Nibbler SEO audit for eeas.europa.eu
Summary
Overall8.5
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility9.0
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Experience9.4
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Marketing8.3
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology9.0
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 15:21 on 23 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics. (read more)
- 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. (read more)
- 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. (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.
URL format4.0
5 URLs are less than ideal
- All URLs are 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.
Images8.3
87% of images have a clearly defined size
69 images are being resized by the browser
- Some images (13.0%) 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.
- 69 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.
Headings8.7
- 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.
- Many headings (5.0%) 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
Internal links9.5
- One link is 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 text to benefit search engine optimisation.
Weak link text
Link URL Link text Page URL www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eu-special-representatives_en Read more www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor text to benefit search engine optimisation.
- 15 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.
Mobile10.0
- All of this website appears to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone or a tablet.
Media specific CSS detected
Server behaviour10.0
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 follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect between URLs with/without trailing slashes. This is ideal.
- This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://www.eeas.europa.eu to http://eeas.europa.eu. This is ideal.
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.
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
The Diplomatic Service of the European Union | EEAS
www.eeas.europa.eu/_en
The European External Action Service is the EU's diplomatic service, and carries out the EU's foreign and security policy. Find out more about its work.
- 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 |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/_en | google-site-verification | 9gj13Gd2XOAQ01xuyh8xQ6Q4PcO7Zosj_-Ysjl0Zzsk |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/_en | description | The European External Action Service is the EU's diplomatic service, and carries out the EU's foreign and security policy. Find out more about its work. |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/_en | generator | Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/_en | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/_en | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/_en | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | google-site-verification | 9gj13Gd2XOAQ01xuyh8xQ6Q4PcO7Zosj_-Ysjl0Zzsk |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | description | The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the European Union’s diplomatic service. Since 2011, the EEAS carries out the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy to promote peace, prosperity, security, and the interests of Europeans across the globe. |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | referrer | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | twitter:card | summary |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | twitter:description | The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the European Union’s diplomatic service. Since 2011, the EEAS carries out the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy to promote peace, prosperity, security, and the interests of Europeans across the globe. |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | twitter:url | https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | twitter:image | https://www.eeas.europa.eu/themes/custom/eeas_website/img/eu-flag.png |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | generator | Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | google-site-verification | 9gj13Gd2XOAQ01xuyh8xQ6Q4PcO7Zosj_-Ysjl0Zzsk |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | description | Formally launched on 1 January 2011, the European External Action Service (EEAS) was created by the Treaty of Lisbon which was signed in 2007 and entered into force in late 2009. |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | referrer | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | twitter:card | summary |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | twitter:description | Formally launched on 1 January 2011, the European External Action Service (EEAS) was created by the Treaty of Lisbon which was signed in 2007 and entered into force in late 2009. |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | twitter:url | https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | twitter:image | https://www.eeas.europa.eu/themes/custom/eeas_website/img/eu-flag.png |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | generator | Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | google-site-verification | 9gj13Gd2XOAQ01xuyh8xQ6Q4PcO7Zosj_-Ysjl0Zzsk |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | description | The EEAS regularly reports on its activities. It does this through annual activity reports, human resources reports, reports on the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy, on Common Security and Defence Policy and reports on human rights. The EEAS also contributes to the annual General Report of |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | referrer | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | twitter:card | summary |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | twitter:description | The EEAS regularly reports on its activities. It does this through annual activity reports, human resources reports, reports on the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy, on Common Security and Defence Policy and reports on human rights. The EEAS also contributes to the annual General Report of the EU. |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | twitter:url | https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | twitter:image | https://www.eeas.europa.eu/themes/custom/eeas_website/img/eu-flag.png |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | generator | Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | google-site-verification | 9gj13Gd2XOAQ01xuyh8xQ6Q4PcO7Zosj_-Ysjl0Zzsk |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | description | The collective work to better structure the EEAS delivered a new organisation chart, effective as of 1 September 2021. Most of the daily work at the EEAS headquarters is overseen by the Secretary General, assisted by the Deputy Secretaries-General. Six large departments cover areas of the world – |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | referrer | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | twitter:card | summary |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | twitter:description | The collective work to better structure the EEAS delivered a new organisation chart, effective as of 1 September 2021. Most of the daily work at the EEAS headquarters is overseen by the Secretary General, assisted by the Deputy Secretaries-General. Six large departments cover areas of the world – Africa, the Americas, Asia and Pacific, Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Middle East & North America. Another department is dedicated to Global Agenda and Multilateral relations. Please consult the organisation chart. Below you can consult the list of Ambassadors and Senior Managers. |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | twitter:url | https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | twitter:image | https://www.eeas.europa.eu/themes/custom/eeas_website/img/eu-flag.png |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | generator | Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/_en | x-ua-compatible | ie=edge |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | x-ua-compatible | ie=edge |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | x-ua-compatible | ie=edge |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | x-ua-compatible | ie=edge |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | x-ua-compatible | ie=edge |
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
Amount of content10.0
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 3,036 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 |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/_en | 24188 | 3444 |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en | 28546 | 4123 |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en | 21321 | 3067 |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en | 16843 | 2384 |
| www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en | 15402 | 2161 |
Freshness10.0
Last updated April 23, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Tuesday, 23 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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Nibbler tested the following pages
- https://www.eeas.europa.eu/_en
- https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/about-european-external-action-service_en
- https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/creation-european-external-action-service_en
- https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en
- https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/structure-and-organisation_en