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7.8
2,863rd highest website

Report

Overview

Accessibility9.3

How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.

Experience6.7

How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.

Marketing4.8

How well marketed, and popular the website is.

Technology8.6

How well designed and built the website is.

Key points

  • This website does not appear to use any analytics software (more)
  • All pages were found to use page titles appropriately (more)
  • All pages were found to have defined headings. (more)

Analytics0.0

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0% of pages use analytics

  • None of this website is using any recognised analytics software. It is still possible to gather a great deal of information from webserver logs, however complete visitor analysis requires client-side Javascript or an image not found here.
    • Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics.
  • Note that this test can only detect recognised analytics solutions. If an analytics solution is new, obscure or used in a non-standard way (e.g. it has been customised) it may not be detected.

Facebook page0.0

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Facebook logo

This website does not appear to be associated with a Facebook page.

  • This website was found to contain some links to Facebook, but none appear to be public Facebook pages associated with this website.
    • Sign up for a Facebook page and make sure it is linked to from your site, or if you already have one make sure it is is public.

Facebook sharing3.6

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The pages of this website have
233Facebook logo likes

The pages of this website have been shared on Facebook
2,282 times

  • The 5 pages tested have been liked and shared on Facebook a total of 2,515 times.
  • The shared pages have been commented on a total of 280 times.

URL Information

Meta tags3.6

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This is how this website will look in Google search listings:

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

www.w3.org/

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards ...

Meta Tags (name attribute)

Page URLNameContent
www.w3.org/viewportwidth=device-width
www.w3.org/descriptionThe World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards.
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignviewportwidth=device-width
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/viewportwidth=device-width
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebviewportwidth=device-width
www.w3.org/standards/xml/viewportwidth=device-width

Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)

Page URLNameContent
www.w3.org/Content-Typetext/html; charset=utf-8
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignContent-Typetext/html; charset=utf-8
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Content-Typetext/html; charset=utf-8
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebContent-Typetext/html; charset=utf-8
www.w3.org/standards/xml/Content-Typetext/html; charset=utf-8

Popularity5.4

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365th Most popular website in the world

This website recently saw a slight decrease in popularity.

We collect this information from Alexa.

  • This is the 365th most popular website in the world.
  • Over the past 3 months, this website has experienced a slight decrease in popularity.
  • This website accounts for 33.5% of the Internet traffic to w3.org and its subdomains.

Links5.7

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Images7.6

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62% of images have a clearly defined size

4 images are being resized by the browser

Feeds8.0

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RSS Logo

Some feeds are invalid

This website's feed is updated 4 times every week

  • 5 feeds were found on the 5 pages tested. This is good as it allows search engines and visitors to follow updates to this website.
  • 3 of the 5 feeds tested were found to be invalid. This is bad as some visitors may not be able to use the invalid feeds.
    • Ensure your feed generator produces valid feeds.
  • We couldn't determine the date of some of the items in your feed.
    • Ensure your feeds contain valid date elements.
  • Your syndicated content is updated about 4 times every week.

Feeds on this website

Feed URLTypeValidItemsLast UpdateFound on
www.w3.org/standards/.../news.xmlATOMYes0-http://www.w3.org/standards/xml/
www.w3.org/standards/.../news.xmlATOMNo806/01/12http://www.w3.org/standards/semanticweb/
www.w3.org/standards/.../news.xmlATOMNo224/12/11http://www.w3.org/standards/webarch/
www.w3.org/standards/.../news.xmlATOMNo706/01/12http://www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/
www.w3.org/news/atom.xmlATOMYes1506/01/12http://www.w3.org/

Feed validation errors

Feed URLErrorLineColumn
www.w3.org/standards/.../news.xmlid must be a full and valid URL75
www.w3.org/standards/.../news.xmlMissing feed element: updated20
www.w3.org/standards/.../news.xmlid must be a full and valid URL75
www.w3.org/standards/.../news.xmlMissing feed element: updated20
www.w3.org/standards/.../news.xmlid must be a full and valid URL75
www.w3.org/standards/.../news.xmlMissing feed element: updated20

W3C compliance9.5

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XHTML 1.0 Strict

2 errors

0 warnings

  • A total of 2 errors and 0 warnings were found on the 5 pages tested.
  • There are only 2 errors preventing this site from being fully W3C compliant. This is good, but resolving any outstanding errors will ensure that this website can be read by the widest possible range of applications.
    • Resolve the validation errors that are listed in the table below. These errors are preventing this website from being fully W3C compliant.

      W3C Validation Errors

      DocumentTypeLineColumnMessage
      www.w3.org/standards/webdesignERROR25020there is no attribute "border"
      www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebERROR38220there is no attribute "border"
  • This website was detected as being XHTML 1.0 Strict

W3C Testing Results

PageErrorsWarningsDoctypeValidW3C Link
www.w3.org/00XHTML 1.0 StrictValidSee more
www.w3.org/standards/webdesign10XHTML 1.0 StrictInvalidSee more
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/00XHTML 1.0 StrictValidSee more
www.w3.org/standards/semanticweb10XHTML 1.0 StrictInvalidSee more
www.w3.org/standards/xml/00XHTML 1.0 StrictValidSee more

Alternative text10.0

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100% of images have alt text

  • 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

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Very unlikely to be blocked by a content filtering system

  • None of the pages tested will be blocked by filtering systems.

Page titles10.0

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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

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100% of pages have defined headings

  • 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.

Page headings detail

URLHeadingLevel
www.w3.org/W3CH1
www.w3.org/Site NavigationH2
www.w3.org/NewsH2
www.w3.org/Talks and AppearancesH2
www.w3.org/EventsH2
www.w3.org/JobsH2
www.w3.org/W3C BlogH2
www.w3.org/Validators, Unicorn, and Other SoftwareH2
www.w3.org/W3C Member TestimonialH2
www.w3.org/Footer NavigationH2
www.w3.org/StandardsH3
www.w3.org/Web for AllH3
www.w3.org/Community and Business GroupsH3
www.w3.org/Working GroupsH3
www.w3.org/Member-only HomeH3
www.w3.org/Seven Web Services Specifications are RecommendationsH3
www.w3.org/Register for Mobile Web Best Practices Course; Early Bird Rate Ends 9 JanuaryH3
www.w3.org/Last Call: Five SPARQL 1.1 DraftsH3
www.w3.org/DOM4 Draft PublishedH3
www.w3.org/Last Call for Two XML Encryption 1.1 Specifications; Related Drafts PublishedH3
www.w3.org/Updated Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0H3
www.w3.org/First Draft of Media Accessibility User Requirements PublishedH3
www.w3.org/German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbhH3
www.w3.org/NavigationH3
www.w3.org/Contact W3CH3
www.w3.org/W3C UpdatesH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignW3CH1
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignWeb Design and ApplicationsH1
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignSite NavigationH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignHTML & CSSH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignScripting and AjaxH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignGraphicsH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignAudio and VideoH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignAccessibilityH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignInternationalizationH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignMobile WebH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignPrivacyH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignMath on the WebH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignNewsH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignTalks and AppearancesH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignEventsH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignFooter NavigationH2
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignStandardsH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignEarly bird rate ends soon for the MWABP courseH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignW3C TAG Publishes Finding on Identifying Application StateH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignRegistration opens for 3rd edition of the Mobile Web training courseH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignNew translations into Russian and UkrainianH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignOpen Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2011-12-05 - 2011-12-11H3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignHTML5H3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignHTML Rich ContentH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignVideo TracksH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignWeb AppsH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignDOMH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignCSSH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignWeb ArchitectureH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignHTTPH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignElsewhereH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignW3C Workshop, Call for Participation: The Multilingual Web – The Way AheadH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignNovember Update to Standards for Web Applications on MobileH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignOpen Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2011-11-29 - 2011-12-04H3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignHTML5H3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignWeb AppsH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignDOMH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignHTTPH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignElsewhereH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignNew Working Draft of Requirements for Japanese Text LayoutH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignOpen Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2011-11-21 - 2011-11-28H3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignHTML5H3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignWeb AppsH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignECMAScriptH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignDOMH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignCSSH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignWeb ArchitectureH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignHTTPH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignNavigationH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignContact W3CH3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesignW3C UpdatesH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/W3CH1
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Web ArchitectureH1
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Site NavigationH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Architecture PrinciplesH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/IdentifiersH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/ProtocolsH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Meta FormatsH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Protocol and Meta Format ConsiderationsH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/InternationalizationH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/NewsH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/BackgroundH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Hash-bang URIs in practiceH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Advantages of Hash URIsH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Disadvantages of Hash URIsH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Good PracticeH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/The Deeper QuestionsH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Talks and AppearancesH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/EventsH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Footer NavigationH2
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/StandardsH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/W3C TAG Publishes Finding on Identifying Application StateH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Video links now available for Limerick MultilingualWeb workshopH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/W3C Workshop, Call for Participation: The Multilingual Web – The Way AheadH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Slides and IRC logs for Limerick MultilingualWeb workshop now availableH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Registrations are filling up for the MultilingualWeb workshop in Limerick, 21-22 Sept.H3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Initial program published for MultilingualWeb Workshop in LimerickH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Updated Working Group Note: Working with Time ZonesH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/MultilingualWeb workshop, Limerick, speaker deadline approaching!H3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Hash URIsH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/LifehackerH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/TwitterH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/AddressingH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Caching and ParallelisationH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Distributed ApplicationsH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/SEOH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Restricted AccessH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/BrittlenessH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Replacing HTTPH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Lack of DifferentiationH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/W3C Workshop, Call for Participation: A Local Focus for the Multilingual WebH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/NavigationH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/Contact W3CH3
www.w3.org/standards/webarch/W3C UpdatesH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebW3CH1
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebSemantic WebH1
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebSite NavigationH2
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebLinked DataH2
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebVocabulariesH2
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebQueryH2
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebInferenceH2
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebVertical ApplicationsH2
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebNewsH2
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebTalks and AppearancesH2
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebEventsH2
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebFooter NavigationH2
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebStandardsH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebPublication of the SPARQL 1.1 2nd Last Call Working DraftsH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebWhere we are with RDFa 1.1?H3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebNew Versions of RDFa Core 1.1 and the XHTML+RDFa 1.1 DraftsH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebNew Version of the PROV Data Model DraftH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebFirst Public Working Draft of the PROV Ontology publishedH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebW3C Workshop, Call for Participation: The Multilingual Web – The Way AheadH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebRDFa Lite 1.1 Draft Published; RDFa 1.1 Primer UpdatedH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebCall for Review: Ontology for Media Resources 1.0 Proposed Recommendation PublishedH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebJapanese Translation of SKOS PrimerH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebTwo SPARQL 1.1 Drafts PublishedH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebNavigationH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebContact W3CH3
www.w3.org/standards/semanticwebW3C UpdatesH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/W3CH1
www.w3.org/standards/xml/XML TechnologyH1
www.w3.org/standards/xml/Site NavigationH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/XML EssentialsH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/SchemaH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/SecurityH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/TransformationH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/QueryH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/ComponentsH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/ProcessingH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/InternationalizationH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/PublishingH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/NewsH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/Talks and AppearancesH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/EventsH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/Footer NavigationH2
www.w3.org/standards/xml/StandardsH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/Registrations are filling up for the MultilingualWeb workshop in Limerick, 21-22 Sept.H3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/New article: Personal names around the worldH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/Initial program published for MultilingualWeb Workshop in LimerickH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/New translations into GermanH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/Updated article: xml:lang in XML document schemasH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/Updated Working Group Note: Working with Time ZonesH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/MultilingualWeb workshop, Limerick, speaker deadline approaching!H3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/MultilingualWeb Pisa report now availableH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/W3C Workshop, Call for Participation: A Local Focus for the Multilingual WebH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/Don’t forget to register for the W3C MultilingualWeb Workshop in PisaH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/NavigationH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/Contact W3CH3
www.w3.org/standards/xml/W3C UpdatesH3

Printability10.0

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100% of pages are optimised for printing

  • All of this website appears to be optimised for printing (using CSS).

URL format10.0

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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.

Semantic HTML10.0

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All pages use Semantic HTML

No pages use tables for layout

  • All of the tested pages appear to use semantic HTML. This is excellent.
  • 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.

Twitter sharing10.0

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160,548 Tweets reference this website

Public Opinion

23% Happy

72% Neutral

6% Sad

  • We found 160,548 Tweets about this website on Twitter.
  • 23.0% of Tweets about this website were positive and 5.5% were negative. The remainder were neutral.
  • Generally, people's comments about this website are indifferent.

Top tweeters

Duplicate content10.0

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301 Redirect in place

  • This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://w3.org to http://www.w3.org. This is ideal.

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