Nibbler SEO audit for www.petersons.com
Summary
Overall9.0
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility10.0
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience8.2
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing4.3
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology10.0
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 1 pages from this website at 13:58 on 26 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider the amount of text on this website and increase it if appropriate. (read more)
- Sign up for a Twitter account and make sure it is linked to from your site. (read more)
Twitter0.0
This website does not appear to be associated with a Twitter account.
- This website did not contain a link to Twitter.
- Sign up for a Twitter account and make sure it is linked to from your site.
Amount of content3.1
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 28 words per page. The amount of content on a website has been shown to correlate with its search engine ranking.
- Consider the amount of text on this website and increase it if appropriate.
Mobile10.0
- All of this website appears to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone or a tablet.
Media specific CSS detected
Server behaviour10.0
404 page
Compression
- This website handles missing pages correctly by sending a 404 HTTP status code.
- This website was served with GZIP encoding. This is very good because it reduces the loading time of a web page.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://petersons.com to http://www.petersons.com. This is ideal.
Analytics10.0
100% of pages use analytics
Google Tag Manager
- Every page in this website is using Google Tag Manager. This is excellent and should allow for a complete analysis of visitor behaviour.
Page titles10.0
100% of pages have defined titles
0% of page titles are weak
- All pages were found to use page titles appropriately. 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.
Headings10.0
- All pages were found to use defined headings. This is excellent as it allows visitors and search engines to summarise the content of webpages quickly. Correctly defined headings aid accessibility and are particularly important for search engine optimisation.
Images10.0
100% of images have a clearly defined size
No images are being resized by the browser
- All images have defined sizes using width and height attributes in the HTML. These attributes are optional, but strongly recommended as they help the browser arrange the page more quickly.
Internal links10.0
- Every link tested appears to be well defined. This is good because well defined links help SEO and aid accessibility.
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Test Prep | College Finder | Scholarship Search
www.petersons.com:443/
Peterson offers information on over 4000 Colleges, Online Schools and Graduate Programs. Search for College Scholarships, Practice Tests & Exam Prep Guides.
- All pages were found to include a meta description. This is good because search engines (like Google) show this text in search result pages.
Meta Tags (name attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.petersons.com/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1 |
| www.petersons.com/ | description | Peterson offers information on over 4000 Colleges, Online Schools and Graduate Programs. Search for College Scholarships, Practice Tests & Exam Prep Guides. |
| www.petersons.com/ | csrf-token | uXNvx8YYFItn1twEggMNWaqouaFwjWoTADvJSi6Z |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:title | Peterson's Test Prep |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:author | Peterson's LLC |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:price | FREE |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:price-suffix-apple | - On the App Store |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:price-suffix-google | - In Google Play |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:icon-apple | /new/images/logo-pcom-compact.svg |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:icon-google | /new/images/logo-pcom-compact.svg |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:button | View |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:button-url-apple | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/petersons-test-prep/id1547771930 |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:button-url-google | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.petersons.testprep |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:enabled-platforms | android,ios |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:close-label | Close this banner |
| www.petersons.com/ | smartbanner:disable-positioning | true |
| www.petersons.com/ | msapplication-tilecolor | #ffffff |
| www.petersons.com/ | theme-color | #f85a3e |
| www.petersons.com/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.petersons.com/ | twitter:site | @Petersons |
| www.petersons.com/ | twitter:creator | @Petersons |
| www.petersons.com/ | twitter:title | College Information - Peterson's - The Real Guide to Colleges and Universities |
| www.petersons.com/ | twitter:description | Detailed information on over 4000 colleges and universities, online schools, and graduate programs. Also provides financial aid information and test preparation resources. |
| www.petersons.com/ | twitter:image | petersons-facebook.png |
Printability10.0
100% of pages are optimised for printing
- All of this website appears to be optimised for printing (using CSS).
Media specific CSS detected
Freshnessi
- Sorry, we couldn't determine when this website was last updated. This is usually because its web server isn't reporting this information and we couldn't find enough other dates in the content of pages.
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