cornell.edu Website Health Report
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private research university that provides an exceptional education for undergraduates and graduate and professional students. Cornell's colleges and schools encompass more than 100 fields of study, with locations in Ithaca, New York, New York City and Doha, Qatar.
Analyzed 8/2/2026, 3:41:45 AM · https://cornell.edu
Summary
As of August 2, 2026, cornell.edu scores 55/100 overall (grade C), ranking #680 of 995 websites in the E:LAB STUDIO database — the top 69%. Its strongest area is Speed (82/100); its weakest is Schema (10/100).
Its AI-search visibility (AEO) score is 55/100 — a measure of how citable the page is to AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. No JSON-LD structured data was detected — the single highest-impact gap for AI search. Top fixes: Organization schema, FAQ schema, Industry/location info.
Speed scores 82/100: the server answered in 517ms, the HTML weighs 82 KB, compression is on, and 5 render-blocking resources sit in <head>. Security scores 45/100: the site is served over HTTPS and is missing the HSTS, Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy headers.
Compared with the database average (61/100 overall), cornell.edu scores 6 points lower.
How to improve
25Based 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 set0/10
- ✗Open Graph tags present0/10
- ✓sitemap.xml found10/10
- ✓robots.txt found10/10
- ✓Images have alt text10/10
- ✓Internal links present10/10
- ✗Structured data present0/10
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 present10/10
- ✓Structured heading (single clear H1)10/10
- ✓External source/citation links10/10
- ✗Industry/location info0/10
- ✗Price/product info0/5
Schema
- ✗Any JSON-LD present0/20
- ✗Organization0/15
- ✗FAQPage0/15
- ✗LocalBusiness0/15
- ✗Article or Product0/15
- ✗Breadcrumb0/10
- ✓Author/date structured10/10
Technical
- ✓robots.txt found15/15
- ✓sitemap.xml found15/15
- ✗Canonical URL set0/15
- ✓Mobile viewport meta15/15
- ✓Language attribute set10/10
- ✗Open Graph tags0/10
- ✓Title length is optimal10/10
- ✗Description length is optimal0/10
Speed
- ◐Fast server response (TTFB)21/25
- ✓HTML delivered quickly15/15
- ✓Compression enabled15/15
- ✓HTML payload is lean10/10
- ✓Browser caching headers10/10
- ◐Few render-blocking resources11/15
- ✗Images are lazy-loaded0/5
- ✗Images have explicit dimensions0/5
Security
- ✓Served over HTTPS20/20
- ✓HTTP redirects to HTTPS10/10
- ✓TLS certificate not near expiry5/5
- ✗HSTS header0/15
- ✗Content-Security-Policy header0/12
- ✗X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff0/8
- ✗Clickjacking protection0/8
- ✗Referrer-Policy header0/7
- ✗Permissions-Policy header0/5
- ✓No mixed content5/5
- ✓Server version not disclosed5/5
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FAQ about cornell.edu
What is cornell.edu's SEO score?
cornell.edu scores 70/100 for on-page SEO and 55/100 overall (grade C) — rank #680 of 995 sites in the E:LAB STUDIO database.
Is cornell.edu visible to AI search engines like ChatGPT?
Its AI-visibility score is 55/100 — middling. Highest-impact improvements: Organization schema, FAQ schema.
What technology does cornell.edu use?
No specific framework or CMS was detectable from its public HTML.
What should cornell.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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