Nibbler SEO audit for www.lgaq.asn.au
Summary
Overall9.6
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility9.7
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience9.6
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing9.3
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology9.6
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 14:33 on 3 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Consider shortening long anchor text. (read more)
- Consider the amount of text on this website and increase it if appropriate. (read more)
- Use a 301 redirect or a canonical meta tag to force search engines to see the correct version. (read more)
Internal links7.9
- 18 links use text that is too long. Links should describe what they link to briefly. Linking a long block of text usually indicates an attempt to trick search engines into ranking those keywords highly (a strategy which does not work). Long linked blocks of text are also harder for people to scan.
- Consider shortening long anchor text.
Overly long link text
Link URL Link text Page URL www.lgaq.asn.au/.../top-gong-for-local-government-s-man-in-eromanga-mayor-stuart-mackenzie-oam Top gong for local government’s man in Eromanga – Mayor Stuart Mackenzie OAM When asked for a career highlight, Quilpie Shire Council Mayor Stuart Mackenzie said being a mayor has been his greatest privilege and honour. Read more www.lgaq.asn.au/ www.lgaq.asn.au/.../top-gong-for-local-government-s-man-in-eromanga-mayor-stuart-mackenzie-oam Top gong for local government’s man in Eromanga – Mayor Stuart Mackenzie OAM When asked for a career highlight, Quilpie Shire Council Mayor Stuart Mackenzie said being a mayor has been his greatest privilege and honour. Read more www.lgaq.asn.au/ www.lgaq.asn.au/.../community-turns-out-in-spades-for-new-cloncurry-eco-trail-opening Community turns out in spades for new Cloncurry Eco Trail opening The red ribbon has been cut on Cloncurry's newest attraction for the community and visitors. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/ www.lgaq.asn.au/.../get-hooked-on-balonne- Get Hooked on Balonne! Balonne Shire Council has launched its clever new tourism ‘hook’, aimed at reeling in visitors and to explore the region. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/ www.lgaq.asn.au/.../incredible-croydon-heart-of-the-gulf-savannah-region Incredible Croydon: Heart of the Gulf Savannah region Croydon was built around the gold mining boom and the town’s heritage is palpable when you walk down the main streets of Croydon today. Read more www.lgaq.asn.au/ www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home Strong & Influential Advocacy One united voice As members of the LGAQ, councils are bringing together their influence and using it to advocate for changes that will improve the lives of Queenslanders. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/membership www.lgaq.asn.au/membership/member-resources Daily Support Services Helping you in your job everyday LGAQ membership provides councils with access to services and support designed to help Councils, councillors and council employees in their roles. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/membership www.lgaq.asn.au/membership/member-resources A gateway to savings Cost effective products designed for you LGAQ membership creates an avenue for councils to benefit from the scale of the sector and access products at an additional cost which are designed by local government, for local government. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/membership www.lgaq.asn.au/news-and-media/media-releases Keeping you connected News and analysis on issues that matter As members of the LGAQ you will receive breaking local government specific news and updates, however you choose to receive them. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/membership www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy-in-focus Top Issues Community priorities. Our daily work Queensland is Australia’s most decentralised state. We shine the spotlight on some of its top community priorities. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/publications Publications Sector insights, reports and submissions The LGAQ’s work is clear for everyone to see. Check out our latest reports and publications. Read more www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home www.lgaq.asn.au/news-and-media/media-releases Media Releases For media and councils Our latest media releases. For further information contact the Association’s Media Advisor, Dan Knowles. Read more www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media www.lgaq.asn.au/news-and-media/lg-on-demand LG on Demand Our videos and podcasts Videos and podcasts produced by the LGAQ including opinions from Mayors and councillors across the state to stories of life and issues impacting Queenslanders directly. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media www.lgaq.asn.au/news-and-media/magazine Magazine Council Leader Read the digital copies of the sector leading Council Leader magazine. Contact us to request in-print copies. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media www.lgaq.asn.au/about-us/our-story Our Story 124 years long, 77 councils strong We are the peak body for local government in Queensland. Learn more about who we are, what we do, our history and our governance model. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/us www.lgaq.asn.au/about-us/our-leaders Our Leaders Owned by councils, led by councils Meet our president, Mayor Mark Jamieson and our Board and Policy Executive. Together they set the strategic direction of the LGAQ and guide the work for our members. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/us www.lgaq.asn.au/about-us/work-at-lgaq Work at LGAQ 77 stories. One voice Hear how we represent our members and uncover a broad range of services and benefits supporting councils to connect, innovate and achieve. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/us www.lgaq.asn.au/about-us/corporate-governance Corporate Governance One LGAQ: Working for Queensland We are owned by, governed by and dedicated to serving Queensland councils. Read the LGAQ’s corporate governance charter and more about the Association’s corporate compliance. Find out more www.lgaq.asn.au/us
- Consider shortening long anchor text.
- 5 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.
Amount of content8.5
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 440 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.lgaq.asn.au/ | 2866 | 427 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | 3215 | 473 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | 3089 | 442 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | 2292 | 322 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | 3727 | 535 |
Server behaviour9.0
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.
- 3 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.
- One page of this website returns page content with or without a trailing slash on its URL. 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.
- This website uses a temporary (HTTP 302) redirect from http://lgaq.asn.au to http://www.lgaq.asn.au. 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 |
| Google Tag Manager |
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 |
| LGAQ – CONNECT . INNOVATE . ACHIEVE | OK |
| Membership – LGAQ | OK |
| Advocacy – LGAQ | OK |
| News and Media – LGAQ | OK |
| About Us – LGAQ | OK |
Headings10.0
- 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.
Page headings detail
| URL | Heading | Level |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | Homepage | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | Cost shift onto councils | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | Community suggestions to address juvenile crime | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | Let's conquer the housing crisis | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | Featured Articles | H5 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | Latest News | H5 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | LGAQ Socials | H5 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | Membership | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | Membership | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | Advocacy | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | Advocacy | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | Our role | H2 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | Advocacy in action | H2 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | News and Media | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | News and Media | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | About Us | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | About Us | H1 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | More about us… | H5 |
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.
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
LGAQ – CONNECT . INNOVATE . ACHIEVE
www.lgaq.asn.au/
LGAQ Homepage
- 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.lgaq.asn.au/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | msapplication-tilecolor | #ffffff |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | msapplication-tileimage | /site/images/favicons/ms-icon-144x144.png |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | revisit-after | 2 days |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | robots | index,follow |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | author | LGAQ |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | keywords | |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | description | LGAQ Homepage |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | msapplication-tilecolor | #ffffff |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | msapplication-tileimage | /site/images/favicons/ms-icon-144x144.png |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | revisit-after | 2 days |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | robots | index,follow |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | author | LGAQ |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | keywords | |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | description | Membership information |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | msapplication-tilecolor | #ffffff |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | msapplication-tileimage | /site/images/favicons/ms-icon-144x144.png |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | revisit-after | 2 days |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | robots | index,follow |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | author | LGAQ |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | keywords | |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | description | Advocacy |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | msapplication-tilecolor | #ffffff |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | msapplication-tileimage | /site/images/favicons/ms-icon-144x144.png |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | revisit-after | 2 days |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | robots | index,follow |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | author | LGAQ |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | keywords | |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | description | News and Media |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0 |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | msapplication-tilecolor | #ffffff |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | msapplication-tileimage | /site/images/favicons/ms-icon-144x144.png |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | revisit-after | 2 days |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | robots | index,follow |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | author | LGAQ |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | keywords | |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | description | About Us |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/ | x-ua-compatible | ie=edge |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/membership | x-ua-compatible | ie=edge |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/advocacy/home | x-ua-compatible | ie=edge |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/news-media | x-ua-compatible | ie=edge |
| www.lgaq.asn.au/us | 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
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 3, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Wednesday, 3 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
| Date | File | Source |
| 03/04/2024 | www.lgaq.asn.au/site/.../logo.svg | Last modified header |
| 03/04/2024 | www.lgaq.asn.au/site/.../logo-white.svg | Last modified header |
| 21/02/2023 | www.lgaq.asn.au/.../empty_style_widget_styles.css | Last modified header |
| 20/11/2018 | www.lgaq.asn.au/site/.../empty_style.css | Last modified header |
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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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