Homepage SEO Analysis for UMD.EDU

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Domain Resolution

Title

The title of a web page appears in search results as the link to that page.
Your web page's title is:
The University of Maryland | A Preeminent Public Research University
Good This web page has a title tag.
Good Your title is 70 characters or less in length.

Meta Description

Search engines often use the meta description of a web page to describe it in search results.
Your web page's meta description is:
Problem This web page is missing a meta description.
Warning Best practices say your meta description should be between 150 and 160 characters in length. Yours is 0.

Headings

Headings, such as H1, H2, H3, etc, are important sentences or phrases on a web page that quickly and clearly tells people and search engines what they can expect to find there.
Good This web page has a H1 heading tag.

UMD.EDU in search results

You can see below how Google and most other search engines will display this site's home page in search results. The title is used as the link to the page, and the meta description usually appears below the title.

The University of Maryland | A Preeminent Public Research U...

umd.edu/

Sites You Link To

Outbound links tell search engines which websites you find valuable and relevant to your own site, and help your visitors find what they need; even if it's not on your site.
SiteNumber of links
www.youtube.com2
www.facebook.com6
twitter.com6
www.instagram.com5
umd.edu6
terp.umd.edu2
umdrightnow.umd.edu10
president.umd.edu1
alumni.umd.edu3
maps.umd.edu3
prepare.umd.edu2
shop.umterps.com1
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sustainability.umd.edu1
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www.provost.umd.edu3
www.scholars.umd.edu1
globalmaryland.umd.edu1
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www.lib.umd.edu2
www.resnet.umd.edu1
www.admissions.umd.edu7
oes.umd.edu3
www.registrar.umd.edu2
www.testudo.umd.edu2
catalogundergraduate.umd.edu1
agnr.umd.edu1
www.arch.umd.edu2
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www.bsos.umd.edu1
www.smith.umd.edu1
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www.education.umd.edu1
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www.gradschool.umd.edu2
www.journalism.umd.edu1
www.ischool.umd.edu1
www.sph.umd.edu1
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www.ugst.umd.edu1
t.co2
innovation.umd.edu1
www.research.umd.edu1
www.mtech.umd.edu1
fire.umd.edu1
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tdps.umd.edu1
theclarice.umd.edu1
umd-phillips.umd.edu1
www.driskellcenter.umd.edu1
devosinstitute.umd.edu1
umd.bwcs-hosting.com7
www.umterps.com7
www.terpgolf.umd.edu1
recwell.umd.edu2
thestamp.umd.edu3
www.careercenter.umd.edu1
www.counseling.umd.edu1
dining.umd.edu1
www.greek.umd.edu1
health.umd.edu1
och.umd.edu1
reslife.umd.edu1
studentaffairs.umd.edu1
orgsync.umd.edu1
transportation.umd.edu1
calendar.umd.edu4
www.ocrsm.umd.edu3
alert.umd.edu1
www.umdrightnow.umd.edu3
www.terp.umd.edu1
gradschool.umd.edu1
apps.gradschool.umd.edu1
www.financialaid.umd.edu1
identity.umd.edu1
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umd.service-now.com1
giving.umd.edu1
www.usmd.edu1
www.umpd.umd.edu1
www.ejobs.umd.edu1

Image Descriptions

Image descriptions, also called "alt text", are the best way to describe images to search engines and to visitors using screen readers.
Warning Some of the images don't have descriptions.

Robots

Your website's robots.txt file can tell search engines to ignore parts of your site.
Bot NameDescriptionResult
googlebotCrawler for the Google.com search engine. Allowed
bingbotCrawler for the Bing.com and Yahoo.com search engines. Allowed
baiduspiderCrawler for Baidu.com, the leading Chinese search engine. Allowed
yandexCrawler for Yandex.com, the leading search engine in Russia. Allowed
yandexbotCrawler for Yandex.com, the leading search engine in Russia. Allowed
sosospiderCrawler for Soso.com, a major Chinese search engine. Allowed
exabotCrawler for ExaLead, a major search engine in France. Allowed
sogou spiderCrawler for Sogou.com, a major search engine in China. Allowed

Canonical Url

This website can live at www.umd.edu or umd.edu. It's best for your site's visibility to live at just one URL, or web address. You'll want to create a 301 redirect to the URL you choose from the other URL.
Problem Your URL is not canonical.