Nibbler SEO audit for www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk
Summary
Overall9.0
The overall score for this website.
Accessibility10.0
How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.
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Experience8.1
How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.
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Marketing9.4
How well marketed, and popular the website is.
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Technology7.9
How well designed and built the website is.
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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 21:44 on 19 Apr 2024 (BST).
Top priorities for website improvement
- Enable GZIP compression on your web server or in your application. (read more)
- Add printable stylesheets for all pages, wherever possible. In most cases, websites can share printable stylesheets over many or all pages, as with screen-based stylesheets. (read more)
- 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. (read more)
Printability0.0
0% of pages are optimised for printing
- 5 pages of this website do not appear to be optimised for printing (using CSS).
- Add printable stylesheets for all pages, wherever possible. In most cases, websites can share printable stylesheets over many or all pages, as with screen-based stylesheets.
Print optimised pages
Page Print www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ Not detected www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc Not detected www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass Not detected www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter Not detected www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us Not detected
- Add printable stylesheets for all pages, wherever possible. In most cases, websites can share printable stylesheets over many or all pages, as with screen-based stylesheets.
Media specific CSS detected
Server behaviour4.6
404 page
Compression
- This website handles missing pages correctly by sending a 404 HTTP status code.
- This website was not served using GZIP encoding. GZIP compression is widely supported and reduces the load time of a web page.
- Enable GZIP compression on your web server or in your application.
- One page of this website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect between its URL with/without a trailing slash. This page is ideal.
- There was no website found on http://nhsbsa.nhs.uk. 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.nhsbsa.nhs.uk on http://nhsbsa.nhs.uk.
Images8.0
100% of images have a clearly defined size
10 images are being resized by the browser
- All images 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.
- 10 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.
Amount of content8.6
Rendering Chart...
- This website has an average of 506 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.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | 3242 | 450 |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | 5260 | 891 |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | 1866 | 271 |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | 1918 | 309 |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | 4062 | 609 |
Internal links9.9
- 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.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/dental-practices-confirm-nhs-website-information-31-march-2024 Read more www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass
- Consider using descriptive words or phrases (e.g. 'News', 'September 2012 financial results') in your anchor text to benefit search engine optimisation.
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
Google Tag Manager
- Every page in this website is using Google Tag Manager. This is excellent and should allow for a complete analysis of visitor behaviour.
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
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
Meta tags10.0
This is how this website will look in Google search listings:
Welcome | NHSBSA
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is a Special Health Authority and an Arm's Length Body of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
- 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.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | title | Welcome | NHSBSA |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | twitter:card | summary |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | description | The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is a Special Health Authority and an Arm's Length Body of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | abstract | The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is a Special Health Authority and an Arm's Length Body of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | referrer | no-referrer |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | generator | Drupal 8 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | viewport | initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | msapplication-tilecolor | #ffffff |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | msapplication-tileimage | /themes/custom/nhsbsa/favicons/mstile-144x144.png |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | msapplication-config | /themes/custom/nhsbsa/favicons/browserconfig.xml |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | title | NHS Prescription Prepayment Certificate (PPC) | NHSBSA |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | twitter:card | summary |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | description | The cost of a PPC will rise on 1 May 2024 The 3-month PPC will cost £32.05 (current charge £31.25) and the 12-month PPC will cost £114.50 (current charge £111.60). A PPC could save you money if you pay for your NHS prescriptions. |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | referrer | no-referrer |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | generator | Drupal 8 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | viewport | initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | msapplication-tilecolor | #ffffff |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | msapplication-tileimage | /themes/custom/nhsbsa/favicons/mstile-144x144.png |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | msapplication-config | /themes/custom/nhsbsa/favicons/browserconfig.xml |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | title | Compass | NHSBSA |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | twitter:card | summary |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | description | Log in to Compass, get access to help materials and view the user agreement |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | referrer | no-referrer |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | generator | Drupal 8 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | viewport | initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | msapplication-tilecolor | #ffffff |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | msapplication-tileimage | /themes/custom/nhsbsa/favicons/mstile-144x144.png |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | msapplication-config | /themes/custom/nhsbsa/favicons/browserconfig.xml |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | title | Respond to your letter | NHSBSA |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | twitter:card | summary |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | description | Respond by the deadline on your letter, or you may get further charges. |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | referrer | no-referrer |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | generator | Drupal 8 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | viewport | initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | msapplication-tilecolor | #ffffff |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | msapplication-tileimage | /themes/custom/nhsbsa/favicons/mstile-144x144.png |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | msapplication-config | /themes/custom/nhsbsa/favicons/browserconfig.xml |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | theme-color | #ffffff |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | title | Work for us | NHSBSA |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | twitter:card | summary |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | description | Find out about our values, diversity and what we can do for you. |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | keywords | work, jobs, careers, profession, trac |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | referrer | no-referrer |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | generator | Drupal 8 (https://www.drupal.org) |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | mobileoptimized | width |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | handheldfriendly | true |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0 |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | viewport | initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | msapplication-tilecolor | #ffffff |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | msapplication-tileimage | /themes/custom/nhsbsa/favicons/mstile-144x144.png |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | msapplication-config | /themes/custom/nhsbsa/favicons/browserconfig.xml |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | theme-color | #ffffff |
Meta Tags (http-equiv attribute)
| Page URL | Name | Content |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/respond-your-letter | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/what-we-do/work-us | X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
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 31, 2024
- It looks like this website was last updated on Sunday, 31 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 |
| 31/03/2024 | www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass | Body text |
| 26/10/2021 | www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/themes/.../NHSBSA.svg | Last modified header |
| 26/10/2021 | www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/themes/.../NHSBSA.svg | Last modified header |
| 26/10/2021 | www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/themes/.../a.css | Last modified header |
| 26/10/2021 | www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/themes/.../a.css | Last modified header |
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