cmu.edu Website Health Report
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Analyzed 8/2/2026, 3:42:58 AM · https://cmu.edu
Summary
As of August 2, 2026, cmu.edu scores 63/100 overall (grade C), ranking #477 of 995 websites in the E:LAB STUDIO database — the top 48%. Its strongest area is SEO (90/100); its weakest is Schema (20/100).
Its AI-search visibility (AEO) score is 45/100 — a measure of how citable the page is to AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. 2 structured-data types detected (CollegeOrUniversity, ImageObject). Top fixes: Organization schema, FAQ schema, Author / publish date present.
Speed scores 54/100: the server answered in 1917ms, the HTML weighs 100 KB, compression is on, and 13 render-blocking resources sit in <head>. Security scores 76/100: the site is served over HTTPS and is missing the Content-Security-Policy, Referrer-Policy headers.
Compared with the database average (61/100 overall), cmu.edu scores 2 points higher, and ranks #11 of 14 Education sites we've analyzed.
How to improve
19Based on this report, here are the highest-impact fixes across SEO, AI-search visibility, speed and security:
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- ✓Title tag present10/10
- ✓Meta description present10/10
- ✓H1 heading present10/10
- ✓Canonical URL set10/10
- ✗Open Graph tags present0/10
- ✓sitemap.xml found10/10
- ✓robots.txt found10/10
- ✓Images have alt text10/10
- ✓Internal links present10/10
- ✓Structured data present10/10
AI Visibility (AEO)
- ✗Organization schema0/15
- ✗FAQ schema0/15
- ✓Substantive, descriptive content (heuristic)15/15
- ✓Company/brand identity (About page or Org schema)10/10
- ✗Author / publish date present0/10
- ✓Structured heading (single clear H1)10/10
- ✓External source/citation links10/10
- ✗Industry/location info0/10
- ✗Price/product info0/5
Schema
- ✓Any JSON-LD present20/20
- ✗Organization0/15
- ✗FAQPage0/15
- ✗LocalBusiness0/15
- ✗Article or Product0/15
- ✗Breadcrumb0/10
- ✗Author/date structured0/10
Technical
- ✓robots.txt found15/15
- ✓sitemap.xml found15/15
- ✓Canonical URL set15/15
- ✓Mobile viewport meta15/15
- ✓Language attribute set10/10
- ✗Open Graph tags0/10
- ✓Title length is optimal10/10
- ✓Description length is optimal10/10
Speed
- ✗Fast server response (TTFB)0/25
- ◐HTML delivered quickly9/15
- ✓Compression enabled15/15
- ✓HTML payload is lean10/10
- ✓Browser caching headers10/10
- ✗Few render-blocking resources0/15
- ✓Images are lazy-loaded5/5
- ✓Images have explicit dimensions5/5
Security
- ✓Served over HTTPS20/20
- ✓HTTP redirects to HTTPS10/10
- ✓TLS certificate not near expiry5/5
- ✓HSTS header15/15
- ✗Content-Security-Policy header0/12
- ✓X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff8/8
- ✓Clickjacking protection8/8
- ✗Referrer-Policy header0/7
- ✗Permissions-Policy header0/5
- ✓No mixed content5/5
- ✓Server version not disclosed5/5
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FAQ about cmu.edu
What is cmu.edu's SEO score?
cmu.edu scores 90/100 for on-page SEO and 63/100 overall (grade C) — rank #477 of 995 sites in the E:LAB STUDIO database.
Is cmu.edu visible to AI search engines like ChatGPT?
Its AI-visibility score is 45/100 — middling. Highest-impact improvements: Organization schema, FAQ schema.
What technology does cmu.edu use?
No specific framework or CMS was detectable from its public HTML.
What should cmu.edu fix first?
Based on this report: Organization schema, FAQ schema. The full prioritized list is in the "How to improve" section below.
When was this report generated?
On August 2, 2026, from publicly fetched HTML. Anyone can re-run the analysis for free to refresh it.
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