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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
61% 
Page quality
89% 
Page structure
92% 
Link structure
71% 
Server
77% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.89 s
File size
87.70 kB
Words
877
Media files
13
Number of links
54 internal / 49 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies | Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 1031 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page 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://crees.ku.edu/
There is a valid canonical link 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

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GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:titleCenter for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
twitter:imagehttps://crees.ku.edu/libraries/ku-web-styleguide/images/cms_metatemplate_twitter.png
og:urlhttps://crees.ku.edu/node/1
og:titleCenter for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
og:image:urlhttps://crees.ku.edu/libraries/ku-web-styleguide/images/cms_metatemplate_open_graph.png
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 28.35 words is high.
This page contains 877 words. That's ok.
29.2% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
8 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.
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
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
...latforms/default/about/widget_footer.pngLocalist Online Calendar Software
...de/images/logos/KUSig_Horz_Web_White.pngKU The University of Kansas
...ide/images/logos/KUSig_Horz_Web_Blue.pngKU The University of Kansas
.../images/logos/KSDegreeStats_Logo_Std.pngKU degree stats logo
...eb-styleguide/images/logos/ks-ds-img.pngKU degree stats img

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
KU CREES
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 KU CREES
H2 Our Mission
H2 Our Numbers
H2 Academics
H2 Funding
H2 People
H2 Alumni & Friends
H2 Latest News
H2 Upcoming Events
H2 Additional Resources
H2 Support Our Mission
H2 Follow us on social media
H3 CREES announces 2026 Laird Essay Contest winners
H3 Students in new KU course participate in NATO simulation
H3 Resources for Educators
H3 CREES in the Community
H3 Advancing Interdisciplinary Research
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 (49) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://crees.ku.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://international.ku.edu/External Subdomain KU International Affairs
A-TITLE KU International Affairs
https://crees.ku.edu/Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies
https://my.ku.edu/External Subdomain myKU
https://outlook.office365.com/External Subdomain Email
https://canvas.ku.edu/External Subdomain Canvas
https://sa.ku.edu/External Subdomain Enroll & Pay
https://my.ku.edu/JayhawkGpsRe...External Subdomain Jayhawk GPS
https://crees.ku.edu/Home
https://crees.ku.edu/aboutAbout Us
https://crees.ku.edu/newsNews
/crees-courierCREES Courier
https://www.youtube.com/user/K...External Subdomain YouTube Channel
/sites/crees/files/2023-05/CRE...Subdomain CREES Bylaws PDF
https://crees.ku.edu/eventsUpcoming Events
https://crees.ku.edu/academicsAcademics Select to follow link
/academics/degreesDegrees Select to follow link
/academics/undergraduate/baBachelor of the Arts
/academics/undergraduate/minorMinor
/academics/undergraduate/honorsHonors
/academics/graduate/maMaster of Arts
/academics/languagesLanguages
/academics/coursesCourses
/academics/study-abroadStudy Abroad
/academics/internshipsInternships
/academics/admissionAdmission
/people/list/facultyFaculty
/people/emeritus-facultyEmeritus Faculty
https://crees.ku.edu/people/staffStaff
/great-plains-fellows-0Great Plains Fellows
/executive-committeeExecutive Committee
https://crees.ku.edu/alumniAlumni
/alumni-get-in-touchGet in Touch
/funding-opportunitiesFunding Opportunities
/resources-educatorsResources for Educators Select to follow link
https://crees.ku.edu/lesson-plansLesson Plans
/educator-workshopsEducator Workshops
https://crees.ku.edu/twlfTraveling World Language Fairs
/digital-culture-toursDigital Culture Tours
https://coldwarheartland.ku.edu/External Subdomain Cold War in the Heartland
/literature-and-activitiesBooks on the REE Region by Reading Level
/global-literature-2021Global Literature and History List
https://crees.ku.edu/librariesLibraries
https://russianreview.ku.edu/External Subdomain The Russian Review
https://crees.ku.edu/conferencesConferences
https://crees.ku.edu/outreachOutreach: CREES in the Community Select to follow link
/spring-festivalSpring Festival
https://admissions.ku.edu/visi...External Subdomain Prospective Students
https://ku.edu/admissionsExternal Current Students
https://admissions.ku.edu/alum...External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni
https://ku.edu/academicsExternal Degree Programs
https://my.ku.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate myKU
https://outlook.office365.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Email
https://canvas.ku.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Canvas
https://sa.ku.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Enroll & Pay
https://my.ku.edu/JayhawkGpsRe...External Subdomain Text duplicate Jayhawk GPS
https://ku.edu/External No Text
https://international.ku.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate KU International Affairs
A-TITLE KU International Affairs
https://crees.ku.edu/Text duplicate Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies
https://crees.ku.edu/aboutAbout US
https://crees.ku.edu/academicsAcademics
/funding-opportunitiesView Funding Opportunities
https://crees.ku.edu/people/staffPeople
https://crees.ku.edu/alumniText duplicate Alumni
/news/article/crees-announces-...CREES announces 2026 Laird Essay Contest winners
/news/article/students-in-new-...Students in new KU course participate in NATO simulation
https://crees.ku.edu/newsSee all news
https://www.localist.com/?utm_...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Localist Online Calendar Software
A-TITLE Widget powered by Localist Event Calendar Software
https://crees.ku.edu/eventsSee all events
/resources-educatorsView Resources
/our-communityGet Involved
/funding-opportunitiesText duplicate Funding Opportunities
https://securelb.imodules.com/...External Subdomain Give to CREES
https://www.facebook.com/ku.cr...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/ku_c...External Subdomain Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/user/K...External Subdomain YouTube
https://ku.edu/External IMG-ALT KU The University of Kansas
A-TITLE The University of Kansas
https://www.facebook.com/ku.creesExternal Subdomain facebook
https://www.instagram.com/ku_c...External Subdomain instagram
https://twitter.com/KUCREESExternal twitter
https://www.youtube.com/user/K...External Subdomain youtube
https://www.linkedin.com/group...External Subdomain linkedin
https://coldwarheartland.ku.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate Cold War in the Heartland
https://russianreview.ku.edu/External Subdomain Text duplicate The Russian Review
/crees-courierText duplicate CREES Courier
http://slavic.ku.edu/External Subdomain Slavic and Eurasian Languages & Literature
https://ku.edu/visitExternal Visit KU
https://ku.edu/admissionsExternal KU Admissions
http://www.kuendowment.org/External Subdomain KU Endowment
https://news.ku.edu/External Subdomain KU News
https://calendar.ku.edu/External Subdomain KU Events
https://employment.ku.edu/External Subdomain KU Careers
http://www.kualumni.org/External Subdomain KU Alumni Association
https://crees.ku.edu/Anchor Nondiscrimination statement
https://accessibility.ku.edu/External Subdomain Accessibility
https://cms.ku.edu/External Subdomain Website support
https://crees.ku.edu/casCMS login
https://ksdegreestats.org/External IMG-ALT KU degree stats logo
https://ku.edu/External The University of Kansas
https://services.ku.edu/TDClie...External Subdomain policies
https://services.ku.edu/TDClie...External Subdomain procedures
https://cm.maxient.com/reporti...External Subdomain Title IX online report form
https://cm.maxient.com/reporti...External Subdomain Title IX online complaint form

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://crees.ku.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 0.89 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 (88 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
servernginx
varyAccept-Encoding
cache-controlmust-revalidate, no-cache, private
dateMon, 15 Jun 2026 06:59:45 GMT
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheMISS
content-languageen
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
x-generatorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
x-drupal-cacheHIT
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
set-cookie125 Characters
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000
content-encodinggzip
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 159 referring domains.
This page has 223 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 53 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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