Nibbler SEO audit for www.education.gov.za
Summary
Overall8.1
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility8.5
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience8.8
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing7.9
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology8.0
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 17:59 on 7 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider a leading website analytics solution, such as WebTrends or Google Analytics. (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)
- Use a 301 redirect or a canonical meta tag to force search engines to see the correct version. (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 format5.2
4 URLs are less than ideal
- 4 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.
Page extensions
- 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.
Server behaviour6.0
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 returns page content with or without a trailing slash on the URLs. Search engines might see these as separate pages with duplicate content which they could penalise for.
- Use a 301 redirect or a canonical meta tag to force search engines to see the correct version.
Duplicate pages
- Use a 301 redirect or a canonical meta tag to force search engines to see the correct version.
- There was no website found on http://education.gov.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://www.education.gov.za on http://education.gov.za.
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
Internal links8.0
- 7 links are 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 tag to benefit search engine optimisation.
Weak link text
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor tag to benefit search engine optimisation.
- 47 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.
Amount of content9.5
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 823 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.education.gov.za/ | 6936 | 902 |
| www.education.gov.za/Home.aspx | 6936 | 902 |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/AboutDBE.aspx | 6094 | 785 |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/DBEStructure.aspx | 5490 | 721 |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/ContacttheDBE.aspx | 6351 | 805 |
Images9.9
3% of images have a clearly defined size
2 images are being resized by the browser
- Most images (97.0%) 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 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.
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 |
| National Department of Basic Education > Home | OK |
| National Department of Basic Education > Home | OK |
| About DBE | OK |
| Structure of the DBE | OK |
| Contact Details | OK |
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
National Department of Basic Education > Home
www.education.gov.za/
South African National Department of Basic Education
- 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.education.gov.za/ | revisit-after | 1 DAYS |
| www.education.gov.za/ | rating | GENERAL |
| www.education.gov.za/ | resource-type | DOCUMENT |
| www.education.gov.za/ | description | South African National Department of Basic Education |
| www.education.gov.za/ | keywords | education, basic education, department of basic education, department of education, DBE, DoBE, DOE, doe, dbe |
| www.education.gov.za/ | robots | INDEX, FOLLOW |
| www.education.gov.za/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| www.education.gov.za/Home.aspx | revisit-after | 1 DAYS |
| www.education.gov.za/Home.aspx | rating | GENERAL |
| www.education.gov.za/Home.aspx | resource-type | DOCUMENT |
| www.education.gov.za/Home.aspx | description | South African National Department of Basic Education |
| www.education.gov.za/Home.aspx | keywords | education, basic education, department of basic education, department of education, DBE, DoBE, DOE, doe, dbe |
| www.education.gov.za/Home.aspx | robots | INDEX, FOLLOW |
| www.education.gov.za/Home.aspx | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/AboutDBE.aspx | revisit-after | 1 DAYS |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/AboutDBE.aspx | rating | GENERAL |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/AboutDBE.aspx | resource-type | DOCUMENT |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/AboutDBE.aspx | description | DBE Leadership |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/AboutDBE.aspx | keywords | DBE Leadership |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/AboutDBE.aspx | robots | INDEX, FOLLOW |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/AboutDBE.aspx | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/DBEStructure.aspx | revisit-after | 1 DAYS |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/DBEStructure.aspx | rating | GENERAL |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/DBEStructure.aspx | resource-type | DOCUMENT |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/DBEStructure.aspx | description | South African National Department of Basic Education |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/DBEStructure.aspx | keywords | education, basic education, department of basic education, department of education, DBE, DoBE, DOE, doe, dbe |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/DBEStructure.aspx | robots | INDEX, FOLLOW |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/DBEStructure.aspx | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/ContacttheDBE.aspx | revisit-after | 1 DAYS |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/ContacttheDBE.aspx | rating | GENERAL |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/ContacttheDBE.aspx | resource-type | DOCUMENT |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/ContacttheDBE.aspx | description | South African National Department of Basic Education |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/ContacttheDBE.aspx | keywords | education, basic education, department of basic education, department of education, DBE, DoBE, DOE, doe, dbe |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/ContacttheDBE.aspx | robots | INDEX, FOLLOW |
| www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/ContacttheDBE.aspx | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
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
Freshness10.0
Last updated April 4, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Thursday, 4 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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