Homepage SEO Analysis for GMU.EDU

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Domain Resolution

Your website resolves to the following IP addresses:

Title

The title of a web page appears in search results as the link to that page.
Your web page's title is:
Welcome to George Mason 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:
Minutes from Washington D.C. - Founded in 1972, the university has grown into a major educational force and earned a reputation as an innovative, entrepreneurial institution. As a Virginia state institution, Mason has gained national distinction in a range of academic fields.
Good This web page has a meta description.
Warning Best practices say your meta description should be between 150 and 160 characters in length. Yours is 276.

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.

GMU.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.

Welcome to George Mason University

gmu.edu/

Minutes from Washington D.C. - Founded in 1972, the university has grown into a major educational force and earned a reputation as an innovative, entr...

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
today.gmu.edu1
hr.gmu.edu1
mymason.gmu.edu1
peoplefinder.gmu.edu1
admissions.gmu.edu8
financialaid.gmu.edu1
catalog.gmu.edu2
registrar.gmu.edu1
library.gmu.edu1
masononline.gmu.edu1
ocpe.gmu.edu1
globaled.gmu.edu1
summer.gmu.edu1
research.gmu.edu2
masonresearch.gmu.edu1
oscar.gmu.edu1
gomason.com1
housing.gmu.edu1
si.gmu.edu1
recreation.gmu.edu1
dining.gmu.edu1
transportation.gmu.edu1
building.gmu.edu1
alumni.gmu.edu2
supportingmason.gmu.edu1
www.gomason.com1
spirit.gmu.edu1
newsdesk.gmu.edu42
masonidea.gmu.edu1
about.gmu.edu1
www.youtube.com2
securelb.imodules.com1
atoz.gmu.edu1
eagle.gmu.edu1
webdev.gmu.edu3
irr.gmu.edu1
facebook.com1
twitter.com1
gmu.smugmug.com1
gettheapp.gmu.edu1
info.gmu.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.gmu.edu or gmu.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.
Good Your canonical URL is www.gmu.edu.