Nibbler SEO audit for www.educanada.ca
Summary
Overall8.0
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility8.3
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience7.0
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing4.4
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology8.6
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 1 pages from this website at 01:29 on 20 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider updating this website regularly with new content. (read more)
- Remove or reduce the number of query parameters in URLs. Consider URL rewriting as an effective and transparent means of creating appropriate URLs. (read more)
- Consider the amount of text on this website and increase it if appropriate. (read more)
Twitter0.0
This website does not appear to be associated with a Twitter account.
- This website did not contain a link to Twitter.
- Sign up for a Twitter account and make sure it is linked to from your site.
Freshness1.8
Last updated June 10, 2022
- It looks like this website was last updated on Friday, 10 June 2022. This is bad because visitors may dismiss this website as outdated. Websites that are not updated regularly are also spidered by search engines less often.
- Consider updating this website regularly with new content.
- 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 |
| 01/10/2013 | www.educanada.ca/.../wmms-alt.png | Last modified header |
| 20/08/2018 | www.educanada.ca/images/cmec-en-fr.png | Last modified header |
| 20/08/2018 | www.educanada.ca/images/educanada-en.png | Last modified header |
| 10/06/2022 | www.educanada.ca/.../splash.jpg | Last modified header |
| 04/07/2019 | www.educanada.ca/.../theme.min.css | Last modified header |
| 16/09/2019 | www.educanada.ca/.../messages.min.css | Last modified header |
| 04/07/2019 | www.educanada.ca/.../noscript.min.css | Last modified header |
URL format2.0
1 URLs are less than ideal
- 1 URLs are 'dirty'. 'Dirty' URLs include one or more parameters after a question mark (e.g. www.example.com/?pagename=news), instead of a clean URL (e.g. www.example.com/news). Dirty URLs should generally be avoided wherever possible - they are almost impossible for human beings to remember, may expose the technology of the website to hackers and can confuse search engines among other problems. Their use is sometimes necessary for specific applications, and acceptable in small amounts.
- Remove or reduce the number of query parameters in URLs. Consider URL rewriting as an effective and transparent means of creating appropriate URLs.
- All URLs include a file extension.
- Avoid use of file extensions wherever possible. File extensions appear at the end of web addresses, and have several negative effects. They make the address harder to remember or type (particularly for non-technical users), and can reveal the underlying technology of the website making it very slightly more vulnerable to hackers. They also tie the implementation of the website to a specific technology, which can make subsequent migration of URLs difficult. Consider URL rewriting as an effective and transparent means of creating appropriate URLs.
Amount of content4.9
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 50 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.
Headings5.0
- 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 |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | Government of Canada | H2 |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | Gouvernement du Canada | H2 |
Server behaviour9.4
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.
- This website uses a temporary (HTTP 302) redirect from http://educanada.ca to http://www.educanada.ca. 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.
Mobile10.0
- All of this website appears to be optimised for viewing on a mobile phone or a tablet.
Media specific CSS detected
Analytics10.0
100% of pages use analytics
Multiple Analytics Solutions
- 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 |
| SiteCatalyst |
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.
Images10.0
0% of images have a clearly defined size
No images are being resized by the browser
- No images have defined sizes.
- 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.
Internal links10.0
- Every link tested appears to be well defined. This is good because well defined links help SEO and aid accessibility.
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
EduCanada
www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng
EduCanada ‐ A world of possibilites / ÉduCanada – Un monde de possibilités
- 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.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | viewport | width=device-width,initial-scale=1 |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | description | EduCanada ‐ A world of possibilites / ÉduCanada – Un monde de possibilités |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | dcterms.creator | Global Affairs Canada / Affaires mondiales Canada |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | dcterms.title | EduCanada – Splash page / ÉduCanada – Page de garde |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | dcterms.issued | 2022-07-08 |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | dcterms.modified | 2022-07-08 |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | dcterms.subject | EduCanada |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | dcterms.subject | ÉduCanada |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | dcterms.language | eng |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | dcterms.language | fra |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | dcterms:service | GAC-AMC_Educanada |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | dcterms.accessrights | 2 |
| www.educanada.ca/menu.aspx?lang=eng | robots | none |
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
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