Westminster.edu - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
77% 
Page quality
41% 
Page structure
41% 
Link structure
90% 
Server
70% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.32 s
File size
37.50 kB
Words
237
Media files
8
Number of links
40 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Westminster College
The page title is too short. (186 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Leading liberal arts college in New Wilmington, PA known for its collaborative environment, experiential learning programs, focus on student success, and commitment to making higher education affordable and attainable.
The meta description is too long: 1354 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
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
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
format-detectiontelephone=no
keywordswestminster college, westminster, liberal arts, college, liberal arts college, higher education, financial aid, scholarships, job placement, graduation rate, wc, 1852, new wilmington, pennsylvania, presbyterian, student, academics, admissions, alumni, athletics, apply, hands on, experiential, collaborative, success, internships, undergraduate research, affordable, visit
descriptionLeading liberal arts college in New Wilmington, PA known for its collaborative environment, experiential learning programs, focus on student success, and commitment to making higher education affordable and attainable.
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@westminsterpa
twitter:titleWestminster College
twitter:descriptionLeading liberal arts college in New Wilmington, PA known for its collaborative environment, experiential learning programs, focus on student success, and commitment to making higher education affordable and attainable.
fb:pages15981284354
og:titleWestminster College
og:urlhttps://www.westminster.edu/index.cfm
og:descriptionLeading liberal arts college in New Wilmington, PA known for its collaborative environment, experiential learning programs, focus on student success, and commitment to making higher education affordable and attainable.
og:typewebsite
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 237 words on this page. Use at least 250 words to provide useful information.
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
18.1% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 20 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)
Some tags are too long. With 181 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"come out and join us to learn more about the college search process. we will discuss what to expect, h..."
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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
/images/cover/mobile-header.jpgWestminster Header
/images/cover/sis.jpgNo alt attribute provided
/images/cover/advantage.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...mashup-image.cfm?image=/square/11012.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...mashup-image.cfm?image=/square/11011.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...mashup-image.cfm?image=/square/11010.jpgNo alt attribute provided
https://www.westminster.edu/images/wc-w.pngWestminster Logo
https://www.westminster.edu/images/w.pngWestminster W Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Westminster College
Too many H1 headings
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.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Westminster College
H1 Real Experiences. Real Success.
H1 Westminster College Duplicate text
H1 Summer Information Sessions July 11 | July 28 | August 8
H1 Westminster Advantage
H3 Real Experiences. Real Success. Duplicate text
H3 Ready to be a Titan? Submit Your Enrollment Deposit!
H4 Come out and join us to learn more about the college search process. We will discuss what to expect, how to prepare, and share all the great things Westminster College has to offer!
H4 Launching fall 2025, this scholarship will allow more Pennsylvania students to receive a life-changing education tuition-free.
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 16 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/index.cfmAnchor Skip to main content
https://www.westminster.edu/visitVisit
https://www.westminster.edu/applyApply
https://www.westminster.edu/giveGive
/depositDeposit
https://www.westminster.edu/aboutAbout
/admissionsAdmissions & Aid
/academicsAcademics
https://athletics.westminster....External Subdomain Titan Athletics
/campus/index.cfmCampus Life
/community/index.cfmCommunity & Culture
/alumniAlumni
/about/contact.cfmContact Us
/admissionsApply Today
/admissionsLearn More
/depositReady to be a Titan? Submit Your Enrollment Deposit!
/admissions/sis.cfmText duplicate Learn More
/advantageText duplicate Learn More
https://www.westminster.edu/newsLatest News & Events
https://athletics.westminster....External Subdomain Two-time Olympic gold medalist Julie Foudy to speak at Westminster
https://athletics.westminster....External Subdomain Hergenrother named to NABC Honors Court
/about/news/release.cfm?id=11010Westminster awarded $1.3M TRIO grant to support student success
/about/newsMore Stories
/calendarCampus Calendar
http://facebook.com/westminsterpaNew window External No Text
http://instagram.com/westminst...New window External No Text
https://www.linkedin.com/schoo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
http://twitter.com/westminsterpaNew window External No Text
https://bookstore.mbsdirect.ne...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Westminster Logo
https://bookstore.mbsdirect.ne...New window External Subdomain Order
https://www.youvisit.com/?External Subdomain Anchor Launch Experience
/about/location.cfmNew window Maps & Directions
/academics/calendar.cfmAcademic Calendar
/admissionsAdmissions
http://pacathletics.org/watch/...New window External Athletics Live Stream
/calendarCalendar
https://bookstore.westminster....New window External Subdomain Campus Store
/academics/catalog.cfmCollege Catalog
/directoryText duplicate Contact Us
http://learn.westminster.edu/New window External Subdomain Desire2Learn
/campus/dining/menu.cfm?popupDining Menu
https://www.westminster.edu/emailEmail
/about/community/employment.cfmEmployment
/admissions/financial-aid/inde...Financial Aid
/libraryLibrary
/academicsMajors & Programs
/promoteMarketing Form
https://my.westminster.edu/ics/New window External Subdomain My Westminster
https://www.westminster.edu/newsNews & Events
/report-incidentReport an Incident
/campus/services/title-ix/inde...Title IX Compliance
https://www.wcn247.com/New window External Subdomain WCN 24/7
/sitemap.cfmSitemap
/privacy.cfmPrivacy
/privacy.cfmSubdomain Data Privacy Statement

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.westminster.edu/index.cfm"
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 is slow (1.32 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 (38 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html;charset=UTF-8
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
serverMicrosoft-IIS/10.0
set-cookie78 Characters
x-powered-byASP.NET
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
access-control-allow-origin*
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-security-policydefault-src * data: blob: 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; script-src * data: blob: 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; connect-src * data: blob: 'unsafe-inline'; img-src * data: blob: 'unsafe-inline'; frame-src * data: blob:; frame-ancestors 'self' https://my.westminster.edu; style-src * data: blob: 'unsafe-inline'; font-src * data: blob: 'unsafe-inline';
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
dateThu, 24 Jul 2025 14:33:33 GMT
content-length12617
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 31 referring domains.
This page has 75 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 31 different ip addresses.

Search preview

www.westminster.edu › index.cfm
Westminster College
Leading liberal arts college in New Wilmington, PA known for its collaborative environment, experiential learning programs, focus on student success, and commitment to making higher education affordable and attainable.

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
College82%Check
Westminster College79%Check
Westminster76%Check
College Search64%Check
edu61%Check
Student Success56%Check
Learn55%Check
education55%Check
Success54%Check
Experience47%Check

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