomain majors & Programs
https://umaine.edu/stuaid/Affordability
https://umaine.edu/research/Learn More ABOUT RESEARCH
https://umaine.edu/research/Text duplicate Learn More
/research/research-centers-ins...learn more
https://umaine.edu/campus-life/Learn More about CAMPUS LIFE
https://umaine.edu/campus-life/Anchor Text duplicate learn more
https://calendar.umaine.edu/External Subdomain VIEW EVENTS
https://goblackbears.com/New window External Text duplicate Learn More
https://umaine.edu/news/Read News
https://www.instagram.com/univ...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.facebook.com/Unive...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/user/T...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://x.com/UMaineNew window External No Text
/news/blog/2025/05/29/250000-i...$250,000 in new philanthropic funding announced to support UMaine graduate students affected by reductions of federal research grants
IMG-ALT A photo of two grad students and a professor in a lab
/news/blog/2025/05/16/umaine-m...UMaine marine scientist elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
IMG-ALT A photo of Bob Steneck at a podium
/news/blog/2024/10/18/american...New window No Text
/news/blog/2025/05/13/singh-fa...Singh family pledges $3.5M for scholarships and endowed chair in the Maine College of Engineering and Computing
IMG-ALT A photo of Raj and Neera Singh and President Joan Ferrini-Mundy
/news/blog/2024/10/15/presiden...New window No Text
/news/blog/2025/05/29/250000-i...Text duplicate $250,000 in new philanthropic funding announced to support UMaine graduate students affected by reductions of federal research grants
IMG-ALT A photo of two grad students and a professor in a lab
/news/blog/2024/10/18/american...New window No Text
/news/blog/2024/10/15/presiden...New window No Text
https://umaine.edu/commencement/Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain Text duplicate Watch the video
https://www.umainehomecoming.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Discover more
https://www.umainehomecoming.com/New window External Subdomain No Text
https://umaine.edu/Anchor ⨉
https://www.facebook.com/Unive...External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain LinkedIn
A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/user/T...External Subdomain YouTube
A-TITLE YouTube
https://instagram.com/universi...External Instagram
A-TITLE Instagram
https://umaine.edu/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Link to University of Maine homepage
https://go.umaine.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Apply
https://umaine.edu/current/Text duplicate Student Resources
/eo/disability-access/nondiscr...Nondiscrimination notice
https://www.maine.edu/privacy-...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
/police/clery-annual-safety-re...Text duplicate Clery Safety and Security Report
https://umaine.edu/emergency/Emergency

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://umaine.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.76 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 (342 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 1,709 referring domains.
This page has 645,540 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,046 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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