Nibbler SEO audit for birdwatcher.co.za
Summary
Overall7.4
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility8.1
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience8.6
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing6.8
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology7.9
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 07:59 on 19 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics. (read more)
- Add meaningful anchor text that describes the link's destination. If the link contains an image, ensure you have provided alt text. (read more)
- 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. (read more)
Analytics0.0
0% of pages use analytics
No Analytics Solution
- 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.
Internal links4.7
- 54 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.
Headings6.0
- 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 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 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | Welcome to Birdwatcher | H2 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | Subscribe To Our Newsletter | H2 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | Latest News | H2 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | The Fork-tailed Drongo: A Fascinating Bird Species | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | Pearl-spotted Owlet | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | Tawny Frogmouth near Sydney, Australia! | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | Hello! | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | News / Blog | H1 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | The Fork-tailed Drongo: A Fascinating Bird Species | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Pearl-spotted Owlet | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Tawny Frogmouth near Sydney, Australia! | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | A Serendipitous Morning Walk | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Knysna Woodpecker – Special on the Garden Route | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Tawny Frogmouth – Birding in Australia | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Birding on the old ox-wagon route near Sedgefield | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Forest Buzzards and Ericas | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Finding Victorin’s Warbler | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Goliath Heron Sedgefield – Chick on nest | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Voëlvlei Floodplains | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Spotted Pardalote in Australia with Birdwatcher (Ben Fouche) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Bird watching at Wilderness | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Good birding on the Garden Route | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Bird Watching along the Garden Route, South Africa | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Majestic Kelp Gulls on Garden Route, South Africa | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Birding and Photography Introduction – Garden Route Jan 2023 | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Go Magazine with BIRDWATCHER | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Cape Longclaw – Ezemvelo near Bronkhorstspruit | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Laughing Gull in Mossel Bay South Africa | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Terns at Goukamma Nature Reserve | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | West Coast Birding with Birdwatcher Sept 2021 | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Trip report for Wilderness and Sedgefield, 27 Jan 2020 – UK clients | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Birding on the Garden Route with UK couple – Sedgefield, Sunday morning 19/1/2020 | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Birding in Knysna and Wilderness for Nairobi and UK clients | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Birding Rondevlei Wilderness on 11 Nov 2019. | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Birding trip report for USA clients, Wilderness, Garden Route 2/1/2020 | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Birding Garden Route, Rondevlei to Wilderness on 11 Nov 2019 | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Gymnogenes Sedgefield | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Tierkop Saasveld | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Southern Black Tit – Enkeldoorn 28 & 29 April 2017 | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Trip Report Enkeldoorn 28 & 29 April 2017 | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Dusky Lark, Donkerlewerik, (Pinarocorys nigricans) – Roodeplaat Nature Reserve | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Southern(Common) Fiscal, Fiskaallaksman, (Lanius collaris) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Diederik Cuckoo, Diederikkie, (Chrysococcyx caprius) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Reed Cormorant, Rietduiker, (Microcarbo africanus) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Ant-eating Chat, Swartpiek, (Myrmecocichla formicivora) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Banded Martin, Gebande Oewerswael, (Riparia cincta) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Cape Longclaw, Oranjekeelkalkoentjie, (Macronyx capensis) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Pin-tailed Whydah, Koningrooibekkie, (Vidua macroura) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | African Pipit, Gewone Koester, (Anthus cinnamomeus) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Common Sandpiper, Gewone Ruiter, (Actitis hypoleucos) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Spotted Flycatcher, Europese Vlieëvanger, (Muscicapa striata) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Willow Warbler, Hofsanger, (Phylloscopus trochilus) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Wahlberg’s Eagle, Bruinarend, (Hieraaetus wahlbergi) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Swainson’s Spurfowl, Bosveldfisant, (Pternistis swainsonii) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Spotted Flycatcher, Europese Vlieëvanger, (Muscicapa striata) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Red-backed Shrike, Rooiruglaksman, (Lanius collurio) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Green-backed Heron, Groenrugreier, (Butorides striata) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Cardinal Woodpecker, Kardinaalspeg, (Dendropicos fuscescens) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Burchell’s Coucal, Gewone Vleiloerie, (Centropus burchelli) | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | Hello! | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/newsletter/ | Newsletter | H2 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/newsletter/ | Hello! | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | Reviews | H2 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | Hello! | H3 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | Outstanding Experience! | H4 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | Great guided one day bird tour by Ben! | H4 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | Amazing experience | H4 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | Review of Ben Fouche's bird watching experience | H4 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | A wonderful morning with Ben Fouche | H4 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/about-us/ | About Birdwatcher | H2 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/about-us/ | Hello! | H3 |
Meta tags6.8
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Birdwatcher Guided Birding Tours, Birdwatching and birding trips
birdwatcher.co.za/
Birdwatcher Guided Birding Tours, Birdwatching and birding trips in South Africa fir beginners and the more experienced birder
- 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 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | robots | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | description | Birdwatcher Guided Birding Tours, Birdwatching and birding trips in South Africa fir beginners and the more experienced birder |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | google-site-verification | x3wI-jddyF3RDf7FRZSdP__PSEZpKOxW8PnIK3j_mOk |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | google-site-verification | x3wI-jddyF3RDf7FRZSdP__PSEZpKOxW8PnIK3j_mOk |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | generator | Elementor 3.21.1; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, e_optimized_css_loading, e_font_icon_svg, additional_custom_breakpoints; settings: css_print_method-internal, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://birdwatcher.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-BirdwatcherWebsiteLogo-270x270.png |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | robots | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | description | Birding South Africa is an amazing experience as depicter in the Birding News Blog by birdwatcher.co.za. Birding Photogrpahy and Tours South Africa. |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | google-site-verification | x3wI-jddyF3RDf7FRZSdP__PSEZpKOxW8PnIK3j_mOk |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | generator | Elementor 3.21.1; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, e_optimized_css_loading, e_font_icon_svg, additional_custom_breakpoints; settings: css_print_method-internal, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | msapplication-tileimage | https://birdwatcher.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-BirdwatcherWebsiteLogo-270x270.png |
| birdwatcher.co.za/newsletter/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/newsletter/ | robots | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/newsletter/ | twitter:label1 | Est. reading time |
| birdwatcher.co.za/newsletter/ | twitter:data1 | 1 minute |
| birdwatcher.co.za/newsletter/ | google-site-verification | x3wI-jddyF3RDf7FRZSdP__PSEZpKOxW8PnIK3j_mOk |
| birdwatcher.co.za/newsletter/ | generator | Elementor 3.21.1; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, e_optimized_css_loading, e_font_icon_svg, additional_custom_breakpoints; settings: css_print_method-internal, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto |
| birdwatcher.co.za/newsletter/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://birdwatcher.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-BirdwatcherWebsiteLogo-270x270.png |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | robots | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | twitter:label1 | Est. reading time |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | twitter:data1 | 1 minute |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | google-site-verification | x3wI-jddyF3RDf7FRZSdP__PSEZpKOxW8PnIK3j_mOk |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | generator | Elementor 3.21.1; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, e_optimized_css_loading, e_font_icon_svg, additional_custom_breakpoints; settings: css_print_method-internal, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://birdwatcher.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-BirdwatcherWebsiteLogo-270x270.png |
| birdwatcher.co.za/about-us/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/about-us/ | robots | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/about-us/ | description | Birdwatcher. Beautiful creatures like birds was the inspiration behind showing something of what photographers experience in nature. Birding. |
| birdwatcher.co.za/about-us/ | twitter:label1 | Est. reading time |
| birdwatcher.co.za/about-us/ | twitter:data1 | 2 minutes |
| birdwatcher.co.za/about-us/ | google-site-verification | x3wI-jddyF3RDf7FRZSdP__PSEZpKOxW8PnIK3j_mOk |
| birdwatcher.co.za/about-us/ | generator | Elementor 3.21.1; features: e_optimized_assets_loading, e_optimized_css_loading, e_font_icon_svg, additional_custom_breakpoints; settings: css_print_method-internal, google_font-enabled, font_display-auto |
| birdwatcher.co.za/about-us/ | msapplication-tileimage | https://birdwatcher.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-BirdwatcherWebsiteLogo-270x270.png |
Server behaviour7.4
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.
- 2 of the pages of this website follow the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect between URLs with/without trailing slashes. These pages are ideal.
- Adding or removing a trailing slash to 2 of the URLs of this site returns an error page (404). This is OK as no content is being duplicated, but visitors might try browsing to the pages of this website with or without a trailing slash. Ideally, the alternate URL should redirect to the correct page.
- Add a 301 redirect from the other version to the canonical URL.
Unhandled alternate URLs
- Add a 301 redirect from the other version to the canonical URL.
- There was no website found on http://www.birdwatcher.co.za. This is bad, as visitors might presume they can visit this website by visiting that address.
- Put a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect to http://birdwatcher.co.za on http://www.birdwatcher.co.za.
Images8.3
83% of images have a clearly defined size
65 images are being resized by the browser
- Some images (17.0%) 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.
- 65 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.
Amount of content8.5
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 653 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 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/ | 2756 | 427 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/category/.../ | 11573 | 1581 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/newsletter/ | 677 | 113 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/reviews/ | 3851 | 687 |
| birdwatcher.co.za/about-us/ | 2752 | 458 |
Mobile8.6
- This website delivers a mobile optimised version of the HTML when accessed on a phone. This is good because visitors on a mobile device will be able to access this website easily.
- Having mobile optimised HTML is good, but the best way of adapting a website for different screen sizes is to use CSS media queries.
Media specific CSS detected
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.
Printability10.0
100% of pages are optimised for printing
- All of this website appears to be optimised for printing (using CSS).
Media specific CSS detected
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 6, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Saturday, 6 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
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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