Nibbler SEO audit for www.calvet.ca.gov
Summary
Overall7.4
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility9.7
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Experience9.2
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Marketing6.3
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Technology7.9
How well designed and built the website is.
The following tests contribute to this score:
Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 15:01 on 6 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- 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)
- Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics. (read more)
- 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. (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.
Images2.0
18% of images have a clearly defined size
No images are being resized by the browser
- Most images (82.0%) 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.
- 2 images are not in a web-friendly format.
- Make sure all images on this website are JPEG, PNG, SVG or GIF format.
Non Web-Format Images
Image URL Format Page URL www.calvet.ca.gov/.../spcommon.png?rev=43 unavailable www.calvet.ca.gov/.../logo-ca-gov.png unavailable www.calvet.ca.gov/.../calvet-logo.svg unknown www.calvet.ca.gov/.../searchresultui.png?rev=43#ThemeKey=searchresultui unavailable www.calvet.ca.gov/PublishingImages/myCalVet.png unavailable www.calvet.ca.gov/ unknown
- Make sure all images on this website are JPEG, PNG, SVG or GIF format.
- 1 image on this website could not be downloaded. Broken images may cause the website to display incorrectly for visitors.
- Check any images which could not be downloaded and fix them if necessary.
Unavailable images
- Check any images which could not be downloaded and fix them if necessary.
Meta tags2.0
- All pages include at least some metadata, but no 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 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | google-translate-customization | 24e6730022d877d9-1a4e17fe4bb034f4-g455b7a9e8568394c-12 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | msapplication-tileimage | /_layouts/15/images/SharePointMetroAppTile.png |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | msapplication-tilecolor | #0072C6 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | handheldfriendly | True |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | mobileoptimized | 320 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | shareaholic:site_id | c38878351b72ee90a53f0fe22990fd35 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | google-translate-customization | 24e6730022d877d9-1a4e17fe4bb034f4-g455b7a9e8568394c-12 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | msapplication-tileimage | /_layouts/15/images/SharePointMetroAppTile.png |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | msapplication-tilecolor | #0072C6 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | handheldfriendly | True |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | mobileoptimized | 320 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | shareaholic:site_id | c38878351b72ee90a53f0fe22990fd35 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | google-translate-customization | 24e6730022d877d9-1a4e17fe4bb034f4-g455b7a9e8568394c-12 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | msapplication-tileimage | /_layouts/15/images/SharePointMetroAppTile.png |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | msapplication-tilecolor | #0072C6 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | handheldfriendly | True |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | mobileoptimized | 320 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | shareaholic:site_id | c38878351b72ee90a53f0fe22990fd35 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | google-translate-customization | 24e6730022d877d9-1a4e17fe4bb034f4-g455b7a9e8568394c-12 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | msapplication-tileimage | /_layouts/15/images/SharePointMetroAppTile.png |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | msapplication-tilecolor | #0072C6 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | handheldfriendly | True |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | mobileoptimized | 320 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | shareaholic:site_id | c38878351b72ee90a53f0fe22990fd35 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | google-translate-customization | 24e6730022d877d9-1a4e17fe4bb034f4-g455b7a9e8568394c-12 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | msapplication-tileimage | /_layouts/15/images/SharePointMetroAppTile.png |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | msapplication-tilecolor | #0072C6 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | handheldfriendly | True |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | mobileoptimized | 320 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | shareaholic:site_id | c38878351b72ee90a53f0fe22990fd35 |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=Edge |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Content-type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | X-UA-Compatible | IE=Edge |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | Content-type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | X-UA-Compatible | IE=Edge |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | Content-type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | X-UA-Compatible | IE=Edge |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | Content-type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | X-UA-Compatible | IE=Edge |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | Content-type | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
Amount of content8.1
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 338 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 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | 2882 | 346 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | 3442 | 475 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | 1816 | 209 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | 2394 | 313 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | 2585 | 345 |
Server behaviour8.3
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, but each page has a canonical tag to denote the correct version. This is usually ideal, as search engines will know which version to index, but there are links on this website which point to the non canonical version.
- Make sure all internal links to this page go to the canonical version.
Incorrectly linked pages
- Make sure all internal links to this page go to the canonical version.
- This website uses a temporary (HTTP 302) redirect from http://calvet.ca.gov to http://www.calvet.ca.gov. This is OK, but a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect is considered best practice.
- If possible, change the temporary redirect to a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect.
Headings9.1
- 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 (18.0%) 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.
Page headings detail
| URL | Heading | Level |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Home // <![CDATA[ _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("setupPageDescriptionCallout"); // ]]> | H1 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Benefits and Services for Veterans and their Families | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Spotlight | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | CalVet Connect | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Calendar of Events | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | About | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Resources | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Publications | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | H3 | |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | H3 | |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Contact CalVet | H4 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | VA Benefits Hotline | H4 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Veterans Crisis Line | H4 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Find a CVSO | H4 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | CalVet Home Loans | H4 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Veterans Homes of California | H4 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | CA Veteran Driver License | H4 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | CalTAP | H4 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/ | Federal Benefits | H4 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | Jobs | H1 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | Jobs // <![CDATA[ _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("setupPageDescriptionCallout"); // ]]> | H1 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | How to Get a State Job | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | ​​​​​​​​​Spotlight | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/jobs | More Information: | H3 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | Contact Us | H1 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | Contact Us // <![CDATA[ _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("setupPageDescriptionCallout"); // ]]> | H1 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | ​Do you have a question, comment, request or complaint? Contact us. | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | E-mail Us | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | ​​​​​​​About Us | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | Directories | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | ​​​​​​​​​Spotlight | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | Directories | H3 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | Media Inquiries: | H3 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/contact | California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) | H4 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | Veterans Services / Benefits | H1 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | Veterans Services / Benefits // <![CDATA[ _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("setupPageDescriptionCallout"); // ]]> | H1 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | Most Visited | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits | ​​​​​​​​​Spotlight | H2 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | Education Benefits | H1 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | Education Benefits // <![CDATA[ _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("setupPageDescriptionCallout"); // ]]> | H1 |
| www.calvet.ca.gov/veteran-services-benefits/education | ​​​​​​​​​Spotlight | H2 |
Internal links9.1
- 10 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
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
| Page title | Notes |
| Home | OK |
| Jobs | OK |
| Contact Us | OK |
| Veterans Services / Benefits | OK |
| CalVet Veteran Services Education Benefits | OK |
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 March 14, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Thursday, 14 March 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
| Date | File | Source |
| 09/05/2020 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../footable.bootstrap.min.css | Last modified header |
| 14/03/2024 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../cagov.core.css | Last modified header |
| 09/05/2020 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../oceanside.css | Last modified header |
| 24/01/2024 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../v5-styles.custom.css | Last modified header |
| 09/05/2020 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../v5-calvet-custom-768.css | Last modified header |
| 18/01/2024 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../v5-calvet-custom-320.css | Last modified header |
| 09/05/2020 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../v5-print-custom.css | Last modified header |
| 11/08/2020 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../style-guide.css | Last modified header |
| 09/05/2020 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../animate.min.css | Last modified header |
| 19/07/2022 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../fontawesome-v6.min.css | Last modified header |
| 19/07/2022 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../solid-v6.min.css | Last modified header |
| 15/08/2017 | www.calvet.ca.gov/.../lightbox.css | Last modified header |
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- There was a problem checking the Twitter accounts associated with this website.
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