Nibbler SEO audit for www.4shared.com
Summary
Overall7.8
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility7.7
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience7.7
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing7.9
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology7.3
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 23:25 on 26 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Ensure your web server returns a 404 HTTP status code for error pages. (read more)
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor text to benefit search engine optimisation. (read more)
- Define meaningful headings for all webpages. This is likely to help this website's search engine placement and assist visitors in navigating content. (read more)
Server behaviour4.6
404 page
Compression
- This website does not return a 404 error HTTP status code for missing pages. This is bad because search engines like Google might mistake this for a real page of content.
- Ensure your web server returns a 404 HTTP status code for error pages.
- This website was not served using GZIP encoding. GZIP compression is widely supported and reduces the load time of a web page.
- Enable GZIP compression on your web server or in your application.
- One page of this website returns page content with or without a trailing slash on its URL. Search engines might see these as separate pages with duplicate content which they could penalise for.
- Use a 301 redirect or a canonical meta tag to force search engines to see the correct version.
Duplicate pages
- Use a 301 redirect or a canonical meta tag to force search engines to see the correct version.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://4shared.com to http://www.4shared.com. This is ideal.
URL format5.2
4 URLs are less than ideal
- 1 URLs are 'dirty'. 'Dirty' URLs include one or more parameters after a question mark (e.g. www.example.com/?pagename=news), instead of a clean URL (e.g. www.example.com/news). Dirty URLs should generally be avoided wherever possible - they are almost impossible for human beings to remember, may expose the technology of the website to hackers and can confuse search engines among other problems. Their use is sometimes necessary for specific applications, and acceptable in small amounts.
- Remove or reduce the number of query parameters in URLs. Consider URL rewriting as an effective and transparent means of creating appropriate URLs.
- 3 URLs include a file extension.
- Avoid use of file extensions wherever possible. File extensions appear at the end of web addresses, and have several negative effects. They make the address harder to remember or type (particularly for non-technical users), and can reveal the underlying technology of the website making it very slightly more vulnerable to hackers. They also tie the implementation of the website to a specific technology, which can make subsequent migration of URLs difficult. Consider URL rewriting as an effective and transparent means of creating appropriate URLs.
Page extensions
- Avoid use of file extensions wherever possible. File extensions appear at the end of web addresses, and have several negative effects. They make the address harder to remember or type (particularly for non-technical users), and can reveal the underlying technology of the website making it very slightly more vulnerable to hackers. They also tie the implementation of the website to a specific technology, which can make subsequent migration of URLs difficult. Consider URL rewriting as an effective and transparent means of creating appropriate URLs.
Headings6.6
- A significant amount (20.0%) of pages do not use defined headings. This means that users and search engines may find it harder to determine the content of this website's pages. Correctly defined headings aid accessibility and are particularly important for search engine optimisation.
- Define meaningful headings for all webpages. This is likely to help this website's search engine placement and assist visitors in navigating content.
- Many headings (8.0%) were found to be empty, or incorrectly defined. Empty or invalid headings are of no value to search engines and make a website less accessible.
- Make sure all headings have content which is relevant to the page of content.
Page headings detail
| URL | Heading | Level |
| www.4shared.com/ | Sign in to your account | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Sign up for free | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Sign up for free | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Verify your email address | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Update email address | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Search, Store and Share easily | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Discover What's Trending | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Get 4shared App | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Go Premium! | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Get 15 GB free space and ability to download files | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Get 15 GB free space and ability to download files | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/ | to access all 4shared features. Confirmation letter was sent to $[p1] | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Your current e-mail address $[p1] | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Upload, discover and share files without a hitch! | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Take a break and check out popular files at 4shared | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Enjoy quick access to 4shared features across all your devices | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/ | Upgrade to 4shared Premium to unlock extra features | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | Sign in to your account | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | Sign up for free | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | Sign up for free | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | Verify your email address | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | Update email address | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | Forgot your password? | H2 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | Get 15 GB free space and ability to download files | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | Get 15 GB free space and ability to download files | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | to access all 4shared features. Confirmation letter was sent to $[p1] | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | Your current e-mail address $[p1] | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Sign in to your account | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Sign up for free | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Sign up for free | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Verify your email address | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Update email address | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Get 15 GB free space and ability to download files | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Get 15 GB free space and ability to download files | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | to access all 4shared features. Confirmation letter was sent to $[p1] | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Your current e-mail address $[p1] | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 1. Personal Data Collection and Use | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 2. Use of Cookies and Similar Technology | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 3. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties, Onward Transfer | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 4. Your Choice and Control | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 5. Data Security | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 6. Data Retention. Data Deletion Procedures & Mechanisms | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 7. Data Integrity, Purpose of Limitation | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 8. Reviewing and Updating Personal Data | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 9. Information Relating to Children | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 10. Cross-Border Data Transfer | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 11. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data of EEA and Swiss Individuals | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 12. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data of the U.S. Residents | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 13. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data within the Territory of Brazil | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 14. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data of Chinese Residents | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 15. Other Important Privacy Information | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 1.1. Data You Choose to Provide to Us | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 1.2. Personal Data Obtained from the Use of our Digital Properties | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 1.3. Personal Data Obtained from Other Sources | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | a. Facebook | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | b. Twitter | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | c. Google | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | a. Service provision cookies | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | b. Service performance cookies | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | a. Third-party service providers | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | b. Third-party advertising partners | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | c. Third-party targeted interest-based advertising data providers | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | d. Legally required disclosure. Additional notes | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 4.1. Opting Out of Cookies | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 4.2. Right to Withdraw Consent | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 4.3. Opting Out of Newsletters and Marketing Emails | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 4.4. Opting Out of Personal Data Disclosure to Social Networks | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 4.5. Opting Out of Personal Data Disclosure to Other Users | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 4.6. Opting Out of Interest-Based Advertising | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 4.7. Opt-Out Options in 4shared Applications | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Hardware Security | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Software Security | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 11.1. Data Retention | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 11.2. Accessing and Deleting Personal Data | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 11.3. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties, Onward Transfer | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 11.4. Notifying Third Parties about Personal Data Rectification, Erasure, Restriction | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 11.5. Collection and Use of Sensitive or Special Categories of Personal Data | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 12.1. Personal Data Rights of the U.S. Residents | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 12.2. Opting Out of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Data | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 12.3. Processing of Children's Personal Data | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 15.1. Links to Third-Party Websites | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 15.2. Contact Us | H4 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | Sign in to your account | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | Sign up for free | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | Sign up for free | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | Verify your email address | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | Update email address | H1 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | Get 15 GB free space and ability to download files | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | Get 15 GB free space and ability to download files | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | to access all 4shared features. Confirmation letter was sent to $[p1] | H3 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | Your current e-mail address $[p1] | H3 |
Internal links7.4
- One link is weakly described. Common weak links include 'click here' and 'read more'. These links fail to describe the content the link points to.
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor text to benefit search engine optimisation.
- 29 links have no text describing their destination. Links on a page should describe their destination for the benefit of both screen readers and search engine spiders.
- Add meaningful anchor text that describes the link's destination. If the link contains an image, ensure you have provided alt text.
Empty link text
- Add meaningful anchor text that describes the link's destination. If the link contains an image, ensure you have provided alt text.
Amount of content7.4
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 2,037 words per page. The amount of content on a website has been shown to correlate with its search engine ranking.
- One page of this website has very little content (20 words or less).
- Ensure all pages have a sufficient amount of content.
Amount of content discovered
| Page | Characters | Words |
| www.4shared.com/ | 4025 | 609 |
| www.4shared.com/.../twitter?fp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.4shared.com%2Faccount%2Fhome.jsp | 0 | 1 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | 2261 | 350 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | 39977 | 5886 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | 22024 | 3341 |
Analytics8.0
80% of pages use analytics
Multiple Analytics Solutions
- 80.0% of this website is using some form of analytics software but 1 pages have no analytics. It is still possible to gather a great deal of information for the other 1 of pages from webserver logs, however complete visitor analysis requires client-side Javascript or an image not found here.
- Consider adding your analytics solution to the pages which aren't currently monitored.
- Note that this test can only detect recognised analytics solutions. If an analytics solution is new, obscure or used in a non-standard way (e.g. it has been customised) it may not be detected.
Analytics Software Found
| Software Name |
| Google Analytics |
Page titles8.0
80% of pages have defined titles
0% of page titles are weak
- One page does not specify a title. Page titles appear in search results and at the top of the browser's window when visiting the site. Appropriate page titles are particularly important for search engine optimisation.
- Make sure that all pages have a title in the head of the document.
Meta tags8.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
4shared.com - free file sharing and storage
www.4shared.com/
Online file sharing and storage - 15 GB free web space. Easy registration. File upload progressor. Multiple file transfer. Fast download.
- 80.0% of pages have a description meta tag. The description meta data is important as it appears on Google's search result pages.
- Make sure that all the pages of this website include a meta description. If you don't include one, Google will choose a sample of text from the page to appear in the search engine result. By including a meta description, you can control how your search engine result will appear.
Pages with no meta description
- Make sure that all the pages of this website include a meta description. If you don't include one, Google will choose a sample of text from the page to appear in the search engine result. By including a meta description, you can control how your search engine result will appear.
Meta Tags (name attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.4shared.com/ | description | Online file sharing and storage - 15 GB free web space. Easy registration. File upload progressor. Multiple file transfer. Fast download. |
| www.4shared.com/ | keywords | file sharing, free web space, online storage, share files, photo image music mp3 video sharing, dedicated hosting, enterprise sharing, file transfer, file hosting, internet file sharing |
| www.4shared.com/ | google-site-verification | TAHHq_0Z0qBcUDZV7Tcq0Qr_Rozut_akWgbrOLJnuVo |
| www.4shared.com/ | google-site-verification | 1pukuwcL35yu6lXh5AspbjLpwdedmky96QY43zOq89E |
| www.4shared.com/ | google-site-verification | maZ1VodhpXzvdfDpx-2KGAD03FyFGkd7b7H9HAiaYOU |
| www.4shared.com/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, interactive-widget=resizes-content |
| www.4shared.com/ | format-detection | telephone=no |
| www.4shared.com/ | format-detection | address=no |
| www.4shared.com/ | apple-itunes-app | app-id=444426162 |
| www.4shared.com/ | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | description | Web-based File Sharing and Storage. Allow authorized guests to upload and manage files in your folders in accordance with your permissions. Files can be shared with anyone, including non-members, using a simple web-based link to shared files. |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | keywords | online file sharing, free sharing, online storage, share files,web files, share photo, photos, shared folder, share folders, enterprise sharing |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | description | Online file sharing and storage - 15 GB free web space. Easy registration. File upload progressor. Multiple file transfer. Fast download. |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | keywords | file sharing, free web space, online storage, share files, photo image music mp3 video sharing, dedicated hosting, enterprise sharing, file transfer, file hosting |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | description | Online file sharing and storage - 15 GB free web space. Easy registration. File upload progressor. Multiple file transfer. Fast download. |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | keywords | file sharing, free web space, online storage, share files, photo image music mp3 video sharing, dedicated hosting, enterprise sharing, file transfer, file hosting |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | viewport | width=device-width,minimum-scale=1.0 |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.4shared.com/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
Printability8.0
80% of pages are optimised for printing
- One page of this website does not appear to be optimised for printing (using CSS).
- Add printable stylesheets for all pages, wherever possible. In most cases, websites can share printable stylesheets over many or all pages, as with screen-based stylesheets.
Print optimised pages
Page Print www.4shared.com/ Optimised www.4shared.com/.../twitter?fp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.4shared.com%2Faccount%2Fhome.jsp Not detected www.4shared.com/remindPassword.jsp Optimised www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp Optimised www.4shared.com/terms.jsp Optimised
- Add printable stylesheets for all pages, wherever possible. In most cases, websites can share printable stylesheets over many or all pages, as with screen-based stylesheets.
Media specific CSS detected
Mobile8.3
- This website delivers a mobile optimised version of the HTML when accessed on a phone. This is good because visitors on a mobile device will be able to access this website easily.
- Having mobile optimised HTML is good, but the best way of adapting a website for different screen sizes is to use CSS media queries.
Media specific CSS detected
Images10.0
0% of images have a clearly defined size
No images are being resized by the browser
- No images have defined sizes.
- Add width and height attributes to all image tags. The width and height you specify should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use CSS.
Non Explicitly Sized Images
Image URL Format Page URL static.4shared.com/images/blank.gif?ver=-360380335 gif www.4shared.com/
- Add width and height attributes to all image tags. The width and height you specify should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use CSS.
Freshness10.0
Last updated February 22, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Thursday, 22 February 2024. This is good because visitors perceive up-to-date websites as more credible. Websites that are updated regularly are also spidered by search engines more often.
- To find this information we used the last modified dates reported by this website's server in addition to looking for dates written on each page.
All dates found
| Date | File | Source |
| 27/04/2016 | www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Body text |
| 22/02/2024 | www.4shared.com/privacy.jsp | Body text |
| 26/12/2019 | www.4shared.com/terms.jsp | Body text |
Twitteri
This website does not appear to be associated with a Twitter account.
- There was a problem checking the Twitter accounts associated with this website.
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