Welcome.miami.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
73% 
Page quality
71% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
58% 
Server
72% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.99 s
File size
107.30 kB
Words
1131
Media files
37
Number of links
37 internal / 119 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
University of Miami
The page title is too short. (170 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
A private research university with more than 16,000 students from around the world, the University of Miami is a vibrant and diverse academic community focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond.
The meta description is too long: 1683 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
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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
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
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.
Domain
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This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
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.
Charset encoding
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The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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descriptionA private research university with more than 16,000 students from around the world, the University of Miami is a vibrant and diverse academic community focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond.
dateThu, 22 May 2025 06:000:14 -0560
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 9 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate 1: Miami Hurricanes shared their thoughts about what the University’s 100...
  • Duplicate 2: As the University looks forward to a future of boundless possibility, ...
  • Duplicate 3: The official unveiling of the sculpture Lady, a gift from the Palley f...
  • Duplicate 4: Mike Menendez, B.S.C. ’11, brings laughs from stand-up to his first sh...
This page contains 1131 words. That's ok.
27.1% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
23 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 14.19 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=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 23 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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5 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
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There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
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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
...s-common/images/system/um-print-logo.pngUniversity of Miami Print Logo
...ent-may9-830am-grads-welcome-480x320.jpgOnce a ‘Cane, Always a ‘Cane
...30am-student-speaker-welcome-480x320.jpgStudent speaker Katrina Hernandez
/_assets/images/icon_events_ribbon.svgEvents icon
/_assets/images/icon_news_ribbon.svgNews icon
/_assets/images/icon_events_ribbon.svgEvents icon
/_assets/images/icon_news_ribbon.svgNews icon
...ent-media-finds-success-hero-790x527.jpgAward-winning photo of a musician captured by Ava Stroshane
.../centennial-reflections-hero-790x527.jpgCentennial reflections
...-Tieu-image-welcome-student-stories2.pngEthan Tieu, Stamps Scholar and Goldwater Scholarship Awardee: "At the University of Miami, I was amazed by the sheer amount of well-funded research labs that could support meaningful work." Click the image to read more about the story.
...-Tieu-image-welcome-student-stories2.pngEthan Tieu, Stamps Scholar and Goldwater Scholarship Awardee: "At the University of Miami, I was amazed by the sheer amount of well-funded research labs that could support meaningful work." Click the image to read more about the story.
...ent-media-finds-success-hero-790x527.jpgAward-winning photo of a musician captured by Ava Stroshane
.../centennial-reflections-hero-790x527.jpgCentennial reflections
...ries/2025/volunteer-spotlight-790-v2.pngVolunteers help the U build a better future
...s-sculpture-palley-gift-hero-790x527.jpgLady
...ies/2025/04/pollo-punch-hero-790x527.jpgPollo Punch
...ories/2025/04/judge-correa-790946527.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...alumni-stories/2023/image-dmv-fy23-1.pngGet the official University of Miami license plate. Click on the image for more details.
...ries/2025/volunteer-spotlight-790-v2.pngVolunteers help the U build a better future
...s-sculpture-palley-gift-hero-790x527.jpgLady
...ies/2025/04/pollo-punch-hero-790x527.jpgPollo Punch
...ories/2025/04/judge-correa-790946527.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...alumni-stories/2023/image-dmv-fy23-1.pngGet the official University of Miami license plate. Click on the image for more details.
...xperience-um-images/canopies-400x400.jpgCanopies float among the palm trees on the Coral Gables Campus. Photo: Mike Montero/University of Miami
...perience-um-images/lake-dusk-400x400.jpgLakeside Village at dusk
...-um-images/ibis-statue-satu3-400x400.jpgSebastian the Ibis bronze statue
.../campus-pictures_61-copy-scc-400x400.jpgDonna E. Shalala Student Center
...verlook-at-fg-walton-and-bay-400x400.jpgThe F.G. Walton Smith research vessel sits on the bay at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
...nce-um-images/Fate-Bridge-4A-REV-400.jpgFate Bridge and the Shalal Student Center in the Background
...um-images/campus-pictures_16-400x400.jpgRockers on UM Campus
...e-um-images/billy-goat-kiosk-400x400.jpgThe Billy Goat, a mobile coffee kiosk
...perience-um-images/Lawn-poincianna-1.jpgThe University of Miami campus in summer.
...images/experience-um-images/IMG_2336.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...es/glassell-sustain-building-400x400.jpgThe Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. SUSTAIN Building on the Marine Campus
.../experience-um-images/Day_UM_Gym_264.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...s/system-images/UM-cent-U100-RGB-REV.svgNo alt attribute provided
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...ets/videos/mp4/hph_graduation_2025_1.mp4

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
University of Miami
The H1 heading is too short (19 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 57 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 University of Miami
H2 Featured Stories
H2 NEWS
H2 NEWS Duplicate text
H2 STUDENT STORIES
H2 U MIAMI ON:
H2 ALUMNI STORIES
H2 EXPERIENCE U MIAMI
H3 Once a Cane, Always a Cane
H3 Hats off to our student spotlights - you inspired us all!
H3 Commencement livestreams and replay
H3 Undergraduates celebrate commencement
H3 Graduate degree ceremonies
H3 Commencement livestreams and replay Duplicate text
H3 Undergraduates celebrate commencement Duplicate text
H3 Graduate degree ceremonies Duplicate text
H3 Student media finds success on both coasts
H3 Reflections on the Centennial
H3 Student media finds success on both coasts Duplicate text
H3 Reflections on the Centennial Duplicate text
H3 T
H3 F
H3 Y
H3 Y Duplicate text
H3 T Duplicate text
H3 F Duplicate text
H3 Y Duplicate text
H3 Y Duplicate text
H3 2025 Volunteer Spotlight
H3 Shaping the University’s artistic landscape
H3 Comic pulls no punches to get a laugh
H3 The road to robes
H3 2025 Volunteer Spotlight Duplicate text
H3 Shaping the University’s artistic landscape Duplicate text
H3 Comic pulls no punches to get a laugh Duplicate text
H3 The road to robes Duplicate text
H3 Canopy within palm trees
H3 Lakeside Village
H3 Sebastian the Ibis
H3 Donna E. Shalala Student Center
H3 F.G. Walton Smith research vessel
H3 ‘Fate’ Accompli
H3 Relax on a Rocker
H3 The Billy Goat
H3 Endless Shades of Summer
H3 The Rathskeller
H3 Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. SUSTAIN Building
H3 Getting Fit
H4 Related Links
H4 Related Links Duplicate text
H4 Student media finds success on both coasts Duplicate text
H4 Reflections on the Centennial Duplicate text
H5 University of Miami Duplicate text
H5 UM Network
H5 Tools and Resources
H5 Visit
H5 Connect
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 too many external links (119) on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.miami.edu/External Subdomain No Text
/apply-now/index.htmlApply
/about-um/index.htmlAbout UM
https://give.miami.edu/External Subdomain Give to UM
/academics/schools-and-college...Schools
https://arc.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain School of Architecture
https://as.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain College of Arts and Sciences
https://herbert.miami.edu/inde...External Subdomain Miami Herbert Business School
https://com.miami.edu/External Subdomain School of Communication
https://edu.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain School of Education and Human Development
https://www.coe.miami.edu/External Subdomain College of Engineering
https://law.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain School of Law
https://earth.miami.edu/index....External Subdomain Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
https://med.miami.edu/External Subdomain Miller School of Medicine
https://frost.miami.edu/index....External Subdomain Frost School of Music
https://sonhs.miami.edu/index....External Subdomain School of Nursing and Health Studies
https://grad.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain The Graduate School
https://dcie.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain Division of Continuing and International Education
https://alumni.miami.edu/index...External Subdomain Alumni
/tools/index.htmlTools
https://people.miami.edu/index...External Subdomain People Search
https://www.miami.edu/class-se...External Subdomain Class Search
https://it.miami.edu/help/External Subdomain IT Help and Support
https://canelink.miami.edu/External Subdomain CaneLink
https://myum.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain myUM
https://workday.miami.edu/External Subdomain Workday
https://courses.miami.edu/External Subdomain Blackboard
https://careers.miami.edu/External Subdomain Employment
https://www.miami.edu/privacyExternal Subdomain Privacy Statement
https://www.miami.edu/External Subdomain No Text
/apply-now/index.htmlText duplicate Apply
/apply-now/index.htmlText duplicate Apply
/about-um/index.htmlText duplicate About UM
https://give.miami.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Give to UM
/academics/schools-and-college...Text duplicate Schools
https://alumni.miami.edu/index...External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
/academics/index.htmlAcademics
/admissions/index.htmlAdmissions
/student-life/index.htmlStudent Life
/research/index.htmlResearch
/uhealth/index.htmlUHealth
/athletics/index.htmlAthletics
/tools/index.htmlText duplicate Tools
https://news.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain News@TheU
https://people.miami.edu/index...External Subdomain Text duplicate People Search
https://it.miami.edu/help/External Subdomain Text duplicate IT Help and Support
https://canelink.miami.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate CaneLink
https://myum.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain Text duplicate myUM
https://workday.miami.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Workday
https://courses.miami.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Blackboard
https://careers.miami.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Employment
https://www.miami.edu/privacyExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Privacy Statement
https://100.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain Home
/academics/index.htmlText duplicate Academics
/admissions/index.htmlText duplicate Admissions
/student-life/index.htmlText duplicate Student Life
/research/index.htmlText duplicate Research
/uhealth/index.htmlText duplicate UHealth
/athletics/index.htmlText duplicate Athletics
https://news.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain News
https://events.miami.edu/External Subdomain Events
/about-um/campuses/index.htmlMaps
https://canelink.miami.edu/psp...External Subdomain Courses
https://people.miami.edu/index...External Subdomain Directory
http://www.miami.edu/ref/index...External Subdomain Hurry Canes
https://canelink.miami.edu/External Subdomain Cane Link
http://www.miami.edu/libraries/External Subdomain Library
https://mobile.miami.edu/External Subdomain Mobile App
/academics/index.htmlText duplicate Academics
/admissions/index.htmlText duplicate Admissions
/student-life/index.htmlText duplicate Student Life
https://100.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain U Miami Home
/research/index.htmlText duplicate Research
/uhealth/index.htmlText duplicate UHealth
/athletics/index.htmlText duplicate Athletics
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Congratulations to the class of 2025
https://multimedia.miami.edu/s...External Subdomain Once a Cane, Always a Cane
https://commencement.miami.edu...External Subdomain Livestream and virtual slides
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Hats off to our student spotlights - you inspired us all!
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Discover student stories
https://commencement.miami.edu...External Subdomain Commencement livestreams and replay
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Undergraduates celebrate commencement
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Graduate degree ceremonies
https://events.miami.edu/External Subdomain EVENTS
IMG-ALT Events icon
https://news.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain NEWS
IMG-ALT News icon
https://events.miami.edu/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Events icon
https://news.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain IMG-ALT News icon
https://commencement.miami.edu...External Subdomain Text duplicate Commencement livestreams and replay
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Text duplicate Undergraduates celebrate commencement
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Text duplicate Graduate degree ceremonies
https://events.miami.edu/External Subdomain More Events
https://news.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain More News
https://news.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain STUDENT STORIES
/apply-now/index.htmlAPPLY NOW
https://admissions.miami.edu/u...External Subdomain PLAN A VISIT
https://apply.miami.edu/regist...External Subdomain REQUEST INFO
https://admissions.miami.edu/u...External Subdomain UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Student media finds success on both coasts
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Reflections on the Centennial
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Ethan Tieu, Stamps Scholar and Goldwater Scholarship Awardee: "At the University of Miami, I was amazed by the sheer amount of well-funded research labs that...
/apply-now/index.htmlText duplicate APPLY NOW
https://admissions.miami.edu/u...External Subdomain Text duplicate PLAN A VISIT
https://apply.miami.edu/regist...External Subdomain Text duplicate REQUEST INFO
https://admissions.miami.edu/u...External Subdomain Text duplicate UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Text duplicate Student media finds success on both coasts
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Text duplicate Reflections on the Centennial
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Ethan Tieu, Stamps Scholar and Goldwater Scholarship Awardee: "At the University of Miami, I was amazed by the sheer amount of well-funded research labs that...
/apply-now/index.htmlText duplicate APPLY NOW
https://admissions.miami.edu/u...External Subdomain Text duplicate PLAN A VISIT
https://apply.miami.edu/regist...External Subdomain Text duplicate REQUEST INFO
https://admissions.miami.edu/u...External Subdomain Text duplicate UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Text duplicate Student media finds success on both coasts
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Text duplicate Reflections on the Centennial
https://news.miami.edu/social/...External Subdomain U MIAMI ON:
http://news.miami.edu/alumni/External Subdomain ALUMNI STORIES
https://alumni.miami.edu/conne...External Subdomain 2025 Volunteer Spotlight
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Shaping the University’s artistic landscape
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Comic pulls no punches to get a laugh
https://news.miami.edu/law/sto...External Subdomain The road to robes
https://www.alumni.miami.edu/b...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Get the official University of Miami license plate. Click on the image for more details.
https://alumni.miami.edu/conne...External Subdomain Text duplicate 2025 Volunteer Spotlight
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Text duplicate Shaping the University’s artistic landscape
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain Text duplicate Comic pulls no punches to get a laugh
https://news.miami.edu/law/sto...External Subdomain Text duplicate The road to robes
https://www.alumni.miami.edu/b...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Get the official University of Miami license plate. Click on the image for more details.
https://100.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain No Text
/about-um/index.htmlText duplicate About UM
https://news.miami.edu/index.htmlExternal Subdomain UM News and Events
https://admissions.miami.edu/u...External Subdomain Text duplicate Admissions
https://alumni.miami.edu/index...External Subdomain Alumni & Friends
/uhealth/index.htmlText duplicate UHealth
/athletics/index.htmlHurricane Sports
https://secure.ethicspoint.com...External Subdomain University Hotline
http://welcome.miami.edu/onlineSubdomain UOnline Programs
https://culture.miami.edu/inde...External Subdomain Canes Culture
https://registrar.miami.edu/da...External Subdomain Academic Calendar
https://people.miami.edu/index...External Subdomain Text duplicate People Search
http://myum.miami.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate myUM
https://it.miami.edu/help/External Subdomain Text duplicate IT Help and Support
https://canelink.miami.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate CaneLink
http://courses.miami.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Blackboard
https://workday.miami.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Workday
http://careers.miami.edu/External Subdomain Careers
https://news.miami.edu/stories...External Subdomain DACA Information
https://icuf.org/dashboard/External EASE Grant Performance
https://news.miami.edu/for-the...External Subdomain For the Media
/about-um/campuses/index.htmlCampus Map
https://pt.fop.miami.edu/index...External Subdomain Parking & Transportation
https://www.facebook.com/Unive...External Subdomain social-facebook
https://twitter.com/univmiamiExternal social-twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/u...External Subdomain social-youtube
http://instagram.com/univmiamiExternal social-instagram
https://prepare.miami.edu/inde...External Subdomain Emergency Information
/privacy-and-legal/index.htmlPrivacy Statement & Legal Notices
https://compliance.miami.edu/f...External Subdomain Title IX & Gender Equity
https://webcomm.miami.edu/cont...External Subdomain submit details to our online form

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://welcome.miami.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 of 0.99 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 (107 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateFri, 23 May 2025 02:13:06 GMT
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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,435 referring domains.
This page has 45,903 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,574 different ip addresses.

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welcome.miami.edu
University of Miami
A private research university with more than 16,000 students from around the world, the University of Miami is a vibrant and diverse academic community focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond.

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