Search Engine Optimization Overview
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Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University is a place where you can be an individual and achieve exceptional things. We are committed to learning and exploration, to both discovery and impact.
Seo
Title
The title tag is perfect.
Washington University in St. Louis
Meta description
The meta description tag is good.
Washington University is a place where you can be an individual and achieve exceptional things. We are committed to learning and exploration, to both discovery and impact.
Headings
There is no h1 tag on the webpage.
  1. We are Washington University in St. Louis.
  2. We are driven to meet the world’s challenges.
  3. Get to know our people and their expertise.
  1. Jane Goodall inspires hope through action
  2. Transformative fundraising initiative ‘makes way’ for top applicants
  3. A globally informed, community driven vision for academic distinction
  4. Joyce Balls-Berry
  5. Mark R. Rank
  6. Xuan “Silvia” Zhang
Content keywords
The content has relevant keywords.
washingtonuniversityinstlouis
Image keywords
There are 9 images with missing alt attributes.
  1. https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=310361007605204&ev=PageView&noscript=1
  2. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/convocation2022-620x620.jpg
  3. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IntotheWoods-620x620.png
  4. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/icon-innovation-entrepreneurship.png
  5. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/icon-courses.png
  6. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/icon-global-engagement.png
  7. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/77-diversity-groups.png
  8. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/18-nobel-laureats.png
  9. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/icon-sustainability.png
SEO friendly URL
The URL is SEO friendly.
https://wustl.edu/
404 page
The website has 404 error pages.
https://wustl.edu/404-1f4015321297dcaca501b3c391587d79
Robots.txt
The webpage can be accessed by search engines.
Noindex
The webpage does not have a noindex tag set.
In-page links
The webpage contains more than 150 links.
  1. Skip to search
  2. WU Physicians
  3. Give
  4. Give
  5. WU Physicians
  6. Libraries
  7. Arts & Sciences
  8. Brown School
  9. McKelvey School of Engineering
  10. Olin Business School
  11. Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
  12. School of Law
  13. School of Medicine
  14. University College
  15. Medical Research
  16. Undergraduate Research
  17. Vice Chancellor for Research
  18. Libraries
  19. Social Media Hub
  20. Diversity and Inclusion
  21. Athletics
  22. Student Affairs
  23. Veterans and Military
  24. Financial Assistance
  25. Commencement
  26. Diverse Community
  27. Alumni & Friends
  28. Undergraduate Admissions
  29. Undergraduate Majors
  30. University College Programs
  31. Students
  32. New Students
  33. WebSTAC
  34. Canvas
  35. Email
  36. Career Center
  37. Programs
  38. First Year Center
  39. Commencement
  40. Parent & Family Weekend
  41. Parent & Family Giving
  42. Workday
  43. WebFAC
  44. Human Resources
  45. Canvas
  46. Email
  47. The Center for Teaching and Learning
  48. Alumni & Friends
  49. University Advancement
  50. Give Now
  51. Giving Opportunities
  52. Events
  53. Reunion
  54. Alumni Directory
  55. Washington Magazine
  56. Explore the source
  57. Jane Goodall inspires hope through action
  58. Transformative fundraising initiative ‘makes way’ for top applicants
  59. Feels good to be home ❤️
  60. Remembering Justin Hardy
  61. Health as a Human Right
  62. Building Inclusive Communities from the Student Perspective
  63. Digital Transformation Coffee Hour
  64. WashU Startup Founder/CEO Panel
  65. Into the Woods
  66. EventsHappenings
  67. facebook
  68. twitter
  69. instagram
  70. youtube
  71. snapchat
  72. tiktok
  73. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
  74. Energy, Environment and Sustainability
  75. Global Engagement
  76. Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  77. Advancing Human Health
  78. Washu strategic plan
  79. “We want to consider the issues around the cultural impact of the science that we’re doing. We want to apply our findings in ways that won’t cause more disparities, won’t cause stigmatization.”
  80. “America has long had the highest rates of poverty among the wealthy industrialized countries… Rather than providing support to the poor, U.S. social policies appear designed to punish and stigmatize them.”
  81. “Computing challenges today are data-intensive. We need to crunch tons of data, which creates a performance bottleneck at the interface of the processor and the memory.”
  82. Browse the Bookshelf
  83. https://source.wustl.edu/bookshelf/then-the-war/
  84. https://source.wustl.edu/bookshelf/infrastructural-optimism/
  85. 242 invention disclosures in 2019 - 20
  86. 1,500+ courses offered and 90+ fields of study
  87. About 40% of WashU students study abroad
  88. 77 diversity-related student groups on campus
  89. 567,000 plastic bottles eliminated annually
  90. facebook
  91. twitter
  92. instagram
  93. youtube
  94. snapchat
  95. tiktok
  96. Arts & Sciences
  97. Brown School
  98. McKelvey School of Engineering
  99. Olin Business School
  100. Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
  101. School of Law
  102. School of Medicine
  103. University College
  104. Alumni & Friends
  105. Job Opportunities
  106. The Source
  107. WUPD (Police)
  108. Emergency Information
  1. Directory
  2. Apply
  3. Visit
  4. https://wustl.edu
  5. Apply
  6. Visit
  7. Directory
  8. Academics
  9. Academic Departments and Programs
  10. Graduate, Professional and Advanced Learning
  11. Interdisciplinary Programs
  12. Centers and Institutes
  13. Summer Learning
  14. Accreditation
  15. Research
  16. Research by School
  17. Centers and Institutes
  18. Opportunities for Students
  19. Participation & Involvement
  20. Summer Research Opportunities
  21. Campus Experience
  22. About St. Louis
  23. Calendar Hub
  24. Technology
  25. Arts and Culture
  26. Advising and Career Assistance
  27. Who We Are
  28. Mission Statement
  29. University Facts
  30. Our Campuses
  31. Disability Resources
  32. Maps, Directions and Parking
  33. Danforth Campus
  34. Medical Campus
  35. South Campus
  36. Tyson Research Center
  37. West Campus
  38. Campus Stores
  39. Strategic Priorities
  40. Leadership
  41. Chancellor
  42. Provost
  43. University Council
  44. Cabinet
  45. News and Publications
  46. Annual Report
  47. Audited Financial Statements
  48. Compliance and Policies
  49. Academic Policies
  50. Efficiency Initiative
  51. Financial Policies
  52. Governance Policies
  53. Graduate and Professional School Policies
  54. Health and Safety Policies
  55. Human Resource Policies
  56. Intellectual Property and Research Policies
  57. IT, Computer and Internet Policies
  58. Media, Trademark and Logo Policies
  59. Policies for Students
  60. Registrar Policies
  61. University Space and Facilities Policies
  62. History and Traditions
  63. Chancellors
  64. Dedication of the Danforth Campus
  65. Nobel Prize Winners
  66. Sesquicentennial
  67. Contact
  68. Prospective Students
  69. Current Students
  70. Parents & Families
  71. Faculty & Staff
  72. Prospective Students
  73. Graduate Admissions
  74. Graduate Degrees
  75. Current Students
  76. Parents & Families
  77. Maps & Directions
  78. Faculty & Staff
  79. 26 Nobel Laureates affiliated with WashU
  80. Apply for admission
  81. Plan your visit
  82. Prospective Students
  83. Current Students
  84. Parents & Families
  85. Faculty & Staff
  86. Directory
  87. Maps, Directions and Parking
  88. Campus Stores
  89. policies
Language
The webpage has the language declared.
en-US
Favicon
The webpage has a favicon.
https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/img/favicon/favicon.ico?v=20160912
Performance
Text compression
The HTML file is compressed.
Load time
The webpage loaded in 0.18 seconds.
Page size
The size of the HTML webpage is 20,822.00.
HTTP requests
There are fewer than 30 HTTP requests on the webpage.
  1. https://wustl.edu/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.6.0
  2. https://wustl.edu/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.3.2
  3. https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-234866627-1
  4. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/js/picturefill.3.0.2.min.js
  5. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/plugins/washu-emergency-alerts/js/washu-emergency-alerts.js?ver=1.0.2
  6. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/js/scripts.js?ver=20150507
  7. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/js/jquery.menu-aim.js?ver=20150507
  8. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/js/modernizr.js?ver=20150507
  1. https://wustl.edu/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=6.0.2
  2. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/plugins/washu-emergency-alerts/css/style.css?ver=1.0.2
  3. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/style.css?ver=1.13.2
  4. https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro%3A300%2C400%2C600%2C700%2C300italic%2C400italic%2C600italic%2C700italic%7CLibre+Baskerville%3A400%2C700%2C400italic&ver=6.0.2
  1. https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=310361007605204&ev=PageView&noscript=1
  2. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/img/washu-logo.svg
  3. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/img/menu.svg
  4. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/img/icon-search.svg
  5. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/img/icon-close.svg
  6. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/img/icon-search.svg
  7. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fall22_desktop.jpg
  8. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/img/static/Here-and-Next.png
  9. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/img/static/Here-and-Next-Logo.png
  10. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/9780374603762-683x1024-1.jpeg
  11. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Infrastructural-Optimism-cover2-760x1024-1.jpeg
  12. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/icon-innovation-entrepreneurship.png
  13. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/icon-courses.png
  14. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/icon-global-engagement.png
  15. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/77-diversity-groups.png
  16. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/18-nobel-laureats.png
  17. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/icon-sustainability.png
  1. https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-KCGFQ26
Image format
There are 17 images that are not using the AVIF, WebP format.
  1. https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=310361007605204&ev=PageView&noscript=1
  2. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fall22_desktop.jpg
  3. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jane-Goodall-w_grad-students2_home-page-scaled-1-600x660.jpg
  4. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Emma_PBAF-12125_0012_600x660-600x660.jpg
  5. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/convocation2022-620x620.jpg
  6. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Justin-Hardy-600x620.jpg
  7. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IntotheWoods-620x620.png
  8. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/img/static/Here-and-Next.png
  9. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/img/static/Here-and-Next-Logo.png
  10. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/9780374603762-683x1024-1.jpeg
  11. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Infrastructural-Optimism-cover2-760x1024-1.jpeg
  12. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/icon-innovation-entrepreneurship.png
  13. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/icon-courses.png
  14. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/icon-global-engagement.png
  15. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/77-diversity-groups.png
  16. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/18-nobel-laureats.png
  17. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/icon-sustainability.png
JavaScript defer
The are 8 javascript resources without the defer attribute.
  1. https://wustl.edu/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.6.0
  2. https://wustl.edu/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.3.2
  3. https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-234866627-1
  4. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/js/picturefill.3.0.2.min.js
  5. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/plugins/washu-emergency-alerts/js/washu-emergency-alerts.js?ver=1.0.2
  6. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/js/scripts.js?ver=20150507
  7. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/js/jquery.menu-aim.js?ver=20150507
  8. https://wustl.edu/wp-content/themes/wustl_edu/_assets/js/modernizr.js?ver=20150507
DOM size
The DOM size is optimal.
The HTML file has 762 DOM nodes.
Security
HTTPS encryption
The webpage uses HTTPS encryption.
The HTML file has https://wustl.edu/ DOM nodes.
Mixed content
There are no mixed content resources on the webpage.
Server signature
The webpage does not have a public server signature.
Unsafe cross-origin links
The webpage does not have unsafe cross-origin links.
Plaintext email
The webpage contains plaintext emails.
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Miscellaneous
Structured data
The webpage has structured data.
        Meta viewport
        The webpage has a meta viewport tag set.
        width=device-width, initial-scale=1
        Character set
        The webpage has a charset value set.
        UTF-8
        Sitemap
        The website has sitemaps.
        1. https://wustl.edu/sitemap_index.xml
        Social
        The webpage has 9 social links.
        Content length
        The webpage has 782 words.
        Text to HTML ratio
        The text to HTML ratio is under 10%
        The text to HTML ratio is 9%.
        Inline CSS
        The webpage contains inline CSS code.
        1. background-image: url('https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Balls-Berry-600x660.jpeg');
        2. background-image: url('https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/markrank-600x660.jpg');
        3. background-image: url('https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Zhang_Silvia.jpeg');
        4. display:none;visibility:hidden
        Deprecated HTML
        There are no deprecated HTML tags on the webpage.