Nibbler SEO audit for www.weather.gov

Overall8.4

The overall score for this website.

Accessibility8.2

How accessible the website is to mobile and disabled users.

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Experience7.8

How satisfying the website is likely to be for users.

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Marketing8.0

How well marketed, and popular the website is.

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Technology8.5

How well designed and built the website is.

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Nibbler tested a sample of 5 pages from this website at 06:28 on 18 Apr 2024 (BST).

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Top priorities for website improvement

  • Check how the website looks using a mobile and a tablet. Consider adding mobile-only styling using media queries. Some websites employ other techniques for mobile visitors which we cannot currently detect. (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)
  • Consider the amount of text on this website and increase it if appropriate. (read more)

Meta tags2.0

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Meta Tags (name attribute)

Page URLNameContent
www.weather.gov/dc.titleNational Weather Service
www.weather.gov/dc.descriptionNOAA National Weather Service National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/dc.creatorUS Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/dc.date.created
www.weather.gov/dc.languageEN-US
www.weather.gov/dc.keywordsweather, National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/dc.publisherNOAA's National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/dc.contributorNational Weather Service
www.weather.gov/dc.rightshttp://www.weather.gov/disclaimer.php
www.weather.gov/ratingGeneral
www.weather.gov/robotsindex,follow
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamidc.titleTsunami Safety
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamidc.descriptionTsunami Safety
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamidc.creatorUS Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamidc.date.createdNovember 15th 2018 7:33 PM
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamidc.languageEN-US
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamidc.keywordsTsunami Safety
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamidc.publisherNOAA's National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamidc.contributorNational Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamidc.rightshttp://www.weather.gov/disclaimer.php
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamiratingGeneral
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamirobotsindex,follow
www.weather.gov/safety/flooddc.titleFlood Safety Tips and Resources
www.weather.gov/safety/flooddc.descriptionFlood Safety Tips and Resources
www.weather.gov/safety/flooddc.creatorUS Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/flooddc.date.createdOctober 30th 2020 7:24 PM
www.weather.gov/safety/flooddc.languageEN-US
www.weather.gov/safety/flooddc.keywordsFlood Safety Tips and Resources
www.weather.gov/safety/flooddc.publisherNOAA's National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/flooddc.contributorNational Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/flooddc.rightshttp://www.weather.gov/disclaimer.php
www.weather.gov/safety/floodratingGeneral
www.weather.gov/safety/floodrobotsindex,follow
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsdc.titleBeach Hazards and Safety
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsdc.descriptionBeach Hazards and Safety
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsdc.creatorUS Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsdc.date.createdJuly 24th 2020 11:06 AM
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsdc.languageEN-US
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsdc.keywordsBeach Hazards and Safety
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsdc.publisherNOAA's National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsdc.contributorNational Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsdc.rightshttp://www.weather.gov/disclaimer.php
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsratingGeneral
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsrobotsindex,follow
www.weather.gov/safety/fogdc.titleFog Safety Overview
www.weather.gov/safety/fogdc.descriptionFog Safety Overview
www.weather.gov/safety/fogdc.creatorUS Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/fogdc.date.createdMarch 28th 2018 11:51 AM
www.weather.gov/safety/fogdc.languageEN-US
www.weather.gov/safety/fogdc.keywordsFog Safety Overview
www.weather.gov/safety/fogdc.publisherNOAA's National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/fogdc.contributorNational Weather Service
www.weather.gov/safety/fogdc.rightshttp://www.weather.gov/disclaimer.php
www.weather.gov/safety/fogratingGeneral
www.weather.gov/safety/fogrobotsindex,follow

Mobile3.0

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Mobile screenshot of www.weather.govTablet screenshot of www.weather.gov
  • None of this website appears to be fully optimised for viewing on a mobile or tablet (using CSS media queries). It is important to make sure your content can be viewed easily across a wide range of devices as a growing percentage of web browsing is now done on phones and tablets.

Amount of content8.2

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Rendering Chart...

  • This website has an average of 419 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

Images9.4

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29% of images have a clearly defined size

13 images are being resized by the browser

Headings9.6

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algal beach blooms centered education fatalities flood great harmful hazards highest lakes lightning mid-mississippi over overview resources safe safety series severe stay threat thunderstorm thursday tips tsunami valley video wave

  • 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 (8.0%) 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

URLHeadingLevel
www.weather.gov/Highest Severe Thunderstorm Threat Centered Over the Mid-Mississippi Valley ThursdayH1
www.weather.gov/safety/tsunamiTsunami SafetyH1
www.weather.gov/safety/floodFlood Safety Tips and ResourcesH1
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazardsBeach Hazards and SafetyH1
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazards+Wave Safe video seriesH3
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazards+Fatalities: Lightning At the BeachH3
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazards+UV Safety: Stay Safe in the SunH3
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazards+Beach Safety and EducationH3
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazards+Harmful Algal BloomsH3
www.weather.gov/safety/beachhazards+Great Lakes Beach SafetyH3
www.weather.gov/safety/fogFog Safety OverviewH1

Internal links9.8

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Server behaviour10.0

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Yes404 page

YesCompression

  • 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 follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect between URLs with/without trailing slashes. This is ideal.
  • This website follows the best practice of using a permanent (HTTP 301) redirect from http://weather.gov to http://www.weather.gov. This is ideal.

Analytics10.0

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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

Page titles10.0

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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

Printability10.0

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100% of pages are optimised for printing

  • All of this website appears to be optimised for printing (using CSS).

Media specific CSS detected

MediaMin widthMax widthCSS file
print--www.weather.gov/css/pointforecast.css

URL format10.0

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  • 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

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Last updated February 23, 2024

  • It looks like this website was last updated on Friday, 23 February 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

DateFileSource
21/12/2017www.weather.gov/images/.../Fog_NOAA.pngLast modified header
19/12/2017www.weather.gov/.../thermometor_icon.gifLast modified header
19/12/2017www.weather.gov/.../beachumbrella_icon.gifLast modified header
19/12/2017www.weather.gov/.../TsunamiSignStockfree600.pngLast modified header
19/12/2017www.weather.gov/.../bh-orange-600.pngLast modified header
19/12/2017www.weather.gov/.../suntan-lotion-600.pngLast modified header
11/04/2018www.weather.gov/.../Rip_Indiana_Dunes.jpgLast modified header
19/12/2017www.weather.gov/.../beach_lightning600.pngLast modified header
25/05/2017www.weather.gov/.../172505_Slideshow.pngLast modified header
01/05/2017www.weather.gov/images/.../share.pngLast modified header
14/12/2016www.weather.gov/.../161022_wrn.pngLast modified header
22/12/2017www.weather.gov/.../AStsunamitxt600.pngLast modified header
22/12/2017www.weather.gov/.../AKtsunamidamagetxt600.pngLast modified header
22/12/2017www.weather.gov/images/.../coast600.pngLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/.../usa_gov.pngLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/.../rss.pngLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/.../youtube_play.pngLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/.../fb.pngLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/.../twitter.pngLast modified header
21/02/2019www.weather.gov/images/.../videoTADD.gifLast modified header
16/03/2017www.weather.gov/images/.../social.pngLast modified header
23/02/2024www.weather.gov/.../Spring2024-Feature.pngLast modified header
17/03/2021www.weather.gov/.../SPS-2021a-thumb.pngLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/.../news-important.jpgLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/.../header_doc.pngLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/.../header.pngLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/weatherstyle.cssLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/template.cssLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/myfcst.cssLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/ForecastSearch.cssLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/pointforecast.cssLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/.../jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.cssLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/.../wwamap.cssLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/widgets.cssLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/.../colorbox.cssLast modified header
22/03/2018www.weather.gov/source/.../menuTs.cssLast modified header
14/03/2018www.weather.gov/source/.../menuFd.cssLast modified header
29/06/2016www.weather.gov/css/search.cssLast modified header

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Popularityi

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