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NC State University
Discover North Carolina State University, a leading public research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Seo
Title
The title tag is perfect.
NC State University
Meta description
The meta description tag is good.
Discover North Carolina State University, a leading public research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Headings
The headings are properly set.
  1. Apply to NC State
  1. More From NC State
  2. Think and Do With Us
  3. Top 1% Worldwide
  4. #1 in the Southeast for Entrepreneurship
  5. See Yourself Here
  6. We Solve Problems
  7. Upcoming Events
  8. Campus Map
  9. Connect With Us
  1. Research Through an Equitable Lens
  2. Visit NC State
  3. Adventure in Cyberland: National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
  4. Participants Needed for Black Health Lab Research Studies
  5. Building a More Collaborative Advanced Textiles Ecosystem
  6. Silent Witness
  7. Across the Threshold of India – Photographs by Martha Strawn
  1. Red and White Week: Oct. 30 to Nov. 5 
  2. Using Biotechnology to Advance Sustainability 
  3. Join Us for the Chancellor’s Fall Address on Oct. 31 
  4. 6 Ways to Celebrate Red and White Week No Matter Who (or Where) You Are 
  5. Zombie Deer and the Scientists Behind the War on the ‘Man Eater’ 
  6. Finding Your Wolfpack: Multicultural Student Affairs 
Content keywords
The content has relevant keywords.
ncstateuniversity
Image keywords
There are 1 images with missing alt attributes.
  1. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EquityandResearch_illustration.jpg
SEO friendly URL
The URL is SEO friendly.
https://www.ncsu.edu/
404 page
The website has 404 error pages.
https://www.ncsu.edu/404-f45877407bd99bd8ddb08e3e741e9442
Robots.txt
The webpage can be accessed by search engines.
Noindex
The webpage does not have a noindex tag set.
In-page links
The number of links on the webpage is okay.
  1. Apply 
  2. Visit 
  3. Give 
  4. Chancellor
  5. Think and Do
  6. Centennial Campus
  7. Entrepreneurship
  8. Global Engagement
  9. Philanthropy and Giving
  10. Apply 
  11. Visit 
  12. Give 
  13. Alumni 
  14. Get started 
  15. Save the DateRed and White Week: Oct. 30 to Nov. 5 
  16. Play VideoSciencesUsing Biotechnology to Advance Sustainability 
  17. Save the DateJoin Us for the Chancellor’s Fall Address on Oct. 31 
  18. Campus Life6 Ways to Celebrate Red and White Week No Matter Who (or Where) You Are 
  19. Agriculture and Life SciencesZombie Deer and the Scientists Behind the War on the ‘Man Eater’ 
  20. DiversityFinding Your Wolfpack: Multicultural Student Affairs 
  21. Open
  22. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkJnA6LpY46/
  23. Open
  24. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkHVyQ1gkCk/
  25. Open
  26. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkE4-odLbbd/
  27. Open
  28. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj9iqYpNNxd/
  29. Research and InnovationResearch Through an Equitable LensBy centering equity and inclusion, NC State researchers create better solutions that benefit everyone.Explore three examples 
  30. Visit NC StateYou’ll find extraordinary spaces around every corner of our campus. Get a glimpse of your future home on a virtual tour.Dive in 
  31. More Events
  32. Oct 27 Thursday Adventure in Cyberland: National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
  33. Oct 27 Thursday Participants Needed for Black Health Lab Research Studies
  34. Oct 27 Thursday8:00 AM Building a More Collaborative Advanced Textiles Ecosystem
  35. Oct 27 Thursday8:00 AM Silent Witness
  36. Oct 27 Thursday10:00 AM Across the Threshold of India – Photographs by Martha Strawn
  37. 919.515.2011
  38. https://maps.ncsu.edu/
  39. Academic Calendar
  40. Accessibility
  41. Apply
  42. Directory
  43. Emergency Information
  44. Jobs
  45. Libraries
  46. MyPack Portal
  47. Policies
  48. Strategic Plan
  49. Facebook
  50. Twitter
  51. LinkedIn
  52. Instagram
  53. YouTube
Language
The webpage has the language declared.
en-US
Favicon
The webpage has a favicon.
https://www.ncsu.edu/favicon.ico
Performance
Text compression
The HTML file is compressed.
Load time
The webpage loaded in 0.11 seconds.
Page size
The size of the HTML webpage is 25,259.00.
HTTP requests
There are fewer than 42 HTTP requests on the webpage.
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  2. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.3.2
  3. https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-3BCCQK39HR
  4. https://cdn.ncsu.edu/brand-assets/utility-bar/v3/ncstate-utility-button.js?ver=3
  5. https://cdn.ncsu.edu/brand-assets/utility-bar/v3/ncstate-wolf-alert.js?ver=3
  6. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/regenerator-runtime.min.js?ver=0.13.9
  7. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/wp-polyfill.min.js?ver=3.15.0
  8. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/plugins/core-site-add-on/dist/scripts/headerMobileMenu.js?ver=f99a56f5e83aa8c0d54449097adea365
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  12. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/lodash.min.js?ver=4.17.19
  13. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/themes/ncstate-theme/dist/scripts/main.js?ver=a0e6c6a4b673924105a2a70808523183
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  17. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/js/sbi-scripts.min.js?ver=6.0.8
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  2. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/themes/ncstate-theme/app/ThirdPartySupport/dist/styles/smashballoon.css
  3. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/themes/ncstate-theme/dist/styles/mainStyle.css?ver=a1ce2dcd5811ddbb79bb267c1eb647b3
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  7. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/plugins/core-site-add-on/dist/styles/blocks.css
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  4. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png
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Image format
There are 9 images that are not using the AVIF, WebP format.
  1. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fitts-woolard-hunt-library.jpg
  2. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/screwworm-nc-state-5-150x150.jpg
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  8. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EquityandResearch_illustration.jpg
  9. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/campus-map-300x169.jpeg
JavaScript defer
The are 17 javascript resources without the defer attribute.
  1. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.6.0
  2. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.3.2
  3. https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-3BCCQK39HR
  4. https://cdn.ncsu.edu/brand-assets/utility-bar/v3/ncstate-utility-button.js?ver=3
  5. https://cdn.ncsu.edu/brand-assets/utility-bar/v3/ncstate-wolf-alert.js?ver=3
  6. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/regenerator-runtime.min.js?ver=0.13.9
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  12. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/lodash.min.js?ver=4.17.19
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  14. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-content/plugins/enhanced-news-add-on/dist/scripts/main.js?ver=dcfe0685aaae3c9dc2f9aa0a2ecda756
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DOM size
The DOM size is optimal.
The HTML file has 894 DOM nodes.
Security
HTTPS encryption
The webpage uses HTTPS encryption.
The HTML file has https://www.ncsu.edu/ DOM nodes.
Mixed content
There are no mixed content resources on the webpage.
Server signature
The webpage has a public server signature.
Apache
Unsafe cross-origin links
The webpage does not have unsafe cross-origin links.
Plaintext email
The webpage does not contain any plaintext emails.
Miscellaneous
Structured data
The webpage has structured data.
      Meta viewport
      The webpage has a meta viewport tag set.
      width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
      Character set
      The webpage has a charset value set.
      UTF-8
      Sitemap
      The website has sitemaps.
      1. https://www.ncsu.edu/wp-sitemap.xml
      Content length
      The webpage has 651 words.
      Text to HTML ratio
      The text to HTML ratio is under 10%
      The text to HTML ratio is 4%.
      Inline CSS
      The webpage contains inline CSS code.
      1. display:none;visibility:hidden
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      Deprecated HTML
      There are no deprecated HTML tags on the webpage.