Nibbler SEO audit for mech.vg
Summary
Overall6.3
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility5.6
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience4.2
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing4.6
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology6.2
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 4 pages from this website at 20:40 on 1 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Check how the website looks using a mobile and a tablet. Consider adding mobile-only styling using media queries. Some websites employ other techniques for mobile visitors which we cannot currently detect. (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)
- Consider updating this website regularly with new content. (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.
Headings0.0
- No pages were found to be using defined headings. This means that users and search engines may find it harder to determine the content of this website's page. 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.
Printability0.0
0% of pages are optimised for printing
- 4 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 mech.vg/ Not detected mech.vg/land.php Not detected mech.vg/?alt_sess=on Not detected mech.vg/contactus.php 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.
Freshness0.0
Last updated March 5, 2017
- It looks like this website was last updated on Sunday, 5 March 2017. This is bad because visitors may dismiss this website as outdated. Websites that are not updated regularly are also spidered by search engines less 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
| Date | File | Source |
| 05/03/2017 | mech.vg/fb.png | Last modified header |
| 05/03/2017 | mech.vg/images/check.gif | Last modified header |
Mobile3.0
- None of this website appears to be fully optimised for viewing on a mobile or tablet (using CSS media queries). It is important to make sure your content can be viewed easily across a wide range of devices as a growing percentage of web browsing is now done on phones and tablets.
- Check how the website looks using a mobile and a tablet. Consider adding mobile-only styling using media queries. Some websites employ other techniques for mobile visitors which we cannot currently detect.
Device optimised pages
Page Mobile Tablet Viewport mech.vg/ Not detected Not detected Detected mech.vg/land.php Not detected Not detected Detected mech.vg/?alt_sess=on Not detected Not detected Detected mech.vg/contactus.php Not detected Not detected Detected
- Check how the website looks using a mobile and a tablet. Consider adding mobile-only styling using media queries. Some websites employ other techniques for mobile visitors which we cannot currently detect.
URL format5.0
3 URLs are less than ideal
- One URL is particularly hard to type or remember.
- Consider URL rewriting as an effective and transparent means of creating appropriate URLs. URLs using unusual characters (such as semi-colons or underscores), long numerals or complex phrasing are very difficult for real people to use or exchange. They also tend to be less favoured by search engines. Wherever possible ensure web addresses are 'human readable' - i.e. they should be easy to read, remember and type. In particular, avoid the use of obscure characters (including the underscore, which is not widely understood by non-technical users, or particularly memorable) and long numerals, e.g. example.com/23857984325.
- 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.
- 2 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.
Internal links7.0
- 2 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 content7.1
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 166 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.
Amount of content discovered
| Page | Characters | Words |
| mech.vg/ | 922 | 157 |
| mech.vg/land.php | 936 | 160 |
| mech.vg/?alt_sess=on | 923 | 157 |
| mech.vg/contactus.php | 1130 | 191 |
Server behaviour7.2
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.
Duplicate pages
Tested page Alternate mech.vg/land.php mech.vg/land.php/ mech.vg/contactus.php mech.vg/contactus.php/
- Use a 301 redirect or a canonical meta tag to force search engines to see the correct version.
- There is duplicate content on http://www.mech.vg and http://mech.vg. This is bad, as technically they are classed as two different websites. Search engines may lower a website's rank if they find the same content on two different URLs.
- Choose one domain that you would like to use and then set a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect to forward users who visit the other.
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 behaviour.
Analytics Software Found
| Software Name |
| 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 optimisation.
Page titles
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
- 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.
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Mech Crusaders; Free mech battle strategy game in your browser
mech.vg/
Play our free online game, train a team of Mechs and battle them against other players'...
- 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 |
| mech.vg/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| mech.vg/ | description | Play our free online game, train a team of Mechs and battle them against other players'... |
| mech.vg/ | keywords | pbbg, game, mech, strategy, robot, free, browser, rpg, mmorpg, play, login |
| mech.vg/land.php | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| mech.vg/land.php | description | Join our free online game, train a team of Mechs and battle them against other players'... |
| mech.vg/land.php | keywords | pbbg, game, mech, strategy, robot, free, browser, rpg, mmorpg, signup, join |
| mech.vg/?alt_sess=on | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| mech.vg/?alt_sess=on | description | Play our free online game, train a team of Mechs and battle them against other players'... |
| mech.vg/?alt_sess=on | keywords | pbbg, game, mech, strategy, robot, free, browser, rpg, mmorpg, play, login |
| mech.vg/contactus.php | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| mech.vg/contactus.php | description | Contact us, free online game, train a team of Mechs and battle them against other players'... |
| mech.vg/contactus.php | keywords | pbbg, game, mech, strategy, robot, free, browser, rpg, mmorpg, contact us, email |
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