Nibbler SEO audit for smccd.edu
Summary
Overall8.2
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility9.3
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience7.3
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing5.2
How well marketed and popular the website is.
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Technology8.4
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 9:07 PM on Apr 2, 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- 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)
- Sign up for a Twitter account and make sure it is linked to from your site. (read more)
- 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. (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.
Meta tags3.6
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Home | SMCCCD Home | San Mateo County Community College District
smccd.edu/
The SMCCCD is a three-college district located between San Francisco and San Jose in Silicon Valley. Our Colleges serve nearly 20,000 students each year and offer the ...
- All pages include at least some metadata, but only 20.0% 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 |
| smccd.edu/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| smccd.edu/ | description | The SMCCCD is a three-college district located between San Francisco and San Jose in Silicon Valley. Our Colleges serve nearly 20,000 students each year and offer the first two years of instruction in a wide variety of degree and transfer programs and vocational-technical programs. |
| smccd.edu/ | keywords | |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | description | |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | keywords | |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php | description | |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php | keywords | |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | description | |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | keywords | |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | description | |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | keywords |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| smccd.edu/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| smccd.edu/ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | Content-Type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
Printability4.0
40% of pages are optimized for printing
- 3 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 optimized pages
Page Print smccd.edu/ Not detected smccd.edu/search/azindex.php Optimized smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php Not detected smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php Not detected smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php Optimized
- 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
URL format5.2
4 URLs are less than ideal
- 4 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.
Freshness5.6
Last updated December 4, 2023
- It looks like this website was last updated on Monday, December 4, 2023. Visitors perceive up-to-date websites as more credible. Websites that are updated regularly are also spidered by search engines more often.
- Consider updating this website regularly with new content.
- 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
Server behavior8.4
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 returns page content with or without a trailing slash on the URLs. 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.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://www.smccd.edu to http://smccd.edu. This is ideal.
Headings8.8
- All pages were found to use defined headings. This is excellent as it allows visitors and search engines to summarize the content of webpages quickly. Correctly defined headings aid accessibility and are particularly important for search engine optimization.
- Some headings (4.0%) 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.
- Some pages did not define headings correctly. The H1 tag should be used for the most top-level heading, with H2 being used for sub-headings and H3 for further sub-headings and so-on. Not conforming to this convention may confuse visitors.
- Ensure that headings are defined in a semantically correct way, i.e. always start with a H1 tag. This is used to summarise the page content. Further tags (H2, H3, H4 etc) are meant to summarise and partition sections within the content.
Page headings detail
| URL | Heading | Level |
| smccd.edu/ | News | H2 |
| smccd.edu/ | Finalists Named for SMCCCD Chancellor | H3 |
| smccd.edu/ | San Mateo County Community College District enrollment on rise | H3 |
| smccd.edu/ | District Seeking Educational Housing Corporation Board Members | H3 |
| smccd.edu/ | National Student Clearinghouse Data Breach | H3 |
| smccd.edu/ | San Mateo County Community College District | H3 |
| smccd.edu/ | Contact | H3 |
| smccd.edu/ | smccd.edu | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | Search SMCCD | H1 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | A-Z Index | H2 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | 1 | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | 2 | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | A | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | B | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | C | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | D | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | E | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | F | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | G | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | H | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | I | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | J | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | K | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | L | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | M | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | N | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | O | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | P | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | R | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | S | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | T | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | U | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | V | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | W | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | Y | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | z | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | San Mateo County Community College District | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | Contact | H3 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | smccd.edu | H3 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php | About Us | H1 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php | District Overview | H2 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php | San Mateo County Community College District | H3 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php | Contact | H3 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php | smccd.edu | H3 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | About Us | H1 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | District Fact Book | H2 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | San Mateo County Community College District | H3 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | Contact | H3 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | smccd.edu | H3 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | District Facts – Students | H4 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | Student Type | H4 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | Student Race/Ethnicity | H4 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | Student Gender Identification | H4 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | Student Age Ranges | H4 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | Course Modality | H4 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | Degrees and Certificates Awarded | H4 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | Top Five Degree Programs (by degrees awarded) | H4 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | District Strategic Plan | H4 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | District Facts – Human Resources | H4 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | District Facts – Financial | H4 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | San Mateo County Community College District | H1 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | Students FirstDistrict Strategic Plan | H1 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | Equity, Social Justice, and Completion | H1 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | District Strategic Plan | H1 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | Strategic Goals | H2 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | Scorecard and Metrics | H2 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | Develop and strengthen educational offerings, Interventions, and support programs that increase student access, success, and completion. | H3 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | Establish and expand relationships with school districts, 4-year college partners, and community-based organizations and employers to increase higher education attainment and economic mobility in San Mateo County. | H3 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | Promote innovation and excellence in instruction to support student learning and success. | H3 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | Ensure necessary resources are available to implement this strategic plan through sound fiscal planning and management of allocations. Protect community-supported status, and undertake the development of alternative sources of revenues that support educational programs beyond what is available from community and state allocations. | H3 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | San Mateo County Community College District | H3 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | Contact | H3 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | smccd.edu | H3 |
Amount of content8.8
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 2,176 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 |
| smccd.edu/ | 2503 | 340 |
| smccd.edu/search/azindex.php | 65071 | 9180 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/index.php | 2957 | 357 |
| smccd.edu/aboutus/factbook.php | 3129 | 444 |
| smccd.edu/strategicplan/index.php | 5051 | 560 |
Images9.4
17% of images have a clearly defined size
4 images are being resized by the browser
- Most images (83.0%) 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 faster.
- 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.
- 4 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.
- 1 images on this website could not be downloaded. Broken images may cause the website to display incorrectly for visitors.
- Check any images which could not be downloaded and fix them if necessary.
Internal links9.9
- 4 links are 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 tag to benefit search engine optimization.
Weak link text
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor tag to benefit search engine optimization.
Mobile10.0
- All of this website appears to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone or a tablet.
Media specific CSS detected
Analytics10.0
100% of pages use analytics
Multiple Analytics Solutions
- Every page in this website is using some form of analytics software. This is excellent and should allow for a complete analysis of visitor behavior.
Analytics Software Found
| Software Name |
| Google Tag Manager |
| Google Analytics |
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 optimization.
Page titles
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