Nibbler SEO audit for www.showmax.com
Summary
Overall8.8
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility9.9
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience8.8
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing9.0
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology8.5
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 09:57 on 3 May 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- 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. (read more)
- 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. (read more)
- 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. (read more)
Printability0.0
0% of pages are optimised for printing
- 5 pages of this website do 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.showmax.com/ Not detected www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly Not detected www.showmax.com/voucher Not detected www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore Not detected www.showmax.com/xx/dstv Not detected
- 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
Images4.2
61% of images have a clearly defined size
9 images are being resized by the browser
- Some images (39.0%) don't 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 34 images are not in a web-friendly format.
- Make sure all images on this website are JPEG, PNG, SVG or GIF format.
Non Web-Format Images
- Make sure all images on this website are JPEG, PNG, SVG or GIF format.
- 9 images are being stretched in the browser.
- The width and height you specify in an image tag should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use the CSS width and height properties.
Stretched Images
- The width and height you specify in an image tag should be the same as the source image. If you want to resize an image in the browser, use the CSS width and height properties.
Meta tags6.8
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Showmax | Streaming for Africa
www.showmax.com/
Stream exclusive African Originals, international series, movies, and 380 Premier League matches. Unmatched streaming experience for Africa.
- All pages include at least some metadata, but only 60.0% 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.
Meta Tags (name attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.showmax.com/ | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0, minimal-ui |
| www.showmax.com/ | application | ott-peacock-iceberg |
| www.showmax.com/ | commit:short | 3af63b85 |
| www.showmax.com/ | robots | noindex |
| www.showmax.com/ | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.showmax.com/ | twitter:title | Showmax | Streaming for Africa |
| www.showmax.com/ | twitter:description | Stream exclusive African Originals, international series, movies, and 380 Premier League matches. Unmatched streaming experience for Africa. |
| www.showmax.com/ | twitter:site | @showmax |
| www.showmax.com/ | twitter:image | |
| www.showmax.com/ | description | Stream exclusive African Originals, international series, movies, and 380 Premier League matches. Unmatched streaming experience for Africa. |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0, minimal-ui |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | application | ott-peacock-iceberg |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | commit:short | 3af63b85 |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | robots | noindex |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | twitter:title | Plan Picker |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | twitter:site | @showmax |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | twitter:image | |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0, minimal-ui |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | application | ott-peacock-iceberg |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | commit:short | 3af63b85 |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | twitter:title | Redeem Your Showmax Voucher | Showmax |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | twitter:description | Have your voucher code ready and redeem your Showmax voucher here! |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | twitter:site | @showmax |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | twitter:image | |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | description | Have your voucher code ready and redeem your Showmax voucher here! |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0, minimal-ui |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | application | ott-peacock-iceberg |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | commit:short | 3af63b85 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | twitter:title | Get ready for the New Showmax |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | twitter:site | @showmax |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | twitter:image | |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0, minimal-ui |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | application | ott-peacock-iceberg |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | commit:short | 3af63b85 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | twitter:card | summary_large_image |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | twitter:title | Pay With DStv | Showmax |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | twitter:description | Pay your Showmax subscription with DStv and stream your favorite movies, series and sports. Choose your plan and pay Showmax with DStv. |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | twitter:site | @showmax |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | twitter:image | |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | description | Pay your Showmax subscription with DStv and stream your favorite movies, series and sports. Choose your plan and pay Showmax with DStv. |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.showmax.com/ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.showmax.com/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge,chrome=1 |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge,chrome=1 |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge,chrome=1 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge,chrome=1 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge,chrome=1 |
Amount of content8.9
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 829 words per page. The amount of content on a website has been shown to correlate with its search engine ranking.
Amount of content discovered
| Page | Characters | Words |
| www.showmax.com/ | 7816 | 1254 |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | 1340 | 220 |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | 2792 | 441 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | 11004 | 1873 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | 2070 | 358 |
Internal links9.7
- 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.
Weak link text
Link URL Link text Page URL stories.showmax.com/za/more-ways-to-connect-to-showmax Read more www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor text to benefit search engine optimisation.
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 between URLs with/without trailing slashes. This is ideal.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://showmax.com to http://www.showmax.com. This is ideal.
Analytics10.0
100% of pages use analytics
Google Analytics
- Every page in this website is using Google Analytics. 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.
Page titles
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.
- Some headings (1.0%) 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.showmax.com/ | The new Showmax. | H1 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Streaming for Africa. | H1 |
| www.showmax.com/ | The Premier League | H1 |
| www.showmax.com/ | in your pocket | H1 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Have you bought Showmax already? | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Need help navigating the new Showmax? | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Add Showmax to your DStv bill | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Exclusive African Originals | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Entertainment everyone’s talking about | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Why you’ll love Showmax | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Supported devices | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Questions? We’ve got you covered. | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Even more of the biggest original shows you won’t find anywhere else. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | More hit movies, series, doccies and kids’ shows. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | iOS, Android & | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Huawei | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Windows & | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Mac | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Selected | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | devices | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Selected | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Selected TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Selected TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Selected TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Selected | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | devices | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Selected | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | devices | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Selected | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | devices | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Selected TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | Selected TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/ | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | Choose your plan | H1 |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | Entertainment | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | Premier League | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/plans/all-monthly | Entertainment + PL | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | Redeem your voucher | H1 |
| www.showmax.com/voucher | Questions? We’ve got you covered. | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | New Showmax is here! | H1 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Showmax now has a completely new app and website | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | What are the New Showmax subscription plans? | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | How can I pay? | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Supported devices | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Where is Showmax available? | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Questions? We’ve got you covered. | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Supported devices | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Where is Showmax available? | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | How can I pay? | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | New Showmax subscription plans | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | The New Showmax offers a variety of easy and convenient ways to pay. Choose the one that suits you best. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | iOS, Android & | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Huawei | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Windows & | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Mac | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Selected | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | devices | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Selected | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Selected TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Selected TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Selected TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Selected | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | devices | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Selected | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | devices | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Selected | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | devices | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Selected TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Selected TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | models | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | The New Showmax is available on multiple devices. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Web | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Mobile devices | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | TVs & streaming devices | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Android TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Apple TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | LG TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Samsung TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Hisense TV | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Chromecast | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Set-top boxes | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Gaming consoles | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | PlayStation | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Xbox | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | The New Showmax will be available in the following countries. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | The New Showmax will be available in the following countries. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | For now, Showmax will be unavailable in the countries listed below. Keep an eye out for updates. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | The New Showmax offers a variety of easy and convenient ways to pay. Choose the one that suits you best. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Add to DStv bill | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Add to Vodacom bill | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Add to MTN bill | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Showmax vouchers and promo codes | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | The Entertainment plan includes hit international and trending local series and movies, kids’ shows and more on multiple screens or on mobile only. The Premier League plan offers all 380 Premier League games live from SuperSport, as well as fan content, on mobile only. You can subscribe to one plan or combine plans. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Watch your way | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | What does mobile-only mean? | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | But do note that our mobile-only plans have the following restrictions: | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | What are the different Showmax subscription plans? | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Entertainment | H4 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Entertainment + Premier League | H4 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Entertainment + Premier League | H4 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | Add Showmax to your DStv bill | H1 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | Are you a DStv subscriber? | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | Get up to 100% off Showmax | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | Premium subscribers | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | DStv Access, Family, Compact and Compact Plus | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | DStv Easy View | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | Why you’ll love Showmax | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | How to pay for Showmax with DStv in South Africa | H2 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | Add Showmax to your DStv bill to save time and money. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | Get Showmax for no additional cost. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | Enjoy getting Showmax at a 45% discount. Pay only R49 per month. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | Pay only R89 per month when you add Showmax to your bill. | H3 |
| www.showmax.com/xx/dstv | Add Showmax to your DStv bill for maximum convenience and big savings. | H3 |
URL format10.0
Every URL is well written
- This website uses appropriate web addresses (URLs) throughout. This is excellent and will help search engine placement, usability and the marketability of this website.
Freshness10.0
Last updated April 3, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Wednesday, 3 April 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 |
| 08/02/2024 | www.showmax.com/xx/learnmore | Body text |
| 03/04/2024 | www.showmax.com/.../checkmark-black.svg | Last modified header |
| 03/04/2024 | www.showmax.com/.../peacock-toolkit-core.css | Last modified header |
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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