Website report
Claimed by
8.0
1,992nd highest website
Report
Overview
Accessibility9.5
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
Experience5.6
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
Marketing3.8
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
Technology8.0
How well designed and built the website is.
Facebook page0.0
This website does not appear to be associated with a Facebook page.
- This website did not contain a link to Facebook.
Incoming links0.0
- No other pages were found linking to this website (Note: If the website is less than a month old, this information may be inaccurate).
*The results here were correct at the time of running this report. The live results on Yahoo may have changed.
Facebook sharing2.0
The pages of this website have
24
likes
- The 5 pages tested have been liked and shared on Facebook a total of 306 times.
- The shared pages have been commented on a total of 115 times.
URL Information
| Page URL | Likes | Comments | Shares |
| www.food.gov.uk/ | 23 | 112 | 259 |
| www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/.../azdirectory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| www.food.gov.uk/safereating/ | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Duplicate content4.0
- There is duplicate content on http://food.gov.uk and http://www.food.gov.uk. 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.
Feeds5.0
Some feeds are invalid
- One feed was found on the 5 pages tested. This is good as it allows search engines and visitors to follow updates to this website.
- The one feed found is invalid. This is bad as visitors may not be able to use an invalid feed.
- We couldn't determine the date of some of the items in your feed.
Feeds on this website
| Feed URL | Type | Valid | Items | Last Update | Found on |
| www.food.gov.uk/news/?view=rss | RSS | No | 0 | - | http://www.food.gov.uk/ |
Feed validation errors
| Feed URL | Error | Line | Column |
| www.food.gov.uk/news/?view=rss | RDF parsing error: mixed content | 64 | 29 |
Visual Interest5.1
- 2 pages on this website have a low text-to-image ratio.
- On average there are 2.2 unique images per page.
- 40.0% of pages do not contain a single unique image.
Boring webpages
| Page | Image:Text Ratio | Unique Images |
| www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/.../azdirectory | Low | None |
| www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ | Low | None |
Social media5.5
156 Delicious bookmarks
0 Digged pages
Public Opinion
19% Happy
68% Neutral
13% Sad
- We found 596 Tweets about this website on Twitter.
- 18.9% of Tweets about this website were positive and 13.2% were negative. The remainder were neutral.
- Generally, people's comments about this website are indifferent.
- There are 0 articles on Digg relating to this website.
- This website has been bookmarked 156 times on Delicious.
Popularity6.4
106,788th Most popular website in the world
There has been no mentionable change in this website's popularity recently.
We collect this information from Alexa.
- This is the 106,788th most popular website in the world. Over the past 3 months, it has experienced no mentionable change in popularity.
Links6.5
- A large amount (10.4%) of links in this site could be defined better.
- 61 links use duplicate text to point to different pages.
Duplicate link text
Images8.4
- Some images (27.0%) don't have defined sizes.
Non Explicitly Sized Images
Analytics10.0
- 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 v1 |
| WebTrends |
Alternative text10.0
- All images were found to have an appropriate text equivalent. This will help users with visual disabilities use the website and aid legal compliance in many countries.
Inoffensive content10.0
- None of the pages tested will be blocked by filtering systems.
- Filtering systems are used in homes, schools and companies to stop inappropriate content being displayed.
Filtering Results
| Page URL | Status | Filter Reason |
| www.food.gov.uk/ | Unfiltered | |
| www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/.../azdirectory | Unfiltered | |
| www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/ | Unfiltered | |
| www.food.gov.uk/safereating/ | Unfiltered | |
| www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ | Unfiltered |
Titles10.0
- All pages were found to use page titles appropriately.
Page title detail
| URL | Page title | Issue |
| www.food.gov.uk/ | Food Standards Agency - Homepage | |
| www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/.../azdirectory | Food Standards Agency - A-Z Directory | |
| www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/ | Food Standards Agency - GM and Novel Foods | |
| www.food.gov.uk/safereating/ | Food Standards Agency - Safety and Hygiene | |
| www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ | Food Standards Agency - Consultations |
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.
Page headings detail
Meta tags10.0
Your Search Listing
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Food Standards Agency - Homepage
The website of the Food Standards Agency
www.food.gov.uk/
- Appropriate metadata is used throughout. All pages were found to include a meta description. This is excellent and means that search engines can determine the content of the website pages easily.
Meta Tags (name attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.food.gov.uk/ | description | The website of the Food Standards Agency |
| www.food.gov.uk/ | keywords | Food, Food Standards, UK, Government, Agency, FSA, Health, Safety, Safer, Enforce, Enforcement, Healthy, Label, Labelling, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland |
| www.food.gov.uk/ | author | Food Standards Agency |
| www.food.gov.uk/ | dc:creator | Food Standards Agency |
| www.food.gov.uk/ | verify-v1 | fDvlRtLGr4GQsApG4hdFtnDA4i8RRGJe9e49p6LX2pI= |
| www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/.../azdirectory | description | Links to food topics from food.gov.uk and the NHS Choices website, which contains much of our consumer advice. You can also look for topics through the Search box above. |
| www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/.../azdirectory | keywords | Food, Food Standards, UK, Government, Agency, FSA, Health, Safety, Safer, Enforce, Enforcement, Healthy, Label, Labelling, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland |
| www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/.../azdirectory | author | Food Standards Agency |
| www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/.../azdirectory | dc:creator | Food Standards Agency |
| www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/.../azdirectory | verify-v1 | fDvlRtLGr4GQsApG4hdFtnDA4i8RRGJe9e49p6LX2pI= |
| www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/ | description | Genetically modified (GM) foods and other types of novel foods can only be marketed in the European Union (EU) if they have passed a rigorous safety assessment. |
| www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/ | keywords | Food, Food Standards, UK, Government, Agency, FSA, Health, Safety, Safer, Enforce, Enforcement, Healthy, Label, Labelling, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland |
| www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/ | author | Food Standards Agency |
| www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/ | dc:creator | Food Standards Agency |
| www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/ | verify-v1 | fDvlRtLGr4GQsApG4hdFtnDA4i8RRGJe9e49p6LX2pI= |
| www.food.gov.uk/safereating/ | description | The Food Standards Agency carries out a range of work to make sure food is safe to eat, including funding research on chemical, microbiological and radiological safety, as well as food hygiene and allergy. |
| www.food.gov.uk/safereating/ | keywords | Food, Food Standards, UK, Government, Agency, FSA, Health, Safety, Safer, Enforce, Enforcement, Healthy, Label, Labelling, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland |
| www.food.gov.uk/safereating/ | author | Food Standards Agency |
| www.food.gov.uk/safereating/ | dc:creator | Food Standards Agency |
| www.food.gov.uk/safereating/ | verify-v1 | fDvlRtLGr4GQsApG4hdFtnDA4i8RRGJe9e49p6LX2pI= |
| www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ | description | The Agency carries out numerous formal consultations, inviting the views of the food industry, consumers and others on topics ranging from proposed changes in regulations to new food policy initiatives. |
| www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ | keywords | Food, Food Standards, UK, Government, Agency, FSA, Health, Safety, Safer, Enforce, Enforcement, Healthy, Label, Labelling, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland |
| www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ | author | Food Standards Agency |
| www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ | dc:creator | Food Standards Agency |
| www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ | verify-v1 | fDvlRtLGr4GQsApG4hdFtnDA4i8RRGJe9e49p6LX2pI= |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.food.gov.uk/ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/.../azdirectory | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.food.gov.uk/safereating/ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ | Content-Type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
URL format10.0
- This website uses appropriate web addresses (URLs) throughout. This is excellent and will help search engine placement, usability and the marketability of this website.
Semantic HTML10.0
- All of the tested pages appear to use semantic HTML. It is widely regarded that use of presentational elements like <font> and <marquee> should be avoided in favour of CSS and JavaScript alternatives.
- None of the tested pages of this site use tables for layout. This is excellent, as using tables for layout is not necessary and they should only contain tabular data. A well built website should use div elements and CSS to create the desired layout.
W3C compliance10.0
- No errors or warnings were found on the 5 pages tested.
- All pages were found to be W3C compliant. This is excellent and means that this website can be read by the widest possible range of applications.
- This website is XHTML 1.0 Transitional
W3C Testing Results
| Page | Errors | Warnings | Doctype | Valid |
| www.food.gov.uk/ | 0 | 0 | XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Valid |
| www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/.../azdirectory | 0 | 0 | XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Valid |
| www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/ | 0 | 0 | XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Valid |
| www.food.gov.uk/safereating/ | 0 | 0 | XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Valid |
| www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ | 0 | 0 | XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Valid |
Nibbler tested the following pages
- http://www.food.gov.uk/
- http://www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/aboutsite/azdirectory/
- http://www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/
- http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/
- http://www.food.gov.uk/consultations/
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