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Whois & Analysis for american.edu

Dec 4, 2019 5:45 pm UTC

DOMAIN OWNER WHOIS

The owner's whois contact information is public.
• Organization
American University
• Address
4400 Massachusetts Ave NW
• City
Washington
• Zip Code
20016
• State
DC
• Country
USA
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OVERVIEW

• Domain Owner
American University See more
• Category
Education  >  College / Graduate School  >  7-12 Education
• Online since
• Age
32 years, 10 months, 27 days
• Alexa Rank
#17.318, american.edu is in the world's top 20.000 websites!

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TECHNICAL SEO & SECURITY

SSL Certificate
This website is not SSL secured (HTTPS), the certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa has expired on November 21, 2020.
Title Tag
American University, Washington, D.C.
Length: 37 (recommended: 10 to 70)
Meta Description
American University is a leader among Washington DC universities in global education. American University enrolls a diverse student body from throughout the United States and nearly 140 countries.
Length: 196 (recommended: 50 to 160)
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American University, Washington, D.C.

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American University is a leader among Washington DC universities in global education. American University enrolls a diverse student body from throughout the United S...

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American University, Washington, D.C.

American University is a leader among Washington DC universities in global education. American University enrolls a diverse studen...

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Attribute Value
viewport width=device-width, initial-scale=1

SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

The results of our semantic analysis are shown below using the website's language.

They are the main concepts covered by american.edu.

Each concept has a confidence score. The higher it is, the more important the topic is relative to the page.

Topics
Washington, D.C. Confidence: 81% Arrow up

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as "Washington", "the District", or simply "D.C.", is the capital of the United States.

American University Confidence: 78% Arrow up

American University (AU or American) is a private research university in Washington, D.C., United States, affiliated with the United Methodist Church, although the university's curriculum is secular.

The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on February 24, 1893, as "The American University," when the bill was approved by President Benjamin Harrison.

United States Confidence: 73% Arrow up

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S) or America, is a constitutional federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

University Confidence: 65% Arrow
Multiculturalism Confidence: 63% Arrow

WEBSITE SPEED

american.edu website speed is slow. Page speed is important for visitors and search engines.

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Page Loading Time

1.4s

This domain loads at the median speed of 1.4 seconds.

Speed Percentile

62%

american.edu is faster than approximately 62 percent of the web. Your website page speed needs to be as fast as you can make it, without compromising the customer experience.

A good goal to achieve is a loading time of 2 seconds on desktop and mobile devices.

PAGESPEED INSIGHTS

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TRAFFIC

This website is ranked #17.318 by Alexa.

This rank is traffic based. The lower the rank is, the better the domain is ranked.

Daily visitors by country

  • american.edu daily visitors distribution - Total: 6 countries
  • Flag for IndiaIndia (11.8%)
  • Flag for United States of AmericaUnited States of America (64.3%)
  • Flaf icon for other countryOthers (23.9%)

Traffic country ranks

Country Rank
Flag for IndiaIndia #17.169
Flag for TurkeyTurkey #56.079
Flag for PakistanPakistan #12.419
Flag for United States of AmericaUnited States of America #5.052
Flag for NigeriaNigeria #11.221

LAYOUT

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Mobile Rendering

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  • 28% #008090
  • 15% #203040
  • 10% #102040
  • 8% #101020
  • 7% #404060
  • 6% #505070
  • 5% #606070
  • 4% #006070
  • 2% #106070
  • 2% #108090
  • 1% #2090a0
  • 1% #ffffff

Text/code ratio

american.edu's text/code ratio is 13.18%. It's a bit low. Consider raising it by adding more text content of value for your visitors, or keeping your code clean.
Text / Code Ratio 13.18%

A good text to HTML ratio is anywhere from 25 to 70%.

This percentage refers to the visible text ratio, as opposed to HTML elements, image tags and other non-visible information.

Main HTML tags

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  • <H1> 12
  • <H2> 10
  • <H3> 0
  • <H4> 0
  • <H5> 0
  • <H6> 0
<H1>
Top level heading
Discover your future with au
A unique path
Schools and colleges
New course on white house history
Photo gallery: life at au
<H2>
2nd level heading
Are you interested in…
Annelise straw, sıs/ba '18, sıs/ma '19
College of arts & sciences
Kogod schoolof business
Schoolof communication
Alt attributes Arrow up

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SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE

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  • Total Engagement 11.536
  • Likes 2.084
  • Shares 8.754
  • Comments 698

DOMAIN REGISTRAR

Registration Date 06/03/1991 32 years, 10 months, 27 days ago
Last Modified 09/26/2019 4 years, 7 months, 2 days ago
Expiration Date 07/31/2020 Expired

SERVER DETAILS

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  • Service Provider (ISP)
  • American University
  • IP Address
  • 147.9.4.186
  • Country
  • Flag for United StatesUnited States
  • Region
  • District of Columbia , Washington
  • Latitude and Longitude
  • 38.9379 : -77.0859
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