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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
70% 
Page quality
85% 
Page structure
64% 
Link structure
85% 
Server
74% 
External factors
79% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.19 s
File size
179.50 kB
Words
640
Media files
26
Number of links
29 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome to CORD - CORD
The title contains the word Welcome to! More content should be covered in the title.
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to CORD For more than 40 years, providing innovative changes in education to prepare students for greater success in careers and higher education Featured Resources Current Projects Core Tenets Contextual teaching and learning in the STEM disciplines We support the teaching of knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in the contexts
The meta description is too long: 2379 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.cord.org/
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
descriptionWelcome to CORD For more than 40 years, providing innovative changes in education to prepare students for greater success in careers and higher education Featured Resources Current Projects Core Tenets Contextual teaching and learning in the STEM disciplines We support the teaching of knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in the contexts
robotsmax-image-preview:large
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msapplication-TileImagehttps://i0.wp.com/www.cord.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/arrow-button-rev-indigo.webp?fit=72%2C72&ssl=1
langen-us
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleWelcome to CORD - CORD
twitter:descriptionWelcome to CORD For more than 40 years, providing innovative changes in education to prepare students for greater success in careers and higher education Featured Resources Current Projects Core Tenets Contextual teaching and learning in the STEM disciplines We support the teaching of knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in the contexts
og:localeen_US
og:site_nameCORD - Center for Occupational Research and Development
og:typewebsite
og:titleWelcome to CORD - CORD
og:descriptionWelcome to CORD For more than 40 years, providing innovative changes in education to prepare students for greater success in careers and higher education Featured Resources Current Projects Core Tenets Contextual teaching and learning in the STEM disciplines We support the teaching of knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in the contexts
og:urlhttps://www.cord.org/
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 640 words. That's ok.
28.8% 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.
15 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 17.32 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 82 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"cord helps educators transform disconnected programs into dynamic career pathways—"
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
7 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
...07/cord-logo-white.webp?fit=291,70&ssl=1cord logo
.../2024/07/arrow1a.webp?fit=1024,648&ssl=1Celebrating 45 Years
...tton-rev-indigo-new.webp?fit=72,72&ssl=1No alt attribute provided
...07/purple-arrow-gold36px.webp?w=36&ssl=1icon
...ramework-cp-chart.webp?fit=489,489&ssl=1framework-cp-chart
...07/purple-arrow-gold36px.webp?w=36&ssl=1icon
...7/services-people.webp?fit=800,403&ssl=1services-people
...program-logos-ncpn.png?fit=756,190&ssl=1No alt attribute provided
...07/purple-arrow-gold36px.webp?w=36&ssl=1icon
...-program-logos-pti.png?fit=756,190&ssl=1PTI logo
...07/purple-arrow-gold36px.webp?w=36&ssl=1icon
...rogram-logos-ptfow.png?fit=756,190&ssl=1No alt attribute provided
...07/purple-arrow-gold36px.webp?w=36&ssl=1icon
...-program-logos-nsn.png?fit=756,190&ssl=1NSN logo
...07/purple-arrow-gold36px.webp?w=36&ssl=1icon
...cc-president-thin.webp?fit=449,610&ssl=1No alt attribute provided
...bannerB-300x200-1.webp?fit=300,200&ssl=1NCPN Connect
...07/purple-arrow-gold36px.webp?w=36&ssl=1icon
...conv-mockup-2024-11-13.webp?w=1200&ssl=1webinar
...07/purple-arrow-gold36px.webp?w=36&ssl=1icon
...ksa-for-cord-org.webp?fit=1024,576&ssl=1ksa
...07/purple-arrow-gold36px.webp?w=36&ssl=1icon
...te-parker-podcast.webp?fit=768,432&ssl=1No alt attribute provided
...07/purple-arrow-gold36px.webp?w=36&ssl=1icon
...urple-arrow-gold36px.png?fit=36,36&ssl=1No alt attribute provided
...ogo-white-tagline.png?fit=1500,361&ssl=1No alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Featured Programs
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (17 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Featured Programs
H1 Events
H1 News
H2 Powerful Career Pathways
H2 Register Now for Summer Learning Series
H2 Don’t be left behind
H2 FRAMEWORK FOR CAREER PATHWAYS ALIGNMENT
H2 Let CORD be your guide
H2 Over the last 45 years, CORD has helped thousands of educators and institutions
H2 NCPN Connect 2026
H2 NCPN Connected Conversations: Creating Industry-responsive and Learner-supportive Career Pathways
H2 Let's Get Started
H2 Subscribe for News & Events
H2 Empty heading
H2 Empty heading
H3 CORD Announces BILT Academy Cohort 6: Colleges Leading the Way in Employer Engagement
H3 Dr. Annette Parker, CORD Board Chair, Featured on IngenioUs Podcast, Shares Career Journey and Vision for Workforce Development
H3 Empty heading
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 2 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.cord.org/Anchor Skip to content
A-TITLE Skip to content
https://www.cord.org/IMG-ALT cord logo
https://www.cord.org/about-cord/About
/curriculum-development/Curriculum Development
/professional-development/Professional Development
/career-pathways-technical-ass...Career Pathways Technical Assistance
/leadership-networks-and-confe...Leadership Networks and Conference Management
https://www.cord.org/resources/Resources
https://www.cord.org/contact-us/Contact Us
https://www.cord.org/about-cord/Text duplicate About
/curriculum-development/Text duplicate Curriculum Development
/professional-development/Text duplicate Professional Development
/career-pathways-technical-ass...Text duplicate Career Pathways Technical Assistance
/leadership-networks-and-confe...Text duplicate Leadership Networks and Conference Management
https://www.cord.org/resources/Text duplicate Resources
https://www.cord.org/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact Us
https://www.ncpn.info/building...New window External Subdomain Register Now for Summer Learning Series
/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/co...New window LEARN MORE
IMG-ALT icon
/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/co...New window EXPLORE SERVICES
IMG-ALT icon
https://www.ncpn.info/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate LEARN MORE
IMG-ALT icon
https://www.pathwaystoinnovati...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate LEARN MORE
IMG-ALT icon
https://www.preparingtechnicia...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate LEARN MORE
IMG-ALT icon
https://www.necessaryskillsnow...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate LEARN MORE
IMG-ALT icon
https://www.ncpn.info/2025-sum...External Subdomain IMG-ALT NCPN Connect
https://www.ncpn.info/2025-sum...External Subdomain NCPN Connect 2026
https://www.ncpn.info/connect-...New window External Subdomain LEARN MORE / REGISTER
IMG-ALT icon
https://www.ncpn.info/connecte...External Subdomain NCPN Connected Conversations: Creating Industry-responsive and Learner-supportive Career Pathways
https://www.ncpn.info/connecte...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate LEARN MORE / REGISTER
IMG-ALT icon
/2025/05/12/cord-announces-bil...New window IMG-ALT ksa
/2025/05/12/cord-announces-bil...CORD Announces BILT Academy Cohort 6: Colleges Leading the Way in Employer Engagement
/2025/05/12/cord-announces-bil...New window Trivial anchor text
READ MORE
IMG-ALT icon
/2025/05/12/dr-annette-parker-...New window No Text
/2025/05/12/dr-annette-parker-...Dr. Annette Parker, CORD Board Chair, Featured on IngenioUs Podcast, Shares Career Journey and Vision for Workforce Development
/2025/05/12/dr-annette-parker-...New window Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
READ MORE
IMG-ALT icon
https://www.cord.org/contact-us/CONNECT WITH US
/lets-get-started/No Text
https://www.cord.org/No Text
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
/accessibility-statement/Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.cord.org/"
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 slow (1.19 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.
This page loads 8 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (180 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateMon, 04 Aug 2025 07:16:29 GMT
serverApache
cache-controlno-cache
content-encodinggzip
wpo-cache-statuscached
last-modifiedMon, 04 Aug 2025 06:41:45 GMT
content-length29690
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 23 referring domains.
This page only has 1,104 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 21 different ip addresses.
This page is referenced by wikipedia.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/_pda/*
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/wpo/wpo-plugins-tables-list.json

Sitemap: https://www.cord.org/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cord.org/sitemap.rss

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Welcome to CORD - CORD
Welcome to CORD For more than 40 years, providing innovative changes in education to prepare students for greater success in careers and higher education Featured Resources Current Projects Core Tenets Contextual teaching and learning in the STEM disciplines We support the teaching of knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in the contexts

Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
CORD86%Check
Featured66%Check
CORD Board64%Check
Career59%Check
programs55%Check
LEARN54%Check
career pathways53%Check
years52%Check
Career Pathways Alignment51%Check
support50%Check
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